//------------------------------// // APPLEJACK READS A BOOK!!!!!!!!!!! // Story: PINKIE IS ON THE CASE and Other Incredibly Dumb Tales // by SugarSong:D //------------------------------// It was one of those dreadfully boring days, ones where you don't want to go anywhere or do anything, but can't stand not to go anywhere or not to do anything. This always confused Applejack, as she didn't want to think about it, but wanted to think about it. She wanted to just sit peacefully under the apple trees, but that's hard when you are always thinking. No one knew this, but Applejack's head was always cramped with math equations; How would she be able to kick apples directly into a basket without angles? So some days, she took a break from all this math to attempt to keep other ponies for thinking she was a nerd, especially around her friends. Don use your fancy mathematics to muddle up the issue! she remembered herself saying. This was one of her many cover-ups, but today, she was just relaxing. Or, at least she would be if she could just stop thinking about math... "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" Rainbow's scream was loud; louder than her crap-I-am-going-to-crash-into-Twilight's-library scream,but more like her- "THE NEWEST DARING DOO BOOK JUST CAME OUT!!!!!" -scream. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!" Now that was her crap-I-am-going-to-crash-into-Twilight's-library scream. But not because she passed out from too many failed rainboom attempts; no, she was just in a rush. Sure enough, a few seconds passed, and a crash was heard coming from the other side of town. Applejack sat, contemplating what to do. What the hay. Ahl go geyt a book from Twilight's lahbrary. "You could read this one- no I like this one- no, this one will...." Applejack zoned out of Twilight's endless list of good books, when suddenly, an idea popped into her head. "Hey, Twi, ya got any books about math?" "Sure, but they are pretty complex, even for me-" "Ah don't care. Ah just wanna be smart like the rest of y'all." "Aww Applejack," Twilight said,"you are smart!" "Says who?!" If someone was spreading rumors about her, she was going to be so mad... "All of us! You may not be good at math, but that doesn't mean you aren't smart!" "Ok," Applejack said. At least she wasn't being called a nerd. "Where are the math books?" "By the nonfiction shelf. If you need any help just let me know." Like Applejack would need help. To her disappointment, Applejack realized how much she needed to learn; the latest class she took was Super Advanced Algebra 27, which wasn't even that hard for her, but all the other textbooks made no sense. But she powered through. If she can take a class that almost no pony even knew existed, she could do this, right? It was only Great Geometry 28! How hard could this be? Not to her suprise, very. She spent hours in the library, math swimming around her brain. Every problem looked easy, but she wasn't used to working so hard; she had pretended not to know anything for so long, she had forgotten a lot. Maybe an should ask Twilight for help..., she thought, but quickly changed her mind. Ahl have to explain that ah ahlready know Super Advanced Algebra 27... So, Applejack tried her hardest to understand, but to no avail. Maybe ah'll work better at home... Applejack stood up and immediately sat back down. She would have to check out the book, and Twilight would see. Applejack only had one option. She walked over to a section of the library no one ever went to. It was full of useless books no one ever read. She grabbed a random one that was thicker and taller than her textbook, opened the front cover, and cut a rectangular hole through all the pages with a knife she had in her hat. She always had a knife in her hat. Always. Applejack slipped the textbook into the hole she had created. The extra pages fluttered to the ground. Not knowing what to do with them, she quickly shoved them in a trash can. She proceeded to check out her book. "History of the Altostratus Cloud?" Twilight asked, "I thought you wanted a math textbook." "Ah well they were so darn borin with their numbers and such." "And altostratus clouds are less boring." "Ah love clouds." She wasn't technically lying. She liked them, but she didn't even know what altostratus clouds were. "If you want a book on all the clouds, I can give you-" "Nah, this is ok. Ah gotta go. Apples and stuff." "Ok... Have fun?" Applejack did not have fun learning Great Geometry 28. The only reason she was continuing to read this book was because she wanted to be better, even if it was in secret. She studied and studied until her brain hurt, which wasn't very long, so she studied until she was going to explode into tiny pieces and each piece would explode until the pieces reached mollecular level, which was around 5:00 am. She decided to finally go to sleep, but in the short walk to her bed, she collapsed on the floor with a loud bang. She layed there for fifteen minutes before regaining the energy to walk the rest of the way to her bed. It seemed like walking across an arctic desert that is eighty-five hundred miles long with no food or water, only a heavy jacket to warm her. She longed for the warmth of her bed instead of the cold she experienced now. "AJ? Are ya sure your ok?" Applejack couldn't locate the source of the sound, but she knew Applebloom was somewhere. "Ahm... Fine.... Go..... Ta...... Bed....." She collapsed again. "What's this?" Applejack shot up, not knowing where the energy to do that came from. "Nonononononononono!" "Ouch!" Applebloom said as she looked at the textbook. "This math is so hard, it hurts mah brain to look at it! What course is this?" She turned to the front cover. "Great Geometry 28?" "Please don't tell anyone," Applejack pleaded,"They'll call me a nerd!" "Applejack, why would they call you a nerd? Even then, why would you care? They would just be jealous of your talent! Don't let them get to you!" "Please don't tell anyone?" Applebloom sighed, realizing this was pointless. "Allright. ONLY if you help me with my math homework." "Piece of cake."