To put it simply she just FREAKED OUT when she saw Bubbles and has at least three memories that have been like “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE FEELINGS -> RUN AWAY” so she acted on impulse. A lot of it ended up getting tied around her memories, because she got back certain ones when Bubbles was brought up; like right after Selenia first mentioned Bubbles to Apple she got back a memory of being like “MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO ASK ME TO LEAVE THE CASTLE BECAUSE I'M NOT NEEDED ANYMORE .-.” And she got another part of that memory recently, so whenever she takes that it will not help the situation. She is very aware of the fact that she replaced Bubbles. So she internalized this tiny little feeling of “if Bubbles is back they won't need me anymore” but this is also a VERY SILLY FEELING so she ignored it :U (And maybe she doesn’t want to be on a team anyways so whatever!!)  But every time Selenia would bring her up (because I think it was always Selenia who brought her up) there would be this little “.-. oh” feeling. EVEN THOUGH SELENIA FIGURED IT OUT and specifically told her that she wasn't a replacement, too. She believes him and knows she isn’t! She is her own person, fullstop. But because she is so stubbornly refusing to let it get to her she’s not facing her feelings and is left with this odd mess of “I know there isn’t anything wrong and I’m acting irrationally but I’m going to be irrational anyways.” There’s also a weird feeling there because she’s been told that Bubbles is a great person, but she doesn’t know how she’s supposed to feel about Bubbles because she’s never talked to her??? She doesn’t actually know this person??? Topping that with her being the third new person to arrive within a matter of days was just overwhelming when Sapphire has been the same set of people for so long. Apple also hasn’t gotten back a lot of memories with…emotional competency :’D (and Aather is not a place that supports emotional competency so without her memories to help her out there really isn’t anything) Most of them have been like I CAN’T HANDLE THESE FEELINGS HELP so when Bubbles arrived she just wasn’t emotionally equipped to not Freak Out at the sight of her. SO SHE RAN /o/ #healthy

 Tell me how Kit is settling with all the new Iris kids!