Something else happens when Applejack goes to the Canterlot Rodeo. Applejack X OC fic
It's not everyday you meet the perfect mare, Whiplash, a cowpony from Dodge Junction has competed in the Equrestia Rodeo in Canterlot. There he faced stallions, bulls, and even clowns...ugh. But there he faced the mare of his dreams, a hard working, southern talking, all beautiful orange earth pony mare. Whiplash is skilled in only one respect, he is extremely lethal and dangerous when it comes to his bull whip. But why is he smiling every time, even in defeat? And why does he always carry such a dangerous whip?
Cover art belongs to Reikomuffin on Deviantart.com
Whiplash, a tan brown earth pony with a dark brown mane from Dodge Junction is currently competing for the Equestrian Rodeo in Canterlot, needless to say he needs luck. Whiplash was in his hotel room, he was simply reading reading the Canterlot newspaper as there was nothing else to do, not a fancy pony he was. As he was reading as a knock came from his door, he came to answer to find another stallion in a white stetson. "Whiplash from Dodge?"
"Yea?"
"I'm Bull True and I'm hosting the Canterlot Rodeo. I came to tell you that the Rodeo will be in two days and that we thought you wanted to come to the welcoming party tonight. We are going to welcome all of our competitors so that they could get along or make some competition. Whatever the case, we thought you might come over."
"Yea sure, I'll be there. I just gotta grab somthin and I'll be there."
"Alrighty then." Bull True slightly raised his hat and left Whiplash. Whiplash walked over to the couch, he sat down in front of his coffee table with his favorite lucky tool, Bully the whip, or in this case his bull whip, and his black stetson. He wrapped it up and attached it to his belt, he walked out of his hotel room and outside into the posh fields of Canterlot, god how much he hated those fancy shmancy ponies. He walked through Canterlot until he reached the rodeo stadium, he found a few cowponies there all laughing and joking saying "I'm definitely gonna win." He ignored the competition and walked over to the food table, the table was full of fancy foods, there was nothing of his style there, not even an apple. He ignored the food as he felt pain in his stomach, oh he wished he had at least some country food like hay fries, not a tart, or a red velvet cake. He sat down on the bleachers as he watched his competition chatting, but then a orange earth pony with a brown stetson hat trotted next to him.
"Howdy,"
"Hello, what are you doing here?"
"Wah Ah could ask you the same thing pardner."
"Well for one I'm bored, and two I'm starving, food here is too fancy and posh if you know what I mean."
The orange pony nodded as chuckled at Whiplash's small suffering. "Ah know watchu mean, Ah never liked fancy food, just the good old country food." The mare reached into her saddle bag and pulled out a small pastry. It smells of apples and had a golden brown layered crust on it. "Here, Ah already ate and I think you could use this."
"A-Are you sure?"
"Yep."
"But I-"
"No buts. Just take the fritter, Ah made it mahself." Whiplash took the the fritter and took a small bite, the taste was blissful with apples and sweet with sugar. He gracefully chowed down on the apple pastry as his stomach took it with no problem. As he finished he let out a large belch as his stomach was slightly satisfied.
"Thanks, your a stomach saver."
"Wah It's mah pleasure, now what's your name?"
"Whiplash, you?"
"M'names Applejack, you competing for the rodeo?"
"Yea, you competing to?"
"Yep, gotta say, Ah'm a little nervous."
"First time?"
"Yep, yours?"
"No not really, competing for about 2 years, it's alright you'll get used to this rodeo, but the competition is tough."
"How tough?" Asked Applejack as she raised an eyebrow.
"Tougher than nail in a stud." As the two chatted, a small gust of wind picked up and took Applejack's brown stetson with it.
"Aw shoot, not again." Applejack took out a rope and threw the lasso at the her hat, but it wasn't long enough and ended up facing the ground. Whiplash took out his whip and lashed it out on the stetson, he wrapped the whip around the stetson and brought it back to it's rightful owner. Applejack gracefully took her hat back and immediately put it back on her head. "Thanks."
"No problem, you would've done the same for me."
"Wah of course." Applejack took a look at Whiplash's whip. "Wah that's a mighty fine whip."
"Thanks, this is my special bull whip, I named him Bully the whip."
"Well it's a mighty fine whip." Applejack repeated
"You already said that." Whiplash joked. Applejack's cheeks turned red apple at her own mistake as Whiplash chuckled at her own embarrassment. "Well little miss cowfilly, looks like you got a fever." Whiplash joked as Applejack glared at the stallion. "Alright Alright I'll stop, but anyways where are you from?"
"Wah Ah'm from Ponyville."
"Cool, I'm from Dodge Junction."
"That's far, why do you live there?"
"Well truth be told, I'm kinda poor and Dodge is kinda the only place I can afford." Whiplash said as he had sheepish grin on his face.
"Well, if you ever consider moving or travelling come visit Ponyville, Ah could offer you a job and you could live out of that poor old town."
"I'll think about that, but for now-" Whiplash let out a long loud yawn like a bear. "- It's nap time for me. Gotta get all the energy I need for the rodeo." Whiplash got up from the bleachers and stuck his hoof at Applejack. "It was good meeting ya Jackie."
Applejack made a sour face from the nickname. "Mah name is Applejack!" she barked.
"I know, I just love to give ponies nicknames, and your's will be Jackie, but just for you, I'll just call you Applejack if you want."
"Alrighty then." Applejack collided her hoof with Whiplash's and shook hooves. "It's been nice knowing you Whip."
"Heh, well goodbye Jackie." Whiplash jokes as Applejack raised her hoof and jabbed it into the stallion's gut. He knelt to the floor wincing in pain but still smiled at the very painful joke. "Ugh... nice shot, but please just calm down next time, it's just a joke." The stallion said as he held his stomach in pain.
"Maybe your right, your not as worse as my friend Rainbow."
"I bet I'm not, well anyways, see ya." Whiplash stood up and walked back to his hotel to get some rest, Applejack sat still at the bleachers as she saw the stallion walk away. Applejack's head was plagued with the stallion's name and looks.
Ah can't believe a hunky stallion like him owns a whip.
Maybe he uses it to seduce other mares.
Oh be quiet, sure he may be cute but that doesn't mean Ah'm into him.
You are so into him.
Shut it!
Whiplash was inside his hotel room, he was reading the local Canterlot news, nothing special expect somepony named Trixie was boasting her name. Whiplash set aside his newspaper and lied down on the bed, his mind was plagued by the cowfilly.
She's kinda cute.
Oh be quite me.
Oh come on, admit it, you like her.
Silence!
Whiplash placed his stetson on the drawer next to his bed and set his alarm clock, gotta get up real early in the morning for that rodeo. He closed his eyes as he drifted off to sleep, he couldn't wait to compete in the rodeo, or see Jakie again.
