Cider woke up in her barn.
She put on her usual cowgirl hat and then went to breakfast.
"Good mornin', Aunt Apple Bloom! Aunt Cheerilee! Uncle Mac! Mom! Dad!" Cider greeted her aunts, uncle, mother, Applejack, and father, Pear.
"Cider, you're happy today!" Pear exclaimed.
"I'm just excited!" Cider insisted.
"Here's yerr apple slices," Applejack said, handing her a plate with 20 apple slices.
Cider instantly gulped it up.
"Well, ya sure were hungry," Apple Bloom said.
"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.
"Hello, Cider!" a pony from behind the Earth Pony filly happily chirped.
It was Cheerilee and Big Mac's daughter, Joy. Joy was 25-years-old and would be Cider's teacher.
"I can't believe my own cousin is gonna be my teacher!" Cider exclaimed.
"Yep, and I know you'll be in your class. Color..." Joy began.
At the word "color", Applejack, Apple Bloom, Big Mac, Pear, and Cheerilee signaled for Joy to stop.
Luckily, Cider wasn't listening; but they weren't taking any chances.
Joy abruptly remembered what happened when they told Cider the year before, and the year before that, and the year before that.
"Um, never mind. You need to find out yourself. Oh, look at the time; it's time for us to go!" Joy said, giving Cider her orange satchel and grabbing her own lesson plans.
They stepped outside and raced to the school.