"Applejack? Ya'll come on down here now, we got some nice hot apple pancakes for ya." A motherly voice, that Applejack knew all too well, that being of her Granny Smith, was trying to coax her on coming out of her room. She knew that she meant well and only wanted her granddaughter to feel better but she just couldn't face her, or anypony for that matter.
Not after, that
With her head burrowing into the pillows of her bed, she could only muffle a simple: "Go away!" Before planting her entire face back into the cushions.
"Aww, now Applejack, you know we don't mind yer feelin's fer that fellar, erm, eh, what was his name again?"
"Discord" Came the muffle of Applebloom, which if it wasn't for AJ's ear being perked up, she wouldn't have been able to hear her. It twitched in response at the abomination's name and she just moaned loudly, getting a sigh in response on the other side.
She swore if she heard that name, one, more, time.
"Very well, but don't come cryin tah me when you gotta start workin' on an empty belly!"
Mother of Celestia! How did she forget!?
Her head popped up as her pupil's dipped into dots as she soon jumped out of bed, only to stop and begin shaking in fear. She couldn't work today, she just couldn't! Apple seeds be stolen! She just didn't want to face the Apple Orchard and risk meeting Mr. Hi-I-Know-Everything-About-Your-Secrets!
So with a hasty look around her room, she began looking for something to help her stay in bed today. However, she knew fairly well that Granny Smith relied on the ol' hoof to the forehead trick and so she needed to make herself "sick" and fast!
"Uh, I-I can't work today!"
She blurted as she began running around the room as she moved every single item to find her salvation, anything to get out of this situation until- Ah-hah! The reading lamp on her desk! If she stayed close enough to the bulb with her forehead-
"Now Applejack, we all kno-"
Suddenly a fit of sneezes and coughs were heard from within the room as she begun working up her magic trick with the bulb, feasibly regretting this as the bulb was a tad more hot then she remembered it being. Then again she never thought she'd need to put her whole face in a minor version of Celestia's ra-
The door rattled. "Now what in tarnat-"
She had no time to hear what she had to say, so with a dash to her bed, she climbed into the covers. She just hoped that the heat was enough to make her goal complete.
Wait...
The lamp!? She forgot to turn it off!
Too late.
As soon as she even looked at it, Granny Smith came galloping in calmly and started raising a brow at her supposed sick foal. Applebloom, worriedly trotting small steps beside her.
"Alrighty, let me see how "sick" ye are." Doubt, seething in the old mare's voice.
As the orange mare expected, she was graced with the saggy, green hoof of her Grandma, sweating more from nervousness then any real kind of sickness she had harvested up before.
A perplexed and questioning look appeared on the wise mare's face as she pulled away her old hoof, giving another eye raise. "Applejack..." She warned now, causing the cowgirl to gulp.
"Yes, Granny Smith?" She gave out the sweetest grin she could muster.
It looked like she was about to say something stern but the old wisdom of her Granny came back almost immediately, as if a secret joke was being played between herself, she even laughed to express so. "Hehehe, Alright, I'll let Big Mac work your shift, you just relax yourself."
Thank Celestia, it worked.
"Oh thank ya so much Granny-"
Yet Applebloom soon placed herself up on AJ's bed, giving those puppy eye's that she knew all too well to express. "I-Is Applejack gonna be ok Granny?" Her head turned to hear so from Granny's words.
"Now ya'll don't worry about a thing." She gave a rub to the small filly's head, giving a wink. "Our AJ's the strongest mare in all of ponyville! Why, she'll be cured, lickety-split!" She pumped her hoof to the side, expressing more then enough energy for her age.
Oh for pete sakes, please just go away now. She was nervous as is already. "Y-Yeah! I'll be fine Applebloom! You worry too much." A nervous laugh soon following.
"There, see? Now, who want's some Apple pancakes?"
"Ah do!" The sadness soon being replaced with joy in mere seconds, couldn't help but make AJ laugh a bit. Her southern accent still filling up the room as she zoomed out.
With a chuckle, Granny Smith walked back towards the doorway before turning back to her granddaughter once more. "AJ,
Oh what now...
"Yes, Granny?" She tried to look interested.
"Why is the Lamplight on?" Her snide smile, reaching her old saggy cheeks.
. . .
Her heart caught into her throat. "...Uhh-"
A wider smile was all she was met with before she could finish her sentence and soon the door closed, leaving Applejack alone with her thoughts.
"...Now look what that creature made me do, he made me lie! I swear when I get my hands on that whatcha-ma-call-it I'm gonna-"
"You're going to what~"
...No...
Turning her head to the doorway, she saw the beyond pleasant smile of none other, than Discord. Who she swore, if he smiled any harder, he was going to break his own face. Shame actually, as she really wanted that to happen.
"How much did ya hear?" She whispered calmly.
"Just got here actually, why, was there more you wanted to spout from that, adorable little muzzle of yours? Ooo! Does it involve "bucking"?" He looked far to eager at that statement, making the cowgirl's face erupt in red, again.
"Get out." She whispered darkly.
"Excuse me~?"
"GET OUT"
And with that, a flurry of cushions began pulverizing the Draconequus, punching him enough in the face, that he fell right out of the window.