Chapter 9: Peace can be Found (Final Chapter)
Sunday 10:00 am. I'm awake and I'm wearing my father-in-law's hat. I'm currently in kitchen sorting breakfast for myself, Applejack, Applebloom and Toffee. I'm making pancakes for everypony who's awake, except from Toffee, as she obviously can't eat that kind of food yet. Big MacIntosh and Granny Smith were still asleep, enjoying the last of their late sleeps before working tomorrow. It was another sunny morning on Sweet Apple Acres, I can hear the wind lightly brush off the trees in the orchards from the open windows of the kitchen along with the smell of sizzling pancake batter on the frying pan. Applejack was in the kitchen with me, enjoying her usual morning cup of coffee at the table, whilst my daughter and my sister-in-law were in the living room, where Applebloom was making another attempt desperately trying to make Toffee laugh again, but it's sad for me to say, Applebloom is no Pinkie Pie. I started to whistle a song whilst I was cooking, I have a nasty habit for doing that, today's song is "Love is in Bloom", the one of two songs I sung at my wedding reception, I sung this song with Twilight, Pinkie and Fluttershy,
"Ah remember that song" Applejack said from the table.
"It's pretty timeless" I replied.
"You singing it was timeless" She said, "Along with yer other song"
"Pfft, please, I was terrible at singing on our wedding" I told her.
"No ya weren't, not ta me, anyways" She said.
"If I wasn't as drunk as I was then, I probably would've sung better" I replied.
"Babe, ah was really drunk on that night as well, ah couldn't tell the difference" She explained.
"Huh, I found it embarrassing" I said.
"Ah thought it was cute" She said, "What was the name of that song ya sung about me again, Caramel?"
"It's called 'She's like a Star" I replied.
"Ah thought that was really romantic of ya" She uttered, "Can ya sing it please?"
I flipped the pancake in the pan and thought of an answer. Should I sing aloud to my wife? Or disappoint her by not doing it? The latter choice would unarguably make me seem like a douche towards my wife, so I guess singing the first few verses won't be that bad,
"OK, Applejack. I'll sing it" I said.
"Yay" She jokingly imitated Fluttershy.
I chuckled after her and I took a deep breath in and out before I began to sing,
"She's my everything
Like a morning girl
She's my angel
Up above my world
She's the only one,
Who understands me
That's why I call her
My new family
'Cause she's the only that I want by my side
She's the only one that I believe can save my life
She makes me wanna be a better man, oh why
She's higher than the Sky, the Suns and the Moon
She's like a star, a star, ooh baby
She's like a star, a star, ooh baby
She's like a star, a star, ooh baby
She's like a star, a star, ooh yeah"
"Aww, is that it?" Applejack complained after I stopped singing.
"Yeah" I said, "Sorry, sweetie"
"Well, at least ya did it, 'Mel" Applejack said, "Thanks, babe"
"No problem, AJ" I replied, "What are you wanting on your pancakes? Whipped cream, butter, syrup, etc?"
"Em..." Applejack hummed as she was thinking, "Can ah have syrup please, hon?"
"Sure thing, pretty" I replied as I flipped the last of her pancakes on her plate.
All the pancakes were ready for Applejack, Applebloom and myself. But I need to find out what Applebloom wants on her pancakes,
"Excuse me, Applebloom!" I shouted to the living room from the kitchen.
"Yeah, Caramel!?" She replied loudly.
"What are you wanting on your pancakes, kiddo?" I asked.
"Um....can ah have some zap apple jam, please?" She asked back.
"Coming right up, kid" I replied.
I went over to the fridge and got out the whipped cream, the zap apple jam and the maple syrup for the pancakes. I took them over to the three stacks of pancakes. I dolloped my pancakes with the cream, I spread the zap apple jam on each individual layer of the stack of pancakes that Applebloom is having and I finally squeezed the bottle of syrup onto my wife's pancakes. I slid my wife's plate over to her across the table and I put my plate at the empty space beside her,
"Applebloom! Come get your pancakes!" I shouted.
Applebloom came into the kitchen and got the plate of pancakes,
"Thanks, 'Mel" Applebloom thanked.
"No problem" I replied, "Oh, do you want to do that interview homework later on?"
