Chapter 4: It's Applebuck Season!

What does a man need to prove to others that he will not allow man to help him with his problems? Does a man want others to acknowledge him for his determination or does he want his pride to overwhelm another's honour? Some of us want to be part of a big responablity and show to all our friends, family and loved ones or hardships or to prove to ourselves that we don't need a man's help. Does a man need help or does a man act for himself?

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Joe and Spike are sorting out Twilight's books, Joseph's meeting with Princess Celestia was short but mostly everything was taken care of. He thought Celestia is a wonderful Princess that cared for almost everything in this world besides bad stuff.

Spike climbed up a ladder with a book in his hand "Hey Joe, What're ya gonna do today?" he said as he placed the book onto the shelf.

"Well I'm thinking about going to see Applejack and her relatives, the first time I went was...awkward if you know what I mean" Joe said sheepishly.

Spike chuckled "Yeah, I do".

Twilight came downstairs while using her magic to hold her book in the air while reading "Joe, what are you going to do today?"

"I think I'll be going to see Applejack and her relatives since we had a misunderstanding situation" Joe said.

Twilight closed her book and gave it to Spike "That sounds like a great idea, want me and Spike to come with you?" she asked.

"Sure, having company is nice once in awhile" he said.

Spike putted the book he was given by Twilight back, he climbed down and hopped on her back. They walked to the town square, it was like any normal day but for Joe, it was different everyday. A blue pegasus is flying in the sky.

Joseph looked up at the sky and saw Rainbow Dash "Hey look! It's Rainbow Dash" he yelled as he pointed in the sky.

Twilight looked up to where he was pointed "Oh yeah! She's clearing some of the clouds so we can have a nice weather"

Suddenly they felt the ground shaking, it's shaking so bad that Joe and the others nearly lost their balance. Rainbow stopped in the air, she focused her vision ahead of the town, a cloud of dust appeared from a hill.

Rainbow Dash yelled from the top of her lungs "STAMPEDE!"

Joseph panicked at her message as he too focused ahead to see what was charging this way. To his biggest surprise, it was not what he was expecting.

"Cows?" he shouted.

Everypony in Ponyville screamed in panic, some ran like headless chickens or some went back into their homes and took their door mats inside and closed their windows. Pinkie Pie however was enjoying the moment.

She shook up and down "Heeeey! Thiiiis maaaakes myyyy vooooice soooound siiiiilly!"

Joe gawked at her "Pinkie Pie! Cows are charging to Ponyville! Run!" he screamed.

The mayor of Ponyville stood in the chaos of the panicking ponies "Everpony calm down! There's no need to panic" she said surprisingly calm in the situation.

Rarity galloped over to the Mayor "But mayor! What ever shall we do?" she said while putting her right fore leg on her head.

Joe was about to run off to a safe area until he heard Rainbow Dash yelling.

"Look there!" she said while pointing her hoof.

Joe turned around, in the distance he saw a Pony and a Dog, he knew straight away who it was "It's Applejack!" he yelled happily.

Applejack and the dog went to different sides of the stampede, they herded the cows into a more straight line.

Pinkie Pie somehow had a box of popcorn in her hooves "This is the best rodeo show I've ever seen!" she stuffed her mouth into the popcorn.

Joseph had a face of disbelief "How can she act like this?" he asked anypony.

"It's better not to know Joe" Rainbow Dash said.

He saw Applejack ramming a cow by its side, she then whistled to her dog in which the dog barked happily in response, the dog then jumped on the cows to get in front of the stampede. Applejack jumped on top of a cow. Joe gawked in amazement, he noticed she had a rope with a lasso cleched in her teeth. He knew what was coming but he wondered what one lasso could do to a stampede.

The cowgirl pony spun the lasso in the air, she threw the lasso at a cow in the front of the herd, it caught the cow's neck. Applejack tugged on the rope to make the cow change direction, the dog barked happily as the stampede turned right away from the town.

Applejack let out a "YEEEHAAA!" cheer.

The Mayor and Ponies of Ponyville cheered Applejack's successful triumph of the stampede. Joe however had different thoughts, he ran off to where Applejack is.

Twilight saw him run off "Joe! Where're you going?" she yelled to him but he didn't reply or look back.

