I make my way out of the house after Twilight as she shuts the doors behind her, looking up into the sky to see what time it is and guess it is sometime around or just past eleven. I turn to Twilight and ask her, "Did ya have lunch yet, Twilight?"

Twilight looks back at Roger and thinks for a moment before answering, "I am sort of hungry after those experiments with Starlight, where are you thinking of going to eat?"

I open the door to allow her to hop into the cab, then close it behind her and make my way around the other side while thinking of where we might eat and say, "How about we go to mah place since ah need to check on the grass? After we pay a visit to Rarity while ah'm in town, of course."

She watches him make his way around the scooter and sit in his seat saying, "I don't have a problem with that. If you have the opportunity to fulfill multiple goals at the same time, you have the option to either take it or let it pass."

The cab drops down a little as I sit down on the seat and look back at her with a smile and then say, "Yer right about that, let's go pay a short visit to Rarity before getting dinner. Ya don't have any food allergies do ya? Also, how do you feel about eating seafood?"

Twilight looks at him curiously and shakes her head side to side saying, "Not to anything that I have noticed so far, and I love kelp."

I start the engine and shift the vehicle into reverse and look behind me for any pony that might be in the way, seeing no one there and begin to slowly start backing up. I hit the brakes once I am far enough from Twilight's home and come to a stop, then shift into drive and pull out onto the road saying, "Okay, how do ya feel about eating fish?"

She thinks about it for a moment and says, "Well, the seaponies of Aquastria eat fish, but I have never tried it myself."

I apply a little pressure to the gas pedal and feel the scooter speed up a little and say, "Alright then, ah'll make something so ya can try it."

We arrive at Rarity's five minutes later as I put the scooter in park and hop out, heading over to Twilight's door to let her out. I then close the door behind her as she makes her way to the boutique to knock on the door, and follow after her.

Rarity is just about to clean up the scraps of fabric when she hears a knock on the door and answers it saying, "Come on in darling, my door is always open for customers and friends."

Twilight opens the door and enters her friend's boutique, looking at her friend with a smile saying, "Hi Rarity, Roger and I have come over to pay a quick visit. I hope we aren't interrupting your work, how are your orders coming along?"

She looks over as a smile lights up her face and says, "It is just marvelous that you both came to visit me, I haven't been able to chat with you for a couple of days. I have finished the first batch of orders, now I am cleaning up the work area before I start working on the next batch. How are things going for you two?"

I speak before Twilight and say, "Well, things are movin' along, ah got the second field cut down and Rainbow's group of pegasi are dryin' the grass right now. Ah was wantin' to ask if ya could help stack bales on a wagon while ah drive it while two others collect bales from the ground and place them on the wagon fer ya to stack?"

Rarity cocks her head curiously and asks, "I have never stacked anything other than towels or bolts of cloth in my life, can you tell me more about it darling?"

I nod my head and smile saying, "Sure ah can. While ah'm driving the team that's pulling the wagon along, two ponies on the ground will pick up small square idjit bales and either toss or set them on top of the wagon's deck. That is when the third pony stays on the wagon and stacks them on the flat surface, using the most out of the space that is there. Mind if we sit so ah can show ya the pattern for stacking bales?"

She smiles and nods her head, then leads them to the table and says, "Will you need any props for your presentation, darling?"

I lightly chuckle and nod my head saying, "Ah do actually, that way ya will understand what ah'm talkin' bout. All ah need are three pieces. One that is large and rectangular, and two that are much smaller and rectangular. They don't have to be perfect rectangles Rarity, just sort of close to it."

Rarity giggles and nods her head then scans the floor with her eyes for the pieces and picks out a few that are suitable with her magic. She then sets them upon the table and looks to Roger asking, "Will these do darling?"

I look through the pile and pick out a large red piece of silk and set it aside and then find a piece of black lace, making me shift my eyes to Rarity with an eyebrow raised in question regarding the curious fabric and tease her by asking, "Fer yerself or a client?"

She blushes at the question and quickly says, "For your information, it was a decorative trim piece on a dress!" She then looks away in mild annoyance at the question.

Twilight giggles at her friend and says, "Don't worry Rarity, we will not think any less of you for whatever you wish to wear."

