In Princess Luna's chamber, Trixie was running on the gear in a bizarre contraption. At the top the contraption, a storm was brewing. "With all due respect, your nightmareship, couldn't we just wait for a real storm?" Trixie asked feeling out of breath while running. "Save your breath, my apprentice." Princess Luna said as she placed Shining Armor's ring in the contraption. "Faster!" "Yes, Oh mighty evil one." Trixie said as she ran faster on the gear, and a lightning bolt streaked through the ring, passing into an hourglass below. The sands in the hourglass began to swirl and began to shape into Ahuizotl. "Ah, part sands of time, reveal to me the one who could enter the cave." Princess Luna said. Then, the sand fell into a storm, but it revealed AJ walking down the path to the abandoned farm, with Applejack following. "Yes, yes!" Princess Luna said while smirking. "There he is! My diamond in the rough!" "THAT'S HIM?!" Trixie yelled out. "That's the pony we've been waiting for?!" She then lost all footing, and screamed when she got her tail caught in the gears, and got sucked in. "Let's have the guards extend him an invitation to the castle, shall we?" Princess Luna asked as Trixie went for a ride in the gears, and then flew past her mistress, slammed into a wall, and fell on the floor. As she stood up while shaking, Trixie said "Swell." She then fainted.

-Meanwhile in Ponyville-

"Almost there." AJ said leading Applejack down the path. The runaway princess then tripped, but AJ was quick enough to catch her. Applejack stood up, and she looked up at AJ. They stared at each other for a short time until they looked away while blushing. "A-Ah want to thank you for stopping that stallion." Applejack said while blushing. "Not many ponies would've done that." "Aw, forget it." AJ said as they walked through the entrance. "So, uh, this is your first time in Ponyville, huh?" He asked as he ran to an apple tree, and kicked it with his hind hooves causing the apples falling into the buckets below. "Is is that obvious?" Applejack asked. "Well, ya'll do kinda stand out." AJ said as he stared at her. As Applejack returned the look, he realized what he was doing, and looked down on his hooves in embarassment. "I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Ponyville can be." AJ said looking up, but he became shocked when Applejack kicked an apple tree near her with her hind hooves causing the apples to fall into the buckets below. "Aw, Ah'm a fast learner." "Wow." Spike said in shock." "Right." AJ said as Spike took out two apples from the bucket.

"Come on, this way." AJ said leading Applejack to the farm while Spike following them. "Whoa. Watch ya'll head there." AJ as Applejack dodged a plank while they were going up the stairs. "Oh, be careful." AJ said as Applejack dodged another plank as they made it to the top floor. "Is this where ya'll live?" Applejack asked. "Yep." AJ said. "Just me and Spike. Come and go as we please." "That sounds fabulous." Applejack said. "Well, it's not much." AJ said as he pulled the curtain on the window back to reveal the castle in Canterlot. "But, it's got a great view." He looked at the castle and said "Wow, that castle looks pretty amazing, huh?" Applejack looked at the castle, and frowned. She turned away, and said "Oh, it's wonderful. "I wonder what it would be like to live there." AJ said as he stared at the castle. "And have servants and valets?" "Oh, sure." Applejack sarcastically. "Ponies who tell ya'll where to go and how to dress."

"Well, it's better than here." AJ said as he took the apple that Spike was about to enjoy away. "Ya'll are always scraping for food and ducking the guards." "Ya'll are not free to make your own choices." Applejack said. "Sometimes ya'll feel so..." AJ started to say. "Ya'll are just..." Applejack started to say. "Trapped." AJ and Applejack said at the same time. They looked at each other, and realized that they are perfect for each other. Then AJ realized where he was, broke the look and blushed. He cleared his throat, took another apple away from Spike, tossed it to Applejack, and said "So, where are ya'll from?" Applejack scoffed and said "What does it matter? Ah ran away, and Ah'm not going back." AJ took a bite of his apple, swallowed, gave it to Spike, and said "Really? How come?" "Why you-!" Spike muttered angerly, but calmed down and decided to sneak an apple from Applejack.

Applejack sighed and said "My Pa's forcing me to get married. "That-That's awful." AJ said. He then caught Spike trying to steal Applejack's apple, and shouted "Spike!" Spike then flinched, and backd off as he shouted in angry gibberish. "What?" Applejack asked. "Spike says uh..." AJ started to say, and thinks of what Spike said. "That's not fair." AJ said finishing his sentence. "What?" Spike said in confusion. "Oh did he?" Applejack asked. "Yeah, of course." AJ said. "And does Spike have anything else to say?" Applejack asked. "Well, uh...he wishes there was something he could do to help." AJ said. Spike facepalmed himself and said "Oh, boy!" As AJ and Applejack were getting closer and closer, Applejack said "Hmm, tell him that's very sweet."

Before they could share their first kiss, they were interrupted by Iron Will who said "Here you are!" "They're after me!" AJ and Applejack said at the same time. "They're after you?!" They asked each other at the same time. As Iron Will and the pony guards got closer, Applejack said "Oh, my Pa must have sent them-!" Applejack started to say, but was sidetracked when AJ said "Do you trust me?" "What?" Applejack asked. "Do you trust me?" AJ asked again. "Yes." Applejack said. "Then jump!" AJ said as he and Applejack jump through another window, fell, and landed in a pile of potatoes. They tried to get away, but they were blocked by Iron Will who grabbed AJ, and said "We just keep running into each other. don't we street-pony?" Spike then jumped on Iron Will, and placed a barrel on him, causing Iron Will to drop AJ. "Run! Go! Get out of here!" AJ said as he and Applejack tried to get away, but they were blocked by pony guards, so they went the other way.

Iron Will then pulled the barrel off of him, grabbed Spike, and threw him in a barrel near by. Iron Will then grabbed AJ, and tossed him to the pony guards behind him as he said "It's the dungeon for you, colt!" "Hey, get off of me!" AJ said trying to get away from the pony guards holding onto him." "Let him go!" Applejack said hitting Iron Will in the arm with her hoof. "Lookie here, ponies." Iron Will said shoving Applejack onto the ground. "A street-horse!" As AJ tried to get to her while struggling to get away from the pony guards, Applejack stood up, pulled the cloak off of her head, and said "Unhand him, by the order of the princess!" Iron Will and the guards gasped in shock. "Princess Applejack!" Iron Will said as he bowed while they bowed as they forced AJ to bow as well. "The princess?!" AJ said in shock as he looked up. Spike peeked out from the barrel he was thrown into, and said "The princess?!" "What are you doing outside the castle? And with this street-pony?" Iron Will asked.

"That's not your concern!" Applejack said. "Do as Ah command, and release him!" Iron Will chuckled a little and said "I would princess, except my orders come from Princess Luna. You'll have to take it up with her." As he and the pony guards dragged AJ out while bowing as they leave, Applejack glared at Iron Will coldly, and said "Believe me, Ah will."