//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: The Consequences // Story: The City of Kransitogo // by 13enjamin_Marshall_MLP //------------------------------// ---- Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash glared at their younger sisters. They were NOT happy at all. They didn’t say a word. The tension between the Cutie Mark Crusaders and their older sisters was thick. It was so thick, you could cut it with a knife. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo kept their mouths shut. They knew how mad their older sisters were. Apple Bloom tried to speak, but nothing came out of her mouth. She tried again, but still failed. She tried a third time, and she managed to say, “Um, uh, -ulp! Uh, well, Apple-” “Stop!”, demanded Applejack. “Ah’ don’t wanna hear it!” “Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, what in tarnation are ya’ three doing?!!”, she yelled. “Why in all of Equestria were ya’ three watching Family Pony with the volume at one hundred percent at 12:00 at midnight?!! Apple Bloom, ya’ know I forbid you from watching that show ever!! It’s too inappropriate!!” “Sweetie Belle, I forbid you from watching that show as well!!”, Rarity added. “And Scootaloo, even though I don’t care if you watch Family Pony or not, why the heck would you blast that loud music?!! I was having an amazing dream where I won 1,000,000 dollars in a Wonderbolts competition!!”, Rainbow Dash also added. “Ya’ three better have a logical explanation for all of this!!!”, demanded Applejack. The Cutie Mark Crusaders explained the entire story to them. How they got the idea to watch the show, how they accidentally set the volume to one hundred, ect. But Applejack still wasn’t happy. “We’ll finish this tomorrow!”, she said as she walked back up to her bedroom. Rarity walked Sweetie Belle back to their room, and Rainbow Dash walked Scootaloo back to their room. Apple Bloom was left alone in the dark on the couch. She felt awful for what she did. She didn’t feel like heading back to her bed. She decided to sleep on the couch instead. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle also felt awful. But they had to wait until morning to actually talk with their older sisters. ---- When morning finally came, Applejack asked her older brother, Big Macintosh and her grandmother, Granny Smith, if they could stay in their rooms until she was done dealing with Apple Bloom, which they agreed to. Applejack walked downstairs and woke Apple Bloom up. Rarity and Rainbow Dash walked into Applejack’s room with their respective sisters, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They placed the trio together on the couch and stood in front of them. “Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, we are highly disappointed!”, Applejack scolded. “Apple Bloom, I am disappointed in you the most for being dishonest with me! I mean, I thought you knew that lying doesn’t get you anywhere!” “And Sweetie Belle”, Rarity added. “I thought I told you why I forbid you from watching Family Pony! The show is not good for your brain! I mean, one episode has a scene that instructs fillies on how to commit suicide!” “And Scootaloo, do you think your parents and aunts want you to misbehave like that? No! They don’t want that at all!”, Rainbow Dash added. The trio looked at their older sisters sadly. The trio’s eyes filled with tears. “Applejack, Ah-Ah-Ah’m so s-s-s-s-sorry!!!”, Apple Bloom cried as she lunged towards her older sister, hugging her. “Ah’ wasn’t trying to hurt you!! Ah’ let temptation and my curiosity get the best of me!! Please forgive me!!” Apple Bloom sobbed into her sister’s arms, with Applejack hugging her back. “Calm down, Sugarcube! I can see that you’re sorry! Don’t worry, I forgive you!” The same thing happened with Sweetie Belle and Rarity. Sweetie Belle hugged her sister as she apologized with tears. And Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash did the same thing as well. “Don’t worry, you three. We forgive you. We know that you’re sorry, and we accept your apology!”, Applejack said with a cool soothing voice. “But you three aren’t going without consequences!”, Applejack added. The Crusaders’ older sisters stopped hugging their younger sisters. “Okay, what is it?”, Apple Bloom asked, getting ready to accept her punishment. Just then, one of the hotel’s Interns walked through the door with a slushie machine and three long tubes connected to said machine. “Okay, I’m here to give the trio their just desserts, Apple-Something”, the Intern said with a deadpan voice. “What’s going on?”, the Crusaders asked at the same time. But before Applejack could answer, the Intern shoved the three tubes down each of the Crusader’s throats, and asked them, “Hey, what are your favorite slushie flavors?”, with the Crusaders trying to reply, but failing with the tubes in their mouths. To which, the Intern said, “Aww, it probably won’t matter, because you won’t tasting anything anyway” The intern turned the slushie machine on, with it slowly filling the Crusaders bellies. The Crusaders were struggling as they watched their bellies grow. Their older sisters were not enjoying the Crusader’s punishment, but the Intern was, as he flashed a sinister smile while watching the trio’s bellies inflate with slushie goodness. By the time the slushie machine was empty, the Crusader’s bellies were the size of beach balls. “I hope you three learned your lesson!”, the Intern said, as he pulled the tubes out of their mouths. “Don’t wake everybody up at 12:00 AM! Seriously, I need my sleep!”, he explained, as he left the room with his slushie machine. The Crusaders’ giant bellies then growled with agony, causing the trio to cry. Their older sisters then come to comfort their respective sisters. “Shh, shh, it’s okay, Sugarcube! It’s all over!”, Applejack said to Apple Bloom as she rubbed her big belly. “Ah’ still love you, Apple Bloom. This is just how we learn” “Don’t cry, Sweetie. You’re not getting any more punishments. I already forgave you”, Rarity said to Sweetie Belle while patting her back. “You’re going to be fine, squirt”, Rainbow Dash said to Scootaloo while scratching her scalp. “I promise, you’ll be fine” Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow held their younger sisters, comforting them for who knows how long. Maybe an hour, maybe two. It felt like