//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: My Darling Sugarcube // by Seanessy //------------------------------// “Now yer gonna wanna aim fer this part of the tree. This is the weakest part of the trunk so when ya hit it, the force will cause most, if not all the apples ta fall.” Applejack explained. “Alright…here goes nothing.” the white unicorn said as she lowered her body and prepared for a kick. “HiiiiiiiiiYA!” Rarity bellowed as she bucked the tree with all her might. The apples cascaded down like a waterfall. She bounced up and down with joy admiring her accomplishment. “I did it? I did it! I DID IT!” she screamed. Applejack cheered. “Whooo doggy! Now that right there is some goooood applebuckin’!” Rarity hugged Applejack. The orange equine put her hat atop Rarity’s head. “Rarity the Unicorn, the official apple buckin’ cowgirl princess!” “Thank you Applejack.” “Aw shucks ya’ll don’t have to thank me, ya were strong enough all along; it was simply a matter of knowin’ where to hit the tree.” “Speaking of that…” Rarity said before giving a smug smile. ******* Applejack glared as she held fine fabric in her hooves. “How in the hay did what ah said have anythin’ to do with relatin’ to this here again?” “Shhhh! Focus! Now ease the fabric slowly through the machine in as straight a line as possible.” Applejack sighed. “Fine…” Applejack attempted to push the fabric through but she couldn’t quite get a handle on it. “Ugh! This is too dang hard with my hooves! Ah’m just gonna use mah tail. It’s helped me with lasso-in’. Ah’m sure it can help me with this.” Applejack said as she turned around eyeing the needle as she pushed the fabric with her tail. “No no no no Applejack wait stop!” A loud scream was heard across over Ponyville. Applejack twitched and whimpered as Rarity used magic to take a needle and carefully unstitch the fabric from Applejack’s tail. “Carefuuuul! Yeowch!” Applejack cried. “I tell you time and time again, you can’t just use force to get things done.” Rarity scolded as she got the last stitch out and cast her glasses and needle to the side. “There…all better?” “Kinda….buuuut ah think a kiss will help even more…” the orange mare said cutely. “I am not kissing your tail Applejack.” “Awww come on…” “No…” “Pleeeeaaaase?” “No!” “Pretty please with some apple sugar on top?” “I said no!” “C’mon! One little smooch Rarity! Ya’ll know ya wanna!” The earth pony wrapped her tail around Rarity’s neck. “Applejack stop!” the unicorn pushed her away. “C’mon now pucker up!” “Stop it this instant!” Applejack started waving her tail in Rarity’s face as she tried to trot away. The orange mare ran backwards chasing her while still fluttering her tail. This went on for the next few minutes until eventually… Two loud screams filled the air. Rarity glared as she sat next to Applejack, their tails now stitched together. “Hehehe…whoopsy daisy…” “See what you cause Applejack? You and your brutish behavior! Ugh!” Applejack leaned against Rarity and snuggled her. “Eeeyup, but part of being friends is lovin’ and acceptin’ all their ways! Just like Twilight said.” “Yes but she also mentioned as long as it doesn’t cause HARM to anypony!” “Oh c’mon…how harmful is it being stuck to lil’ ‘ol me?” The blonde maned equine nuzzled Rarity’s cheek. “UGH!” The unicorn used her magic to get the needle and put on her sewing glasses as she started unstitching their tails. Applejack leaned closer and the white horse glared. “Could you move? Your head is in the wa-“ Applejack planted a kiss on Rarity’s lips and then smiled. “Well then…” the unicorn tossed the needle aside. “I suppose we could be stuck together for just…a LITTLE while longer.” Rarity and Applejack’s lips met once again for a few seconds and Applejack broke the kiss. She took the white mare’s glasses and put them on her face. “Love ya darling…” Applejack said. Rarity took Applejack’s hat and put it atop her head. “Love you too sugarcube.” Rarity responded. The two friends kissed as the light from the sunset shined gently through the window and beamed down upon them.