Vengeance

by Dustchu

03: Gettin' Supplies

The next day came, and the morning sun rose up over the clouds in Manehatten as a storm started, thunder rolling across the skies and covering up the city and surrounding areas. Pegasi not with the weather team flew to the safety of the train station or went inside to stay dry, other ponies were not so lucky and got drenched by the sudden downpour. Those with umbrellas pulled them out and went about their business, some not bothering to help out their fellow pony.

One earth pony in particular was drenched to the bone, his dusty dark brown coat sopping wet and his black mane and tail dripping with rainwater. His mane fell in front of his eyes as he attempted to trudge along through the wet and slippery walkways. Blast this cursed weather, what are they doing up there anyway? He wondered, hefting up his saddlebags. Luckily he splurged and got the type of bags that kept everything inside dry were it to rain suddenly. Looks like he got lucky.

Trotting along the road he watched as the other ponies did the same as him, adults cursing silently as their foals proceeded to do as foals do in situations like this, splash around and get everything wet. The childish giggles and laughs reaching his ears made him smile despite the gloomy conditions, his heart warming at the sight. Speaking of children, he should probably get moving. Speeding up he passed by several parents trying to wrangle their kids, only to end in vain.

The streets up ahead were thankfully clear and he was getting closer to his destination, looking up ahead he spotted the familiar sight of the apartment building. Green Dragon Apartments. He noted, smiling as he trotted up to the door and opened it. "Star Flash, I'm back!" he called out, shaking his body and sending the water flying.

The sound of something breaking reached his ears and he chuckled as the young filly bounded into the room faster than he could blink, she leapt off of the floor and into his forehooves. "You're back! You're back!"

The stallion chuckled as he rubbed the filly's head. "Yep, say how's my favorite filly been doing?" He asked as she held onto him while he walked across the room and into the office.

"I've been great!" She cried, smiling as wide as one could. "Guess what? Guess what?"

"What? What?" He asked, setting his saddlebags down and flopping his mane over to one side.

"We got ourselves another guest staying here!"

"... For real?" He asked, smile growing. This could be the answers to his problems!

Star nodded, mane bobbing along with her head. "Yep! A orange mare took room 101!"

The stallion hummed in thought, looking down at the filly. "Is she pretty?"

The filly's smile transformed into a frown. "... could you not scare her away like the last time a mare stayed with us?" she deadpanned, raising an eyebrow.

He gasped, "Ouch, that was not entirely my fault, she just..." he waved a hoof, "wasn't into stallions." Holding a hoof to his chest, he asked. "What about the guest we have in room 99?"

Like he expected, the filly rolled her eyes. "She's immune to your charms remember?" She squeezed his front legs. "Please please don't scare her away by being weird, we really need the money this month."

"Okay okay I won't do anything..." He nodded as the filly hopped off, nodding as well with a smile. "Yet."

Star groaned as she fell to the floor, holding her head as the stallion laughed.

Applejack stirred from her resting place on the floor, legs aching from sleeping on the hard floor all night. Sleeping on the floor seemed to be a bad idea, but she doesn't regret it. Opening her eyes she briefly forgot where she was, but it all came rushing back in a wave of memories. That's right, Ah'm in the apartment building. She remembered, standing up and stretching her leg and joints. Feeling the relieving pop of her bones she sighed, and looking down at the floor she saw her photo. Picking up the picture she placed it back in her saddle bag before looking around her room, spotting the bathroom she trotted over to it and went inside. Ah could use a good shower.

The bathroom was nothing special, a single toilet and sink with a broken mirror over it, and a shower that could hold two, as to why that was she didn't know nor did she want to. Taking off her bandanna she tossed it outside and hopped in before turning on the hot water, and she got cold water instead.

"Damn it!" She cursed, shivering where she stood as the pipes chugged and shook before shooting out lukewarm water, an aggravated sigh later and she began to clean herself of the travel grime and dirt. Some dirt had caked in some places on her body making it hard to get off, but that didn't stop her. Okay, now that Ah'm out here Ah need to get some thangs. She told herself, rubbing her hoof where it felt sore. First things first, finish this consarn'd shower.

A knock on the door startle her out of her thoughts. "Um, excuse me miss?" A stallion called out. "If I had known you were taking this room I would have stocked the bathroom with fresh towels." He explained, nervously. "I'll leave em in a basket outside, okay?" With that he left.