Today is the day of the rodeo, the day where bulls charge, ropes wrap, clowns come, and pain returns. Whiplash has just finished his bull riding session, his clothes were muddy and his hat was sturdy, Bully stayed his side as he watched from the stands as other cowponies competed in the rodeo. He's seen ponies bucked, thrown, and even embarrassed, but he always smiled for them, just smiled. Applejack was up next for bull riding, Whiplash watched as he saw the orange mare riding the bull like a champ, she was getting close to getting first place but then. "Woh Ne- AHHHHHH!" The orange mare flew off the back of the bull and slammed into the dirt, she was only 2 seconds away to getting first place. The mare grunted in frustration and left the stadium, Whiplash took a good look at the mare and swore he saw a tear, he needed to act hero right now. The mare heavily walked her way through the crowd as she carried an awfully full saddle bag, Whiplash followed her until she had reached her hotel room. She opened the door and pushed it to close in motion but was stopped as a hoof was placed in front of the door keeping it open. Applejack fell on top of her bed and buried her face in her pillow as she let out a furious scream as she remained buried in her pillow. Whiplash continued to watch the mare, smiling. "Ah know yer there Whip." The stallion let out a small chuckle and proceeded into the mare's room.
"Well that was easy." Whiplash walked towards the mare and sat next to her, he placed a hoof on her back to comfort her. "Care to explain the anger?"
"Ah haven't won one single blue ribbon."
"So what?"
"So, I can't face my friends and family, Ah promised the whole town of Ponyville that Ah would win prize money to help fix town hall. But I failed."
The stallion continued to smile as he slowly motioned his hoof brushed the mare's mane. "Y'know, there's always forgiveness."
"But Ah can't they threw a huge farewell party b'fore Ah left."
"But-"
"Please Whip, Ah need some time to think." The stallion nodded and left herself in her hotel room. He left to his hotel room as he placed his blue ribbon for bull riding on the coffee table. He lied back on his bed and closed his eyes drifting off to sleep.
There was a little filly in bed, a stallion was next to her holding her face. The stallion was weeping in grief as the filly smiled at him, she kept smiling and smiling, she never stopped. "Brother, I will miss you."
"Please, don't say that, your going to be fine." The stallion said as his eyes began to flood with depression
"Brother please, promise me something."
"Stop your going to be fine." his eyes began to falter as tears of sadness began to overflow through his eyes.
"Smile... for me...don't stop, no matter what don't stop smiling." A machine rapidly kept beeping as the young filly slowly descended he eyes. "Please....for...me." The filly's eyes were shut, her body felt light as a machine conducted with a continued beep.
"No...NO...NOOO!!!!"
Whiplash shot up as he started to gasp for air, sweat and... smile. He got up and placed his stetson on his head, he looked at the calendar to find that it was time to go to that rubbish home of his. He packed up his saddle bag as he exited his hotel, on his way towards the train station he noticed a familiar creamed colored pony with a red fancy mane selling products of the color of roses and the taste of sweets.
"Cherry Lee?" The mare turned to find herself surprised with joy.
"Well Ah can't believe you still call me that. It's Cherry Jubilee dummy." The mare said as she began to laugh.
"Heh well sorry, but what are you doing here?" Whiplash asked
"Well Ah'm selling some cherry products. Care for a cherry pie slice on the house? Word on the bleachers say that Canterlot food isn't of your tongue."
"Yea sure I'll take a slice." Cherilee took out a slice of bright red cherry pie, she offered the piece to Whiplash who kicked up the pie slice and gulped it down in one bite. "Thanks, I nearly starved to death." He joked as he continued to smile.
"It's no problem, now you should probably head home, she's probably waiting you know." Whiplash's eyes began to wide up as he continued to smile, his face became creepy as psycho.
"Yea, your right. You gonna come back later right? Y'know how much we need the cherry farm."
"Now hold your horses, Ah'll be back, just gotta sell as much as Ah can."
"Okay, see ya later." Whiplash walked down the streets of Canterlot until he reached the train station. He paid for his ticket and boarded the train travelling towards Dodge Junction, as he sat down he placed his stetson over his face and took a nap. Behind his seat sat a lonely orange mare with a brown stetson with a worried look on her face.
Ah can't believe Ah'm doing this. The mare thought to herself as she placed her stetson over her head and took a long nap.
There was a teenage colt sitting alone in his kitchen, he started blankly at his table. He smiled like a psychopath as he shed tears overflowing his eyes, he stood up and walked into his room to grieve in despair. As he walked into his room he found a small box wrapped as a present, he picked it up and found a hoof made bull whip, along with a black stetson inside. Along with the whip was a single letter written by his little sister.
Dear Brother-
I am sorry that I bad to be like this, and normally I hate to write long things but I this time I'll let it pass. You have made me the happiest filly in Equestria, you've bought me toys, books, and gifts to keep me company when I was in the hospital, and the one thing I kept doing was smiling. That was the one thing that kept me going to try and survive, but alas all good things must come to an end, I was very grateful that you cared for me so much even after mom and dad died. You've bathed me, fed me, defended me, and even sacrificed so much for me. But now I want you to be happy, you've made me smile, now it's time for you to smile, keep smiling no matter what, only don't whenever you want but please smile for most of the time, I'll be in Faust's Realm, watching you.
P.S. This is Bully the bull whip, I made him for you, I know how much you wanted a whip but you sacrificed it for me, so I'm returning the favor.
-Your sister
Wooly Pin
The colt began to drip tears onto the letter as he folded it up and set it aside, as he set aside his letter, he reached in the box and pulled out the whip and the stetson. He placed the stetson on his head and held the whip in hoof, he raised it up high and slashed it at the wall leaving a massive gash in the wall. He felt a tingling sensation on his flank and looked to find a whip cutie mark, he looked at his whip and smiled. "Thanks Bully, thanks Wooly."
Whiplash's eyes shot open at the dream he had, but something was wrong, all he could see was darkness. "Whoops silly me." Whiplash took his stetson off his face and looked to find the conductor in front of him.
"Sir I'm sorry to wake you, but we've arrived in Dodge Junction." The conductor said leaving Whiplash who stood up and left the train to find his old rubbish town. He walked down the streets continuing to smile, he reached his home and opened the door to find old mail. He looked at the mail to just find commercial mail, he threw it away. As he walked through his house, he exited the back door to find a single tall piece of stone sticking out of the ground, he walked over to the stone and removed his hat, he sat down in front of it and placed his hoof on the engravings.
Here lies Wooly Pin A daughter, Sister, and a true friend may she rest in Faust's realm
Whiplash sat infront of his sister's grave as he continued to smile. "Hey sis, this is probably the last time I'm visiting your grave, but I don't have to worry since your always watching me, thanks by the way. I met a really interesting mare today, her name was Applejack and boy was she pretty. She always reminded me of you, nervous, funny, and can't take a joke. I don't know but I feel... strange around her. But she offered me a job, and to move to a nice town called Ponyville, oh if only you could see it. So by tommorow morning I'm leaving, sorry but don't worry, it's like you said, your always watching." The stallion finished as he shed a single tear and placed the stetson back on his head, he turned around to find Cherry Jubilee standing behind him this whole time.
"So your leaving eh?" She asked with a smirk
"Heh yea, it's about time I move on."
"Don't worry, Ah'll keep the grave clean."
"Thanks." The stallion walked up close to the mare and stuck out his hoof. "Guess this means goodbye." Jubilee stuck out her hoof colliding with Whiplash's and shook it.
"Yep, We'll miss you."
"I know, I'll be leaving tomorrow though."
"Take all the time you need, you need to find the world out there."
