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// BATS 
// Story: Friendship Shorts! 
// by Saro0fdemonz 
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	Applejack gritted her teeth as one of the bats glared at her, spitting one of her precious apples at her. The farmer easily snatched the now rotten fruit out of the air

"DAMNED VARMINTS! IF'N YA KNOW WHATS GOOD FER YA THEN YOU'LL GET OUTTA MY TREES!" She screamed at them. Her answer was more rotten fruit being chucked at her. She rolled her shoulder, arm glowing brightly.

"Thats it. I'm takin' th' lot o' ya down right now!" she roared, throwing her arm forward. She blinked in surprise as Fluttershy caught her hand.

"Applejack you can't really mean to hurt these poor defenseless creatures...." She frowned.

"Yer 'poor defenseless creatures' are makin a mess o' my trees! Ah can't take care o' my family or my home if'n they eat all my apples!" Applejack argued.

"Have you tried reasoning with them? I'm sure they'd be happy to only take what they need. They have families to care for too you know" Fluttershy pointed out. A pair of older bats held out an apple for a younger one, Applejack gritting her teeth.

"Ain't like they'd understand me anyway. Th' whole lot of em hate me." Applejack pointed out, a few seeds bouncing off her head helping prove her point.

"Oh...well, maybe one of our friends can help?" Fluttershy wondered. Applejack blinked and snapped her fingers.

"Shy, yer a genius!" She rushed to her bag which sat in her cart, snatching out her phone.

"Hey Rares? Yea it's me. Ya'll mind comin' by th' farm. Ah got a favor t' ask ya."





Needless to say, Rarity was rather surprised when she showed up to find Fluttershy standing with Applejack in the orchard. When Applejack had asked for a favor she had assumed...well she hadn't assumed this. If she had then she wouldn't have gone through the trouble of triple checking her makeup and slipping into a dress that showed off her more...generously sized assets.

"I'm sorry, you want me to what?" Rarity asked, unsure if she had understood the question.

"Well, ah figured since ya'll are a vampire that they would listen t' ya!" Applejack chuckled nervously. Rarity clenched her fists, flinging her purse into Applejacks face and causing the farmer to topple over.

"How dare you compare me to a common bat!? The nerve!" Rarity huffed as she stomped away. Applejack groaned, watching as a bat landed on her shoulder. The Magian grumbled something under her breath and the bat took off. Moments later the others followed behind it, taking off to an abandoned part of the orchard where the apples were just a bit too old to be sold at market.

"You owe me!" Rarity yelled over her shoulder as she continued to march away.