-The next morning-

In the castle in Canterlot, Prince Blueblood was storming off in anger because he got bit in the butt, and had the hole in his suit ripped off of him. "I've never been so insulted!" Prince Blueblood snapped in anger. A unicorn with a moderate sapphire blue mane with moderate cerulean and dark phthalo streaks in it, moderate cerluean eyes, and a dark blue shield with a brillant rose star on it, and three light blue stars above it for his cutie mark named Shining Armor who is the ruler of Equestria looked at Prince Blueblood and said "Oh, Prince Blueblood. You're not leaving so soon, are you?" "Good luck marrying her off!" Prince Blueblood yelled out before he stormed out. Shining Armor groaned and muttered "Oh, Applejack!" As he went into the garden, he yelled out "Applejack! Applejack!" He then spotted Applejack who is the female counterpart of AJ, wearing the same brown hat as he does near the fountain. "Applejack." Shining Armor said as he walked up to her, but he was stopped by a pegasai pony with a pale, light grayish rose mane, moderate cyan eyes, and three pink butterflies for her cutie mark named Fluttershy who is Applejack's friend who yelled to Shining Armor "Go away!"

Shining Armor backed away, but when he spotted a ripped article of clothing in Fluttershy's hoof, he said "Confound it, Fluttershy!" He grabbed the piece of clothing, and had a tug-o-war with Fluttershy. He pulled and got his piece while Fluttershy still had her piece. "So, this is why Prince Blueblood stormed out!" Shining Armor said. "Oh, Pa." Applejack said with a smile. "Fluttershy was just playing with him, weren't ya'll Fluttershy? Ya'll were just playing with that overdressed, self-absorbed Prince Blueblood, weren't ya'll?" "Yes I was." Fluttershy said as she hugged Applejack with her wing, and laughed with her until Shining Armor glared at them. Applejack then cleared her throat as her father said "Dearest, you've got to stop rejecting every suitor that comes to call. The law says you..." Applejack said with him "Must be married to a prince." "By your next birthday." Shining Armor said finishing the sentence. They walked up to the cage where they kept the doves, as Applejack sighed and said "The law is wrong."

"You've got three more days!" Shining Armor said as she opened the dove cage and one of the doves landed on Applejack's shoulder. "Pa, Ah hate being forced into this!" Applejack said. "If Ah do marry, Ah want it to be for love." Shining Armor sighed and said "Applejack, it's not only this law. I'm not going to be around forever, and I just want to make sure you're taken care of. Provided for." Shining Armor then placed the dove back in the cage as Applejack walked to the fountain, sat on the edge, and said "Please, try to understand. Ah've never done a thing on mah own." She petted the fish and said "Ah've never had any real friends." Fluttershy looked up at Applejack and shouted "HEY!" "Except ya'll, Fluttershy." Applejack said trying to calm her friend. Fluttershy smiled and said "That's better." As she went back to sleep, Applejack said "Ah've never been outside the castle walls." "But Applejack, you're a princess!" Shining Armor said.

"Then maybe Ah DON'T wanna be a princess anymore!" Applejack yelled as she splash the fountain water, and turned away in frustration. Shining Armor growled in frustration as he started to leave and said "Oooohhh! Celestia forbid you should have any daughters!" As he left, Fluttershy became confused. Applejack sighed in anger and looked at the dove cage, She then yanked the cage door open and all the doves flew out as she watch them go. Inside the castle, Shining Armor looked at the model version of Equestria and said "I don't know where she gets it from. Her mother wasn't nearly so picky." A shadow then fell over Shining Armor, startling him, but he sighed in relief as he saw Princess Luna with her apprentice Trixie by her side. "Ah, Princess Luna, my most trusted advisor." Shining Armor said with a smile. "I am in desperate need of your wisdom."

"My life is but to serve you, my lord." Princess Luna said as she and Trixie bowed to the ruler. "It's this suitor business." Shining Armor said. "Applejack refuses to choose a husband. I'm at my wit's end!" "At wit's end indeed." Trixie said. "Have a cracker on me." Shining Armor said smiled as he stuffed a cracker on her mouth, much to her dismay. Princess Luna laughed as her apperentice spitted the cracker out and said "Your majesty certainly has a way with dumb ponies." Trixie glared at her mistress in anger at the comment. Princess Luna then cleared her throat and said "Now then. Perhaps I can divine a solution to this thorny problem." "If anypony can help, it's you." Shining Armor said. "But, it would require the use of the mystic blue diamond." Shining Armor then took off the blue diamond ring on his horn, held it with his magic and said "Uh, my ring? But it's been in the family for years." "It is necessary to find the princess a suitor." Princess Luna said as her green amulet began to flare with power."

Shining Armor became mezmerized by the amulet as Princess Luna said "Don't worry. Everything will be fine." "Everything will be fine." Shining Armor said in a slow tone. "The diamond." Princess Luna said in a gentle tone. As Shining Armor unknowingly gave his advisor the ring and said "Here, Princess Luna. Whatever you need will be fine." Princess Luna took the ring from Shining Armor and said "You are most gracious, my liege. Now run along and play with your little toys. Hmm?" Still hypnotized, Shining Armor smiled and said "Yes...that'll be...pretty good." As Princess Luna and Trixie left the room, Trixie spitted the remains of the cracker out of her mouth. "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Trixie shouted in anger. "If I gotta choke down on one more of those moldy, disgusting crackers...bam! Whack!"

Princess Luna then pulled a lever that opened a secret passage way. As they entered, Princess Luna said "Calm yourself my apprentice." "Then I'd grab him around the head. Whack whack!" Trixie said ignoring her mistress. They walked up the stairs as Princess Luna said "Soon, I'll be ruler of Equestria, not that addlepated twit." She then opened the door to their chamber as Trixie said "And then The great and powerful Trixie stuffs the crackers down his throat! Ha Ha!" Then they entered as Princess Luna closed the door.

Outside, night eventually fell, and Applejack quietly snuck outside the castle and into the garden. When she went up to the wall, she felt her tail being pulled. She turned around to see Fluttershy pulling on the tail as she said "Applejack, where are you going?!" "Oh, Ah'm sorry, Fluttershy." Applejack said in a sad tone. "But Ah can't stay here and have mah life lived for me." She hugged her friend and said "Ah'll miss ya'll." "I'll miss you too." Fluttershy said sadly as she picked up Applejack, and flew her over the castle wall, and landed her near the gate to Canterlot. "Good-bye." Applejack said as she ran to Ponyville. "Good-bye." Fluttershy said as she flew back to the castle in Canterlot.