//------------------------------// // An Apple and a Strong Heart // Story: A Good Share of Lives // by Sea Pony //------------------------------// Since the second death of Peace Dreamer things have been calm and a little glumy in Ponyville, but that might just be me for the glumy part. It’s been two weeks since I last wrote what happening around here. Even through we had some complication since my coat became sandy colored and I also became shorter since I’m younger. Rarity still decide to take me as her model in a week. At first I through they wouldn’t let me participate. In Canterlot the models are not supposed to be bellow sixteen. Fortunately like usual the princess had our back. She made me an official paper so that even through I’m younger than the legal age I can take a job since I was seventeen a few weeks ago. I still can’t believe I’m now the youngest in my family I guess I have a gift to atract crazy situations. Anyway enough about me, as much of how I would like to tell you all my epic adventures that happenned the two weeks we got separate I got to admit nothing out of the extraordinary happen except maybe for me breaking a new record in the arcades. The story of today will be about my aunt Applejack. The day started normally for my aunt she had just finished feeding the sheeps and the cows. ``Hey cous! How ya doing?!`` ``AH!`` The orange mare jumped in the air at the unexpected voice, she spun around about to scold the colt that nearly gave her a heart attack. But was stop short at the sight of a unexpected guest. ``Braeburn? What the hay are ya doing in Ponyville?`` ``Well it’s complicated, ya remember that the Buffaloes were separate in two tribes a while ago don’t ya?`` The cowgirl nodded in response. ``Well am afraid the the tension of the two sides will break loose soon and Appleloosa will be in the middle of it. Ah ask Celestia for help and she suggest me to come for Princess Twilight but ah through ya and yer family would want to come too.`` ``Thanks Braeburn am sure the family will want to come too.`` With that she said goodbye to her cousin before she ran back home to tell the bad new to her family. - - - - - ``Ya sure ya will be fine alone in the farm?`` Applejack ask worriedly to her big brother. ``Eeyup`` He responded with his trademark response. ``Don’t ya worry none Applejack. Big Mac is the strongest stallion of our family and one of the smartest too he will be fine alone at the farm while we’re in Appleloosa.`` Apple Smith said reasurely. ``Eeyup`` Big Mac confirmed. ``Well okay then ah guess ah will see ya soon.`` She said with a weak smile. The red stallion only nod in response before the train began it’s journey. ``TWILIGHT!`` A loud voice scream as it ran after the train. ``Oh my bucking Celestia, not him!`` The princess of friendship groan in exasperation before looking in the window confirming her fears. ``Flash Sentry for the last time I am not interest in you! I’m a lesbian L.E.S.B.I.A.N! I’m not interest in you or any other stallions!`` ``Come on babe as soon as you taste the Flash you will forget everything about your filly fooling days!`` Twilight’s face flush in anger before she blast him with a magical beam. ``AHHH! Next time Twilight I will have you! You can’t resist this body for too long!`` Twilight close her window in disgust at his last word. ``This guy is still following ya around. Ah through he would have give up by now.`` Applejack said in surprise. ``He’s been following me since this quest in the human world. I even made him imprisoned two times in the dungeon for harassement on royalty. But as soon as his time is up he come back to me like a brocken record.`` ``Ah never through a pony would be crazy enough to harass a Princess. Did he ever tried to hurt ya? If he did ah will buck him so hard nopony will think he’s a stallion no more.`` ``Don’t worry even if he did try anything I’m way more powerfull than him. The only reason he’s not a statue in the castle garden is because he didn’t made a crime that deserve this punishement. But if he do try to attack me or my friend there will be nothing stoping me.`` The Apple family fell in an awkward silent at the grim smile of the Princess. The rest of the travel wasn’t that interesting and last many hours. So I will cut to the chase and write when they arrived in Appleloosa. Applejack cringe as she saw the state of Appleloosa. The streets were as silent as a graveyard. The houses where baricades and the Buffaloes where charging at each other like mindless animals. ``Applejack! Princess Twilight! I’m so happy to see you two. We tried to make a civil aproach but as you see thing esqualate and then they began to fight.`` Little Strongheart said worriedly. The Princess of friendship confidently trot in the middle of the town. ``Attention everypony! Attention!