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1. Warm Apples and Introductions

Howdy y'all my name is Applejack of The Apple Family. I was taken a break from all that hard apple bucking and I was just thinking back to when I first met my marefriend, Savyna. You know that sexy new girl that lives in Ponyville now? The mare with purple hair and a peacock tail? Yeah you know the mare I'm talking about now. I decided to write me up a story explaining the whole thing, how Savyna and I meet, the birth of our lil filly Apple Dragon, and the craziness in between. This is where it begins....

I woke up one fine Spring morning around 5 am. as we always do on the farm and I smelled the most delicious Apple cinnamon pancakes and apple fritters cooking downstairs. I knew Granny Smith was already up cooking breakfast even though she was getting on in years Granny Smith was always the first of us up in the morning. So I yawned then rolled out of bed and when I looked in the mirror I saw what a mess my mane and tail were from all the tossing and turning I did the night before.

“AJ get a hold of yourself, yer just all worked up cause y'all will be in heat soon and ya know how that messes up a mare's mind with funny thoughts and dreams,” I told my reflection with a soft sigh even though I didn't really believe it before heading to the bathroom to clean up.

I hopped into the shower real quick to get my mane and tail under control before giving myself a good scrubbing. Nothing like a good hot shower to wash away the worries of a troubled mind from the night before away for a while. After I was cleaned up I got out drying both my mane and tail before I brushed them out a bit before I tied them back like I always do. I went trough the other parts of my morning bathroom routine without much trouble but I still had a nagging feeling something was off. While I was brushing my teeth in the mirror I felt something stirring up inside of me.

I had been feeling this way for a few weeks now like something was changing in me. It felt like something strange and new was waking up in me, like I was a butterfly about ready to emerge from my cocoon or a rip apple waiting to be picked. I didn't know what it was but something strange or special was coming. For the last few weeks, I have been having some very strange and erotic dreams about my friend Rainbow Dash. I'm not the type of mare to indulge in filly-fooling, though Dash has. In fact, she does filly fool with a few select mares round Ponyville from time to time and she even has a lot of coltfriends with benefits as well.

But in the last few days, my erotic dreams have shifted from RD to some strange but beautiful human girl with purple hair and brown eyes. I have never met her before but it feels like I know her and she knows me somehow. In the dreams though we know each other well and it feels like we love each other. She makes me feel so sexy, so wanted, so hot with desire. The way her hands caress me and the way she licks and kisses me has me calling out in my sleep. A few times Big Mac thought I was clopping and to my embarrassment, I woke up soaking wet. Although last night's dream was a Dash dream, so it didn't end with me needing to change my sheets again but I did need to take some time out to clop a bit because I was so worked up. It was a might bit strange lately that's what I had been dreaming about, being with Dash and the human girl.

I was too embarrassed and too darn stubborn to talk to Twilight about it or borrow a book on the subject so I just put it off for a while. Not that Twi couldn't keep a secret or be of help I just didn't want to get her involved unless I had to as a last resort. Princess Luna was just right out even if she was the Princess of the Night and dreams. I wasn't spilling my guts or talking about my dirty dreams to her on the count of she would most likely tell Princess Celestia who would, in turn, talk to me and Twilight, then it would get a might bit awkward. Not to mention Princess Cadence might be brought into the mix as sex goes hand and hand with love after a fashion.

Plus it wasn't like she didn't already know about my dreams being the Princess of the Night and all, but if she did know she hadn't shown up in them yet or stopped by one night to talk to me about them. I had to stop thinking about it and just believe that those types of dreams were something that Luna just stayed away from or just kept to herself. The thought of her watching such dreaming of other creatures as a form of own personal pleasure was far creepier and embarrassing to me then her trying to talk me through them. Soon I just pushed it all out of my mind. Better forgotten then brooded over.

After a few days of having to change my sheets every morning I broke down and told Granny Smith about it, this was several weeks ago and she's been no help at all. She just told me search my heart for the answer and being honest with myself was the best way to find relief. I tried that and it didn't work, I'm not the most patient mare in Equestria, so I just been ignoring it every morning just like I was going do that morning.

After finishing up in the bathroom I got dressed in my favorite outfit, my knee length blue jean skirt with the frills, the white belly shirt with brown trim, my red and green striped sweater with the apple button in the middle and my trademark stetson hat. After getting dressed I headed on down to the kitchen for breakfast and found Apple Bloom and Granny Smith in front of the stove cooking up what looked to be some mighty fine pancakes and apple fritters for breakfast.

“Mornin' youngin'.” Granny Smith called to me without turning from the stove. She was wearing her usual red bonnet with a white ribbon on the back of it and her yellow sundress that was covered in red apples. I just nodded to her before I sat at the table and pulled a cup in front of me before reaching for the coffee pot. “Did ya sleep well last night?” Granny Smith asked after a few moments.

“As well as can be expected with Big Mac snoring down the hall from me,” I said with a laugh as I poured myself some coffee. I knew what she was getting at but I didn't want to talk about that right now, not with AB in the room anyway. I added some apple syrup to my coffee and was stirring it slowly hoping that Granny Smith would wait until later to talk to me about my dreams but I was wrong.

“Nah Ah'm talkin' bout them dreams ya said ya been havin' bout that other friend of yers, what's her name again? Rainbow Lash... uh....Rainlow Smash?” Granny Smith asked as she turned around to face me thinking as she tapped her chin with a finger.

“Granny do ya mean Rainbow Dash?” Apple Bloom asked as she pulled an apple fritter from the oil then placed it on some paper towels to drain and cool before putting a few more fritters into the oil to cook.