Applejack looked outside of her shower and true to his word there were no towels, damn it. She murmured in thought as she turned off the shower and climbed out, soaking wet. Her mane dragged along the floor of the shower so she flung it onto her back, there wasn't much she could do with her tail so she left it be. Trotting out of the bathroom she approached the door and opened it cautiously before reaching down to grab the basket with fresh looking towels.

But she stopped when she heard someone hurrying up the stairs. "My bad I forgot to drop off th-" the stallion stopped dead when he saw Applejack standing in the doorway, coat and mane dripping wet, glistening form what little light there was in the hallway. "Duh?" He tilted his head, just as a towel was thrown at him and the door was slammed shut.

"Dang it! I knew you were trying to be weird!" Star called out from downstairs, staring at the form of her friend as Applejack had retreated into her room. "Jeez."

The stallion turned around. "Hey its not my fault, I just forgot to drop off this," he told her as he held out a small piece of paper detailing the Green Dragon's food and breakfast items. "I just... made the mistake of thinking she was taking too long."

A door opened next to him followed by a voice saying. "You're such a perv," she said, smirking as she trotted outside of her room.

"Bite me " He retorted, looking the pony in the eyes. The mare trotting out of the room was another one of the guests he had to put up with.

She chuckled, trotting downstairs with a smirk. "You wish big boy~" She sang, swishing her tail from side to side, patting Star on the head with a smile as she went downstairs. "Bye Star~"

The stallion shook his head as the door to AJ's room opened and she came out, donning her bandanna and saddlebag. He smiled and started, might as well apologize. "Um, look I just wanted to sa-"

She held up her hoof. "No need sugarcube, Ah know you didn't mean ta do that. Just ferget it." AJ told him as she held out her hoof. "Nice ta meet ya partner." AJ said as she eyed his cutie mark, which resembled a arrow pointing up with a flash on the tip.

The Stallion nodded, shaking her hoof. "Well with that awkwardness out of the way." He pulled away and tapped his chest. "My name is Flash Point, you can just call me Flash for short." Flash introduced himself, smiling brightly. "I'm the owner of this apartment building, my little sister Star Flash whom I'm sure you've meet helps me out."

AJ nodded, chuckling. "Ah've met her, she does a good job for a little filly." She said, looking at Sta who beamed at the praise. "Mah name is... uh... Emerald Grass, you can call me Emmy fer short.."

Flash nodded. "Emmy, huh? Well its nice to meet you!" He nodded. "Well, welcome to the apartments, I hope you'll enjoy your stay here." He said, nodding once more before turning around and going downstairs, Star following shortly after.

Flash an' Star, quite th' duo. AJ thought with a bemused expression before following them downstairs, just as she hit the bottom step somepony had already left. Looking around she saw the stallion who has yet to be named still sound asleep on the couch, his blanket draped over his body. She pondered who that was, and why they were not in a room. But shrugged it off, maybe he was a homeless pony sleeping in here, but that still begged the question as to why he was allowed inside. Looking at the counter she saw Flash sifting through a magazine, one that detailed gossip and fashion. "Excuse me," She started, trotting over to the desk making Flash look up.

"How can I help, Miss Emmy?" He asked, smiling widely as he pushed his magazine to the side and adopting a friendly look.

AJ smiled in return, then asked. "Ah was wonderin' if ya knew any good shops round these parts." She did need to find some good shops, for some... items she required, later on. And hopefully he knew of some.

To her relief he did, nodding Flash said. "Oh sure I know a few," He reached down under the counter and pulled out a map, this one showing the area around the Green Dragon and showing shops in great detail. To her surprise, all of them were located on the same street as the apartments. "Here you have the Four Leaf Grocery Store run by Bluebell," He gestured to a small shop not too far away from the apartments that had a logo over it of a four leaf clover. "The Random Oddities shop, that's run by a nice old stallion named Mint Jasper." He pointed to a building that sat next to the grocery that had a rustic looking logo of the shop's name. "And finally, ugh... the Friendly Fire shop down the way, its run by one of our tenants. If you're looking for a firearm, that's your best bet." He told her, a slight frown on his face.

Applejack tilted her head, was something wrong with that shop? Regardless, it was the one she was looking for. "Well thank ya kindly, Flash." Turning around she trotted over to the door. "Ah'll be headin' out now, see ya later." With that she left the apartments, and ventured down the street.

