A Boy's Tears 3: New Beginnings

by MetalBrony823

First published

Young Colin Fraser continues living a happy life in Equestria with Fluttershy, and his friends

After all that Colin Fraser has been through, he was back to living his happy life, and while there comes new Joy in life, there comes new challenges, scary or easy to divide and conquer, but his new parents, and his friends will help guide him through any given situation.

Dawn of a New Day

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Three Months have passed, and it was another beautiful morning today in the beautiful land of Equestria, and a peculiar boy was sleeping in a nice little cottage that was owned by his loving and caring foster mother. Colin Fraser had been through so much since he was abducted by the evil George, and his girlfriend: Shadow Mavis. Not only that, but how he lost his parents to a terrible fire back on Earth, but he managed to bounce back after all that he has been through, and he was living a happy life with his new friends and family.

His bedroom door slowly creeped open and the sound of hooves clopping on the wooden floor were heard. It was Fluttershy, the adorable pegasus mare that took the poor boy in after he was transported to Equestria from the wishing star.

"Colin," Fluttershy sang in an adorable voice, "time to wake up sweetie. You have school today." she was gently rubbing his sides to try and wake him up without being rude. Angel Bunny came in the bedroom, and hopped on the bed to smell the boy's face, making him giggle from how ticklish the rabbit's furry face was. Ultimately, it did the trick, and Colin was awake with a yawn. He looked at his new mommy, and smiled at seeing her sweet, smiling face.

"Good morning, mommy." said Colin.

"Good morning, sweetie. Did you sleep well last night?"

"I did." the boy replied. "I had a cool dream of becoming a rock star like my brother is."

Fluttershy smiled and said: "that sounds nice. I'm always happy to see you happy."

The small boy got out of bed, took off his pajamas and took a shower to clean himself and went back downstairs to get some breakfast.

It was a nice plate of waffles that had a small amount of butter and some syrup for Colin to eat, just how he loved it. "Thanks mommy. I know you love waffles."

"I know you do, Colin. And are you feeling okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Fluttershy breathed. "Ever since me and my friends rescued you from George and Shadow Mavis, it made me more worried about your well-being."

"Mommy," said Colin, "you don't have to worry about me like that. Everything's okay now. I'm fine, and I'm back home with you."

"You're right, sweetie. I'm just concerned about you because I love you."

"I know, I love you too mommy." then he began eating his breakfast. Yes, Fluttershy had been more worried about him since she and her friends saved him from the evil kids and their forces from taking over the world.

Despite Colin being okay now, she is more greatly worried about him when it comes to some dangerous things. Colin is a capable boy and he can be brave and take care of himself.

Everything was going good for the young boy and it was as normal as it was. For now, he just had school to attend, and he wanted to see his usual friends and classmates.

After he was done eating his breakfast, Fluttershy gave him his lunch in a brown bag, which was a cucumber sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes in it, one of the usual things the boy would have for a school lunch.

He then felt Fluttershy gave him a tender kiss on the cheeks making him have a very comforting feeling that reminded him how lucky he was to live with a pony like her.

"Thanks mommy. I'll see you after school."

Fluttershy smiled sweetly at him. "Okay Colin, bye. And stay safe."

"I will."

All of her animal friends waved bye at Colin, and Colin said bye to all the lovable animals that lived inside and outside of the cottage.

Fluttershy opened the front door for her son to come out of and she was looking at him as he was walking to school.

When he arrived at the Ponyville schoolhouse, he heard the bell ringing and it meant that class was about to begin at any moment.

As he for there, he was greeted by some familiar faces. All of the school foals were very happy to see the human boy again, and he was greeted by the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"Hi Colin!" said Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle before they went up to him.

"Hey guys!" Colin said in a happy tone of voice.

"Did you have a good sleep last night?" Scootaloo asked him.

"Yeah, I did. How's your scar, Scootaloo?"

What he meant was that during her torture with George, Scootaloo was given a scar on her belly from a knife while being tortured like a lab rat.

"It doesn't hurt. But don't worry, Colin. I'll live." then she hugged the boy. Normally, she didn't like giving hugs, but in Colin's case, she made an exception (along with Rainbow Dash and her friends.)

Colin hugged her back in response and he even gave her a kiss on her right cheeks making her blush with flattery. "Glad to hear that."

"Colin," said Pip, the smallest foal in the class, "I have a cool video game I want to show you after class. Wanna play with me? After school?"

