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// Did you say 'APPLE', or 'ORANGE' 
// Story: An "ORANGE" of a day 
// by Driftblade the drifter 
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[meanwhile inside a cat's bria-...I mean at Canterlot]






The guards were working overtime under the princess Celestia's orders. All they were told was that a threat has been awakened and could hurt her little ponies. The guards were starting to guess what the threat was and some of the guesses were odd to strange to even weird. The list would go on and on and on.

Shining Armor Did not care for such guesses even if they were odd to maretales to even weird fantasy tales. He was going to do the job the princess gave him. he was going to fulfill it to the order. He would even lose his horn to get it done if he had to. He was that devoted to hoof.

Discord was watching all this in front of him as he was thinking about the dragon. How it popped in this world only to imprisoned in stone shortly afterwards. Then to suddenly bust out by a simple phrase that told you life is like an orange. this brought another thought, ' isn't it 'life is like an onion as you peel it' not an orange,' Discord thought as why use an orange instead as more came into thought until he tired of thought, as it was not like him to think this much, so he went to his room.

Celestia on the other hoof was worried but hid it behind her mask. Her sister awakened by the commotion asked what was going on. Her face also took one of fear as a certain dragon a.k.a. the magic eater as they nicknamed him was on the loose out there. Luna told her sister that they should contact the 'elements of harmony' of this coming threat.

Celestia had almost forgotten of her prized student in all of her worry. 'almost'. She quickly sent a letter to her student about the threat that was coming or was already there. May my mercy reach them in time.



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[back in ponyville]






As the cowpony was getting rid of the last bits of orange gunk off of her, she was to distracted to notice the dragon in front of her stall until he coughed to get her attention. At the noise she turned around to greet and apologize to her customer ,but froze in shock to see a dragon there instead of a pony. What did she get her self into now.


Somewhere in a kitchen a great war was raging on and this war lasted for one year. Many had lost there lives in this war that it was now called the 'Great Utensils War'. The war would continue on raging if not for the legendary hero, the Spork. He stopped the forks and spoons from fighting each other and told them that they should be fighting for their homes back not each other. He told them they should work together and over throw the tyranny of the knifes that robbed them of there homes, family's, and freedom. So they did and the evil cutting empire fell before them and peace was once again brought back to the kitchen...but at the cost of the hero's life, for he will always remain in there kitchen drawers. 

Back at the stall, Applejack was still wondering what to do but was broke out of it as the dragon spoke up. " do you sell any oranges, for I sure could go for one," the dragon stated to the orange pony, but was not yet done. "Plus I like you coat color," He said as if this was normal to say.

Applejack was not sure how to respond to that last one, but decided to ignore it and answer the first one instead. " No I don't sell oranges, but I hay sure do sell apples, and dem best in all of Equestria partner. 

" what? what you mean you don't but do sell oranges, that makes no sense," Oran stated confused as he miss took apples for oranges.

Applejack frowned at this and told him she said apples not oranges. Oran once again got the two confused and thought she was messing with him. This went on for ten minutes before they finally decided to stop and ask each others name as a new approach, and once again they fought over her name was Applejack, not Orangejack.

At the library where the insane go...I mean the well read go to enjoy peace clari-, oh who am I kidding, no one ever goes to her house for a damn book at all like they never even new what a book was and ... 'ehm' back to the story. Twilight was busy reading a book on 'Vamp,Ponies' until a thought came to her. 'I haven't seen Spike after I sent him to deliver those papers to the post office?' She was now getting worried for him as he was her means to send her friendship reports to her mentor the easiest ways and completely forgetting to right to her parents often. This was even worse than the time she read 'Spiderses', and she really did not enjoy it, it was not plot of the story but the words, even thou others digress...She was getting side tracked.

So she went out to find him, hopefully he was just lost. As she was looking for him she wasn't paying attention to the path and tripped hard on her face. As she got up and rubbed her head with her hoof, she looked to see what tripped her and to her surprise it was an orange. This was the last time anyone saw her, and up to today she was never found and is still missing.

As Oran left the rude cowpony he was now wondering the city, and somehow still no sign of that flying pony that tried to give him one or two hits. These thoughts were soon forgotten as he laid his eye's upon a mare, but it was not her that caught his sight's as he already had a mate, but that is a story for another time. What really caught his attention was the muffin she had. So he walked right up to her and asked if she could share completely ignoring her eye's and why they were like that.

The gray mare looked up from her 'GLORIOUS' muffin and looked at the dragon with a puzzled look, but then smiled and simply said 'sure'. Oran took up on her kindness and ate the other half of the muffin while sitting next to her as if they were the best of friends. she then started asking if he ever tried an apple muffin, which then restarted the debate...again. 'Oo the irony.'