//------------------------------// // Intro 02) Wendy and Applejack // Story: The Power of the Gravity Falls // by Gfmlp //------------------------------// An eight-year-old Wendy was near the Gravity Falls forest... she was sad as her mother was... no longer with them... Time stood still as the entity approached Wendy without her being aware of it. The entity regarded Wendy thoughtfully, this girl had much potential... sadly the whims of fate would largley side-line her...he didn't know if he could fix that... but he figured he could at least give her comfort in this dire time... "I'm going to give you a couple of FRIENDS, REAL friends. Not the 'fair-weather' one's you'd have been saddled with originally..." Said The being as it reached out into Equestria and took filly Applejack and infant Apple Bloom away and placed them before her. Time began to move again when the entity left, Wendy was shocked to see the pair of ponies in front of her. Applejack panicked and hugged her sister protectively, "Where are we? What happened to the farm? Our family?" Sadly Her panicked yelling caused Apple Bloom to cry Wendy slowly leaned over them and gave the pair a hug. "Okay. Calm down. Let me help you, okay?" Wendy tries to talk low, so she doesn't panic the ponies. Applejack cries but nods and returns the hug. Wendy takes them back to her house so they can calm down, lie down and eat something. ... Although her family first panicked at the sight of the two ponies, their blue collar rhetoric and loving nature was quick to win them over. The two ponies quickly proved themselves very helpful in their new home, although Applejack openly disliked cutting down trees. They flat out refused to do so unless forced. Preferring to use their strength to either transport the pre-cut trees... Or grow new trees themselves. Wendy and her family were stunned at how quickly new trees grew under the Apple siblings care. They quickly realized that EARTH ponies like the Apples had a magic that allowed them to grow things many times faster then normal. Applejack wasn't happy about that realization, but as it became clear that this would HELP her adopted home....she managed to swallow her pride... Thanks to Wendy's laid-back and cool personality she made good friends (but she didn't trust they as much as she did with Applejack and Apple bloom). With the new windfall of grown fruits and vegitables, the Corduroy family prospered more than ever. Soon they were the fourth most successful business in town surpassed only by the Tent of Telepathy, the Mystery Shack and the Norhtwest family was on the top naturally. Applejack and Apple Bloom were annoyed that they were outmatched by tourist scammers. They tried to expose them as frauds, but had to stop as this caused problems for Wendy. Her father was planning on forcing her to leave town during the Summer to work at her cousins lumbermill if she couldn't find a job... and Applebloom and Applejacks 'plan' nearly sunk her efforts before she could even start! Angry over the 'slight', Gideon and Preston nearly ruined Wendy and almost made it impossible for Wendy to get a job... Only Stan was willing to forgive...which prompted the Apple siblings to keep their mouth's shut and not hassle Stan anymore in graditude...but mostly they didn't want Wendy to be forced to leave town... As time went on, Wendy made other friends...but aside from her childhood friend Tambry, they're bond just wasn't as great as the one between girl and pony... They also discovered- during a business trip out of town -that the Apple siblings were completely invisible to everyone except Wendy. They also discovered, during a business trip out of town -that the Apple siblings were completely invisible to everyone except Wendy. This confused and frightened them... and they decided to avoid leaving town -if possible- until they figured this out. In addition to this, Wendy also tried to help them home. But sadly, Wendy might have many skills... but investigator was not one of them. She couldn't think how to even BEGIN working this problem out... So for years they mainly just stayed in town of Gravity Falls and lived out their new lives... Then came the year when a certain show began to broadcast... It all started when Apple Bloom came running to Wendy and her sister, frantically yelling about some new show on the TV... "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?" Said a confused Applejack outloud as they followed Apple Bloom to watch it. "Applejack, it's you in the opening!" Wendy exclaimed in surprise, And so began the compulsive observation of the three.... Applejack was intrigued to learn what her life would've been like if she had stayed in Equestria. She also enjoyed watching the adventures and happiness that her alternative-self enjoyed with the 'Mane 6'. As did Apple Bloom enjoy watching the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But while Wendy was entertained as well... she also had some negative comments. "Applejack, I know you are the Element of Honesty. But you need to be careful about people's feelings.. After all, there's a difference between being honest and being a complete jerk", said Wendy. "And you need to stop being so self-righteous! I mean for crying out loud, you literally pushed me back into the ding-dang room while I was struggling to escape!" Shouts Apple Bloom annoyed as she points to one of the first episodes of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Applejack sighed, "Yeah, I guess I could've thought that through better." ... later... "I thought I couldn't hate anyone worse than the Northwest family, Gideon or Stan! But those Flim and Flam brothers are so much worse!" Applejack screamed as she continued to watch the MLP series with an equally agitated Apple Bloom. "Makes sense, for all their faults. They never hurt you guys directly until you caused problems for THEM first. These Flim Flam dudes have no such excuse." Wendy pointed out. Applejack and Apple bloom nodded in agreement. ... While they competed with the other bussinesses, they learned one of the Northwests main sources of revenue was a clothing store in town and it took them a long time to discover that, because Applejack, Apple Bloom and Wendy did not care much about fashion. Also all still angry over Preston nearly ruining Wendy, they looked into it. They quickly learned that Pacifica Northwest -the daughter of Preston Northwest- was in charge. However, many things didn't make sense about this situation... For one thing the clothing store was practically a second mansion. Secondly, Pacifica seemed to lived here exclusively and avoided her parents far large mansion like a plague. Third, Nobody knew who the designer was like. People who wanted clothes had to give their measurements and other info about their clothes through a employee. NEVER the designer directly. The only thing known about her was that she used an insignia engraved with an "R" Finally, Pacifica seemed to have a limitless supply of precious gems... while people they talked to CLAIMED that they COULD be formed naturally in Gravity Falls... they had no idea WHERE such a large amount like that could be found... The three of them continued investigating... While doing so they heard many horrible rumors: How Pacifica lived there to pretend that she was someone good- unlike her parents -while all the while she was just gaining people's confidence to better scam them and Pacifica knew how to hide her scams well. Another rumor was that they had this clothing designer as a slave. And the latest rumor was that Pacifica had contacts in the black market to smuggle all the gem stones she needed. Wendy, Applejack, and Apple Bloom wondered why the police haven't investigated... before theorizing that Pacifica probably paid them off... well... that and the police in town were MORONS... Eager to get one over Preston, they broke into the store at night to learn the truth... They NEVER saw it coming...