"Sure Pip."

"And Rumble can be with us too. He loves video games."

Every one of the kids entered the classroom and took their seats. Cheerilee then began teaching the class about some animals that were native to the forests here.

"So class, I was thinking we can do an outside activity later on." said Cheerilee. "Go on a field trip to the woods next to the school, and look at all the animals that lived in the forest, and insects too.

The kids all cheered and were glad to hear that idea. It was a rare opportunity for the class to have it outside instead of the usual classroom.

"So Colin, can you tell me the difference between a coyote and a wolf sweetie?"

"Yeah. Wolf is bigger and coyote is smaller."

"Excellent Colin, very good. Of course, we won't find any wolves out in the woods. They like to keep to themselves."

Something told Colin that it was going to be a fun day with a small field trip to the woods that is not the Everfree forest, and he would enjoy looking at the scenery.

At last, during lunch, Cheerilee sat next to colin on the ground while he was eating his sandwich. "So Colin, are you doing okay?"

"Yep. Just fine miss Cheerilee." said the boy before taking another bite.

"Good. I know I shouldn't worry about it, but I am so glad you're okay from after the.... event from before."

"Oh. I'm glad to be out of there too, Cheerilee. I became more brave than before."

"I know. You're growing up so fast."

The Parents Reappear

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In the forest near his school, Colin looked around at his surroundings of the beautiful woodland area that he was in, and he was looking for some insects that would live in an environment like this one. He hasn't found anything so far, but he knew that he will find some kind of insect that lives in the forest, and maybe more kinds of animals as well. Deep down, he wished that Fluttershy was there as well to help him find the insects he was looking for in particular, but alas -- his mother wasn't there, so he was on his own, or Cheerilee would help him out if he needed it; since she is his teacher.

He looked on the ground since some insects dwelled on the soil, and he did find a rainbow caterpillar crawling on a large leaf attached to a bush, and he's seen it while at his cottage before. Rainbow caterpillars are a rather common sight in the woodlands and bushes of Equestria, so it wasn't really anything new to Colin anyway.

Another insect that Colin saw was a couple of ladybugs on a couple blades of grass, for it was that time of year again, in spring. Flowers bloomed, and more insects were present in the Springtime. Ladybugs were a sign of Colin, and he realized that this day was lucky for him, although he doesn't exactly know what exciting thing will come to him out of thin air (even though chances like that are a little slim). "Wow, they look so beautiful." he said to himself

He gently reached out his hand, and one ladybug crawled on it, making it tickle a little, but Colin was used to it, and it was a good thing ladybugs don't really bite. Yes sir, it looked like Colin was having good luck on his side with these ladybugs that he is encountering.

The insect flew away from Colin's finger after exactly five minutes. Everyone was split because: Cheerilee told everyone that they have to look for the insects themselves, and to meet back at the single tree in the middle of these woods after the children were all done in their little searching.

Besides, the school wasn't very far from where Colin, and the other kids were in these woods, so it wouldn't be very hard to find their way back if they get lost. Not to mention that Cheerilee knows these woods well as much as she knows her school like the back of her hooves. Colin was looking for more insects to see and spot, and a light appeared from behind him. It startled him a little bit, but when he turned around, he was greatly relieved to see two very familiar faces.

Colin gasped, and he exclaimed: "Mommy! Daddy!" he ran up to try and hug them, but he stopped, remember that they were spirits and they couldn't really be physically touched. "It's good to see you again."

"And we are always happy to see you, champ." Brendan replied with his fatherly smile.

"Sorry for scaring you sweetie," said Evelyn. "we just wanted to talk to you again, and see if you were doing alright."

"I'm doing okay mommy, don't worry about me. And, I'm braver now."

"We know that," the father proudly said with a chuckle. "You are as brave as me and your brother."

"Yes, and we are very proud of you for having strength and new bravery." the mother added.

"Do you think Johnny will come back and visit me again?"

"Of course." Brendan said. "He is your big brother, and he loves you just as much as we do."

Colin smiled with hope hearing that. "Good. And I hope he and his friends are doing okay since they stopped George from taking over Equestria."

"We can assure that he is just fine." said Evelyn. "Just have faith in him, like we have faith in him."

"I do too."

"Of course you do." said Brendan. We're not saying you don't."

