Apple Bloom

* MLP: FiM
* Candied

### Species

Earth Pony (in Something Sweet to Bite Too and The Last Something Sweet to Bite / Something Sweet Bites Back)
Hybrid/Mutant (in Something Sweet to Bite)

### Powers & Skills

Resilience
Bravery
Independence

### Allies

Applejack
Big Macintosh
Fluttershy
Pinkie Pie
Princess Celestia
Princess Luna
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
Shining Armor
Sunset Shimmer
Sweetie Belle
Trixie Lulamoon
Twilight Sparkle
Rainbow Dash
Zecora

### Foes

Diamond Tiara
Silver Spoon
The Candy Mare

### Place of Residence

Sweet Apple Acres

**Apple Bloom** is a supporting character on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and a character in Something Sweet to Bite. She is one the ponies indirectly responsible for the resurrection of The Candy Mare.

## Appearance

As a pony, Apple Bloom is a small light-yellow filly with orange eyes and red hair. She also wears a pink bow in her hair.

As a candy ghoul, her eye sockets are empty alongside half of her face having been consumed by the Candy Mare. Her body - similar to Applejack's - is coated in caramel from her encounter with the creature.

## Personality

Similar to her appearance in the MLP: FiM TV show, Apple Bloom takes after her older sister with more childish intentions. Her stubborn and independent nature causes her to sometimes lose a sense of direction, leading to her promise of beating Diamond Tiara to not only gather more candy but not leave any for Nightmare Moon. As well as this, she uses the ancient book of spells to resurrect the nightmare that is the Candy Mare after wanting to cheat on the bet made, accidentally releasing the evil onto her own friends and family.

## History

### **Resurrecting the Candy Mare**

About a week before Nightmare Night - whilst helping Pinkie Pie decorate the post office in Ponyville for Nightmare Night - the CMC end up caught in the cobweb decoration. As they tumble out onto the floor, young fillies and colts around them laugh at their expense as Pinkie tries and successfully frees them. As Apple Bloom discusses their plans for the festive time of year, it prompts the attention of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon who berate them for believing a "*silly tradition*". They continue by stating they never left any trances of candy last year and still were able to have leftovers until Hearth's Warming. Apple Bloom, now embarrassed and upset, makes the proposal that her, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell can gather more candy without leaving any themselves for Nightmare Moon this year than what Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon claim. Pinkie intervenes and try to convince them not to go with this, but Apple Bloom doesn't listen.

Later that day when the group goes to decorate the library, she accidentally knock over a bookshelf after getting into an argument with Diamond Tiara and the bet. Pinkie and Twilight then explains that leaving candy for Nightmare Moon is a tradition and that it shouldn't be broken. However, Twilight is left slightly confused after Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon supposedly left no candy last year and received little/no consequences. Pinkie then showcases a book titled "*Ye Olde Tricks and Treats*" a book containing several Nightmare Night stories to which she and Twilight start fighting over. It causes the book to rip in half and have several pages to fall out, a few of which were taken by Sweetie Belle.

While outside, Apple Bloom complains about how Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon always has to turn everything into a competition, but Scootaloo tells her that they can beat her. Sweetie Belle then approaches the two, stating that the two have cheated in past competitions so she has an idea to win this time. She shows them the pages she took from the library and reveals the recipes for Nightmare Night treats and candy. She suggests that the group can use the recipes to create their own candy.

Apple Bloom is doubtful at first since none of them are good cooks, but Sweetie states they can get their sisters to help them, convincing Apple Bloom.

### **Death**

On the night before Nightmare Night, Apple Bloom was helping her sister Applejack make caramel apples in the barn, when she was attacked by the Candy Mare who killed her, by dropping her in a vat of boiling caramel. After Applejack's death, it's presumed that she was transformed by the Candy Mare alongside her sister.

### **Resurrection and Transformation**

When Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell arrive at Sweet Apple Acres to inform Apple Bloom of the situation involving the bet between them, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. However, when approaching the front door to her home, the pair notice how still and quiet everything is around them. After knocking on the door with little to no reply, Scootaloo shouts out to Apple Bloom and Applejack whilst pressing her ear against the bark hoping to hear somepony approach and answer. The unsettling atmosphere is further induced when - as Sweetie Bell suggests they might be in town preparing for the festival - the barn doors swing inwards on broken hinges, prompting them to move in closer and investigate.

As Scootaloo calls out again, a giggle followed by Applejack greeting the pair can be heard in the darkness of the barn. They take note of how friendly yet distant the voice is despite only being a few feet in front of them. When Sweetie Bell chimes in to tell Applejack about needing Apple Bloom, Applejack mentions about just finishing up the caramel apples, asking the girls if they could try some and give feedback on how well she did. Only her silhouette is visible as Scootaloo declines and yet again requests for Apple Bloom so they can all head off into Ponyville for the festival. Applejack suddenly becomes passive aggressive at this, gesturing and calling out to her younger sister in the barn as well. To the girls' relief, Apple Bloom's face gradually works its way through the darkness. Both girls then explain the bad news they were there to tell in the first place. Apparently, the spells they had been using from the ancient book came from an old ritual meant to keep the Candy Mare at bay. And, by using the ancient book of spells for their Nightmare Night bet, both Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle found out and consequently punished them by forbidding any trick-or-treating. Additionally, they would have to pass out candy to any colts and fillies who knocked on the library door instead.

In spite of Apple Bloom instigating the bet herself hours ago against their rivals, she's not disheartened when Scootaloo discusses the outcome to it. To substitute, she also recommends the girls to come inside and have a taste of the sweet caramel apples, hoping to entice them by mentioning how delicious they are. Luckily, both Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell notice the sudden shift in behavior concerning Apple Bloom's previous reactions to Diamond Tiara's and Silver Spoon's teasing. They respond with more refusal at the request to enter the barn and try the apples, insisting they have to leave now to the library as the sun was going down and it'd be dark soon. Silence lingers for a moment before Apple Bloom speaks up about needing help getting into her costume. She asks the girls to enter the barn and help her put it on. Scootaloo immediately questions why Applejack can't help her do so whilst using the quick interrogation to talk about why her voice seemed to have an echo. Sweetie Bell chips in with a question behind both Apple Bloom's and Applejack's insistent nature to try and get the girls inside.

At this point, Apple Bloom's face began to rise above the two fillies, revealing the gruesome fate of their former friend. To torment them further, the puppeteer behind the body uses her voice mimicry to make the young filly's head mimic speech such as "*What's the matter with you girls? Don't you like apples?*". Eventually, with her disguise fooled, the Candy Mare makes her presence known to them via giggling manically and mimicking the voices of multiple other victims (including Apple Bloom and Applejack). The two girls escape and head off to Ponyville in hopes somepony could help in whatever they had witnessed.

Apple Bloom - later on in "*Something Sweet to Bite Too*" - is seen becoming a part of the Candy Mare's candied army to kidnap Princess Luna and torment the rest of Ponyville's inhabitants.

## Trivia

* In the sequels to the story, it's presumed that she - alongside many other ponies - are reverted back into their regular selves again after Zecora discovers a cure to the curse.
* Even though Apple Bloom is a main character within the original inspiration to the grimdark story, her appearance in the tale is brief after her encounter with the Candy Mare in Something Sweet to Bite. She's only mentioned indirectly via the army of transformed town's folk.

## Gallery

Fan artwork of Apple Bloom's encounter with the Candy Mare by BlackDeathHatter.Fan artwork of zombified/candied versions of Applejack and Apple Boom by Katiekane822.