Apple Bloom was dressed in her favorite yellow school dress with frilly white trim at the bottom. Usually, she would be in a t-shirt and overalls but I guess there was something special going on at school for her to be dressed up in her yellow dress she wore to parties and fancy things.

“That's the filly Ah'm talkin' bout. You still havin' those special dreams youngin'?”

“What special dreams is Granny Smith talkin' bout sis?” Apple Bloom asked me as I was sipping on my coffee. I nearly choked on the hot brown apple flavored liquid when Granny Smith mentioned the filly fooling dreams I had been having about Rainbow Dash then seconds later Apple Bloom wanted to know about them too. I went wide eyed as I swallowed the hot liquid in my mouth before I burned my tongue any more than I had already. As I tried to find a way out of talking about that but I was plum out of ideas. I was still struggling to find a way to change the subject in my head as I stuttered with some fake reply. I'm not a very good lair, in fact I've never been a good lair at all, being the Element of Honesty has it's drawbacks at times.

I was still stuttering when Big Mac came walking up to the table with a note in his hand. He was wearing his standard blue jean shorts with his leather belt were the buckle was shaped like his cutie mark, white t-shirt, and a long sleeve flannel button up shirt that was open with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. I quickly focused on him and kept drinking my coffee hoping he would draw everypony's attention away from me.

“What's that?” Apple Bloom hollered from the stove seeming to forget about asking me about my special dreams. I breathed a sigh of relief then relaxed as I waited to see what Big Mac had in his hand.

“We'd better get ta work soon, we gotta another large order of that sweet ol' cider that needs ta be made. Just got this order in today from er...uh Pinkie Pie. We're gonna need more jugs sis. Ah, think two whole crates should do it.” Big Mac said as he places the order on the table for me to see.

I picked up the order and sure enough, it had balloons and streamers with confetti explosions drawn on it in random places making it look like a little filly's party invitation instead of an order form, a classic Pinkie Pie move.

“Well Ah reckon Ah better go in ta town ta get some after breakfast then, but y'all gotta pick up the slack on the farm while Ah'm gone, right Big Mac?” I asked with a wicked grin as Granny Smith laid down a heaping load of pancakes and a few fritters in front of me and Big Mac.

Seconds later Apple Bloom turned off the oil for the fritters then sat at the table with us. Granny Smith sat a plate in front of Apple Bloom before she sat down with us with a plate of her own and a cup of coffee.

“Ah know that AJ, do Ah look like a colt ta ya?” Big Mac shot back at me as he sat at the table and I slid the order back to him.

“So how much we gonna need ta make this time?” I asked as I rolled my eyes at his comment before I shoveled some pancakes in my mouth enjoying the sweet apple cinnamon taste.

“We need bout 20 cases AJ, that means we gotta work double time. That sure is a lot of cider fer one order.” Big Mac said back as he finished off his first pancake and started on another one.

I was thanking the stars in Luna's night sky for the subject change since I was at a loss on how to make it myself. It's at moments like that I'm thankful for having Big Mac around, he always seems to have perfect timing in awkward situations.

“So what's the premiere party pony of Equestria celebratin' this time?”

“We gotta make twenty of the hard cider too for everypony when all of the lil' fillies and colts have ta be in bed. Ah, guess we got us some new arrivals, a whole lot from the order size.” Big Mac said in a calm and slightly bored tone.

Sometimes it gets on my nerves how calm he can be when the rest of us are losing our heads. Once I'd love to see my brother lose it one time while the rest of us are cool, calm, and collected.

“Oh.” New arrivals huh? My thoughts turned from my brother and his always calm attitude to a not so calm and collected pony, Pinkie Pie. I started to wonder what Pinkie Pie's up to at this moment. Probably roaming all over Ponyville working her tail off to make her another legendary 'Pinkie Parties' I told myself seconds later. That pink pony was always a ball of hyperactive energy set to overdrive when it came to party planning and having fun. She once spent a week planning a surprise party for me that took a full three days to end. I had never been that drunk in my life and I vowed to never get that drunk again the Monday after. I hoped Pinkie would keep the adult fun to a minimum this time but I had my doubts about it as I finished gobbling down my breakfast.

In the back of my head something else about the fact we had new people in Ponyville had me wondering who they were. We haven't had very many visitors here in Ponyville lately. I then got a flash of the human girl from my dreams and she whispered my name. I had to shake my head to clear it before I moaned, or something more embarrassing got hot and bothered at the breakfast table. I'd never hear the end of it from Granny Smith or Big Mac. And an early morning clop wasn't on the list of things to do for today, maybe later tonight if there was time.

“Heh heh, that pink filly is always got her tail worked up over a little ol' party every time. I remember back when Ah was a young mare bout her age we all had a filly friend by the name of Rose Petals that was just like her. Runnin' and jumpin' round and plannin' things fer all the young mares and stallions to do fer one thing or another. One time she even planned a harvest day party fer me and mah friends there were streamers and balloons everywhere and we ended up gettin' in trouble fer bein' too loud. Heh heh, that reminds me of that one time when....” Granny Smith started then started laughing at her own memories while Big Mac, Apple Bloom and I just stared and listened halfheartedly until she was finished.

Granny Smith often goes off on a tangent sometimes when conversations get to going. Some of them from time to time pertain to the conversation and have nudges of wisdom in them but often they're just Granny remembering her long life in Ponyville. She's the oldest living pony, minus Princess Celestia and Luna of course, in Ponyville. When she goes off on one of her stories she makes it seem like you actually lived it. She's had a lot of good and bad times here in Ponyville and boy were there a lot of stories!

