I was just entering Sweet Apple Acres when I heard somepony call me, "Sunny?!" I heard a voice say in surprise, "What brings you here?"
"I just wanted to see if I could help," I admitted. After a stunned silence, Applejack seemed to recover enough to respond.
"Well, that was unexpected, though how are you goin' to help?" she asked. After a moment, I had an idea.
"Like this," I told her as I started to run up to the nearest apple tree, kicking it with all of my might, only for.... two apples to fall down. Well, it was a start. Seeing what happened, Applejack trotted over with a look of surprise on her face.
"Sometimes, you can be stranger that Pinkie..." she muttered. I remember that when I was buying apples from, well, Applejack, I somehow managed to say a secret that she has not told anypony before, which in its own right shouldn't be possible, but after Pinkie's antics and, what did she call it, breaking the fourth wall? I just had to deal with it. I just smirked.
"What, afraid there'll be two Pinkies?" I asked with a smirk, to which Applejack had a look of fear on her face. After a few moments, I suggested that we get to work, Applejack bucking the trees while I put the buckets into position. A couple hours later, we finally gotten all of the trees. As I was helping Applejack carry the last few buckets of apples back to the barn, I decided to ask the million bit question, "Um, Applejack, do you mind if I come over more often to help out?" I got a surprised look, before she gave a smile.
"Sure, ah don't mind at all. Ah could use all of the help ah could get," she replied, a reply that made me smile, until she lost her smile, "But how am ah supposed to pay ya?" she asked.
"No need, I already have enough to cover me for a few more months, not including the amount of apples I bought from you yesterday," I clarified.
I would've continued if I didn't hear, "Look out below!" causing me to instantly hit the deck as a cyan blur came rushing down, nearly missing my head. After the what I realized was a pegasus with a rainbow mane got up, she started to say, "Sorry, Applejack, but I wa..." she instantly stopped when her eyes landed on me. After about a second of awkward silence passed, she asked, “Umm, who are you?”
“My name is Sunny Days, I just moved here from Canterlot a few days ago,” I told the rainbow maned mare, “And if I may ask, who are you? I don’t remember seeing you at Pinkie’s party.”
“Name’s Rainbow Dash, Fastest Flyer in Equestria!” she boasted, puffing her chest out with pride.
“Fastest Flyer, eh? I challenge you to to a race, then,” I challenged her, confident that I would win.
“You’re going to lose.”
“We’ll see. Tomorrow here?” I asked.
“Sure.” As I started to go home to turn in for the night, my necklace glowed orange for a moment before returning to a clear color.
As I was waiting for Rainbow at the starting line, I kept pacing back and forth, until she finally showed up. "Are you ready to get beaten?" I asked with a confident grin, only to get a smug grin in return.
"We'll see about that." she said simply. I took a look at who was here, a yellow pegasus, Applejack, a white unicorn, Pinkie, and a few others that I don't know the name for.
"See you at the finish line."
"We'll see."
"On your marks..." Pinkie started, "Get set... GO!" she yelled as she fired a god damn cannon! I immediately took off running. It wasn't long before I reached the finish line, with a Rainbow eating my dust... until the last moment when she passed me, winning the race. As I crossed the finish line, I couldn't help but stare at her in awe, as nopony has been able to keep up with me, much less beat me in a race. She seemed to notice this, and she gave me a smug look, before bragging about how great she is, causing me to roll my eyes. Though one thought kept coming to mind.
I finally have somepony who can beat me in a race...
My necklace started to glow red for a second before returning to it's original color.