Sweet Apple Mystery
Chapter 2: Applebucking
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Magenta woked up when she heard a rooster cuckoo outside the house and a loud "BAM" in the floor below. Apparently, Granny Smith were right about Big Macintosh always hitting his head on the roof every morning. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun just had begun to rise! What was wrong with these ponies? Did they even sleep at all? She tried to go back to sleep, but Applejack woke her up by coming trotting up the stairs and turning on the lights.
"G'mornin' sleepin' beauty! Day on the farm starts early y'know!" She said and grabbed Magentas blanket to pull it off. Magenta panicked and pulled the blanket tighter to her.
"Alright, alright! I'm coming! Hold on just for a sec!" She said, clenching the blanket.
"Okeydokey! But don't ya take too long time! Or Ah'll have Big Mac to throw ya in the pond!" Applejack answered and went downstairs. Magenta let out a relieved sigh. That was close.
She pulled on her coat, combed her mane and went down to meet up with Applejack and Big Macintosh. And all of them got strapped to three wagons filled with empty baskets.
The trees in the orchard were full of red, green and yellow apples and Applejack began instructing Magenta how to applebuck.
"Ya just give the tree a good kickin' and the apples will fall down." She said and went around and kicked a nearby tree. All the apples fell out and landed either on the ground or in one of the baskets. She picked up the ones who fell on the ground and filled up a basket.
"An once you're finished with one basket, ya'll just go to your wagon and switch with an empty one! Now you try it!" She said and switched her full basked with one of the empty ones.
Magenta turned to the tree next to her. She turned around again and kicked the tree. It swayed for a bit, but only three apples fell out.
"Hmm, a bit harder perhaps?" Applejack said and tilted her head. Magenta braced herself and kicked the tree again, the hardest she could. And the apples fell on the ground like rain. Magenta even got one in the head. Applejack giggled.
"Are ya okay? An'way, ya shouldn't kick the tree too hard either, cuz then you'd only tire youself out. It takes some time befoe ya get the right kick" Applejack said and kicked another tree and picked up the apples that fell. Magenta nodded and tried again.
They spent most of the day applebucking in the orchard. Magenta had more fun than she's had in ages. Applebucking was really something. She even got the hang of the bucking by the end. But she were far, FAR away from being as good as Applejack and Big Macintosh. But ofcourse, they had been doing this since they were foals. By the time all the baskets were full, Magenta were exhausted. She was sweating and her legs were shaking. There had been times when she wondered if she might take the coat off. But she always changed her mind in the last minute.
Since the sun was still was up, Applejack took Magenta down to Ponyville to show her around the town and introduce her to her friends; Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They were all really kind ponies and Magenta liked them already, even though Rainbow Dash sometimes went on her nerves with all that bragging, showing off and badass attitude.
The first thing Pinkie Pie did was planning a "welcome-party" for Magenta, singing a "welcome-song" and introducing the "welcome-polka", the last one she came up with right at the moment.
And Rarity insisted on making a new coat for Magenta. Magenta tried to decline the offer, but Rarity was very... Pursuasive...
The seven ponies hang out for the rest of the days and Magenta really felt like one of them. People in Ponyville were nicer than she ever could imagine. That night she was way beyond exhausted and she fell asleep as soon as she lay down in the bed.
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