"I know, I know..." He said as Jubilee trotted away towards her farm, Whiplash could have sworn he saw a familiar orange mare at the farm but he shrugged it off and walked inside his house. Inside he took time to pack up whatever hey needed, but he didn't have much. He packed up a toothbrush, clothes, and other essentials to get ready for his new home. As he finished packing he went to his bedroom and lied down on his bed, he slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile with Applejack
"Didja meet any nice ponies there?"
"Some" Ah wonder what Whip's doin raght now.
The next morning struck as Whip was ready to go home, a new home. He rose from his bed as he yawn like a hibernated bear, he placed his stetson on his head and placed Bully on his side. He grabbed his saddle bags and walked outside, he walked through the dry plains of Dodge Junction until he reached the train station. As he waited, he noticed a familiar orange mare trotting towards the station. "Applejack?"
The orange mare turned to find a surprised Whiplash staring at him. "Whiplash! Is that you?"
"Yea it's me but, what are you doing here? I thought you lived in Ponyville?"
"Well I do but-" In the nearby distance a loud voice screamed at Applejack's name. "Look Whip when you arrive at Ponyville look for Sweet Apple Acres, look for a red stallion named Big Macintosh, tell him that Ah'll be home soon, tell him your a messenger and that you need a place to stay. He'll understand." The mare explained as she galloped off into the distance. Whiplash looked confused as he saw five mares chasing Applejack, Whiplash shrugged it off and waited for the train. After a few minutes the train had arrived at Dodge, Whiplash entered and sat down as he relaxed awaiting for a new leaf to be bloomed in his life. As the train move he looked outside to find a wagon heading straight for the train, he looked at the driver but couldn't get a clear image of the driver.
"That pony's crazy." Whiplash said to himself as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. About an hour later Whiplash arrived in Ponyville, he looked around the station to find a cheerful of ponies at the station, he then spotted a tall red stallion with a green apple cutie mark. He walked up to the stallion who faced Whiplash with a confused expression. "You Big Macintosh?"
"Eeyup." Answered the stallion. His tone was dark and mature, almost as if it can crush a pony's spirit,
"Well I'm a friend of Applejack, she told me that I could get a job here and that I could stay with you guys for a few days."
"Ah you must be that Whip fella, yea AJ told me about that in a letter she sent, was mah sis on that train?"
"Wait Applejack is your sister?"
"Eeyup."
"And Ah'm her little sister." A little yellow filly said as she popped through the red stallion's legs. "Ah'm Applebloom."
"Well nice to meet you Applebloom and Big Macintosh." Greeted Whiplash
"Please, Big Mac is just fine." said the red stallion.
"Alright, well to answer your question, no she wasn't on the train, but she was just about to board the train but it looked like she was being chased. I saw a couple of mares chasing after her."
"Hmmm Ahhhh I know what's going on. Well in the mean time lemme show you to Sweet Apple Acres."
"Alright." The stallion and filly lead Whiplash through the streets on Ponyville, it was a nice town, more ponies than he's ever seen in Dodge Junction. "Thank Celestia Pinkie isn't here." The stallion said to himself as the three reached a massive road with a sea amount of apple trees on each side. "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, home to Equestria's finest apples."
"Daaaaaaang, that's a lot of apples."
"Eeyup."
"Jeez don't you have anything else to say?"
"Nnope. Now c'mon Ah'll show you a quick tour of the farm and show you where you'll be staying." Big Mac and Applebloom gave a quick tour to Whiplash, he loved the place and how there was plenty of apples. "Aand there's the farm house, that's where we all sleep, it's also where you'll sleep to. Oh and one more thing," The stallion walked up close to Whiplash's face and gave an icy glare. "-If ya'll hurt mah sister, I will crush your skull and grind them up into sugar and toss them into the river, ya got that?"
Whiplash gave a feared gulp and smiled at the stallion. "Y-Y-Yes Sir." The black stetson stallion said as he saluted his hoof towards Big Mac. After a small pause an old green mare slowly walked her way outside of the farm house, she walked over towards Whiplash who gave an icy glare at him. "Uh...ma'am." Whiplash introduced as he stuck out his hoof greeting the mare, but she didn't shake it, she just examined him like a test. The mare then gave a warming smile after her examination and slowly shook his hoof.
"Wah it's nice to meet you dearie. You must be that new employee my grand daughter hired, welcome to the family, my name is Granny Smith."
"I'm Whiplash, it's nice to meet you ma'am." As the two greeted each other a gray mare with a blonde mane and twisted eyes flew over to the apple farm with a beaming smile on her face.
"Hey you guys, Applejack's coming back! She'll be here in a few minutes so hurry up to the station." The mare said as she flew off into the distance of the train station.
As you and the rest of the apple family reach the station a train had arrived as an orange mare walked out and found herself dog piled by the apple family. Whiplash didn't want to interrupt them, he just stood there and smiled for their reunion. After their reconciliation Applejack stood up and found Whiplash smiling at her. "Whip! Ya made it!" Applejack exclaimed as she came over to Whip and shook his hoof. "It's good to meet ya again."
"Nice to meetcha to Jackie." Applejack's face then turned sour as she raised a hoof a struck Whiplash in the gut, he grunted in pain but still smiled as he tried to rebel against it. "Right... forgot...my bad." Nearby a pink mare with hair's gravity defying physics had just recently twitched her eye. Her eyes widened as her mouth hung open in shock.
"Oh no, not this one." The pink mare said.
After a while Whiplash got to know all of Applejack's friends, the week had passed quickly as Whiplash happily worked at Sweet Apple Acres and lived in Ponyville. Whiplash slept peacefully in his room as his door creaked open and inside came a little filly. She slowly tip-hoofed her way towards whiplash, she noticed the whip that Whiplash always held, she carefully detached it from his side and ran off.
Whiplash was still sleeping in his room, his door fully opened as Whiplash rose to find out who opened it. He found that Applejack came inside with a seductive look on her face. "Jackie what are you doing here?" Applejack moved in closer having herself over Whiplash as she was mere centimeters away from his face.
"Wah Ah'm just saying hello sugar cube."
"Sugar cu- MRRPPH!?!?" Whiplash was interrupted as Applejack pressed her lips against his, after for what seemed like hours but seconds Applejack let go and panted heavily at Whiplash. "W-What was that for?"
"Wah not? Did you not like that sugar cube?"
"But I-" Whiplash's eyes shot open from the strange dream, he quickly got up from his bed and placed his stetson on his hairy scalp. He hopped off the bed but something felt...wrong, he looked to his side to find that Bully was missing. He quickly got outside to find a 2 fillies surrounding what looked like a filly in pain. Whiplash quickly galloped to the fillies to find Applebloom with a massive bruise on her cheek. "What happened!?" Whiplash asked the two fillies, the small orange one walked up to him first and explained.
"Well Applebloom found this cool whip and we tried to become whip masters."
Whiplash chuckled at their try as he walked up close to the injured filly, he picked her up and placed her on his back. "C'mon we gotta get some ice. Can one of you hold my whip?" He said as the two followed Whiplash back to the farm house with his whip, there he place Applebloom on the couch and went into the kitchen, he opened the fridge to find some ice cubes. He took out a plastic bag from a nearby drawer and placed the ice cubes in the bag, he then wrapped the bag in a paper towel to prevent any leaking, he came over to Applebloom and gently placed the ice bag over her bruise. "Now this will sting but trust me, it will help." He placed the bag over her bruise and winced in pain. "Just keep it like that and you'll be fine."