"Oh yeah, ah almost forgot about that" She mentioned, "Ah'd love to do it later on"
Applebloom then took her plate and went back in the living room to watch Toffee. I'll sort my daughter's breakfast later, after I finish mine. With me wearing my father-in-law's hat, it didn't really phase Applebloom, as she probably didn't spend a lot of time with her parents, it's a shame really, not really knowing her parents, but hell, I'm the opposite, I don't really want to remember or know my parents, but I sadly remember everything they ever done when I was around them, it was uncomfortable around them, you couldn't even turn on the tap without them interrogating you about something. I was happy when I went out to meet up with my fellow gang members to get away from my parents, even in the final four months of my time in the Lunar Runners, at a time when I knew I could have died at any moment, that was still better than taking ongoing verbal and psychical abuse from my parents.
I went and sat beside Applejack and had a bite of my pancakes, I'm not sure if they taste good or not, because I'm very critical of a lot of the things I do, with cooking being one of them,
"You like the pancakes, sweetie?" I asked Applejack.
"Ah do, they're really nice" Applejack complimented my cooking, "Thanks for making them"
"Anything for you, baby" I said and I gave a her small kiss on the cheek.
Applejack blushed after I gave her the kiss, I find it cute whenever she blushes.
She continued to eat the rest of her pancakes and I took the first few bites of mine, they tasted OK. I don't really find my cooking to great per say, but plenty of ponies love my cooking, I don't. Maybe because I don't like to brag, I really don't, not anymore. Because back in Manehattan, during my time in the gang, I bragged about how much of a good fighter I was back then, but once I came in contact with a much more powerful gang, I ate the words I bragged.
But anyways, I ate my pancakes and got up off of my seat and told my wife,
"I'll see to the baby, Applejack"
"Alright, sugarcube" She replied.
I went into the living room and saw Toffee lying down on the carpet and gurgling at the sight of the ceiling, my silly little angel. I saw Applebloom sitting on the couch, with her finished plate on the arm of the couch and she was still keeping watch on her niece, while also reading her book as well,
"Still on the same book, Applebloom?" I asked her.
"Yeah, but ah'm almost done" She replied.
"What's the next one called?" I asked.
"It's called 'The Emerald Eyes of the Timberwolf Elders" Applebloom replied.
"Sounds cool" I told her.
"Ah know, ah can't wait ta read it" She said.
"How were the pancakes?" I changed the subject.
"They were great, you make the best pancakes, Caramel" Applebloom complimented me.
"Pfft, they're not the best" I replied.
"They're still pretty damn tasty" She proclaimed, "Ah'll bring ma plate through"
"No need, I'm going back to the kitchen anyways to feed the little one, I'll take the plate, kiddo" I told her.
"OK, thanks, 'Mel" She said.
"No probs" I replied.
I grabbed the plate with my teeth off of the arm of the couch and I picked up my daughter in one of my free arms. I then went back into the kitchen, placed my daughter in her high chair and I put the plate in the sink. Applejack scooted her chair closer to Toffee's and she said to Toffee,
"Hiya, Toffee" Applejack greeted her, "How's ma little cutie doing this morning?"
I looked over to see my wife acting playful around our beautiful baby girl, I couldn't help myself but smile at the sight. I turned back to clean the dishes in the sink, and I heard hoof steps come down the stairs, big ones, it was Big MacIntosh,
"Morning everypony" Big Mac greeted us as he stepped into the kitchen.
"Morning, Mac" I greeted back.
"Howdy, big brother" Applejack greeted him.
"How is everypony?" Big Mac asked us.
"I'm good, what about yourself, man?" I asked back.
"Ah'm fine, 'Mel" Big Mac replied.
Applejack stopped acting playful around Toffee and looked at both me and Big MacIntosh with a surprised look on her face,
"It's weird, hearing you two not bickering or arguing and actually socializing" She uttered.
"It's not weird, baby" I replied.
"Eeyup, we're just talking" Big MacIntosh added.
"That's why it's weird. Y'all never 'Just talk" She told us.
"Well, we've settled our differences" I said.
"Eeyup, we have" Big Mac said.
"But anyways" I decided to change subject, "You wanting anything for breakfast, Mac?"
