Applejack | A Cruel Destiny | Angst

Applejack and Rainbow Dash have been dating for some time, but while Dash has been off applying for the Wonderbolts, Applejack has been thinking about their future. What she finds is a terrible realization and the dread of breaking the news to Dash.

Applejack | A Cruel Destiny | Angst

Applejack and Rainbow Dash have been dating for some time, but while Dash has been off applying for the Wonderbolts, Applejack has been thinking about their future. What she finds is a terrible realization and the dread of breaking the news to Dash.

Thump!

Applejack’s hooves crashed into another apple tree, and the fruits tumbled from their boughs. Most of them fell neatly into the waiting baskets, but several more missed their mark entirely. A few of the errant apples rained down on Applejack. She yelped, jumping away from the onslaught, the cool afternoon breeze carrying the sweet scent of ripe apples.

Applejack sighed as she corralled the stray apples into their buckets. She just couldn't focus at all. Her mind was fixated on a rainbow-maned, blue Pegasus. After all, this was the day. Rainbow Dash left for her tryouts to the Wonderbolts nearly a week ago. In a matter of hours, she would return—triumphant or defeated.

Who was she kidding?

Rainbow would come soaring back on cloud nine. Victorious and ecstatic, she would insist on celebrating the accomplishment of her lifelong dream with her marefriend.

Applejack grimaced at the thought. Despite the horrendous blow it would deliver to her marefriend, some small part of her wished for Rainbow Dash to have failed. Then, everything would be normal, right?

Probably not.

With a weary sigh, she gathered up the baskets and dumped their apples into a nearby cart. The wooden cart creaked under the weight of the harvest as even working couldn't tame her idle thoughts - those bitter, repugnant thoughts that gnawed at her heart.