Hey guys, welcome back. Sorry it took so long, it's been crazy lately.

As some of you may know, this story was published on the 3rd of May 2012, so its anniversary was only a few days ago. Unfortunately, I didn't get this chapter done in time for it.

But this is a better day to post it, do you know why? Because not only does the Season 2 DVD come out today, it's my sister's birthday too. So let's wish Jess a happy birthday :D

The votes are in. 11 voted for any age cartoon, 2 voted for pre-teen kid and teen cartoon, 0 voted for pre-teen kid cartoon, and 1 voted for little kid cartoon.

These are very good results, I'm happy to hear them. Except for the 1 vote for little kid cartoon, I was hoping to avoid one of those (No offence to whoever made the vote)

Anyway, on with the chapter!

Chapter 45: Apple Cleaning Day

It's been 2 days since I raced against Rainbow Dash and discovered Grimerd's journal. And so far, I've managed to keep it a secret from everyone.

But there's something odd about the journal. In the few pages I've read, Grimerd talks as though he was a prisoner of the tower, and his father's the warden.

Why did his father keep him locked away from the world? Did he know his son would turn evil? Was he trying to protect him from a cruel fate?...Or was he the cruel one?

So many questions and only one way to answer them. I had to keep reading the journal, even if I felt a cold shiver down my spine every time I did.

Ponyville library

Once again, I was in the guest room reading some of the journal's pages. But like I said, I was trying to keep it a secret, so I locked the door to make sure no one would come in.

I was sat by the desk with the journal lying in front of me, I read its pages carefully so I wouldn't miss anything that might be important.

"Words of an Alicorn – page 5

'Determination' That is one of the main keys to strength in both body and spirit.

My Father grows impatient, he is searching for something…something far away from here, something secret. He has put the remainders of his life into this mysterious work, I don't even see him as much as I used to.

But whatever he's looking for, he's determined to find it. And like I said, his determination makes him strong…and much more dangerous, especially if someone tries to get in his way.

If he sets off on a quest to find whatever he seeks, it will mean I will have no one to hold me down. I will be able to leave this tower and explore the city beyond the stone windows, I will be able to explore Canterlot in all its glory."

*Knock, knock, knock*

I pulled my head up from the book as someone knocked on the other side of the guest room door. "Matt, are you in there? Why's the door locked?" Twilight's voice asked.

As I panicked, I quickly slammed the journal shut before I flew it back up to its hiding spot. Once it was back in place, I flew down to the door and unlocked it.

I then opened the door to see Twilight. "Hey honey, what's up?" I asked while acting innocent.

"Matt, are you ok? You've been up here all morning." Twilight said with a concerned look on her face.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just…errr…wanted to read a book in silence. So I came up to read in here." I said with a big nervous smile.

Twilight then gave me a confused yet suspicious look, I only continued to smile largely in the silent moment. "Anyway, I just wanted to remind you about Apple Cleaning day today?" Twilight said.

"Wha?" I said in confusion.

"Apple Cleaning Day! You told Applejack you'd be there to help clean up the farm, remember?" Twilight said, almost shocked by my forgetfulness.

At that moment, I all came back to me. I got so caught up in reading the journal that I forgot about it. "Oh horse-feathers! I'm supposed to be there to help Applejack and the others, and I nearly forgot." I said.

"Nearly?" Twilight said with a raised eye brow.

I looked up at a clock hanging from the wall to see it was nearly Twelve-o-clock, I was supposed to be there by now. "Oh shit, I have to get going." I said before I looked at Twilight again.

"Thanks for reminding me about it, I love ya." I said before I gave Twilight a small kiss; leaving her stunned and slightly surprised as I walked past her.

After shaking it off, she turned around to me. "Wait Matt." she called.

I then stopped at the top of the stairs and turned my head around to face her. "I love you too." Twilight said with a sweet smile.

I smiled back. "I love you more." I responded lovingly before I walked down the stairs and into the living room.

Once I got to the bottom of the stairs, I looked up to see Twilight looking down at me from the bedroom. "How long do you think it'll take?" I asked.

"To clean an entire farm? A few hours, maybe." Twilight answered.

"Oh terrific." I said sarcastically. "Well, seeing Applebloom again is worth it. I've really missed her and the other Crusaders." I stated.

"Well if you're lucky, maybe Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are there too." Twilight said with a simple smile.

"Hopefully. Anyway, I better get going before Applejack starts to wonder where I am. See ya, Twi." I said nicely before I walked over to the front-door and opened it.

Twilight and I then exchanged waves before I walked out of the library and closed the door behind me.

Soon after I left, Twilight looked over to the entrance of the guest room before she walked over to it and closed its door with her magic.

Twilight then exhaled quietly. "Looking into that dark room really creeps me out sometimes." She said to herself before she turned around and walked over to the stairs.

Later: Sweet Apple Arches

After a short flight through the warm weather, I landed in the middle of Sweet Apple Arches.

That's when I noticed most of the trees around me had no apples on them, Applejack and her family must've bucked them already.

Speaking of which, I also saw Applejack and Big Macintosh standing in front of the barn. "Hey, Applejack!" I called as I made my way over to them.

Applejack then turned around before and smiled once she saw me. "Howdy there, Matt. I was beginnin' to wonder if you were comin'." She said.

"Sorry about that, I was a bit caught up with something back at the library. But I'm here now, and I'm ready to get started." I said cheerfully as I walked up to her.

Applejack then gave me a pleased smile. "Well I'm glad to hear that." She said before her pleased smile turned into a thankful one. "Thank ya kindly for comin' to help by the way, it's not easy cleanin' an entire farm with only three ponies." she said.

I smiled back. "No prob, Applejack." I said before I looked around the area. "So, is Applebloom around?" I asked.

"Yep, she's in the corn fields. I'll just call her over." Applejack answered before she looked over to the corn fields. "Hey Applebloom! Look who's here to help!" she called with a small smirk.

After a few seconds, Applebloom walked out of the corn fields with a basket of corn-cobs in her mouth. But once she saw me, she dropped the basket and smiled largely. "Matt! You're back!" she cheered before she galloped up to me and hugged my chest.

I then hugged her back with one arm. "Hey Applebloom, how've you been since I left?" I asked with a warm smile.

"I've been fine, but I've really missed ya though." Applebloom said.

"I know, I've missed you too." I said as we continued to hug.

Applebloom and I then separated before she looked up at me. "I'm so glad you're back, just wait until I tell Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo!" she said in excitement.

Just then, we heard Applejack clear her throat. "Applebloom, what've we said about manners?" she said with a raised eye brow.