"T-Thanks." Applebloom said as she said through pain.
"Try not to talk, don't stress out your mouth." The filly obeyed and stayed silent. Suddenly the front door burst open with a worried Applejack, she ran over to Applebloom pushing Whiplash aside, she knelt over to Applebloom with tears in her eyes.
"Applebloom, *sniff* your okay." Applejack said through her tears
"Yea she is, though she shouldn't talk, the muscles will have to relax after-" Whiplash gave a brief pause as he looked over at the innocent Applebloom. "... after I let her use my whip." He lied as Applejack punched Whiplash in the face having his nose bleed, but he still smiled. He didn't want to have a filly's life ruined for her own mistake. But deep inside Whiplash felt something shatter as if it happened years ago, but he ignored it immensely as he listened to the enraged Applejack.
"AH CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET HER USE THAT THING! GET OUT OF MAH SIGHT NOW!!!" Whiplash bowed his head in apology and took his whip and left without saying another word...but still smiled. Applebloom couldn't help but shed tears at her innocent hero. Applejack brushed her main as she tried to make her forget about Whip. "Shh, it's ahright AB, stay away from him, you'll never meet him agin."
Outside Whiplash stilled smiled even a pretty mare like Applejack struck him, hard. "Heh, so much for a new home, sad though, but I gotta keep my promise." The blood soon dried as he brought down his stetson covering his face from Big Macintosh as he walked past him.
"You okay?" he asked as Big Mac noticed dried blood on the stallion's chin but Whiplash ignored him and moved on through the orchard roads. "Hmm, somethings wrong." Big Mac said as he walked towards the farm house.
At Ponyville Whiplash walked towards the train station to go back to his home town, Dodge Junction. As he walked he met one of Applejack's friends, Rainbow Dash he landed in front of him. "Hey what's u- Oh my Celestia! What happened to your face!?" She asks in panic as Whiplash ignored her and simply walked past her, smiling. "Hey you okay? Why are you bleeding... and smiling?" Whiplash then galloped completely ignoring Rainbow as she bolted towards the stallion cutting him off. "Okay seriously what's with you?"
"Nothing you should know." Whip said as he walked past the rainbow mare and trotted towards the train station.
"Something about that stallion just doesn't seen right." Rainbow said as she bolted off into the skies.
Whiplash arrived at the train station as he forgot his bits back at the apple farm, he didn't want to bother Applejack after that...moment. He found a large group of ponies boarding the train, he stuck close with the group as he slowly pick-pocketed a stallion's bag as he received a ticket as a greedy award. He boarded the train as he watched the stallion arguing to himself as he couldn't find his stolen ticket. The train left as Whiplash awaited patiently to arrive at Dodge Junction. As he arrived he walked out to find the old rubbish town that he despised, the one that took away his beloved. As he walked down the old dusty trail he reached his old home, fortunately it wasn't owned by nopony else. He walked inside to find the house a little dusty but he didn't care, he walked outside behind his house and found his sister's grave, clean. "Thank you Cherry Lee." He blessed as he walked close to the grave and closed his eyes.
Applejack sat at Sugar Cube Corner frustrated as he friends surrounded her for her grief. "Ah can't believe he would do something like that."
"Yes, highly irresponsible, I'm just glad Sweetie Belle wasn't hurt." Rarity said
"Or Scootaloo." Followed Rainbow Dash
"Very unsmart." followed Pinkie Pie
Suddenly the door opened and in came Big Macintosh along with the CMC with apologetic looks on their faces. Applebloom was flooded with tears as she ran and hugged her sister tight. "Sis..." Applejack wrapped her hoofs around her sister to comfort her.
"What's wrong AB?"
"It's not his fault."
"What do you mean?" asked Applejack with a worried look on her face.
"It's not Whip's fault, he took the blame for me. I snuck into his room and stole his whip without asking, I used it and got mahself injured. He took the blame for me and Ah just couldn't see him punched by you, Ah couldn't live with the guilt." Applebloom confessed as she cried all over her big sister's sister. Applejack had a shocked expression on her face, she couldn't believe what she had concluded herself in the past.
"So, your saying..."
"Yes AJ," spoke Big Mac. "You fired our innocent worker." said Big Mac in a harsh tone.
"Please Big Brother, don't be harsh to AJ." Pleaded Applebloom.
"No, Ah deserve it." Confessed Applejack. She let go of her sister and stood up. "Ah need to find him."
Whiplash was sitting in front of his little sister's grave, he sat down close as he held his shriveled heart. He let out small tears of depression but smiled as he tried to ignore his pain. "Hey sis, it's me. So I came back...yea, Ponyville wasn't good enough for me. I just got fired because I defended a little filly, she used Bully and got herself injured, I took the blame and Applejack fired me. I wanted to protect them, keep them smiling as they weren't afraid. But what Applejack did, make's me feel like I want to see you really soon, maybe but... I think it's time." Whiplash said as he walked inside his house as he walked and grabbed his cart, he went inside his house and took out a concrete block and placed it in the cart. Whiplash walked with his cart over to the distance past a sign that said, 'Lake Trotter.'
"Did anypony see Whiplash last?" Asked Applejack
"I did, I think I saw him walked towards the train station. He had blood on his face, what happened to him?" Applejack explained to her friends what she had done, she felt heartbroken for what she did, like a million apples being burned to the ground and left to rot with nothing but death.
Applejack left for the train as she needed to make the biggest apology in all of Equestrian history, her friends insisted to help but this was her own problem. Pinkie's eye twitched again and Twilight was the first to notice. "Pinkie, is your eye twitching another of your senses?" asked Twilight.
"Yes, it's a really weird, bad, and creepy one. It means that sompony's smile is a psychopathic smile, and a crazy smile. Something tells me that it's coming from Whip." Pinkie explained as the camera then switched to Applejack's scene.... eh...what?
Applejack quickly without question galloped towards the train station, she looked around to find that Whiplash had already left. She quickly bought a ticket for the next train as it arrived later. Applejack was on the train with a face of a thousand performers, she didn't know what or how to apologize to Whiplash after what she did. As she arrived she quickly galloped around looking for Whiplash, but no luck. "Applejack?" Applejack turned around to find a familiar creamed colored pony with a red fancy mane.
"Miss Jubilee? Oh thank Celestia it's you, Ah need your help."
"Well shua, watcha need?"
"Ah need to know where Whiplash is."
"Well, last I saw him was when he walked over to his house, and towards the lake."
"Maghty thanks." Applejack said as she galloped off towards Whiplash's last known location. As she reached the lake known as 'Lake Trotter' she found Whiplash near the middle of the lake, he floated on a boat. Applejack squinted her eyes and saw what looked like Whiplash tying something up. He then took out the concrete block which had on end of his whip tied to it and the other tied to his waist, he threw the block over causing the block and himself to sing to the bottom. Applejack swiftly without hesitation dived into the lake and swam down towards the crust of the lake. She reached to find Whiplash, his eyes were closed but still had some breath in his lungs. She quickly swam towards the rope and chewed on the rope to break it free, but only halfway. She noticed Whiplash struggling for air as his lips started to quiver with weakness, but they gave in as his mouth opened and his eyes rolled back as he started to see darkness.
