"T-Twilight, what are we gonna do?" said Scootaloo, who was just hyperventilating, being she was too stuck to tremble.
"We'll figure something out." Twilight replied. "Vanilla and the others are still down there. I'm sure they can help us, and I'm sure that if we try hard enough, we can get Applejack's attention." As she said that, the fillies started to feel the whole apple they were on just start to ascend into the air with great force. They knew that Applejack was the one who was lifting it in the air, and odds were not just to hold it up for the heck of it.
".......... I hope." Twilight thought, starting to get scared herself.
Meanwhile, Vanilla and the other crusaders were halfway up the string. They were so close to Pinkie's chest they could hear her heart booming. It moved in a simple rhythmic pattern, but it was nothing like the hearts of the tinies trying to save their friends stuck on the caramel apple. As they climbed, they could see in the blurred distance that Applejack was now ready to feast on the apple and unaware to her, her own friends.
"Okay girls, I'm gonna have to pick up the pace. Hold on tight!" Vanilla ordered, and the fillies obliged, nearly chocking him. "Good girls." he said in a strained voice. Vanilla focused on the cave at the top of the rope, that cutely twitched for some reason, sending shock waves down to the tinies trying to climb up safely. But Vanilla didn't care. He simply climbed like a mad stallion. He wanted his best friend safe, and he wouldn't stop until she was.
On the apple however, all Twilight could do was keep Scootaloo from having a heart attack, though they both were seeing the same scary sight. All that was in their sight was the face of their best friend, Applejack, who was busy talking to Fluttershy and Rarity, of course her voice like a booming hurricane as close and big her mouth was. They could even feel the gusts of wind as she spoke.
"APPLEJACK! WE'RE DOWN HERE! HELP US!" they screamed, hoping their cries weren't falling on deaf ears. Unfortunately they were. AJ didn't even flinch when they called her. But what she did do made them even more nervous. The giantess brought her muzzle closer, it sounding like a titanic object falling to the planet. It stopped mere inches from the ponies. They looked at it with wide eyes, not knowing what she was about to do, until....
WHOOOOOOOSH WHOOOOOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH
The winds were fierce, almost pulling Twi and Scoot from their prison, but not enough. Applejack seemed to be sniffing at the sweet caramel on the apple.
'Vanilla would've probably enjoyed this.' Twilight thought. Rainbow Dash usually teases him with sniffing, but unlike it being horrific as it is to them right now, it would just tickle Vanilla ferociously. But Twilight and especially Scootaloo weren't enjoying it that much.
WHOOOOSH "TWILIGHT! WHAT ARE" WHOOOOOSH "WE GONNA DO?!" WHOOSH
"JUST STAY CALM!" she replied, hoping that Applejack smells something rotten.
"Mmmmmmm~ this smells delicious." the monster Jack boomed. "Time ta dig in."
"NO! APPLEJACK! PLEASE! I DON'T WANNA BE EATEN!" Scootaloo screamed. Even now, Twilight was fearing the worst.
As Applejack was speaking of eating the caramel prison, Vanilla had finally reached the end of the rope. To all of their surprise, the string was actually tied to Pinkie's left ear. Of course there was no time for questioning, that can come later. Right now, they had to save their friends from AJ's gullet.
"Pinkie! You gotta stop Applejack! Twilight and Scootaloo are on the apple!" Vanilla yelled, hoping Pinkie would hear him. As the crusaders stood by him, they were just amazed at the pink forest of vines that completely surrounded them. Plus, the smell was actually very sweet, like an over dose of shampoo. They almost felt relaxed as they looked around, but they suddenly felt a gust of wind. They looked to see Pinkie's towering ear was twitching and flicking, again very cutely. But soon enough, a shadow started to loom over the tinies. They turned and saw that a huge, moon-sized object was descending toward their bodies. Closer examination saw that it was actually her hoof, coming in to scratch her head.