Applebloom's excited smile then turned into a smaller one. "Oh right…sorry." She said before she looked up at me again. "Umm…how was your honeymoon, Matt?" she asked while acting polite.

"It was great, you wouldn't believe the stuff that happened between Discord and Celestia. Haha, talk about awkward." I said in amusement.

"Somethin' happened between Discord and the Princess? Oh tell me, tell me." Applebloom said while hopping up and down slightly.

I let out a small chuckle as I watched her. "I'll tell you all about it when we start this whole cleaning thing." I stated.

Applebloom then stopped bouncing. "Oh, ok then." She said.

With that conversation settled, I looked at Applejack again to ask her a question. "So when does this cleaning thing start?" I asked.

"We're gonna start any moment now, we're just waitin' for Granny Smith, she's in the house takin' a nap." Applejack explained.

"Oh really? This'll take an hour then." I joked before I sat down on the ground. However, I soon noticed everyone staring at me with their eyes wide open.

After wondering why they were doing that, I had a scary thought. "Urr…she's right behind me, isn't she?" I asked nervously.

"Ah-huh." A voice said behind me.

I then turned my head around slowly to see Granny Smith standing right behind me with a firm look on her face. "I resent that, sonny. Now everypony line up!" she ordered like a general.

With that, we all shot up into a line with our chests flexing out.

Once we did that, Granny Smith started pacing left and right in front of us. "Alright, Apple Family. We have a big job ahead of us, and that job is to give this farm a good old-faction cleanin' from top to bottom. We will clean the pens, we will re-paint the barn, we will-" she said before she suddenly stopped in her sentence.

I then watched as Granny Smith came over to me with a raised eye brow. "Wait a minute, you're not a member of the Apple Family, who the hay are ya?" she asked.

Before I could answer, Applejack spoke. "C'mon, Granny Smith. You remember Matthew, don'cha? We went to his weddin' a few weeks ago." She said, trying to get her to remember.

After hearing this, Granny Smith looked at me again before she smiled. "Oh yeah, now I remember ya. Matthew, how's Twilight been?" she asked kindly.

I was slightly nervous by her sudden change in personality "Urr…She's fine." I answered.

"Oh that's good to hear, I wanna hear all about your honeymoon later. But for now, we need to get back to…err…wh-what is it we're doin' again?" Granny Smith asked as she looked over to the others.

"It's Apple Cleanin' day, Granny." Applebloom answered.

Granny Smith blinked. "You're darn tootin' it is, that's why we need to know what we're doin'." She said before she continued to pace left and right.

"Now where was I?...err…Oh yeah. We will clean the pens, we will re-paint the barn, we will…err…oh you know, we have a lot of stuff to do. So everypony has to put their full effort into it, and we don't have time to goof around like a bunch of sheep…." Granny Smith said before she suddenly stopped.

After a few minutes, we all looked at each other in confusion before we looked at Granny Smith again. The moment was silent and kind of awkward. "…So what're ya'all waitin' for? Move ya cabooses!" Granny Smith said loudly.

With that, we all split up to work on different parts the farm. To understand what I was doing better, I went with Applejack towards the barn.

After we entered the barn, I looked around it before I turned my attention to Applejack. "So Applejack, what're we doing first?" I asked curiously.

Applejack turned her head around to face me. "Well we need to give this barn a fresh coat of paint, but we can't do that unless it's cleaned out first. So we're gonna have to take everythin' out of the barn so they won't be in the way." She explained.

"Ok, that doesn't so too hard. What should we take out first?" I asked.

Applejack then looked around before she spotted something I could do. "You can start by shiftin' those hay-bales if ya want." she said while pointing at a pile of square hay-bales.

I looked over to them and smiled slightly. "Alright, I can do that." I said before I walked over to the hay-bales and grabbed one by its band. I then started dragging it towards the exit.

"And while ya doin' that, I'll be up on the loft gatherin' things to take out. I'll check on ya in a minute." Applejack said before she made her way over to the ladder that led up to the barn's loft.

As Applejack climbed up the ladder, I continued to drag the hay-bale out of the barn. I was slightly surprised by its weight, these hay-bales were heavier than they looked. But eventually, I managed to get it outside.

I dragged it over to the white fence near the barn and released it. "Ok…one down." I said before I looked back into the barn to see the rest of the hay-bales. "And ten to go…*sigh*." I sighed.

I then walked back into the barn to get the next hay-bale, but the job soon became harder than I thought.

After a few minutes, I finally finished it. Now there was a pyramid of hay-bales outside the barn, don't ask how I got the last one up to the top.

I wiped the sweat off my head before I went back into the barn again. When I got inside, Applejack looked down at me from the loft. "Finished with those bales already? You sure are a quick worker, Matt." she said with an impressed tone.

I then gave her an amused smile. "Not really, I'm crap at paperwork. I'm only good at this because it's physical work and it doesn't involve holding a pen all day." I stated.

Applejack chuckled. "Haha, yeah, I see what ya mean. But if ya like the physical stuff, then I've got another job for ya. Did ya see the waggon outside?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I saw it while I was dragging those hay-bales out." I answered.

"Well I need ya to hook it up to yourself and pull it in here, we're gonna need it to get all this stuff out." Applejack stated.

"On it." I said before I trotted out of the barn to fetch the waggon.

After attaching the waggon to myself, I pulled it inside the barn before Applejack looked down at me from the loft. "No, Matt. Don't come in forward, I need ya to back the waggon up into the barn." She stated.

I looked up at her. "Why?" I asked with my head cocked.

"Because I'm gonna drop this stuff down into the waggon, it'll be easier than going up and down the ladder a million times." Applejack explained.

I then did as she said by turning the waggon around and backing it up into the bard, I continued to back it up until it was right below the loft.

Once I was in place, Applejack smiled with satisfaction. "Good work, Matt. But get ready, I'm gonna drop down the heaviest thing first so it's out the way." She said before she walked away from loft's edge.

I then turned my head around to look up at the loft. "Ok, but how big is this thing?" I asked.

I got my answer when I saw a large wooden crate being pushed towards the edge, my eyes widened slightly. "Oh cra-" my sentence was cut off when the crate fell down into the waggon with a hard thud!

With the crate's weight now added to the waggon, the metal strap around me felt slightly tighter.

Applejack then came up to the loft's edge and looked down at me again. "Alright Matt, it's in. Now let's take it outside." She said before she climbed down the ladder.

Once she came down, I used all my strength to pull the heavy waggon towards the exit. Eventually, I managed to get it outside and stopped.

"Damn…what's in that thing?...pumpkins?" I asked Applejack while panting hard from exhaustion.