"Nope, but thanks for the offer" He replied.
"You sure?" I asked, "I can make pancakes if you want?"
"No thanks, ah'm gonna get a quick drink, then ah'm going out to....uh....meet somepony" He told us.
"Who are meeting, Big MacIntosh" His younger sister asked him.
"A.....uh....friend" He struggled.
"OK then" Applejack's suspicions were rising, but she didn't want to ask anymore questions.
"So yeah...ah'm just going to get a drink of milk and then ah'm off" He told us.
"Oh, you do that then, Mac" I replied.
Big MacIntosh went into the fridge and got out the bottle of whole milk. And I continued to clean the dishes, after I finished washing them, I got out some baby food for Toffee, it was in a small jar and I took it with me along with a small plastic spoon over to the table, I turned the high chair so me and my daughter were facing each other, I scooped out some of my daughter's baby food and said to her,
"OK, Toffee, open wide,say "Aah" I told her as I made a gaping mouth gesture.
Toffee copied me, so I gently place the spoon in her mouth and she ate her food, but also let out a dribble of some of the food, so I scooped the food she dribbled out and fed her it, and Applejack was giggling at me about something,
"What are you laughing at, babe?" I asked.
"The expressions ya're making on yer face whilst ya're feeding Toffee" She chuckled.
"Oh c'mon, give me a chance, it makes her eat the food, doesn't it?" I asked.
"Well.....yeah" Applejack replied.
"Then it's necessary" I told her.
"No it ain't" She uttered, "Ah could feed her without making faces like that"
Big MacIntosh put the bottle of milk back into the fridge and quickly downed his drink as if it were a shot of whisky,
"Do you two usually have these kind of conversations?" Big Mac asked the both of us, "Because ah've never really paid attention to yer talks"
"Oh, we have conversations like this almost everyday, big brother" Applejack replied.
"Yeah, it's a regular occurrence, I think a lot of married couples have random conversations like these" I added.
"Well, it's pretty funny when you two do it" Big Mac said.
"Well, if you end up getting married then you and your wife would probably have talks like these" I said,
"Huh, yeah, probably" He said as he put his empty glass in the sink, "Well, ah'm off, guys"
"Bye, Mac" I said.
"See ya later, Big MacIntosh" Applejack said as well.
"Bye" He bid his farewell as he left out the back door.
I turned over and faced my wife again,
"Can you continue feeding Toffee please, babe?" I asked my wife, "I need to cleanse the glass in the sink"
"Of course, hon" Applejack replied.
I got myself up and went over to the sink, and Applejack turned Toffee's high chair so that's she's facing her, and then she continued to feed her, and also, true to Applejack's word, she never made a silly face,
"Oh, Caramel. Did ah tell the girls are coming around later?" She asked me.
"Em....no, you didn't. When about's are they coming?" I asked back.
"Around about 11" She replied.
"Oh right, they all coming to see the baby?" I asked.
Applejack nodded,
"Well, I also forgot to tell you yesterday that Lucky might visit, but we didn't exactly say when he would turn up" I told her, "So apologies if he turns up out of nowhere"
Applejack shrugged, "It's fine, babe. Ah don't mind, hell, all yer friends could stop by if they wanna"
"Huh, yeah" I said as I finally cleaned the glass, "Oh, I almost forgot something"
"Almost forgot what, sugarcube?" Applejack questioned.
"Feeding the dog" I told her.
"Oh yeah, well ya better get on ta that" She replied.
I went over to the cupboard in between the fridge and the sink and got out the bag of dog food, I then opened the back door and went outside and closed the door behind me,
"WINONA!" I called out and whistled afterwards, "Come get your food girl!"
Winona then came over from the side of the house, not being as energetic as she would usually be, I poured out the dog food from the bag into her food bowl, slightly over filling, not that Winona would mind that.
11:00 am. I'm now in the living room with Applejack and Toffee, Applebloom was in her room upstairs, and Granny Smith was still asleep. Toffee was playing with her toys and Applejack was leaning against me whilst we were both on the couch, I had my arm around her and we were both keeping an eye of Toffee,
"She's great, ain't she?" Applejack uttered.
"She sure is, Applejack" I smiled.
