*Lillian's POV*
The day after Rarity and Blizzardstar had made their way back to town with Pinkie, Rainbow had gotten up quite early since cider season was just about to start. Plus it was something new for the Mobians too.
Danyelle was napping in a tent in front of Pinkie.
Danyelle spoke "*Yawn!* Man, what a rest."
I crawl out of a tent just behind Pinkie's tent while yawning.
“You’re telling me.” I agreed.
Lucy poked her head out of an apple tree before yawning.
Lucy yawns "Hey girls."
“Why were you sleeping up there?” I asked.
Lucy yawns "There aren't tents for adult dragons...."
Danyelle spoke "Makes sense."
Lucy asks "Say Lillian, did Pinkie take too much cider last time?"
“Yeah. And when I told her about that, she Pinkie Promised that she buy only one cider today." I say.
Danyelle groans "She better... It's not fair for the rest of us if she breaks that promise..."
“Or Pinkie.” I added.
Renee yawns as she crawled out of her tent with Gadget following her.
Shaking her fur smooth, Renee yawns "Hey Lillian."
“Renee, it’s good to see you. How are you and your omega doing?” I teased, making the two wolf Mobians blush.
Danyelle and Lucy were snickering.
Flustered, Renee spoke "Mobian wolves don't have packs...."
“Yet you two are like an Alpha and Omega.” I further teased, making the couple’s heads became as red as an apple.
Zoey was heard laughing as she exited her tent.
Zoey laughs "Wow! I think that’s true, even though I’m truly a leader, you and Gadget are also like leaders, Renee!"
Renee pounces on Zoey before tickling the pink cat.
Danyelle spoke "I can say the same about Li and Sakura."
Sonic spoke "Hey girls!"
Danyelle spoke "Hey, bro."
Sonic gives his adoptive sister a high five.
“You here for Apple Cider Season?” I assumed.
Sonic spoke "Yeppers!"
Danyelle spoke "At least you don’t have to wait long, like a certain daredevil Pegasus."
Rainbow shouts "I HEARD THAT!!!"
Danyelle spoke "But I’m sure everyone will get a cup."
But as it was last time, Pinkie had too many.
Danyelle spoke "Oh come on, Pinkie!"
Lucy groaned in annoyance.
Holo spoke "This is why there are limits... But pink pony doesn't know that..."
Breakfang groans "Yeah...."
“Uh, actually, guys, look.” I pointed out as we saw Pinkie sharing some cups of cider.
Lucy, Holo and Breakfang spoke "Oh."
Soon enough, there wasn't enough cider left thus causing Rainbow and many others to groan.
Holo spoke "Sorry everyone, we're out of cider!"
Rainbow Dash spoke "Surprise surprise. You always run out of cider!"
Holo's ears perk up when she heard something coming.
Holo spoke "Something’s coming."
Danyelle spoke "Yeah, I hear it too."
Sunset spoke "Same here..."
Applebloom spoke "Y’all got a deal!"
Myuri spoke "Now hold it Applebloom, we can't trust them so easy."
Holo asks "What say you Granny Smith?"
Both wolfish ponies were wary of the two unicorn stallions.
Lucy asks "Now what do we do?"
I shrugged, not knowing the answer to that. But what me and Danyelle knew is that those Flimflam brothers cannot be trusted.
Renee spoke "I don't trust them either."
Gadget spoke "I agree..."
Sonic spoke "They’re like that Weasel salesman and Eggman combined."
Zoey growls "Yeah...."
Corina spoke "But even at their best, the Apples are only able to get one barrel done at a time."
Kiki asks "Uh Miss Mayor, would honorary family members be allowed to help the Apples?"
Mayor Mare asks "Um… Are you alright with honorary family members helping the apples?"
Applejack spoke "Ah'd sure love to have the rest of my family to help out... And that includes the Mobian Guard and the Tokyo Five..."
Twilight Sparkle spoke "Okay, everypony and Mobian, we're not gonna let those smooth talkers take our friend's farm."
