Well, here comes the next chapter ^^... Sorry to tell you guys that the next chapter will be delayed as I will go camping for a week with Adelie...

After her meeting with Derpy, Magenta turned around to go and look for Twilight Sparkle. She later found the purple unicorn in her library, reading from a book about Equestrias past.

"Hello Twili! Am I interrupting something?" Magenta asked and walked up to her friend.

"Magenta!" Twilight exclaimed happily and slammed the book shut with her unicorn magic. "Is it true that Applejack is going to sell the farm?" The purple unicorn asked with a worried look.

"Yeah, most likely" Magenta answered slowly and looked down on the floor.

"Oh my... I guess there isn't much we could do about, is it?" Twilight asked. Magenta shook her head and Twilight let out a sigh. "I thought so... But if there is anything any of you want my help with, then I'll be glad to be there for you" Twilight said and tried on a comforting smile.

"Thanks Twili..." Magenta said and looked up. "Actually, there is one thing I actually were going to ask you about"

"What is it?"

"I want to know if you've ever heard about a group of ponies with hourglasses as cutiemarks?" Magenta nodded to the bookshelves. "Or if you think there might be a book on them or something?"

Twilight frowned as she thought. "As a matter of fact, I've read about that. Or maybe not read, I just quick-read through the text. And I think the book should be here somewhere..." Twilight turned to her vast collection of books. "If I only could remember where... SPIKE?" Twilight called out for her assistant. They heard a loud thud from upstairs and soon, the sleepy, purple baby dragon were slowly making his way down the stairs.

"What is it now?" Spike yawned. Magenta frowned. Had he been sleeping until now?

"Spike, where did you put the book on 'Ancient and Mysterious Ponies of Equestria'?" Twilight asked.

Magenta frowned again. "There is such a book?" She couldn't help but ask.

Twilight nodded before she turned to face Spike again. "Listen, you were up all night and helped me sorting the books. Do you remember if you picked that book up? Perhaps by accident?"

Spike shook his little head. "I'm sorry Twilight, but it was too late for me to focus on anything else than getting done and go to bed"
Twilight sighed. "Alright, it seems like we'll just have to start searching for it then..."

And they did search for it. For several hours they turned upside down almost every shelf in the library to find the book, but to no use. They couldn't find it anywhere. When the sun was setting, they felt that they had to give up. Plus Magenta had to go back to Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight volunteered to come with her to the farm. She wanted to be there for her friends now when they probably were about to make the most difficult choice in their life.

However, they were a bit surprised to see the rest of the gang over at Sweet Apple Acres too. Apparently, they felt the same thing.

And thus began the long, long wait for the FlimFlam brothers to return with their boss.
"I think you should fight these clowns! Y'know! Show 'em that there's some things they just can't have!" Rainbow Dash tried to pep talk Applejack and did some boxing in the air. "Kick some flank!"

"I agree with Rainbow, for once" Big Mac mumbled and leaned his head closer to his sister and whispered: "Are you sure about this? Selling Sweet Apple Acres an' all?" He sounded worried.
"I'm sorry Big Mac, but we need the money more than a ruined farm..." Applejack answered and patted her brother on the shoulder. "But don't worry, brother! We could always build a new farm!" She tried to cheer him up, but she only got a halfhearted smile in return before he turned away from her.

"It still won't be like home... At least not to me..." She could hear him say with dampened voice.

Applejack sighed. Her brother was right. Nothing would ever be able to replace their beloved Sweet Apple Acres.

She was abruptly awoken from her thoughts by the ridiculous sound of the even more ridiculous transportation device. The FlimFlam brothers were on their way.

"Twili! Can't Princess Celestia do something?" Applebloom turned to Twilight Sparkle and asked. Twilight shook her head. "Why not?"
Twilight was just about to answer when the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 arrived with it's three passengers. First the light blue unicorn jumped down, shortly followed by Flim and Flam.
"So, you've made up your minds yet?" He asked and even though he was speaking to Applejack, he looked directly at Magenta. Magenta backed a couple of steps and felt her stomach tie up in a knot.