"Well, can you guys help me look for some bugs for Cheerilee's class? We're having it outside today."

"That sounds fun," said Evelyn. "But, me and your father think you can find some on your own. All you have to do is keep looking around, and they might appear before you."

Brendan then added: "You're mother is right, son. The key is patience, like when you are out fishing for big fish."

Colin was thinking about what his parents were saying, and he remembered the time when he and his dad would go out fishing in the lake together when Brendan was still alive before the terrible fire. Yes, he and his son would catch some bass, trout, and some small sardines on the little rowboat they would rent near the lake, and they had so much fun together. It was a shame that they couldn't do it anymore, but Colin didn't care, because he can still see his parents in spirit.

Besides, he was happy that Johnny was still with him. "Okay daddy. I'll look on my own then."

"We know you will, son." Brendan remarked

"We want you to know that we love you and that we're very proud of you and your strengths." Evelyn added. "Just have faith and never give up hope in yourself at times of severe trouble."

"Always remember, we are always there for you if you need us. Just call our names, and we will always answer you."

Those words always give the boy comfort and solace whenever he heard about it. "Thanks guys."

"Always happy to help, sweetheart." Evelyn said. "We love you, and we will see you soon." then she and her husband slowly faded into nothingness, and Colin would wait until he would see them both again. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, he will just have to wait and see what happens in the future.

The boy was lucky to have a good mother like Fluttershy and not a mean, abusive person as a foster parent. "Colin, are you here?" called it a voice. It turned out to be Scootaloo, and she had a horn beetle on her right hoof. "There you are! Look at what I found." then he showed him the Beatle.

"Wow. That's cool."

Comic Book Chaos!

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Collin was interested in this peculiar bug that can only be found in Equestria. A horn beetle. Sure there were horned beetles in his home universe, but this beetle was very different from those kind. It actually had horns like a cow would have and a horn on it's back like one of those insects that look like the thorns on plant stems to disguise themselves from predators. "So what brings you here, Scootaloo?" asked Collin, looking at his girlfriend

"I wanted to invite you to my clubhouse with the other Crusaders. I want to give you a surprise in the clubhouse." said Scootaloo. "You' love it. Trust me."

"ooh! OK." said the human boy, clapping his hands. "Are Sweetie Belle and Applebloom already over there?"

"Yep, they're waiting for us right now." Scootaloo nodded her head. "Before we get inside, i need you to close your eyes, ok?"

"Sure Scootaloo." Collin smiled. He followed his own girlfriend to the clubhouse and before he could even set foot inside, the human kid closed his eyes like Scootaloo told him to do, and waited for what happened next as he heard the door to the clubhouse opening, and he could hardly contain his excitement about what the girls have for him inside.

"Stop right there." Applebloom sang. "Don't open your eyes just yet."

"Just keep them closed for a little longer, Collin." said Sweetie Belle

The excitement was killing him even more than ever since he was now inside the clubhouse. It took about twenty seconds as he heard the sound of movements and after five more seconds, Scootaloo said to her human boyfriend "OK Collin, you can open them up now."

Wasting no time in doing so, Collin opened his eyes like window shades flying up. His eyes widened as he was looking at a blue sweatshirt with the "Cutie Mark Crusader" logo on the front of it, and it looked like a perfect size for Collin.

"Surprise!" the three fillies exclaimed.

"Your own Cutie Mark Crusaders jacket just for you." said Applebloom.

"It was a little difficult for Rarity to get the right size for you," Sweetie looked sheepish. "Kinda hard for her to memorize the sizes of kid sizes on clothes from Earth. But she managed to get it right at last."

The human boy picked up his new garment and it felt warm and soft.

"And we washed it for you, too." said Scootaloo. "We made it nice and warm for you."

"That's so cool. i'll have to thank Rarity for this."

"Well, it was our idea and we asked her to do this for us." said Applebloom. "And she agreed to do it for you."

Smiling, Collin tried on the sweatshirt to see how it would fit him, and to his surprise; it was a perfect fit for him. It also felt so warm and cozy against his body. This would certainly come in handle for any chilly days in the fall or rainy days at home.

"Do you like it?" Scootaloo asked, hoping that her boyfriend would give her the correct answer.

"I love it!" the human replied.

"Hooray!" the three fillies cheered at the top of their lungs. They knew that Collin would love this new present they gave him and the human boy felt a hug by Scootaloo herself. He was touched and flattered by this gesture, and he hugged her in return.

