After Applejack leaves to deliver a wagon of apples, she stays gone for the whole day. Twilight finds her covered in slime and unconscious on the farm the next morning. When they awaken her, she is gripped with a fear they have never before seen in her. She proves unable to complete the delivery until she consults with her friends, including Zecora, regarding what happened in the Everfree Forest. Told from Apple Bloom's perspective as she watches the ever-strong sister crumble before her, only to be built back up again.