forever. Eventually, the older sisters let go of their sisters, and rested them on the couch. “Your bulging bellies won’t last forever”, Applejack assured them. “They’ll be gone by the end of the day! But until then, you’re gonna have to rest here” The trio groaned with disappointment, because they wanted to explore the hotel. “So this means we aren’t going to explore the city, or the hotel? We have to lay here for the whole day?”, groaned Apple Bloom. “Ah’m afraid so”, Applejack replied. “But don’t worry, darlings! You’ll get the TV to yourselves!”, Rarity added. The Crusaders’ frowns turned into smiles as Rarity used her magic to lift the remote and hand it to the Crusaders, but not before turning the volume on the remote down. The Crusaders turned the TV on and decided to watch Total Drama Equestrian Island. “But please don’t eat anything until you’re thin again. Until then, just relax”, Applejack told the Crusaders. “Anyways, us and the rest of the Mane Six are going to explore the hotel. We’ll be back soon. Big Macintosh and Granny Smith will watch after ya’ three while we are gone. Goodbye!”, she said as she, Rarity, and Rainbow left the room, leaving the Crusaders to watch Chris McStalion torcher his campers with excruciating challenges. ---- Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash met up with the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Starlight Glimmer at the hotel’s spa. They rested down for massages from the hotel’s interns. The massages felt amazing. But even then, Applejack was hoping she did the right thing when she punished her own sister. On one hand, she thought the punishment was justified, because she knew the Crusaders normally behaved better than that. But on the other hand, she thought it was disproportionate retribution, since the Crusaders weren’t doing anything out of malicious content. She prayed to Celestia, asking her if she did the right thing, because she wasn’t sure. She wasn’t sure at all. Back in Applejack’s room, the Crusaders’ bellies have digested some of the slushie they drank, since it was now 12:00 PM. Their bellies were now the size of softballs, and they didn’t bulge out as much. They were happy that their older sisters forgave them, and they’re also glad they learned their lesson. But they were still upset that they couldn’t explore the hotel. “It’s for our own good”, Apple Bloom thought to herself. But that train of thought quickly faded away after she, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, saw the Total Drama scene where Rotting Heather’s breasts were accidentally revealed, albeit censored. They knew that was something they shouldn’t have watched. Eventually, it was dinner time. By that time, the Crusaders’ bellies had fully digested the slushies they drank. After Applejack came back to the room to check up on the Cutie Mark Crusaders, to where they were resting on the couch with the television off. “Hey, sugarcube! Ah’m back!”, Applejack said to her sister, who just woke up yawning. “Oh, hey Applejack!”, she replied, with the other two Crusaders waking up afterwards. “So, Ah’ was thinking, since your bellies are now back to the way they were before, why don’t we go out for some food? Ah’ was thinking of going to the local Mexican Restaurant! Even though Ah’ don’t know what Mexican means, or where this “Mexico” place is located, it sounds like a place to eat!”, Applejack claimed, with the Crusaders agreeing to go there, with cheerful faces. ---- The Mexican Restaurant was massive. Applejack and the Crusaders met the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, Starlight, and more of their friends there. They sat down at a table, and simply talked with each other while dipping their chips in beans, salsa, guacamole, and other dipping sauces, and eating them. “This, city, is, amazing!!”, Twilight excitedly exclaimed. “There has been so many fun things to do here! Water skiing, roller coasters, just laying down to relax, I just love it all!”. Rainbow Dash replied to Twilight’s comment with, “Yeah, this place is nothing short of awesome! Honestly, his place is so awesome, it makes Las Pegasus look like the Rainbow Factory!” The last comment about the Rainbow Factory made everypony concerned, leading Rainbow Dash to say, “Umm, not that it exists or anything! Heh heh!” Fluttershy looked up at the birds, and that’s when she noticed an odd hexagonal pattern in the sky. “Hey, does anypony notice how strange the sky looks?”, she asked, with the rest of the Mane Six looking at the sky. “Yeah, that does look strange! Stranger than me, anyways!”, Pinkie Pie replied. “I wonder why the sky has that pattern”, Starlight questioned. That’s when one of the restaurant's employees walked over to them with their food, telling the group of ponies, “Oh, that’s just the dome!”. Applejack asked, “The dome?”, with the employee replying with, “Yeah, the dome! You haven’t heard about it?” The Mane Six were confused. “Why is there a dome covering the city?”, Rarity asked. “Well, I don’t think Stephen told you yet, but the dome is here to keep the entities out. The wall isn’t enough to keep them out, since they can climb. And don’t worry about our environment, because the sunlight, fresh air, and other eco-friendly elements from the outside can pass through!”, he explained. The Mane Six quickly understood as they ate their food. Little did anypony know, right beside the city and its dome, there was an old hydroelectric dam, holding a scary amount of water. It was cracking, crumbling, and falling apart. And when a bluebird decided to rest his feet on the dam’s pipe, that’s when it all came crashing down. The pipe disconnected from its position, crashing into the dam’s wall as it came tumbling down. The wall’s cracks became visible, and chunks of the dam came crashing to the ground. Water was spewing out of the dam’s leaks, and debris was peeling off at a quick rate. Eventually, the entire thing collapsed on itself, and the water sprayed out of the reservoir, creating this massive titlewave! The ponies within the dome noticed, and freaked out. Once the wave hit the dome, the force was strong enough to flip the entire city on its head! After the tidal wave weakened, the now upside-down city was floating on its dome, with a giant chunk of the earth keeping both the wall and the buildings in place. The ponies were trapped. ----