Of Rotten Apples and Putrid Pears [MLP Fanfic Reading] (Grimdark)

[@Magpiepony]

Loss of Family

[@rxsesdiner8509]

Magpiepony good job on another work girl! Keep going ^^

[@georgethefriend29]

Loss of Family, Loss of Sanity, Loss of Free Will, Loss of Status, Loss of Innocence. I've long since figured out the trend, but you keep surprising me, Beloved.

[@adenentertainment7365]

we need 2 more to peace it together

[@georgethefriend29]

@@adenentertainment7365 Yes...but we're already getting an unpleasant picture of a broken mind...

[@sillystarsnskulls]

The many losses you’ve been through, it’s hard to tell if you are broken glass or burnt ash.

[@andrewatrashman5125]

I swore when I heard Scoot say "Did Apple Jack go missing?" This was going to go back to the An Apple Sleep Experiment.

[@theskullysplaceking8266]

Hum I like the continuing story

[@HACHIANDDEATHTHEKIDCULT]

Fr

[@Rice_Wolf]

Apple sleep experiment was honestly some of the best fanfiction I’ve ever read tbh, and I’m not even in the MLP fandom

[@monikaking9827]

this kinda did have a happier ending than most creepy mlp stories at least in this one applebooms parents wont even let death stand in the way of protecting applebloom I guess its a sad kind of beautiful

[@mrx4022]

Granny: "Where'd you three get off to?" Scootaloo:... SweetieBell:..... AppleBloom: "You lied Granny..." Applejack: "What are you going on about little filly? Do you have any idea how worried we were!?" AppleBloom: "Granny lied about what happened to Ma and Pa! I used a finding spell and it lead us to their graves!" Granny: "You did _what?_

[@revaslatts8011]

I can see that happening.

[@Bostonterrierslol]

I kinda hope we get a follow up story to this. I wanna see how this story ends

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

@@Bostonterrierslol exactly what i was thinking

[@CaptainTom_EW]

@@Bostonterrierslol and it never ended We still don't know what happened to Apple Bloom's parents Why Hasbro?? WHY???

[@Topdoggie7]

​@@CaptainTom_EW We know what happened. They died.

[@TheDevilDogLeader1987]

Undead bright Mac must have hated the idea of timber wolves killing his daughter and her friends.

[@MidnightMuffin]

And not Pear Butter?

[@summersnyder5436]

​@@MidnightMuffinoh she doesn't want her daughter and her friends being eaten by wolves as well, there you go

[@TruffleAntylamon]

I know they never said it out loud, but the way they talk in the show, and tone of every time the subject is brought up, it's pretty safe to assume that Bright and Buttercup are dead. Awesome story, guys.

[@vannahchan9800]

Its heavily assumed. I think the episode called "apple reunion" you see two shooting stars go across the sky. Which is supposed to represent her parents. And AJ is always saying stuff like "your parents would be so proud" blah blah blah lol

[@summersweete09]

It’s really assumed my biggest reference of this is the episode when appleblooms gets her cutie mark and AJ outright says if mom and dad were here they’d be proud of you

[@Savannah-u7f]

Yeah 😔. I feel so bad for applebloom 😢

[@HawkinaBox]

Sweetie Belle's voice actress actually sounds like her.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Yeah like Claire Corlett

[@nazupazu135]

They all did a good job but she did a REALLY good job right?

[@Jane155-x6d]

I'm seriously surprised the Crusaders didn't get killed off by zombie parents. I thought that was where the story was going, but the tragic angle is better

[@conniecastro4323]

So it's zombies in the end?

[@darkyboode3239]

Jane155 I’m glad that didn’t happen, it’s what makes the fanfic so great.

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

I feel like the zombie parents were kinda like “wtf we’re moving and the smallest child is here and so are the timberwolves..... k let’s go fix this so we can die again”

[@adrianturtle2570]

I think they were going to be if scoots hadn't shattered the gem.

[@artgurusauce]

Granny gon' have a lot of explainin' to do.

[@secondwreck6080]

Lol

[@cookiegacha2701]

Yeah

[@urgedgalaxy]

yep

[@revaslatts4301]

Granny: This could take a while to explain.