Applejack sighed sadly and nodded. "Fine, I guess we have to sell you the farm..." She answered. "But we need to know that you've got the money first!" She warned. The blue unicorn nodded to Flim and Flam, who together carried out a huge case. Flam opened the case in front of the herd of ponies and revealed an incredible amount of money. They all drew a quick breath in astonishment, except for Rarity who fainted.

"So? You ready to sign the deal?" The boss said and signed for Flam to shut the case and hand it to one of the ponies. Applejack nodded.

As long as Applejack doesn't sign the paper... Derpy's words echoed through Magenta's head. She looked like in trans as the unicorn pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil seemingly from out of nowhere and kept it floating in front of Applejack. She took the pencil.
Don't sign the paper! Don't sign the paper! The words was like a echoing cacophony in Magenta's head and she started mumbling the words to herself. She started mumbling louder and louder, almost chanting it out. Eventually she said it loud enough for Applejack to hear.

"Mags, I'ave to... I'm sorry, but I'ave to" Applejack said and faced the paper again and made herself ready to write down her signature, to confirm that the farm Sweet Apple Acres not longer would belong to the Apple family, but to the buyer.

"NO! Don't sign it, AJ!" Magenta took a couple of steps towards Applejack and the blue unicorn.

"Mags..." Applejack started to say, but were interrupted by the boss.

"Don't worry! The worst that could happen would be if the pencil broke! Relax and shut up, mare!" He hissed to Mags and locked eyes with Applejack. "Just sign it already!" He snarled.

Applejack snorted and started to write an "A", but she didn't get any further as Magenta slapped both the paper and the pencil away.

"Magenta!" Applejack exclaimed angrily. "Whadd'ya think yer..." She got cut off when Magenta turned to her and placed a hoof on one of the wheelchairs armrest.

"Listen AJ, I know this might sound crazy. But on that party Pinkie Pie threw for me, not the first one but the second one, I met this weird pony. And he has kept popping up now and then and last time I heard from him he told me that 'Everything's going to be alright as long as Applejack doesn't sign the paper'" Magenta told Applejack.

Applejack frowned in disbelief. "Who?" She asked sceptically.

"Well, I don't know who he is... But he has told me that his name is the Doc..." Magenta didn't have time to finish the sentence before she got tackled to the ground by Flam. She landed heavily on the ground and before she got time to stand up, Flam was over her and pushed her down with one of his hooves against her throat.

"HEY! Leave her alone ya stinking buckhead!" Rainbow Dash snarled and sprang up from the ground with one strong wingbeat.

"Come any closer and I'll crush her head like an apple!" Flam warned and locked eyes with Rainbow. Rainbow growled silently and went back on the ground in front of the others. She stood wide legged, tense and ready to leap into action. The other ponies, inclusive the gentle Fluttershy, had taken a similar stance.

"Well, isn't this cute..." The boss muttered ironically and shouted to Applejack. "SIGN the bucking paper, MARE!"

Applejack snorted, crossed her front legs and shook her head. The boss growled and pointed at Flam and Magenta."Sign it or your friend dies!"

Flam smiled when he heard their boss. He leaned closer to Magenta and whispered in her ear: "Ya know, cutie. My throat still hurts from your little act in the Everfree forest the other day... I've been DYING to pay you back for it!" He smirked as Magenta tried to writhe and squirm her way loose, but Flams hoof seemed to be made of concrete! He just wouldn't allow her to move at all!

Applejack didn't know what to do. Now she really didn't want to sell the farm to these two... But if she didn't, then they would kill Magenta. Applejack moaned as she took the pencil that were floating in front of her again.

One of the boss' eyes twitched as he began to smile when Applejack continued with her signature on the paper. But suddenly a swooshing sound echoed through the farm and the blue unicorn stiffened, his smile frozen and his eyes widely opened.

Magenta recognized the sound and smiled faintly. Doctor!

And here comes the good Doctor to save the day once again! Right?
Anyway, not sure exactly when the next chapter comes, but I'll try to upload it as soon as I come home ^^

See ya!

Delilah OUT!