//------------------------------// // The Next Day // Story: Applejack's Comfort // by JWD113 //------------------------------// The Next Day The sun shined down on Ponville. Delicately lighting up the entire town. The radiant shine from the sun bled through the curtains of the Apple house. Lightly shining on the face of Applejack who had fallen asleep on the floor the night before. Her eyes reluctantly opened. She blinked a couple of times to get the sleep out of her eyes and sat up looking around the room rubbing her eyes with her hooves. She examined the room trying to remember the night before. On her left side by where her head had been rested she saw her pacifier. It still had saliva on the teat. On the other side lied her friend Ms. Huggums. She picked up her pacifier and popped it into her mouth sucking contently and slowly, just waking up after all, she then grabbed her favorite bear and hugged her tightly. She sat there for a couple of minutes. Eyes closed, hair a mess and pacifier in mouth. An odor had hit her nose as she sat there it was one she was all too familiar with. The smell was originating from the diaper she had put on the night before. Applejack spread her legs and examined the front of her diaper. Lightly poking it with her hoof she felt the soiled fabric rubbing against her private area. Applejack reached over to a pack of wipes she had handy ready to clean herself up when something caught her attention. "What in tarnation?" she said her pacifier falling out as she did. Sniff Sniff. "What is that?" Applejack said aloud as she sniffed intently. There was a stink in the air Applejack had not smelt in long time. "No I didn't." she said. Applejack turned her head around and looked down at the back of her diaper. There she saw a brown stain that disrupted the diapers snow white colorization. She turned away from it and looked down at herself. Turning her head to the right she saw herself in the mirror she kept by her window seal. She stared into mirror looking directly into her eyes then she said aloud to herself. "You messed in a diaper. You the most highly respected pony in the town the element of honesty for pete's sake," a tear began to flow down applejack's face, "and you messed a diaper." Applejack's single tear evolved into a stream of fluid flowing down her cheeks. She fell to the floor and buried her face in her hooves in an attempt to stifle the crying. "Why do i do this?" she sobbed. "Why do I have to do this?" she rubbed her eyes picked herself up and looked back in the mirror. Sniffling she locked eyes with her reflection,"huh because you miss them. 'sniff' Because you miss them". She picked herself up and stumbled into her bathroom to get cleaned up. Stopping at the bathroom door she looked back at her area tears still flowing down her face. She saw her pacifier, her toys and She saw Ms. Huggums the words 'as long as you need me' ringing in her head. She turned and continued into the bathroom. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Later that day Applejack was hard at work just outside the barn doing some busy work trying to forget about the incident from that morning. 'Why did it upset me so much' She thought to herself. "I mean I wet them all the time." she said quietly to herself as she sawed a plank in two. "Certainly messing shouldn't be that far of a stretch." Applejack shook her head and decided to stop thinking about it. After all she had pinkie's party later that day and her family was due back sometime tomorrow. She needed to clear her mind of all that mess. On thing she couldn't shake though were the thoughts she had last night. About why she had her habit and her parents. " I haven't seen them since I was just a filly. Maybe the diaper and the pacifier help me feel like their still here. Is that why I do it?" She thought aloud as she put away her tools. Applejack had always had thoughts on why she did this but, rarely contemplated it very deeply. "Do what?" said a energetic voice coming from behind Applejack. Applejack, startled, jumped and quickly turned around to see her friend Pinkie Pie standing there with a smile on her face and curiosity in her eyes. "Do you always talk to yourself like that Applejack?" "Gat zooks! Pinkie you scared the livin' the day lights out of me." Applejack said with a nervous smile. "Whataya Doin' out here anyway?" "Oh sorry i'm just going around ponyville reminding everypony that my Birthday party is today!" "Yeah I Know Pinkie. You can count on me bein' there." Applejack said confidently. "Oh that's wonderful Applejack I can't wait to see you there." Pinkie pie turned around with a hop and headed towards Fluttershy's cottage. "Now if you'll excuse me I have more Ponies to visit before noon." Applejack stood there her heart beating a million times a second Praying Pinkie hadn't been hanging around long enough to hear her talking about her secret. What if she had heard? If Pinkie found out then she'll for sure blabb to somepony about it. Either accidentally or as point of concern. 'Should it be a concern?' Appleajck thought. Suddenly rapid fire thoughts of all her friends pounding her with questions about her habit started to flood her mind. She imagined Twilight wanting to study her brain. Then an image of Rainbow Dash laughing hysterically flash by. Suddenly one of Rarity making a face of utter disgust ran through her mind. She was trotting back and forth just trying to create excuses for what she was talking about. She played out situations in her head where she told everypony about it. It wasn't helping though. The more she thought about the more nervous she became. The thought of somepony knowing her secret was drilling into her head. It made her think about messing too which made her even more nervous. 'Why do I have to do this' She thought to herself. 'Why can't I just forget about it like normal. It's never pestured me like this before' Applejack wanted to stop thinking about rather if Pinkie had heard her or not so with no real work to be done to distract her she she snapped and started running. "yeah that's it." Applejack said as she ran out the main gate. "I'll go for a quick run before the party." She said panting as she picked up her speed."That'll clear my head for sure." She kept on running until she was out of sight from the apple farm. As Applejack got further away from her farm a certain pink pony began to get head back. Pinkie Pie hadn't really left the apple farm but instead made herself scarce waiting for applejack's next move. She pooped out of one of the bushes next to the maingate scratching her head. "Where is she off to in such a hurry?" Pinkie Pie said aloud."I was hoping she'd go inside and get diapered. Hee Hee. Applejack's an adult foal who would've guessed?" Pinkie pie stepped out of the bush and hoped over to the apple house. "Before I make any rash decisions I should confirm my Pinkie sense on this one." Pinkie said as she non chalantly opened the front door.Walking in as if she owned the place. "I always thought Fluttershy, maybe even Twilight but, never Applejack. A true surprise."Pinkie headed up the stairs making the climb in no time then stopped and began looking down the hallway."Whoa slow down Pinkie. You don't know for sure yet." She said aloud as she entered AJ's room. She stepped inside her friend's room and closely examined the place. It was big, not as big as pinkie's though. She jumped up and landed belly first on the floor sliding across the room and under Applejack's bed. "Not under there." she said"Maybe it's in this chest." Pinkie pie headed over to the large chest Applejack kept at the foot of her bed and swung the top open. She gently ran her hooves through the books and accessories moving them around searching for her proof. She made sure to throw any thing out or rummage to much as to keep her intrusion secret. "Not here either." She said with a pout. She looked around wondering where else she could check. Then like a pound of bricks it hit her. "OOhh the closet. Hee Hee. 'snort' Silly me." She said hopping towards the closet. Standing face to face with the walk in she lifted her hoof gently turning the knob her smile grew greater as she opened the door. Looking inside she saw an assortment of horseshoes, saddles and other farm related personals. Then there was something else. A box. cardboard box with no noticeable damage making it stick out from all the muddyed and worn equipment in there with it. Pinkie pie leaned down towards the box and a light scent caught her attention. It was a smell she was very familiar with. "OOOhhhh goody. This must be it." She said her smile stretching from ear to ear. She lightly flipped the cover up and there she saw her proof. "Well well." Pinkie said with a satisfactory tone. "She was talking about what I thought she was talking about. Pinkie sense you never cease to amaze me." Pinkie Pie still grinning lifted up the item at the top of the box. A small stuffed bear. She held it up and said. "Do have a surprise for her."