That morning, Applejack and her workers were discussing plans to build a reservoir, drilling the oil, and building a pipeline. They finished up their plans, and then Applejack announced, "Who do we know that can work with Applebloom-a teacher-somepony that can help her?" Mrs. Rose replied, "There is one. She lives in Dodge Junction. We'll call her." Days later, a teacher from a school for deaf foals arrived and was speaking to Applejack. The teacher asked if Applebloom coud read. Applejack said she couldn't. "Does she know a few words? Any words she can recognize?" the teacher asked. Applejack said she was sure, but she didn't know which ones. The teacher asked if Applebloom had ever gone to school. "I can tell ya this." Applejack replied, "She's damn smart..." The tacher said, "Well, our facility-". Applejack interrupted, "I want her to stay here. I want you to stay here..." "But..." she replied, "Our school has other foals. That would be a good place for her. She can be with others." Applejack replied, "Well. I'll BUILD a school here. Bring them little foals here too." The teacher was astonished and countered, "But those foals have family in Dodge Junction...". "Well." said Applejack, "Looks like we gotta bring the families too. We'll build a school, and it will be the damn best in Equestria. No, the world..... I'll have it build in a month, and then expand on it in maybe a year. I'll pay ye two thousand bits and build ye a home. Happy?" "No." the teacher replied, "I am not. You need to send Applebloom to Dodge Junction if you want her to learn and deal with her new disability. Building a school will help you, but not Applebloom...". Applejack turned to her and said, "Then get out of here. Get out. Somepony will take ya back to Dodge Junction. Yer wastin' my time right now. I got work. Important....work."
Later, work began on the reservoir, currently just a hole in the ground covered with dirt and mud. Applejack, Mrs. Rose, and others were standing in the middle of it. Twilight spotted them, and trotted nervously over to them. She was near Applejack and asked, "So, when will we get....our....money, Applejack...?" Applejack, enraged by the past events, trotted to her and brutally backhoofed her. Twilight fell back in pain and shock and exclaimed, "WHAT ARE YOU-" until Applejack punched her straight across the face and fell to the ground. Tears were swelling in her bruised face from the shock and pure force from Applejack's hoof. She went to Twilight again and backhoofed her once more. She stood on top of Twilight and was shoving her face in the mud. Applejack exclaimed, "AREN'T YA A HEALIN' VESSEL, TWILIGHT?! WHY DON'T YA HEAL APPLEBLOOM?! WHYYYYY?!". Twilight looked up at her, grinned, and replied, "You should have let me bless the plantation..... None of this would have happ-" until Applejack punched her again. Twilight, still staring into Applejack's eyes, coldly said, "You shouldn't have done that.....". Applejack backhoofed her again and repeated shoving her into the ground. "Twilight was gasping, and said, "You owe the Church five thousand bits!" Applejack stooped, stood up, and said, "I'mma gonna make you leave and bury you into this damn earth... Twilight, get away from me. You make me ashamed...." Twilight stood up, trotted towards Applejack, and responded, "You'll learn eventuall-" until she was again slapped by Applejack.
That night, Twilight and the Sundays were eating supper. Twilight, bruised and scarred from earlier, glared at Mr. Sunday, and coldly said, "You're a stupid stallion Abel..." Mr. Sunday stopped and looked at Twilight astonished. Twilight continued, "You have let this pony that I used to know waltz in here and trot all over all of us... You've let her in and do her....work...here, Abel and you're truly stupid and incompetent for what WE could have had...Nothing on this damn ranch, and all this time, all these riches, right below us....". Abel looked at Twilight and said, "I followed Celestia's word. I trie-" until Twilight bursted in, "YOU didn't do ANYTHING but sit down. You're lazy and stupid and incompetent.... Do you think Celestia is going to come down here and save you for being stupid? She doesn't save stupid ponies, Abel..." Twilight snapped. She stood up and slammed the table so Abel was pinned to the wall. Twilight jumped up and charged towards Abel. His expression was sheer horror. "HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?! ABEL?! I CAN SENSE THE IMBALANCE IN APPLEJACK! I WILL TEAR YOU APART ABEL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE! YOU STUPID, STUPID, SMALL STALLION!" she raged. Abel was tearing up, "Twilight... please... stop.... We've given you.... hospitality!". Twilight stopped, and began to calm down. "How did she come here?" she asked rhetorically, "Do you want to know? I KNOW! I HAVE SEEN THIS IN A VISION! It was my back-stabbing brother....who told Applejack.... I know it! He told her to come here and how to manipulate all of us! He must have been like, 'Oh. The ponies here are stupid and will just GIVE you their land!', and YOU, Abel, YOU let it happen......."

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