[@solarflarethepegasus3013]

So here's what I think happened. Apple Bloom's parents must have been attacked by timber wolves (or something worse) and that's why there's a fence there and they didn't tell apple bloom because she's so young. Also I think whatever magic was coming from that gem was causing the parents to come alive. That's my theory. Or they were killed in that land slide.

[@revaslatts8011]

That seems possible!

[@jsdotigboigamer]

Probably died from the landslide and the Timberwolves got to them

[@solarflarethepegasus3013]

gboi gamer maybe

[@kittyandbearsale]

But what about the craters

[@cloverheart]

@@kittyandbearsale that's where they were buried, i assume

[@SwordTamerOfficial]

.....kinda reminds me of when my family lied to me about a death of someone i knew as a child. The closet person to my heart, my first friend.

[@sissymorning9809]

Who was that? My first friend was our pitbull angel

[@sillysayuri]

Why would they lie about that though? That's sick.

[@lavendergold8854]

They just wanted to protect you, even though they should have found a better way to do so.

[@macaque_simp]

I know that pain, Sword Tamer

[@strawber3seal_77]

uhh what?

[@charleswalker8262]

Ah Applebloom, didn't anyone ever told you that children SHOULDN'T disturb the dead?

[@princemochi2018]

She didn't know they where dead.

[@ScarletHuntress76]

Charles Walker Plus she’s a child. Curiosity is in her nature

[@revaslatts8011]

She's just a kid. And kids don't know any better.

[@archeishere1]

But I did disturbed the dead *Flashbacks* Me:*Using a Megaphone in a graveyard saying ARRIVEDERCI!" *Dead Person Rises* Dead Person:SHUT UP KID!! Actually this happened except the dead person one

[@Twasforthevine]

I disturbed the dead once i pissed on a tree serving as a grave without knowing until after when i saw the memorial on the other side but i aint haunted so the dead don't seem to care... or he just liked the piss i dunno

[@justin2308]

I was wondering why this story seemed so familiar at 24:00 onwards, then it hit me that it was probably based off the short story The Monkey’s Paw, where the wife has her husband wish for their dead son to be alive again- only for the husband to use up the last wish to undo it.

[@bamargraf]

*hears the background music and starts singing Mag's "on my bow" song*

[@purplepartytigerd1598]

Lol me too, kinda off-tune terrified warbling 😂

[@aleccito19]

Totally love it

[@bea_555]

B Margraf I DID XD

[@ikkngty4108]

Sweetiebelle and Sctootaloo’s voices are *perfect*

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

What about Apple Bloom's?

[@Bostonterrierslol]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 she was great too everyone sounded like their og vas

[@SnansKitty]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 the other ones are just better voiced , specially sweetie's

[@holyalexander1737]

The actual episode where they talk about the Apple family parents was a really good episode, probably one of my favorites. Time to move on to the next story

[@robyn9645]

*When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back*

[@g0reh0und48]

Ok edge lord

[@johnynoway9127]

.... thats not how the quote goes. If you gaze into an abyss for too long the abyss will gaze back.

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

Then it begins to smell like apples

[@Titan360]

Well, in spite of everything.... ...she found them.

[@doonkeythegreatsullivan9459]

Tien: TO SOON

[@lizzyl9357]

"I guess it can't hurt to try..." Sweetie Belle, that is something you should *never* say

[@ducky_dawn4741]

Saddest part is, If they left the gem alone, Apple would have probably gotten her Parents Back, It seems it was either reVIVING their bodies, or simply reANIMATING them.. I just hope it was the former...

[@rukiakuchki1591]

I'm starting to get the feeling that Magpie is hinting at how she feels about everything that happened before she met Curse word and being with Ink dye previously now that she's stuck in the dark void and basically lost everything including Curse word Magpie has nothing else to do but reflect on her emotions and feelings on the events that happened and since she was isolated from every pony the only way to keep what Sanity she had left was to write The Twisted Tales of a Beloved .

[@revaslatts8011]

I was starting to think the same thing!

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Rukia Kuchki what are you talking about?

[@nicolebriant98]

Why don’t you talk about this on one of those stories? Instead of confusing people

[@revaslatts8011]

CMC Necromancers, Yay! I'll see myself out, thank you. *leaves just as fruit starts flying*

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

I like to think that pear butter and bright mac even undead would be emotionaly crying about how much applebloom has grown up and how her and her friends tried so hard to find them even though they died.