At that moment, Applejack gave me a sheepish smile. "Haha." She laughed nervously before she opened the crate lid with her hoof; revealing a whole stock of large pumpkins.

My eyes widened in shock. "Hey, it is full of pumpkins! Why is this crate full of pumpkins?!" I asked loudly.

"What do ya think we sell on Nightmare Night, cowboy?" Applejack said before she closed the crate.

"…Just get the crate out…" I groaned with my eye-lids half shut.

After taking care of the crate, we both went back to the barn to load-up more stuff. There were a lot of things up on the loft that needed to be taken out, like a bunch of straw-baskets, more hay-bales, and a cardboard box full of pictures from Granny Smith's childhood.

We kept doing this until the barn was completely empty, all the stuff we took out was now in a neat pile not far from the barn. We were gonna leave them there for now, but I knew we'd have to put them back later.

While we stared into the empty barn, Applejack turned her head to face me. "Nice job, Matt. I know it was hard work, but we pulled it off." She said with a proud smile.

I then looked at her and smiled back. "Yeah, so are we gonna start paining the barn now?" I asked.

Applejack shook her head. "Not yet, we're gonna leave that job for last. But if ya wanna do somethin' else, you can always help Big Macintosh harvest some extra apples. He's probably in the orchard right now." She said.

"Well that can only lead to disaster and hilarity…so yeah, I'll do it." I said with a simple smile.

"Great. You do that, and I'll start fixin' a few things up around here." Applejack said.

With that, we both went our separate ways. Applejack went around to the front-door of her household while I made my way over to the apple orchard to help Big Mac.

Apple orchard

After entering the apple orchard, I looked around until I spotted Big Macintosh standing next to an apple-filled tree.

I also noticed Winona picking up apples and dropping them into a wooden basket beside Big Mac, she must be helping him collect apples that miss the basket when they fall.

As I walked up to him, Big Mac bucked the tree with his hide-hooves before a bunch of apples fell down into the basket below; filling it up.

"Hey Big Mac, working hard?" I asked with a smile.

Big Mac then turned his head to face me. "Eeyup." He answered with a small nod.

"Nice. So anyway, Applejack and I are done cleaning out the barn and she says you might need some help over here, do you want me to do anything?" I asked curiously.

"Eeyup." Big Mac answered before he pointed his hoof at something.

I then looked to where he was pointing to see an apple tree that hadn't been bucked yet, a few empty baskets had already been placed under its branches. "You can buck the trees over there if ya want." Big Mac said.

I turned my attention back to Big Mac. "Sure thing, I'll meet up with you when I'm finished." I stated before I made my way over to the apple tree. Surprisingly, Winona followed me.

When we reached the tree, we looked up at its apples to see they were definitely ready for picking, I was even tempted to eat one myself. But the job came first, I'll ask for one later.

I then looked down at Winona who was standing beside me. "Those apples look good enough to pick, what do you think?" I asked.

Winona looked up at me. *Bark, bark* She barked while nodding slightly.

I gave her an amused smile. "I'll take that as a yes." I said before we turned our attention back on the tree.

Once I got the basket properly in place, I turned my body around before I lifted my hide-legs and gave the tree a hard buck. However, no apples fell down.

I stayed in the position I was in for a few seconds before I quickly rolled over onto my back and rubbed my hide-hooves. "Ow, ow, ow, ow." I repeated in pain.

Winona just sat there as she rolled her black beady eyes at the sight of this.

After rubbing my hooves a bit more, I stood back up before I looked at the apples again. "Hmm…how am I gonna do this without breaking my legs?" I muttered to myself as I tried to think.

Eventually, I came up with an idea and shot off to find what I wanted. A few minutes later, I came back with a long wooden stick in my mouth before I dropped it onto the ground. "Alright Winona, just stand back a bit so you don't get hurt." I said while looking down at Winona.

Winona obeyed by standing up and taking a few steps back.

Once she was in a safe distance, I picked up the stick with my front-hooves before I swung it up at the apples above. Unfortunately, I wasn't tall enough for the stick to reach them. Swing after swing, I kept missing without getting close to the apples, even standing on my hind-legs didn't help.

I soon gave up and allowed the stick to drop down onto the ground. But I wasn't going down that easy, so I tried to think of another way to make the apples fall.

That's when I hoisted the stick back up and held it in a bat-swinging position with my eyes focused on the tree's truck.

Winona soon realised what I was about to do and covered her eyes with her paw, not bearing to watch.

Then with one hard swing, the stick smacked against the wooden trunk. I but instead of sending vibrations through the tree, the hit sent vibrations through me.

With my entire body shaking like crazy, I slowly pulled the stick away from the tree. "Th-th-th-there's got to b-b-be a bet-t-t-ter way to d-d-do th-th-this." I managed to say before I released the stick.

After I shook the vibrations off, I dropped back down onto my hooves before looking up at the tree again. But this time, it was with an annoyed look. "Alright, no more mister nice pony. Those apples are coming down, one way or another." I declared strongly.

With that said, I tried many ways to get the apples to fall. I tried climbing the tree, but I kept falling. I tried using a lasso-rope to pull them down, but I wasn't good at it. I even tried shaking the tree itself, but they all ended with one thing, failure!

While I was having another go at bucking the tree-trunk, Big Macintosh came over to me while pulling an apple waggon behind him.

Once he noticed the exhausted look on my face, he grew slightly concerned. "You ok?" he asked.

I then stopped bucking the tree and looked up at him. "These apples are wearing me out…it's like they're glued to the branches or something." I said while panting.

"What'd ya mean?" Big Mac asked with slight confusion.

"No matter what I do…these apples won't fall down…I've tried bucking the tree, shaking them down, I even tried whacking them with a stick…How do you make it look so easy?" I asked.

"Well maybe apple-buckin' just isn't the right type of work for ya. But you do know you're a Pegasus, right?" Big Macintosh asked while still in confusion.

"Yeah, what's your point?" I asked with a raised eye brow.

"Well ya could've just flied up there and picked the apples, ya don't have to do it exactly like us." Big Macintosh stated.

The moment I heard that, my eyes shot wide open in disbelief. I could've avoided all this trouble from the very beginning, how could I have forgotten I had wings? I couldn't help but blush deeply from pure embarrassment.

My left-eye twitched slightly before I growled loudly. "You've got to be kidding me!" I shouted as I gave the tree a hard buck; causing it to shake.

Suddenly, a whole load of apples then fell down from the tree and landed in the baskets. I looked at the now full baskets with surprise and placed my hide-legs back on the ground. "Huh…well that solves that problem." I said before I lied down against the tree and relaxed.

