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// Hoof - Jackie 
// Story: AppleDash Group Collab 
// by DbzOrDie 
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"It's fair!" Applejack stated, standing in the middle of Twilight and Fluttershy who backed her up.

"This is so not fair!" Rainbow Dash protested. "Sure I get Pinkie, but Rarity?!"

Rarity simply scoffed.

"It's fair! Look, we've got one earth pony, one unicorn, and one pegasus. You've got one earth pony," the orange mare said as she pointed towards Pinkie Pie, "one unicorn," her hoof moved towards Rarity, "and one pegasus!" Applejack finished with a small shove on Rainbow's chest.

Rainbow's ears nearly fell until a compromise popped in her head. "Can I at least switch Rarity for Twilight?"

Before Applejack could say a word, a purple arm and hoof fell over the country pony's back. "Nope. I'm with Applejack!"

The cyan pegasus kicked the dirt in defeat. "Fine. Let's just start the game."

Arriving at open land, Applejack brushed flanks with Rainbow, giving her a reassuring smile as her tail swept along her lover's side. The pegasus could hear the echoing voice of the mare beside her, "It's all in good fun."

Both teams positioned themselves in the middle of the field, fire in their eyes as one team member looked into an opponent, but none matched the competitive aura between the two athletes,
Applejack and Rainbow Dash.

Applejack trotted behind Twilight as the purple unicorn officially started the game. “Shoot! I don’t even know how to play hoofball! Alright, just say random numbers and pretend nothing bad is happening…” When Twilight looked behind her, Applejack, the team’s quarterback, gave her a nod and encouraging smile to begin. “17, 24, 53… HIKE!”

The hoofball shot from under Twilight as Applejack twisted and gave a perfect buck, sending it straight towards their imaginary goal on the other end of the field. After some slight hesitation, Fluttershy started to fly towards the hoofball, but was suddenly tackled, or more so hugged, by Pinkie Pie. Twilight then made a sprint for it, but was, too, then blocked by a sudden shield of magic. Rarity set up a wall of magic in front of her, preventing Twilight from moving anywhere further.

With sudden speed, Rainbow Dash shot towards the missile, turning her back to face the ground and luckily catching the hoofball. Her victory was short lived as she fell against the harsh ground, getting her right hind leg caught in an unseen rock.

An abrupt shriek stole the attention of her friends and sent them sprinting towards their injured friend… or at least they thought she was injured.

“Aah! I chipped a hoof!” Silence fell upon the group until it broke through the laughter of Applejack and Rarity.  

Rarity used her magic to envelop a polychromatic tail and started dragging the pegasus out of the field. “Well, it seems like we’re going to the spa!” the white unicorn sang in a sing song voice.

“NOOO!” Rainbow immediately grasped one of Applejack’s forelegs and held on as if for dear life. “NEVERRRR!”