'Wow! That's amazing! I got to see her!' he thought excitedly in his head. He didn't know why he was getting so excited, he wanted to know how she could do it, but he's lying to himself. He knows that the ponies in this world are unique in different ways, he didn't really know why he is wanting to see her.

Joe got near to the cows but slowed down, even the cows in his world these one's are no different, scared and confused about Humans. He decided to join in at the appropriate time or when they leave Applejack.

Applejack threw the rope out of her mouth "Now what was that all about?" she asked the cows while walking up to them.

A cow mooed in reply, Joe raised an eyebrow 'how can she understand them?' he thought.

The cow coughed "Oh my! Beggin ya pardon Applejack, but Mooriella here saw one of those nasty snakes!" The female southern accent cow said which made the other cows shiver.

Joe face palmed 'I forgot, expect the unexpected while I'm here' he thought over his stupid question to himself, of course they can talk.

Applejack nodded "I completely understand just next time, try an stay clear of Ponyville"

A cow sensed something behind her, she looked back and saw Joe, the cow began to back away "Oh my! Applejack! Help us! This thing might hurt us!" she screamed.

Joseph lifted his hands up "N-No! I-I didn't mean to sneak up on you! I'm so s-sorry"

Applejack quickly got the back along with the dog who growled at Joe. Applejack looked surprised but chuckled a little "This fella ain't no monster! This Guy's a human from a world called Earth, he's my new friend. Name's Joseph Brooklyn".

The dog and cows settled down, the cow bowed her head down in appology "I'm so sorry Mr. Brooklyn"

Joe waved it off "That's all right, you had the full right to be scared of me"

"Well we best be off back on to the barn" The head cow said to Applejack.

"Alrighty then! Don't get in trouble along the way" she said. The cows left Applejack and Joe.

Applejack turned to Joe with a confused look "Joe, what'cha doin out here for?" she asked.

"Well...I...Umm" Joe stuttered in his own words, he felt embarrassed to tell why he came over. She might think he's creepy about asking her how she did all that stuff.

Applejack walked closer to him "Y'all alright sugercube?" she said in a concerned voice.

Joe finally spoke out "I wanted to see if you could show me around the barn and meet your relatives?" he lied but he did wanted to see her relatives.

Applejack stared at him in his eyes, Joe knew she is figuring out if he was lying, he prayed in his mind she wouldn't know. To his surprise she seemed to take it.

"Well Alright Sugercube, I'll let ya know when you can come on round!" she said.

Joe saw Applejack and her dog walk up a hill, he heard ponies cheering at Applejack, Applejack lifted her fore hooves in the air and moved waved them like in the western films "YEEHAA!" she cried and galloped off with her dog.

Joseph smiled sadly "It must be great being a hero" he said to himself, all the attention he got at his world was his high grades and Here for 'Unknown Creature' in Ponyville '. He let out a huge sigh, it's no use acting up like this, he walked up to the hill seeing his new friends huddled together. Joe walked down the hill to his friends.

"Hey guy's what's up?" Joe said casually, trying to make them forget his sudden movement to Applejack.

Pinkie Pie hopped up and down "We're gonna celebrate Applejack for saving the town with a party!" she yelled with joy.

Twilight raised a brow at Joe "And where did you run off to?" she asked in a suspicious tone which made Joe nervous.

"I...wanted to see if Applejack would let me see her relatives" he said rubbing his neck.

Twilight did NOT buy it, he could she it in her expression but she let him off this once "Anyway, could you help us out? We're going to decorate the square for Applejack when she gets here".

Joe nodded "Of course".

20 minutes later

Joe wiped off some sweat that's falling down from his face, he lifted a lot of things that others had diffculty with. While he worked, he noticed he was lifting thing's that he would normally struggle to carry. He ignored his train of thoughts.

Spike appeared by his side "Hey Joe, need a drink?" he said holding out a glass of milk to him.

Joe smiled as he took the glass and drunk it with one gulp, he wiped his mouth "Thank you Spike" he said while sitting down on the ground.

Spike sat in front of him with his hands on his knees "The whole thing's gonna start soon, can you believe Applejack herded those Cattle's together like it was nothing?"

Joe looked at the sky "Yeah" he whispered.