Applejack rapidly and furiously bit the whip rope until it snapped in two releasing Whiplash from his suicide. As Whiplash floated to the surface, Applejack wrapped a hoof around his neck and swam towards the shore. She had Whiplash lay their, on the ground unconscious. She took her hoof and pressed against his chest repeatedly, she pressed her lips against his and exhaled air, but still no response.
Whiplash floated mid air among the sea of light and heavens, he walked round the clouds and found a small filly. He walked towards the small filly with a warm smile. "Hello little one, do you know where I am?" He asked the filly as she turned around causing Whiplash to jump back. "It...It...It's you."
"Yes..." The filly said as she smiled at Whiplash. "It's me brother."
"It's so good to see you again my sister." Whiplash said as he walked towards his sister to embrace her, as he wrapped his hooves around he, he squeezed but only to find his hooves going through the little filly. He started to tear up as he connected the dots as to why he's not dead, he started to tear up at the situation. "Why...why...WHY!?" Whiplash burst into tears as he sister came over and brushed his mane in comfort.
"It's okay big bro, you don't have to smile anymore, just let it all out. And thank you for fulfilling my promise."
" *sniff* Your welcome sis, but why am I not dead, I should be."
"No." The filly brought up a screen showing a screen of the present, it showed himself lying on the ground as the mare known as Applejack pounding his chest and donating oxygen. "I want you to be happy like I wrote before, be with the mare that you love, that you want to be with."
The stallion started to blush. "Heh but I-"
"C'mon big bro, I can see your dreams."
"Geh!" The stallion froze as his cheeks turned scarlet. "Y-You saw that?" The stallion asked as he remember that one dream he had about Applejack.
"Yep. Now let's get you back hmm?" The filly then summoned a whip of light and slashed Whiplash causing him the vanish in thin air.
With one last thud, Applejack slammed her hoof onto Whip's chest as he spewed out the water trapped in his lungs, he gave a large gasp for air and coughed out the rest of the water. He opened his eyes to find Applejack kneeling over him in tears, he gave a confusing look towards the weeping mare. "A-A-Applejack," He said in a weak voice. "w-w-what are you doing here?" He asked as he looked around himself to find that it was night time, last time he checked, it was about noon. How long was he out for?
"Oh thank Celestia your awake, when I sent ya away I didn't know that you were covering for my little sister, I just lost control and snapped at you because you let mah sister use your whip, I never knew you were lying to protect her. I'm so sorry for what I did to you and for what Ah made ya do, I just-"
"Jackie."
"Ah just, I'm sorry that Ah took conclusions too far, I'm sorry Ah overreacted. Ah know that you were trahing to defend my sister and help her but Ah just lost it when I heard she got hurt and," Applejack was cut off as Whiplash placed a hoof on her lips.
"Jackie, It's okay, you don't have to apologize. I'm the one who should apologize." He said as he rose from the ground. Applejack wrapped her hooves around Whip as she burst into tears all over his shoulder.
"Wha should you apologize for what Ah'm the one who mistook you for being irresponsible."
"No, your right, I am irresponsible. I was asleep when Applebloom took my whip, I lost my guard. That whip was suppose to be guarded by me and me alone and I failed that." The stallion said as he grabbed Applejack's head with both of his hooves. "Applejack it's not your fault, it's mine." Applejack continued to weep on his shoulder, he pushed Applejack away as they were mere centimeters away from each other's faces. Whiplash stared upon Applejack's emerald eyes as they sparkled like a polished granny smith apple. He pressed his lips on Applejack's as her eyes widen as she kissed with one heck of a stallion, she pushed him away and slapped him leaving a hoof mark. "Ow, what the hay was that for?" Asking the stallion in pain.
"That's for stealing the kiss." She grabbed his headed and stared upon his eyes. "And this is me stealing it back." She said with a smirk...uh oh. She grabbed the stallion's head and pulled him in for a kiss on her lips, Whiplash wrapped his hoofs around her head and pulled her in for a more blissful kiss. Welp, all thing's clear, these two were in love. After for what seemed like hours of sweetness but minutes, the two broke up their sweet kiss and lied down next to each other.
"Ah love you Whiplash."
"And I love you too Applejack."
The two shared another blissful kiss as they cuddled together and drifted off to sleep under the shimmering beam of Luna's night.
The two journeyed back to Ponyville, as they lived in harmony and love. Whiplash was in the farm house assembling what looked like a strange rope. A knocking came from his door, he put down his project and opened the door to find Big Mac standing in front of him. He gave an icy glare to the stallion who stuttered and scooted back a little bit, and for once, he didn't smile. "It's time for you to explain yourself now Whip."
"W-What do you mean?" Whip asked timidly
"Time to tell us the truth."
"C-Can we please do this another time?"
"Either tell us, or get kicked out." Big Mac threatened as a rope wrapped around his neck causing him to be pulled to the ground.
"Big Bro, if he doesn't want to share it, he doesn't have to." Declared Applejack as she untied her brother. Big Mac shrugged it off and walked downstairs. "Ya okay sugar cube?"
Whiplash shook his head in relief as his marefriend came to the rescue. "Yea thanks, you really saved my flank Jackie."
"Wah your welcome sugar cutie." Whiplash returned to his quarters and sat down on his bed, Applejack folloed him and sat next to him. "Y'know, you don't have to tell us."
"I want to... but I just don't know if you guys will understand my past."
"Ya don't have to if ya don't want to."
"Maybe I'll do it tomorrow." Applejack leaned in closer to her coltfriend and pecked him on the cheek making him smile with warmth. "Thanks, I needed that."
"Ya welcome sugar cube." Applejack looked over to Whiplash's project, she couldn't connect as to what he was building. "Whatchu making sugar cube? Look's like some sort of snake." Whiplash slightly chuckled at Applejak's guess.
"Nope, I'm building myself a new whip. After you chew up my old one."
"Oh right, sorry about that, I-"
"No need, you had no choice plus, you got teeth like a lycan." Whiplash complimented as Applejack gave him a grin.
"Wah thanks Whip." Applejack looked at the clock and leaped off the bed. "Well Ah gotta go, me and mah friends are goin to Sugar Cube Corner for some lunch. Wanna come with?"
"Maybe later AJ, I'm nearly done with this whip."
"Ahrighty then." Applejack left to Sugar Cube Corner as Whiplash continued with his project. He continued to assemble his project for hours as he wrapped the rope and attached the laces. As he finished he pulled out a small wooden box from under his bed, he opened it to reveal a dragon's tooth. He took the tooth and attached it to the bottom of his handle. He looked at his whip and gave a hearty smile at his newest companion. He wrapped up his whip and attached it to his waist, he walked outside to notice that Luna's moon had nearly risen.
"How long was I in there?" He asked himself as he walked towards Sugar Cube Corner, as he walked down the dark streets of Ponyville he spotted a trash can. He gave a determined smirk as he pulled out his new whip and lashed it out on the trash can leaving a death and a massive scratch on the metal. He retracted it in and continued to walk towards Sugar Cube Corner. "Work's like Bully." Whiplash arrived at the ginger bread house, he entered to find Applejack and her friends having a chat, he turned away to the counter tops to have a small dinner, he didn't want to bother them. As he sat down the yellow stallion known at Carrot Cake walked in with a note pad.
"Hey there Whip, what can I get ya?"
"Can I have some egg salad along with a HLT?" (Hay, lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.)
