An Intriguing Invite

Applejack was sitting down on her picnic blanket, waiting for Winona to bring a stick that was thrown into the bushes. Around Applejack were her friends playing with their own pets, as well. Today was the occasional 'Pony Pet Playdate', which was held at Sweet Apple Acres this week.

Applejack started to wonder, 'Shoot! Where did Winona go off to, now?'

Just then, there was a rustle in the bush, and it was from the same direction AJ had thrown the stick. Winona pounced out of the shrubs, bringing back the stick, but also brought along a very familiar mail pony behind her.

Applejack got up to greet the clumsy pegasus. "Well howdy, Derpy! 'Ya got mail for me?" The mail pony nodded, her 'googly-eyes' swirling with her head's bobbing motion. Derpy then searched her bag, looking for the specific letter sent for AJ.

"Mhm, here you go, Applejack!" replied Derpy, finally getting it out.

Applejack looked at the address of the card, and read it aloud. "Uhh.. a letter for... 'Oo-tack-you.. Tee-sun.. deere...? From Larry the Din-no- sar..?' "

Derpy looked at the letter, and realized her mistake. She took out the real letter for Applejack and apologized, "Oopsie! Sorry, Applejack, here's the reeal card for you!"

Applejack took the letter from Derpy's hooves. "No need to apologize, sugarcube, but thank 'ya kindly, Derpy! " replied Applejack.

AJ looked around and realized Derpy already left.

The mares were watching AJ and Derpy's conversation from a distance, and when the coast was clear, they approached Applejack.

"What does the card say, darling?" asked Rarity, ever so interested in who it was from.

"Who is-" Fluttershy tried to contribute.

Pinkie interrupted poor Fluttershy and asked "Who is it from? Open it! Open it!"

Rainbow Dash also added to the conversation, while Fluttershy was behind Pinkie, disappointed that the pink mare stole her only line in the chapter. "Yeah, let's see who sent you this sweet invitation, AJ!" said Rainbow.

In the background, Pinkie looked at the script and whispered to Fluttershy "You do have another line in this prologue, don't worry your precious little head, Fluttershy!" Pinkie got out a marker and changed up the script, while everypony were about to question what she was doing to the episode. Instead, they just shrugged and went along with it.

Twilight, however, looked behind her, and then looked at her script, seeing that it changed. "Nevermind," she mumbled, being upset at Pinkie for yet again, changing their scripts. "Okay, Applejack, let's see what's in the letter," said Twilight, glaring at Pinkie as the pink mare slowly retreated from adding anything else to the scripts.

Applejack nodded, and looked at the address of the letter. " 'For my niece Applejack'. At least the address is right," said Applejack.

Rainbow Dash titled her head "An uncle?"

Rarity and Fluttershy looked at Rainbow Dash thinking, 'Did she not know Applejack had uncles or..?'

Rainbow Dash then realized her odd choice of words and shouted "Oh! I didn't mean it like that, AJ!"

"It's alright, sugarcube," Applejack replied. She opened the letter and read it to her friends as they listened. " 'Dear Applejack, howdy there! Ah'm your uncle, if 'ya didn't know! Captain Salty Apple's the name. Ah can't believe 'yer so big, already! How's Granny Smith? And how's Big Mac and Apple Bloom?

Well you can tell me in person, because Ah'm inviting you and yer friends on mah cruise!' "

Rarity interrupted Applejack and exclaimed "Oooh!~ A cruise sounds sooo relaxing! Oh! Apologies, darling, do read on."

Applejack just rolled her eyes, smiling, and continued reading. "Where was ah? Oh, right!"

" 'Y'all don' have to pay, though, we got that covered for ya.' Well that's awfully kind of him, let's see what else it says.. 'Just c'mon down to the ship near South Hoofington! Mah crew and ah would be obliged to meet 'ya and 'yer other friends that helped save Equestria! It's the least we could do for y'all. Anywho, the cruise leaves tomorrow, so be sure to arrive at 11:00 AM! Can't wait to see y'all! ~Love, Yer Fav'rite Uncle, Captain Salty Apples.' "

AJ sat there, looking at the letter again. Her friends trotted over to her, making sure she was okay, but then Applejack started talking again. "Well shoot! How did he know he was mah fav'rite? Hah, that's mah uncle for 'ya. He's mighty nice to offer us to his cruise ship, haha!" Applejack stated.

A few hours after that letter arrived, the girls finished their Pony Pet Playdate, and said farewell.

The only thing they had to do was pack for a three day vacation...

But here's a question: who'll pet-sit for them?

Author's Notes:

Me: Pinkie, you really need to stop changing my scripts! Also hey! Larry and I got a shout out from Derpy, lol! *Runs down hallway* LARRY!! PINKIE PUT YOU IN THE SCRIPT!

Larry the (British) Dinosaur: *spits out coffee* say whaaaaaaaaaaat? did she put my full name?

Me: Yeah- but apparently AJ can't pronounce 'dinosaur' very well...

Larry the (British) Dinosaur: *spits out coffee* say whaaaaaaaaaaat? this is sorcery! *takes out my rotom-phone* find that pink pony and the apple farmer, Jenny, and order me a new shirt, its covered in two cups worth of coffee.