Back in Ponyville, Twilight was hard at work. She sat in her chair behind her desk in the castle, looking over several documents pertaining to budget cuts with the staff and some complaints from Pinkie Pie about there not being enough cupcakes in Ponyville, along with another report from said mare complaining about her neighbors. Which was surprising considering Pinkie never complains about anypony, ever. If they were bad enough to warrant a complaint from Pinkie Pie, then.

"Excuse me, Princess Twilight?" A mare asked, trotting into the room at a slow pace.

Twilight looked up, seeing the mare she smiled. "Yes?"

"Um, Miss Bicardi is here to see you." She said timidly, hiding behind her cherry red mane.

"Thank you Blossom, you are excused." Twilight nodded to her as Miss Crystal Bicardi entered the room, donning a pair of glasses and havig her mane done up. She also was not wearing any clothing, which was odd. Twilight could now see he cutie mark, which was a piece of expertly cut crystal glass with intricate swirls. "How can I help you, Miss Bicardi?"

The mare cleared her throat before addressing Twilight. "Yes, I've come here today in hopes of purchasing the land to the north." Crystal stated bluntly, much to Twilight's shock. "And yes, I am aware of the threat the north poses, regardless I wish to know if it is available."

"B-b-but, the Diamond Dogs have overrun that territory years ago, why would you want it?" Twilight questioned, trying to regain her composure. The lands to the north of the Bicardi farm was overrun with rogue Diamond Dog clans living in old Diamond and Emerald Mines that were abandoned for one reason or another. "Surely there's some other land yo-"

Bicardi leveled her gaze at Twilight, giving no quarter and cutting her off. "That's the business of the Bicardi family, all I want to know, is if it is available for purchase. I have the funds in my account, and I am willing to buy it." She stood waiting for Twilight's answer, her face set in a neutral state.

Twilight sighed before sifting through her papers, after finding the appropriate ones she pulled them out with her magic and placed them on her desk in front of Miss Bicardi. "Just sign these and the funds will be transferred over, and the land is yours." Under her breath she added. "Though I have no idea why you'd want those lands anyway."

"Again," Bicardi said, startling Twilight as she pulled out a pen. "Bicardi family business, it is private." She said as she swiftly signed the papers with her signature. "Done," She put the pen back in her... where ever she pulled it out from. "I thank you Princess, good day to you." She said before leaving, Twilight eyeing her form as she left out through the door.

Whatever could she want those lands for? And better yet... how is she going to deal with the Diamond Dogs? Twilight wondered, turning back to her papers with a sigh. "I need coffee."

"I'm telling you Pinkie... it just isn't right." Rainbow muttered as she sat outside Sugarcube corner next to Pinkie Pie who was sipping fro ma smoothie. "Everypony knows that," She spit onto the ground. "Bicardi family isn't good, you know it too right?" She asked, looking up at Pinkie. She was desperate for somepony to agree with her, anypony!

Pinkie hummed in thought, still slurping on her drink. She put it down before casting a look at a house next door to the Bakery before looking at Rainbow. "I don't know Rainbow, they don't seem like bad ponies," her tail twitched, she looked at the house again. "But I've been getting a lot of weird vibes lately whenever they pass by, ya know?"

Rainbow sighed, hanging her head as she stared at the small cupcake she was given by Pinkie. A small act of generosity by her pink friend to ease her woes. With a slight hesitance she picked it up and bit into it, savoring the taste. With a swallow she looked to Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie..." she started. "Do you think... it was fast for her?" She asked, shaking slightly in her seat.

Pinkie's mane and tail deflated as she looked down at the ground, she fidgeted with her hooves, unable to come up with an answer. Ever since Applejack's death, things were never the same in Ponyville. The Crusaders never did as much crusading as usual, as they were too busy sulking. They didn't know the truth, as it was better that way. Fluttershy hadn't come out of her cottage in weeks, and Rarity was holed up in her boutique. It was a horrible time, and nopony was the same. "I..." Pinkie couldn't come up with anything, she didn't want to remember that day.

She had just woken up from a nightmare involving fireworks, and found the cakes downstairs looking over a newspaper. Her tail and three legs twitched like crazy, and when she was told what was happening... what had happened. She didn't know what to do, any happiness she had was lost that day. And she's not entirely sure its returned, not that it could.