"Sure, just gimme a minute and I'll bring it out, any drinks?"
"Just water." The yellow stallion nodded and trotted towards the kitchen. Then a blue mare came out of the kitchen with a glass of water. "Hello Mrs. Cake, how are you doing?"
"Why just peachy deary, thank you for asking."
"No problem." After a brief pause, Cup Cake poured Whip a ice cold glass of water, he looked around to find that somepony was missing. "Ummm...Cup Cake?" The blue mare turned around with a confused look on her face. "Where's Pinkie? Doesn't she usually work here?"
"Oh well she is baby sitting the twins, she's upstairs if you wanna meet her."
"No it's okay, I just got curios."
"Okay deary, I need to get back into the kitchen, nice chatting with you." The mare said as she trotted off back into the kitchen. Carrot Cake came back with Whip's food. Whiplash reached into his pouch, he pulled out several bits and placed them on the counter.
"That should be enough, keep the change." The stallion nodded and exchanged the bits with Whip's food. Whiplash picked up his sandwich and just as he was about to take a bite, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. He dropped his sandwich in annoyance and turned around to find Applejack and her friends all with examining eyes on their faces. The stallion let out a heavy sigh as he faced the five mares. "What?"
Applejack was the first to speak. "Well, Ah was wonderin if you could tell me and mah friends about yer past?"
The stallion gave a long brief thought, he picked up his water and chugged down half the glass. "Alright, sit down cause this is gonna take a while."
"Alright, let's get this over with." Whiplash stated as he gulped down the rest of his water.
"It all started like this, my sister Wooly Pin and I were only little when our parents died, they took a business trip to Marexico and on their trip back, their air ship crashed, no survivors. Like I stated before my sister and I were only little when it happened, I was a teenager and my sister was still a little filly about a little younger than Applebloom. We originally lived in Manehatten but after the incident, we lost money and eventually had to give up our home. We couldn't find any other place that we could call home until we eventually traveled to Dodge Junction, we got a new home and I got myself a job at an early age. I worked in a wine shop, not the best of pay but it gets us some food for the night. I got my sister the best education I could get, the school there wasn't great but decent. After a few weeks I recently discovered my talent for whips hence my cutie mark, it was due to a dare of seeing if I could hit some bottles with a whip. I wanted to buy myself a whip one day but I couldn't abandon my sister, so I sacrificed my personal needs including my education and the only thing that kept me going was her smiling at me.
"After a few more weeks of sacrificing I worked all day and all night, not stopping, barely any sleep, and letting my sister eating to her hearts content. I would do anything to protect her, until one night she felt ill. I asked her if she was okay but she told me these exact words every time 'Don't worry, I'll be fine.' and kept smiling at me. I loved it when she smiled, though it sometimes worries me, but she kept smiling for my sacrifices, skills, and work I have given to her. But when she fell ill I took action and brought her to the medical clinic in town, Dodge didn't have a hospital, only a nurse and some doctor with a bow tie, I had to admit it was a little cool, but he said he wasn't a real doctor. When I took my sister to see the doctor and his so called 'companion' neither the doctor nor his assistant could tell me what it was, a fever, a virus, a passing cold? Nopony knew what it was... but it soon became serious. Because the so called 'doctor' said that he vanished in a blue box and that his nurse companion stayed to look at the town. I had almost lost all hope.
"My sister was bed ridden, she was weak, she could barely move. Dodge wasn't the best place for a hospital, and the companion of the doctor was well only a nurse at her times, she only knew how to help relieve colds, and sore muscles. When her illness became serious, I had to take action and find extra jobs that I didn't want to do because the there was a medicine that said to heal all ills, but it costs a fortune. I cleaned bathroom stalls, clean up...twos if you know what I mean, steal, anything to get money to save my sister, stealing was the hard part because I got beat up every time I got caught. After I raised myself enough money for the medicine, I gave it to my sister, but like a fool, I believed in anything and the medicine didn't work. After a week, I kept working extra jobs to pay for the nurse's aid, she charged me for every visit which wasn't cheap. But the nurse told me the bad news about her after she told me what she had, she had cancer, and at a young age. There was nothing I could do, I sat down next to her on her death bed as she smiled at me. She told me to never stop smiling, no matter what the cause."
"It's okay sugar cube, you can stop now." Applejack said with a sad tone
"No, it had to come out one way or another. When she was on her bed, her eyes were weak with death and decay is it was almost her time. As she slowly passed, I took her death the hardest, I never slept. I was nearly thinking of suicide first, but thanks to Cherry Jubilee, she got me back up on my hooves. After my sister's death, I remained silent and smiled no matter what, whether I was bullied, robbed, or given bad news I smiled, for her. But when I went to clean up her room, I found a small box, it had this stetson, my whip Bully, and her will. She made Bully when she was dying, I cried all night in tears of joy and sorrow, sure it's heart warming but it still brought me sadness. She wrote that I sacrificed all my personal needs for her, she said that I shouldn't suffer, so she made a whip just for me. Eventually that whip became my cutie mark and I'v been living alone ever since, eventually I got into a rodeo 2 years ago and have been competing ever since." The stallion let out a deep sigh as he finished his story. "And that's ends my tale, I have to admit, it feels good to finally publish this fairy tale."
The ponies around him all had sad looks upon their faces as Whiplash chuckled to himself. "Don't worry, it's all in the past now."
"Ah just can't wow, Ah'm really sorry for your loss." Applejack mourned as she wrapped a hoof around her coltfriend.
"It's okay Jackie, like I said before it's all in the past."
Rainbow Dash peeked over at Whiplash's whip, it wasn't bully. "Hey Whip, what's with the new whip?"
"Oh...uh...yea it's a new whip, AJ napped my whip in two. So I built myself a new one, with an awesome feature."
"What happened to your old whip?" Asked Twilight
"Well...Applejack slashed down and it snapped, guess because it was old." He lied as he brought out his new whip. "Come to think of it, I haven't even named him yet?"
"Well come now darling, give it a name." suggested Rarity as Whiplash scratched his chin.
"Welcome to the world Slasher."
"That's a nice name." Complimented Applejack. "Now C'mon, it's late and we gotta get up early for cider season.
"Alright hold up, I'll meet you a home later, just gotta finish my sandwich."
"Ahright sugar cube." And with that everypony went home as Whiplash stayed and enjoyed his sandwich. As the mares left Whiplash, a hoof tapped on his shoulder, whiplash turned to find Big Mac. He sat down next to him with an icy glare face Whiplash.
"Can I help you?" he asked as he narrowed his eyes ready for a revolution.
"I heard your story, Ah had no idea that you suffered and sacrificed so much just for your sister."
"Yea, don't worry about it, it's all in the past now." He said as he continued to eat his sandwich.
"Well let me just ask a few questions." The stallion cleared his through. "Do you like my sister?"
Whiplash gulped down what ever left of the sandwich he had and cleared his throat. "Yes...yes I do, she's pretty, she's tough, and she's amazing. She's always honest and she can be very seductive at some times."
"MMhmm, how did your whip really break."
The stallion let out a heavy sigh and he set down his sandwich. "Well when I left Ponyville, I had thought of suicide. I basically drowned myself by tying Bully to a piece of concrete. Applejack saved my life by chewing up my whip and giving me CPR." The stallion took a few more bites as Big Mac simply stared at him. "Anything else you want me to spill."