“Hey can Ah come to the party with ya AJ? Please, I won't be any trouble, Ah promise.” Apple Bloom asked me with a bit of pancake and syrup on her cheek as I was trying to slip out of the room for a minute, after grabbing a glass of apple juice, to wait out Granny Smith's story. It was shaping up to a long one about her friend Rose Petals and I had heard it three times before. I swear each time she told it, it got longer and longer.

“Now lil' filly you know you gotta be in bed early,” I said as I gulped down the glass of apple juice then washed it out before sitting the empty glass on the kitchen counter.

“Awww...come on Big Sis, Big Mac said that y'all need twenty cases of regular cider fer the party fer all the other fillies and colts mah age.” Apple Bloom pleaded with me as she got up from the table and wiped her face. "Plus if Ah don't go Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle will laugh at me not ta mention all of mah other classmates. Please, please, please.” She pleaded as she gave me her cute 'I wanna get my way' face.

“Now, now simmer down there sugarplum. Ah said ya gotta be in bed early but I didn't say ya couldn't go. If ya get all yer chores and homework is done after school today ya can go. but ya have ta come home with Granny Smith when it's time for all the little fillies and colts ta be in bed.” I told AB before giving her a wink. Apple Bloom ran over and hugged me before I walked out the door and headed to the barn to get the cart then I headed for town.

So my walk to Ponyville was a peaceful one that gave me time to think about my dreams and what I really felt. I had never considered being with another mare before other than little old kissing games young fillies play at AB's age with her filly friends. It was strange to me that I was having these feelings now since I hadn't thought about things like this since my filly school days. As I thought on the subject and my friends the only mare I would like to have a relationship with, if I was going to have a marefriend, was Twilight or maybe Rainbow Dash.

But the only problem with dating RD was that she was a might bit too free with her love and wasn't the settling down type, well not yet at least. The sex would be good though but that's not enough to risk a relationship on. On the other hand, poor Twilight didn't seem like she was the type to be into filly-fooling long term that is. I mean I know about that weekend with Pinkie Pie, Bon Bon, and Lyra but that had been about testing out a whole bunch of spells she had found in Star Swirled the Bearded private collection. So that seem like a one-time thing with her.

If she was the type then she was probably a virgin, when it came to mare on mare sex and things of that nature, not that it would be a bad thing it wasn't like I was all that experienced in the subject either. I mean the mare studies day and night most of the time and would want to do a lot of reading and research stuff on the subject before she would commit to a full on relationship if she would even entertain the idea of one. Plus she was a princess now and that would mean our relationship would be public knowledge from the start and any little old fight we had could reflect badly on her position as princess. I couldn't do that to her and the lack of privacy would get on my nerves after awhile.

With those two out of the running for potential marefriends that left the other three girls to consider. I know for a fact Rarity wasn't that type of mare. Even if she did say she would be in a herd with other like-minded mares of her choosing if the right stallion was involved. She made that point rather clear after a drunk RD started hitting on her one night when we all had gone out to Vinyl Scratch's new night club called PON-3 for a change of pace. Never thought Rarity could swear like a dry land sailor but there's a first time for everything. That fight took three weeks to work itself out before Rainbow Dash said she was sorry to Rarity and Rarity would even look at RD let alone hear her apology.

Fluttershy was way too shy to even consider plus I just don't like having to deal with all of the critters that hang around her cottage all the time. That Angel bunny is a mean little varmint when he doesn't get his way. Pinkie Pie was a might bit too crazy for me to handle, plus I know she has a lot of sex toys, weird sex costume stuff, and was into some serious fetish stuff. Most of that was a bit too much for a vanilla mare like me. I like to fantasize a bit but not live it out like “Mistress Kinkie Pie” does.

Then there were the dreams about the human gal I been having, I'm still trying to figure out where they fit in. I mean I have met a few humans in my time but this gal seems different somehow and special to me in a way I can't describe. She was so beautiful, and she knew exactly where to hold me. She would be the type of girl I'd want a relationship with if only I knew who she was and where. The thought of being with another girl scared but excited me at the same time. I really had to figure something out soon otherwise, I was going to lose my mind over this sooner or later.

Once I made it into town I passed by the Carousel Boutique to see Rarity to find out if she knew anything about Pinkie's party tonight. If anypony would know where Pinkie Pie was on the morning before a party it was Rarity. Rarity made it her business to keep up on such social events like parties and things. Once I was outside of the boutique I could hear Rarity yelling at Sweetie Belle about some dress making supplies she used that she wasn't supposed to touch. I knew right then and there it was best to just look for Pinkie on my way to the hardware store.

Getting in the middle of a Rarity / Sweetie Belle fight was like taking on a pack of Timber Wolves with a wet napkin, something no sane pony would or should do... EVER!

It only took a few minutes from Rarity's place to get down the street to Galloping Gallons Hardware store. That's when I was nearly run over by a fast moving pink pony named Pinkie Pie.

“Hhh...hold it now y'all almost killed me there a second ago. Y'all should apologize for runnin' a body down like that.”

“Oh soooooo sorry for that AJ. I was kinda in a hurry. I got plans, plans, plans to make and finish before the end of the day. Like when you have a whole lot to do but it doesn't seem like a whole lot to do at first. But then you start doing it all and you realize it really is a whole to do like you thought it wasn't at first and your like 'oh man I shouldn't have agreed to do all this since I'm just one pony. Everypony knows that no pony should agree to do something they can't handle.” Pinkie Pie said as she bounced up and down on her hooves like a pink pony shaped ball.

“I get that Pinkie but where are ya'll off ta in such a blasted hurry?” I asked trying to keep my eyes on her which was pretty hard with her bouncing around more than usual.