[@KOTLC]

Applebloom is going to need therapy after all this.

[@aurorynfrost9817]

Someone needs to speedpaint applebloom meeting her zombie parents

[@mintyfresh2357]

Rarity: if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you go with them? Sweetie Belle: Yes.

[@revaslatts4301]

My mom asked that question when I was a child. I just answered, "I would if I brought a parachute."

[@Stranger312656]

For those who don't know *Spoiler Alert* It was AppleBlooms reanimated parents that fought the timber wolf's hence why when gem was destroyed their corpses sat above the graves and the reason the crosses shattered.

[@wittydisaster]

Them: *talking ab rainbow droplets* Me: *panics in rainbow factory*

[@cheesykuriboh747]

I'm really loving how some people are trying to piece the information of these stories together and putting it together with the Beloved's state of mind at the time. People can call Curse Word or (mostly) Ink Dye crazy But I'd say the Beloved wasn't in the best state of mind either. And it isn't hard to see why considering the themes of these stories whether you want to believe it or not

[@-__Ast0lf0__-]

There is more to this story?

[@jaiden5941]

Oh, right... Anyone heard of Ink Rose's headcanons regarding the Apple family, most especially Butter Cup and Bright Mac?

[@cheesymations3116]

I think you forgot’ Apple sleep experiment’

[@Crazy-Cocoa-2.0]

I did! They were killed by Timberwolves!! But I think their names were "Washington Apple" and "Sweet Apple" in her story

[@Topdoggie7]

Tell me more.

[@iffi_chan]

Bruh sweetie bell's voice is on so point I can't-

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Similar to Claire Corlett

[@briangriffin5988]

It was kinda messed up when I realised the holes where graves and applebloom just laid on her mom and dads dead bodies

[@imagination8]

God darn it, Applebloom. This is why you don't raise the dead.

[@MrAnimeLover1]

This fic should be ‘sad’ instead of grimdark. ;)

[@altermike3197]

Mary & Caitbug did a fantastic job! They're the Sweetie Belle & Scootaloo equivalent to your RD & AJ, Magpie's Pinkie & Apple Bloom, and Scribbler's Luna! If you get the chance, please tell both of them I said this.

[@purplepartytigerd1598]

HERE AT FIVE MINUTES! Probably the earliest I've ever been, lol. ... Weeeeeeell I didn't need my heart anyway, go ahead and take it Mag.

[@tygrahof9268]

This story, though sad, actually brings to rest the mystery of these two.

[@johnynoway9127]

except its not cnon lol

[@tygrahof9268]

@@johnynoway9127 Says who?

[@OfficialRayveeYT123]

I love how towards the end of the story, Lost added the instrumental version of Flutter Shy’s music box. It really fits into the story

[@Emi_luna21]

this is how I wanna spend Halloween not trick or treating but listening to creepypastas

[@MidnightMuffin]

Oooh, very eerie! I honestly thought the parents were gonna become zombies and do some crazy shit but what we got is just as good.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Can you help me understand the story?

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 What the fuck, I'm just getting this reply. Stupid KZbin. What exactly are you not understanding?

[@Bunni-6942]

Welp I know how I’m spending my Halloween 🎃 Listening to the entire series of my fav ponies. Loved this story Miss Narrator 😁 Been listening to your frightening tales for about a year now. Keep up the great work

[@awkardweirdperson2840]

Oh...this is getting deeper...

[@Gresekjr122]

Everyone involved in this reading did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work. Wonderful art work. The howling of the Timber wolf’s are scary. Have a wonderful day everyone.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Another stupendous and wonderful reading guys i love it, luckily i like both apples and pears.XD

[@Twasforthevine]

How are you in every comment section i visit?

[@theponyofglory8545]

@@Twasforthevine And so what if he is, am i to assume you have a problem with my friend here?

[@Twasforthevine]

@@theponyofglory8545 nah fam it's just a funny coincidence

[@theponyofglory8545]

@@Twasforthevine Well that's good, although you're not exactly the first random person to just come out of the shadows of KZbin and ask TCD such a question, there have been so many others who have done the same, and every time someone asked such a question, the same thing would always happen because every time someone ask's TCD that question they always make it sound like him being in a lot of comment sections is a problem, that's why i asked if you had a problem with it, but since you don't i guess it's all good.

