Aside from waking up once in the middle the night screaming that pokey was shaving him, nothing to troublesome had happened to the prince. His mane was all their and so was his tail. Despite what Green Gust said about them not planning anything sinister while he stayed,he had a little itch of paranoia that something bad was going happened if he got comfy.
After choking down some rather overcooked eggs courtesy of spike,Blueblood found himself standing under an apple tree with a big red earth pony known as applejack's brother Big macintosh or Big mac for short. He was suppose to show him how to buck apples and bake an apple pie.Unlike with caramel,big macintosh remembered to bring a list of what areas to buck for the day and even though it wasn't a complex task it was a bit tiring after just a few trees.
Can't I just use my magic to get them down? I know I don't have as much magic as Twilight but I could definitely get most of the apples off one tree at a time if I tried."Blueblood asked
"Eenope,sorry partner but your guard told me you had to do things the same way we do here by the princess's orders and that means the traditional apple family way."replied the Big mac.
Unlike his sister big macintosh had never really traveled to any major places outside ponyville or at least not any big cities. He'd seen pictures,read books about them of course and listened to the adventures of his sister and her friends when they came back from such quests to places like them. Since prince blueblood was a city pony he wanted to know how it was like living in one from him,plus talking might make the prince less irritated.
He lined some more buckets around the trees they'd buck next as he talked.
"So what's living in Canterlot like?"Big mac decided to ask first.
Prince Blueblood found the question random but since he had nothing better to do other then this dull and tiresome bucking he thought he might as well pass the time with talking.
"Well I don't actually live there but its a nice enough place to visit.I'm actually from a big city in Delimare. Its so big there its pretty easy to get lost even if you lived there for years. I've always been good at finding where I've been so its never been to much of a problem.Compared to here though the nights can be a bit loud with all that goes on at night."Blueblood said.
Suddenly a thought about something other then travel to the city entered big mac's mind.
"Do you think ponies in Delimare or Canterlot would like our apple? We pride ourselves on selling the best quality apples in Equestria but after nopony at the last gala bought any of our products we're not sure how expanding sells to other big cities might work out.Big Mac asked unsure.
"Well I do admit after trying them yesterday they're a lot better than I gave credit but if your talking about expanding to big cities then you need a famous endorser.Some high class ponies will and I've heard have worn perfume mixed with skunk odor if its endorsed by a well known big name."He replied.
"Do you know anypony who would want to or that's looking for something new to endorse?" asked big mac.
The prince paused from bucking his 8th tree to think about this question. He may not be genuine friends with the elites that he'd met but he knew they'd advertise just about anything they thought they could milk a bit more money off of. On the other hoof they also wouldn't take a chance on a product from such a place like ponyville. He knew before becoming a guard,Green Gust took up odd jobs advertising the products of companies that even though seemed silly or hardly heard of that later became popular like the snuzzle blanket and powdered juices with a creepy cup mascot. Helping advertise the apple family's apples might be both good for them and likely good in the eyes of his auntie in his next letter.
"I'm not 100% sure but I might be able to check with somepony I know and see it would be possible."the prince finally said.
"Thanks! I know you don't wanna be here but we really would appreciate it."said Big Macintosh with a smile.
The smile like with applejack reached his freckles and the genuine joy to it made him feel happy but for a different reason he couldn't pin with applejack. Big Macintosh's reminded him of the time Green Gust burst through his window at 6 in the morning while wearing his uniform for the the first time to tell him that he was just recently sworn into the guard while cackling like an excited school filly.
The rest of the day was mostly Big Macintosh and Prince Blueblood swapping their cutie mark stories and before either one knew it,it was time to leave.
The day wasn't over but Prince blueblood felt like just resting his hooves up on his favorite pillows that he brought with him and taking a little cat nap.Unfortunately for him the fates had other plans in mind for the day as he opened the door to the library.
"SURPRISE!
A pair of surprisingly strong pink fore hooves suddenly pulled him into the library with a dozens of random ponies from around town inside already.He had forgotten about her mentioning throwing him a party at some point and he didn't really feel like talking to any new ponies right now.
"Welcome to your belated welcome party! I even invited some of the ponies you've already made friends with."Pinkie said as she pointed to the punch table where applejack,fluttershy,slugger,and caramel all stood to talk.
At least it seemed Applejack and fluttershy were talking while slugger spun a ball on a bat and caramel was once again looking at fluttershy hidden behind slugger with that odd look again. It was neither of these things that caught his attention as much as the off white mare with a familiar curly purple mane behind the table seeming to try to avoid looking at him and pretending to drink a clearly empty cup of juice.