Joe and Spike saw the Ponies garthering around in the front of the Mayors house, the two shared glances to signal each other that it was time for the celebration. Spike climbed up Joe's leg to his right shoulder, Spike sat down on his should and kept a firm grip in case he fell off. Joe went through the crowd to get a better view even though he's the tallest. He saw Twilight walking to the stand in front of the crowd. She used her telekinesis magic to bring a large pile paper from above.

Joe blinked 'where did she get that?' he thought as another random moment happened, he will never get use to random moments in this world.

Twilight separated some papers and lightly hit them on the stand to straights the paper, she put them back together then cleared her throat with reading the first piece of paper.

"Welcome everypony, today we are to honour a pony we can always count on to help in matters great and small" Twilight said praising her friend, she took another piece of paper.

"A ponies who's contributions to..." Twilight was cut off mid way by Rainbow Dash bumping into her.

"Did you see Applejack's slick moves out there? What an athlete! This week, she's gonna help me with new flying trick. And I know it's gonna be. SO. AWESOME!" Rainbow Dash screamed saying awesome with her hooves beside her face until twilight shoved her away "Exactly"

But it didn't stop there, Pinkie Pie also interrupted Twilight about her going to run the sugercube cornor for the first time. Twilight pushed her away as well but Fluttershy interrupted also, She said Applejack is going to help her with the newborn rabbits. Twilight managed to scoot her away.

She looked at the crowd, pleading for no more interruptions "Anyone else? Anyone?" she asked.

Everypony and Joe kept quiet, avoiding eye contact with some coughing. Joseph scratched his head 'I think that's the first time I heard a Pony saying AnyONE'

"No?" Twilight asked "Well then, as I was trying to say..." she stopped at the sight of a cheesy grinning mayor blinking at Twilight. Twilight groand in anger went to Joe's side.

"I HATE it when I get interrupted" she mumbled. Joe looked down at her with a smile.

"I know what you mean" He said. He suddenly has a flashback from earth. In high school.

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It was the day before Joe appeared in Equestria.

It was the middle of the day at school, Joseph was in his geography lesson. He was presenting a project to his class, He reasearhed about 'The Man' who broadcasts the TV show but nobody ever saw his face or who he really is. 'The Man' became popular amongst the internet. Joe stood in front of the class with a black pen in his hand, he wrote notes and facts on a whiteboard that are the only sources of decent information of 'The Man'. He looked at his classmates, messing about, joking, mobile phones out, rude. People like this to Joe makes him feel anger towards these kind of people, he disliked people who wastes time being part of the school. Hurting others, swearing, no respect. Why do these people exist? Joe asked that question to himself everyday.

Joe waiting until the teacher, Mr. Higglesworth quietened down the class "This is something I've been working on for awhile. Ever since a person who calls himself 'The Man' has been creating shows on TV. An interesting fact that is no one knows who 'The Man' really is, no face or even his location. He tends to talk about humanity and comparing humans to animals or comparing two humans that are different, act differently and believe differently. Also he..."

A jock wearing the schools football team shirt interrupted him "Hey Dork! Go talk about this in religious studies!" he snorted at the end. Most of the class laughed but not everyone.

"Quiet! Please continue Joe" Mr. Higglesworth shouted at the class. He was interested in Joe's project.

Joe kept a plain face until he heard Mr. Higglesworth approve to continue "Jack makes a good point. This is sort of related to Religious Studies because 'The Man' acts like god and knows about Humans rights and wrongs. He brings the elements of Geography, Religion even History, he's telling us humans are evil in the present day"

The jock Jack spoke up "You watch all that junk? Your so sad" he smirked.

Joe boiled up inside, glaring at the jock with intent in his eyes. But without thinking he spoke "Sorry Jack, I forgot you lack intelligence when it comes to these sort of stuff". He bit his lip, regretting he ever said that to him.

The Jock's face turned serious, anger swelling on his face, fists clenched together "You little son of a...I'm gonna beat the crap out of you!" he yelled while proceeding to punched Joe.

Mr. Higglesworth jumped in between them and held off the jock "Enough! Get to the principles office Jack!"

The Jock looked at the teachers face "The hell? Why me?" he screamed.

"NOW!" Mr. Higglesworth yelled louder then Joe ever heard him yell before, The Jock took once last look at Joe and stormed off out the room, slamming the door first.

