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// Chapter 3: The MIA Apple 
// Story: The Struggle of a Zapped Apple 
// by LiebeTheShipper 
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Rainbow dash wakes up excited to see the orange mare that she had been dreaming about all night after the cloud. She see that it’s about lunch time and goes to look for the apple cart only to see that Big Mac was there. 
“Big Mac! Where’s AJ? Is she here?”

“Nnnope”
“Well is she at the farm? I’ll head over there?”
“Nnnope”
“Well…Then I’ll go to Twilight’s…She is probably there” Rainbow dash flies as fast as she can into the castle through an opening to the room with the chairs and sees everyone there except Applejack. She lands right next to Twilight 
“Twilight! Where’s AJ?”
Twilight responds sadly 
“Rainbow Dash none of us know, honestly…”
“What? She couldn’t have disappeared! Why is she gone!?” 
Rarity interjects
“Darling calm down I’m sure Applejack is just fine”
Pinkie has a Deja vu “Haven’t we done this before? I mean wondering where Applejack is. Maybe she is with Cherry Jubilee again?” 
Rainbow Dash looks at them at panicking
“No! She would’ve told me! I know it!” Twilight looks at Rainbow gently 
“Rainbow Dash…Please…It will be ok…I agree with Rarity I am sure wherever she is, she is fine” Fluttershy looks at all of them 
“Um…Girls I may know where she went” 
Rainbow looks at Fluttershy “Why didn’t you say anything before now! You could’ve told me! I could have been on my way there already!”
“Um..I am sorry Rainbow but…um..I don’t th—“
“Fluttershy why! You’re my closet friend! Why didn’t you say anything?!?” Rainbow dash darts out of the window crying in the process. Twilight flies after rainbow trying to catch up. “Rainbow dash slow down!” Rainbow dash looks back to see twilight 
“Just go away!” 
“No Rainbow I won’t just leave you alone!”
“Why? It’s like I thought I’ll find her on my own.”
“Rainbow dash we’re just trying to help you!”
“No I don’t need your help…Just go away!”
“Then why would you come to me in the first place?”
“Because I thought you were my friend”
“Rainbow!”
“What!” 
“You didn’t mean that. You’re just hurt…” 
Rainbow finally turns around “I am hurt…by the fact that none of my real friends care enough about me to help find our one friend that MIA!”
“Fine. Go fly off to try to find Applejack. I am going to stay here with my friends so we can try to find her together. Despite what you may think, we do care about Applejack just as much as you do, and we want her safe just as much as you do.”
Twilight flies back and Rainbow begins to follow not knowing what else to do.