Applejack was sleeping in the bed, like she used to. Not that she had a choice, but it was nice. She dreamed about the future she, her wife and their soon to be born baby. Applejack, even asleep she rubbed her belly with a smile. She mumbled something. "I can bearly wait..." She said. Unknown Rainbow sat in a chair on the other side of the room, watching her loving wife sleep. She knew she was being a little creepy watching her sleep, but she couldn't help it. Applejack was beautiful asleep or not. Rainbow slowly got out of the chair and walked outside.
The ship was sailing north, Rainbow though it would be nice to get the crew to rest a little. They had been working their bones off. They needed it, they had deserved it. "Twilight, is it possible to go faster?" She asked.
Twilight got closer to the captain to not use the rest of her power to yell. "No... The crew is... We don't have anymore power... We're all tierd..." She said, taking long breath with each word.
"How long will it take?"
"A day... I believe"
"Good, go take a nap somewhere" she ordered, Twilight nodded and went off. "Stop the ship!" She yelled. Everypony on the ship stopped moving, they looked at Dash confused. "Everyone here need a break, take a nap or whatever!" Just like light, they all fell to the ground. Not long after snoring was heard. Dash couldn't help but chuckle.
Inside Applejack had woken from her slumber. She was looking at something, it was her old crown. The leaf like thing was still as good looking as it had been when she first took it off. The good and bad memories running around in her head.
"Mac! It's not fair! I am grown up now! Can't I just take five minutes outside the gate?" A filly Applejack yelled at her older brother.
"Nope, Applejack even if your grown up. I don't take the chance of you outside that gate!" He said calm pointing at the gate.
"But it's not fair! You go outside all the time!" She said.
"You are not me! I am allowed, I rule in this land. You are the next to take the throne... Please, just.... I want you safe, I don't want to lose you too." He said, trying to get her to feel guilty over the hole deal.
"I know... I just want to see the world outside the gates..." She said, a soft sniff came from her nose. His plan on making her feel guilty was a success.
"Can you promise me to not go outside that gate?" He asked, he moved his face closer to hug her. She accepted the hug from her older brother.
"I promise..." She said, small tears came from her eye. She felt so guilty taking his word in so easy.
"I was such a fool, why did I belive in him... Jerk..." She said, it was pain that he was her brother and he had done something so horrible to her. A brother wasn't supposed to force their little sister into a unwanted marriage. A brother shoud be happy by her choice to marry in love. Even if it was a pirate.
"Mac?" A filly applejack asked. She and her brother was in the royal library, the teacher was rrying to teach them something.... Something about the royal family and how it was in the world.
"Shh, we talk later..." He whispered as he went back to the book.
"Hmph...." She hated sitting still so long, she didn't even follow what the teacher said.
"Applejack?" The brown stallion with gray hair and a book as a cutie mark said. "Do you know what I just said?" He asked.
"Ehh... I- I umm, well...." She had to think fast of an excuse, but she had always been a bad liar. "No..." She said in deaft.
"Hmm, I suggest that you follow from now on." His gaze turned to Mac. "Mister Macintosh, do you know what we are talking about?" He asked.
Not even looking up from his book he said "the political rulers of Equestria and how the system work"
"Correct, really good my prince." He turned back to the lesson.
"Angel kid..." She said under her breath.
The door to the library opened, two earth ponies came inside. A mare and a stallion, the mare was bright red with long blond hair, her hair was made into a braid but it still reached the floor. The stallion was huge, he almost crashed in the doorframe, his coat was bright orange with brown mane. Crowns was on their heads, they were the kids parents.
The teacher looked at them and bowed. "My lord, your highness..." He said.
"Good afternoon mr. Lesson, how are they doing?" The queen asked.
"Your highness, your son is doing well and your daughter... Well" they looked at Applejack and her dad as they made a paper fly.
When they saw they had been busted they both smiled like nothing had happened.
The queen sighed and shook her head. "anyway, is she doing better than last year?" She asked.
"Well she is doing better than last year, she got ten right on the last test... Its ten more than last year" he said. It was no secret that she was bad in school. She was a kid, in her own head she thought that she didn't really need to learn all this, it was useless. She had only told this to her father, he told her that it was useful, one day she might need it.
"That's good, what about Mac?" She looked over at her son as he was still studying.
"He, as always has top characters." He said.
