Applebite

by Matthias Ramsey

Acceptance

Acceptance in human psychology is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it, protest, or exit. The concept is close in meaning to 'acquiescence', derived from the Latin 'acquiēscere' (to find rest in).
Acceptance is fundamental to the core dogma of most Abrahamic religions, the word "Islam" can be translated as "acceptance", "surrender" or "voluntary submission" and Christianity is based upon the "acceptance" of Jesus of Nazareth as the "Christ" and could be compared to some Eastern religious concepts such as Buddhist mindfulness. Religions and psychological treatments often suggest the path of acceptance when a situation is both disliked and unchangeable, or when change may be possible only at great cost or risk. Acceptance may imply only a lack of outward, behavioral attempts at possible change, but the word is also used more specifically for a felt or hypothesized cognitive or emotional state.

Yes, I accept it.
I know why AJ's dead.
I know I could've helped her somehow.
Somehow, I could've stopped her.
But I didn't.
I'm weak.
I'm pitiful.
I...I should be there with her.
I wasn't there for her when she was alive...I'll be there for her now.

The next morning, Twilight Sparkle was found dead in her home, no possible instruments of death readily apparent, save for an apple with a bite out of it.
Later analysis showed the apple to be poisoned.
Twilight Sparkle had followed in Applejack's footsteps. The only note she left was this:

I'm going to see AJ. I might be gone for a while.
-TS

END.

Comments

[Matthias Ramsey]

2640297 It took me a few minutes to come up with that.

[Pyro The Reader]

Welp, they were pretty dumb, six national heroes vs two prejudice hicks, do the math. Then again Aj is pretty bad at fancy mathematics.

Also thanks for not adding the rom tag. Pity love always pissed me off. Liked it anyway.

[Matthias Ramsey]

2640485 Not a problem.

[bookishbrony]

Well, you have a good style. I like how you had definitions for the words that were essentially the main points of each chapter at the top. But I think that you rushed Twilight's conclusion that her friends did it. I'm pretty sure that Twilight's absolute last guess would be that her friends would've been behind Applejack's death. She would've believed anything before she believed her friends killed AJ. So that was very OOC for her, but everything else was okay.

[Stardoost]

DABDA the response humans (and possibly other sentient creatures) go through when confronted by death, nice touch.

[The Red Butcher]

Uhh......................................huh. Nnope.