Mr. Higglesworth rubbed his eyes together "Class dismissed" he said. The class got their belongings and quickly left the room. He sighed, Joe looked down on the floor "Are you alright Joe? Do you want to talk to me?" he offered.

Joe grabbed his belongings "Thank you Mr. Higglesworth, But no thank you" he turned down kindly. Mr. Higglesworth looked back to see Joe walking out of the room.

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"...Joe? Hey Joe?" Spike waved his hand in front of Joe's face. Joe blinked and shook his head, he turned to see Spike.

"S-sorry about that. What did I miss?".

Spike rolled his eyes "How could you not notice, Applejack's been acting all weird!"

Joe made a questioning look, he saw Applejack dragging a trophy. He couldn't see what was wrong with her. Applejack noticed Joe from his height.

"Howdy Joe! Y'all can come see my Bro, Sis and Grandma! Come on and follow me!" she yelled while waving a hoof in the air.

Joe looked at Spike "Well, guess I got to go, see you later Spike?".

Spike hopped off Joe's shoulder and landed on Twilight's back "Sure!".

Twilight placed a hoof on his leg "Hey Joe, Applejack's acting strange, could you see what's up with her?" she asked.

Joe rubbed his neck "Uhm...sure...I guess?". He didn't see anything wrong with Applejack. He walked his way through the crowd, the ponies made way for him. A basket that had two was on Applejack's back filled with Apples. Joe saw the Apples falling down, he looked at her, she seemed tired and almost ready to fall asleep.

Joe realised what Twilight meant, he got worried "Uh Applejack? Are you feeling alright?"

Applejack shook her head "huh? Er..yeah! Of course I am! Now let's get'cha to the barn" she said, she walked forward with some of the Apples in the baskets were falling off. Applejack suddenly came back to her trophy which was next to Joe. She dragged the trophy with her mouth.

Joe walked besides her, carefully watching her in case she suddenly collapsed "Would you like some help with that?" he offered.

"Thank ya Joe but I've got this" she said.

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Joseph and Appljack arrived at the Apple Acres, on their way to the barn Joe noticed the apples on the trees were gone. He looked down to Applejack who was still draging the trophy, 'she must have done all this by herself''

A crimson coated pony with an orange mane and green eyes trotted over to Joe. The Pony is a big one, nearly tall as Joe. He wore a yoke around his neck and had a spring of wheat in his mouth. Joe glanced for his cutie mark, A big green Apple.

"Howdy Joseph Brooklyn, It's a pleasure to meet ya" the ponies voice is a males, he talked calmly with his eyes half closed.

Joe was surprised "You know me? Mr?" he asked.

"Big McIntosh, y'all can call me Big Mac or just Mac. My Sis Applejack told us a lotta bout ya" Mac said. "Want me to introduce ya to My other little sister and Grandmother?" he said with a smile.

"I..I would love that, Thank you Big Mac, You can call me Joe or Joseph". 'He sure is a nice guy, guess he's the man of the house' Joe thought.

A little pony which was yellow and had a bow in her mane bumped into Big Macs Leg "Ow! Sorry Big McIntosh I...W-Who is that?" she yelled pointing her hoof at Joe.

Big Mac simply rolled his eyes "If you were listenin at dinner last night, Applejack talked about a Human called Joseph Brooklyn suddenly appeared in Ponyville. He's Applejack's friend, mind ya manners"

If Joe recalled correctly, Twilight said that the smaller ponies were called fillys for their age and size. The Little filly made circles on the ground with her hoof "S-Sorry about that Mister Brooklyn" she said nervously and with embarrassment.

Joe chuckled "that's alright, you can call me Joe or Joseph".

She perked her head up looking more happy "Thanks Joe! Big McIntosh can I go out and play with Twist?"

Big Mac sighed "Alright Apple Bloom, Just don't be late for dinner"

Apple Bloom ran off to see her friend "I hope we get to see each other again Joe!" she yelled.

Big Mac chuckled "She can be quite a handful at times but she's got a heart of gold. All that's left is Granny Smith"

Just as he said Granny Smith, an old looking Pony with a green coat and white hair walked slowly to Joe and Big Mac "Oh My, is this Joseph Brooklyn? The human Applejacks been on about?" she said like any granny would at their age.