"Yeah, but there's still a few more trees to buck." Big Macintosh stated.

My eyes then shot open before I looked around the orchard. Unfortunately, he was right, there were still many more apple-filled trees around me. Upon seeing this, I felt my head start to spin.

It wasn't hard for Big Macintosh to notice this. "I know it's hard work, but that's the thing about runnin' a farm." He said before he thought of a way to help me. "Tell ya what, let's work together on this. I'll buck the apples down and you catch them in the basket, deal?" he said.

After hearing that, I gave it some thought. It did seem a lot easier that way, and I wouldn't have to worry about making the apples fall anymore. "Well…alright, let's do that." I said with a small confident smile before I stood back up.

Big Macintosh then smiled at me before we made our way over to the next apple-tree, Winona followed behind with her tail wagging.

Later: The Barn

It took a while, but Big Macintosh and I were finally finished. There were still some trees with apples on them, but we harvested more than enough.

After we stored all our picked apples away, Big Mac and I headed over to the barn to see if Applejack and the others needed held re-painting it.

As we approached the barn, we saw that Applejack and Granny Smith had already started painting it. Granny Smith was painting the left side of the barn while Applejack was paining the main double-doors.

"You're doing a good job there, Applejack." I said as we walked up to her.

Applejack then turned her head around to me and smiled. "Thanks, but we've only just started, it'll take us a little longer to re-paint this whole thing. I take it you're both here to help out?" she asked.

"Eeyup." Big Macintosh answered.

Applejack looked him and smiled. "That's good, we need all the help we can get."

"What do you need us to do?" I asked.

"Well Big Mac can start paintin' the right-side of the barn while you help Applebloom at the back. That is, if she ever shows up." Applejack stated.

"What do you mean? Where is she?" I asked slightly worried.

"She went over to the pig pen to give the pigs a bath, but she's been there all evenin'." Applejack said.

"Maybe I should go check on her." I said.

At that moment, Applejack looked over to something behind me before she looked at me again. "I don't think that'll be necessary anymore." She said.

I then turned my head around to see Applebloom galloping to us before she stopped. "Sorry I'm late, Applejack. Those pigs were hard to clean, especially Little Piggington." She explained.

I then looked over to the pig pen to see a large fat pig with a blue bow rolling around in the mud. "You mean that pig?" I asked while pointing at it.

Applebloom turned her head around and gasped at what Piggington was doing. "Shoot! It took me forever to clean her." She said as she looked at us again.

Applejack then gave her a kind smile. "It's ok Applebloom, Piggington dose that every time someone cleans her." She stated.

"Yeah, but I guess this means I won't get a cutie mark for animal cleanin'." Applebloom said with a small frown.

Feeling bad for Applebloom, Applejack thought of a way to cheer her up. "Would workin' with Matt help ya feel better?" She asked.

After hearing this, Applebloom's small frown turned into a smile. "That's sounds nice." She said.

Applejack then looked at me. "How 'bout it, Matt? Wanna help Applebloom paint the back of the barn?" she asked.

I nodded. "Sure, I've been wanting to spend a little time with Applebloom anyway." I said while stroking Applebloom's head with my hoof.

"Good. Now you two go around back and start paintin', I'll stay here and finish up on these doors." Applejack said before she looked at Big Macintosh. "Big Mac, we need you to paint the right-side of the barn." She said.

Big Macintosh then nodded before he walked around to the right-side of the barn.

"C'mon Matt, we have a barn to paint." Applebloom said with excitement as she galloped around to the back of the barn.

After she disappeared around the corner, Applejack and I looked at each other. "Thanks Matt, this really means a lot to her." She said with a thankful smile.

I smiled back. "No problem, Applejack. And don't worry, I'll help her if she needs it." I stated before I followed Applebloom around to the back.

But once I got there, I was met with a surprising sight.

Applebloom had already started painting the wooden wall with a paint-brush in her mouth. But unlike other kids her age who would paint in a crazy style, Applebloom did it with smooth and gentle strokes.

I was amazed by Applebloom's work and stepped closer to admire it, her skills with a brush were impressive. "Wow Applebloom, you're really good at this." I said without taking my eyes off her work.

Applebloom dropped her brush into the paint-can before she looked at me. "Oh I can't be that good." she said while rubbing her hoof against the ground in an embarrassed way.

I then looked down at her with an honest smile. "But you are, I don't think I've ever seen a pony with such a steady…well…mouth." I said.

"Well…thanks Matt, but I bet you're as good as I am, it's nothin' special." Applebloom said before she picked her bush back up and continued to painting the barn in her talented way.

As I watched her work, I couldn't help but chuckle. "And she wonders what her special talent is." I thought before I decided to get to work on the barn.

I then looked around for another brush before I saw one lying on the ground next to Applebloom's paint-can, I guess this meant we had to share the can.

But as I reached down to pick the brush up with my mouth, I suddenly notice something on Applebloom's flank, it was some sort of picture. After a few seconds, I figured it out and my eyes grew wide. "No way…has it finally happened?" I thought.

I then took a closer look to see it was a single red apple, my heart began to race as I thought she had finally earned her cutie mark. "Applebloom…h-have you noticed what's on your flank?" I asked without taking my eyes off her cutie mark.

Applebloom dropped her brush again before she looked at me. "Oh, you mean my new cutie mark? Yeah, I earned it early this week." She said.

I then raised my head back up before I smiled largely at her. "Applebloom, that's great! You've finally got you're cutie mark. We told you it would come if you-…wait a minute." I said as I took another close look at her it.

At that moment, Applebloom's proud smile turned into a nervous one. "W-What?...What's wrong?" she asked.

As I looked closer at her cutie mark, I saw some wired red dust on it. I then gently stroked my hoof across her cutie mark to see I had made a smudge on it, this raised my suspicion.

After figuring it out, I looked at Applebloom's face again. "Applebloom, this cutie mark's been drawn on with crayon." I said as I raised my head back up.

Applebloom's wide eyes then shifted left and right. "Urr…what's your point?" she asked.

"It's a fake." I answered.

Applebloom was silent as she stared up at me "Oh…really? Now how in Equestria did that happen? Huh, must've been one of the kids from school. Probably Diamond Tiara tryin' to tease me again, you know what she's like, haha." She laughed nervously.

I could tell she was trying to play innocent, so I gave her an unconvinced look with my eye brow raised.

As the seconds went by, Applebloom began to sweat before she finally cracked. "Alright, I did it. I was tired of havin' a blank-flank all the time, so I drew a fake cutie mark on my flank. It seemed like a good idea at the time." She explained with a small frown.

