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5:00 am: Cockerel crowing wakes Applejack, dead on time as usual. Folds up blanket, ready for today.
5:10 am: Applejack brushes and ties up hair. Goes to fetch trademark Stetson hat.
5:11 am: Discovers that hat is not on perch where it is usually kept. Undergoes contained panic attack for good minute or so.
5:15 am: Older brother Big Macintosh comes upstairs to ask why Applejack hasn’t come downstairs to walk Winona, the Apple family dog. Explains great hat crisis. Is then reminded that daily chores will not finish themselves by small, yet extremely expressive silence.
5:20 am: Feeling naked (er) without hat, Applejack takes Winona on walk. Makes sure to check on cows on usual rounds around farm.
5:40-7:30 am: Spends next few hours milking cows. Notices chill in barn that Applejack didn’t notice before. Becomes unusually melancholy regarding lost headwear.
8:00 am: Back to house with Winona. Breakfast time of fibre hay cereal and fresh milk with Granny Smith, Bic Macintosh and lil’ sis. First pleasant mood of the day interrupted by younger sister Applebloom contemplating earning a cutie mark in parkour today.
8:05 am: Firmly against the idea, Applejack slams hoof on table, causing butter knife (with butter still on it) to fly towards forehead, leaving decidedly greasy stain on scalp.
8:06 am: Heads upstairs to wash hair, leaving a giggling Applebloom to receive stern looks from family.
8:30 am: Heads to bathroom sink. Makes to take off hat, only to remember she isn’t wearing it. Washes out butter from forehead distractedly. Looks up in mirror, only to find that she has now left a rather conspicuous rainbow coloured streak in her otherwise blonde mane.
8:35 am: Applejack realises that she accidently grabbed “Prism-Blaster Shampoo for Young Fillies” instead of usual shampoo. Remembers that Rainbow Dash gave it to her as a joke birthday present (“You can’t copy The Dash’s awesomeness, but you can come pretty darn close with this!”). Makes mental note to inflict some form of torture to Rainbow in midst of panic attack.
8:36 am: Races back to bedroom to try and find hat to cover up the botched hair job. Isn’t anywhere where she would leave it lying around, but Applejack does remember leaving it in her room…
8:40 am: No more time, as Applebloom should be dropped off at school by now. Grabbing nearby white napkin and fashioning it into rudimentary bandanna, she leaves the house with Applebloom.
9:00 am: Arrives at school, choosing to ignore odd looks from parents and students. Races back to house, rueing the existence of shampoo for one customer base.
10:00 am: Gets started on apple bucking to clear head. Suddenly spots Rainbow Dash, who bursts into laughter on sight.
10:05 am: Applejack is then told that some of the colour soaked through the napkin and now everypony can see it. Is then advised to ‘go for it’ and wear the rainbow streak like a badge of honour. Applejack mentally questions how well-earned the whole thing actually was.
10:10 am: Decides to just get on with work. An annoyed Applejack tells Rainbow that she should probably get on with work as well, as she is still giggling about her mane.
11:30 am: Finishes up with last apple tree for the one orchard. Finds Pinkie Pie waiting at the gate. Mentally curses fate for being as much of a jokester as Rainbow Dash.
11:31 am: Noticing the distinct lack of her hat, Pinkie theorises that her hat has been fillynapped and is being held ransom. Applejack is visibly disturbed when Pinkie notes that attempts on her hat’s life have happened before. Pinkie laments that she should have explained to the mysterious fillynapper that Applejack should have explained that the hat was important to her, but she would never cheat on anyone with the hat, and that the hat and Applejack were just good friends…
11:40 am: Escapes Pinkie while distracted by tangent. Still in shock after hearing about hat assassinations, Applejack decides to just grab some lunch and see to the rest of her chores.
12:00 pm: Makes herself some Apple fritters for lunch in attempt to cheer herself up.
12:50 pm: Gets started on looking after pigs. Fills up trough as well as collecting manure for apple trees. Feels unusually antsy, owing to lack of sense of comfort.
1:15 pm: Applejack decides that the sheer discomfort as well as loathing of mane-care disasters of today outweigh the desire to work. Decides to visit Rarity. Realises that it may be the first time she would actually willingly want any job done on her mane in the history of ever.
1:30 pm: Arrives at the Carousel Boutique. Is greeted by Rarity, which is then followed by an extremely uncomfortable look of sheer shock, which continues for about 30 seconds. Applejack makes attempts to muster up suitable ‘yeah, I know’ face.
1:31 pm: Applejack is asked why she would wear ‘such a ghastly-coloured piece of cloth over her rustic mane’. Applejack then explains that it’s to cover up her rainbow streak, removing the napkin. Another 30 seconds of shock ensues.
1:40 pm: Having composed herself, Rarity quickly closes up shop using her all-purpose closing signs for all occasions, and drags Applejack to the spa.
3:20 pm: Leaves spa session with mane in original colour. Applejack is not sure, but she thinks that Rarity’s eye was twitching while watching her mane.
3:30 pm: Arrives back at Sweet Apple Acres. Big Macintosh is waiting at gate, not happy about having extra chores again while Applejack was away. She then promises to finish up the rest of his chores right after she picks up Applebloom from school.
4:00 pm: Arrives at school and picks up Applebloom. Receives various compliments on her mane, including several awkward questions about whether if the napkin was ‘to set the dye in’. Applejack grumbles about how she’s glad Gabby Gums isn’t around or she’d have a field day in the local news.
5:00 – 6:40 pm: Applejack does Big Macintosh’s chores, including bucking the rest of the orchards for today before sundown, checking on the chickens, and examining the steel traps planted around their best orchard. Applejack notes that pitfalls need visibility to be worked on.
7:00 pm: Supper time. Applebloom grumbles about how the buildings in Ponyville don’t have ‘nice n’ durable metal roofs’. Applejack deduces: 1. Her attempt at a cutie mark failed again. 2. There will be a lot of bills for angry citizens to pay tomorrow.
8:00 pm: Goes back to check on cows again, as it’s almost calving season. Remembers that she probably should ask about whether they’ve seen her hat anywhere. Answer is negative.
9:00 pm: Goes back to bathroom and throws bottle of rainbow shampoo in bin. Decides that from now on she should never store unused items in the same place as everyday things.
9:05 pm: Makes her way back to bedroom, dejected about how things went rather badly today. Takes time to reflect on lessons learnt today (including a mental note to ask Pinkie to elaborate on suspected hat-hating hombres), before turning in for the night.
9:10 pm: As Applejack brings blanket forward, she finds her hat underneath! Applejack then remembers that she left the hat on the end of her bed yesterday after being too tired from work to put it back on the perch.
9:15 pm: Placing hat back in its proper place, Applejack adds “don’t leave your things lying around” on the lessons learnt from today. Applejack then falls asleep, so as to get up early the next morning.