Random lady (jenny): yes ma'am.

Me: was that my phone?- wAIt! don't go to Equestria, we already broke our pathetic portal, Larry! remember the incident of 'mission: achieve greatness'? *gets shivers down spine* that was a bad day for the country..

Larry the (British) Dinosaur: You don't say...? Odd.

Me: You know what. I'm just gonna leave. I think your family went extinct for a reason, Larry-

Larry the (British) Dinosaur: yOU dARE cURsE lARrY wIth tHEsE iNSUltS, oTAKu?!?- also, nice fanart! you're good, sista- yOu SHalL cOWeR bEFoRE mE aND mY dINoSauR nUBs!

Me: *steals jenny and jumps out of window* Gotta go fast- eee!~

Larry the (British) Dinosaur: *cries in Jurrassic Park noises*

[;w; I'm soooo gonna get fired-]

Next Stop: South Hoofington!

"Aww! Can't ah go on the cruise, too, sis?" Apple Bloom pouted and looked up at her sister, who was packing apple treats. Applejack had asked her to help petsit her friends' pets. "It ain't fair ah gotta do this by mah self!"

"Oh, you ain't gonna be alone," Applejack chuckled after pausing for dramatic effect.

Apple Bloom gasped and then tilted her head. "Ah ain't?"

The reason Applejack laughed was because somewhere else in Ponyville, two other fillies were being asked the same thing by their siblings.

"Argh! Come on, Rainbow! Pleeeease?" begged Scootaloo. She was upset Rainbow Dash was going to go on the most awesome and exciting cruise without her.

Rainbow looked at Scootaloo with a bit of guilt in her eyes. "Sorry, Scoots. The captain only invited us, and besides, Tank needs a cool pony to look after him while I'm gone."

"Really?" Scootaloo instantly felt better, thanks to getting a compliment from her favorite pony.

Sweetie Belle made her puppy eyes and gazed up at her sister. "Pleaaaaaase?"

"No," replied Rarity, being more firm than the last billion times Sweetie Belle asked the same question.

"Pleeeeea-" Sweetie Belle got cut off by Rarity, who was packing dresses until then.

The mare turned to look at Sweetie Belle in the eye. "Darling, who else is going to watch over precious little Opal for me?" Rarity asked, getting frusterated.

Sweetie Belle tried to make an argument. "But,-"

"And your other friends, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, are going to also help you watch over all the other pets, too," Rarity said, less irritated than before. She had learned from Fluttershy to be more patient, and it worked wonderfully.

Sweetie Belle instantly changed from begging Rarity to squealing in joy. "Wait, really!? Yay!" After that, Sweetie Belle kept on shouting how happy she was to spend a few days with her friends.

Rarity smiled, despite Sweetie Belle's squealing paining her ears. It made Rarity happy to see her sister would enjoy herself despite being left home alone.

Now it was morning, and everypony was prepared for their vacation.

Rainbow had packed sunglasses, Twilight had packed books on how to enjoy cruises, Fluttershy had packed some floatation devices, Pinkie Pie had packed fun games, and Spike had packed Power Ponies comics -- hopefully not enchanted.

"Take care o' Winona, gals!" Applejack exclaimed to the CMC as the Mane Six got on the train.

Rarity started shouting as well. "Please do be gentle with Opal, girls! She really doesn't like rowdy games! And have fun, I also left brownies in the fridge while you're staying at the boutique!"

Pinkie joined the screaming, "I baked the brownies, by the way! And make sure Gummy gets his steps in today!"

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight cocked their heads. They all just shrugged because Pinkie never makes sense, and then started shouting, too.

"Make sure Tank doesn't bump into anything like that one time!" Rainbow Dash yelled as the train whistle blew.

"Yeah, we know you snuck onto the train when we went to the Crystal Empire a few years ago! Anyway, make sure Owlicious gets some sleep! He's been really over-worked lately!" Twilight managed to scream over the train whistle.

As the train started moving slowly, Fluttershy yelled, surprisingly loud enough for the CMC to hear, "Angel, be gentle with the girls this time! And girls, make sure Angel Bunny doesn't do anything risky!"

"We promise!!" shouted the CMC in unison. They waved goodbye to the Mane Six as the train sped towards the east horizon.

Twilight stopped looking out the window, and turned to Rainbow Dash, who sat next to her. "They're definitely going to sneak on the cruise," Twilight deadpanned.

"Yup," Rainbow Dash agreed.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, my chapters are gonna be kinda short. Derp.

ANywAy! Season 3 Callbacks, anybody? Lol. Twilight and Dashie might be on to something here

Pinkie is best pony!

Wait I didn't say that, I swear!

Yes, I said Pinkie is best pony! Hands down!

No, I didn't!

Yes, I did!

PINKIE!! STOP MESSING WITH MY SCRIPT WITH YOUR MARKER!!

What? I'm not Pinkie, me! You I said Pinkie is best poni pony, so it is fat fact! Mean typos

Sure, Pinkie, sure... besides, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity are my 'the best ponies'.

