Four years after Doug arrives in Equestria and the mares of Herd Apple are still going strong. Well, relatively speaking; Rainbow is on the road to recovery while Applejack and Pinkie Pie add new members.
As a new Applebuck Season sets in with a record-breaking bumper crop, Applejack is still reluctant to ask her friends for help. Applejack just needs to relax a little, but that's a challenge in the middle of the farm's heaviest season.
Lazy and inattentive guards are steadily turning into an epidemic at the royal palace. One night on the way back to her chambers an unfortunate guard earns the princess' fury when she catches him watching a little more than the palace halls.