"Now hold on pardner let me say something. Something I think you were weak, and heartless, when I heard AB crying and that it was your fault I simply lost all my trust in you, but when she told me you took the blame you gain some trust from me. But now that I hear this story of yours, I was certain that you been through worse than I was when I was when I was younger, so...."
"You're giving me your blessing to ask out Jackie." Whiplash finished.
He rolled his eyes as he said... "Eeyup. Now Ah gotta go, got get ready for grinding the apples for cider."
"Thanks Big Mac, I'll see you later." The red stallion nodded as he made his way towards Sweet Apple Acres.
Warning this chapter contains blood and scary threats, so if your scared of violence or what soever then I suggest you skip this chapter.
Whiplash was sleeping in his bed, he awoke to the pounding of his door. He realized that today was the beginning of Cider Season, he rose from the bed feeling groggy and opened the door. He opened it to find Applejack with a sour look on her face. "Well about tahm, it's 6:01, you were suppose to be here at 6 a.m. ya sour puss."
Whiplash facehoofed himself as he rubbed his eyes feeling groggy. "Oh yea sorry Jackie, I just had some weird dream last night." He said as he rubbed his head.
"Well ya can tell me later, but right now, we gotta buck some trees and grind some apples to make the cider."
"Right." Whiplash said as he placed his stetson on his head and applied Slasher to his waist.
Through out the morning the apple family along with Whiplash had bucked trees, delivered apples, and ran miles to grind them up. As Whiplash delivered about the 10 batch of apples to Granny Smith Big Mac stepped off the grinder and gave a smirk at Whiplash. "Something wrong Big Mac?" Whiplash asked as he rose an eyebrow.
"Mind if ya take mah shift? My back is kind killing me."
"Sure why not?" Big Mac stepped off the grinder as Whiplash took his place and ran as the apples flew in the grinder and was transformed into sweet hard delicious cider. As Whiplash ran for Celestia knows how long, Applejack and Big Mac came over with an apologetic expressions on their faces, Whiplash continued to run as he asked what was wrong. "Hey Jackie, why the long face?"
"I'm really sorry to bother with ya sugar cube, but we got a good harvest coming along and a lot of cider, so can I ask you to grab the extra empty barrels from the cellar?
"Yea sure, how many barrels?"
"Just bring up about 3, load em in the cart, and bring em over here, Big Mac with take over with the grinding. Right Big Mac?"
"Eeyup." Big Mac stepped up on the treadmill as Whiplash stepped off and trotted towards the cellar, he opened it up and entered the cellar to find just what he was looking for. He picked up the barrels one by one and placed them in the cart, as he finished he walked back towards the the grinder. But he came across a strange object, there on the ground he found Applejack's stetson. Strange, she never takes of her hat, and how did it end up all the way here? He picked up the hat and placed it in the cart along with the empty barrels, he continued to walk towards the grinder until he heard a cry.
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER!" Whiplash heard the cry of Applejack, he took of the cart's collar and traveled the voice of Applejack. As he reached the grinder he found seven ponies dressed in black as they had the apple family tied up, along with a changeling and a navy blue stallion in hoods tied up with stahlirium chains. Whiplash frowned at the sight of Applejack and her family being tied up, he brought out his whip and approached the thugs. Applejack turned over to see Whiplash with fire in his eyes. "WHIP! Go Run, Fetch Twalight and-" Applejack was interrupted as one of the ponies slapped her in the face. Whiplash clenched his teeth together as his eyes turned into snake eyes with fire like a dragon's breath. He walked closer to the black ponies as he held Slasher in hand.
"Shut the buck up whorse." one of the black ponies said.
"So your name is Whiplash? Ha, let us walk away with the cider and nopony gets hurt." another black dressed Stallion threatened.
Whiplash said nothing, he took Slasher and flung his whip wrapping around the pony's neck, he pulled the stallion towards him as he took Slasher with the dragon's tooth at the end of the grip and stuck it inside the stallion's chest injuring him and causing him to bleed in pain. The other ponies began to charge at him as Whiplash wrapped around a barrel of cider with Slasher and brought it in front of him, he stuck the dragon tooth end inside the barrel causing a spark to ignite inside the barrel, he bucked the barrel of cider towards the ponies causing an explosion sending the ponies flying at multiple objects causing them to pass out. The last pony in black held a knife against Applejack's neck as she stared death in the face. Whiplash walked closer towards the stallion as he pressed the knife against Applejack's neck. "One more step and the whorse get's it." The black pony threatened as Whiplash stood down. "Drop the whip and kick it over here." Whiplash did just that as he lost hope. "Now let me out of here safely and nopony get's-" The stallion was interrupted as a blade appeared out of the stallion's neck, he dropped to the floor as a dragon about Big Mac's height and in a hoodie appeared wielding a small stick with a blade sticking out of his fingers. He breathed fire releasing the apple family and the hooded stallion and changeling, the dragon flew off as the changeling and stallion vanished in thin air.
Applejack ran over to Whiplash and bear hugged him, he screamed in pain as Applejack squeezed him like a can. "Gak...Jac...kie...can't....breath." Applejack quickly released her hoofs and bowed her head in apology.
"Sorry Sugar Cube, but Ah'm just glad your safe." Applejack said as she gave a softer hug and wept on her shoulders. "I was worried they were gonna kill you." She said as Whiplash embraced her back. She gazed over to the dragon tooth attached to Slasher. "What's with the dragon tooth sugar cube?"
"Well, it can shoot a small ball of flame, that's how the barrel of cider blew up... sorry about that by the way."
"It's ahright Whiplash. It's not important." She said as she buried her face on his shoulder. "I was really worried about you."
"And I was worried two, now let's these ponies arrested." He said as he turned around to find Applejack's friends running towards them. "Girls? What are you going here? Cider Season doesn't start in 3 hours." Whiplash claimed as he scratched his head in confusion.
"An...an anonymous source told us." Fluttershy said as she wink to all of her friends who nodded back.
"What? Who is this anonymous source?" Whiplash became a puzzle as he didn't know who this anonymous source was. "Wait, was the anonymous source the changeling and navy blue stallion I saw?"
Fluttershy instantly flinched and let out a small "EEP"
"W-What stallion and changeling? Ah don't remembered that sugar cube." Applejack said as she bit her lip.
"Are you sure, I swear-"
"M-Must have been your imagination." Fluttershy blurted as hid her face behind her hooves.
"Well alright. Oh yea and again sorry about the barrel of cider. Guess that's one barrel less for Ponyville."
"It's no problem deary," said Granny Smith as she gently placed a hoof on Whip's shoulder, "It's better to have a life then to have lived." said the elder pony as she gave a warm smile at Whip.
"Well, another question was, who was that hooded dragon that killed that pony?"
"H-H-He's a friend of Spike's!" Twilight interjected as she bit her lip.
"U-Uh yea, good old Scales always there to save the day." Spike followed.
Whiplash raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Alright...well should we fill the barrels with cider Jackie?"
Applejack shoot her head as she came to her senses. "Oh right, yea let's go." Police soon came and arrested the pony thugs that came in an assaulted the apple family. A few royal guards came in as well to investigate the problem, Whiplash told them about the dragon that killed the one pony, but the guards ignored it like trash. The ponies that were hit in the explosion were sent to jail immediately, the one stabbed my Whiplash was brought to the emergency room as some of his organs were burned. The policed thanked Whiplash for stopping the criminals as they took em in and left the Apple family alone to work.
