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Doing the Dirty Work [Open!]

How did Applejack stand working so hard around the farm? Her secret was simple: combining work and play. She'd brought the same styl to Hydroponics, where she'd sectioned off a small patch of the ground to be a place for some of the animals to play. The grass was dug up and seeds were planted elsewhere, water was poured, and Applejack herself was pounding her legs into the dirt. Making mud! Her bright orange coat was now coated in brown, and the longer she worked, the further she sank.

But this wasn't very fun. Back home, she'd done---yeah, that was what was missing! She hopped out of her little mud pit, tracked dirt across the grass, and set off at a fast trot. "Yee-haw!"

If anypony happened to be hanging about, they'd be splattered when the large pony came crashing down, rolling in her little pit of dirt. Her hat sat some distance to the side, miraculously untouched by the splattering of mud. Surely most would know to stay away from such a display.

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Mindy shrugged, popping a piece of gum in her mouth that was a remnant of the whole Halloween day thing. "Luna? How appropriate. In my world, Luna is another word for moon anyway. But its still kinda messed up, punishing your sister for a thousand years. Musta been some fight."

She chuckled. "I'll take your word for it: been nothing but an only child myself, and that was just barely."

"It was. But the Princess didn't see any other way. Nightmare Moon tried to stick us with nighttime eternal---forever. Twice. But we're safe now. We were safe, anyway."

She wondered about that. "Just barely? Did you have a sibling coming?"

Eternal night? For a pony? Sorta hardcore.

"Granted, a few goths would love it, but that sorta kills off all the plant vegetation and stuff, doesn't it? Probably good that you guys won out in the end. Don't think you would fare well without the day."

She shook her head. "Just barely when I mean me. Mom passed away just before giving birth. So I was literally lucky to make it out alive and all."

"I'll say," Applejack shuddered. "How could we feed ourselves?" She never wanted to live in a world without sun. Even here, with the artificial sun, wasn't helping all that much.

Oh---gosh. Applejack's eyes widened. It was terrible, such a thing happening. She couldn't relate to everything, but she knew what it was like to having a mother gone. She stepped closer, gently bumping her nose against Mindy's hand. "I'm sorry, sugar. I know it's hard without a mama."

"We have grocery stores and all of that, but without the sun we'd pretty much be doomed too. No plants, no sun for people: life is pretty much over."

She was quiet a moment. "I didn't ever her to know her though, so I can't really miss her. But life made her unhappy, s she made the choice to leave it. Dad did the best he could though, raising me and all. It...it helped me."

And it also felt like a weight on her chest a little, thinking of him. "And maybe one day, he and I will be together again."

Applejack bowed her head and folded her ears, taking on a moment of silence for Mindy's mother. That poor woman, to have all desire to live taken from her.

"I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I hope your dad pops up soon."

Yeeeh, she was going to do the pony a favor and NOT tell her what happened with dad. Mindy knew enough to respect the boundaries characters had when it came to hearing about certain things: death was not a happy subject.

"I saw him, actually, though it was only for a day. Was real happy to see me though. But I can manage: he made e pretty self sufficient before he was gone, you know? I get by."

"Before he was...oh." Yeah, she caught right onto that. If only she could pull the girl in and comfort her.

"But you're right. You seem to do pretty well for yourself." It was one positive light, at least.

Mindy nodded. "I had my time to mourn. And apparently Stacy can bring the dead back, because I saw him for that one day when you were allowed. Happy times. I guess that means t the end of all this, I might be able to get him back."

She was pretty good at keeping her voice steady, even if she felt a rock at her throat. "Surviving is what I do. Just like you, right? You must miss home."

"Sure do," Applejack whispered, though her heart was still with Mindy, heavy.

"My parents've been gone a while. I helped Granny Smith around the barn with Big Mac. Apple Bloom's my little sister, and I always took care of her. Wouldn't want her here in this mess, but..."

Apple Bloom was the little pony she missed most of all.

"Hey, the way I figure, things are going to get pretty messy, the longer we're here, right? So no point in being sad about it. If my dad was here, hes probably be trying to protect me from all of this, but there's no real way to do that. Too much stuff going on."

She shrugged. "It sucks, but if she'd in the pods, at least she's protected, right? You have to worry about you, so when this is all over, she has her older sister to look after her."

"Yup," Applejack straightened, her expression hardening. She was going to pull through for her sis.

"She needs me. And she needs Equestria. I've gotta get it back for her."

Of course she was. Yeah, it was still weird to be talking to fucking My Little Ponies, but somehow these were cooler than the ones she remembered. How exactly had they become tolerable, and sorta bad ass?

"Yeah, I meant to ask...what's up with that weird pink pony? She's on another planet, I swear."

"Pinkie Pie? Aww, she's always up to somethin'," Applejack grinned. "Wouldn't be a day in Ponyville without her throwing some party or another. She makes everypony laugh, and that's why we like her."

But she'd secretly admit that it...could be irritating in large doses.

"Oh, ok, so she's just a little nutty then," Mindy said. "Well, I can deal with that. We all need a few crazy, outgoing people in our lives, right?"

Hell, most of the friends she had WERE exactly that, once you thought about it. Sasami and Negi seemed the most normal, and JUST barely when Sasami had a goddess inside her and Negi could go godzilla on you.

"Yeah, that's just Pinkie," Applejack nodded. Glad that they understood each other! "She grows on you after a while. Giver her time, she's a great gal."

"I didn't really have a problem with her, just something I have to adjust to, I guess? But I just wanted to make sure she wasn't, I dunno, a pony enemy or something like that. we don;t have any of those on board, do we?"

"Nope!" Applejack was relieved to say. "Rarity and Pinkie are my friends, and Celestia's my princess. I haven't seen anypony else from Equestria, so we're safe. From people from my home, at least."

She eyed Mindy questioningly. "Why, is someone out to hurt you up here?"

"That's good," Mindy said. "Just curious though. Some of us aren't so lucky."

She shook her head. "I don't think so. If he were here...I'm not sure what I'd do. Run maybe?"

Straight into him so I gut the bastard, she thought darkly.

"We'd be here if something happened, sweetheart," she swore quietly. Oh yes, anyone who tried would be in for a rude awakening, more true that Applejack herself knew.

"Thanks," Mindy said, still not quite sure what to think about sounding like she was being vaguely mothered by a talking pony? Not that it mattered, despite the obvious bizarre of it all, it was just sort of a thing she would have trouble telling Ruffnut or the Overlord.

"So, you wanna finish up that race of ours, AJ?" She asked.

"Sure thing, sugar!" Just like that, Applejack hopped out of the mud and craned her neckk upward. "Where're we off to?"

Sugar? So weird, like she was someone's mom or something. Well, whatever.

She took a look at the Hydroponics bay. "Ok, lets go from this tree to the beer making tree all the way down there. First one there wins!"

"You're on!" Applejack threw her hat back over her head, whooped, and looked over at Mindy. "Ready?"

Mindy was loosened up, stretching. "Ready! Let's do this!"

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