"Applejack!"
Ears perked from hearing her name distantly called, the orange earth mare turned her head away from her work. She brushed away the sweat from her brow, only for more to start entering her eyes and dripping down onto the manured soil below her.
The voice was deep, and familiar. But it took her longer than usual to connect that voice to Big Macintosh's. Today had been one of the hottest, windless days she had ever experienced, and she was starting to become so dehydrated that she couldn't even trot properly. As she started to head back, she suffered as the sun's heat beat her spirits down and weighed heavily on her.
Dadgummit. The heat today is worse than at Appleoosa. And tha' was in the middle of a desert! I hope that mah letter to the Princess made it through!
As she finally reached the farm, she was beginning to truly believe that the heat was making her hallucinate. In front of the farm, there was a very large crate, a carriage, two Royal Guards, and two familiar alicorns that she had met again only a day before.
Big Mac, with his hoof in a sling and cast, hopped/trotted up to her and said, "Welp, ain't ya gonna welcome the Princesses?"
So the alicorns weren't a hallucination. Awwww horseapples. I was just managing to end the day...
Applejack bowed down in a hurry, but her tired muscles had finally failed her, as she ended up collapsing and face-planting into the ground. She recovered and recomposed herself into a proper bow.
"Yer Majesties. It's a pleasure to have ya here on our farm!"
Celestia inclined and brought Applejack up from the ground, "The pleasure is all mine! I have read your letter, and I plan to help you indirectly with your crop quota with this." She gestured to the titanic crate next to Luna.
Applejack, hearing such words of hope, sprung up and forgot her physical condition from working in the fields non-stop for the past two days, resulting in another dizzy fit and another fall.
Come on ya dang useless hooves! Don't fail me now!"
Luna walked up to the earth mare. "We have decided to let thou rest. Thou have done so much with so little help. Rest while our...." She paused and stared at the crate with utter contempt. "...solution attends to thine matters."
"Ah don't know, yer majesty. I never was the type to use them fancy contraptions farmers are usin' nowadays."
"Do you hear that Celestia? She is uncertain," Luna smiled eagerly. "There is always.....this." She teleported what looked to Applejack to be a sharpened wooden pole, almost lance-like. Applejack, in her water-deprived mind, could only wonder what she needed a really sharp stick for.
Celestia sighed. She whispered to the crate, "Do you need to eat something?"
There was a profoundly deep response, which Applejack didn't bother straining herself to hear, "No. What your Princess has given me will be enough for two months. Workers have longer longevity than Drones do."
Celestia proceeded to ignore Luna's pleads and say to Applejack, "Drink some water and go rest. We shall leave you with our....help. But I must warn you. Do NOT panic when you see something strange working in your fields."
"Can do, Princesses. Thank ya kindly. I owe you a debt a' gratitiude," she said tiredly.
"Not after you saved my niece's wedding. If you have ANY trouble, go to Twilight. She knows of this situation and has been ordered to give me regular reports. Farewell, my little ponies."
Celestia and Luna entered the carriage, and waited until Applejack returned to her abode.
"Sister? Doth thou think that this may have been the wisest idea?" questioned Luna.
Celestia paused. It did appear she placed a little too much faith in rather unconventional ideas, this being one of them.
"I trust in the Behemoth's compassion. He will make the right choices. If not you'll never let this go, will you?"
Luna touched her chin, and pulled her face in a pseudo-thinking pose.
"Hmmmmmm.....no," She playfully decided.
Celestia sighed. "I thought not."
As the carriage began its ascent, and soon became a faint dot in the clear sky, the crate door cautiously creaked open.
The being inside carefully observed his surroundings. The climate was as dry and hot as.....well Cyr had lived in tunnels for his whole life, so he had nothing to compare his present situation with. But the farm and the acres of apple trees were a rustic, yet pristine and breathtaking, sight.
"So a change of scenary and some farm labor. I'm not sure this is a form of punishment I'm familiar with," Cyr murmured to himself.
He double-checked his area, and as soon as he confirmed no-pony or any-ling saw him, he trotted out of the humongous wooden crate and walked into the fields.
He became entranced with the new smells of manure and earthy organic plant life. Even from afar, the faint yet sweet scent of apples carried with the breeze and entranced Cyr. It was almost too good to be true.
Cyr sighed. "Here I am acting like a new-born Spawnling."
He gathered his thoughts and set to work. But he found that it was quite....awkward for him to remove the apples from their branches. If he attempted to buck them, he would have uprooted the tree in its entirety. He could not remove the delicate fruits with his mouth either, with his incisors and all.
But, I could....Oh Chrysalis condemn me if this goes wrong....
He rose his upper forehooves up into the air, and from his upright position, he stomped down onto the soil, sending seismic tremors throughout the acres of land and trees. Soon millions of apples dislodged themselves from their respective trees, and began to roll downhill. Cyr could only stare as he soon became hoof-deep in a literal avalanche of apples.
Well that was easier than I thought. Time to get started.
Cyr waded through the apples to collect some nearby barrels. With his mouth, he carefully avoided crushing a barrel altogether and began scooping the apples up.
Sorry if you guys were expecting something longer. But better this than nothing at all!
