//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: The Bull's horns // by Onyxfire408 //------------------------------// Chapter 2 A New Home There was a teenage colt sitting alone in his kitchen, he started blankly at his table. He smiled like a psychopath as he shed tears overflowing his eyes, he stood up and walked into his room to grieve in despair. As he walked into his room he found a small box wrapped as a present, he picked it up and found a hoof made bull whip, along with a black stetson inside. Along with the whip was a single letter written by his little sister. Dear Brother- I am sorry that I bad to be like this, and normally I hate to write long things but I this time I'll let it pass. You have made me the happiest filly in Equestria, you've bought me toys, books, and gifts to keep me company when I was in the hospital, and the one thing I kept doing was smiling. That was the one thing that kept me going to try and survive, but alas all good things must come to an end, I was very grateful that you cared for me so much even after mom and dad died. You've bathed me, fed me, defended me, and even sacrificed so much for me. But now I want you to be happy, you've made me smile, now it's time for you to smile, keep smiling no matter what, only don't whenever you want but please smile for most of the time, I'll be in Faust's Realm, watching you. P.S. This is Bully the bull whip, I made him for you, I know how much you wanted a whip but you sacrificed it for me, so I'm returning the favor. -Your sister Wooly Pin The colt began to drip tears onto the letter as he folded it up and set it aside, as he set aside his letter, he reached in the box and pulled out the whip and the stetson. He placed the stetson on his head and held the whip in hoof, he raised it up high and slashed it at the wall leaving a massive gash in the wall. He felt a tingling sensation on his flank and looked to find a whip cutie mark, he looked at his whip and smiled. "Thanks Bully, thanks Wooly." Whiplash's eyes shot open at the dream he had, but something was wrong, all he could see was darkness. "Whoops silly me." Whiplash took his stetson off his face and looked to find the conductor in front of him. "Sir I'm sorry to wake you, but we've arrived in Dodge Junction." The conductor said leaving Whiplash who stood up and left the train to find his old rubbish town. He walked down the streets continuing to smile, he reached his home and opened the door to find old mail. He looked at the mail to just find commercial mail, he threw it away. As he walked through his house, he exited the back door to find a single tall piece of stone sticking out of the ground, he walked over to the stone and removed his hat, he sat down in front of it and placed his hoof on the engravings. Here lies Wooly Pin A daughter, Sister, and a true friend may she rest in Faust's realm Whiplash sat infront of his sister's grave as he continued to smile. "Hey sis, this is probably the last time I'm visiting your grave, but I don't have to worry since your always watching me, thanks by the way. I met a really interesting mare today, her name was Applejack and boy was she pretty. She always reminded me of you, nervous, funny, and can't take a joke. I don't know but I feel... strange around her. But she offered me a job, and to move to a nice town called Ponyville, oh if only you could see it. So by tommorow morning I'm leaving, sorry but don't worry, it's like you said, your always watching." The stallion finished as he shed a single tear and placed the stetson back on his head, he turned around to find Cherry Jubilee standing behind him this whole time. "So your leaving eh?" She asked with a smirk "Heh yea, it's about time I move on." "Don't worry, Ah'll keep the grave clean." "Thanks." The stallion walked up close to the mare and stuck out his hoof. "Guess this means goodbye." Jubilee stuck out her hoof colliding with Whiplash's and shook it. "Yep, We'll miss you." "I know, I'll be leaving tomorrow though." "Take all the time you need, you need to find the world out there." "I know, I know..." He said as Jubilee trotted away towards her farm, Whiplash could have sworn he saw a familiar orange mare at the farm but he shrugged it off and walked inside his house. Inside he took time to pack up whatever hey needed, but he didn't have much. He packed up a toothbrush, clothes, and other essentials to get ready for his new home. As he finished packing he went to his bedroom and lied down on his bed, he slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. Meanwhile with Applejack "Didja meet any nice ponies there?" "Some" Ah wonder what Whip's doin raght now. The next morning struck as Whip was ready to go home, a new home. He rose from his bed as he yawn like a hibernated bear, he placed his stetson on his head and placed Bully on his side. He grabbed his saddle bags and walked outside, he walked through the dry plains of Dodge Junction until he reached the train station. As he waited, he noticed a familiar orange mare trotting towards the station. "Applejack?" The orange mare turned to find a surprised Whiplash staring at him. "Whiplash! Is that you?" "Yea it's me but, what are you doing here? I thought you lived in Ponyville?" "Well I do but-" In the nearby distance a loud voice screamed at Applejack's name. "Look Whip when you arrive at Ponyville look for Sweet Apple Acres, look for a red stallion named Big Macintosh, tell him that Ah'll be home soon, tell him your a messenger and that you need a place to stay. He'll understand." The mare explained as she galloped off into the distance. Whiplash looked confused as he saw five mares chasing Applejack, Whiplash shrugged it off and waited for the train. After a few minutes the train had arrived