Macintosh
By TotalOverflow, '11
Epilogue
"Macintosh? What did ya want ta talk ta me 'bout?"
"AJ, y'all have a good day?"
"Uh, yeah, I s'pose."
"What'd ya do t'day?"
"Well, I bucked half the west orchard!"
"All by yerself?"
"You bet! I got all them apples hauled away into the barn an' everythin'!"
"Did ya enjoy it?"
"Sure did! It does mah heart good ta see all them apples bucked!"
"Ah see."
"Uh, so Macintosh, what did ya want ta talk ta me 'bout?"
"Here, come with me, AJ."
"Why're we goin' inside?"
"AJ, Ah'm givin' ya the farm."
"Buh-wha? Macintosh, ya can't be serious!"
"Ah am. Y'all deserve it more'n me."
"But, but..."
"That's not all."
"...What?"
"Ah want ya ta have this, too."
"WHAT!? But, I couldn't! It's yers!"
"AJ, Ah want ya ta have it. B'sides, Ah already got his harness, an' Apple Bloom got Ma's bow. It's only fair that ya get somethin' too. B'sides, he'd want ya ta have it."
"But...Well, only if yer sure."
"Ah am. There. It looks good on ya!"
"Yeah, I guess it does. Thanks, Macintosh."
"No problem. Now c'mon, let's get back ta work. There's still a whole lotta apples ta buck."
"Macintosh...Are ya sure ya wanna give up the farm?"
I plucked a bit of hay to chew.
"Eeyup."
Updated Author’s Notes:
Wow, that's a pretty long story. Looking back on it, I can see there are mistakes, such as improper punctuation and capitalization, but for the most part I'm still pretty happy with it. It was a labour of love writing this novel, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I always found Big Macintosh to be a pretty interesting character and wanted to explore a little more about him.
Interestingly, a lot of the episodes of season 2 just reinforced some of my ideas for Mac and his family, such as Mac and Cheerilee being old friends and Granny Smith being somewhat eccentric. Other ideas, such as Fluttershy's long wings, I'm not so sure were the best inclusion. On the whole, I still think it stands, even after season 2.
Another thing that stands out to me is how reading through the story a second time, you will notice things you didn't before, now that you know how the tale unfolds and Macintosh's past. Even the prologue has a somewhat bittersweet feel to it now.
Thank you all for reading and supporting this story!
As a disclaimer, I should say that I had already started writing this story before ‘Progress 5: Luna VS Lodging Part 3’ by Andrew Joshua Talon came out. I was excited to see that both he and I had the same idea for Macintosh, in that he had dreams of flight, and I contacted him and asked if I could incorporate his cape idea into my story, which he was okay with. I also finished this story before I chose to read ‘Tangled up in Blues’ by The Descendant, as I didn’t want two versions of Blues to be in my head at the same time.
P.S. I don't have father issues.