[@Thedragonlover95]

This is why you dont mess with Dark Magic

[@LadyLeomon]

As I type this I'm currently halfway through the fic, and after hearing about "the landslide" I can't help but be reminded of the *Applejack, They Miss You Too* vid 😢😢😢 (also, you three just heard howling ... what else could it possibly be BESIDES Timberwolves?!) Thanks for a spooky-good reading Narrator Who Was Lost 🎃💙🐱💙🎃

[@ace_of_cups4096]

Imma just turn this on at 1 in the morning and fall asleep to this masterpiece

[@a1000face88]

Spoiler alert It’s a great story

[@imalamp9699]

OMG HOW DARE YOU SPOIL!1!1!1!1!1!1!111

[@treblewine453]

Me trying to make predictions:.....HMMMMMM MAYBEEEEE they'll be led to their dead bodies?

[@briangriffin5988]

Test 5.0: failed and success Subject: 3-5 weeks if therapy Bodies: good shape except for heads Gem: shattered Mission: we are ready to proceed

[@imagination8]

Hotel? Trivago

[@Stage_Lol]

I think the landside trapped them, and the timber wolves were what killed them. The gem and magic from it ,are probably what made them reanimate and attack the wolves.

[@acemeister1624]

yikes, seems that Apple Bloom sees the corpses of Pear Butter and Bright Mac on their graves, that's just sad, great job Lost and Magpie, now these two corpses will be the part of The Giving Tree of Castlevania Girls: The Lecarde Whereabouts comic

[@Darksoulpoetry]

lol I just noticed! Blood on My bow in the background for the timberwolves. noice!

[@25_Hour_Productions]

*The moment i put the idea of the landslide and the missing parents together* : oh fuck.

[@star22sally67]

Oh, I hear a bit on "Blood on my Bow" :)

[@Crystalheart-lq1pr]

That was sad and scary at the same time

[@jaiden5941]

The worst Apple family reunion... What's the second worst reunion? "Ouija" by Knackerman

[@lazyartist1984]

Can somebody explain to me what happend exactly at the end Cause I'm stupid

[@nahblubunny9252]

So at 7:18 Apple Bloom was told that her parents were making a delivery and were never heard from again, but at 27:15 it says there are two wooden crosses with Apple Bloom’s parents names on them. Apple Bloom said Granny lies because Granny said they were never heard from since the delivery, but they never were on a delivery. They were in the east woods when an explosion happened and it caused their death shortly after Apple Bloom’s birth. Granny most likely placed the crosses there after the tragedy and decided to build a wall so the truth couldn’t be exposed to who I assume is mostly Apple Bloom, since Apple Jack is the one who built the fence.

[@he_d0es]

@@nahblubunny9252 oh I thought granny killed them

[@Bostonterrierslol]

@@he_d0es no I think it’s safe to say that the landslide killed & buried them

[@revaslatts4301]

@@Bostonterrierslol That's one theory! Other think the Timberwolves mauled 'em.

[@moonshadow3324]

Aww, poor Applebloom. I know you miss you parents, but if they are truly dead.. you shouldn't mess with the dead. Also, I believe the full moon wouldn't make the spelwl stronger. I believe a waxing crescent Moon would be appropriate for this spell.

[@sarahknutson9706]

Actually the full moon Is the best time for spell work especially healing spells, even better is a full moon during imbolc.... but yeah.... never mess with the dead, let them rest

[@colterstien1075]

I love these STORYS!!!!!

[@joshku7488]

As soon as Myuu's music comes on, shit gonna hit the fan.

[@audioroleplays5196]

Sweety belles voice sounds exactly like her! Great voice acting!

[@mushu1105]

Daaannngg, that ending actually shook me to my core the first time I listened to it. Marvelous job!!! Also, what is this song at: 12:46? Song ends at: 16:37

[@kadara6927]

Ooh I think it's Octavia's song! Blood on my bow I believe it was?

[@lyramania_101]

@@kadara6927 I think thats the song that plays after.-

[@parthxus]

I heard the instrumental of “On my Bow.”

