The Key

by CrackedInkWell

7: Applebloom's Epilogue

The farm was exactly the way it was that she left it. The same trees, the same fence, even her home. The air smelled familiar, but in a good, welcoming way. She knew what it was. It was Granny Smith's cooking.

She saw one of the doors opened up and out stepped her sister. Not the tall alicorn, but the sister that she knew.

“Oh there you are.” she said, “I was just gonna tell ya it's time for dinner.”

“Is Granny and Big Mac around?”

“They're in the kitchen- Hey!” Applejack was cut off as her little sister dashed through the door. The first one to be tackled with was a sitting red stallion while calling his name. Applebloom gave her big brother a hug; he in return, looked at Applejack, giving her a “what's gotten into her?” look.

Then she spotted the oldest of the Apple clan putting bisects on the table. “Granny!” She tackled her too, almost knocking her to the ground.

“Easy there youngen'. What's gotten into ya? You're actin' like you've haven't seen us in years.” Granny said.

“It's just... I'm glad to see ya, that's all.” Applebloom turned to her sister. “Say, uh, Applejack, can I talk to ya after dinner?”

“Why sure you can.”

-*-

“So, what do ya wanna talk to me about?” her older sister asked. By now, dinner was over, and they went to her room. Applebloom sat on her bed.

“Sis, I think you wanna sit down for this.”

Applejack sat besides her with a look of concern on her face. “Why? What's wrong?”

“Nothin' wrong. Really. It's just... that... uh...”

“Applebloom, it's alright, ya can tell me anythin'.”

“I think that I...” -Applebloom tried to think carefully what to say next. How to tell her sister what her distant future sister knew. It's one thing to write about it in her diary, but it was quite another when she had to tell her sister who doesn’t know, yet- “....have a... a-a crush.”

Her sister's face lit up like lights on a Hearth's Warming tree. “Awe! My little sister's growin' up! So tell me, who is it? Who's the colt?”

'This is it.' Applebloom thought. 'Might as well tell her name then.' “Uh... It's, S-S-”

“Split?”

“No. It's S-”

“Snips?”

“No! It's-”

“Snails?”

“Dang nab-it Applejack! Won't you just let me say Scootaloo!” Quickly realizing what she said in her outburst, she cover her mouth with both of her hooves. She saw her sister's eyes widen with a slightly slack jaw. Applebloom had too many thoughts at once in that silence. Second guessing, triple guessing, quadruple even. Had her sister in the future been so much different than her now? Have she been wrong to agreed to do this. They stayed silent for a while until Applejack spoke softly, “You’re serious, aren't ya?”

“Um... Y-yeah muphft!” Before Applebloom could say anything further, she found herself being hugged tightly by her sister. And Applejack was laughing like a madmare.

“Uh sis?” Applebloom managed to say, “Ya alright?”

“Oh Applebloom, this is the best piece of news I've heard all year!”

“Uh, it is? Why?” Applebloom (now relieved) already knew why. She can't explain to her sister how she already knew it, so the best she could do is act innocent.

“I... I-I'll tell ya later but, ha-ha. But still, Scoot's? I would never even guess. But ya know, just thinkin' about it now, you two would make a cute couple.”

“S-Sis stop it!” said Applebloom, her cheeks now turning red. Her sister couldn't but help laughing a little bit.

“Oh this is too precious. So how long has this been goin' on?”

“I-I don't know.”

“And does Scoot's know?”

Her ears flatten against her head as she shook it.

“Oh. Well, don't worry too much. I promise, everythin' will turn out well in the end.”

“Really?”

“Eeyup. Oh and uh, Applebloom, thanks.”

“For tellin'?”

Applejack nodded.

“Okay then, well, thanks for listenin', I guess.”

“No worries Applebloom, your still my little sis no matter what. Now, don't you have some homework to do?”

“I get to work on it right now.”

-*-

Applejack left her little sister's room. As she made her way to her room, she told herself, “Later. Not right now, but I'll tell her later.”

That night, Applejack and Applebloom rest easy.

The End

Comments

[RainbowCoolDash Pariah]

This was very good read. thanks

[The Yaoi Mistress]

very interesting to read.

[Raichu]

I like it. Some grammar issues, but it's still great!

[Ephraim Blue]

I like this story, but you completely ruined it.

You had the three fillies travel to the future and back. Nothing wrong with that.

But when you continued to say that they disappeared completely, that's where you went wrong.

If they truly did disappear, they wouldn't have returned to the past. You just ruined half of the entire plot by having the three of them return.

Now, I know of another story a lot like this. Three hundred and Fifty. This story has just about the same concept of your story. Some ponies go into the future by some means, and then they're told that they never returned, even though that was the original objective.

I'd say more about the story, but that would be spoiling it. You should read it, beginning to end, and then come back and say what you did wrong with this story.

[Ariel Schnee]

4674618 wrote : "If they truly did disappear, they wouldn't have returned to the past. You just ruined half of the entire plot by having the three of them return."

Depends on the method of time travel and whether their disappearance was a fixed point or not.

I found it perfectly believable.

Matched what I know from other time travel stories as possible.

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