//------------------------------// // Something About a King // Story: Applejack and Skeleton Bloom's Wild Ride // by Protopony350 //------------------------------// CHAPTER 2 THE GAMBIT OF THE BEAR KING We last left our hero in the grip of the Big Mountain Mummy! "Oh man I sure am angry that we left the farm and drove for 5 minutes and then crashed into this mountain!" Said Applejack. "That explains EVERYTHING!" Said the the Big Mountain Mummy. The Big Mountain Mummy jumped at Applejack with a Mummy Attack, but Applejack was no normal Pony, she was Applejack! "I'M APPLEJACK!" She screamed as she picked up the flaming little Pony and swung it at the Big Mountain Mummy, killing it with the super flames. "Great work Apple Bloom!" Said Applejack with a smile. Apple Bloom made some sort of screeching sound. And with that they got back onto the motorcycle and headed out! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "WAIT!" yelled a minion of the bad guy. "What?" Asked Applejack who was really annoyed that the flashback was extinguished. "How did you get away from the 'Bear King'?" He asked. "Don't you remember nothin? The Big Mountain Mummy beat him in a chess game. He was so embarrassed that he ran away cryin." Said Applejack. "That explains everything!" The minion said and also his head inflated and exploded. Just another funny side effect of the Flashback turning back on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The way I figure it, we gotta find that portal the evil Pony was talkin about." Said Applejack. Apple Bloom threw up. "Ya know, you're not bein all that helpful." Applejack complained just as the sky lit up with apples. "Aw NOW what?" she asked as she brought the motorcycle to a halt. "Nyaaaaaaa, you ain't going no further!" declared Applecronion. "Aw not this annoying but strikingly attractive jerk! Lets go Apple Bloom!" And Applejack pulled an apple out of her bag. "Nyahaha, not so fast!" Said Applecronion as Rarity appeared in a puff of apples. "You FIEND! Let her go right now!" Applejack demanded. "Oh, I would NEVER let HER go!" Said Applecronion as it tossed an apple onto the ground and the apple turned into an Apple Reaper. Applejack lost her footing and collapsed. "No......not that." She was beginning to tear up. "Nyahaha!" And Applecronion, along with Rarity, vanished in a puff of apples. "Apple Bloom..........it's over. We're dead." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANWHILE, AT THE APPLE FARM! "How strange, I've never seen something like THIS before!" Said Twilight Sparkle in excitement. In front of her stood 4 tiny apple creatures with sharp teeth and one big eye. "Hello? W..........what ARE you?" It was at that moment that the Apple Eaters attacked. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANWHILE, IN THE SKY! Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had been to busy looking yearningly into each others eyes that they didn't notice the Apple Seekers approaching. "Fluttershy, look out!" warned Rainbow Dash, but it was too late. Fluttershy exploded. "No..........NO!" Screamed Rainbow Dash as she released her latent power. "NYAHAHA." Said the Apple Seekers as they began to attack, Rainbow Dash began to glow, and she prepared to attack. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Aw no that's awful!" Said Applejack "What? This is YOUR flashback, how could you be surprised?" Asked a minion. "It's the power of the Flashback!" She declared with a smile, momentarily forgetting that one of her dearest friends had just died. Skeleton Bloom had no feelings about the situation.