Fine. Party pooper.

Oh, do you think I could be an honorable mention, though?

That'll do, Pinkie, that'll do.

Welcome to South Hoofington!

About 50 Minutes Later...

"That was a longer train ride than I expected; I didn't know that South Hoofington would be 3 hours away!" Rarity exclaimed, stretching and stepping off the train.

Fluttershy rubbed the sleep from her eyes. "It was only 50 minutes, Rarity.."

"Was it, now? My, I've lost track of time- but weren't you asleep?" Rarity asked.

"I'm pretty sure Fluttershy sets her 'Train Sleep Alarm' for 50 minutes, so this was a huge coinky-dink! But, now that I think about it-" Pinkie answered, about to go off on a tangen of how coinky-dinks are not 'just coinky-dinks.'

Applejack put a hoof to Pinkie's mouth. "Let's all just calm down 'ere. We should head to the cruise.. the docks are.. uh.. that-a-way!" said Applejack, pointing east.

"Actually, it says we should go-" Twilight tried to correct while pointing west.

"C'mon! Let's go, we're losing daylight!" Applejack yelled, being at least 600 feet away from the group now.

"Uh, AJ? It's hardly 10:00 AM," Rainbow Dash said. "Did you hit your head on the train or something?"

"Nope! I'm perfectly fine!" Applejack replied, scrunching up her nose and looking left to right.

"Let's just hope this doesn't end up like that Season 1 episode about Applejack," Pinkie mumbled.

Twilight turned around and eyed Pinkie. "Season 1... episode..?"

"Oh- uh.. nothing! Hehe," Pinkie answered, sweating nervously.

"Applejack, darling, let's just go Twilight's way. She has been here before, after all," insisted Rarity.

Applejack rolled her eyes. "Ugh, fine.."

10 Minutes Later...

As the group trotted through the peaceful town, Fluttershy and Twilight were chatting at the back. "Applejack isn't acting normal, do you think she's okay?" Fluttershy whispered.

"Something's going on, and we're gonna figure it out, or it'll end up like a 'Season 1 episode' as Pinkie says. Actually, that's a very creative quote. I should say it more often," Twilight whispered back, being consumed in her own thoughts.

45 Minutes Later...

"See, I knew we should've turned left at 'Annoying Gags Street'," Pinkie said, looking at Twilight's map.

The ponies turned around, and Pinkie cued some montage music as they retraced their steps.

"Pinkie, what the actual hay," Rainbow Dash said, very annoyed.

"Whaat?~ This chapter needs some good 80's callbacks!" Pinkie happily replied.

"Girls," Fluttershy tried to talk.

Rarity stood in between Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. "Darling, 80's montage music is so, well, outdated! You should definitely try this," Rarity said, smirking.

Fluttershy flew above everypony, trying to get their attention. "Girls."

Applejack looked at the CD, and faced Rarity. "Ya gotta be kiddin'! That filthy opera ain't nothin' compared to mah country tunes!"

"I actually prefer music from the 90's," Twilight intervened.

"Well! I never!-" Rarity scoffed.

"Girls!" Fluttershy yelled -- well, more like 'violently whispered', as I call it. "We have uh.. good and uhm.."-- Fluttershy gulped --"A- and bad news.."

Silence followed until Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Well? Tell us!" she shouted.

"T- the good news is," Fluttershy tried to explain, almost starting to cry.

"Darling, use your words," Rarity said, assuring her friend and wiping her unshed tears.

"O- okay.. the good news is I found the docks," Fluttershy told them.

"Aand?" Twilight said, wanting to get the information.

"And-" Fluttershy stopped. She turned to hear the whistle of a cruise ship. "The cruise is leaving without us!"

The mares ran to the docks, which where Fluttershy pointed, was only 800 feet away.

"Don' leave without us!!" Applejack yelled, not looking where she was galloping. She bumped straight into the forehead of a stallion. "Oh! Ah'm mighty sorry, sir, Ah wasn't looking where Ah was trottin'," Applejack apologized. She gazed up into the eyes of the stallion and he stared back down at her.

"Applejack?" the elderly stallion asked.

Author's Notes:

SucEsS!! I knew I could write this chapter in 6 hours!! fEaR mE moDErAToRS!

That isn't impressive if you think about it.. and I don't think some friendly moderators would fear a Dedenne that is obsessed with Fluttercord.

Says the party pony that made a Looney Tunes reference and made an argument about terrible montage music. AnD fLUtTErCorD iS mAH oTP eXCusE yOU!

Mhm.. I still prefer Dislestia. Anyway, atleast my jokes are funny! You just make me to have comedic effects in the story and so you can have a conversation with somepony, which may I remind you that you're typing a fictional character to have a pointless argument with you so your story gets upvoted. At least write me good enough to like decent ships!

I think Dislestia's decent-

Finally, we can agree! Cya, electric rabbit copycat!

i aM a hAmsTER!!! gAhHhH!!!

(And so, Dedenne doomed the universe with a chapter in under 6 hours. Peachy. Hey! That was my line! Shush, young Pie- and how did you even get in here? I dunno. Logic. Ah yes, Logic.)