I pick out one more piece, being a piece of blue silk, and say, "These will do nicely, thank ya very much Rarity." I then set the small pieces aside and pull the large red piece in front of me and begin explaining saying, "This large red silk piece resembles the wagon, the smaller pieces are the bales. The flat wagon is longer than it is wide and has two sides that are on either end of the wagon, the tongue that pulls the wagon makes that side the front of the wagon." I then grab the black lace and set it sideways on the lower-left corner of the horizontal red silk piece and say, "The first level of bales are usually stacked on the wagon sideways, meaning that the longer sides of the bale face the front and rear ends of the wagon. They can also face the sides of the wagon, the next level above sits crossways to the level below." I grab the blue silk piece and lay it on top of the black lace at the back of the red silk and continue on, saying, "Ya can start at the front or the back of the wagon, when ya start to run out of space to stack bales, stand on the bales on the level above and finish the level. Try not to stack bales too far beyond the open edges of the wagon, or the bales may fall to the ground again and take ya with them. The reason for stacking them like that makes the entire stack of bales much sturdier and less top-heavy. Another tip is to try to stop stacking when ya git one level above the sides of the wagon on either end. Now when yer finished stackin', just remain up there so ya can return the bales to the ground so they can be stacked for storing. Have any questions?"

Rarity looks at him curiously and asks, "Just two, are the bales heavy, and am I going to get dirty?"

I chuckle and smile saying, "They weigh around 45-75 pounds, so just think of them as really big dresses. As for if ya'll git dirty...Nah, not really. Ya'll git dusty more than anything, but dust is easy to clear off of ya. Washing the hog barn is much, much worse than pickin' up and stackin' bales, ah assure ya."

She sighs dejectedly and says, "Alright then, I guess there is no problem with a little dust. However, I fear I may have nightmares about washing your hog barn if it is as bad as you claim."

I grin and nod to her saying, "Don't worry, Luna will be yer mare in shining armor and come save ya from all yer nightmares. Though she might cause a few of mine if ah tease her too much, hehe. Can ya make yer way to mah farm when yer done here, 'cus Twilight and ah hafta visit Zecora and she's gonna show me how to git there."

Rarity nods her head in agreement and says, "Sure thing Roger darling, I shall be over once this is all picked up and organized. Oh and thank you again for trimming my hooves, I am feeling much better since you trimmed them."

I get up from my chair and look to Twilight and say, "Yer welcome Rarity, and have a wonderful day. Well Twilight, shall we resume our journey to Zecora's?"

Twilight rises from hers as well and nods her head saying, "Yes we should, I think that it would be best to get there in a timely fashion because Moon Tea is hard to keep stocked during that time. Farewell Rarity, we will meet you at Roger's farm after we are done. See you later."

I follow Twilight out the door as Rarity says her farewells, walking out through the door and closing it behind me then say, "Hey Twilight, do you think that Starlight would be interested in helpin' us pick up bales, or maybe ah should ask Applejack?"

She stands beside the scooter and thinks for a moment before saying, "It would be best to ask Starlight because Applejack has her hands full with getting things ready at the farm."

I then walk over to the scooter and open the passenger door for her saying, "Alright then, we will come back to yer place to ask her after we visit Zecora."

Twilight hops into the cab and sits down on the seat saying, "No problem Roger. Thank you for tending to my hooves as well, I have noticed the difference from before and after you trimmed them."

I close the door behind her and make my way to the driver-side, then open the door and sit down on the seat. I then pull the door closed and start the scooter then look over to Twilight and say, "Yer welcome Twilight, I'm glad that ya appreciate what ah did fer ya and Rarity." I then shift it into reverse and look for any ponies behind me before backing up and shifting it into drive.

Rainbow watches as Roger's scooter makes its way down the road towards the farm and smiles thinking, 'Here comes the stud now, I wonder if he would like to take a roll in the sack with me...' She then quickly shakes her head free of those thoughts and thinks again, 'Oh no, no, no, I am most definitely not going to entertain those thoughts because if I get pregnant, I will lose my spot on the team and be sent to the reserves! I will fight these thoughts and urges, if it gets to be too much I can visit my friend to deal with it.' She then looks to her team and sees a few of them glance back at the vehicle making its way down the road and says, "Stay focused everypony, we still have a little ways to go until Roger returns and says he is satisfied."

