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// Apples in the Rough 
// Story: Dr Whooves: Minequestria 
// by Tardis of Dr Whooves 
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Applejack wasn't aware of any of these events that had just occurred as she was busy bucking trees to get the apples to fall. She had another half the farm to do and no time to lose! While she was busy bucking along came the Doctor, who was looking around at all the apple trees spread far and wide over the large farm area. Applejack was about to buck another tree until she noticed the Doctor wondering around aimlessly. "Maby ah should introduce mahself" she thought as she walked over to greet him.

The Doctor was looking at a pile of haystacks when Applejack spoke out "Howdy, names Applejack!" The Doctor jumped a little and turn around to be met with Applejack. "Oh uh, hi! My name is the Doctor!" announced the Doctor. Applejack gave him a confused look saying "Doctor of what now?" "Well, basically doctor of everything! Except medicine, although I have done some medical things in Galaxy 45...but that’s my name! Simply the Doctor. Sorry if I'm intruding or anything, I literally just parked the Tardis outside of this large tree which also appears to be a house can you imagine that well of cause you would seeming as you live here and all. I must be rambling on though but I must say that I think I should relocate the Tardis to somewhere else as I do fear that it may be getting in the way of something or other." The Doctor introduced, explain and rambled all this in one breath without thinking much! All Applejack could make out was that he was a doctor of everything, he's just called the Doctor and that he has a thingy called a Tardis.

Applejack then realised he thought he was intruding. "Eh, oh! Sorry, nah you’re not intruding or anything pardner! See I work on this here farm, care for a tour?" asked Applejack seeming as she knew that the Doctor was new around here and didn't really know much about anywhere. She thought she might be feeling sorry for him as all she could see before she met him was that he wanders around aimlessly. "I'd be delighted! Thank you." said the Doctor, breaking Applejack's train of thought. Without knowing how she suddenly found the Doctor was wearing glasses and had a notepad in a little slot on a strap around his neck. She blinked, dazed, at the sudden change of clothing. "Are you alright?" asked the doctor with a small smile as if nothing had happened. "Uh, I er, sure! Lets git this tour started!" With that, they both went off into the farm and Applejack began the tour.


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After a few hours of Applejack going on about how the apples are grown, how many trees there are and what she does to collect them, the Doctor was still following on writing down a lot of notes! Applejack finally finished her tour and noticed the Doctor wasn't worn out at all and was writing notes down as if he just started! "Well, you sure have a lot of energy! Most ponies here normally git bored or tired halfway through the tour!" said Applejack who was still amazed that the Doctor wasn't even breaking a sweat! "Oh well, I guess it all this galloping I do! What I do always seems to involve a lot of galloping!" said the Doctor with another smile on his face. Applejack then invited the Doctor into the barn for a glass of apple juice. Sadly, as they both left towards the barn, not one of them noticed something strange about the sky... Infact, they didn't even notice one strange thing about one tree in the farm...the tree having a very strange shape to it for a normal tree...