As I drive the magnum away from the manure auger, I pull it to a stop to close the hatch so it doesn't slosh out and make a mess. After I lock the lid down tight, I return to the seat and head for the field to spread this slurry. When I reach the field, I move my tractor into the proper position and set the flow before heading back to the cab. I then engage the PTO and take off, watching the scale and my positioning while I head to the end of the field. By the time I have the first half of the field done, I look at the time and see that it is time for dinner. Wanting to finish the rest of this pass, I head to the end of the field before turning around and start making my way to the house.

Fluttershy is just finishing up making dinner when she hears Roger come inside and smiles, saying, "Hello Roger, what are you working on outside?"

I then smile and say, "Well Shy, ah'm pumping out the Hog Barn's pit that is closest to the house and spreading it onto the field to the left of the road. In a few more hours ah'll be finished with that field and will be able to start plowing it then, let me wash my hands before having dinner with ya alright?"

She nods and starts moving food to the table saying, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

---

After enjoying a tasty casserole made by Fluttershy, I then kiss her on the cheek saying, "Will ya be staying the rest of the day, or heading home?"

Fluttershy smiles and kisses him back, saying, "I really should be heading back, I do have animals to tend to that rely on me. Thank you for last night, it really was quite special to me."

I then smile and clean the dishes saying, "Alright then, take care on yer way home because ah'll be driving up and down the roads to the field with the tanker as ah continue spreading slurry, so when ah come near, just hold yer breath till the wind from my passing has faded so ya don't smell hog manure."

She puts the last dish away and smiles saying, "I am very sorry about breaking your windows, I will do whatever I can to help fix them. I will be sure to do that, could we head out together?"

I nod and head for the door, turning the knob and saying, "Don't worry about it, ah'll take care of it. Ladies first, after you."

Fluttershy blushes and trots out the door with a smile on her face as well as a happy glow saying, "Thank you kindly I will be sure to let one of the girls know to come over and watch over you tonight."

I make my way back to the tractor as Fluttershy wrinkles her nose and chuckle saying, "Yeah, ah know it is a rather strong smell, but it has a lot of nutrients that help plants grow better."

She trots on past, thinking, 'Strong doesn't quite do it justice...' and continues down the road, seeing the oak tree at the end of his driveway on the left side. When she hears him approaching with the tractor, she moves off the road to let him by and holds her breath.

As I get closer to Fluttershy, I move further to the left side and slow down a little so there isn't so much dust. After that, I head for the center of the field and make sure she isn't behind me, and then engage the PTO and drive down the field where I left off.

When Fluttershy makes it to the end of his driveway, she takes a deep breath of fresh air saying, "I really do like Roger, but I just couldn't handle the outside smell too well. Though I won't let that stop me from having a family with him, oh these poor wobbling legs of mine need a rest. First, however, I will go see if Twilight can go pay him a visit to fix the windows."

Rainbow sees Fluttershy heading back toward Ponyville and makes her way over, seeing how she is flying and says, "Hiya Fluttershy, did you have a screaming good time last night?"

A fierce blush crosses her face as she hides behind her mane a little, saying, "Umm...maybe."

She then gets closer to her and lowers her voice saying, "I am really impressed with your ability to shatter windows like that...I'm actually a little jealous of you right now. You don't need to worry about me telling anyone else because you're my friend and friends wouldn't do that to each other, but I will tease you about it from time to time when no one is around."

Fluttershy looks over at her with a shocked look as her face turns beet red in embarrassment asking, "Umm...how much of that did you see?"

Rainbow then leans into her ear and says, "Enough to see how much of a wild side you have, I was surprised that your abdomen didn't burst from how much of his stuff was inside of you. You seriously looked like you were carrying twins or triplets, how are your legs and wings feeling after all that by the way?"

She smiles at remembering her night and says, "My legs and wings are feeling quite wobbly after that...uhh...exercise, but I need to get home and tend to my animals after heading to Twilight's and asking if she could head over to fix a few things that broke."

She then looks at her friend and says, "I could do that for you if you'd like?"

Fluttershy then shakes her head and politely says, "I appreciate the thought, but no thank you. I would feel much better telling her a little of what happened because you know she is going to ask."

Rainbow laughs and says, "Oh definitely, she is going to be so surprised to hear that you did all that with how quiet you are."

---

Twilight is inside her home looking over test results when Fluttershy comes walking toward her saying, "Hey Fluttershy, how is your day going?"

She smiles and sits at the small lab table saying, "It is going pretty nicely so far, Twilight. Umm...do you think you could pay a visit to Roger's farm today? He has a few windows that were damaged last night."