I then placed my hoof gently on her back. "Applebloom, sweet-heart, I know you really want your cutie mark, but you didn't need to do that. I mean, how do you know your special talent involves apples?" I asked.

"I don't know…I just thought it would fit because everyone else in the family has apple-themed cutie marks." Applebloom stated.

"But from what I remember, you've already tried getting an apple-themed cutie mark and it didn't work." I said as I removed my hoof from her back.

"I know, but I'm not gonna keep it forever, just until my real one appears. Please Matt, let me keep it for now." Applebloom begged.

"Well…alright, but just don't get too attached to it, it's not gonna be there forever you know." I said.

"Oh thank you, thank you." Applebloom replied with a large smile.

"It's ok, now c'mon, we need to get back to work before Applejack comes to check on us." I said before we both picked our paint-brushes up and went back to re-painting the barn wall.

Suddenly, Applebloom realized something and dropped her brush again. "Hey, how'd you know I tried to get an apple-themed cutie mark anyway? You weren't even there." she said while looking at me suspiciously.

My eyes then widened slightly. "Oh that?...well I…errr…Oh look at the time, we better get back to work." I muffled with the brush still in my mouth before I resumed painting.

Applebloom then decided to forget about it and picked her paint-brush back up. As we both went back to work, I exhaled in relief. "Woow, that was close." I thought.

A few minutes later

After Applebloom and I finished painting the back, we both went around to the front of the barn to see Applejack had finished her job as well. As we approached her, Applejack noticed us and smiled. "Finished already? Well that didn't take too long, did it?" she said.

Applebloom and I shook our heads. "No, and by the way, have you ever noticed Applebloom's skills with a paint-brush?" I asked.

Applejack's eyes then closed half-way. "Yeah, but I think the real question is have you noticed the state of her coat?" She said.

I was confused for a moment before I looked down at Applebloom and realized what she meant. Applebloom's coat was covered in dry paint, she must've dropped a bit on her while we were working. "Oops" I said.

"Looks like somepony needs to have a bath." Applejack said with a small smirk on her face.

Once she heard that, Applebloom let out a whiny groan. "Oooh, but I hate baths." She stated.

"I know, Applebloom. But we're all havin' one after this, so you might as well get yours over with. But I don't think I have time to give ya one right now…unless." Applejack said before she looked at me. "Unless Matt wants to do it." she finished.

"…What?..." Applebloom and I said at the same time.

"You don't mind givin' Applebloom a bath, do ya?" Applejack asked with a hopeful smile on her face.

"Well…urr…I guess I could do it." I answered while secretly unsure.

"Great, you go inside and give Applebloom a bath while I stay here and help Granny Smith paint her side of the barn." Applejack said before she trotted around the left-side of the barn.

After she was gone, Applebloom and I looked at each other. "So, wanna get this thing over with so it's done?" I said trying to give her a good reason to accept it.

"…I guess so." Applebloom said.

Hearing this relieved me because I thought she'd try to talk me out of it. But I was stupid to think that about Applebloom, she was a good girl who always did as she was told.

Although, there was that time when Applejack got shrunk by the Poison Joke and Applebloom left her stranded on a tree-branch, but that was different. Plus, Applejack did act a bit…bossy…back then.

Anyway, I smiled down at her before we walked around to the house-entrance of the barn.

Apple Family household

After we entered the house, Applebloom and I went upstairs to the bathroom. Applebloom waited in her room while I ran her bath.

Once the bath was ready for her, Applebloom came back before she took her bow off and gladly hopped into the water. With Applebloom now settled in the warm bubbly water, she was ready to be washed.

I grabbed a sponge with my hoof before I dipped it into the water and started scrubbing Applebloom's back, I made sure to use gentle rubs so I wouldn't hurt her in any way.

"Is this alright, Applebloom?" I asked as I kept scrubbing her yellow fur.

"Yeah, it actually feels nice." Applebloom said with a small smile.

When I finished scrubbing her back, I saw a bar of soap near the bath before I looked down at Applebloom. "Hey Applebloom, do you mind washing yourself with the soap while I get the shower-hose ready?" I asked.

"Sure thing." Applebloom answered before she grabbed the soap with her hoof and started rubbing it against herself.

While she was doing that, I reached my hoof over to one of the shower-knobs and turned it clock-wise. Water then instantly began to rain down from the shower-head.

I then looked over to Applebloom to see her whole body covered in soap, I couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of her. "Haha. Oh no, it's a bubble monster. Please, stay back." I said with a playful smile on my face.

At first, Applebloom was confused, but she soon got the idea and played along. "Grrr, I'm a vicious bubble monster from the deep and I'm here to cover you in my evil bubbliness." She said while paddling towards me.

"No, don't come any closer, I can't take it. There's only one thing I can do to stop you." I said in a dramatic way before I picked Applebloom up and placed her back down under the shower-water.

The bubbles covering Applebloom's body were instantly rinsed off by the warm water raining down on her. "Nooo, you found my one weakness, you have defeated me *Fake cough*." Applebloom said while pretending to be weak.

I smiled with amusement. "You bet I have." I said as I gently splashed Applebloom with the bath water; earning a small giggle from her.

I then gapped a shampoo bottle before I flicked the top off with my hoof and poured some over Applebloom's mane.

Once it was on, I placed the bottle back down before I used my hooves to rub the shampoo into Applebloom's hair.

"Keep your eyes shut, Applebloom. We don't want any of this to go in your eyes." I said as I kept rubbing her now sudsy mane.

"Ok." Applebloom answered with her eyes shut tightly.

When all the shampoo was washed off by the shower-water, I turned the shower off before I grabbed a towel and used it to wipe all the water off Applebloom's face.

Once he face was dry, I took the towel away before Applebloom slowly opened her eyes. "Is it time for me to get out?" she asked while looking at me.

I nodded. "Yeah, I'll help you dry yourself once you come out." I said while holding the towel open with my hooves.

Applebloom then climbed out of the bath before I wrapped the towel around her. While Applebloom dried parts at the front of her body, I helped dry her back.

Once she was dry, I removed the towel to see her coat sparkle with cleanliness. "So do you feel refreshed now?" I asked as I threw the wet towel in a hamper.

Applebloom then looked around her clean coat. "Kinda…but I feel as though something's missin', somethin' import-*GASP* Oh no!" she said in a loud voice.

"Wh-what is it?" I asked with concern.

Applebloom then rotated her body around until I could see her blank-flank. But that was just the point, it was blank!

"My crayon cutie mark's gone, it must've washed off in the bath. Now what am I gonna do?" Applebloom frowned as she sat on the floor.