Rest of main cast, Mobian guard and Tokyo Five exclaim "Yeah!"
Twilight Sparkle spoke "Fluttershy, Corina, Knuckles and Sonic, help Applejack and Holo with the trees."
Fluttershy, Corina, Knuckles and Sonic spoke "Got it."
Twilight Sparkle spoke "Pinkie Pie, Kiki and Ben, you're on apple catching detail with Renee and Bridget."
Pinkie Pie and Kiki exclaim "Yessir, ma'am, sir!"
Twilight Sparkle spoke "Rarity, Zoey and Danyelle, you three have keen eyes. Help Granny Smith at the quality control station."
Rarity, Zoey and Danyelle spoke "Of course."
Twilight Sparkle asks "Rainbow Dash, do you think you can help Big McIntosh press?"
Rainbow Dash spoke "In my sleep!"
Twilight Sparkle spoke "Alright, everyone, let's save Sweet Apple Acres!"
Rest of main cast, Mobian guard and Tokyo Five exclaim "All right!"
And so, the competition began!
Things went faster with the extra help.
Holo spoke "Focus Applebloom! We have to beat them!"
With three extra sets of keen eyes, Granny Smith was able to rest once in a while but she kept going.
Granny Smith spoke "Good’un. Bad’un."
Zoey and Danyelle sorted out the apples, tossing aside the rotten ones and putting the good ones through the press.
Danyelle spoke "Yep. Nope. Nope."
Zoey spoke "Good, bad, good, bad, ew bad!"
And with Sonic, Rainbow Dash and the other speedsters helping Big Mac with the pressing, apple cider was being made tenfold faster.
I was helping Granny Smith out.
Lucy was flying from tree to tree, knocking down the apples into the baskets.
Even Wendy was helping out too.
Twilight and some of the others were helping close the cider barrels and stack them.
Poking her head out of a tree, Lucy spoke "But even with our increased efforts, they're still ahead of us!"
Danyelle spoke "Focus Lucy!"
Lucy spoke "Oh right!"
Natsu was kicking a tree with his back legs as the dragon triplets gather up the apples into baskets and take them to the quality control station.
Twilight spoke "Great job everyone! We’re making 20 barrels to Flim and Flam’s three!"
Applejack spoke "C’mon y’all! We’re back in this!"
The progress they were making made Flim do a spit-take on Flam’s face in shock.
Natsu spoke "Yeah!"
Lucy and Wendy agree.
Danyelle spoke "We can do this!"
Flim spoke "Brother! We need to do something! We can’t lose!"
Flam spoke "R-Right! Double the power!"
Danyelle spoke "Cool it Dash! We can't resort to cheating!"
A gray tabby Mobian she-cat spoke "She's right!"
Rainbow Dash spoke "But we don’t-!"
“If those two brothers are gonna compete like that, then they’ve already lost.” I noted.
Miku hisses "We have to do things the right way!"
Rainbow Dash spoke "Okay. Double time!"
The Mobians and ponies worked harder but they were still outclassed.
Soon enough, time was up.
Sonic groans "My legs hurt...."
Applejack spoke "Thanks y’all, fer helpin’ me and mah family."
Danyelle spoke "But we still lost..."
Lucy flops down on the ground from exhaustion.
I spoke "We may have lost the battle, but we won the war."
But since the cider that was made by Flim and Flam was unfit for drinking, that meant the Apples had won.
Holo howls in happiness.
Sonic spoke "Way to go AJ! Sweet Apple Acres is still in business!"
Applejack exclaims "Yee-haw!"
The wolves howl in happiness.
Blizzardstar spoke "With that big a turnout, there's enough cider for everyone!"
That made everyone else cheer at that.
I chuckle "Serves those two right! They shouldn't try to cut corners when doing something!"
Danyelle asks "Hey, Pinkie. How about a party?"
Holo chuckles at Pinkie's silliness.
End