//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: Finally we Meet // Story: Macintosh and Dolphin - The Switch // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Macintosh and Dolphin – The Switch Chapter 10: Finally we meet... Applejack tapping her front hooves together sitting by Twilight's work table feeling like she let her own big brother down just like that by snooping around after what Applebloom and the other Crusaders found when doing something for her big brother. Twilight just sat there with Spike seeing the big red work pony trotting back and forwards in front of Applejack with a bit of a disapproved face to say the least. “Ah'm sorry for taking ya stuff Big Mac... ah was just concerned over the fact ya been acting a bit strange... ah'm should of came to ya not be some stupid filly sneaking around to find something bad on another pony...” Applejack confessed to her big brother. Wayne wasn't sure how to work this out he didn't have the heart to tell her off at all, even with his own sister he couldn't be anger with her for long even after some of the crazy things they got into when they was younger... “Ah accept ya apology AJ” she raised her head looking at his big green eyes. “Ah'm would be doing the same if y'all hooves if it was ya acting strange... ah'm not sure if ah'm acting out of character or not being much of a big brother to ya, it hard to not know when ya got big gaps in y'all memoirs and ya don't even know it...” Twilight found it weird hearing this lengthy speech from first hoof and so did Spike with his jaw hanging, she knew he wasn't much of a talker but when he had to say it... he said it perfectly and with meaning... “Ya right Big Mac, ya don't know if y'all acting off since ah'm never said anything about it in the last few weeks...” “It ok AJ” Wayne decided to give Applejack a hug and she returned it. “Whoa look at this story! It got me and the others in it...” they all turn to see Rainbow Dash looking at the sheets of paper “What the hay!? Big Mac why have you got me without wings and a cursed horn on my head! I am not a unicorn!” Twilight took the papers away “Rainbow Dash it a story and fictional, plus did you read the summary it a crazy spell that switch all of Ponyville ponies types around.” Twilight then frown at her “And when did you show up?” “Oh when I saw Big Macintosh not looking so pleased with AJ, I heard she took his things from Scoots so I came to see if I can get a peek of this so called cool story and what I see I like, not sure much of this unicorn thing but what the hay, it a story and we in it” “Rainbow... you just said...” “Yeah yeah I know what I said Twilight but it just a shock to even dare thing I would have a horn over my wings, glad it fictional though” Rainbow Dash turn to Wayne “great story big guy, hurry up and finish it so I can read the rest” Wayne gulped a bit “ah'm just did it to pass the time in the evening... it just y'all all did things no pony else did in a life time, ah'm just didn't write to be published or anything, ya think others might take it too serious and well... ah'm a work pony by trade and writing isn't mah strong point” Twilight thought of a idea “How about we rewrite this and change some of the words around, like the names, the town and such, that why it doesn't have to be about us or Ponyville and still get to be published as a novel by the Apple farming Big Macintosh of Sweet Apple Acres” Applejack grinned “Ah'm like the sound of that, well Big Mac ya got mah vote” “Same here big guy” Rainbow Dash smirked “Yeah I would love to see how it turns out, and making up pony names and such will be a cool thing to do, each of us could create one to help Big Mac” Spike added “Great idea! Like replace my name with Mythic Moon a stallion of great magical power that always has his head in the clouds thinking of new possible spells!” Twilight beamed Wayne gulped with sweat rolling down his face 'What the bloody hell have I got myself into...' he thought and look to each of them “if ya incise only during mah off times... chores at Sweet Apple Acres will always come first, the farm will not run it self” “Too right Big Mac, the farm comes first but if that ticker of a brain keep going ya get this finished in no time flat!” Applejack gave her brother another hug feeling happy. Rainbow Dash saw a drawing of her and Scootaloo “Whoa this is awesome! Hey Big Macintosh can I keep this one?” “Eeyup” “SWEET!” she took it and rolled it up “Well got to buzz guys! Got some awesome training to do!” with a blur she was gone... The memoires of that day two days ago surfaced as Wayne was hard at work... he sighed knowing that he gotten into something real deep now... In the field working hard Wayne had gotten into the swing of things through the red coated, light gamboge mane work pony and the only problem he had was his mouth, Applejack had started to suspect the whole amnesia story with the odd and ends that popped out of his mouth time and again, it didn't help that he was using some of the free time to use his own creative mind to make stories and drawings. But luckily for him he was able to turn some of the mistakes he made around and Applejack was off his case a little but he still didn't like pretending to be someone he wasn't really and it was getting to him more and more as he lived the life of a hard working pony like Macintosh... 'Applebloom' he thought of, it was her whom discovered the story he been working on and she showing it to her sister Applejack that was surprised by it, the grammar and spelling needed a little work he recalled but he never thought that it would be found but Wayne forgot one key thing since he was using the amnesia story he should of knew they would go into Big Mac's room and try to help jog back the memoirs of their dear beloved brother. The droplets fell and he looked up with the green eyes he had for two weeks now noticing the storm moving in from the Everfree Forest and the look of Pegasi trying to fight back this beast of a storm that came out of nowhere. "Big Mac have ya seen Applebloom or her friends?" Applejack came up to him. Wayne thought about it "Eeyep" he replied and heard the flash of lightning and a set of screams, without thinking he took off in that direction with Applejack trying to catch up with him yelling for him to slow down but he was gone galloping up to the river leading out of the forest as the rain fell harder with the rumble of thunder. The rain fell heavier without the seconds that past till it was like a waterfall and the dark clouds turning day into dusk, with lightning shooting around as the large red farm pony made his way to the quickening swollen river his heart skipped a beat where he was... Applebloom with her friends in fear on a small piece of land, he had to act fast for her own and her friends safety, he quickly saw a old tree by the river side it was buckling under the stress of the water. "Ah coming Sis! Don't worry ah coming!" Wayne yelled out through Big Mac's voice that he gotten use to through out the weeks... The tree wasn't budging and he turn around and did a powerful buck with a crack he was the truck splitting, stepping back he called out one more time "Keep y'all head down!" he runs at it with all his might and rams it hard causing the trunk to shatter and the tree to fall right into the river beside them, he held it with his front hooves with all his might sliding to the river edge. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle was the first to start crossing with Applebloom quickly got on and rush across the log "Hurry Ah can't hold it much longer!" they all got across but Applebloom got her foot stuck, without thinking Wayne let go of the log jump on, grab her with his mouth and toss her to the river side. "Big Mac!!!" was the last words he heard when he got struck in the back of the head as the tree was pulled down river by a over head branch knocking him out cold... Big Macintosh... People streamed out of the cinema as they had finished watching a movie called Star Trek: Eclipse, a new sci-fi that was only recently released with the cast of a remade series, Hazel recalled how much her brother as a big fan of the sci-fi and wanted to treat him to it and what she found he was liking it all over again as if it was he first time seeing it. Stepping out into the rain she pulls out her umbrella standing with her brother waiting for a taxi to come pick them up. “So bro what you think it?” Big Mac smirked a little “Got to admit that was amazing, these glasses really give the effect of 3D a whole new meaning...” he look to the shades “I can see why I use to like Star Trek” “Yep you sure did, by the way how did you get that apple tree in the first place? If I recall right that tree is the name we can't even say...” Hazel turn to him with a bit of wonder. Big Mac knew instantly why he got but choose to play along “I just wanted to try raising a apple tree before I get that farm some day... I want to make mum happy” “She is happy since she has us even we all wasn't angels” Hazel laughing a little after that little bit. Big Macintosh wasn't sure how to reply to that “I guess all kids never are, look at Applebloom on My Little Pony she and those two filly friends of hers get into more trouble then we like to know” “Hehe that true bro... and Wayne” “Yep?” “Thanks for trying to make mum happy again, losing her job at New Town Apple Orchard did hit home not only for her but all the other workers too...” Hazel sighed “Look at me I am ruining a perfectly good evening with my big brother about some farm that mum use to work at...” “It fine Hazel” he put his hand on her shoulder with a warm smile. “Not really I been kind of thinking that you won't my brother... that was that big red pony the way you been acting but now I see I was wrong... I can see that your still the same good brother that always dream big even if sometimes it out of arms reach” Hazel put her free arm around his putting her head against his shoulder. “Can you forgive me?” “Yep” he grinned “I can Haz” 'she as fast and witty as mah sister Applejack... ah need to be careful but ah'm want to help the Dolphin Family out... that not going to stop me for doing so, if she figures it out ah tell her whom ah'm really am...' Taxi pulled up “Hazel?” “Yep that me, come on bro. Home time” they got into the taxi with the umbrella closed up and the taxi drives off back home... Big Macintosh was being to be noticed and his amnesia story, that night was starting point on losing grip, since he knew that Wayne's life was into stories, drawings and gaming as well working at the restraint that sold a burger called 'Big Mac', but even with his short word greetings and pleasant attitude to the costumes with the hard working he done for the last week being 'back' to the job he knew Hazel was getting rather curious over the whole amnesia story... Suddenly the train of thoughts was broken when a huge explosion rippled through the restraint from one of the grill machines, luckily no one was near it when it went off but the flames was huge and the alarms went off with people told to get out right away as the fire expanded at a rapid rate... Fire burns as the restaurant was being evacuated by staff to get the public to safety, Big Mac looked around for Hazel, she was right behind him and now couldn't see her anywhere. "Where is Hazel!?" he called out The manager turn to the burning building "I think she still inside" Without a thought he runs back in and ignore the yelling from others, inside the building burned with oil fuelling the flames, he quickly saw the girl he was looking for "Wayne!" she cried out unable to get to him due to the oil bursting with flames, he saw the leaver that would put out the oil fire, it was his only chance. Taking hold of it he turn to her "Get down!" he pulled hard as he could and the leaver lowers causing a massive amount of auto fire dust and foam to flood the oil snuffing out the flames, He took hold of her and ran for the door, the sound of hissing and that he knew was going to be big, without a care to anything else Big Mac throws her ahead of himself as they got out of the building and the last thing he knew was a massive explosion of heat and force sending him flying and smashing into a car windscreen before blanking out and hearing the words "Bro!!!!" Unknown... “The Results are positive... no fatalities and all believe to be a accident an natural storm. The test was a success” “Yes but there is a unknown and consensus can not be made” “Another factor to watch and learn, it taken 700 years of their temporal existent to require such results” “We shall watch, wait and see... results are now forever changing there is no consensus on how events will turn out...” “We will watch and wait...” Unknown 2... Grey clouds of dust with purple sky full of stars, two figures stood before each other staring at what seem to be a mirror of what they should be and are not, two lives in two families closely together now hang in the balance. The two souls searched for answers as they kept looking at each other for the first to speak, a red coated pony or a talk pale skin human both in hospital gowns after each seeming at the same time risked their own lives for the ones that they called 'little sister'... Any the first words to be spoke for the first time they met face to face in a reality of dreams was... “So...” both spoke the words and now the conversation would begin...