The apple family and Whip soon sold barrels of cider like no tomorrow. As they sold cider Whiplash hung back and relaxed as the apple family gracefully sold cider to the citizens of Ponyville. But then, "YOU RAN OUT AGAIN!" Whiplash heard Rainbow Dash bark at Applejack as she had an apologetic expression on her face.
"Sorry y'all, but we did our best this year."
"You always say that." Another stallion said
"Sorry but this cider takes time, please be patient and try again next year." Everypony started to complain as they started to walk away with sour looks on their faces. Suddenly everypony paused as they heard a 'Beep Beep' noise coming from the distance. Then a weird machine that moves on it's own with mechanics, cogs, wheels, and gears traveled towards the apple farm as ponies started to approach the strange contraption."What in Equestria is that?" Applejack asked Whip as he shrugged in confusion. Suddenly two tall yellow twin stallions emerged from the machine as they started to sing. (You probably know where this is going... so yea....)
"You got a deal." Said Applebloom as she zoomed in front of the stallions with a hoof out.
"Now hold on Applebloom," Interjected Whiplash. "I've seen this before."
"What do you mean?" asked Applejack.
"Flim and Flam, heh remember me?" Whiplash asked as he approached the twin stallions with a smirk.
"Why is it Whiplash, isn't that funny, it's good to see ya-"
"Get out." Whiplash said in a cold tone.
"Whip, that maghty a little rude. Why do you want these two to get out?"
"They are the ones who scammed me with the all healing potion, making me suffer and my sister as well." Whiplash frowned at the sight of meeting the two for the first time. "Applejack they scam ponies as well as buy them out, I would highly recommend kicking them off the property, before I would take action." Applejack walked towards the two stallions and bowed to them in apology.
"Sorry but you'll have to leave, Ah trust mah colt friend completely, and if what he says is true, then would ya kindly leave?"
The twin stallions lean in close to each other and whispered to each other's ears. Flam popped out of their conversation. "Well we have the right to sell Cider in Ponyville and..."
"But we came here first." Finished Whiplash. "But tell me, we make great fresh cider, what do you make."
"We make the same kind of cider we our machine and magic, easily 5 barrels every 3 minutes."
"But can we see how it's made on the inside, and not just a screen that says, oh it's good and this one is bad."
"Well that's none of you-" Flam was interrupted as Whiplash threw Slasher to a hidden lever and pulled it to rip off the metal sheets of Flim and Flam's contraption, there lied powders, other liquids and apples being injected with needles full of other liquids. "Uh oh." Everypony started to argue and stare at the twins with looks of betrayal, and anger.
"Well uh... we still have the right to sell this in Ponyville." Flim stated.
"Either leave Ponyville and sell somewhere else, or DIE here and sell in Tartarus." Whiplash threatened as he came in closer to the stallions as he had his hoof on Slasher. "If you don't leave, I will rip you apart, turn your bones into powder and add it to your blood in a mug, then I'll drink it like coffee and piss it out into fire to extinguisher your souls inside it. So would you KINDLY leave before you waste somepony else's money?" He said as he created a psychopathic smile on his face, which also caused Pinkie's eye to twitch. The twin stallions began to quiver in fear of the thought, they nodded at the stallion before them. "Ka-peesh?" The twins quickly reattached their metal shells and jumped onto their machine, they waved goodbye and rode off into the distance, never to be seen again. Everypony stared at him in fear to the threat he had just made. "What?"
"Uh... sugar cube, Ah think that was a little to much." Applejack stated.
"Well it cost me 'too much' to buy that fake potion they had."
"True, but you could have on a little softer on them."
"Maybe... but I kinda thought it was funny that they ran."
"Well maybe, but it's still a little cruel, but Ah shouldn't argue, you're right how they could ruin pony's lives, like your sister's." she placed a hoof on his shoulder and pulled him facing towards the farm. "Now C'mon, let's make some more cider for everypony."
"Alright." He said with a smile as the two trotted off towards the apple orchards, everything was fine now.
*Meanwhile in the nearby bushes*
"More and More ponies dressed in black, and with the mark of a wolf's face." A stallion said
"Yes... and strangely enough, they knew how to fight and tie us up, especially your blade." Said what sounded like a changeling.
"I know, should we tell Celestia about this? Or Twilight?" suggested what sounded like a drake
"Hmmm.... we must see what they plan on doing first, I fear that a revolution could be under way. Camo go tell Twilight about this situation, Night Stalker fly around looking for the leaders of these groups, question them finding info as to who they are."
"Right" both creatures said as they flew off into the distance. The stallion let out a heavy sigh as he retracted his hood.
Whiplash sat in the fields of Sweet Apple Acres as he rested his back against a tree, his eyes were close as if he was meditating. He gave out a relaxing sigh as he felt an apple hit his head, he shot opened his eyes to find his daughter Pink Lady with a sour look on her face. "Daaaaaad, I thought you were going to help me with my cutie mark." She pouted as her eyes watered and her lips puckered as she started his father in the eyes.
"Who taught you that look." He asked as he gave a sharp glance in the sky.
"Aunt Applebloom."
Whiplash gave a heavy sigh as he looked down in disappointment. "I sweat, that filly is going to corrupt the whole land of Equestria." He theorized as he stood up from the ground and brought out Slasher. "Alright did you bring Little Bull?"
"Eeyup."
Whiplash planted a hoof on his face as he heard that word. "Lemme guess, Uncle Big Mac taught you that as well?"
"Eeyup." She repeated as Whiplash have a heavy sigh.
"Alright now bring up your whip at a paced height and bring him down swiftly, where you want to hit is where you pause your hoof." He brought up his hoof as he struck the nearest apple tree leaving a gash on the bark. "Alright now you try." The filly did exactly as he instructed, she left a massive gash on the same apple tree Whip had struck.
"I did it!" She said as she dropped her whip and looked at her flank. "Awww, blank..." She dropped her head down in depression as Whip placed a hoof on her daughter's head.
"Now PL you shouldn't be like that, there's a vast sea full of cutie marks waiting to be found. And also, please carry your whip around sometimes but not in public, he's a companion that should never leave you."
"Okay Dad thanks for the advice." The pink filly said as she galloped off towards the dirt road leading towards Ponyville, two fillies waiting patiently for Pink Lady as she reached the two. "Frostbite, Cherry Blossom! Let's go and get our cutie marks!" She said as she and her friends galloped off into the distance with her friends, otherwise known as the new CMC.
Whiplash gave a relaxing sigh, but his relaxation was interrupted as a rope was wrapped around his neck and was pulled behind him revealing that Applejack immediately kissed him. "That was for helping out little filly." Whiplash smiled as Applejack brought up her hoof and smacked Whiplash...hard. "And that's for leaving bruises on mah poor trees."
"Heh sorry honey, but it's good to see Pink Lader grow up."
"Heh, yea maybe someday she'll run the farm."
"Time will tell, but waits for no one."
"Y'know Ah heard from Fluttershy that she's been actin a little strange around Kami." Applejack gossiped with a smirk.
"Well, look's like somepony's got a crush." The two laughed as they rested together against an apple tree. Everything, was perfect.
