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// Blacksmith Applejack 
// Story: My Little Pirate Mares 
// by LoopyBunny53 
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The sun was low in the sky as a certain orange mare woke from her slumber. She is the best Blacksmith this side of Canterlot. She believes strongly in her family and always wants to see the honest side in people. Her name is Applejack and she hates pirates.

As Applejack stood their her eyes locked on the pink pirate in front of her. A bead of sweat dripped down her muzzle as she gripped the cutlass in her teeth harder. She took a step forward feeling the iron rub against each other. Her eyes began to sting blinking sweat from them. This pink pony will be in one  tough customer, but Applejack has been training for this almost her entire life. She was used to the pressure of sword fighting, her and Big Mac used to train all the time. 

~~Flash Back~~

Applejack was a rather small filly, she just got her cutie mark about two months ago. She was on the ground breathing heavily, her cutlass was just a few inches away from her mouth. Sweat was pooling on her and her heart was running a marathon in her chest. Big Mac was looming in front of her his cutlass still gripped tightly in his mouth.
"Get up Applejack, or are ya done for the day?" He asked her.
"I ain't done, I just need a break."
"In battle there is no breaks Applejack."
"I know that!"
"Obviously ya don't then ya wouldn't have said that ya need a break."
"This isn't a real battle though Big Mac!"
"Well just get up and attack me!"
"I can't!" Tears began to well in the little fillies eyes. "I can't hurt ya."
"Then we are done." Big Mac began to walk away.
Applejack shakily rose on her legs, "I ain't done yet." She grabbed the cutlass off the floor. Next thing she knew she was on the floor again with a horrible ache in her side.
"That is enough Big Mac." An old shaky voice called, Granny Smith.

~~End of Flash Back~~

"You are a nasty good for nothing Pirate!" Applejack hissed through the cutlass in her mouth.

The pink pony just giggled, "Well you got the pirate part right. But I'm not good for nothing."

Applejack too a step closer to the pony they blades pushing against one another. "Ever pony who classifies themselves as pirates are all good for nothing. Pirates are greedy they steal from other ponies who have nothing. They go around and endlessly slaughter ponies lives if they don't hand over their hard earned bits." Applejacks voice got caught in her throat, and tears welled in her eyes, "They slaughter ponies that have families that they need to take care of. Ponies that promised their kids that they would come home safely." She made a hicking sound as she tried to grab air back into her lungs, "Pirates slaughtered my Ma and Pa, so if you ever think about tying to tell me that Pirates are actually good then you are dead wrong!" She pushed forward on the pink pirate causing her to slam into the wall behind her.

Applejack pushed forward thrusting her sword at the pirate that she is faced with. The pirate slipped to the side she was breathing heavily and looked pained. "Are you the daughter of Appletart and Aroma Apple?"

Applejack took a step back, and her eyes widened, "How do ya know that?"

The pink pirate smiled, "They were on my ship silly. They were a part of my crew, the Sugarcubes Revenge."

Applejack swung down on the pirate, hate covering her eyes. "You are lying, Ma and Pa were farm ponies."

The pirate took a step back and giggled, "no they joined my crew 6 years ago. We met in Tortuga, the central hub for pirates. Hate for you to face it but your Ma and Pa were pirates through and through."

"But a Pirate killed them!" Applejack snorted, she pushed forward catching her cutlass on the Captain's blue coat.

"Rivals silly, we captured the Blooms Treasure."

"The Blooms treasure?"

"Yeah. Your Ma and Pa were some of the best pirates I have ever come across and they joined my ship! They could have joined with Buckbeard but no they chose me of all ponies Captain Pinkamena Diane Pie!"

Applejack stumbled back, the cutlass falling out of her mouth and hung limp still stuck in Pinkamena's coat. "I heard about you. Ma and Pa wrote about you in a letter. They said they finally got employment, we were all so happy. I thought that you were a pony that was hiring them for farm work."

Pinkamena giggled, "No silly they were apart of my crew."  Pinkamena dropped her blade on the floor and grabbed the end of Applejack's cutlass in her coat. Pulling it out she walked over and set the blade on the table by the forge. "So you know what that means?"

Applejack shook her head.

"It means you are an honorary part of my crew, you are a legacy." She walked back over to Applejack grabbing her cutlass off the floor.

"I am not a pirate. I will not join your crew." Applejack scoffed as she walked around the pirate.

"I need a crew to get back my ship, Sugarcubes Revenge, and you are the first Legacy I have run into. C'mon you are perfect, pretty please with an apple on top?"

"No. I am not a pirate and I will never join your crew. Now get the buck out of my shop." Applejack whipped her tail in front of the Captains muzzle.

"Please I need a crew and you are the best fit, your fighting skills coupled with your parents blood in your veins, you would make an Awesome pirate!"

"I told you this already I am not a pirate!"

"Fine just help me on this one thing and then I can pay you with gold." Applejack's ears perked up. Gold would help them with their shop and with their living conditions. "I know this will help you. So help me help you." 

Applejack's head turned around, "let me grab some things." She walked past the pirate and said, "but make note of this pirate, I am doing this for my family not for you and your dumb ship."

By the time the sun reached high in the sky the two mares set out on their journey to retrieve the Sugarcubes revenge. Applejack knew that the journey would be long and rough but she knew that Big Mac, Applebloom, and Granny Smith could make due on their own without her, just for this short time.