//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Two Strings Attached // by Onyxfire408 //------------------------------// Two Strings Attached Chapter 1 You wake up to the sounds of apple bucking and conversations nearby your room. You get up from your bed and open the door to find Applejack with a nervous grin on her face. "Hey AJ whats up?" "Oh good it's you, Ah been looking for you, can we talk?" "Shoot, missy." "Well, in 3 days there's going to be a celebration mah whole entire family has, it's the Apple Family Reunion." You don't really recall an Apple family reunion but, it doesn't bother you one bit. "Ah was wonder'in if you wanted to help us git ready for the festival. Wanna help out sugarcube?" "Uh...Sure! Why not?" Applejack's ear's perked up at your answer, she gave a confused look at you. "Whaa? Ya sure sugar cuge? It's gonna be a lot of work." "Eh... I like some good hard work, anyways, when do we start?" you asked "First thing tomorrow, and be ready for some hard time." Applejack said as she went downstairs. You've been always available to help out the Apple family, they took you in when you were homeless, all you had was a guitar but you made no money with it. You've been happily working for the Apple Family, they gave you a roof to sleep under and food to eat, all in all, you were happy the way things are. You go back into your room, you wanted to get some sleep to get ready for tomorrow morning, but before that you wanted to practice your song. You pick up your guitar and sat on your bed, you started to pluck your strings to get the right tune. "Alright now where was I?" You started strummed at your guitar, getting the right G's E's and D notes, you started to hum the lyrics since you knew what they were in your head." "-A Lesson learned in Time". The Lyrics were coming to your head like a buck from Applejack, but just one part. "-through what it's worth, it was worth all the.. the... aw damn... can't think." You place your guitar down and lied down on your bed. "It'll come to me, it always does." You predicted as you drift off to sleep. ---------- You slowly opened your eyes as he hear a rapid knocking at your door. You get up and slowly open the door, in front of you, you find that there was nopony there. You begin to close the door as it was stopped. "Hey you, down here!" You look down to find that Applebloom, Applejack's little sister, was with her friends Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo. "Oh hey there Applebloom, you still doing that crusading of yours?" "Yea, but that's not why we're here, Applejack need's your help with the eastern orchard to help buck some trees." "Okay, tell AJ that I'll be down there. Gotta grab some stuff real quick." "Okay, we'll see ya later." Applebloom said as as she and her friends zoomed off screaming. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS! YEA!!!". Your ears rung as you heard the three fillies announce their name for like the babillionth time. "Ugh... my ears." You rub your ears in ease and head outside towards the eastern orchard. On your way you happen to pass by Granny Smith, Appljack's grandmother. "Hello Miss Smith." "Why hello deary, oh I'm sorry to trouble you but can you help for a little while?" She asked "Sure. Watcha need?" "Well I was walking around zap apple orchards, I was checking on the tree since it was almost Zap apple season, but when I was going back I realized I dropped my old pocket watch there. If you wouldn't mind deary, if you pass by those orchards, can you look for my watch please?" "Sure Miss Smith, I'll be sure to look around." "Thank you deary." She said as you two separated into opposite direction. You walked the rest of the trail towards the eastern orchard, at the end you find Applejack bucking some apples off of trees and into some baskets. Applejack had a small crush on you, you highly knew of it but was not interested. She always tries to coo you but, strength isn't your style. You walk up to her to give her a hand. "Hey AJ, Applebloom said that you needed some help bucking some trees, is that right? "Wah sure cutie." Oh how much you despise that name. You gave a small frown as Applejack giggled at your annoyance. "Sorry sugarcube couldn't help myself. But ya, c'mon and help me out with the trees, we ah gonna make some good old fashion fritters for the family." "Alright let's get to work." You and Applejack spent almost 2 hours clearing out the eastern orchard, you started to sweat but you don't mind, hard work for a hard pony. You load in the last batch of apples into the cart, you place the collar around you neck and start pulling as Applejack started to follow. As you two walk back to the farm, you, she tried to get in close to you but you politely reject her. "AJ how many times to I have to tell you, I'm not interested, I'm sorry if I'm breaking your heart but you just need to move on." "Ah know that sugarcutie." ... No comment you thought in your head. "But it's just that ah can't help it, your just to darn cute, I could buck you." Your eyes widened at that one compliment. "W....What?" You said in fear "I meant buck as in kick. Ah didn't mean it that way." She huffed as she faced away from you. "Still both ways are strange, so what else needs to be done?" "Well Big Mac needs some help chopping fire wood, after this you could help him." "Aight." The two of you finish moving the apple, You head off to the barn to help Big Macintosh, Applejack's brother, chop wood. You say your goodbyes to Applejack, she said goodbye blowing a kiss to you, oh how much you immensely despise Applejack's flattering. You make your way through the orchard and onto the barn, there you find Big Mac chopping firewood, and behind him a large pill of chopped firewood. "Hey Big Mac, need a hand?" "Eeyup." Big Mac hand's you a large ax, the two you chop firewood till the Celestia's sun set and Luna's moon rose. The two of you finished chopping as much wood and head back to the farmhouse to grab dinner. On your way there Big Mac's face expression hasn't changed, it was the still flat poker face you always saw. "Ah heard that you rejected mah sister again." He said in a cold tone. Here we go. You thought. "Yes, look Mac, I know you care for your sister and all but, like I said for like the millionth time, I'm just not interested." "Ah know that, to be honest, I don't know how to stop it. But if you find nopony that's your type and you've run out of options then you have my permission to go with her." The two of you reach the farm house just in time for supper. You eat to your heart's content until you couldn't feed the beast within you any longer. You go upstairs to catch some sleep, tomorrow morning was your day off since you weren't really Apple family blood. You open the door an on your bed you find a single rose and a note attached to one of it's thorns. You pick up the note to find- Dear Sugarcutie I think since you have the day off an all, that you should come celebrate the family reunion with us, even though your not Apple family blood I thing of you as honorary family. Also enjoy the rose, I got it from Roseluck, she says that it's the best to get a stallion. From your boss- AJ You think it over whether to attend the family reunion, AJ did have a point, you were considered family to her and her siblings. The only thing that irritated you was the rose, "please kill me now" say to yourself as you threw away the note and pick up your guitar. "Alright now what can that last word be." You begin to strum the same song over and over again, but what you couldn't find is the last word to the song. It's been plaguing your mind for months now, but you couldn't find the last word for the song. You place your guitar down and get on with some sleep, after all you decided that you were going to that reunion.