"Thanks guys. I should get something nice for Rarity as a thank you gift for her."

"I know just the thing." said Sweetie Belle.

"You do? What's that?"

"She always wanted a special kind of sewing machine for her outfits she works on for orders." Sweetie Bell answered. "Her old one is slowly falling apart and malfunctioning. Though... it's a little expensive though. Around two-hundred bits."

"Two hundred?!" said the human boy. "I don't have all that money for a new sewing machine." The boy was thinking on how he can find the right kind of dough for that kind of machine for Rarity. There had to be something he could do to get that kind of money for one of his friends. Then an idea came to his head and snapped his right fingers with a smile of confidence


Meanwhile, in a large, fictional city called: Maretropolis, there lived an evil, twisted, unhinged, and crazy mare that is one of the most dangerous supervillains ever in existence. The Mane-iac, a very crazy and unhinged mare as her name implies. Good thing Twilight and her friends defeated her some time ago, and they got back hoke after defeating her.

While the heroes went back to the real world, Mane-iac herself was hauled all the way to the most secured security prison in all of this large city; Hated Hills Superm max asylum.

being a very dangerous and unpredictable supervillain, Mane-iac was placed in the most secured part of this prison with a straight jacket and ties and locks over her mane and tail since that is her power: use her hair and tail as tentacles or appendages to help her walk or hard-to-reach places where one couldn’t reach before.

But what’s this? Something was very wrong. The alarm was blaring and the whole prison was under lockdown mode. The Mane-iac has escaped! Every guard was searching high and low around the prison to look for their most dangerous convict, but she was nowhere to be found. There was no underground tunnel, for she was too bound by the straight jacket and her mane and tail bound by locks and ropes. How did she even get out of prison by being so bound from her powers?

The warden of the prison has already begun a search party to locate Mane-iac and bring her back to justice. Outside of the prison and in the sewers, Mane-iac was running as fast as she could on two tendrils from her green hair from the cops. “Mwahahahahaha! Fools! They will never find me!” She exclaimed.

She heard the sound of police sirens going off above her, and knew that they were already looking for her right now, but she is a clever mare and managed to quietly sneak out of the sewers so the cops wouldn’t see. She had to sneak through several alleyways like a ninja and made it back to her old headquarters, the old abandoned shampoo factory.

“Ha! Those fools!” Mane-iac said. “Now to get my revenge on those meddling Power Ponies for putting me in that confounded prison! Mwahahahahahahaha!”

Boy, things did not look good at all. What will this mean for Maretropolis and the real world of Equestria?

Making A Machine To The Real World

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The Mane-iac was already getting to work in creating a device that can transport her from her world to the world of Equestria where Spike and his friends had defeated her before. She went from many hair saloons or hair care product stores to get her own henchmen back, either by persuasion, promises of better pay, or by sheer intimidation. There were a few henchmen that she couldn't bring back, but that was only a few loose ends, and many of them still rejoined her. Only two, three, four, or even five of her former henchmen chose not to return under her employ.

As soon as every one of her henchponies were present and accounted for, Mane-iac was standing high on one of the catwalks of her shampoo factory hideout.

She wanted to wait as soon as every one of her minions had their eye on her. When they did, she cleared her throat, and began: "my loyal employees, as you can see: I have returned from Maretropolis' dreaded prison!" She heard the thunderous applause from her minions below her. "And now that I am free, i can officially say: we will continue to reign mayhem and chaos into Maretropolis once again."

Another round of thunderous applause was heard from her crowd of henchmen. "What are we going to to first, boss?" asked a minion named "Hair Stylish".

A cunning, evil look appeared on Mane-iac's face, and she replied: "Well, my dear Hair Stylish. I have discovered something very interesting. You all remember those dreaded Power Ponies, don't you all?"

Then a sound of loud exclamations of pure anger and hatred were thundering across the whole factory. The Mane-iac smiled hearing the uproar from her own minions, knowing that they hate her as much as she does.

"Good answer. Very good response. bravo." Mane-iac clapped to herself. "Yes, I hate those stupid, meddling heroes as much as all of you.... though, probably more than you all, but still. Which is why i have formulated a plan to get back at those meddling heroes. You see, i noticed something rather... fishy since our last fight with them. Humdrum, that stupid, useless sidekick of theirs, is a dragon. And, what are the odds of that useless Humdrum being a dragon?!"

