Me: WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THE NEXT CHAPTER!*I get hit to the ground*

Tigress: I said not to scream like that.

Me: It isn't screaming it is yelling. Two different things. *I jump to my feet* Anyways. Sorry about the wait. Been busy the past few days. So, I wasn't able to post for those days.

Tigress: Isn't that a shame.

Me: we can do without sarcasm.

Tigress: Enjoy, readers.

Sprocket walked into town with the list ready. But, once he got there, he realized he had no idea where to go. He spotted Pinkie Pie hopping through town, so he wran up to her. "Pinkie!"

She stopped in mid-air when she heard her name called. When she seen Sprocket, she dropped back to the ground. "Oh! Hiya Sprocket! How's your first day of work going?"

Sprocket stared for a few seconds because of her staying airborn without any force helping her do so. He shook his head and replied. "Well, Applejack sent me into town to pick up a few things and I'm not sure where to go."

"Oh. That's easy. Just go to Sugrcube Corner."

Sprocket blinked. "I'm not wanting sugary treats. I'm wanting some materials for fixing up things around the farm."

Pinkie waved her hoof. "I know that. But, why can't you get a treat as well?"

"Applejack gave me only enough for the materials."

"Still doesn't mean you can't get one." She then handed him one without warning. "See?"

Sprocket blinked, wondering just where she had gotten it out of nowhere. "Where did you get this?"

"I had it with me."

Sprocket just continued to stare at her. "How were you able to carry it?"

Pinkie pulled down a screen, then pulled up theater seats, pushing Sprocket into one, him being to confused to resist. A slideshow began to show on the screen. Sprocket looked around for the projector, but didn't find it. Pinkie then answered his question. "Well, ya see, I was working, and I made a special cupcake for you, since I had no way of carrying it while walking, I asked the author to have me just bring it out of nowhere when you came by." The next thing that happened surprised him more than the fact the pictures had nothing to do with what she was saying. The screen fell into her mane when she popped up form behind it, saying, "And that s how we defeated Nightmare Moon." Pinkie just grinned as Sprocket tried to comprehend what just happened.

Sprocket sat there completely dumbfounded at Pinkie's randomness. He shook his head, deciding to aks somepony else about what was up with Pinkie. "Well, uh, thanks for that, uh...educational moment."

"You're welcome." She obviously didn't see he wasn't serious about it. "Maybe they'll let me make a presentation at the school."

Sprocket said under his breath, "Ya, if they want to turn the students minds to mush." He then cleared his throat. "i'll get to going now to get these materials. Do you know how to get to the stores?"

"Of course. Just go to Sugarcube Corner, and they will be all up and down that street."

"Thank you." Sprocket then ran away from the crazy pony as fast as possible, only stopping when she was no longer seen. He began walking, trying to figure out the pony, but he wasn't watching where he was going and ran into somepony. "Oh. I'm sorry." He looked up and seen it was Twilight. "I wan't watching where I was going."

"It's alright. I wasn't either. How's your day going?"

"Well, after I ran into Pinkie, it got confusing."

Twilight chuckled. "Yes. She can do that to a pony. You just have to remember two things. One, it's Pinkie Pie. Don't question it. Two, don't try spying on her to figure things out about her. It always turns out bad. Trust me."

"You found out the hard way?"

"Yes. She also doesn't seem to understand not everypony can break the fourth wall."

Sprocket groaned. "I don't believe it. Even here, there are thos eunder the delusion we are in some story." He let out a sigh. "Anyways, I gotta go and get some stuff for the farm. i'll see you later."

"Bye. See ya later"

The two parted ways, and Sprocket walked to the stories using the directions Pinkie had given him, and about an hour after he had reached the street, he was walking back with a cart full of equipment, and he chuckled at how many bits he had left. Just enough for a cupcake. "Isn't that irony, for ya." He continued on his way, arriving at the farm- after taking a wrong turn, ending at a dead end- a couple hours later. He arrived on the farm and walked straight to the barn. Big Mac was waiting for him. Sprocket smiled slightly. "Are you here to help me with what I'm going to be doing?"

"Eeyup."

He had learned early that Big Mac usually only speaks in one word sentences. "Alright. Well, I'll need your help in replacing the gutter, to start with, then we'll fix that beam in the barn. After that, we'll get started on the wagon. We'll probably be able to finish everything with enough hours of sunlight left to get in about three hours of applebucking."

"Eeyup."

The two got right to work. The gutter was replaced in no time, the wooden pillar took only a little longer. The wagon really took some time, as some of the pieces didn't want to move, but they managed to get that done before heading on to the plow. This was taking much longer than Sprocket had anticipated, as Applejack was coming in, and the two of them were in a tangled mess, tied with the straps. And they were just barely started. Applejack smirked at them. "Are ya havin' some troubles?"

Sprocket just sighed and replied, "Eeyup."

