The Letter
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Apple Bloom woke up at the crack of dawn like she does every morning, today was a day where she didn't have to work. Applejack and Big Macintosh went down to Appleloosa to assist Braeburn, with the new shipment of apple cider while Granny Smith stayed behind to watch Apple Bloom. The only flaw in this was, that Granny Smith tends to doze off a lot in her rocking chair.
The young filly stifled a yawn and raced downstairs at the speed of a bullet, she heard a knock at the door. Curious to know who it was, she turned the doorknob and opened the door. A grey pegasus with three bubbles as her cutie mark floated in front of the door, she gripped a letter in her mouth.
''Howdy there, Derpy! What do ya' have for me today?'' Apple Bloom wondered, she gestured over at the letter.
''Just a letter for you, it says that it is from Manehattan.'' Derpy confirmed, she removed the letter from her mouth and gave it to Apple Bloom.
Immediately after she found out where the letter came from, she thought of her cousin, Babs Seed. She obtained the letter from Derpy and closed the door behind her.
''See you later, Apple Bloom!'' Derpy took off into the sky and waved goodbye to Apple Bloom.
Granny Smith rocked back and forth in her rocking chair when Apple Bloom tore the sealed envelope open. She analyzed the letter, reading every single line of the letter.
The letter clearly stated:
Dear Apple Bloom,
I'm going to make this quick without wasting your time, cousin. The last time that we saw each other in Ponyville, I made a mistake and made sure to correct the mistake. Long story short, I made friends back in Manehattan and helped the Crusader Branch expand from just me to other fillies and colts who don't have their cutie marks.To commemorate this moment, I'm coming to Ponyville for a visit tomorrow. Hope to see you then!
Sincerely,
Your cousin, Babs Seed
Apple Bloom didn't know how to feel about this, only a shocked expression washed over her. It was one thing for her cousin to come back, but it was another for her to return in the way of informing her by sending a letter. She hurried out of the farm household and went to the clubhouse.
She rapidly opened the door and found Scootaloo working on a letter to send Button Mash.
''Workin' on the letter, Ah see?'' she questioned her friend quickly.
''I sure am, take a look at it!'' Scootaloo held up the letter for Apple Bloom's eyes to scan it.
Dear Button Mash,
This is an invitation for a romantic outing in the park, you are cordially invited to spend a night with somepony who loves you dearly. She will do anything for you guys to be together: she would climb mountains, move the world around her, and lay her own life on the line to be with you. Happiness is all that she desires with you. So, please attend this event.
Bring flowers or a single rose with you, also bring a bag of bits with you. Don't ask why!
Sincerely,
Your secret admirer
''Why are we keeping this a secret from him?'' Apple Bloom asked, she cocked an eyebrow as well. She wasn't sure if telling him or keeping it as a secret could help them both.
''The suspension of disbelief, besides we are just testing the waters.'' she answered and rolled the letter up into a scroll.
Scootaloo obtained a red ribbon from the corner of the clubhouse, she twirled the ribbon around the letter and tied it together with the ribbon. ''We just have to send this letter to his house, he'll never see us coming.''
''That sounds pretty creepy and I don't know if we should do this.'' Apple Bloom hesitated, unaware of how they should go through with this.
''You got a point, AB. We should at least be subtle with this or it could go wrong, a perfect plan is not without its flaws. I mean, look at how Queen Chrysalis' plan was well thought out but it had holes, just like her.'' Scootaloo laid down with her back on the floor, kicking her hooves up in a fit of laughter.
The red-haired filly laughed along with Scootaloo, until a plan hatched in her head. A light bulb hovered over her head, it smashed down on her head. ''I got an idea!''
''Lay it on me!'' Scootaloo demanded.
''I just thought that we should send the letter to his house in secrecy, tonight. You and I are sworn to secrecy, meaning that we are not going to tell Sweetie or Button Mash. Keep it as a surprise, everypony loves surprises!'' Apple Bloom said excitingly.
''Speaking of surprises, you remember my cousin Babs right?''
''Yeah, what about her?''
''She is comin' back for a visit tomorrow. I don't know what she will do, but can't hurt to be prepared.'' Apple Bloom added, she grabbed the letter and headed straight for Button Mash's house.
''You are taking action now, see you later Apple Bloom! Make sure to deliver that letter to the right address!'' Scootaloo couldn't stress that enough if the letter was delivered to the wrong letter, she completely trusts her that she won't.
Apple Bloom raced back into town, searching through every house for his house. Without warning, she tripped over a rock while the letter soared in the air and landed near a house. This house had a green roof, blue window guards, and a beautiful rose garden near it.
She walked up to one of the nearby windows of the house and peered through the window, where a young colt remained in his bed sleeping. The walls in his room were plastered with every game poster known to gamers in Equestria, most of them are easily intrigued by the false advertising and empty promises of a perfect game. An old arcade game machine stood in plain sight inside of his room, along with a vast collection of retro game controllers. This was the home of Button Mash.
''I don't have a moment to waste to admire the scenery of his room, got to deliver this letter.'' she muttered silently under her breath, quickly moved over to the residents' mailbox, grabbed the letter and slid the letter in the mailbox.
''Done and done, now time to head home so I can contain my anticipation for Babs coming back.'' Apple Bloom departed from the residence and wandered back to Sweet Apple Acres.
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The tantalized filly walked past the apple orchard and opened the door slowly. A muffled creak emitted from the squeaky door, the sound almost woke up Granny Smith, a loud snore made its presence in the household.
SNARKLE!
It was too hard to ignore her snoring, she wandered into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. In the refrigerated device, she moved her hoof around to search for something to plug her granny's mouth with. She found a white marshmallow, closed the refrigerator silently behind her, went over to Granny Smith soon after. Inserting the marshmallow into her mouth, she closed her loose lips shut.
The snore was finally silenced. ''Jeez, and Ah thought Applejack snored like a wolf.''
Apple Bloom made her way upstairs to her room and hopped from the wooden floorboards into her warm bed. ''This day has to be the weirdest one of my life, and that's saying much in this town.'' the night finally took her away, she finally made her way into her dreams, where Luna would guard her innermost secrets.