She looks up at her friend and smiles back saying, "Of course. Do you know what happened?"

Fluttershy nods shyly and says, "Well, umm...I sort of broke them last night when we were...involved...with each other."

Still confused, Twilight cocks her head and asks, "Oh...ok, but how did you break them?"

She blushes and lets out a gentle sigh saying, "I'm going to have to tell you what happened last night...won't I?"

She nods her head with a light chuckle saying, "It would help because I'm pretty confused right now with how few details you've given me."

Fluttershy takes a calming breath and says, "Alright, well it all started after I left to go watch over Roger last night..."

After listening to her friend share her story, Twilight can't help but stare at her, blinking in confusion saying, "I still don't understand how you were able to shatter every window in his house with your voice. You're just so quiet."

Starlight chuckles and sits beside them with a sigh, saying, "Oh Twilight, you are just so naive sometimes... Do you remember the time you used your magic on some vampire bats at Applejacks while Fluttershy used her stare on them?"

She nods her head saying, "Yeah, but what does that have to do with thi...wait...you mean to say that she still has a bit of Vampire Bat inside her?!"

Fluttershy nods and says, "Yes I do, but you don't need to worry because I won't harm anypony with it, but Princess Luna checked it out already and has not found anything about Flutterbat dangerous."

The gears continue to turn in Twilight's head as she then sighs and says, "Now it sort of makes sense how you broke Roger's windows, but wasn't that hard on your vocal cords?" When curiosity gets the best of her and she asks, "Could you learn to do that at will?"

She blushes and shakes her head saying, "I did wake up having a really sore throat, but I found some honey that helped to soothe my throat. I probably could, but I wouldn't want to because I like being the quiet one."

Starlight chuckles and says, "Yeah, it is always the quiet ones you have to watch out for, so I take it you are participating this season Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy smiles widely and nods quickly saying, "Oh yes I am, I wonder if I will be blessed with a foal this season."

Twilight groans and lets her head drop onto the table saying, "What is wrong with everypony! It seems all my friends are baby crazy this year, first Applejack, then it is Rarity, now it's Fluttershy! Who's next, me, Pinkie Pie, or is it going to be Rainbow!?"

Seeing a chance to mess with her mentor, she walks up beside her and caresses her side saying in a seductive tone, "Oh Twilight, couldn't you just imagine it? How beautiful you would look with a baby foal growing inside you for a few months, then you would bring a new life into this world that would adore you and call you mommy."

She groans again and looks at Starlight from the corner of her eye saying, "Not funny Starlight, do you know how much it takes to raise a foal? Imagine raising a foal just like one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

She watches Twilight's reaction and joins in the teasing saying, "Oh yes, how adorable would your little foal be? Would it have Roger's hair or his pretty eyes? Just try to imagine what your baby would look like..."

Twilight sighs audibly and says in an exhausted tone, "Not you too Fluttershy."

---

I spend several hours in the seat of the Magnum when I see Twilight heading down the road toward my house, and continue to make one more pass before I have to refill the tanker. I reach the end of the row and stop the PTO, then idle down the tractor before setting the brake and hopping out. I then head over to Twilight and see that she is a bit disheveled and ask, "Ya look like ya've had a long day, what's wrong?"

Twilight looks up at Roger with a tired look saying, "Oh it certainly hasn't been easy, most of my friends are going foal crazy and have been teasing me about how I should have one." She then turns to the side and says with a chuckle, "Wouldn't I just look silly with a big abdomen swaying to and fro with every step I took?"

Putting my thumb and forefinger to my chin and think for a moment saying, "No, ah think ya would look really nice with a foal growing inside ya. So what brings ya to mah place, Twilight?"

She groans and thinks, 'Why did he have to say that...' then says, "Well, Fluttershy told me about what happened to your windows during...certain activities last night, so she asked me to come by and use my magic to repair your windows for you."

I then smile and say, "She is way too kind for her own good. If yer gonna fix mah windows, ah will be paying ya for doing the work."

Twilight then smiles and says, "Thank you Roger, what are you putting onto your field?"

I then chuckle and say, "Ah'm spreading hog manure from my pit onto the field because the nutrients in it make it a really great fertilizer for growing crops. Well, ah better fill this tanker up again so ah can start plowing it under, so just wait by the house when yer done fixing the windows and mirrors. Ah will then come pay ya when ah see ya in front of the house."

She then nods and says, "Alright then Roger, I will get started then." and spreads her wings to fly to his home to begin repairing windows.

