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// Divided Family 
// Story: Country Gems 
// by Nightlock106 
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	Granny's jaw dropped to the floor as my words echoed in her head, "Y-You're a what?"
I looked away from her, desperately wanting to avoid arguing, "I'm a filly-fooler."
"You mean to tell your old Granny that you love mares?"
I gave a slight nod, my voice starting to tremble, "Please don't hate me."
"What kind of mare loves other mares? It's not right! Love is meant to be between a mare and a stallion, not two mares or two stallions!"
I could feel tears starting to run down my cheek. Applejack stepped in front of me and stared coldly st Granny, "Granny, I'm not gonna stand here while you degrade my sister about her life choice."
"Applejack, you know just as well as I do that..."
Applejack quickly snapped back at her, "I don't care what you think! It's her life, and she can live it however she wants!"
"Don't you raise your voice at me young lady!"
"I will raise my voice at you, Apple Bloom's not the only one here who's a filly-fooler, and you know that!"
Granny looked down to the ground and scraped her hoof against the floor, "I know that, and I wasn't happy when I found out about it either, and I'm still not happy about it."
"You gave me this same rant when I told you, and I could handle it. But Apple Bloom, she's just a little filly, you have no right to degrade her like this."
Granny looked back up at Applejack, a burning hatred in her eyes, "I've had it. I want both of you out of this house by tomorrow." She didn't say anything more as she went back into the kitchen.
My heart fell out of my chest and onto the floor, shattering into nothing but dust. I never thought I'd get kicked out over this. I looked up at Applejack, tears beginning to flow down her cheeks, "This ain't right. She has no right to treat us like that."
Applejack looked down at me and pulled me closer to her, "It'll be okay, we'll get through this."
"But where are we going to stay?"
"I guess I'll see if Rarity will let us stay at her place for a while."
I wanted to protest her idea, but there was no other option for us. I pushed Applejack's hoof off of me and walked back upstairs to my room. I closed the door behind me and sat down on my bed. I looked out the window as clouds began to form in the sky. "This ain't right," I mumbled to myself. I knew Granny didn't approve of filly-foolers, but I never thought she go as far as kick me out for it.
There was a knock at my door, "Apple Bloom? Are you in there?"
I wiped away my tears and laid back on my bed, "I'm in here Big Mac."
He opened the door and walked in, "I heard everything."
"So you know what happened?"
"Eeyup," he sat down next to me.
"Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't I just love stallions like a normal filly? It's not fair!" I punched the wall next to me, knocking a small hole in the drywall.
"I know it's not fair, but there's nothing wrong with the way you are. You are a normal filly, whether you love mares or not, you are who you are and nothing can change that."
I sat up and looked at him, tears starting to run down my face again, "I-I don't..." I wrapped my hooves around him and began crying into his side.
He put his hooves around me and started stroking my mane, "Shh, it's alright Apple Bloom. It's okay."
"N-No...it's not...I've been thrown out...o-over...this!"
Big Mac continued to hold me in his hooves as I continued t cry. I couldn't say anything more to him, or to anypony, it hurt too much. My mind was racing with conflicting thoughts and emotions. I just sat there, holding onto my brother for the last time, my tears staining his coat. He continued to stroke my mane, occasionally giving me a small kiss on my head. Before long, I had finally cried myself to sleep. Big Mac stood up with me still in his hooves. He turned towards my bed and tucked me in, giving me on final kiss on my head before leaving the room.