All of the henchponies murmured to one another, beginning to realize that little detail they had missed when they fought Spike and his friends. "She makes a good point." said one henchpony

"Humdrum's Not a dragon." a second one said

"Quiet!" Mane-iac announced. "Now there is definitely something rather odd going on in the atmosphere."

"So what exactly are you saying, Mane-iac?" asked a third henchpony

"What I am saying Curl Twist, is that they were from another world. And i think we should create a machine that will transport us from maretropolis to some other world. The world where that dragon boy and his meddling friends live at, and get revenge on them for all they have done to us, especially Miss Saddle Rager." It sounded like she also hated Saddle Rager the most. "Now, get going and find some metal supplies to make the portal to that dimension!"

"Where can we find that?" asked a fourth hench-stallion

"Tear apart a bunch of buildings or materials for all i care, you moron!" Mane-iac sounded impatient. "Now get going!"

Without hesitation, the henchmen scattered out of the building to look for some supplies while others, including Hair Stylish stayed with their crazy boss to look at the blueprints she was making. It took a rather long time to process the ingredients on how to create the portal, and then the unhinged mare remembered something.

She looked at what remained of her doomsday device that is now destroyed and turned into rubble, and she excitedly to see if the battery, the Electro-Orb, was still there, and she was correct. Mane-iac gasped excitedly to behold it in one of her tendrils, for this thing still had power in itself to create something powerful.

"Today is my lucky day." Mane-iac smiled evilly into the Electro-Orb, knowing that this was one step closer to her success in building the dimension machine. “I have all the battery power we need right here, gentlecolts.” Said the unhinged mare. “The Electro-Orb that was supposed to fire up my doomsday device, but now I think this will serve a new purpose.”

It took about an hour, but the henchmen that were sent to fetch the building materials for their crazy leader, finally got their hooves on some metal and stone and other things to help build the machine.

Building this machine was no easy task, for some of the hench-stallions were having trouble building this thing, for it looked so much easier on the paper. Annoyed, the Mane-iac had to help some of her underlings build some components.

It took about two hours to assemble all the parts together, but it was finally done. Mane-iac grew another crazy smile on her face in her supposed moment of triumph. She pressed the button that was labeled “power” on it, and the machine began to glow a purple-pink portal, and the unhinged mare began cackling evilly as she had done it. But then the nose of her cackling died away when the thing suddenly turned off. “Grah!” Mane-iac exclaimed in frustration. “What happened here?!”

“Well, it seems that there isn’t enough power to make the machine function, mistress.” One of her minions pointed. “We need something with a little more power to make this device fully functional.”

Mane-iac scowled and made a small growl in frustration. “Ooh! This gives me an idea.” Then a sneaky look on her face appeared. “Uranium. We need a uranium rod to power it up. Hair Stylish!” She barked at one of her closest minions. “You and the rest of my employees stay here. I’ll be right back.”

“Where are you going?” Asked Hair Stylish.

“Don’t you worry.” Mane-iac said. “It is just a small errand I need to fulfill. I know exactly where to find the uranium rod.”

The Mane-iac Comes To Life!

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Within Maretropolis, Hair Stylish and a faction of Mane-iac’s henchponies were sneaking inside a power plant in the downtown part of the whole city. They needed that uranium rod so they, and their unhinged leader can travel to that dimension where that baby dragon that defeated them came from.

Hair and his cronies were hiding in a closet within the building so they wouldn’t be detected and they snagged scientist outfits to disguise themselves and blend within the other scientists to avoid arousing any suspicion.

It took rather thirty minutes to find, but when they finally did find the uranium rod, they had to wait for the perfect moment to strike at the other scientists by bringing out a gas ball that emitted sleeping gas into everyone, but Hair Stylish and his cronies had put on their gas masks so they wouldn’t be affected by it. The sleeping gas wouldn’t last for long however and the goons had to get out of there fast as soon as they got the goods.

At last, the uranium rod was theirs and the Mane-iac can put her plan into full effect once her henchmen give it to her.

Surprisingly, they managed to get the rod and escape the research area unscathed. The rod was secure in some sort of metallic case so they wouldn’t accidentally drop it since uranium is a very dangerous element.

After running up to five-hundred yards, the evil goons heard the faint sound of a siren in the far distance. “Ah no.” Said Hair Stylish, “it’s the police coaches! Come on, slowpokes, put your hooves into it!”