“Heh, heh silly billy I have to plan the party... Duh! I have to get the streamers, the balloons, the party games, the cups, the plates, the silverware, baking up like a bazillion cupcakes, get the party cake iced, and make sure all of the decorations have been placed in all the right spots before the band setup. Not to mention I still have volunteers I have to pick up before noon.” She laughed her Pinkie laugh as she rolled her eyes and didn't stop hopping up and down on her hooves like she was on a sugar rush again.

After a few moments of hopping, she switched to running in place for a bit. But with Pinkie Pie when wasn't she a bundle of laughing, hyperactive, fun having pony of chaos on a sugar rush? I flicked my eyes in irritation. Should have known she would say something like that. Never ask Pinkie Pie a simple question expecting more than a simple answer. You'll get frustrated faster than a coyote trying to dig a fat gopher out several gopher holes.

“Ah know that Pinkie, Ah mean where are ya headed ta now? What's with all that cider ya ordered this mornin'?” I asked her trying to keep my vision from blurring from staring at the jumping pony.

“Heh, heh, I'm headed down to Sugarcube Corner to check on the cakes and things for later. I ordered all of that cider because we have like a whole lot of new arrivals today so instead of having like several small parties I decided to just gather everypony together for one big “Meet The New People of Ponyville Party”. By the way, do you know where I can find an 1816 full bore parrot cannon and colored confetti would ya?” Pinkie Pie asked me as she started hopping up and down again.

“Do what now?” I should have seen that coming too but I didn't see it until its was too late.

Pinkie Pie is random but sometimes those random moments have saved us, like the time the Parasprites had eaten most of Ponyville because of a spell Twilight had cast on them to get rid of them since Princess Celestia was on her way for a royal visit. Pinkie knew what to do to get rid of the little varmints the whole time but we just didn't listen since it seemed like a bad time for a random Pinkie Pie moment. The only hard thing about Pinkie Pie's random moments was figuring out which random moment you were having with the party pony. Some of them are good and can solve the problem at hand other are just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.

“Ah don't think Ah have any ta spare there Pinkie Pie but Ah will keep an eye out for ya okay. Oh, and did ya get ta see any of the new arrivals? Was there any purple haired gals with 'em?” I asked her remembering my dreams, I don't know why I asked but I figured it might help me figure out the craziness in my head. After all, when you have craziness going on ask a crazy pony that seemed to live for those type of moments.

“Well, thanks anyway Applejack I really have to go now but I will see you and the rest of the Apple family tonight at like 6 with the regular cider since all of the little fillies colts in town will be there and getting them drunk would be like really, really, really bad. My sisters and I did that one time when we were fillies and it was real bad. We got really sick then throw up like a million times and were all dizzy. Our mom found us while we were throwing up and she had to put us to bed and take care of us for like two days. So we don't want that happening tonight.” She said as she smiled before she hopped off then turned around and came back for a second. “Oh yeah, I've seen a lot of new people today there were two girls with them but I was running so fast I didn't really see what they looked like but they will be at the party tonight so you can meet them both then.” With that, she was gone again in a pink cotton candy scented cloud of dust.

I waved bye to Pinkie Pie, she could be random and responsible all in the same moment a rare feat even for Pinkie Pie. She was such a good friend but a bit crazy at times but if she wasn't, she wouldn't be Pinkie Pie. After watching Pinkie Pie run off and wondering where I could find an 1816 full bore parrot cannon thing and colored confetti I walked into the Hardware shop.

“Hiya Plywood, how ya doin' today Partner?” I called out as I went looking around the store.

Plywood was a tan and white earth pony stallion in his 40's with a gray and white mane and tail. He wore a brown and gray carpenter vest, tan pants, and had a plank of wood with a saw, hammer, tape measure, and box of nails sitting on top of it as a cutie mark. He was one of the best carpenters in all of Ponyville with a pleasant attitude toward everypony and everyone that came to his hardware store.

“Hey there Applejack, long time no see. What brings you all the way to the Galloping Gallons?” He asked me with his wide pleasant grin he always wore when I came in to make my orders at the end of every month.

I think he kinda liked me but since there was more than twenty years between us he never tried to pursue me out right, even when I was in heat. In fact, Plywood defended me from a gang of young colts one summer when my estrus cycle got the best of me and I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Since then he's been like a father to me, he's really was a good and decent pony.

“Well Ah just came in ta get some more jugs fer the cider. Ah, need 20-gallon jugs ta go,” I explained to him as I swiped my hand across the counter out of boredom.

“Wow, that's a lot of jugs to go. Normally you just order a few hundred jugs and several dozen cases of soda bottles for delivery at the end of the month. That's a heck of a quick order there, what are you up to today?” He asked as he walked around the counter to fill my order.

“Pinkie Pie's throwin' a party tonight, got a lot of work ta do. Bout 20 cases of cider to bottle up, there suppose ta be some new arrivals here.” I told Plywood as he loaded up five boxes with four empty gallon jugs in each then brought them back to the counter.

“Oh, I see now. That bundle of pink energy was in here buying me out of wall hangers, string, nails, and a few other odds and ends for some party stand or something other she was saying. Really couldn't understand her, she was talking so fast. They’ll run ya 70 bits AJ.” The bell on the cash register rung as Plywood smiled at me. “Would you like to take them now or have them delivered later today?”

“No need ta have 'em delivered Ah'll take 'em now but thank ya kindly Ply,” I told him as I fished the 70 bits out of my pack and handed it to him then I grabbed the boxes of gallon jugs out of Plywood's hands.