I couldn't help but feel bad for her. It wasn't a big deal, but I had to be sensitive to her feelings. "Hey, it's ok Applebloom. Why don't you just draw another one?" I asked.

"Oh what's the point? Lets face it, I can't pretend to have a cutie mark, I'll have a blank-flank forever." Applebloom said as she looked down at the floor with sadness.

"That's not true, Applebloom. You'll get your cutie mark someday, just…not right now, maybe when you're older." I said trying to help her feel better.

Applebloom then looked up at me. "What do ya mean 'when I'm older'? How old do I have to be? Most of the kids at school are my age and they have their cutie marks. *Sigh* What am I doin' wrong, Matt? Why can't I find my special talent?" she asked.

I didn't know how to answer her question. I mean, I didn't exactly know what her special talent was. I did have a hunch earlier today that it was something to do with painting and decoration, but how can I be sure?

I then realized Applebloom was still waiting for my answer. "Well…you see…umm…I doubt you're doing anything wrong, but maybe you and the other Crusaders should try doing things you like instead of all those random activities you always do." I said.

Applebloom then rubbed her chin as she thought about it. "Or maybe…we're just not tryin' hard enough." She said with a gentle smile.

"Well, that's not really what I mea-"

"I have to ask Applejack if she'll let me go find the others! If we're gonna earn our cutie marks, we have to get back to work proto." Applebloom interrupted before she put her bow back on and galloped out of the bathroom.

After she left, I just blinked before a small smile came on my face. "She'll get the idea one day." I said to myself before I left the bathroom and followed her outside.

Outside the household

After exiting the household, Applebloom and I went around to the entrance of the barn to see Applejack and the others putting everything I took out back inside it.

Granny Smith was carrying small things into the barn, Applejack was organizing everything up on the loft, and Big Macintosh was pushing in all the heavy stuff.

Once we entered the barn, we both looked up at Applejack on the loft. "Hey Applejack!" Applebloom called.

After a second, Applejack walked up to the edge of the loft and looked down at us. "Hey Applebloom, all clean I see, did Matt do a good job?" she asked with a simple smile.

Applebloom nodded. "Yep." She answered before she decided to ask her question. "Hey Applejack, do ya mind if I go play with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle for the rest of the day? I promise not to do anythin' that'll get me all dirty again." she said with a hopeful smile.

"Well…ok, just be back before dark, alright?" Applejack said.

"Deal! Thanks" Applebloom said before she spun around and left the barn. "Baseball cutie mark, here I come!" she cheered as she galloped towards town.

After watching her leave the farm, Applejack and I looked at each other. "Matt, do ya mind comin' up here to help me? There's a lot of stuff up here." she said.

"Ok." I said before I spread my wings out and flew up onto the loft. "What's up?" I asked after I landed next to Applejack.

"Well before we get started, I just wanna say somethin'." Applejack said before she gave me a thankful smile. "Thank you for everythin' you've done today, it means a lot to us." she said.

I then smiled back. "No prob Applejack, I've enjoyed myself today, even if I struggled at some points." I stated.

"Well I'm I glad you had fun, and we really do appreciate all the help you've been givin' us. In fact, we even have a little somethin' to give ya after we're done here." Applejack said.

At that moment, I became curious as to what they were going to give me. "Really? What is it?" I asked with an excited smile.

Applejack then gave me a cheeky smirk. "Oh no you don't, it's a surprise. You wanna know what it is? You've gotta help me finish this job first." She said.

"Meany." I joked. "Ok, what do you want me to do?" I asked.

With that, Applejack looked down from the edge of the loft. "See those boxes down there?" she said while pointing her hoof down at something.

I then looked down at what she was pointing at to see a couple of cardboard-boxes stacked in a neat pile. "Yeah." I answered.

"I want ya to fly down there and bring them up one-by-one, I'll take care of the rest." Applejack explained while looking at me.

I then turned my head to face her and nodded. "Got it, I'll get started." I said before I flew down to the pile of boxes and grabbed the one at the top.

With the box in my hooves, I flew back up to the loft and placed it down beside Applejack. "This isn't such a core, is it?" I said.

"Just wait until later when you have to bring up the heavy stuff, these boxes are just the starter." Applejack stated with another smirk on her face.

Once I heard that, my smile went away. "I don't see this ending well." I muttered before I flew down to get the next box.

Applejack just shook her head in amusement before she pushed the box over to the back-wall.

Later, I had already brought up 6 boxes and I was now bringing up the seventh. After placing it down on the loft, I rested my elbow on it to catch my breath.

"Is it me or did this become harder than it was before? What's in these things anyway? bricks?" I said to myself before I removed my elbow and lifted the box's lid up; revealing something inside that I found interesting.

The box was full of black-and-white photographs and old books, they looked as though they were from Ponyville's olden days. And there was something in common with some of the photos, they had green mare with blond hair on them. Just then, Applejack came over to me. "You know it's rude to snoop, right?" she joked.

I then looked at her. "Sorry, I just wanted to know what was in here. By the way, who's this?" I asked while pointing at one of the photos with the mare on it.

Applejack looked at the photo before she looked back at me again. "Her? That's Granny Smith when she was my age. She certainly looked different back then, didn't she?"

I was surprised by this. All these photos and books belonged to Granny Smith, and the green mare on most of them was her when she was young. "Really? What's she doing in these pictures? It looks like some sort of party." I said as I looked at another photos.

"That's a picture from one of the old Apple Family Reunions, that party only comes every one-hundred moons." Applejack explained.

"ONE-HUNDRED?! How many Family Reunions have you had?" I asked in a shocked tone.

Applejack shrugged. "I don't know, they've been going on for as long as I can remember. But according to Granny Smith, they've been goin' on ever since Ponyville was founded." She said.

"But that must've been like…thousands of years ago." I said still shocked.

"I know. Look Matt, if ya have questions about the past, talk to Granny Smith, she knows more than I do. But let's just finish this job first, ok?" Applejack said.

"Wait a minute, I just found something I need to see." I said before I reached my hooves into the box. Once I grabbed what wanted, I smiled sweetly. "Aww, this is the most adorable thing I've ever seen." I said.

"What is it?" Applejack asked as she tried to look at what was holding.

I then pulled it out to reveal a picture of Applejack as a baby, she had small pig-tails in her hair and her tong was sticking out a bit. "It's you as a baby, oh look at your little tong sticking out." I teased as I pointed at her tiny tong.

Applejack then blushed with embarrassment. "Umm…alright Matt, you've seen it, now put it back." She said.

"But I wanna look at it a bit more." I said in a whiny voice.

"I said put it back!" Applejack said before she pulled the picture out of my hooves with her mouth and dropped it back into the box.