She went up closer to Joe, she inspected his face "Have we met before?" she asked. Joe and Big Mac blinked, they looked at each other then back to Granny Smith.

"Uh...Granny Smith? Joe here is the only human to have come to Equstria and he's never come to this world" Big Mac said.

Granny Smith slowly walked away muttering a few words to herself, Big Mac sighed "Sorry about that Joe".

Joe waved it off "That's totally alright, I can understand".

He looked around to find Applejack but couldn't see her in sight "Big Mac, where's Applejack?" he asked.

"Applejack's gone on back to work with those Appletrees, it's Applebuck season and those Apples gotta come down" he said.

Joseph looked at the horizon of Apple trees, half of them were done but the other half was not done "She did all this by herself? Why isn't she getting help?"

"Well ya see Applejack's a stubborn type, I would have done it except for my injury is keeping me from doing that. I said she couldn't handle it but she goes on insisting that she can do it all by herself" Big Mac said.

Joe shook his head sideways "NoNoNo...that's insane, she can't do this all by herself" he said. He jogged off to find Applejack.

Big McIntosh sighed sadly "Hope you can convince her" he whispered.

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Joseph continued to jogged through the forest of Apple trees, he didn't know why but he thought he should be there. He didn't know what to say to her or how she would respond, he cannot answer to himself correctly. Why did he care so much? It hasn't even been a week in Ponyville and they already have open arms for him, Twilight and the others became his friends just like that. Joe felt ashamed, he didn't do anything to earn their friendship and trust, but what he knows is that he should return the favour. Even if the whole thing was a set up, what kind of person is he if he didn't help others? The world may have turned him away, does that mean this world would too? Maybe, this is a chance to start over in life and be what he could have been. Joe needed to let go of his past and move on to a new future, a future his can create, he had a long way to go but his father once told him "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained".

Joe finally found Applejack, she's snoring while standing up with the basket on her back, he walked up to her. He placed his hands top of her shoulders and slapped down enough to wake her up "Applejack wake up!"

She jumped and looked around franticly "Huh! What? Oh, it's you Joe * yawn * What can I do ya for?" she said whilst attempting to kick a tree.

"Applejack, your working too hard. You need some help" he said to her.

Applejack grunted "No thanks, I'll do this * yawn* By myself" she protestid.

"Applejack, you can't go on like this" Joe said making his voice a little louder.

Applejack glared at him "Leave me alone Joe, I can do this".

"Look at yourself! Your tiring yourself out! Why are you doing this by yourself? What are you trying to accomplish?" Joseph yelled but not too loud.

Applejack stopped, she looked at him straight on. She slowly walked up to him with angry eyes "Accomplish? I want to prove to everypony that I can do things by myself without help, I'm not a little filly who wants to be a princess in distress. I don't want to drag others in just because I'm struggling, Do you have any idea how I feel? I don't want to force others to do things that's my responsibility, How would you feel?" she yelled at the end.

Joe froze, his heart feeling like its stopping. He knew what she meant, she was worried she may feel useless if she asks for help. She wants to be there for others, Twilight told him she would always be there if you have troubles. Joe acted like a useless person back home, seeking his teachers protection from bullies or afraid to tell someone about him being threatened.

"Yes...I do understand. I know what it's like being a useless moron who cowers in fear" his voice shaking.

Applejack's glare softens "Sugercube?"

"I always needed my teachers to keep bullies away from me, When others like me are in trouble, I look at them and tell the teacher. I should have stopped them." he looked at Apple "But you, you're strong, brave and always there for others. Everyone in Ponyville is grateful for you, why not let them repay you? After all, we're friends right?"

Applejack had no words to say, just speechless, all everypony wanted was to help her for what she did, she always thought she can do it by herself. But she forgot that her friends cared about her, she made them worry.

Joe sighed, he didn't say anything more, slowly walking away from Applejack back to Town. Applejack opened her mouth to call out to him but nothing, she closed her mouth with a look of sadness. She shook her head, her face now filled with determination. She galloped to Joe, dropping her basket off for less weight.

"Joe! Hold on!" she called out.

Joseph stopped and turned around "A-Applejack?"

She stopped in her tracks "Joe I'm sorry for being stubborn and getting all mad at ya, if you want, you can help me"

Both of them was silent, not wanting to ruin the moment, they found something new about each other and themselves.