"Quick! In her ear!" Vanilla exclaimed. The fillies nodded and quickly ran into her cave of an ear, Vanilla not far behind. Outside, her hoof impacted with the pink earth around them, and began rubbing all around, seemingly searching for whatever was causing the "itch".
"Hmmmm, I wonder where that squeaking came from." she boomed to herself, echoing within the cave.
"What was that?" Rarity asked, already eaten half of her apple.
"Oh, must be nothing." Pinkie replied. "Go on and eat it up, Applejack before the bugs get stuck to it."
"Oh gee, thanks a lot Pinkie." Twilight said with sarcasm. But no time for that kind of joking around, because Scootaloo started screaming like crazy. When Twilight saw what the filly saw, Twilight let out a scream as well. Applejack slowly leaded her maw in once again, but this time her mouth was opened wide. It was the biggest cave they had ever seen.
Good news was, Applejack was not aiming her mouth to the tinies stuck to the apple, but that's where the bad news comes in. It was right next to where they were. As her mouth leaned in, she took a huge chunk of the apple, like a giant jaw tearing off a side of the earth.
CRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNCH
The sheer sound of her tearing into the apple was a horrendous sound to Twilight, who by now couldn't believe her own best friend could cause so much destruction and chaos to such a tiny scale. She was finally too scared for words now, unlike Scootaloo. She on the other hoof had started crying uncontrollably. She could never imagine her best friends "big" sister doing something so horrifying and to do it with an unknowing smile. All she could do was call out to the only one she could look up to.
"RAINBOW DASH! HELP ME! RAINBOW DASH! DON'T LET HER EAT ME!!" she cried, hoping in some way she would burst in at last minute and save her, but of course that didn't happen, as the watched Applezilla chewing away at the chunk of apple that she tore off. After a while of chewing, there was soon a sinister sound of a gulp. As soon as the apple was torn off, just as fast it was heading to Applejack's stomach to be digested. She then licked her lips, satisfied with the taste, and prepared to get another mouthful.
Meanwhile, Vanilla, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle were huddled within the cavern of Pinkie Pie's ear, blocked by her hoof digging into her ear. While they were scared of being crushed by Pinkie, they soon heard outside a crunching noise, and Vanilla's gut soon churned, remembering that right now isn't the time to be afraid. So seeing that he was closer to her ear more than ever, Vanilla had to let it out.
"PINKIIIIIIIIIIE! It's VANIIIILLAAAAAA! LISTEN TO ME!" he screamed.
Again, the cave above them started to flatten itself, meaning her ear was flicking again, knocking the wind out of all three of them.
"Oh~! Hello Vanilla." she boomed. "I'm so glad you found the little string I tied to my ear in case one of you wanted to come up to talk to ol' Jurassic Pink. Hihihihihihi~!" she giggle snorted.
"PINKIE! STOP FOOLIN' AROUND!" yelled Apple Bloom.
"Apple Bloom? You're tiny too?" she asked.
"PINKIE! TWILIGHT AND SCOOTALOO ARE ON APPLEJACK'S APPLE. YOU GOTTA STOP HER!" Vanilla yelled, hoping he wasn't too late.
Twilight and Scootaloo could only sit with tears in their eyes as Applejack's mouth opened once again, but this time directly above their tiny bodies. They could only look inside her cavernous gullet, the walls moist with saliva that shimmered in the reflection of the light on the outside. They could also feel the gale force of wind coming from her body. Her breath was also very humid, and smelt of nothing but apples, with a slight hint of caramel. It didn't make the situation any better for them.
"I'm gonna miss you all, Twilight." Scootaloo cried to Twilight.
"Oh Scootaloo....." Twilight had nothing further to say to the little filly, feeling the end was near.
"APPLEJACK! STOP!"
A booming voice could be heard, and the cave eventually stopped before it could take a bite. All the two could see what her uvula, and many many white stones, odds are, teeth. And right in the floor of the cave, a monster made of muscle and saliva.