"Now go get the next box." Applejack ordered before she walked around to the front of the box and started pushing it towards the others at the back.

"Alright…Tomorrow's newspaper headline, 'Farm-girl can't take a joke'." I said to myself before I turned around and flew down to get the next box.

Later: Apple fields

After we organized everything in the barn, we were finally finished. The pens and animals were clean, the barn was re-painted, and we harvested more than enough extra food.

Now, we were all in an open field where we could get a good view of the whole farm. "Boy howdy, this had to be the quickest Cleanin' Day we've ever had. Don't ya think, Big Mac?" Applejack asked as we looked out at the farm.

"Eeyup." Big Macintosh answered.

Applejack then turned her head to face me. "What do you think, Matt? Did it feel quick to you?" Applejack asked.

I turned my head to look at her. "Well I've never been involved in an Apple Cleaning Day before. But if you think so, that's fine with me." I stated.

Applejack gave me a thankful smile. "By the way, thanks again for helpin' us out, Matt. We owe ya one." She said.

Before I could say anything else, Granny Smith placed her hoof on my back. "And we have just the thing to thank ya with." she said before she turned around to face something.

We all then did the same and I was slightly confused by what I saw.

It was some sort of machine. It had a giant stone wheel in a large wooden box, a metal tap sticking out of the front with a barrel underneath the nozzle, and what appeared to be a treadmill attached to the side.

It was an odd looking device, I had no idea what it was. "What's that thing?" I asked while staring at it.

"It's your reward." Applejack answered as we approached the machine.

"You're giving me a machine?" I asked in confusion.

Granny Smith then turned her head to face me. "Heck no, we're givin' ya what the machine makes." She stated before she looked over to Big Macintosh. "Show 'im, Big Mac." She said.

With that, Big Macintosh walked over to the machine before he stepped onto the treadmill and began to run on it; surprisingly causing the stone wheel to spin.

I then watched as Granny Smith walked around the to the back of the machine and packed up a bucket of fresh apples, she poured them down a metal slope and they rolled into the machine.

At that moment, I heard a loud splattering noise coming from the large box under the big wheel. The wheel was obviously crushing the apples inside the box, but for what reason?

All the apple juice then dribbled out of the tap and into the barrel under the nozzle. When it stopped, the barrel was full of fizzy apple juice. I looked at it with wonder. "What's that?" I asked.

Instead of an answer, Applejack walked up beside me and scooped up some of the strange liquid with a wooden cup. She then held the cup out to me before I took it with my hoof.

"Matt, you're gonna be the first pony to taste this year's Apple Family Cider." Applejack announced as Granny Smith and Big Macintosh came over to join us.

Once I heard that, my eyes widened slightly. "Did you say…cider? As in, actual apple cider?" I asked.

"Urr…yeah." Applejack answered with a nervous smile.

The moment was quiet before a large smile came on my face. "I love apple cider, it's one of my two faverate drinks, next to Coca-Cola. I never thought Equestria had this kind of drink here, have you guys always made this?" I asked.

Applejack then nodded. "Yeah, it's what we sell durin' Cider Season." She stated.

"Great, that means I can get more later this year. Oh my god, I can't believe you actually have cider here, I can't get over this." I said in a cheerful tone.

"Well stop gabbin' and drink it already." Applejack said with an amused smile.

I nodded. "Ok, ok, here it goes." I said before I brought the cup up to my mouth and took a sip. Once I tasted it, my eyes shot wide open with amazement. This was more than delicious, it was the best apple cider I've ever tasted.

"So what do ya think?" Granny Smith asked.

I then lowered my cup before I looked at her. "Well…I have to say that this…is the best cider I've ever had, this stuff's amazing!" I said loudly before I took another sip.

After hearing this, Applejack and the others smiled with relief. "Thank goodness, we need our cider to be at its best for Cider Season." She said.

I then lowered my cup again to speak. "Why? Is this 'Cider Season' a big deal or something?" I asked curiously.

"Durin' the winter, our trees won't grow as much apples as they normally do. So we sell cider instead to keep our business runnin' until winter ends. When Cider Season's not far off, we usually ask somepony to taste-test it. We would taste it ourselves, but then we wouldn't get someone else's opinion." Applejack explained.

"So that's why you rewarded me with this? So I could test it?" I asked.

"Trust me, it's a fine reward. Seriously, there're some ponies in town who'd usually beg to have the first taste." Applejack stated.

Suddenly, there was a loud whooshing sound behind me. That's when I turned my head around to see Rainbow Dash, she was hovering a few feet in the air with a desperate look on her face. "Applejack, please can I have the first taste of your cider this year?" she begged.

"Sorry Rainbow, Matt just beat ya to it." Applejack said with sorrow.

"Dang it!" Rainbow Dash said with annoyance before she shot off into the sky.

Once that random moment was over, I turned my head back around to face Applejack. "Don't worry Applejack, this cider's really amazing. And from what you've just told me, ponies will be desperate to get their hooves on this. You'll probably have a line stretching all the way to town." I said with an honest smile.

"Well…I guess you have a point there, and lots of ponies do buy our cider every year." Applejack said with a small smile.

"There you go then. Trust me, this cider will sell like crazy, even if I have to buy every barrel myself." I said.

Applejack then chuckled. "Haha. Alright, I get the message…I'm glad you like the cider, I'll be sure to save a cup for you and Twilight when Cider Season comes around." She said.

"Thanks…Speaking of Twilight, I should really head back to her. I've been here longer than I thought, she might be worried." I said.

"Alright, but we still need to talk about your job. You can have tomorrow off, but I want you to come back the day after, ok?" Applejack said.

I nodded. "Got it, I need to get back into the job anyway, it's been a while." I said.

"Good, we'll see ya then. Now you better go on back to Twilight before she does get worried, and be sure to say hi for me." Applejack said while smiling.

"I will if you'll say goodbye to Applebloom for me." I said with a cheeky smirk.

Applejack continued to smile as she rolled her eyes. "Ok, I'll say goodbye to Applebloom for ya once she gets back." She said.

I then drank the last of the cider before I placed the cup down on the ground. "Thanks, see ya Applejack." I said before I looked at Granny Smith and Big Macintosh. "See ya." I said to them.

"Bye." Big Macintosh said as he waved his hoof at me.

However, instead of waving, Granny Smith came over to me. "Now hold on a minute there, sonny. There's one more thing I want to give ya." She said.

As I wondered what she wanted to give me, Granny Smith reached her hoof into her bandanna and pulled out a silver necklace with a pink crystal heart hanging from it. "My Pa gave this necklace to my Ma after they got married, it was her faverate piece of jewelry." She said.

