"All aboard who's coming aboard! The train leaves in three minutes!"
"Ah'm gonna miss ya cous'. Have fun in Appleoosa. Say hi to Brae fer me." Babs Seed waved goodbye as Applebloom disappeared into the train.
"See ya in a month, Babs!" The yellow filly replied.
"One month, two weeks, and five days, if my math is correct." Pinkie Pie showed Applebloom the notebook she had been using to calculate how long they would be gone. It had absolutely no math written in it whatsoever. Pinkie hadn't even wrote a single number. The pages were just covered in doodles and sketches. "See? Numbers don't lie."
"A huh... Anyway, thanks so much fer lettin' me come with ya Applejack! I'm so exited!"
"No thanks necessary, sis'. By the way, have ya' seen Rarity? She was supposed to meet us here half an hour ago."
"We're here!" a small, squeaky voice yelled out in reply.
Rarity appeared from the dust, alongside a tall, thin stallion with a light tan coat. His red, curly mane was hidden under a round yellow hat.
"Rarity, dear, don't you think making Sweetie Belle carry your bags might be a bit rude?"
"Oh! Silly me! I'm so sorry. I'll take these." she turned around and levitated her bags off her sister's back.
"Thanks, Flim," the filly looked up to her possible future brother-in-law. "You may have tried to throw my friend's farm out of buisn-"
"Please, don't remind me," he interrupted.
"Oh, right. I forgot..." she was about to apologize, but stopped when she felt herself being lifted onto Flim's back. Sweetie Belle leaned forward to look at the unicorn and smiled. Rarity ha never been so nice to her before, but ever since she met Flim, she'd been acting really strange.
"It's about time y'all got here! We've been waitin' fer ya f-" Applejack stopped mid-sentence. "You..." she scowled at her former business opponent.
Flim bit his lower lip and tried to ignore the mare, but couldn't. Rainbow Dash was the first to notice he looked as if he was going to burst into tears at any moment.
"Flim, you okay?" The multicolor pegasus asked, placing a hoof around his shoulder. "You don't look too good."
"I'm fine," he lied and unhooked himself from Rainbow's grasp.
"Are you sure?"
"Rainbow, there's nothing wrong."
"Really? 'Cause I think there is."
"Flim, if somethings bothering you, you need to tell us. I hate having to see you like this." Rarity said to her coltfriend with a worried look on her face.
Flim turned toward the window as a tear rolled down his face. Applebloom placed a hoof on his lap. He looked down at his former opponent and let out a soft cry, which worried the young apple farmer. "Pwease Tew us whas wong," she gave him her best puppy-dog face. "Pwease?"