A few hours later, the sun sits halfway in the sky when I finish emptying the pit onto the field and empty out the wagon in the field, and start taking it back to its place on the opposite side of the offloading ramp and detaching it. I then take the Magnum back to its place in the shed when I see Twilight sitting on the steps and park it, then shut it off and make my way over to Twilight to pay her saying, "Did ya get everything fixed up already?"

Twilight smiles and nods her head saying, "I most certainly have, I was done a half hour ago, but I didn't want to bother you when you were busy."

I then grin and pull my sack of bits off my belt and say, "Does two hundred bits sound fair to ya?"

She nods and smiles saying, "That is more than enough, thank you. Will you be needing any more help?"

I then count out two hundred bits and hand them to her, thinking that over for a moment and saying, "Well...yeah actually, come over to the shop with me."

Twilight puts her bits away and then follows Roger to the shop asking, "So what do you need my help with next, researching another substance derived from oil, or perhaps putting something back together?"

I enter the shop with a chuckle and head to a bench, reaching for a badly rusted 5/16th carriage bolt, then a new carriage bolt with a nut of the same size and length saying, "Nope, ah was hoping ya might try to research a way to restore this rusted bolt to a good-as-new state like this other one with a nut? Rust is a chemical reaction that happens between three elements, iron, water, and oxygen. In order for rust to form, you need moist air or water and iron for rust to form. What ah'd like ya to do is find out how to use magic to reverse the process and restore the bolt to its like-new state."

She smiles widely at the idea of coming up with a new utility spell and grabs the two bolts saying, "Oh I can't wait to get started on this with Starlight, she is going to be so excited!"

I chuckle at how enthused she is about it and say, "When ya manage to figure out how to do that, then ah'll have a more challenging task for ya."

Twilight then prances excitedly and hurries out the door saying, "I will get started right away!"

I then head out of the shop and turn the lights off, then make my way to the 1586 I parked by the fuel barrels that still has the plow hooked onto it. I then climb up onto the seat and start it up, then raise up the plow and head out for the field. When I get to the field, I idle the tractor down and set the brake before stepping out of the cab and call out, "Discord, can ya help me again today?"

Discord pops up and crawls out of Roger's shirt pocket, then hovers in front of him and returns to normal size saying, "Of course I can help you, what do you need my chaos magic for today?"

I then look at the field and say, "Well, I need you to measure and mark out fifty acres roughly on this field here like we did the other one, making the left edge of the field straight with the field across it. So, twenty feet from the driveway, start a line straight east along mah driveway here and go 1,476 feet, then go north the same distance. After that, go west that same length, then bring it back to where the first line began."

He then smiles and says, "Alright, let's wreak some chaos!" and gets started by snapping his fingers to make a straight line from the left edge of the field straight north, stopping at twenty feet from the road, then pulls out a large wheel with numbers on it, then places a 0 on the end of the line and heads straight east. As he goes along with the wheel, making lines, he smells something foul nearby and pulls his nose off thinking, 'I don't know what stinks around here, but it sure isn't me.'

I watch him as he comes back and puts the wheel away, chuckling at seeing he pulled his nose off and say, "Yeah, ah just got done spreading hog manure onto the field, sorry ah fergot to mention that." I then pull out my bag of bits and say, "Thanks a lot, how much do ah owe ya fer this Discord?"

Discord then waves a hand dismissively saying, "Oh I appreciate the offer, but I have more bits than I know what to do with, my friend. So keep your bits, as I'm sure you will need them to buy more land later on."

I then sigh and say, "Alright, since ya insist. Yer right though, ah should buy some more land..." I think it over for a bit and then brush my boot against the gravel saying, "Ahhh hell, head over to Canterlot and have Princess Celestia send out the surveyors again tomorrow, as ah'll need to finish emptying out the pits in mah hog barn. Ah need ta get this field turned over, which means it's gonna be a long night for me tonight and tomorrow. Thanks again fer yer help, ah'll call if ah need help again."

He then smiles and says, "See you later then, toodles!" then snaps his fingers to travel to Canterlot to speak to Celestia about Roger's request.

After he departs, I return to the tractor and start on the left side of the field, heading north with the plow set to turn the dirt over to the inside of the field. As I turn the soil over, I stop after a little ways and lift the plow before heading back to the corner to go the other way. I then roll the plow over to the other side and line it up with the line before lowering it, then make my way to the end of the field following the line while thinking about where my next few lots are going to be. When I approach the corner, I stop early and lift the plow up, then move to the other side and lower the plow down. I stop a little ways ahead and raise the plow once more, then back it up to do the other side of the corner. After turning the plow over, I drop it back down into the dirt and go a little ways before stopping and raising it up. I head across the field to where I left off and turn the plow back over, then return it to the dirt and head to the end of the field.

