Twilight Sparkle and her friends were sitting in the park, waiting for their beloved Princess Celestia to arrive.

As the princess' chariot landed, the six ponies kneeled down to welcome her.

"Hello, Princess." Twilight said. "Welcome back to Ponyville."

"Hello, my little ponies. I have another task for you." Princess Celestia said. The other ponies stood back up.

"What do you need us to do Princess?" Rarity said.

"I need you six to go inside the Everfree Forest and retrieve an ancient relic called the Elemental Stone with your Elements of Harmony." One of her guards pulled a map out of her chariot and she pointed to a spot. "It's inside some ancient ruins over here."

"Alright, Princess. We'll leave right away."

"I'm sorry to be a bother," Princess Celestia said, "It's just that I've become extremely busy lately and haven't had time to retrieve the stone myself."

"It's no problem." Twilight said, "We'd be honoured to go get the Elemental Stone for you."

Celestia smiled, and then left on her chariot.

A few hours later, Twilight and her friends were walking along an empty dirt path through the Everfree Forest, cheerfully singing along with Pinkie.

Pinkie Pie stopped and opened her saddlebag. "Anyone want a sandwich?" she said cheerfully.

"What's on it, Pinkie?" Twilight asked.

"Err..." She took a look at them. "Salad."

"Oh yes please!" she said.

Pinkie handed them all a sandwich, except for Applejack.

"Sorry Pinkie. Ahm allergic to tomatoes." she said. "Ah start sneezin' real bad."

They soon arrived at the remains of some sort of temple. It was made of crumbling stone, and was covered in overgrown vines. Inside, was a large boulder. "Alright girls, the Elemental Stone should be inside this boulder. It's time to put on your elements." Twilight said, and the others all put on their necklaces.

Twilight put on her tiara and cast a spell. A rainbow formed and connected all of the elements together, and then shot at the rock. It split in half in a colourful explosion and both pieces fell to the ground in a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke had cleared, the girls took a look inside and saw a beautiful object. It was a rock, which was encrusted with all sorts of jewels and diamonds. Twilight brought it over to them with her magic. She then cast a spell, which sent the Elements of Harmony back to the library for safe keeping.

"It's gorgeous!" Rarity said. "So many jewels."

"It is pretty..." Fluttershy said quietly as they all stared at it.

While the others were busy staring at the stone, Applejack noticed something around the back. There was some sort of room, which radiated an orange glow. She felt attracted to it, like she wanted to see what was back there. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she drifted towards the glow.

She felt like she was floating as she got closer, dying to know what was back there. She went in, and was quite confused by what she saw. The glow was coming from a familiar object, which was sitting on the cold stone floor. It was her Element of Honesty necklace.

"It's... my element." she said to herself. "But how'd it get over here? Twilight sent 'em back to the library."

She picked it up and examined it. It looked like her element. She went to put it around her neck, but hesitated for a moment. She put it on and she felt a rush of adrenaline, which made her slightly lightheaded. She stumbled to the left, but then regained her balance. She returned to the others, who were still looking at the stone.

"Come on ponies. We have ta get back home, remember?" she said, snapping them out of their trance.

"Oh yeah, right." Rainbow Dash said as she blinked a few times.

Twilight noticed Applejacks necklace. "Hey Applejack. Where'd you get that from?"

She shrugged her shoulders.

"Well I guess I'll just try and send it back to the library again. Hold still." Her horn began to glow again, but Applejack galloped out of the way.

"No!" Applejack yelled. "Ah mean, err... Mind if ah hold on to it, just for a little?" She wasn't sure why she yelled, or why she wanted it so badly.

"Umm, sure. I guess so." Twilight said, shrugging her shoulders.

They then began their journey home. Applejack was silent the whole way, even when they were all singing.

"What's up with AJ?" Rainbow Dash whispered to Twilight. "She's being really quiet."

"I don't know. She's been acting kind of weird."

When they arrived home, Twilight asked her for the necklace again, but Applejack once again refused to give it back.

"Can ah hang on to it? Just for a little bit longer?" she asked.

"Uhh, okay." Twilight hesitated. "Remember to keep an eye on it at all times. Who knows what would happen if you lost it."

That night, Twilight and Spike were at home in the library.

"Why wouldn't she want to give her element back to me?"

"I don't know." Spike moaned as he rolled over in his bed, trying to block out the sound if Twilight's voice as he tried to sleep.

Twilight walked over to the chest that had the Elements of Harmony inside and opened it. She was a little confused.

"Hang on a sec! All six elements are in here!" she said. "But... then what does Applejack have?"

"Ugh. Go to sleep!" Spike exclaimed.

"Okay," she yawned. "I'll check it out in the morning."

"It feels so... weird." Applejack said to herself as she stared at Luna's moon from her bedroom window. She put a hoof up against her necklace. "Ah wanna keep it." She stomped her hoof back down. "She can't have it!"