Applejack woke up the way she always did. She just had her usual schedule of eating breakfast and harvesting apples…until Derpy showed up.

“Whoa! Girl, are ya’ll sure you can handle this type of job?” Applejack asked the Pegasus after pulling her out of the fence, again.

Derpy just nodded and gave Applejack an envelope. “Miss Applejack, mail for you” The earth pony did take the letter, but watched closely as the cross-eyed Pegasus wobbly flew away. When she was gone, Applejack opened the letter. She quickly realized it was a love letter.

My Sweet Apple,
It’s been a while since I’ve been falling for you. No, a long while that is. Everything that Trenderhoof loved about you, I love more. Your warm coat reminds me of how autumn looks after the leaves have fallen. Your mane reminds me of the yellow at every rainbow. I get lost every time I look into your emerald eyes. Your little freckles are so cute. I like how hardworking and honest you are. You don’t know who I am yet, but please if you want to, come meet me at the alley near Sugarcube Corner at 9:00 sharp.

Sincerely,

Your secret admirer.

Applejack blushed after reading the letter, she also felt really excited. But she also was hoping it was Rainbow Dash; it was her after all that the earth pony always loved.

“Well, Ah know just the creature to help me. Bunny’s enhanced sense of smell can just tell me who wrote it right after a sniff” Applejack said after finishing her work and running to where the alien stays, Fluttershy’s cottage.

Applejack was tired from running all the way from her orchard to Fluttershy’s cottage. Nonetheless, she needed answers. She knocked on the door, hoping to see an orange alien in the form of a rabbit. Instead, she was greeted by a yellow Pegasus with an upset look on her face.

“Oh! Hi, Applejack”, Fluttershy greeted, but still sounded upset.

“Fluttershy? What’s going on with you? Where’s Bunny?”

“Fluttershy, I got here as fast as I could!” They were interrupted by the sound of Twilight’s voice. The lavender mare had a bag filled with
Baby’s Breath and Forget-me-nots.

“Good, thank you Twilight”

“Wait, what’s going on?” Applejack was now confused.

Twilight nodded to Fluttershy as she walked in the cottage. “I think it would be best if you saw it for yourself”

“AAACHOOOOOOOOOOO! My nose!” Bunny sneezed and whined as she kept trying to seemingly bury her nose in a Baby’s Breath Flower. The three mares just watched form the sidelines as Fluttershy pounded some of the flowers Twilight brought so she can make an ointment. Applejack just stood in shock.

“What got into her?” the earth pony asked.

“Bunny has to go through a state which every Servant must do once in their entire lifetime. For one day, she will be having a Tracking Irritation in order for it to settle at full capacity later after. So, for today, she is in no condition to be using her nose or Tracking Abilities. It is really painful when she goes through these types of Transitions” Fluttershy explained as she brought the ointment.

“I decided to help the moment Bunny showed the first signs of sniffling. She said that flowers like Baby’s Breath and Forget-me-nots could soften the irritation a bit. At least enough to make it less painful” Twilight added.

Applejack was dismayed. “Oh, pony feathers! I came here because I got a love letter and I wanted Bunny to use her nose in order for me to now who sent it. Oh well”

Bunny ears perked up at those words. She didn’t want to feel more pain, but she decided to take it on for her friend. The least she could do is try to know if it was female or male. “Hand me the letter” she said as she walked over to Applejack. She didn’t even wait until Applejack gave her the letter; she leaped up and snatched it. When she landed and smelled it momentarily, she gave her clue. “It was a mare”

Applejack shook her head. “What?”

“It was a mare, that’s all I can tell. If I try to go deeper, it won’t be pretty”

“Okay, thanks” Applejack began to exit. “Get well soon”

“ACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Bunny sneezed.

Applejack only had one clue: the writer was a mare. Even though she had her suspicions and that the irritation may have messed up Bunny’s nose, she had to know who it was. If it’s Rainbow Dash, then great; if not, run away. Her question was about to be answered; she found a shadow at her destination.

“Uh…hello? Are ya‘ll the one who sent the letter?” she questioned.

The figure looked her way, it looked rather afraid. It just nodded.

“Okay, Ah want answers; who are you?” the earth pony demanded.

No answer; the figure just stood there.

“I’ll ask again: who are you?”

The figure seemed to rub its hoof nervously, until it finally spoke. “I hope you just won’t think of me differently, Applejack”

Applejack’s ears perked up; she knew that voice anywhere. “Rainbow Dash, is that you?!”

Rainbow stepped out of the shadows; she had a look of fear in her eyes. “Yes, it’s me”

Applejack just stood there, frozen for a minute. “You…you love me?”

Rainbow nodded. “I’m sorry…I just…I thought you may feel the same about…”

Her ramblings were cut short; Applejack was kissing her! The Pegasus didn’t bother to move as the earth pony just went on. She had to pull away for air, however.

“Applejack, does this mean that you…” Rainbow breathed.

The earth pony nodded with a smile. “I love you too, Rainbow”

Rainbow Dash smiled, and then she and Applejack hugged each other.

What they didn’t know however, was that there was a jealous mare watching them from a window. With much anger built up inside her, she closed the window before she could be noticed.