"Ah can't believe we're parents now" Applejack said.
"Neither can I" I replied.
"Huh, five years time, and it'll be her first day of school" She told me.
"Oh God, I just realized something" I said.
"What?" Applejack asked.
"I'll be thirty-two when that happens" I explained.
Applejack started to laugh, "Thirty-two? Babe, ya make it seem like it's a bad thing"
"It kind of is, eight years from then, I'll be forty" I chuckled.
Applejack chuckled along with me,
"Wow, ah'll be thirty-one by the time Toffee starts school, and we would be married nine years from that point on" Applejack said.
"Wow" I said, "It's weird getting older"
"Huh, it is" Applejack uttered.
Then came five knocks at the door, stopping my wife and I's somewhat weird conversation,
"Can ya go get that, Caramel?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, I will" I replied.
I got off the couch and made my way to the door, I opened it and it was a crowd of ponies and all of them yelled,
"Hey, Caramel!" They all greeted.
Much too my expectation, all of Applejack's friends were at the door. Rarity, Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Also, Lucky was there with them, and also, to my surprise, so was my other good friends, Thunderlane, Pokey Pierce, Noteworthy and Comet Tail,
"Hey, everypony!" I greeted, "Come in"
"How's the baby, Caramel?" Twilight asked me as she came inside first.
"She's been great, thanks for asking, Twilight" I replied to her, "Hey Applejack, sweetie! Everypony's here now!"
"Alright, Caramel!" Applejack shouted from the living room.
Everypony then went into the living room, it was almost like Toffee's party all over again. All of Applejack's friends went over to her and the baby, and all of my friends came to me,
"Mel, buddy. What's up" Comet asked me.
"Comet! Nothing much, man" I replied, "I haven't seen you in two months, did you just back from your Astronomy trip?" I asked him back.
Comet nodded, "Yeah, man. And your baby's been born? Man, I'm proud of you"
"Yeah, Toffee was born just last month. I wished you could've came to the party after she was born" I said.
"I wish I was there" Comet replied, "But hey, I was visiting Lucky and he said he was visiting you to see the baby, he told me to tag along and then we ended up inviting the rest of the boys..."
"Well, it is Sunday, the most boring day of the week" Pokey interrupted Comet, "I had nothing better to do"
"Yeah" Comet added, "Caramel, do you mind if I see Toffee?"
I shook my head, "Not at all, man"
Comet then went over to see the baby, whilst the rest of the guys were still talking to me,
"So, Pierce, Thunderlane, Blues?" I asked, "How's it going?"
"Things are going fine for me, 'Mel" Noteworthy told me, "I've got a gig in three days"
"Cool, Blues" I replied.
"Yeah, things are going well for me as well" Thunderlane uttered.
"Yeah, Thunderlane. How's your brother doing?" I asked.
"I haven't been seeing much of him lately, he's been going out to see his girlfriend most of the time" Thunderlane told me.
"Who's his girlfriend?" Pokey Pierce asked.
"That Scootaloo girl from his school" Thunderlane replied.
"Oh, I know her" I mentioned, "She's good friends with my sister-in-law"
"Is she trouble?" Thunderlane asked.
I shrugged, "Dunno, man. You'd have to see Applebloom about that"
"Meh, can't be bothered" Thunderlane said.
"Huh, typical of you, Laney" I told him.
"I know" He replied.
"So, Pierce, how have you been, man?" I asked, "How have you and Pinkie been doing?"
"I've been good, Caramel. Pinkie and I have been doing great" He said as he turned to look at the energetic pink pony, "You know, guys?"
"Know what?" Lucky asked.
"I think she's the one" Pokey told us.
"You finally gonna break out the big question?" Thunderlane asked him.
"Planning to" Pierce said.
"I think you should just go for it, pal" I told him, "I mean how long have you two been dating?"
"Six years" He told us.
"Then, Pokey, I'll bet you she'd accept your proposal, if she's stayed with you this long, because she obviously loves you lots" I told him.
Pokey sighed,
"Hey, pal. Caramel's got a point" Lucky told Pierce.
"Yeah, Pokey. Just ask her, go for it" Noteworthy added.
