After a hard day of apple bucking and collecting and shipping barrels of apples and apple-related products, Applejack returned to her temporary Capplefornian office and began to relax, while Applebloom was fast asleep on a pile of hay. This relaxation ended, however, when she heard a knock. “The doors unlocked! Y’all can come in!” cried Applejack. To her surprise, Shining Armor came into her office. “Applejack?” asked Shining. “Well, howdy Shining! Mighty strange seeing you here!” said Applejack, “How’s Cadence?”. “Great, thanks for asking. We are actually vacationing here. Pretty coincidental, huh? Anyways, you know how Twilight got a new vacation house in Applelooza?” Oh yeah!” Applejack said, “I forgot ‘bout that. And she established a church there too, right? What’s it called? The Church of the 3rd Revelation, right?”. “Well, yeah, but I think ‘church’ is too strong of a word. It’s more of a small establishment focused on helping ponies and serving the Princesses.” Said Shining, “But anyways, I was just over there, and my magic detected that THAT land in Applelooza is the most fertile I have ever seen. You can make an orchard there. That way, we all would make money, and it will help out Applelooza.” “Hmmmm…” thought Applejack, “Is there anything else there? Anything we could sell?” Shining replied, “I know there are alkali deposits, but that’s about it.” “Do anypony there know ‘bout this fertility?” asked Applejack. “No. Not at all. Not even Twily. She’s too busy to notice” Shining ensured her. Applejack said, “Well, I reckon it’s worth a shot, but if yer lying or your prediction was just a falsey horn, Imma be pretty mad.” So Applejack and Applebloom packed their necessities and ventured off to survey this proposed “fertile land”.

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