Applejack trots down the road, wondering how far along Roger's fields are coming. As she finally arrives at the corner of his driveway, she hears a distant noise coming from up ahead to the right. When she reaches a freshly plowed corner, she chuckles and says, "Well it looks like he's making progress, ah wonder when he's gonna have me ask my friends for some seed?" As she continues trotting along, she looks at the field to her left and sees how much land is tilled under and is impressed to see it all plowed under thinking, 'Wowie, that would take me and Big Mac a week to get done. Just how in the hay did he get that all done so quickly?'

With the last corner finished, I drive a short way to the end of the field to plow the end rows under first when I spot Applejack heading up the driveway toward me. I bring the tractor to a stop and then idle it down and set the brake before hopping out of the cab, I then head over to her and say, "Hey there Applejack, are ya here to look after me tonight? Oh, have ya heard back from yer friends yet about those seeds?"

She nods her head saying, "Yep ah am, and ah have, they are able to get you spring oat seed, spring wheat seed, and the small alfalfa seed. However, the spring wheat and the alfalfa seed aren't in planting season yet, so ya'll hafta wait until April at the earliest."

I nod at hearing that and say, "Alright then, ah'm gonna be needing 300 bushels of spring oat seed fer these two fields here whenever ya can let them know. Do ya wanna help me milk the cows?"

Applejack smiles and nods saying, "Ah sure do, what do you need me to do?"

I head back to the tractor and shut it off, then head toward the milk barn saying, "Well, ah first have to move the gates into place fer them to come in and return to the field from the barn, then ah'll need ya to let ten cows in at a time so ah can put them into their places and hook them up. Once they are milked, ah'll let them out and open the exit door so they can return to the yard."

She smiles and says, "Alright pardner, let's get on it."

After hooking the entry alley and the return ally gates up, I head inside to clean the equipment as Applejack helps me with it. With it cleaned and prepared, I go out and push open the gate to the yard and holler, "Alright Bessy, bring the girls in, it's milkin' time!" then head inside to close the gates once a cow is in the chute saying, "Alright Applejack, send in ten!"

Applejack pulls the handle to open the chute saying, "Alright ladies, let's get ten of yall in there." and counts out ten, stopping another saying, "Whoa there girl, that's ten. Ya'll have to wait for them to be milked first."

It takes me a bit less time with Applejack helping me out as we start cleaning the equipment again and say, "Thanks a lot fer helping me, Applejack. Think ya could start on dinner while ah do chores?"

She nods and says, "Sure can, ah even brought a bunch of apples to make dinner tonight." then starts heading toward the house to let him take the alleys down.

A few minutes later, I get the alleys down and then get started on feeding the cows first. Once they are all fed, I then feed and water my horses before moving on to tending to the chickens. When I finally get everything taken care of, I head into the house for some food. The moment I step into the door, my nose is assaulted by the fragrant smells of sweet apples and cinnamon saying, "Ah don't know what's cooking, but it smells good."

Applejack chuckles and starts setting the stack of pancakes on the table, followed by a bowl of homemade apple chips saying, "Ah also made us a salad without flowers, and there is an Apple Family Cobbler in the oven. Which should be ready in about ten minutes."

I then chuckle and say, "Ya better not spoil me too much Applejack or ah might just ask ya to marry me."

She then laughs along with a light blush saying, "Ah'll keep that in mind, ah just love cookin' for mah family."

After finishing a damn fine meal, I start eating a piece of the Cobbler and let out a delighted moan saying, "Ya truly are a talented cook, ya know that. It is almost criminal how ya don't have a special somepony yet. Just so ya know, ah'll be working through the night, because ah need to get that hog manure worked into the soil before it loses its nitrogen."

Applejack then swallows a bite and says, "Just make sure ya don't overwork yerself alright? But perhaps we should check your bandages and change them if necessary."

I wave it off and say, "Ah'll be fine for tonight, we can change them tomorrow, okay?"

She then nods and says in a serious tone, "Alright, but don't make me come out there and drag you out of that tractor mister."

I nod and then help clean up the dishes and put the leftover cobbler in the fridge to snack on it later saying, "Ah'll make sure that ah come in once mah morning chores are done so ya can change mah bandages." then get up and head for the door to continue plowing.

Applejack watches him head to the door and calls after him, "Ya better! Cause ah did bring my rope!"

I chuckle and wave at her saying, "Yes mother!" before heading out the door.

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