//------------------------------// // A Day Off // Story: Apple of Another Color // by MrTyreste //------------------------------// "Well?" Me and Twilight stood dumbstruck at the angry mare as she confronted us at the gate to her farm. "Applejack, Johnny came to apollogize to you, and-" "Oh he already did, right before ah bucked him across the yard. Needless ta say, apologizin' ain't gonna help in this situation." She stomped on the ground as if to scare me off. "Look Applejack, I wanted to-" "No, you do not speak round these parts. Far as ah'm concerned, you're a pest after my crops. You humans know better than anypony what happens to pests, right?" She beared her teeth and gave one last warning stop before Twilight levitated her into the air. 'What the hay are you-" "Applejack, stop! Johnny is sincerely sorry, and he wants to make amends, right?" I nodded my head and walked over to her as Twilight set Applejack on the ground. "Applejack I'm really sorry about the other night, but I swear I didn't do anything to Applebloom. We were just making something in the barn. I honestly didn't know she was there until I found her playing with a saw." "What in tarnation was my sister doing with the saw?" Applejack exclaimed. "Making a mask." I remembered the little orange pony mask me and Applebloom had carved and painted in the barn. "That silly thing? Big Mac's taken a liking to it." She chuckled. "Oh wow, ah guess ah really owe you an apology Johnny. Ah must've really hurt you." She hung her head. "All them bandages, and-" I put my hand on her mane and knelt down to her level. "I'm the one who nearly broke your jaw." I said. "Ha, this?" She chuckled. "Ah've gotten worse on the farm when I was just a filly. You didn't cause no harm, ah'm the one who should be sorry. Ah completely judged you based on the worst ah heard from Twi, and came back here ready to buck you out the front door." Which actually wasn't too far from the truth of what happened. "Can ya ever forgive me?" She pleaded. "Already have." I smiled. "Good! Now how bout that date?" Twilight chimed in to a very bewildered Applejack. "That came outta nowhere." She mumbled. "Why in the hay would ah go out on a date? Ah got work to do, Twi, you know that." "Nope." Big Macintosh showed up unbeknownst to us. Someone really needs to give this guy a medal for the most subtle pony ever. "What do ya mean, brother?" "You're takin' the day off, AJ." He smiled. "Bout time somepony took an interest in ya enough to take ya off the farm for a day." Applejack tried to protest, but Big Macintosh wouldn't allow it. "But big brother-" "No buts." Giving up, Applejack turned to me and gave a sigh. "Wanna hang out?" "Now Applejack, it's traditionally the male who asks the female out on a date." Twilight added, reading out of a book she must have brought for this occassion. Dammit Twilight. "Umm, Applejack..." I said quietly. "Would you like to go and hang out somewhere?" I mumbled. "What's that sugarcube?" She asked, apparently I was too quiet. "Will you...go out with me?" I said it louder this time. "Well since ah have plenty of time, thanks to SOMEPONY, ah reckon we can go somewhere. Meet me at the edge of the woods in about an hour, ok? Ah wanna take ya somewhere." And with that she was off to her room to grab some things. Twilight giggled beside me. "What?" "Oh nothing, romeo." She giggled as she teleported off, leaving me alone with Big Macintosh. "I promise not to do anything bad." I smiled. "Long as mah sister doesn't show up pregnant or beaten up, we won't have no problems." Oh trust me, I'll likely be the one beaten after this little adventure.