Big Mac looked at him and said, "That's mah line." The three gave a light chuckle.

"Here. Let me help." Unforetunately, her help wasn 't very helpful. She ended up being tied up with them.

Sproket shook his head. "This is quite the predicament."

"Howdja git inta this situation ta start with?"

"I got new straps."

"Ah thought Ah said no new straps."

"Well, they were free and the perfect kind for using on a plow."

Applejack sighed "What kind didja get?"

Sprocket shrugged. "Not sure. It was a traveling salespony. He said he was selling another product and said he'd throw in the straps for free"

"Well, they sure ain't comin' off easy." Applejack was still struggling, when she noticed an ax setting next to the barn. "Looks like we're gonna have ta cut 'em and buy some new ones later."

"As long as we get out. Problem though. How will we get there?"

Applejack was able to get one hoof onto the ground and was able to get them to roll a little towards it. Big Mac was then able to continue it, with a much stronger kick. They continued this process until they got to the ax. Tht's when they ran into their next problem. The ax head was not in the prime position for cutting their bonds. All Big Mac caused was for the handle to fall over. Sprocket sighed. "This is just great. How are we gonna get this cut with it flat against the ground?"

Apple Bloom happened to be coming back from crusading and noticed the position they were in. "What're yall doin'?"

"Well, Big Mac and I had trouble with the straps for the plow and we got tied up. Applejack tried helping, but you can see how that turned out. We're currently trying to get these cut, but we're having troubles using this ax."

Apple Bloom beamed. "Ah can do it fer ya!"

Applejack and Bog Mac's eyes widened in horror. "Ah-ah don't think that's the best idea."

"nope."

Sprocket tried looking at them. "Well what's the wrost she can do. She's just has to hold the ax next to the straps and slowly moved the blade up and down across the straps. Let her try at least."

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS FMILY FREERS, YAY!" She ran to the ax and lifted it up to the straps, making Applejack and Big Mac start sweating. After a fe wminutes of struggling, she was able to cut throught them. And gain a scream of pain from Sprocket, as the ax had gone a little too far and nicked his flank. Luckily, though, it proved the straps could now get taken off. Applebloom looked to her flank for her cutie mark, but didn't see any. "Darn it. Ah was sure that was gonna get me mah cutie mark." She set the ax down next to the barn, leaving Sprocket to rub his flank.

Applejack sighed. "Well. It wasn't as bad as Ah thought."

Sprocket rubbed his flank more. "Well. I'd hate to see what you imagined." he looked at it, seeing it was bleeding. "Well. I'm gonna need to get that looked at. Also, what was with what she screamed before she tried freeing us?"

"Oh. That's just her and her friends thing. They formed a group, since they were blank flanks, tryin' ta find their special talents so they can earn their cutie marks."

Sprocket nodded. "I see. Think you can take care of my cut, it isn't too bad, but it still needs some sort of attention."

"Sure thing, sugarcube. Let's git ta the house and Ah'll have it taken care of lickity split."

"Thanks."

later that night

After supper was over, Sprocket decided to just watch the night for a while. He breathed in the night air and let out a content sigh. He looked up to the stars, trying to find constelations. His attention was stolen when he heard hoofsteps approaching. Applejack was walking up to him ."Howdy."

"Hey." He turned to the sky again. "That is one of the most beautiful sights I'll ever see."

Applejack layed down next to him, nodding in agreement. "Yep. Sure is."

"Ya know. When I lived in the city, many times, when I had no work the next day, I would head out and look at the stars for hours. It was the only sight I missed not being able to see from my fornt porch. Luckily, I was near the edge of the city. So, I didn't have to travel far to get a good look at the stars."

"Ya seem ta really like 'em."

He nodded. "I do. I've always loved looking at them. I've always seen them as some sort of guide for me. A silent gaurd for me." He smiled a small smile.

Applejack sat in silence a few minutes, thinking about what he said, while he just enjoyed the silence. After a while, Applejack finally said, "That's an interestin' way of lookin' at the stars."

Sproket just shrugged. "Guess it's jsut the way I am." He turned towards her, and smiled at how the moon's light reflected off of her features. He looked away the moment he realized he had been staring, light blush adorning his face.

After a few more minutes of silence, Applejack stood up. "Well, it's probably about time we went ta bed. We still gotta get up early." Sprocket stood up and began walking beside her. She then said, "Also, make sur eif ya start starin' again, Big Mac ain't anywhere near." Sprocket began blushing again at the realization she caught him staring. She just laughed lightly.

Me: Okay! There's the third chapter. That ending was unexpected, even for me.

Tigress: Unsurprisingly, he had the fourth wall broken. He does it in all his stories.

Me: It's true. Also, the two characters I had break the fourth wall, have broken it in the series. There are also two more who have. a digital cookie to anybody who can tell me who the other two are. Reviews are a good way for that, hint, hint.