Pokey nodded, "Yeah, I will. Thanks for the votes for confidence, guys"
"No problem, dude" I replied.
"Yeah, you and Pinkie are great together" Noteworthy said.
"You and Rarity were great together" Pokey joked and laughed.
"NO! That was only one time" Noteworthy hesitated.
"Yeah, but we only have your word for that" Thunderlane chuckled.
At this point, me, Lucky, Pokey and Thunderlane began to laugh at Noteworthy. Reminding him of his date with Rarity a few months back, and let's just say, it ended in embarrassing results for him. But I really don't want to mention what happened, because it's also pretty sickening what happened as well,
"Shut up, Thunderlane" Blues said, "Just because you like Fluttershy, and you are. ironically, too shy to ask her on a date"
"Oh, Thunderlane" Lucky said to Thunderlane, "Blues might be blunt, but he's got a point"
"Hey! I'm not blunt, I've written seventeen songs" Noteworthy told us.
"Fourteen of them you stole from Octavia" Pokey replied.
"And the other three you probably found in the trash can" I joked.
"Well, yeah, I might've gotten help from Tavi, but I've..." Noteworthy tried to say.
"You plagiarist" Thunderlane interrupted him, "Octavia could've sued you for stealing her songs. You can get sued for that, right?"
"I think so" I replied.
At this point I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to see that it was Applebloom,
"Excuse me, Caramel?" Applebloom said, "Ya're not busy, are ya?"
"No, I'm just chatting with my friends" I told her.
"OK, can me and you get ma English homework interview over and done with, if that's alright?" Applebloom asked.
"Sure thing, we'll do that outside, where there's less noise, OK?" I made sure.
Applebloom nodded, "OK, ah'll wait outside for ya"
"Cool, I'll be out in a minute" I told her.
Applebloom then went outside the house by exiting throughout the front door and I turned back to my friends,
"What was that about, man?" Lucky asked.
"My sister-in-law is conducting an interview for her homework, I'm the one getting interviewed" I replied.
"Oh right" Thunderlane said.
"You guys can go see the baby, if Applejack asks, just say I'm helping Applebloom with homework" I said.
"Sure thing, man" Pokey said.
The guys then made it over to where Toffee was and I left the house to get outside, it was much more peaceful than indoors, as there was less chatter out here than in there. I saw Applebloom sitting at one of the many picnic benches around the farm, with a tape recorder on the bench, we'd usually use the benches for the family reunions and BBQs. I came over to her and sat on the opposite side of her,
"So this interview is for English, yeah?" I asked.
"Yep" Applebloom nodded.
"So is there a limit to how many questions you can ask?"
"It has ta be more than fifteen, and the questions have ta relate ta the topic ah'm doing" Applebloom explained to me.
"What's your topic?" I asked.
"Family members. Ah also got a title fer it" Applebloom replied.
"What's the title" I asked.
"It's called 'The Most Interesting Pony in ma Family" She replied.
I was overwhelmed by that reply, my sister-in-law consider's me the most interesting pony in the family. I smiled at her and felt warm inside,
"Thanks, Applebloom"
"Ya're welcome, Caramel" Applebloom replied.
"Well then, let's get started with the interview" I said.
"OK" Applebloom said as she turned on the tape recorder, "Question one: Who are you?"
Who am I? That's probably the easiest question anypony could answer, but for me, it's not easy.when I tell people who I am, I think of everything I've been through in my life. My abusive parents, my days in the Lunar Runners, dropping out of college, leaving for Ponyville, meeting Pinkie Pie, getting introduced to her friends, meeting Applejack, dating her, moving in with her, marrying her, going on our honeymoon, and having Toffee. It seemed life for me was just getting better.
So, the only response I could think of for this question is,
"Huh, well you see, Applebloom. That's a really good question......"
FIVE YEARS LATER.........
I'm outside Ponyville elementary school with Applejack and Toffee. I'm wearing my father-in-law's hat and Applejack is wearing her mother's hat. And Toffee, has grown up to look like her Mom, she looked like a five year old version of her mom, but with a brown mane, and a dark pink bow. There was crowds of parents wishing their daughters and sons good luck on their first day of school, and me and my wife were about to wish our daughter the same,
"Ooh, ah can't believe it's yer first day of school, Toffee" Applejack said to her, with a tear rolling down her cheek.
