//------------------------------// // Tests. // Story: Applejack's Secret // by Song Leaf //------------------------------// Chapter Three - Tests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack nodded to Flim and Flam. The two nodded back and sighed, slumping behind the machine. They came back with a struggling blue pony-- A Unicorn. "Trixie?!" Applebloom gasped. "T-Trixie?! Why Trixie?" Trixie was blindfolded, also with a cloth in her mouth. The worst part about it was that her horn wasn't even there. It was a useless stump of bone. "You filed her Horn?!" Applebloom gaped. "Of course." Applejack smirked. "If she was able to use her magic, she would easily get out. Anyway, Twilight hates Trixie, and She's caused enough havoc for Ponyville." Applejack sneered. "But she was possessed by the Alicorn Amulet! And it's not her fault she's jealous of Twilight! She came from Canterlot!" Applebloom protested. Trixie nodded wildly. It was obvious that Trixie was desperate to get out. "I've made my decision. Trixie is going ta' help." Applejack replied. Applebloom loosened up a bit. "Just help, Sis'?" "With bein' the Special Ingredient fo' this batch o' Apples." Applebloom froze. "Ya' can't be serious?" "Oh, but I am, Little Sis'." Applejack had a vicious glare in her eyes. Applebloom backed away, who also found that her brother was thinking the same thing; Applejack is a murderer. -- "Well, I'll show you how it works." Applejack chimed. Trixie held her head away from Applejack, looking at Applebloom and Macintosh. Applebloom turned to Macintosh. "We should help 'er, but I know we'll die if we do! Even Applejack couldn' buck open the door!" Applebloom hissed. "Eeyup." Macintosh replied with a sigh. "Ready?" Applejack asked. Applebloom and Macintosh looked at Applejack, while Trixie was shaking her head furiously. "I take that as a yes." Applejack hissed, readying her Katana. Macintosh covered Applebloom's eyes, but Applebloom pulled his hoof down. Macintosh sighed. So curious, so young. He sighed inwardly. -- In one swift movement, Applejack swung her Katana. Trixie collapsed to the ground, wailing and screaming loudly. Blood slid out of her body like a crimson snake. Applebloom couldn't look. "Why did you cut off her legs?!" Applebloom yelled. Applejack glared at Trixie. "Makes 'em suffer longer." Trixie's legs were a piled heap on the ground, blood also spilling out from them. Trixie now thrashed her body around wildly. Flim and Flam stepped back, their eyes filled with sorrow. -- Macintosh stared blankly at Applejack. Is this what my Sis' has become? He thought Grimly. Applejack nodded again at Flim and Flam, and they quickly threw Trixie's bloodstained legs onto a conveyor belt leading inside the machine.Flam flicked a switch, and the Legs disappeared inside the machine. There was a horrible popping sound, but it was drowned out by Trixie's screaming. Applebloom pressed up against Macintosh, breathing heavily. Macintosh didn't dare say a word. The cloth in Trixie's mouth didn't really stop any sound coming from her. -- Out of another Conveyor belt. Seven Apples came out of the machine. "Trixie's Legs are worth Seven Apples. A new record." Applejack smirked. A new Record?! Big Sis' has done this before! Applebloom realized in horror. Applejack bounded to the conveyor belt of the new batch of clean, red apples. She reached for one and took a bite out of it. Blood flowed out of it. "Still needs a bit a' touchin' up, don't it?" Applejack glared at Flim and Flam. She turned back to Trixie. "Let's finish you off." Applejack hissed. Trixie screamed. "No!" She hollered. "Please! Don't!" Her protests were blocked by the cloth in the mouth, but she yelled anyway. "Please! Mercy! I won't t--" The Katana connected with Trixie's neck, and her head rolled onto the hay. Applebloom turned around and vomited, tears flowing down her cheeks. Macintosh didn't look like he felt so good either. "She made too much noise anyway." Applejack hissed. Flim and Flam now hid behind the Apple-Maker 2000, shaking with fear. Applejack rose her Katana, and split Trixie's body in half. She also cut Trixie's Mane and Tail off. She nodded to Flim and Flam again, with a satisfied look on her face. Flim and Flam hesitantly threw Trixie's head and body onto the conveyor belt, and it disappeared inside the Machine. All that was left was a huge, crimson pool of blood. There was a silence, but it was almost instantly disturbed by huge cracking and popping sounds. Applejack slid behind the machine, and took a haystack. She threw it onto the pool of blood, and untied the haystack. It collapsed, and after a bit of moving the hay around evenly, it almost looked like nothing had happened. But Applebloom would never rid that memory from her mind. Applebloom felt herself and Macintosh stiffen as Applejack stated; "And I didn't call ya' down here for nothin'."