I stared at the necklace in awe, but I also wondered why Granny Smith was showing it to me. "Now you're new to the whole married life thing, and I can tell you love Twilight very much, don't ya?" she asked.

I nodded. "More than anything." I answered.

"Well that's why I want you to have this and give it to Twilight." Granny Smith stated as she held the necklace out to me.

I was surprised by what she was doing, she wanted me to have her mother's necklace so I could give it to Twilight. I then gently took the necklace with my hoof and watched it sparkle in the sunlight. "Granny Smith…this is very nice of you, but…I can't. It's been in your family for years, I just can't take something like that." I said.

"Don't worry about it, Matthew. I want ya to have it, just think of it as a little somethin' for bein' so good to Applebloom." Granny Smith said while gave me a friendly smile.

I then smiled back before I hugged her with one arm. "Thanks Granny Smith." I said nicely.

Granny Smith hugged me beck before she spoke. "You're very welcome, now go on and find Twilight so she can see the gift you have for her." She said.

We then separated before I nodded. "I will, thanks for this." I said before slip the necklace onto my neck so I wouldn't lose it.

"I'll see you all later." I said before I turned around and took off into the air to fly home.

As they all watched me fly away, Applejack called out to me. "Don't forget to come back after tomorrow, you don't wanna be late for your first day back at work." She said.

I then stopped in mid-air before I turned around to look down at her. "I won't. And don't worry about Cider Season, everything will be." I called back.

"We're all hopin' so. But I guess there's no point in worryin' about it right now, Cider Season's still a while away." Applejack stated.

"Exactly, so don't worry about just yet. Now I really have to get going, I'll see you again soon." I called before I turned back around and flew off into town.

Applejack and the others continued to watch me until I was out of sight. After a moment, Applejack turned around to face the others. "C'mon ya'all, let's go inside and get somethin' to eat, I'm starvin'." She said.

With that, they all went back to the barn before they entered the household. While Applejack and Big Macintosh were cooking, Granny Smith was in her room sitting in front of a counter.

She was staring down at an empty necklace case; which once held the necklace she gave me. "…*Sigh* Matt's a good kid." She said to herself.

At that moment, Granny Smith opened a drawer under the counter. It was full of necklaces that looked identical to the one she gave me.

Granny Smith then took one out before she placed it in the empty necklace case. "A little gullible though, hahaha." She laughed before she closed the drawer and stood up.

With her legs creaking, Granny Smith walked out of her room and went down stairs to join the others for dinner.

That night: Ponyville Library

After returning to the library, I gave Twilight the necklace and she couldn't thank me enough. She was surprised when I told her Granny Smith gave it to me, she thought it was really nice and generous of her.

Twilight was now standing in front of her mirror while I fastened the necklace onto her. When I got it on, she looked so beautiful with it. "Matt, it's so lovely. I still can't believe Granny Smith let you have this, especially since it was her mother's." Twilight said as she stared at her reflection.

"I know, I was confused too. But she wanted you to have it, and I think it looks amazing on you." I said with a warm smile.

"Aww, you little flatterer." Twilight said as turned around to me. "So, you wanna go somewhere tonight?" she asked.

"You mean like for dinner?" I asked curiously.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, maybe we could go to our faverate restaurant, we haven't been there in a while." she said.

A sly smirk then came on my face. "You mean the place where we eat on the table in the gazebo?...Where it'll be just the two of us?...Alone?" I said as I stepped closer to her.

Twilight then got the idea and giggled. "Hmm…maybe." She said as she wrapped her left-arm around my neck.

"Then maybe we should go out, I've been in Sweet Apple Arches all day so I have a lot of catching up to do with you." I stated while still smirking.

"Then what're we waiting for?" Twilight asked before she removed her hoof from my neck and walked away, I then followed down the stairs and into the living-room.

As we made our way towards the door, Spike came in from the other room and noticed us. "Where're you two going?" he asked.

Twilight and I then stopped before we turned our heads around to face him. "Twilight and I are going out for dinner, we'll be back later. Can you take care of the library with Jeff and Peewee for us?" I asked.

After hearing this, Spike frowned slightly. "Oh…sure, I can do that." He said while twiddling with his fingers.

Once we saw this, Twilight and I knew he was upset because we were leaving him behind. After thinking about it, Twilight and I smiled at each other before we looked at Spike again. "Alright, c'mon." I said.

Spike's sad look was then replaced by a cheerful smile. "Really? Thanks" he said as he ran up to us.

"Hey, do you think I'd upset my little bro?" I said as I tussled Spike's head with my hoof.

After I removed my hoof from his head, Spike climbed up onto my back before Twilight opened the door with her magic.

"I've never actually tried the food at this restaurant, do you think they serve gem-stones?" Spike asked as we walked out of the library.

"Not likely, sorry buddy." I said while Twilight used her magic to close the door behind us.

Soon after we left, Jeff and Peewee came into the living-room and noticed we were gone. "Hey, where'd everyone go?" Jeff asked.

"No idea, it looks like we're on our own tonight." Peewee answered.

Jeff then smiled deviously. "Really? Huh, this means we can do anything we want without anyone knowin'." He said.

"Yeah, I guess it does." Peewee said.

The moment was then silent before Jeff turned his head to face Peewee. "Wanna get some ice-cream from the freezer?" he asked without his devious smile.

Peewee looked at him with a small smile. "Thought you'd never ask." He responded.

With that, Jeff and Peewee flew off into the kitchen to get some ice-cream.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Again, let's wish Jess a happy birthday. She's been away in University for a while and she'd like it if you said happy birthday to her, just write a message in your reviews and I'll pass it on XD

Pony News: There's been a lot of news floating around lately, some you may even find relieving, like this one for instance.

Despite her new Alicorn form, Twilight will not outlive her friends. Meghan McCarthy confirmed this herself.

I wanted to remind everyone that the Season 2 DVD is out today on Amazon, I'm gonna buy my copy soon.

The spin-off show, Equestria Girls, is expected to come out in theaters next month. The DVD of it is expected to be released in August. However, I can't help but feel worried about the real show.

If you could, I'd really appreciate it if you'd say something in your reviews that would ease my worries. Thanks.

Anyway, Meghan McCarthy sent a Tweet a while back teasing a new song for Season 4. Here's the twist, it's for someone who's never sung on the show before.

She Tweeted, and I quote. "Putting on my lyricist hat today. Gotta come up w/ something great. This is the first time this character will get to sing on the show."

Let's hope it's someone like Luna or Discord. In fact, Daniel Ingram once said he'd like to make a song for those two characters, so it might be possible :D

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