“Alright AJ you take care and tell your family I said hi. I guess I'll see you later tonight than at the party.” Plywood said as he opens the doors for me to get out.

“Ah'll let everypony know you said hi especial Granny Smith. Ah see ya later and so will Granny Smith.” I told him with a laugh as I always would tease Plywood with the fact that Granny Smith had taken a liking to him. He just laughed as I slid out of the front doors loaded up my cart then took off for the farm.

LATER THAT NIGHT.......

We finally got enough cider made after hours of being in the fields apple bucking trees for it. That is some hard work even with Big Mac's help and Apple Bloom running the full baskets of apples in for us after she got back from school. After we bucked the first half of the south field me and Big Mac had to get to making and barreling up cider. After that was done we had to take several new barrels of cider down to the aging room to become hard cider. The whole time we were working AB was just as busy as us with chores and homework while running errands for Granny Smith.

That lil' filly really wanted to go to this party which Big Mac and I were fixing to be late for since Big Mac was taken his sweet old time again. I hated when he did that, and half the time it was just to piss me off and boy did it! If anyone knew how to get under mah skin the most it was Big Macintosh. But he was my older brother and what are brothers for, other than making you crazy and being there for you when you need them most?

“Come on Big Macintosh we're gonna be late! Granny Smith, AB, and her friends have already left fer the party!” I hollered down to him as I looked down into the aging cellar at Big Mac. He was hauling two more barrels up to put on the wagon.

“Hush your hoofs sis Ah'm comin'!” He hollered back up as he came up the cellar steps with two large barrels of hard cider on both shoulders. “ Shut and lock the Ageing cellar fer me and then we can get to goin'.” He said in his standard calm demeanor as he hopped on the wagon and tied down the barrels. I just rolled my eyes then quickly locked up the cellar then hopped on the wagon as Big Mac pulled the reins to get the horses to go.

We made it to the party without a second to spare, all of the Ponyville had just made it to the town hall when Big Mac and I showed up. We were met at the back door by Pinkie Pie who let us in so we could set up the cider. The music had already started and it was getting really loud fast. Once the cider was set up and poured into glasses it was going like crazy. We made sure everypony had a cup and I do mean everypony, I had to tell Rainbow Dash to slow down after her ninth cup since we had hard cider for the adults for later. That mare can get cider crazy at times, in fact, I make sure to make an extra barrel for her during the peak of cider season just so she doesn't complain or whine about not getting any when we sell out for the day. I left the cider table for a bit to check on the party just to see if everypony was having fun and maybe to spot the new arrivals. I hadn't seen them yet since I had arrived.

I really didn't get a chance to meet them as all of the little ones were really into drinking the cider so I had stayed and watched the table so they didn't knock anything over. I wasn't able to make it far to look when Big Mac ran into some trouble and I had to high-tail it back to the drinks table to help. All of the little colts and fillies were rushing the table for drinks and knocked a few over.

After about two hours or so later, around 8 pm all the little fillies and colts had to head home for the night with all the ponies needing to be up early. After the little ones were gone Big Mac and I broke out the hard cider. About that time a funny looking man walked up to me, he was covered in more fuzzy white fur than my mane on a bad day and had a fancy get up on. I assumed he must have been a new arrival since I've never seen him around Ponyville before.

I had seen a lot of strange folks in my short lifetime living in Equestria, I mean I've seen humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, and even a half wolf lady named Lotus once that had passed thru Ponyville. But the fella that was in front of me was the strangest by far. He was a walking monkey like fella with a long monkey’s tail, ebony skin, and white fur. He was wearing some kinda fancy black suit thing and was smiling rather big at me. He was pretty bulky to be a monkey, at least to me.

“Your Applejack, the one that makes the hard cider right?” He asked as he grinned, but it wasn't a nice grin, it was a weird looking grin like he was up to something but I couldn't put my finger on it. I tried not to pay attention to it when I answered back to him.

“Yup, that's me. How may Ah be of service?” I asked with a wider grin than I usually do. Don't know why I did that but I did and seemed to make me feel a bit easier about talking to the strange fella. I always tried to be as polite as possible you never know when it could come back on you.

“Can you make sure everyone at this party is drinking it, I want them to know how good your hard cider is.” His grin stayed on his face as he replied.

I wasn't sure what he was up to, but this little monkey fella didn't look too harmful and he seemed to want everypony to really get a good taste of Sweet Apple Acres Hard Cider. I figured I could do that since I always loved to make the Apple name known. “Why sure Ah reckon Ah can do that fer ya,” I said, then he thanked me, left me a large bag of bits, then left without even giving me a chance to ask him for his name. I'll have to track him down later and get his name to thank him properly.

The party seemed to really kick off after Big Mac and I passed out the third or fourth cup of hard cider to everypony. Everpony and even our new guests to Ponyville seemed to ask for cup after cup, well everypony except for this pretty looking human gal sitting in the far corner, looking awfully lonesome. She was one of the new arrivals and I had seen her with the other new arrivals and that tall monkey fella I spoke with earlier about the cider. It seemed the lonely girl was friends with all of the other humans and people that newly arrived but was by herself. That seemed odd to me, because if she had friends then why was she sitting all alone?

She just sat there watching every other pony have a good time. I didn't think she deserved to be alone on such a special occasion, plus I seemed to be attracted to her. I decided to let Big Mac run the drinks table by himself for awhile, even though I had a nagging feeling I shouldn't. Everypony had cider and seemed to be doing alright so Big Macintosh should be alright and as long as I checked on him every once in awhile things would work out. Once I made sure Big was alright and Cheerilee knew to call me if anything happened I went over to the human girl's table and had a seat next to her. I had seen her glance over at me several times that night when she thought I was looking or paying attention. Now that I was right next to her she didn't seem to even notice me at first, she just kept her glance down.

