The Moon's Light//My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction

IV: The Legend Herself

The farm was beautiful. A wonderfully build barn, wondrous orchards of apple trees. Seeing the apples, Crowley got hungry. After all, bat ponies – despite the vampiric fangs – mainly eat fruit, including, big, shiny, juicy, ripe red apples and their sweet, sweet juice. Albeit Crowley prefers more sour green apples. "Is this heaven?", she asked, causing the Unicorns to laugh.

"Despite their names, they don't only grow apples. They grow other fruits, veggies, and grain as well.", explained Lyra, "So I suppose it is."

"Thestral!", yelled an all too familiar voice. But this time the earth pony wasn't running. Instead to earth ponies came dashing from the orchards. An orange mare and a reddish stallion.

"Pony feathers, there's really a Thestral.", said the mare.

"Yep.", agreed the stallion. "What now?"

"A Thestral?!" A small filly came running, but the stallion caught her so that she can't come any closer.

Twilight and Lyra approached them. Lyra explained, "Calm down, Crowley is harmless. She's probably more afraid of you that you of her."

"Hey!", said the Thestral offended. "Also, I prefer the term bat pony, instead of that slur."

"Thestral is a slur?", asked the filly. "Oh, I am sorry, Miss."

"Apology accepted, little one.", said Crowley as she walked to Twilight's side.

"But the teeth!", said the oldest mare.

"Oh, that. We bat ponies have these to pierce the skin of fruits. We pretty much only eat fruits, so nothing to worry, Miss.", replied Crowley, "You're Granny Smith, right? The mare that yelled when seeing me twenty years ago?"

"Aye... you were that Thestral?"

"Granny...", said the filly, trying to be threatening when her grandma used the slur. Again.

"Yes, that's me. Now that isn't why we're here.", said Crowley. "Twilight?"

Now it was Twilight's turn to talk. "I am tasked to plan the Summer Sun Celebration, which is hosted in Ponyville this year.", she explained. "I wanted to ask if your family could handle the catering?"

Lyra chimed in, "We all know the Cakes would be overwhelmed just thinking about it."

The Apples relaxed at that. The filly asked excitedly, "Here? In Ponyville? Wowie!"

"Oh, of course we do that!", said the mare. "By the way, I am Apple Jack, the silent stallion is my brother Big Mac, my sister Apple Bloom and Granny Smith. But you met her already."

"Nice to meet you.", said Twilight. "Now, have you an idea where we could find Rainbow Dash?"

"Everywhere and Nowhere.", said Apple Jack, rolling her eyes. "You have to find her, she never is at one place. It is annoying at times."

...

On their way back to the Oak – Crowley was gifted a basket worth of wonderful apples as a sorry, they needed to be stored as they were heavy and she won't allow her charge to carry them, even with her magic. As they rid Crowley of her weight, they started to look for Pinkie, Rainbow or Rarity, whoever they find first. They found Rainbow Dash first, well, she found them.

"Hey, you! Are you Rainbow Dash?", asked Twilight, as she saw the mare with a rainbow for a mane rest on a cloud. Twilight created a stair case of magic and took it to the cloud.

"Woah...", said the Pegasus, seeing Twilight's display of magic. Even more when she stepped on the cloud and nothing happened. Only Pegasi can walk on clouds, and Alicorns. But this mare is a Unicorn. She chalked it up to some spell, considering the stair case. "Uh, yes! What ya need me for?"

Twilight explained the situation. "Do you need help? I would organize volun-" Rainbow Dash darted off the cloud and cleaned the sky of any rain cloud in ten seconds, leaving Twilight impressed. "I suppose not."