at Dodge, Whiplash entered and sat down as he relaxed awaiting for a new leaf to be bloomed in his life. As the train move he looked outside to find a wagon heading straight for the train, he looked at the driver but couldn't get a clear image of the driver. "That pony's crazy." Whiplash said to himself as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. About an hour later Whiplash arrived in Ponyville, he looked around the station to find a cheerful of ponies at the station, he then spotted a tall red stallion with a green apple cutie mark. He walked up to the stallion who faced Whiplash with a confused expression. "You Big Macintosh?" "Eeyup." Answered the stallion. His tone was dark and mature, almost as if it can crush a pony's spirit, "Well I'm a friend of Applejack, she told me that I could get a job here and that I could stay with you guys for a few days." "Ah you must be that Whip fella, yea AJ told me about that in a letter she sent, was mah sis on that train?" "Wait Applejack is your sister?" "Eeyup." "And Ah'm her little sister." A little yellow filly said as she popped through the red stallion's legs. "Ah'm Applebloom." "Well nice to meet you Applebloom and Big Macintosh." Greeted Whiplash "Please, Big Mac is just fine." said the red stallion. "Alright, well to answer your question, no she wasn't on the train, but she was just about to board the train but it looked like she was being chased. I saw a couple of mares chasing after her." "Hmmm Ahhhh I know what's going on. Well in the mean time lemme show you to Sweet Apple Acres." "Alright." The stallion and filly lead Whiplash through the streets on Ponyville, it was a nice town, more ponies than he's ever seen in Dodge Junction. "Thank Celestia Pinkie isn't here." The stallion said to himself as the three reached a massive road with a sea amount of apple trees on each side. "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, home to Equestria's finest apples." "Daaaaaaang, that's a lot of apples." "Eeyup." "Jeez don't you have anything else to say?" "Nnope. Now c'mon Ah'll show you a quick tour of the farm and show you where you'll be staying." Big Mac and Applebloom gave a quick tour to Whiplash, he loved the place and how there was plenty of apples. "Aand there's the farm house, that's where we all sleep, it's also where you'll sleep to. Oh and one more thing," The stallion walked up close to Whiplash's face and gave an icy glare. "-If ya'll hurt mah sister, I will crush your skull and grind them up into sugar and toss them into the river, ya got that?" Whiplash gave a feared gulp and smiled at the stallion. "Y-Y-Yes Sir." The black stetson stallion said as he saluted his hoof towards Big Mac. After a small pause an old green mare slowly walked her way outside of the farm house, she walked over towards Whiplash who gave an icy glare at him. "Uh...ma'am." Whiplash introduced as he stuck out his hoof greeting the mare, but she didn't shake it, she just examined him like a test. The mare then gave a warming smile after her examination and slowly shook his hoof. "Wah it's nice to meet you dearie. You must be that new employee my grand daughter hired, welcome to the family, my name is Granny Smith." "I'm Whiplash, it's nice to meet you ma'am." As the two greeted each other a gray mare with a blonde mane and twisted eyes flew over to the apple farm with a beaming smile on her face. "Hey you guys, Applejack's coming back! She'll be here in a few minutes so hurry up to the station." The mare said as she flew off into the distance of the train station. As you and the rest of the apple family reach the station a train had arrived as an orange mare walked out and found herself dog piled by the apple family. Whiplash didn't want to interrupt them, he just stood there and smiled for their reunion. After their reconciliation Applejack stood up and found Whiplash smiling at her. "Whip! Ya made it!" Applejack exclaimed as she came over to Whip and shook his hoof. "It's good to meet ya again." "Nice to meetcha to Jackie." Applejack's face then turned sour as she raised a hoof a struck Whiplash in the gut, he grunted in pain but still smiled as he tried to rebel against it. "Right... forgot...my bad." Nearby a pink mare with hair's gravity defying physics had just recently twitched her eye. Her eyes widened as her mouth hung open in shock. "Oh no, not this one." The pink mare said. After a while Whiplash got to know all of Applejack's friends, the week had passed quickly as Whiplash happily worked at Sweet Apple Acres and lived in Ponyville. Whiplash slept peacefully in his room as his door creaked open and inside came a little filly. She slowly tip-hoofed her way towards whiplash, she noticed the whip that Whiplash always held, she carefully detached it from his side and ran off. Whiplash was still sleeping in his room, his door fully opened as Whiplash rose to find out who opened it. He found that Applejack came inside with a seductive look on her face. "Jackie what are you doing here?" Applejack moved in closer having herself over Whiplash as she was mere centimeters away from his face. "Wah Ah'm just saying hello sugar cube." "Sugar cu- MRRPPH!?!?" Whiplash was interrupted as Applejack pressed her lips against his, after for what seemed like hours but seconds Applejack let go and panted heavily at Whiplash. "W-What was that for?" "Wah not? Did you not like that sugar cube?" "But I-" Whiplash's eyes shot open from the strange dream, he quickly got up from his bed and placed his stetson on his hairy scalp. He hopped off the bed but something felt...wrong, he looked to his side to find that Bully was missing. He quickly got outside to find a 2 fillies surrounding what looked like a filly in pain. Whiplash quickly galloped to