"Hello my little foals!" Miss Cheerilee smiled looking at the class of foals in front of her and the odd peculiar ones...

"And freaks!" Coughed the posh pony from earlier now had been named as Golden Coin the other ponies who could hear him laughed and unluckily for Ariane, Strawberry, Chip and Rick that was were they were.

"Golden Coin would you like to share that with the rest of us?" Asked Miss Cheerilee sternly. Golden Coin shook his head and when her back was turned he looked at his peers and rolled his eyes making them laugh.

"Now what is so funny?" Questioned the annoyed teacher only to get a reply of nothing from 3 foals.

"Don't grass him up I was being serious about the grassing up thing the other day!" Chip whispered to Strawberry who looked like she was about to blurt out the whole story. She took a deep breath and smiled at her brother.

"Okay I wont!" Strawberry whispered back.

"Hey me and Rick are going to help my aunt at the apple farm if you guys wanna join!" Ariane said and the twins nodded now they just had to wait out the rest of the boring school day.

Finally the bell rang and they made their way to sweet apple acres.

"Hiya Strawberry, Chip and Rick! Ariane told me about ya guys comin' to help us out!" Applejack said smiling at the four foals before her.

"So what are we going to do?" Asked Chip looking around the big orchard.

"Well I was a thinking that we could have our own mini harvest!" Ariane said pointing at the slightly smaller apple trees in a penned off area marked 'Ariane's patch'. The fillies and colts walked into the mini orchard and gasped at what they had to do.

"So you made a list of what we had to do!" Strawberry said handing it to Rick.

"Buck the apple trees, throw away rotten apples, wash apples, make them into jam and sell jam in ponyville market!" Rick said in a state of shock. Ariane frowned.

"If ya'll think it is too difficult ya'll can walk right out of here!" Ariane said picking up a bucket and laying it near one of the trees. She turned around and kicked the thick bark hard causing the apples to tumble into the bucket.

"Cool can I pick out the rotten ones?" Asked Strawberry throwing the bad apples into another bucket.

"Sure ya can!" Said Ariane perking up a little bit. Strawberry fished through the buckets of apples ,that Ariane was kicking down by the minute, and threw out the brownish ones into another bucket. When the bucket filled up Ariane would wait whilst her friend travelled to the compost heap and threw the mouldy apples onto it.

"Phew how much more have we got to do?" Asked Strawberry throwing her 100th rotten apple into her bucket. Ariane smiled and stopped for a second.

"Not much two trees at maximum anyways where are those flea ridden boys?" Ariane questioned looking around the maze of trees. Strawberry shrugged and resumed apple-throwing.

Meanwhile at the chicken coop.

"You ready Chip?" Asked Rick in a pouncing position. Chip nodded and got into a pouncing position too. The pair watched as the chickens came out for their feed.

"1...2.." Whispered the boys when three finally came the pair leapt into the fenced area and chased the hens around.

"On your right!" Shouted Rick scaring a group of chicks into a corner.

"Thanks bud!" Chip shouted back grouping the older chickens together. They smiled and looked at what their mischief had caused. On the left there were all the adults glaring at the younger ponies whilst on the right there were chicks hiding away in the corner to scared to even blink.

"Nicely done!" Rick said high-fiving Chip. The pair turned to leave when all of the adult chickens swarmed round them. The boys screamed a high pitch scream each and ran as fast as their legs could carry them to avoid getting pecked. They jumped the fence and began panting heavily.

"Oh there ya guys are!" Ariane said smiling at Strawberry. The fillies exploded with laughter when the boys turned red.

"Hi girls!" The boys mumbled nervously.

"Where are you going?" Pleaded Rick watching the girls walk into the Apple's home.

"Why Applejack is taking us fillies to Sugar Cube Corner as a treat!" Strawberry said.

"Can we come?" Asked Chip following the girls.

"So sorry bro you have to pick up the chicken poop!" Strawberry laughed summoning a bucket and poop picker for the boys. The girls then followed Applejack out of the farm and down the lane.

"This is unfair!" Moaned the boys slouching onto the ground. Big Mac came round the corner and looked sternly at the two boys.

"Well maybe you should have helped out instead of playing!" Big Mac informed and the boys looked at the ground sadly.

"Lets go to Twilight's!" Chip said running down the lane and Rick slowly followed him.

"Why?" Asked Rick quickening his pace to catch up.

"You'll see!" Chip said as the pair neared town. They passed Applejack and the girls and dodged through market until they reached the princess' castle.

"Twilight can we write a letter to princess Celestia please?" Asked Chip and Twilight nodded.

"Dear Princess Celestia," Began Rick seating himself on the castle library's sofa.

"Today Rick and me Chip learned that when a friend asks you to help them you shouldn't say no because it looks boring," Continued Chip sitting next to Spike who was writing everything down.

"Or long," Added Rick.

"But you should always help out a true friend and you will be rewarded for helping instead of punished for mucking up what your friend is doing!" Proceeded Chip pacing around the room.

"Kind regards Chip and Rick!" Rick ended and Spike blew the letter to the princess who in no time replied.

Dear Boys,

Thanks for your lovely letter and I am glad that you learned a valuable lesson.

Enjoy helping Ariane make her apple jam.

Kind regards,

Princess Celestia.