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// Applejack's Big Discovery 
// Story: Rotten to the Core 
// by ShopperBrony90 
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It took the 3 ponies a long time, but Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rainbow Dash arrived in bat-pony village; caves and all. There seems to be separated sides that organized the land (caves for the bat-ponies and the village houses for the ponies). If any of those 2 species cross each other’s area, the ponies would be under strict imprisonment under village laws in their houses and the bat-ponies would get confined to the darkest, pitch-black area of the caves. Think of it as the plot of the episode The Hooffields and McColts.

Twilight was impressed by how big the village is but was shocked at the same time by the sight of the angry ponies in the civilized side of the land. Rainbow Dash and Applejack, despite their sorrys, they’re still mad with each other. Applejack and Rainbow Dash have been giving each other the silent treatment the whole way until they arrived at the location they’re going with Twilight.

“Ah’m still going to beat you on yar pathetic bet, Rainbow Crash!” Applejack said quietly.

“What?! You can’t call me Rainbow Crash anymore! I can’t believe I have to go on this mission with a stupid coward like you, Applerash!” Rainbow Dash shouted, making Applejack even more angry with the Pegasus.

“Ah, shut your trap, you pathetic flying excuse for a pony!” Applejack shouted back.

“How about you shut up, dirty hooves!” Rainbow Dash shouted back.

Before Rainbow and Applejack’s verbal fight gets worse, Twilight has to stop their fighting once again, getting annoyed at the same time.

“Enough!!!” Twilight yelled, forcing the 2 fighting ponies to stop at Twilight’s strict command.

“Ah right, Twilight,” Applejack responded.

“Fine,” Rainbow Dash replied.

“Good, now we have to start with the village ponies to sort out the problem,” Twilight Sparkle said, leading the 2 ponies to the village side of the land. On the way there, however, Applejack was thinking about the deal she made with Rainbow Dash before they left with Twilight.

“If Rainbow Dash thinks she can call me a pathetic coward, I’ll show her!” Applejack thought. Without Twilight and Rainbow Dash noticing, Applejack goes to the bat-ponies cave area on her own!



Applejack enters the cave, hoping to prove Rainbow Dash with how she displays bravery and making Rainbow's body completely bald.

While she explores the cave trying to find bat-ponies, she notices a bright light coming from an opening inside the dark cavern. She then follows the light in curiosity. It was there she discovered a temple with a golden magic artifact (the legendary personality switch necklace).

Applejack then puts it on when she took a good look at it but it was then curiosity got the worst of her, because the idol starts to glow, streams of magic seep out and flows into Applejack’s mouth with her eyes becoming a shining white light.

After the possession phase ends, Applejack’s fur turns completely gray and loses its orange color, the pupils in her eyes turn dark red, and her personality changes from honest to a lying brat.



Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash were looking for Applejack when they noticed that she’s gone. It took a while, but they finally found the farmer pony. However, something seems off about her.

Twilight Sparkle was the first to notice Applejack’s changes.

“What happened to you, Applejack?” Twilight wondered, concerned about her country friend.

“Oh, nothing. I’m perfectly fine.” Applejack replies, sounding all fake happy.

“Really?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Oh, don’t worry about me. I’m all good. Let’s get back to our mission now.” Applejack said.

And so, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack went back to their mission, managed to get the ponies and bat-ponies to get along (by way of having both species working together when a bat-pony’s wing gets stuck under a rock), and returned back to Ponyville.



Later at Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack's curse starts to affect her family.

First, she trashed her room and when Granny Smith wondered what the racket is, Applejack said that her day's great, but in reality it's pretty bad. Second, when she was doing the farm work, she later got tired of it and rudely gives up. Third, when it was dinner time, Applejack spits her meal at Apple Bloom's face, saying that it takes like worms. It was then her family decided that enough is enough. They kicked Applejack out of her family's property, with Apple Bloom saying that she now hates her big sister because of her dishonesty and Granny Smith tells her to never come back until her attitude changes, but Applejack doesn't care at all. She leaves the acres in fake happiness.




To Be Continued…