Applejack pointed to her soon to be prize-winning apple. "Them vampire bats want to shrivel it up like a raisin!"
"Oh, I'm sure if we just let them know how special that particular apple is to you, they'll leave it alone."
Staring disbelievingly at Fluttershy, Applejack waved a hoof toward the bats. "Yeah... right. Be my guest."
Fluttershy trotted off to them, talking to them in the distance for a moment before happily trotting back.
"Well," Applejack prodded, "what'd they say?"
She smiled. "They'll be happy to leave your big apple alone, and I've gotten them to agree to leave your healthy trees alone and go share the west orchard with the regular fruit bats."
"Oh." Applejack blinked. "Alrightey then. You're sure they can be trusted?"
Fluttershy nodded. "They swore on bats' honor. And besides, if they misbehave, I can always come back with the stare."
"Huh... well... I guess that's settled." Applejack blushed slightly. "False alarm, everypony. Y'all can go home now."