`` She tried to calm them down by screaming louder but they still didn’t listen. After a while of this Twilight enough and lit her horn with a bright light blinding every buffaloes in the streets. ``Now that I have your attention you can all begin to tell me what this is all about.`` Twilight said with a frown. The buffaloes eyes widden when they saw the princess in front of them. ``We were just fighting for our honor Princess Twilight.`` One of them said respectfully. ``What honor?! We were just saying we wanted to live in the empire and you and your buffaloes attack us without any good reason!`` The cousin of Little Stronheart said indignantly. ``No good reason?! You’re dishonoring the whole tribe by living in a artificial city! Buffaloes are supposed to live in the nature our ancestor have respect for generations!`` ``Yeah right, as if there was anything ‘natural’ about Equestria, everything is controlled by the ponies nowaday.`` The younger buffalo respond flatly. And then the conversation desolve into shouting and more accusations. ``STOP! Now I know you have different opinion about the matter but right now but you need to make peace if you start to fight it will only endangered not only your tribe but this innocent town as well!`` The princess of friendship scold them. ``Whoa she changed a lot since I saw her sixteen years ago.`` Little Strongheart state. ``Well sugarcube sixteen years is a long time, beside she’s a princess now. Believe me the Twilight on duty and the Twilight in her library are two totally different ponies.`` Applejack said with a smile. ``I will take your word for it, it seem like Twilight advert the crisis for now I assume she will make the negotiation later. If you want I can take you and your family in my old house in town. It’s been a long time since I didn’t got into there. But I don’t think it was sold yet.`` Applejack nodded slowly at the buffalo’s sugestion before she followed her with her family. - - - - - Later that night Twilight had finished the negotation. The two tribes had decide to take two names different to name each other. The olders who stayed close of Appleloosa would be called Lightning Trotters and the youngers in the empire would be called Strong Feathers. Like that the honor of the two tribes would be spared since they didn’t share the same heritage. Twilight was a little sad to divide a tribe in two like that. But it was better than having a fight that would destroy the town. When Twilight return it was too late to go home since the last train had arleady pass. Twilight found a inn in the small town while the Apple family slept in the house of Little Stronheart. Applebloom shared a bed with Apple Smith, Applejack was alone in one bed and Little Strongheart insisted on sleeping on the couch. Everything was alright and Applejack quickly fell asleep. But a few hours later she was woke up by a hoof poking her. She groggily open one eyes to see a familiar buffalo looking down at her sheepishly. Applejack yawn and look at her clock and saw that it was 2:00 A.M ``What do ya want sugarcube? Am mighty tired here.`` ``I know it might sound weird but can I sleep with you?`` ``What?! Who do you think ah am? Ah don’t do one night stand and am not atracted to mare! At least I don’t think so...`` Applejack was not a virgin she had lost it long ago in her teenage years. But she never felt nothing for the stallion she’s been with. She tried to give him a chance but he was just not the one she want to pass her life with. She dated a few stallions after but not one was good yet. She admit she was a little curious to know if she would feel it with a mare. But she never got the guts to try it. Applejack shook herself from her daydream before she look at the buffalo who also had a giant blush on her face. ``I didn’t mean it like that! I just wanted to sleep beside you! It just that in the Crystal Empire I’m used to have magic constantly aroud me. Now that it’s not here I feel a little empty so I wanted to sleep with somepony. But I guess things got too awkward now.`` ``Nah it’s okay Strongheart, ah just got my mind in the gutter and assumed the worst. Ya can come sleep with me fer the night if ya want.`` The buffalo smile before she laid down beside the apple mare. She wasn’t surprise to find that the mare smelt like hay and apple. ``Erm. Sugarcube could ya not be so close? It fell a little awkward.`` ``Ok,`` The buffalo let her some breathing space and turn away from the mare. The awkwardness persists for a few minutes before they each fell asleep. After this day Applejack and Little Strongheart would become very good friends and would keep in contact. And who know maybe someday this friendship will become stronger than before.