“Howdy there darlin', you're looking a little lonesome over here. Why ain’t ya have havin' any fun like the rest of yer friends sugarplum?” I asked and for a few seconds it was as if I hadn't spoken at all or she didn't hear me.

There were a few more seconds of pause then she looked up and seemed to be surprised about me being there. She opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by Big Mac's overly loud and tipsy self. I really shouldn’t let him drink and serve drinks at the same time. Big Macintosh can over do it sometimes since he forgets his limits a lot of the time on a count of his size. I usually have to tell him when to stop when we decide to get the drinks out.

“It’s time we showed y’all just what kinda fun we of the Apple Family have at Sweet Apple Acres!” He announced over the big speaker before he singled Vinyl Scratch to turn up the music as he did a stage dive.

Soon as he said and did that the party seemed to kick into an even higher gear. At that moment it was like the party had become Pinkie Pie and by Luna's Moon, that's a very scary thought. That'll teach me to never leave my brother in charge when he's been drinking, I should've known better than that.

I turned back away from Bic Mac as there was little I could do to stop him at the moment and if he got of hand Twilight and the others would get involved or come get me. When I turned back around I saw that the human gal was looking down again like she forgot what to say. I didn't know when but I start to feel that funny feeling I get when I have the filly-fooling dreams. I got butterflies in my stomach which was weird, I've never had this feeling around anyone, expected Rainbow Dash a few times. I didn't know why but I was hoping this human gal would notice me or say something to me. I liked her, I mean I liked her an awful lot, but I didn't know why at the time, and I hoped that I could maybe get her to talk to me or even go out on a date.

“Aren't you the one that makes the hard cider everyone is drinking?” She asked as she looked up at me.

This gal was rather pretty for a human with soft lily colored skin, medium brown eyes and long purple hair she kept in two pigtails. She looked like she could hold her cider, something I would like to test one day. I got lost in her eyes for a second and forgot how to talk and then it hit me like a sack of apples. This girl was the human girl from my dreams. My dream girl was real and in front of me and I was just staring at her not speaking. She was so much more beautiful than my dreams. I wonder if she's been having dreams of me too.

“Yup, name's Applejack, what can Ah do fer ya?” I smiled hoping she wouldn't notice that I forgot how to speak and if she would tell me her name. I started blushing real hard, I looked away hoping she wouldn't notice.

“You think you could hook me up with some?” She asked as she raised a pitcher that had been laid beside her. Horseapples she didn't give me her name but I had her talking at least and that was a start. I loved her voice it was so soothing, it relaxed me for some reason. She spoke calm and beautifully with a peaceful demeanor.

“Why sure Ah could, it'd be mah pleasure cutie.” I wanted to be as nice as possible and maybe I could get her to talk to me some more so I could get closer to her.

If all went well we could become close friends or even marefriends! Okay, marefriends was a bit much right now but I could at least see if she was into filly-fooling and go from there, after all, she was into it in my dreams. I took her jug and went back to the drinks table and filled it up. I brought it back pretty quick and I watched her drink from her gallon, she didn't even seem to be phased a bit by the hard cider neither.

As I watched her drink 10-year-old hard cider without flinching a bit I seemed to notice something, it looked like a feather on her left shoulder. But what was a feather doing on this pretty gal's shoulder? Fluttershy didn't bring any of her birds. The feather on her shoulder was far too long to be a Pegasus feather. I studied the feather for a bit and notice it was a peacock feather, and there was more than just the one. A whole lot of them on her shoulders and back. What were peacock feathers doing on this gal's shoulders and back? The only peacocks I had ever seen had been in the royal garden back at Canterlot when Fluttershy had been scaring all of those wild and exotic animals at the Grand Galloping Gala. I was growing way to curious about them feathers and I was going to ask about them when the gal spoke again.

“My name is Savyna, I just got here I'm one of the new arrivals. You got some really good cider, the best I've ever had.” She said in a rather bored tone but she smiled at me so I thought I had impressed her a bit, that thought excited me. Her smile and name were so beautiful. I loved that name, Savyna, it was exotic and unique in its own way.

“Why thank ya kindly, Ah spent hours in the fields apple buckin' all of the apples fer that special cider. The Apple family has a long history of cider makin' along with just about anythin' you can make with an apple. We're famously known fer our Zap Apple Jam.” I explained to her trying to start a conversation with her, I really loved talking to her.

“What's a Zap Apple? What's it taste like? Can you making anything else with it?” Savyna asked me as she stared at me with surprise and wonder in her eyes.

I stared into her eyes, they were so beautiful. Her big brown eyes, staring at them made me melt inside.

I smiled back at Savyna then told her all about the Apple Family and all of our businesses dealing with apples while we drank cider together. After a while, the party moved from the town hall to in front of the library then into the inside of the library as several ponies wondered off to go home to sleep or have some alone time with each other.

One of those pairs was Lyra and Bon Bon. I made a mental note for later to talk to those two about Mare on Mare relationships since they had been together for years but had only been dating officially for a year or two now. If I was going to see if I could get in a relationship with Savyna I need to know a few do's and don'ts from a true heart couple. After all, I don't want to mess this up since Savyna is the girl of my dreams. I really wanted to make it special since she was the one, and that's something I was certain of.

Once the party was safely inside the library Savyna and I was in a corner talking again I told her all about my family and the work we do on the farm. Savyna asked a whole heap of questions that I was more than happy to answer. After a while, she told me a bit about her childhood with her father and stepmother, her training to become a traveling monk-warrior, and some of her adventures. Some of the places she had been to and seen seemed really beautiful and would be nice to visit at some point in my life.