"Thats good, honey... We have to go" she said before turning to leave "and Applejack... I know your hiding in your fathers crown" Applejack came crawling out of her fathers big crown, she gave a annoyed face to her mother. Her eyes begging her to leave with them, but no. Her mother didn't buy it.
"Sorry sweetie." Her father said before he left as well.
A small smile had grown on her face, small strems of tears escaped her eyes and small sobbing came from her mouth. She missed them dearly, but still. She didn't want to give the life she now had to get them back. She loved her new life, she loved Rainbow Dash. She couldn't leave her. Not now, not ever.
Filly Applejack sat in front of two tomestones in the castle garden. It was her parents stones. Flowers, roses, apples, lights surrounded the small place that had been set only for them. Applejack didn't cry, she just sat there in the rain. Her mane and cat was soaking wet, but she didn't care.
Hoof steps was heard not far behind her. She knew who it was, the weight was clearly what gave away Mac away.
"Go away Mac..." She said.
"Applejack, come inside. You are gonne get sick, please..." He said.
"I don't care! I don't want to live anymore... Just go away!" She cried in anger. "Now!!"
She heard his hoof steps go away from her. At that moment she couldn't hear him anymore, she fell down crying.
Applejack just started at her old crown. She wanted to throw it away, but the good memories kept her from doing it. She placed the crown back into the box and pushed it back behind the closet. She walked back to the bed and layed down. Her eyes began to feel heavy from the cry and the heavy memories, slowly she fell asleep.
Rainbow drove the ship as the crew got their energy back. As she saw the island not far ahead she heard a bell ring behind her. She turned around to see the ugly ship to the Flim Flam brothers. The ship was sailing on top speed and was heading toward them, since they had warned her they weren't suppose to kill er and everyone onboard.
Their ship stopped right next to hers. She looked at them in discust, but something was wrong. Only Flam stood there smiling at her.
"Where is your fithy brother?" She asked.
"Sleeping... But I wanted to talk to you"
"What do you want?" She asked, she looked at him careful. She knew they were up to something.
Under deck in Flim and Flam's ship, Flim opened the window and looked at Dash's ship. The window was of course closed, he used his magic to open the window carefully. The window made a loud squeeky sound, he stopped dead in his track.
"Did you hear that?" He heard from above, it was Rainbow Dash.
"Probably my ship, it makes all kind of noices." His brother said.
Flim moved the window a little more open, he could easily get inside now. He jumped, he just made it. He looked around inside, his eyes cashed what he was after. The orange earth pony in the bed. He smiled. He rushed over to get her before Dash would check on her. One wrong step, he stopped. The floor made a high squeeky noice, he looked at the mare in the bed. She didn't notice, she just turned around and groand. He sighed in relief.
He made his way more careful over to the bed, gently lifting her with his magic,he covered her with the blanket she was snuggled up in. He carefully lifted himself and the sleeping mare over to his own boat. He gently layed Applejack in his bed. He closed both windows just so it would look like nothing had happened. Then he went outside to give his brother the sign.
"So, you followed me... Just to ask about my wing power?" Dash asked.
"Yeah..." Flam said, he was running out of things to say.
"16.9" dash said.
He just caught the sight of his brother and finished "uh.. Thanks, good bye." There ship took off as lighting.
"That was wierd" she said confused.
"Did you get her?" Flam asked his brother as they walked toward the room.
"See for yourself..." Flim said, he pushed the door open and tokk his brother over to his bed. They looked at her a little, before smiling at each other. "What now?" He whispered.
"We have her as our prisoner to Rainbow Dash gives herself to our comand." Flam said proud.
"Do you really think she will fall for that?" Another voice said, they looked down at the mare. She looked angry at them.
The brothers stared at each other a little sceard.
Meanwhile at Dash's ship.
Rainbow Dash walked in land on the island. Other parts of the crew had started setting up camp, they were going to stay here for a while. The camp looked nice, tents and fire was made. It looked like a perfect place for her wife to give birth, she and Applejack knew it wasn't long to now. Maybe a week, maybe two or three. But Dash was excited. She went over to the room to get her wife.
"Applejack...." She sang as she opened the door.
No respons. Dash started to get worried. "Applejack, if this is another joke.... It better be a joke..." She looked around, nothing. She threw away the blankets, she looked everywhere. But nothing... Her wife was gone, this made Rainbow push all the buttons of her panics. She ran outside and yelled "Applejack!? Have anypony seen Applejack?!"