The pink mare shook her head as Rainbow looked down the street, scowling. "Oh look, if it ain't that Bicardi bitch." She muttered just loud enough for Pinkie to hear, and several others who gasped silently as her language. Up ahead Pinkie saw Miss Bicardi, strutting down the street towards her self powered carriage. Two ponies stood outside of it, one of which who opened the side door to allow her inside before they both got into the front seat and powered it up and driving off after kicking off dust. Rainbow watched them leave. "Did you see that? She had some kind of papers with her." She asked Pinkie who nodded, tilting her head. "What do you think those were for?"

"Miss Bicardi bought the lands north of her farm," Twilight explained, teleporting outside and startling the two of them. "I don't know why she wants that area though," Twilight took a seat next to Pinkie who brought her a smoothie. "Thanks Pinkie."

"What do you mean Twi?" Rainbow questioned, this sounded fishy.

Twilight drank from her smoothie before answering. "The area north of the farm is rogue Diamond Dog territory, and has several abandoned and empty mine shafts that cover practically the entire place with tunnels leading all over." She said, rubbing her chin. "Honestly, I have no idea why she bought them, but..." She sighed, shaking her head. She just couldn't think, or understand why. "Maybe she's expanding the farm?"

Rainbow shook her head, her mind hatching a plan. "I uh... I have to go, practice for Wonderbolt stuff." She said before flapping her wings and taking off, not giving her friends anytime to question her actual motives for leaving. The cyan pegesus flew through the skies high above Ponyville and into the cloud cover, her keen eyes keeping locked on the carriage she spotted leaving her humble town. She was going to get to the bottom of this, she was going to find out why Bicardi wanted that land.

Keeping close to the clouds, she watched as the carriage drove past several others leaving a trail of dust in their wake. Wherever they were going they were heading there pretty fast. Rainbow followed them for sometime, leaving Ponyville's outskirts and several forests, before they took a left turn down a road leading north just past The Bicardi Farm. AJ's farm. She reminded herself, it was her farm, and it'll always be her farm. the road she was led down was long and winding, and she realized where the harlot was going. She's going into Diamond Dog Territory... why is she going there? She'll get killed... not that I give much of a shit. She muttered with a laugh, hoping to see a group of DD's rip her head off.

Up ahead she saw several more carriages, thirty of them heavily armored and outfitted with heavy looking guns, with a start Rainbow hid inside of a cloud and kept watching the group below. She tons of ponies all wearing black clothing and donning the battle saddles she had heard about, heavy looking guns ere on their backs.

Jeez, they getting ready for war? She wondered as she saw Bicardi step out and near the crowd that had gathered, she turned her ears don low, trying to hear them.

Crystal Bicardi stood among all of the ponies before her, standing tall as though she were royalty. She eyed every one of the ponies, her icy gaze tearing into their souls and making a few of the greenies cower. "You are all here today to serve the Bicardi family," she started, her voice level but still loud enough to be heard, even all the way up into the sky where Rainbow was. "This land we now own, is overrun with Diamond Dogs. I'm sure a few of you have faced them before when you went through our training programs."

Training programs? Rainbow thought, the family had their own training program? What else do they have... this is getting suspicious.

Cyrstal continued her speech, pointing at the land north of her. It was covered in thick woodland and dirt paths just big enough for the carriages to move through, as well as a few caves. "I am wanting this land cleared of the offending mutts as soon as possible," She nodded to one of the stallions next to her who walked back to the carriage she came in. "I am offering ten thousand bits to everypony who gets the job done." everyone started looking excited, more so when she added. "for each Diamond Dog killed." A cheer sounded from the ponies, all of which Rainbow could tell were mercenaries, though as to what company she wasn't sure.

As the cheer died down the pony crowd got to work, checking their weapons and vehicles before she heard somepony yell out orders to move out. Rainbow watched as the crowd moved, some yelling out taunts and curses while firing some guns into the air, bumrushing into the forest as gunfire erupted from within. She watched several ponies get cut down by return fire in the forest, as well as several Diamond Dogs wielding assault rifles and shotguns.

Damn! This is getting too hot for me, gotta bail! She thought as she made the cloud move south, thankfully the wind was blowing that way and she was able to get away from the firefight. Gunshots rang out no matter how far away she got, but as soon as she was clear she bolted out of the cloud and flew back towards Ponyville. She had to tell Twilight about this. The flight back was short, because she didn't want to waste anytime. She descended near the castle, landing on the balcony and banging on the door. "Twi! Hey Twi!" She shouted, bouncing from hoof to hoof waiting for her to come out.

