Flim had barely gotten any sleep last night. The nightmare the unicorn experienced had gotten the best of him. He had been feeling guilty of trying to take the Apple family's farm and causing the young Country mare's grandma to jump off a high dive and almost get herself critically injured, or worse - KILLED!! He was so deep in his thoughts, that he didn't hear his brother calling his name.

"Flim! Brother?! FLIM!!" he shouted, throwing a pillow at him.

"Aggahahga! Hey, what was that for?" the slightly younger looking unicorn looked at his slightly older-mustached brother, caught off guard. He picked up the pillow with his magic, a green aura surrounding his horn and the pillow itself.

"Sorry about that, brother of mine. But for the past few minutes you were just lying there in bed, staring at the wall. What's wrong?" Flam asked.

"Nothing. I've just been having some deep thoughts," he admitted.

"Thoughts about what?" the mustached one asked him.

"I-It's not important. Anyway, what is it that you want?"

"We've got to get ready for today. We've got to go and sell the rest of our 'Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic'!" Flam told him.

"Uh... don't you think that's a bad idea, considering what happened back in Ponyville?" he asked his older brother as he put on his blue and white stripped shirt, along with his hat and black bow tie.

"Oh, that's just one town. We're now in the great town of Appleloosa. What happened back there, can't happen again; especially since that little Country mare and her family are there and not here," his eldest unicorn with the mustache explained.

The moment his brother mentioned "the little Country mare," his mind immediently went back to the last time the two of them were in Ponyville. The last time he saw the Apple family. The last time he saw... her. The last time she spoke to them. Flim was suddenly brought back to the world when he felt his brother's hoof tap his shoulder.

"Flim, brother, are you ready or not?"

"O-oh! Y-yes. I am," he hesitated.

"It can make you shorter, taller or even grow old

But why want that, with one drink, you can be young again"

"SOLD!" shouted a yellow pony with dirty blonde hair as he held a few bits in one hoof. He was also wearing a cowboy hat and brown vest.

"Congratulations, my kind, sir. You've just made the purchase of a lifetime," the oldest of the two unicorn brothers said as he took the bits and gave him the bottle, using his magic.

Suddenly, the two unicorns were surrounded by ponies, begging to get their hooves on the bottled-up substance. After what seemed like hours, the tent had finally cleared, leaving just the two unicorn salesponies.

"Well, that went better than expected," Flim said, a little surprised.

"Of course it did. What'd you think was going to happen?" Flam asked.

Flim stayed silent.

Flim and Flam went back to counting their money. They were just about to finished when a familiar voice rang through the tent.

"Well, well, well. Ya'll jus' never learn do ya?" the feminine voice asked.

The two of them knew who that voice belonged to. They both looked up slowly, only to see EXACTLY who it was: the Southern Belle of the dear Apple Farm back in Ponyville. Flam was just shocked to see that same pony, that exploited them back a couple months ago about the exact same product, was here in a different town.

Flim, on the other hoof, was too focused on how beautiful she looked. Mostly, the way she was leaning against the opening of the tent. Her right hooves crossed against her left ones. Her expression focused on the two of them, clearly an unamused one at that. Her cowboy hat covering the base of her forehead, making her eyes look more vibrant from the light.

"A-Applejack?! What are you doing here in Appleloosa?" Flam asked, still shocked due to seeing her in their presence.

"Oh, well, ah jus' came over to see how my dear cousin was doing since he hurt his left hoof playing some silly game with some of those, them there buffalos. An' wouldn't ya know it? Ah get here jus' in time t'see him about to drink one of ya'lls phony... little... tonics!" she said quite furiously.

They should've guessed - she's an Apple... this town being called "Appleloosa"... should've known she'd have family here in this part of Equestria.

"Oh, is that all? Well, who is this cousin of yours?" Flim asked Applejack.

Applejack raised an eyebrow at him, which Flim found very attractive for some odd reason. "Braeburn!" the orange mare shouted. Flim and Flam looked toward the opening of the tent to see who the Apple's cousin was. They looked at the ground to see the sillouhette of the pony about to come in. Both their eyes widened as the mare smirked when they realized it was the same pony, or rather, stallion, who was to first to purchase their "Flim Flam Tonic." Only now did they notice the stallion had a bandaged left hoof.  

"That's your cousin?" Flim asked as he whispered in her ear.

"Eeyup." Applejack looked at her cousin, who looked down at the ground. "Now, now, Braeburn. Give it ta me," she told him.

Braeburn reached for the pocket inside his vest to get the jar. He gave it to his favorite cousin.

"Good, Braeburn," she said as she patted his head. The Southern Belle turned to face the Flim Flam brothers, holding out the jar to them with her hoof. "Now, if ya'll would be so kind as ta give me the amount of money my dear cousin used to pay for this so-called 'tonic', we'll bes' be on our way."

"Now, what makes you think we'll do just tha-" Flam was about to ask when he suddenly got interrupted.

"Now, brother! Don't be so rude! We can't ignore a customers' request. Especially, one as lovely as the mare right in front of us," he admitted. The mustached unicorn looked at his brother in confusion.

"Oh, don't ya dare try ta sweet talk me, mister," the blonde country mare responded bluntly.

"What makes you think I am? Here you are, dear Applejack" he said to her as he used his magic to take back the bottle and give her back the amount of bits her cousin paid with.

Applejack looked at him in confusion. The pale yellow stallion smiled at her, his white teeth showing. They seemed to gleam, letting her to realize how shiny they were.

"U-uh, thanks. Uh, c'mon now, Braeburn. Let's get ya home. I'll help take care of ya," she said as the two country ponies made their way out of the tent. She looked back at the two salesponies, but mostly Flim. Just as the two cousins were about to walk out the tent, she caught the young unicorn brother giving her a wink, which caused her to blush a little.

As Applejack and Braeburn were out of the tent and into the street, Braeburn spoke.

"Did that one unicorn just flirt with ya?"

That question caught the blonde-maned mare off guard. But only for a second. She looked at her cousin as they began trotting toward home.

"Why, of course he didn't. Knowing him, he was probably just trying to sweet talk me into changing my mind about getting your money back," she told her cousin as they began walking to his home.

"If he wasn't flirting with ya, then why'd he call ya a 'lovely mare'?" he questioned.

"Well.."

"And if you say he wasn't flirting then why'd ya blush?"

Now this really caught Applejack off guard. Did she really blush back there? Sure, she thought that Flim was obnoxious, arrogant and manipulative but she also thought that he was pretty hoofsome. Wait. Hoofsome? Did she really just think that? Did she honestly think that Flim Skim was hoofsome?

"Uh, cous... are you alright? You're as red as an apple on a hot Summers' day."

This caused Applejack to come back from her deep thoughts. She looked at Braeburn, an annoyed expression written all over her face.

"I'm fine. Let's get ya on home," she told him, the both of them trotting towards the west side of town.

When the two country ponies were out of sight, Flam walked over to his brother. "Um, heh, excuse me, brother of mine?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"I don't mean to be rude... but, uh," the oldest of the two unicorns stuttered, "did you just flirt with the enemy?" he asked giving him a sly, yet worried, smile.

Was he flirting? Flim, himself, didn't think he was. He thought he was just being honest. Then again, he couldn't tell the difference between the two.