Spike and Twilight arrived at Sweet Apple Acres an hour later, having had to fight their way through throngs of excited ponies. Twilight had bee forced to eventually teleport the 2 of them there by magic. He mane was a mess and Spike had several spines out of place.
Twilight was surprised not to see Applejack and Big Macintosh out in the fields. She and Spike had to search most of the farm until they found the pair inside the barn. Big Mac was smashing his hooves against a large rock that had somehow been set up in the barn. Applejack was there too, a towel slung over her back, blowing rhythmically on a whistle. She stopped when she saw the pair walk in. "Take 5, Big Mac. I gotta jaw at Twi for a while."
She walked over and hurriedly pulled Twilight out of the barn, Spike falling off her back and shaking his head before rushing after them.
"Thank goodness yall showed up. Big Mac has been making me help him out all mornin'."
"What's he working out so hard for?"
Applejack sighed and grabbed an apple from a cart near by, taking a big bite before answering. "Well, yall heard 'bout Buck Norris commin' to town, right?"
Spike groaned, "How could we not? Everypony is going crazy back home. you can't take a step without somepony making a Buck Norris joke or something."
"Spike, one thing you're gonna need to learn is that NOPONY makes a joke out of Buck Norris. They'd regret it for years if they did." Applejack looked completely serious. "Just because everything ya hear sounds weird doesn't mean it ain't true. Buck Norris is the strongest and toughest pony Equestria has ever seen. Every time he comes over, he and Big Mac get into some sorta tussle. Now, yall know how tough Big Mac is, right?"
Spike and Twilight both nodded, remembering how they had seen the red stallion tow a house behind him like it weighed nothing at all.
"Well, Buck always beats him. At EVERYTHING."
The pair both felt their jaws drop. How could anypony be so strong that they could beat Big Mac?
Twilight asked,"Why does Big Mac always challenge Buck Norris if he knows he's gonna loose?"
"It's just a family feud a' sorts. Up until Big Mac was born, Buck was the strongest pony in the family, an' Mac is determined to beat him one day."
Spike jumped over onto Applejack's back. "Buck Norris is part of the Apple family? How's he related to you guys?"
"Well, that's sorta complicated." Applejack bucked the small dragon off her back, tossing him into a bale of hay. "Ya see, nopony in the family is exactly sure how Buck is related to us, but everypony is sure he is. Granny Smith says she knew him when she was young, and they just all called him Cousin Buck.'
"Wait, wait," Spike popped his head out of the hay and stared at Applejack. "Granny Smith knew him when she was young? How old is this guy?"
"I'm not really sure, Spike, but he don't look nowhere near as old as he should. I've actually seen pictures of him when Granny Smith was young, an' he don't look a day older."
"Wow, he doesn't really seem like the typical Apple family member," Twilight said, looking at one of the picture on the wall. It showed a fit looking stallion with a tough looking mustache and black cowboy hat. The mark on his flank seemed to be a fist that was on fire. She couldn't tell the color of his coat because the picture was in black and white.
"Wow. This Buck Norris guy must be... well, ancient. How can he be tougher than Big Mac when he's so old?" Spike asked.
Twilight smacked him with her tail. "Spike, don't be rude."
"No, he's right, Twi. Cousin Buck has been around as long as anypony can figure. Granny smith says she use ta hear about him from her granny."
"Sounds more like a coconut than an apple."
"Sounds about right ta me. Yall have any idea when he's s'posed ta get here?"
"I think I heard Cherrilee say he's going to be here sometime this afternoon," Twilight said, magicing Spike back up onto her back. "Well, I guess we'll leave you to... whatever it was you were doing."
"Alright, Yall come back now."
As they walked away, Spike leaned down to Twilight. "Hey, Twilight, do you think this Buck Norris guy is seriously as old as Applejack says he is?"
"I'm no sure , Spike. There are definitely Ponies out there that live for a long time. The princesses are a great example. But I've never heard of a regular earth pony living that long. Either there's something odd about this guy or it's some sort o huge hoax the Apple family is playing."
"I doubt Applejack would do that. She's a terrible lier.'
"Well, she's not the element o honesty for nothing. anyway, we'll see how true all this is when this Buck Norris guy actually gets here. Where do you think we should-" She was suddenly cut off as a rainbow colored blur zoomed crashed into them.
When Twilight got up, she shook her head and looked around fr Spike. He had ended up with Rainbow Dash on top of him. She gave the pegasus a bump to knock her off the dragon.
"Dash, what are you doing?"
Dash stood up, laughing and shaking some grass out of her hair. "Sorry, guys. I'm kinda late for an All Hooves on Deck emergency call in Cloudsdale."
"What's the emergency?" Twilight asked.
Spike hopped up, pushing her mane into her eyes. "Let me guess! Let me guess! It's about Buck Norris, right?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Lucky guess."
Twilight threw her head back and knocked the small dragon onto her back. "We've been hearing about this pony all day. What's the story with him and Cloudsdale?"
"I'll tell you later, right now I gotta get movin'. Later guys!" With another rainbow colored blur, she was of.
"Well, I guess now we're gonna go to Cloudsdale?"
"Yes," Twilight replied, looking determined. "This Buck Norris guy seems to warrant some further research."
"Oh, great."