"It's OK, Mommy. Ya don't need to cry" Toffee told her.
"Ah know, sweetie" Applejack said as she rubbed the tear off her cheek with her hoof, "Ah'm just so proud of ya, is all"
"You think you'll enjoy school, Toffee?" I asked.
Toffee nodded confidently, "Yep, Daddy. I think ah'm gonna love it"
I crouched down lower to about Toffee's height,
"Are you going to tell me everything you've done at school, once you come back home?" I asked her again.
"Mhm" She hummed, "I'll tell you and Mom everything"
I opened my arms out and asked my daughter,
"Can me and your Mom get a hug before you go?"
Toffee then gave me hug goodbye. After she gave me a hug, I got up to my normal height and Toffee went over to Applejack and still had her arms opened out for a hug. Applejack then crouched down and gave her a hug goodbye as well,
"Have a nice day, sugarcube" Applejack told her, "Good luck"
"Yeah, good luck, sweetheart" I said to Toffee.
"Thanks Mom, thanks Dad" She thanked the both of us, "Ah better get going then"
"Bye, honey" Applejack said as she got herself up.
"See you later, Toffee" I said to her.
"Bye Mommy, bye Daddy" Toffee bid her farewell to the both of us as she trotted over towards the school.
I placed my arm around Applejack and both we waved goodbye to our daughter, and we continued to do so until she walked into the school itself, after she went inside, my wife said to me,
"They grow up so fast"
"School already" I replied.
"Ah know, ah wish ah could've had her as the baby she was five years ago" Applejack sighed.
"Same here" I said.
"Wait, Caramel. ah just thought of something" Applejack said.
"Thought of what, hon?" I asked.
"Maybe, we can have another baby?" Applejack suggested.
That's not a bad idea, I mean, I'm now confident I can raise a child seeing as I've raised Toffee well, and it would good to introduce another Apple into the family,
"You know, Applejack?" I asked.
"What is it, Caramel?" She asked back.
"I think it would be great to have another child" I replied, " And I know a good coffee shop where we can talk about it more"
"Ya really think it's a good idea?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, babe, honestly" I replied, "Now let's get some coffee, OK?"
"What's the coffee shop called?" Applejack asked.
"Mocha la Coca" I replied.
"Didn't ya used to work there?" She asked.
"I did" I replied.
So me and Applejack went over to Mocha la Coca, we sat down had some coffee, and we talked about having a second child, we both agreed to have one and not only was my wife happy, but I was also happy, everything shit in my life has led up to this and it's safe to say that I've finally found peace in my life. I guess ponies just need to know that peace can be found in the smallest of places, and that one of those small places where ponies can easily find peace, lies in the heart of ponyville and in the core of the apple.
The End
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Yes.
I'm interested in seeing the story of Noteworthy's date with Rarity and maybe a spin-off about Pokey and Pinkie's relationship.
3322605 I might do a spin-off focusing on Pinkie and Pokey. But I'm not sure about writing a story focusing on Noteworthy's date with Rarity, because I want the reader to imagine their own version of the events for himself/herself.
I'd like to see what you're Big Macintosh is up to. Maybe a story focusing one where he and Applejack are going as characters but then again that could be done in a Caramel story. I'm excited to see what you do whenever you make next.
3348037 You mean like a story with Big Mac or Applejack narrating?
3353030 Yeah. Just to see things from their perspective. I wonder how Applejack feels about starting a family or how Mac feels about his where his life is going. Stuff like that I guess.
Wow love the ending
3354791 Thanks, I'm glad you like it
could you pokey and pinkie please
3383534 I'll do it once I have the time
3383580 oh thank you thank you
bird
3384512 My word.....
3384555 Vampeyer berd?
3384569 em... it's cool
3384592 Nic Cage?
3384602 AWESOME
had to its one of fav ships man
3395111 It's one of my fave ships as well
Currently reading the story, thoughts untill now : Pretty nice.
One thing though
Shouldn't that be "But whilst Applejack has become" (In the description)
Keep up the good stories
Maybe his fatherhood would be cool.
I think you should do a story about how AJ and Caramel met.