To her misfortune Spike opened it instead. "Oh, hi Rainbow. What brings you by?" he asked, watching as the rainbow maned pegasus bounced around like she needed to use the little filly's room.

"is Twilight here? I really really need to tell her something super important!" She said, looking behind Spike and not seeing the mare anywhere she sighed in exasperation.

Spike shook his head. "No, she left a while ago after coming back from Sugarcube corner, she left for Canterlot not too long ago." He told her as Rainbow fumed, slamming her hoof into the floor. "What's so important to tell her that can't wait?"

The mare looked at the dragon. He had grown up a bit since she saw him last, at least two feet higher then he usually was and had actually grown wings. However, they were small but he was growing them at least. Spike was also more muscular, which was funny as he tended to knock more things over now that he was bigger.

"Its..." She swallowed, wondering if she should tell him, was it important? She shook her head. "I'll tell you when she comes back, how long is she staying in Canterlot?"

"A week."

"... Buck." She groaned, flopping onto the floor as Spike made a 'O' face and darted off. Looking up she saw him return with a newspaper. "What's that?"

"A new paper that came today," He held it out to her, showing the front page where she saw a tombstone, but not just any tombstone.

Dash yanked the paper away from him, her eyes glaring at the stone. It was Applejack's stone, and it was ripped from the ground. "What the buck! Who would do that?!" She growled, reading the article.

PONYVILLE TIMES
7/24/2300
STONE RIPPED UP FROM PONYVILLE CEMETERY!

Yesterday, the Bicardi family got quite the surprise when one of their workers was out and about in the fields when he stumbled across Applejack's headstone sticking out of the ground! That's right, you read this right. Somepony had gone to the cemetery and ripped up the Element of Honesty's headstone, trotted over to the farm and planted it into the ground, complete with a threat and an apple. The threat.

"Have an Apple, it'll be your last."

Quite terrifying isn't it? Whoever this is, must be angry about the Apple Family's death and decided to take action into their own hooves. But why rip up Applejack's headstone? and further more, why place it on the Bicardi farm property? This is one mystery the royal guard cannot figure out, after an extensive search in the surrounding area revealed nothing, the case was labeled as of little priority.

Until they can figure out who the culprit is, ponies are to be on the lookout for suspicious ponies who may be up to no good. Whoever did this, must be brought to justice.

-Article by: Flash Post

Rainbow growled in anger, balling up the newspaper ad tossing it aside. "Its always something isn't it?"

Back in Manehatten Applejack had arrived at her destination. Friendly Fire. She noted, the front of the store had bars on the windows and one over the door, a light in the front window was lit up with the word open and over the top she saw what looked like two crossed assault rifles over the words Friendly Fire. Interestin' name. She trotted up to the door, opening it and going inside.

She was instantly hit with the smell of lubricating oil for firearms, gunpowder and... iron, the smell of blood. Applejack looked around the store, seeing a multitude of boxes sitting on stands all holding ammunition, various calibers of ammo lined the shelves in the middle of the room, along with cleaning equipment, accessories, and carrying gear. Some Battle Saddles displaying showcase model guns sat in the middle of the room in a clearing, most of them looked sturdy and well made, and no doubt expensive.

Her eyes however, were fixed on the firearms on display in and above the cases near the cash register. Rifles, pistols, shotguns, different kinds were hanging on the wall behind the counter with many more in the case below. She looked at a few of them, her eyes scanning a few of the shotguns and revolvers.

"Looking for some firepower?" A mare's voice asked as the sound of hooves and something metal clacking on the floor sounded.

Applejack nodded, turning around to face the mare. "Uh yes Ah-" she was cut off when she saw the ash white mare standing before her. Her eyes trailed not to her blazing orange eyes, nor the scars on her neck, but her front right leg... which wasn't a leg, but some metal contraption.

The mare standing in front of Applejack had Rainbow Dash like smirk on her face and was a unicorn, a long two tone orange black mane fell in front of orange eyes, her tail spiky and matching her mane. her neck and chest were covered in scars, one in particular on her lip that curved upwards making her look like she was smiling were one to look at her from the side. Around her left foreleg she wore a gauntlet with a strange symbol on the front of it. Her right leg however, was a mystery. Everything below her knee was gone, and replaced with a metal contraption made of what looked like black steel. The replacement 'leg' was made of several steel parts and connected to metal parts that looked like they were fused into the upper part of her leg. Her cutie mark, from what Applejack could see was of a pile of black powder with a lit fuse sticking out of it.

