Charcoal inspected the oven. Oddly enough the only problem with the oven was the heating tubes in the back.
"Seems that the tubes used to heat up the oven are out. It's just a simple fix" Charcoal said, holding one of them on his hoof.
"Really? Well gosh, who would've thought" Applejack said. Charcoal chuckled a bit and looked at Applejack, trying to keep his cool
"Is there anything else that needs fixing?”
"Nah" She said, before thinking about something "Actually, there is somethin' that ah think you can help me with"
"What is it?" Charcoal said curiously.
Applejack led him out of the kitchen and back towards the barn. AppleBloom and Big Mac steadily follow them a few feet behind.
"You think that Charcoal fella took a liking to our sister Big Mac?" AppleBloom whispered. Big Mac gave a slight nod, but his expression was a bit serious. Though he is seen as a gentle, quiet stallion, Big Mac cares for his sisters, and seeing other stallions go after the eldest of the two mares is more of a common thing for him. He does what he can to ensure that who she pairs up with is the right one.
"Don't worry Big Mac" AppleBloom said "I'm sure he's a nice stallion".
The machine that Applejack showed was a bit worn out. "The Flim Flam Brothers tried to use this machine to run us out of Apple Acres" She said, a bit serious. Charcoal trotted around the machine a few times to examine it.
"What exactly does it do?" Charcoal asks.
"Well it makes apple cider" she says "The machine broke down when they used it against us, and it never worked since". He finds the hatch to the machine and opens it up. What he saw not only surprised him, but also made him facehoof in sheer disappointment.
"You got to be kidding...” Charcoal sighed, realizing what could've happened.
Applejack trots up and looks at all the gears and parts, but couldn't make heads or tails of it. "What's wrong Charky?" She said.
"These parts are all high tech, but they're not compatible with each other" Charcoal said. Applejack looked at him confused
"Pardon?”
"Simply put, it’s like trying to grow pears in an apple tree. It won't work" he said "But be glad that they didn't know that".
"Why's that?" she said, a bit worried.
"If they used the right parts, they would've actually run you out of Apple Acres and then some." She was a bit shaken by what he said. "Good thing for you they left this behind though. I could fix it and your family can use it".
Applejack was ecstatic to hear that he could fix it up. "It'll take a few days to fix since I need to order the parts" Charcoal said.
"Take all the time you need sugarcube!" she said, trotting off to tell the others the good news. He studied the pieces a bit more and scratched off the Flim Flam Brother's insignia on the side of the machine. AppleBloom trots in and sees Charcoal.
"Well howdy there Mr. Charcoal" she said.
"Oh, hi there AppleBloom." he said.
"I see you helpin' out my sister with this weird doo-hickey" she said.
"That I am." He smiled "Is there anything you need?”
"Ok let's cut the chit chat, I know you like mah sister".