the fillies to find Applebloom with a massive bruise on her cheek. "What happened!?" Whiplash asked the two fillies, the small orange one walked up to him first and explained. "Well Applebloom found this cool whip and we tried to become whip masters." Whiplash chuckled at their try as he walked up close to the injured filly, he picked her up and placed her on his back. "C'mon we gotta get some ice. Can one of you hold my whip?" He said as the two followed Whiplash back to the farm house with his whip, there he place Applebloom on the couch and went into the kitchen, he opened the fridge to find some ice cubes. He took out a plastic bag from a nearby drawer and placed the ice cubes in the bag, he then wrapped the bag in a paper towel to prevent any leaking, he came over to Applebloom and gently placed the ice bag over her bruise. "Now this will sting but trust me, it will help." He placed the bag over her bruise and winced in pain. "Just keep it like that and you'll be fine." "T-Thanks." Applebloom said as she said through pain. "Try not to talk, don't stress out your mouth." The filly obeyed and stayed silent. Suddenly the front door burst open with a worried Applejack, she ran over to Applebloom pushing Whiplash aside, she knelt over to Applebloom with tears in her eyes. "Applebloom, *sniff* your okay." Applejack said through her tears "Yea she is, though she shouldn't talk, the muscles will have to relax after-" Whiplash gave a brief pause as he looked over at the innocent Applebloom. "... after I let her use my whip." He lied as Applejack punched Whiplash in the face having his nose bleed, but he still smiled. He didn't want to have a filly's life ruined for her own mistake. But deep inside Whiplash felt something shatter as if it happened years ago, but he ignored it immensely as he listened to the enraged Applejack. "AH CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET HER USE THAT THING! GET OUT OF MAH SIGHT NOW!!!" Whiplash bowed his head in apology and took his whip and left without saying another word...but still smiled. Applebloom couldn't help but shed tears at her innocent hero. Applejack brushed her main as she tried to make her forget about Whip. "Shh, it's ahright AB, stay away from him, you'll never meet him agin." Outside Whiplash stilled smiled even a pretty mare like Applejack struck him, hard. "Heh, so much for a new home, sad though, but I gotta keep my promise." The blood soon dried as he brought down his stetson covering his face from Big Macintosh as he walked past him. "You okay?" he asked as Big Mac noticed dried blood on the stallion's chin but Whiplash ignored him and moved on through the orchard roads. "Hmm, somethings wrong." Big Mac said as he walked towards the farm house. At Ponyville Whiplash walked towards the train station to go back to his home town, Dodge Junction. As he walked he met one of Applejack's friends, Rainbow Dash he landed in front of him. "Hey what's u- Oh my Celestia! What happened to your face!?" She asks in panic as Whiplash ignored her and simply walked past her, smiling. "Hey you okay? Why are you bleeding... and smiling?" Whiplash then galloped completely ignoring Rainbow as she bolted towards the stallion cutting him off. "Okay seriously what's with you?" "Nothing you should know." Whip said as he walked past the rainbow mare and trotted towards the train station. "Something about that stallion just doesn't seen right." Rainbow said as she bolted off into the skies. Whiplash arrived at the train station as he forgot his bits back at the apple farm, he didn't want to bother Applejack after that...moment. He found a large group of ponies boarding the train, he stuck close with the group as he slowly pick-pocketed a stallion's bag as he received a ticket as a greedy award. He boarded the train as he watched the stallion arguing to himself as he couldn't find his stolen ticket. The train left as Whiplash awaited patiently to arrive at Dodge Junction. As he arrived he walked out to find the old rubbish town that he despised, the one that took away his beloved. As he walked down the old dusty trail he reached his old home, fortunately it wasn't owned by nopony else. He walked inside to find the house a little dusty but he didn't care, he walked outside behind his house and found his sister's grave, clean. "Thank you Cherry Lee." He blessed as he walked close to the grave and closed his eyes. Applejack sat at Sugar Cube Corner frustrated as he friends surrounded her for her grief. "Ah can't believe he would do something like that." "Yes, highly irresponsible, I'm just glad Sweetie Belle wasn't hurt." Rarity said "Or Scootaloo." Followed Rainbow Dash "Very unsmart." followed Pinkie Pie Suddenly the door opened and in came Big Macintosh along with the CMC with apologetic looks on their faces. Applebloom was flooded with tears as she ran and hugged her sister tight. "Sis..." Applejack wrapped her hoofs around her sister to comfort her. "What's wrong AB?" "It's not his fault." "What do you mean?" asked Applejack with a worried look on her face. "It's not Whip's fault, he took the blame for me. I snuck into his room and stole his whip without asking, I used it and got mahself injured. He took the blame for me and Ah just couldn't see him punched by you, Ah couldn't live with the guilt." Applebloom confessed as she cried all over her big sister's sister. Applejack had a shocked expression on her face, she couldn't believe what she had concluded herself in the past. "So, your saying..." "Yes AJ," spoke Big Mac. "You fired our innocent worker." said Big Mac in a harsh tone. "Please Big Brother, don't be harsh to AJ." Pleaded Applebloom. "No, Ah deserve it." Confessed Applejack. She let go of her sister and stood up. "Ah need to find him."