//------------------------------// // sweet apple acres // Story: Viva La Lunar // by amf studios //------------------------------// Chapter 5: sweet apple acres Meanwhile in the outskirts of ponyville,  the three mares and disguised changeling were walking towards the town when they all realised, they were all hungry.  Well three of them, pharynx was well fed on love from that morning and wouldn’t be hungry again until later that night when he inevitably burnt through it.   “Can we get a bite to eat, twi?” dash complained. “Hold on, I’m trying to use my LPS(lunar positioning system, not littlest pet shop), to figure out how long before we get to ponyville,” twilight said annoyed. “But i’m starving!” dash complained louder. “Ugh, dashie, we’re surrounded by apple trees, just grab one and be done with it!” rarity said. “I don’t think that’s-” pharynx began say but it was to late.  Rainbow dash flew up and almost grabbed an apple but a voice said, “Ah hope y’all were plannin on payin fer that!” They all turned to see an orange earth pony with a blond mane and green eyes with a cowboy hat and cutie mark of three apples. “Uh, sorry we’re from out of town and rainbow dash was just starving,” twilight explained, “we didn’t know these were your apple trees.” “I tried to tell her,” pharynx said. The mare rose an eyebrow, “out of town, huh?”  her expression turned to a happier own and she said, “then y’all must be the ones from canterlot, the ones here to check on the catering?” “What, oh no were just here for the celebration, although we are pretty hungry if you’ve got any apples for sale,” twilight said. “Well, I appreciate your honesty, at least ah know y’all ain’t the type to lie just to get free food,” the earth pony said, “name’s applejack, glad ta meet ya.”   “I’m twilight sparkle, that’s rarity, rainbow dash, and…” twilight said before pharynx cut her of, “blast shield.”   “Well it’s a pleasure, come on the orchard’s just a bit this way,” applejack said.  When they got there applejack grabbed each of them two apples, “alrighty, that’ll be 8 bits.” Twilight telekinetically reached into her saddlebag and pulled out eight silver coins with moons engraved into them.  She haddened them to applejack who was a little dumbfounded by the appearance of the coins. “Um, wut in the hay are these?” she asked. “8 bits, what’s it look like?” rainbow dash but in but got pushed away by twilight. “I don’t know how things work where y’all are from, but round here, bits look like this,” applejack said putting a gold coin with an engraved sun on the table. Twilight face hooved, of course a different country has different currency! “I’m so sorry, where we’re from bits look like this and we didn’t realise the money difference,” twilight blushed. “Oh, well ya got anything that I can actually consider payment?” applejack asked. “We have a bit of gold,” twilight said. “That’ll do,” the orange mare said. Twilight took out a huge chunk of gold that made A.J. jaw drop. “Uh-uh, sorry, I don’t have change for this, but uh, my friend sunny flare might be able ta trade ya fur bits, just look for carousel boutique, y’all can pay me later,” she said still surprised. “Thank you,” twilight said as she put the bits and gold back in her saddle bag and began walking away.  The four ponies left and applejack chuckled, “well they were an odd bunch.” She then saw somepony else coming, she seemed to be a blue mare with a white mane, wearing some kind of hat, cape combo, and was a… unicorn.  She must have been the ACTUAL supervisor from canterlot. Oh mistro, tricks up my sleeve, please.  Trixie lulamoon, faithful student of princess celestia, part time magician, dangerous alcoholic, and right now, not very happy. “Ugh, the great and powerful trixie can’t believe she has to supervise this boring celebration, couldn’t of Celestia have gotten somepony else to deal with this,” trixie muttered to the dragon following her. Spike rolled his eyes, surrogate mother or not, trixie still drove him nuts.  “Trixie, you know celestia sent you because you need to learn responsibility, and to finally make some friends so you’ll finally drop this holier than thou attitude and your booze problem.” “Attitude, maybe, but Trixie does not have a booze problem!” trixie shot back. “Yes, ‘trixie’ does, at the last Grand Galloping Gala, you drank too much wine, flipped a table, yelled, ‘I swear to drunk, i’m not Celestia,’ then passed out, I had to drag you home!” Spike sighed, “seriously, sometimes I wonder which one of us is the adult.” “Oh, har di har, how much longer before we get to the apple orchard?” Trixie sighed. “Just ahead,” the dragon replied.   Sorry for the short chapter, btw I’d like to give a shout out to my friend on the internet and fellow writer, Shadic Midnight blitzer, He writes the time disruption series which if you haven’t checked out you should.  Till next time, ink out, peace!