//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Applespike // by Applespike forever //------------------------------// Applejack and Spike were happily spending time with there children: Cinnamon Stick, Cinnamon Roll and AppleSpike. On day Applejack said she was going to do her work and it had only been two days after AppleSpike was born and Spike didn’t want his wife working the farm after their son had just been born so he talked to his son and daughter about it. “Okay guys so Applejack has gone outside and said she was going to do some work and I don’t want her doing that, I want her to relax but I need your help to do it.” Spike said to his children. “Okay daddy but how are we gonna persuade mommy to relax?” Asked Cinnamon Roll. “Can we just tell her that she is gonna relax from now on?” Suggested Cinnamon Stick. “Maybe.......I mean we could try but I don't think she will.” Said Spike Outside in the orchard, Applejack was bucking apples as usual, she was at her fourth tree now until she saw her husband and her two older kids, “Hay guys what are you doing out here?” She asked with a nervous tone in her voice. “Mommy you need to relax it been two days since you gave birth to AppleSpike and you look really tired you need to relax.” Her daughter said in a sweet tone. “Psh.... I don’t need any rest, I’m fine I don’t need to relax I need to do my work so that I can get the apples to the market tomorrow.” Applejack said to her family. “Honey,” started her husband, “I really think you should relax and rest; you look like your gonna faint and I don’t want you to hurt yourself out here so I advise you go inside and rest.” “Please why would I need rest? I’m fine so stop your worrying.” She said as she went to the next tree and bucked as hard as she could and the apples came down in the baskets bellow. “Mom I am going to go tell your friends that you are not resting after you gave birth to AppleSpike.” Her son said as he went off to find his aunts. After a few minuets the five friends all came to the orchard to find Applejack working and Spike and her daughter trying to make her rest. “Applejack I insist you get inside that house right now and rest.” Twilight said to her friend but she refused and continued working. “Hay Applejack get inside now!” Shouted Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow dash calm yourself.” Rarity said to the multi-coloured Pegasus, yet she tried to stop her friend herself by saying: “Applejack if you don’t get inside right now then I will force you to rest now!” After she said that Rainbow Dash glared at her. Applejack was too caught up in her work but she said to her friends: “Ah, don’t need any rest, what I need is to get this done or I won’t have any apples to sell tomorrow and with Big Mac and Applebloom gone dealing with their own lives and with granny no longer here, (granny died by old age, totally normal) I need to do this work so I’m gonna have to decline the commands of rest, sorry.” and with that she went passed them and went back to bucking apples, though before she got to the tree her adoptive daughter, Cinnamon Roll, grabbed her hooves and stopped her from moving and said, “Ma you get in that house right now before you faint and pass out, I’m worried about you and I don’t want you to hurt yourself!” She shouted trying to persuade her mother. After she said that Applejack began to feel dizzy and before anyone could react she collapsed to the ground and passed out, everyone went straight away to her aid and helped pick her up on her hooves with Spike picking her up and carried her bridal style to the house and to their room they share. After about 6 hours since Applejack collapsed she slowly fluttered her eyes open and looked around the room and saw all her friends and family at the foot of the bed with worried looks, Applejack managed to speak: “Why is everybody staring at me?” She asked with tiredness in her voice and rubbed her eyes to get the blurriness from them. When it looked like no one was gonna speak, Spike answered for her: “You fainted and passed out on the ground when you were working and you kept on refusing to rest.” Applejack just blushed embarrassed 😳 and said, “Well if I can’t go do my work then who is gonna do it then?” With that said, Twilight decided to address her friend by saying, “We will do them for you Applejack and you get rest and relax your body; okay does that sound good?” Applejack replies with a smile saying, “Yes it does but be careful you could hurt yourself and if you do don’t say I didn’t warn ya!” And so with that they all got to work while Applejack was relaxing and getting the much needed rest she so needed tomorrow would be a day she went to Ponyville market to sell the apples her friends collected.