Have fun reading! And guten nacht.
Tis so good! Moooaarrrr! *Roars*
... That is, whenever it is convenient for you to do so :c
(And I'm really starting to like this Luna, her strange immaturity just seems to *fit*. I hope that she gets to know Cyr on better terms eventually, though :o)
Woo!!!!
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Don't worry. That "Slice of Life" tag is whispering for me to do so
Well if you can't buck the tree buck the ground.
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LIKE A BOSS.
So I'm guessing you liked the story?
I have absolutely no problem admitting that I (a bit loudly) said "Yay" when I saw this update. ... I have to wonder though, how is Ponyville going to react to the "Bio-quake?" (I'm not saying Earthquake because we don't know the planets name.)
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I know you'll hate hearing this....but you'll see.
1289594 That's okay. As I said before, I can wait.
Hey guys. I've been meaning to write another story while writing for this one. It's to divy up things. You know...since I can't be writing one story the whole time. So i've been thinking...I've been meaning to do a crossover with two of my most favorite things in the universe:
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and
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What do you guys think?
heh, thats pretty coo- NO! AJ PUT THE SHOTGUN DOWN!
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personally, I'd stick to just one story at a time, there has been a few authors that do that and completely forget about one story in favor of the other.
but about the crossover, since all i see the the pic, I'm going to assume the the first thing is ponies. I've only read a few deadspace/FiM before, I think it sounds interesting.
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Yes. Cyr is an old soldier with the heart of a poet. It's been a very interesting story so far and it will only get more so as he interacts with the more ponies. Thanks for the good reading.
For one I am happy! I also have to ask if your learning german or if you are German? Liking the story so far!
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Crap. Why did that pic have to derp?!
K Fixed it now.
But thanks for the advise. I'll be sure to work on it when this thing is nearly finished!
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Nah, man. Sorry, but I don't speak German. It's just quirk I picked up while traveling.
I can speak English, Spanish, and Korean tho, if you wanna talk in those
And thanks for the comment.
Now to hunt down the guy that disliked this.....
1293252 Ok just wondering.
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Come at us bro. Come on AJ. I dares ya
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Hey.... It totally rocked. Set it up however the story flows. I'm sure they'll see the pile of results of Cyr's labor b4 they actually see the behemoth sleeping in the barn.
1289677 Dead space and MLP? Sure.
Whoa whoa whoa, I was imagining like 8-10 feet, not big enough to make... THAT happen with one buck. Also, isn't he crushing the apples then?
Problem: In dialogue (Monologue, whatever) you literally made Cyr say "Sigh". Maybe instead of that, add the action of him sighing, otherwise it just looks weird.
Other than that, good job!
<Dude. She did that several hundred years ago.)
Kinda weird how AJ doesn't even, y'know... look inside the crate.
Corrections and remarks:
> She finally reached the farm, she was beginning to truly believe
Don't string full sentences together with commas. Should start a new sentence after "reached the farm".
> and two familiar alicorn
"alicorns"
> So the alicorns weren't a hallucination. Awwww horseapples.
Kinda odd she seems annoyed at that, while it's obviously in response to her letter.
> Celestia proceeded to ignore Luna's pleads
"pleas". The word "pleads" is a conjugated verb.
> "Sigh. Here I am acting like a new-born Spawnling."
You shouldn't put "sigh" in the spoken text. You should describe him sighing in narration.
Thine matters.
why does luna have a grudge?
I like Cyr!
1293221 Pic's broken again.
1289677 Go for it broski! Best of luck! Piecies!!!
Whelp? That's an insulting name to call one's sister, right?
I notice a lot of people use this instead of 'Well'. Can someone tell me WHY?!
Anyway, Cyr can safely be counted on the protected changeling list, thumbs up.
2555954 more of a southernistic way of saying it. Nothing offensive if you read of say it right
"He became entranced with the new smells of manure and earthy organic plant life."
So.... AJ poops on her own farm?
5325908 Well someone's gotta do it! RD probably does 'bombing runs'...
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I actually have a plot bunny related to the idea that that is actually part of earthpony cutie-mark magic. They output the perfect fertilizer for their favored species.
6247374 For some reason that idea makes me laugh my arse off.
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Glad to have provided you with some Laughter!
Luna is murderously psychotic and hateful, way OOC. Story also feels rushed. Downvoted.
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She does seem a little much, especially after she had never killed anyone and was hesitatant to do so just moments before. Then she shifts tunes so suddenly?
8468295 I wouldn't go quite so far as to downvote for Luna OCC... [rant] I'm getting really tired of the cry THOU CHARACTER IS NOT LIKETH SHOW: OCC!! I got two words FAN FICTION. As long as the character is in character for the story presented then great... if not then and only then is the cry OCC appropriate[/rant] But I do agree that Luna characterization is a bit wonky. While I've always seen Luna as being the more militant of the two... the going from I don't kill to please Celly can I kill him like a horror movie villain is jarring... As for your second complaint pacing... seems fine with me...
Is she... not going to tell her what he is? What?
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm enjoying this so far. on a side note can your changelings not use magic such as telekinesis, or is it just him that can't?
Good thing he's smart.