//------------------------------// // Applejack - Timaeus // Story: TwiDash Prompt Collab // by TwiDashCollabs //------------------------------// Applejack grumbled to herself as she slowly walked up to the old family barn. Mere minutes ago Apple Bloom had come running into her room and ducked under her bed, crying her eyes out. When Applejack was able to coax the filly from her hiding place and calm her down some, all she could get out of her was something along the lines of ‘monster,’ ‘strange noises,’ and ‘in the barn.’ Apparently her sister was looking for some tools for another crusade with her friends tomorrow. Knowing Apple Bloom, Applejack was fairly certain she just knocked over a few pieces of scrap metal and it startled to poor little filly, but she was adamant something was in the barn that shouldn’t be there. She was also adamant that Applejack go investigate. What kind of big sister would she be if she ignored the cries for help from her own blood? Applejack sighed as she opened the old, faded barn door with a slow, ominous creak. With an irritated look she glanced over the barn and as expected saw nothing hiding in the stalls or bales of hay. She was just about to leave when she picked up the faintest sound of movement from behind her. She blood froze in her veins as she slowly turned her head. Nothing. Something fishy was going on here, and it warranted further investigation. Applejack moved to the back of the barn, where she was confident the sound came from, and after a little looking saw something lying by an old supply crate. It would have been easily missed by anypony not looking for it. She picked up the small object to discover that she had found…a book? What was that doing in here? It almost looked like one of Twilight’s…but what would Twilight be doing sneaking around her barn? She moved her gaze to the right and saw something else that caught her eye, a single sky blue feather lying on the ground. There was only one pegasus in all of Ponyville with feathers like those. Applejack should know, she constantly found said pegasus napping in her trees almost on a daily basis. So Twilight and Rainbow Dash were hiding out in her barn and must have accidentally scared Apple Bloom. Applejack scratched her neck with a hoof as she deduced the meaning behind all of this. Those two had been dating for the last couple of months, but what would they have been doing in her…oh. … OH. Meanwhile, up above in the rafters two ponies watched in fear as Applejack pieced the puzzle together. “Think she’ll catch us?” a unicorn whispered to her pegasus partner-in-crime. “Nah, there’s no way she’ll…” “I swear if I find y’all having a roll through the hay IN MY BARN I’ll keelhaul the both of ya!” “We should run,” the pegasus concluded as she saw literal steam coming out of the earth pony’s ears, “Like right now.”