[@danniramey5876]

Does this story make anyone else somewhat think of the classic horror story called the monkey's paw? Something about the twist ending makes me have some de ja vu ish feelings of it, with how the CMC accidentally brought Applebloom's parents back from the dead and broke the spell to make them go back to permeant sleep.

[@brandondronen6456]

Well that’s one hell of a way to realized you’ve been lied to

[@arnoldmws6330]

I listen to this one every once in a while. It makes my heart hurt, but it's so well done.

[@Ari-r4t]

U should put this in Spotify as a podcast I love listening to Ur stories but if I listened while trying to sleep my phone would keep turning off

[@Ari-r4t]

I think if u put this on podcast it would be really great

[@genesisraptus42666]

10/10 bravo!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@thinglet2478]

As someone who lost their grandfather recently, I can understand her pain.

[@Mistressofthelostones]

Hello

[@blobfish6143]

At first I thought the plot was cute... but then I remembered this is a lost video so I got ready for the inevitable horrific ending

[@shadie5180]

haha! best halloween ever!!! at least apple bloom didn't die in this fanfiction

[@weeeee6439]

I neeedd to start listning to these more

[@jaydenmedina1058]

After watching this ot reminded me if my cousin i have lost i miss him R.i.p Sid he was o.d

[@anthonyrausch5708]

I take it “THE CMC” have never heard of “EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE”!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abinatorholmes5030]

WHOOO HOOOO!!!!! A brand new my little pony grimdark story!!!! Everybody did a fantastic job!!!!!! Only two more days until it’s Halloween/Nightmare night!!!! Nightmare night what a fright give us something sweet to bite!!!! WHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[@angel-nv7jk]

Scary, and I love it!

[@peabody66]

No doubt Apple Bloom found zombified versions of her dead parents.

[@CherryPawCreations]

if their parents were dead... then what scared the timber wolves away?.......

[@CherryPawCreations]

@MS-09B Dom oh...

[@McBean1331]

*hugs Applebloom*

[@IsaSpSp]

I'm afraid of what will come next. It could be at anytime.

[@Freshonions77]

Why does this make me remember When I staded a wall and a couch whith ✂️ when my nan died 🤔

[@Midge-ou3sz]

I’m listening to this in 2020 and I realized, that the music going on in the timber wolf chase scene is the music from “On my bow”

[@darkyboode3239]

This fanfic was actually very good.

[@RedHatGuyYT]

you know, one time i saw an actual vial of a rainbow liquid someone posted on reddit from their chemistry class that looks just like the one in the picture. i didn't know liquid rainbows were real, but they are

[@unnamed1613]

RD has a fountain of grinded Pegasi at home. Nice.

[@imagination8]

PFFT

[@quintonjones2699]

That was an outstanding story well done Lost

[@1989JROG]

Holy guacamole. This was great, Mag and Lost.

[@GallerySpecter]

I think Timber Wolves explode, somewhat like Creepers, when they die, right? Could her parents have fought them off (somehow?) and the explosion(s) plus their injuries/exhaustion have killed them, the resulting tremors causing the landslide?

[@gren8te319]

if sombra can come back from the bearers killing him, the cmc shouldn't be so surprised to run into zombies

[@bunnyknightscarlet4198]

We totally need some new grimdark mlp stories and hoping we get a fluttershy story just like cupcakes and I feel like rocket to insanity needs a reboot and rainbow factory needs one too and great video

[@fablecaster1643]

A little less grim than I expected, but DAMN was it dark! H*ck!

[@twigsspars6259]

I was literally about to say, didn't they die by Timberwolves?, and then...

[@Crazy-Cocoa-2.0]

I kinda wanna see dark fan art of the disfigured bodies ngl

[@bees5267]

The art is amazing

[@ameliagallegos1688]

Hold on...Apple jack said there was a flash flood when Apple bloom was barely born. I think that her parents got killed on a trip from the flash flood

[@justinwescott8125]

The most insane thing about this story is that Christianity is canon. There were crosses at the graves, which I'm assuming means some Jesus pony was crucified on one in the past. I wonder if Celestia did it.

[@stormchaser4249]

This is why you shouldn't call upon the dead. You will not like what the results will be.

[@LittleWerewolfPlushie]

Did the zombies save them on accident? What would they have done if the gem didn't break?

[@theemeraldking3251]

16:56 I don't know why they are freaking out, that's just Lost when she gets hungry...