Joe felt warm inside, being able to help his friend even though it hasn't been a week. Maybe it's not hard to understand others, you just need to venture to gain their respect and loyalty. It takes time to fully see the results, but for Joe. He wants all the time in the world to discover friendship.

"I would love to" he said with a smile.

Big Mac suddenly appeared behind Joe "Well, See y'all gettin along mighty fine"

Applejack nodded "Sure am big brother, I'll admit I was acting stubborn but now I understand others care about me as much as they do".

Big Mac smiled "Glad to hear, I brought some extra hooves to help y'all out" he said moving his eyes to sides.

Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie and even Spike walked up to Joe and Applejack.

"Big Mac told us everything" Twilight's voice filled with concern.

Applejack nodded "I know, I'm sorry y'all, I shouldn't have acted so stubborn. But thanks to Joe here, I promise I'll never act stubborn again!"

The group cheered, Big McIntosh looked up at the sky then to Joe who was chatting with Spike 'Seems to me like Joe being here is the right thing'

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Everypony was working hard at work with the Apples, Fluttershy and Twilight had different methods of collection the remaining Apples. Fluttershy simply stood and the apples fell into her basket. Of course Joe was a bit spooked at that but got over it. Twilight however greatly collected a massive amount using her telekinesis magic. Joseph ramed trees which worked okay but ending up having a sore arm after 13 trees. Spike climbed the trees and brought them down by picking them off or eating some of the best ones. Joe scolded him.

Applejack came out with a cart tray of eight bottles of Apple juice "How bout y'all take a little break?"

We all looked at her and left our duties. "I've got some fine Apple juice waiting for ya"

Spike dropped down from a tree and landed on Joe's shoulder, they gathered around Applejack "Girls and you two boys, I can't thank ya enough for this help. I'll say this again, I never act so stubborn again. And I know that the town gave me the prize pony award, but the real award is having you seven as my friends"

Everypony then drank their Apple juice, Joseph picked his up, he looked at Applejack 'I don't need to tell her what I wanted to tell at after the stampede. I found my answer, to be strong and loyal, you need to look out for others as well as yourself'. Like Dad said ,Nothing Ventured, Nothing gained' he thought. He took sip through the straw, the Apple juice tasted fresh and sweet, it was delicious, pure.

Twilight stopped drinking and turned her head to Joe "Oh yeah, I still want to know why you ran off to see Applejack all of a sudden when the stampede was over"

Joe froze and stopped drinking 'Oh no, It's too embarrassing' he thought "W-Well I wanted to ask her something but it seems to have been answered" he said, trying to avoid the topic.

Applejack made a chuckle "Oh come on now, you can tell me" she said while playfully nudging him.

Joe blushed "It's...It's nothing! Oh look at the time! I feel tired! Got to go!" Joe said and tried to speed walk away until Spike spoke up.

"Is that you don't want to tell all of us because it's 'personal?'" Spike said, saying 'Personal' in a teasing tone.

Joe stopped his foot mid air not touching the ground. Everypony went silent, all of them getting the wrong idea. Applejack blushed when the atmosphere went silent and Joe freezing. Joe sweated like bullets.

'Oh no, Why did you give them the wrong idea Spike?' he shouted madly in his head. He took no chances, he made a run for it back to Twilight's house. He ran as fast as he could, Rainbow Dash flew up in the sky and pointed her hoof at Joe.

"GET HIM!" she yelled. The ponies chased after him while giggling on the chase. Applejack didn't stop blushing.

Joe looked back to see he's being chased, his eyes popped out with a scream of terror "AAAAH! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!" he didn't want to get into a girly moment of theirs and questioned by Applejack, they wouldn't believe a word he would say.

Spike who was sitting on Twilight's back chuckled "I never thought it would be like this!"

To be continued

*bows over 9000! times* I'm deeply sorry guy's! This was supposed to be released last week but things got pretty hectic on my end. I got homework to do, I had a bad throat infection the day after I posted chapter 3. I didn't get a lot done and I know I've made lot's of mistakes with Applejack and the chapter 4 based plot. Let me know if something is off, I only do small matters and not big ones at this time. This chapter was a huge pain to write.

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