I was in the middle of a funny story about the farm when I heard Fluttershy giggling rather loudly, it seemed like she was a bit drunk. I had been so wrapped up in my talking with Savyna that I plum forgot to watch Fluttershy and how much she was drinking or tell one of the other girls to watch her. Fluttershy is a bit of a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, three shots of anything hard is her limit and with good reason. Fluttershy gets a bit pushy and very frisky when she's drunk and we found this out the hard way one night at a sleepover at Twilight's that Pinkie threw together last minute.

That night we were drinking tequila shooters and mexicolt beers for the fiesta theme Pinkie had set up. Fluttershy had three shooters too many that night and started making sexually suggestive comments about her and RD being together. It was funny at first but one thing led to another and two more tequila shooters later and that night ended badly. The comments got worse then it hit a new level of wrong when Fluttershy made a move with some inappropriate touching of Rainbow Dash's flank. When Fluttershy nibbled Dash's ear and suggested they should share sleeping arrangements Rainbow Dash run for it then locking herself in the bathroom. A drunk Fluttershy gave chase and end up yelling 'YOUR GONNA EAT MY PUSSY DASHIE' thru the door for an hour when she couldn't get in the bathroom.

After Fluttershy passed out and we put her to bed so RD could finally came back out of the bathroom, Pinkie had laughed so hard at the situation she had to pee. Thankfully Fluttershy didn't remember any of it and we all had to 'Pinkie Promise' to never tell her or tease Rainbow Dash about that night. It was hilarious and I’ll never forget that night, Twilight had wanted a sleepover with all of the girls since she had so much fun with her first one after Rarity and I stopped fighting. But after that night her second slumber party would probably be her last at least with that much alcohol involved.

I took a second to find Fluttershy while Savyna was drinking from her jug just to see how bad off she was. If she was just a bit tipsy I'll stop her from drinking anymore before she did something out of character. If she was drunk like last time I would have to find Twilight and we would have to put Fluttershy to bed in the spare room upstairs before she had Rainbow Dash trapped in the bathroom again or worse.

It didn't take me long to spot Fluttershy and when I did I could she was swaying back and forth a bit as she was talking to a tall kinda handsome human guy with some scars on his face and arms. This wasn't good because Fluttershy was way past the point of being able to make good decisions and I didn't know if that human guy she was talking was okay or not. I had heard his name was Tank from Savyna and she said he was an okay down to earth kind of guy that had been a freelance fighter for a few years that was traveling with her group now. He looked like an okay guy and Savyna had said he was okay but if he tried anything with Fluttershy while she was vulnerable like that I was going buck him to the moon without a second word.

I turned my head a bit to listen in on what the two of them were talking about but I couldn't hear them very well from all the noise of the crowd and Vinyl Scratch playing the music way too loud. I was about to get up and see what they were chatting about but the next thing I knew Fluttershy seemed to get real angry with Tank. Then I heard the words I've only heard once at the Gala and I kind of froze in place for a long moment.

“YOU'RE GONING TO LOVE ME!” Fluttershy hollered as she grabbed Tank by the legs and started dragging him out of the library. Tank seemed like a rather strong fella but Fluttershy was hauling him out of the library like he was the same weight as Angel Bunny. To save himself, from a fate most if not all stallions and colts of mating age and a few mares and fillies of mating age would gladly give themselves over to, he grabbed the leg of a rather heavy table. Everypony in the party stopped what they were doing to see the scene play out with a few laughs here and there at what was happening.

Everypony thought he was safe and so did I for a minute but we were all wrong. I've never seen Fluttershy pull so much weight before ever, and neither had anypony else! Tank called to his friends for help but they all seemed to want him to go home with Fluttershy and I spotted RD laughing the hardest of all. So I knew she had something to do with it. I was going to go save Tank then yell at Rainbow Dash when Savyna stopped me. I knew I had to go save her friend from Fluttershy but she insisted that Tank was a gentle guy and Fluttershy would be safe with him. I wanted to protest but part of me wanted to just stay and talk with this pretty human gal. Plus the other girls didn't seem too worried about it and I knew Twilight was the soberest of us all right now and would be the first to put a stop to this if she felt something was wrong.

I finally gave in, thinking that Fluttershy could handle herself plus I could always apple buck Tank in the face later. With a soft sigh, I just sat back down and continued to drink with Savyna as we talked long into the night. I kinda of remembered Big Mac and Cheerilee sneaking off together and I think Big Mac had her panties in his back pocket when they left the library together. I could have been wrong as I was pretty drunk by then. The rest of the night after that was kind of a blurry to me, but somehow I made it back home to the farm later that night.

THE NEXT MORNING....

I woke up bright and early in my own bed with a bit of a hangover. My first stop was the bathroom where I grabbed the bottle of herbs Zecora had given me if I had a hangover like the one I had at that moment. She had given all us a bottle of the herbs after my three-day long birthday party that had the girls and me hungover for two days straight.

I chewed up two of the small brown leaves then drank a glass of water and was right as rain seconds later. After cleaning up quickly I got dressed and headed on down to the kitchen to see what Granny Smith and Apple Bloom were cooking up this morning. I had just made it into the kitchen when Big Mac came stumbling in thru the kitchen door half dressed and had some glitter or edible gold dust stuck to his left cheek and in his hair, a confused looked was on his face, and smelling strongly of a mare and lime jello.

“What's eatin' ya there Big Mac?” I asked with a bit of a laugh as I went to get a bowl to have me some Apples and oats.