Raising an eyebrow the mare asked. "Admiring my leg?" She asked, waving the prosthetic leg in front of AJ with a smile.

AJ shook her head, quickly shaking her forehoof. "Ah'm so sorry for staring, its jus' tha-"

"Hehehehe, don't worry about it." The mare chuckled, putting her leg back down with a thud before holding out her good hoof. "My name's BP, I'm the owner of Friendly Fire. How can I help?" She asked as she went around the counter and stood beside it, propping a hoof on the counter and eyeing AJ with a smirk.

Looking at the selection of firearms she asked. "Ah'm lookin' fer somethin' with a lotta kick, but won't break mah leg if I try ta use it." Applejack looked at some of the shotguns, most of the ones she saw could be used with either a battle saddle or be held in the hooves. She didn't know which one she would be good at though, but given previous experiences with a saddle she might try that.

BP nodded, "Well I have a lot of shotguns," She pointed at one, a pump action shotgun with a short barrel. "Those are really popular among home defense and collectors, lightweight and holds five twelve gauge shells in the pump." She explained, taking it down and placing it on the counter. "It has a lot of kick, but it takes a lot of practice to use effectively however, and its a tad expensive." BP pointed to the price tag, which read.

Jeez, that is a bit too expensive fer me. She shook her head. "Got any cheaper ones, fraid Ah don't have much on me."

BP nodded knowingly. "Gotcha, well if you're looking for cheap, I got this one." She reached down below the counter and pulled out a smaller looking firearm, it had two short sawn off barrels and a wood grip. BP held it in her hoof and spun it. "This is popular among Griffon Pirates and rogues, it holds two shells and can be reloaded pretty fast." She tapped a small sign down below.

Perfect! AJ smiled, looking at the shotgun. "I can afford that."

"Sweet!" BP smiled, placing it down on the counter. "Seeing how this is your first purchase - oh don't give me that look I can tell you've never owned a gun before, but I can tell you've fired one but I won't pry.- I'll throw in twenty shells for free and a holster to go with it." She reached down below the counter and pulled out a box, inside sat a holster and a box of Twelve Gauge shells which she pulled out and handed to AJ, along with a holster. "This'll fit around your leg nice and snug like, like say if you're running for your life the gun won't fall off." She bounded around the counter and fit it around AJ's left foreleg before the latter could say anything and placed the shotgun in it. "There's a small little clasp here that'll keep it from falling out if you're running or whatever, so don't worry about losing it." She said with a closed eye smile.

"Uh, thank ya." AJ said, testing out the holster. It did fit snug around her leg, and the added weight didn't feel too bad... it felt... Right. She wobbled her leg and right, testing how it would react under the shaking. The shotgun stayed put. With a nod she said. "Not too shabby, if Ah do say so myself." She said, chuckling. Never in a million years did she think she would buy a gun, and yet here she was paying almost two hundred bits for one.

Trotting over back to her counter, BP pushed the box of shells over to AJ. "That little beauty will help out in a pinch, if you're looking to travel north or east into Diamond Dog territory or just on the road, it'll scare em off... if not," She brings up her hoof to her head and mimics an explosion, jerking her head to the right. "Boom, clean through the brain."

"Uh, hehehe." The orange mare rubbed the back of her head. "Thank ya again sugarcube," She said before reaching into her saddlebag and pulling out the required bits to pay for it, she hefted up a small bag in her teeth and placed it onto the counter. "I'll be sure to make... good use of it."

BP nodded, an almost evil glint to her eyes. "Oh, somehow I think you won't disappoint."

Meanwhile back in Ponyville at the cemetery, stood a lone pony. A mare from the looks of her, and a pegesus as well wearing a cloak. She looked down at the stone, then the others lining the ground. All of them having the Apple family name etched into it. Her blue eyes scanned the newly replaced stone in front of her, someone had ripped it up not too long ago and ended up on the front of the newspaper. Flowers from loving friends were lying about among the stones, the most around these particular three.

One flower however, stood out among them. A snow white bluebell flower, held in the hooves of the mare. With a shaky hoof she placed it on top of the headstone, reading the name once more.

Applejack... my friend. She bowed her head, a tear falling from her eyes and onto the ground. My family... She looked up, her eyes glaring as she looked at the headstones of all of the Apple Family before her. "I'll find who did this... and make them pay!" With that she flapped her blue/white wings and took flight, leaving the cemetery behind and flying towards Ponyville.