A few mares giggle at that as a few say seductively, "Oh I would just love to satisfy him..."

I see Rainbow speaking to the pegasi drying the field and pull over to check the field, I shift into park and then open the door to exit the cab. I then step out and walk over to a windrow and crouch down to feel the grass, I pick up a handful of it and squeeze it a little.

After testing a couple of other windrows, I then drop the last handful of grass onto the windrow and wave to Rainbow shouting, "Alright Rainbow Dash, ya all can take a break while ah turn these over!" I then look over to Twilight and return to the scooter saying, "Alright, the field is pretty close so ah'm gonna rake it, after that we will visit Zecora alright?"

Twilight looks at him with a smile and a light giggle saying, "Don't worry Roger, I understand that you have thousands of things to get done."

I then make my way over to the John Deere 4240 and once again unhook the mixer and drive it over to where the large rake is, then hook it up and drive it over to the field as Twilight watches me from the cab of the scooter and begin raking the field. I make my first few laps around the outer edge, then switch to going back and forth through the inside of the field.

Twenty minutes pass by as Rainbow watches Roger rake the last windrows over, folds the rake, and start driving back up the road to return the rake from where he got it. She continues watching him as he later returns the tractor to the mixer and shuts it off, then returns to the scooter and flies up to him asking, "Are you finished raking the field, Roger?"

I look at her and nod my head saying, "Yep ah'm done, ya can return to dryin' the field till ah return to check it. Now ah'm off to see a Zebra with Twilight, see ya when ah return."

Rainbow smiles saying, "Alright then, see ya when you get back." and waves to him before flying off to gather the rest of the team.

I then watch her leave as I feel something land on my thigh and look down to see that Twilight is laying down on the seat with her head on my leg and horn resting lightly across the other. I chuckle at how cute she looks and rest my hand on her neck and lightly caress it while heading down the road thinking, 'I can make it to Applejacks just fine, but after that, I will need her to guide me there.'

Twilight enjoys a brief nap as she slowly stirs awake to find herself sucking on something, then looks down to see what it is and blushes at finding a couple of Roger's fingers in her mouth. She spits them out and sits up quickly, saying, "Oh my gosh, I so didn't mean to do that Roger, sorry. How long was I doing that for?"

I chuckle and say, "Not too long, but it made me curious about what you were dreaming about when you started doing that as I was rubbing your cheek and poking at your nose."

She looks at him curiously and cocks her head and asks, "Why were you poking my nose?"

I grin and look at her deviously and say, "I wanted to find out if I could get you to sneeze in ur sleep." I laugh and then say, "I was actually trying to slowly wake you up so you could guide me to Zecora's since we are by the road into Sweet Apple Acres."

Twilight giggles and smiles saying, "I do tend to sleep pretty heavily, don't I?" She then looks around her and says, "Alright, now just take a left down that road there and follow it for a little while. Then you should look for a small path just on the edge of Applejack's farm leading to the right, but I know where it is by heart so don't worry, we can't get lost in Ponyville hehe."

Zecora trots around her hut trying to find an herb to brew a potion for one of the ailing ponies saying, "Where oh where could that flower be, I could have sworn it was right in front of me..." She continues searching for it and finds it sitting right beside some empty bottles saying, "If only that moon tea would work on me, oh how great would that be!"

As she finishes up the potion she breathes heavily and looks out the window saying, "For one more week I must endure this season, then I will be free of this frustration!"

Zecora spends a few more minutes working on potions to take to a few ponies in town and says, "It has been a week since my last visit to that township, perhaps I can deliver these and catch up on the latest gossip..."

Twilight leads Roger to the alchemist's hut, senses something amiss in the back of her mind tugging at her. She makes her way through the forest absentmindedly as she struggles through her season to remember what she is forgetting about and mumbles to herself, "I know there is something I am forgetting about, it was a really important piece of information...but for the life of me I can't remember what it was!"

I follow Twilight down the trail and catch some of her conversation and say, "Umm... Is there something you are having trouble remembering Twilight?"

As she makes her way down the trail, she arrives in front of Zecora's hut and knocks on the door thinking, "I am sure it was something really important about Zecora... Oh well, I'm sure it will come to me before it's too late...'

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