“Ah, d.... Ah, don't remember.” His confused look turned to worried then he hurried up the steps and I heard the bathroom door shut and lock as the water turned on full blast. That made me laugh even harder, out of all the times I've seen Big Mac hungover this was by far the funniest.

“Heh, heh, that teacher of yers youngin' must'a been playin' with Big Mac all night Ah reckon.” Granny Smith said as she sat down at the table with a cup of coffee.

“Whatcha talkin' bout Granny? Miss Cheerilee wouldn't play games with Big Macintosh. All those two ever do is sit around starin' at each other with goofy grins.” Apple Bloom said from beside me at the table as she looked at me for some help with confusion on her face.

“Granny Smith! Y'all can't be sayin' things like that in front of Apple Bloom. A filly her age shouldn't hear things like that.” I said as I spooned some cooked oats into my bowl and placed on some fresh apple slices. “Besides Cheerilee is a full grown mare and Big Macintosh is a full grown stallion, so they can play whatever games they want. As long as they do it behind closed doors and don't talk about that stuff in front of lil ears.” I said to Granny Smith.

“AJ what are you and Granny talkin' bout? Ah don't get it. Miss Cheerilee never talks about big brother in class but sometimes she does call out his name with a dreamy look in her eyes as she stares at his picture when she's at her desk while we're at lunch or playin' on recess. What games could those two play that Ah wouldn't know bout?” AB asked still looking confused. I laughed at her not knowing what going on.

“Really youngin'? I say she has real good reason to call out his name now. Bet ya they played doctor or farmer's wife last night.” Granny said then laughed after taken a sip of her coffee. Granny Smith could be a really naughty pony at times and she didn't care what pony was around to hear it. “Ah know of a lot of games that yer teacher and big brother could play that a lil' filly like ya wouldn't know bout. There’s a few that a mare as old as Apple Jack wouldn't even know bout either Ah reckon. Judge by the way he looked and smelled this mornin' he was playin' a number of those games with Cheerilee last night. Heh heh heh.”

“Granny Smith, y'all stop it right now! Stop that before you put any weird ideas in AB's head before she goes off ta school. Ah, don't want her repeatin' anythin' and everythin' we said this mornin', especial ta Cheerilee.” I said after stifling a laugh about Big Mac and Cheerilee playing sexy games last night.

It would make sense with the smell of mare on him but the lime jello is a whole another bushel of apples. I figured it'd be best not to get the answers to those questions at least not while Apple Bloom was still in the house.

Apple Bloom was going to ask a question about what was going on but Big Mac had come into the kitchen at the moment cleaned up and dressed for a long day of work apple bucking. So we ended the conversation there before Big Mac got mad at us poking fun.

We had to finish the rest of the south field before we got started on the north one today. After he sat down and was worriedly eating his breakfast I had to see what was wrong with him. Big Mac acting all fidgety and nervous irked me for some reason. He was as jittery as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs and I had to know what was wrong so we could solve the problem before it added more work to my list of chores. I already had enough to do as it was and I wasn't looking to do more than what I had to not with me on the hunt for a marefriend now.

“Big Macintosh what in tarnation is eatin' at ya today? Y'all do something wrong last night? Ya look more worried than a grasshopper at a frogs only picnic.” I said to him with a laugh at my own joke. Big Mac didn't laugh, his expression stayed the same so I knew whatever it was it must have been bad or very embarrassing.

“Ah already told ya AJ, Ah do not want to talk bout it. Nooope, not at all.” Big Mac said then went back to his breakfast.

Him being stubborn pissed me off more than anything. Apples are stubborn, the most stubborn of anypony in Equestria at times and he wasn't budging like always. So I just gave up.

“Hey, Big Mac if you tell me what happened last night Ah can help ya make it up to Miss Cheerilee. Ah know fer a fact she likes flowers that grow on Sunset Hill by the park.” Apple Bloom tried after Big Mac had told me he wasn't talking about last night.

She put on her super cute face that would melt your heart from the inside out, she was hoping her super cute face would win him over. I was half hoping it did too maybe if I couldn't get him to budge her cute face would. No pony could resist her baby face, that's how she won me over half the time.

“I'm not tellin ya either AB. This kinda thing isn't for a lil filly and you're not goin' ta say nothing ta Cheerilee bout this either.” Big Mac said without even flinching at the super cute face.

I would have broken and talked but Big Mac was a rock today, not moving an inch without some type of extreme external force applied. After hearing that Apple Bloom just gave up on getting anything out of a stubborn stallion like Big Mac, that made me even more frustrated. I hated not knowing something especially when it was bothering another pony. Sometimes he really reminds me of our father when he's stubborn like that but I'm the same way and so is Apple Bloom. Granny Smith just gave another laugh then went back to her coffee as she mused about something from her past.

I resolved that Big Mac would talk about it when he was ready and until then there was nothing I could do to change his mind so I dropped the subject altogether. We finished our breakfast in quiet then Apple Bloom ran to get ready for school. I finished my oats and went to the sink to wash my bowl and spoon then sat them on the counter. Then I heard Big Mac grumble from the table behind me.

“Well, I guess we'd better get ta work, Big Mac. We got a lot of work ta do, we have ta finish apple buckin' the south field then we gotta get started on the north one today.” I said to Big Mac who was looking down at the table thinking about something that he had done or said at the party.

I sure wish I could read minds Like Pinkie Pie cause that would come in handy right about now. Big Macintosh and I headed to the fields but little did I know that I would soon find out what Big Mac did last night and why he really didn't want to talk about it with me. He knew it would piss me off more than anything and that would be his doom.