“How do we ditch them, Hair?” Asked one of his colleagues in desperation.

“Quick, through that sewer line!” The leader of this operation pointed.

His colleagues look at the sewer entrance in disgust, knowing very well what the sewers are meant for, but they did not want to go back to prison either. To them, anything was better than prison.

Then the third hence-stallion opened the sewer hatch, and they all climbed done to the stinky sewers back to the headquarters, and the sound of the police siren became fainter and fainter after every mile they had been running through the sewer tunnels.

“I think we lost them.” Said Hair Stylish. “The mistress is going to be so happy to see this.”

When they made it back to the abandoned shampoo factory, the machine was almost completely finished, for the unhinged mare needed one last tool for this machine, and her errand boys that were sent to find it have already got it in their grasp.

“We got it, boss!” Said the second hench-stallion. “The uranium rod for you to power this baby.”

“Mwahahahahahaha! Well done, Hair Stylish!” She cackled. “I knew you would be up for the errand. Now give me the rod so I can finally fulfill my revenge!”

“Got it, mistress.” Said the second-in-command before doing just that.

Mane-iac was looking at the rod with a very crazy look on her face (as usual) and used hair pieces to place it in the center of the machine to power it to the max. “Yes! Yeeees! The power is rising in my invention! Hahahaha! My revenge is imminent now! That baby dragon will regret making a fool out of me the last time we had met.”

“Be careful out there, Mistress.” Said a goon named “Callous Comb. We don’t want to lose you again.”

“Don’t worry about me, my subjects” said the Mane-iac. “There is a good reason why I am the leader of this bunch: because I am the smartest and strongest one! Now a majority of you come with me so we can create mayhem and craziness in that dimension, the rest of you stay here and keep watch for any intruders or trespassers!”

“yes mistress.” Her underlined replied. At last, a pink or purple portal was created from the power of the machine and Mane-iac knew that it was time. “Onward to victory!”

Meanwhile in Ponyville, Collin was helping Applejack out with her farm, for Big Mac was taking a little break from doing heavy lifting form the hard work he would normally do around the farm. His legs weren’t broken or anything, he just felt like he needed a little break from his usual chores, or he would burn himself out.

As of now, Big Mac was having a nap in his bedroom to recharge his batteries. Winona, Applejack’s family dog, was sitting on Big Mac’s bed next to him to give him more comfort and warmth in his soul.

Collin was just about done feeding the pigs at the farm, and they were all happy to be given nice, juicy chow to munch on as their lunch. There’s nothing more pigs love than to eat whatever they can get their teeth on.

“Here you go, guys.” Said Collin. The pigs all grunted happily at the human boy and began digging in on their food. For the kid, it was the last thing he needed to do today, and he was starting to sweat from all the hard work he was doing earlier around the farm, and he did it to help get money to get a new sewing machine for Rarity.

Deep down, Collin hoped that it would be enough to purchase that expensive piece of junk. Though he knows not to get his hopes up. It wasn’t like he was going to get a check of a million bits for all the hard work he did today. He drank some orange juice to refresh his body, and walked up to Applejack, who was fixing Applebloom’s signature bow on her red mane.

“Umm, Applejack, the chores you told me to help you with are” said Collin.

“Thank you, sugarcube.” The earth pony smiled. “Not only have you helped us fill in for Big Mac’s usual routine, you helped us get it done earlier than usual, Collin.”

“That’s good. So do I get my pay?”

Applejack chuckled before saying: “of course, Collin. Of course. I’ll be right back.” She went in the farmhouse to get the promised pay for Collin after a hard day’s work.

“How’s Big Mac?” The kid asked Applebloom

“He’s been napping all day. I’ve never seen him so relaxed before. Felt like he needed that day off.”

“Here you go, Collin. Fifty bits for you, though may I ask why you did this for us? I mean I am very grateful for your help, but what made you want to help me and my family with the farm?”

“Because I want to help Rarity by buying her a new sewing machine. Sweetie Belle told me that her old one is falling apart.”

“Ah. She was always complaining about that doohickey.” Applejack smirked. “But honestly, you don’t have to-“ but before she could finish her sentence, there was an explosion in a far distance, like a bomb had went off. “What in tarnation!” Applejack exclaimed

“It looks like it came from Ponyville!” Collin pointed