The area was filled with ponies and stallions alike, and the background was very light and happy. The walls were colored with yellow, and the audience sat on brown, cushioned seats. The stage held a small glass table, with two seats that were sofas. The sofas were colored white to go with the walls, and so on.
A small song played by a band sounded in the air, followed by cheers and hollers from the audience. A pony walked out on center stage, and waved to her fans. "Hello, I'm Vanilla Cake, today's host for Five Minutes!" A couple of hollers and screams were heard, most about autographs and V.I.P.
The pony who was hosting was a light grey pony with a bright shade of white for her mane and tail. She had glasses, and wore them pridefully. Adjusting them, she took the time for a short glance at her audience. There were about a hundred ponies and stallions watching center stage, just waiting for the guest like she was. The producer of Five Minutes always kept it a secret, so it surprised her.
Strong hoof steps were heard, and Vanilla Cake strained her neck to see the pony. It seemed like a stallion, but when the full pony came on the stage, there was a mare. The mare turned toward the audience whom were gasping, and howling again.
"Welcome to Five Minutes, our guest today!"
Vanilla Cake stood up, and walked the mare to the chair, but she shook her head and took her seat. Vanilla Cake shrugged, and walked to her own seat, sitting down.
The mare Vanilla Cake tipped her hat up, and sat up in her sofa. Vanilla Cake, on the other hoof, sank into her sofa unnoticeable to the audience. "So, what's your name?"
The mare who was sitting up immediately spoke, not having to think. "Uh, Mah name is Applejack." She muttered something under her breath a second later. "Ah'm gonna git Big Mac for this when Ah get back to the barn,"
Vanilla Cake wasn't surprised, seeing the mare's flank and some independence of taking her own seat. "Well then, Applejack, my name is Vanilla Cake! Welcome to the Five Minutes stage. The reason we call it Five Minutes is because we get five minutes to talk! This gets broadcasted, and you'll be famous!" Vanilla Cake stuck her hoof out, pointing toward the audience and then toward Applejack.
Applejack's ears perked up at the word famous. "Ah bet Ah could use the money for sales," She muttered, sticking out her hoof to shake Vanilla Cake's.
"Okay, start the timer!" Vanilla Cake yelled, and then she smiled, looking at Applejack. "So, where'd you come from?"
Applejack thought it was a strange question, but answered straightforward. "Ah came from mah ma's tummy. But, she's dead now," Applejack spoke, muttering the last part.
Vanilla Cake didn't stop to think about it, jumping to the next question. "So, anything special going on for you sometime?"
Applejack thought about lying, but remembered her element and was forced to be honest on instinct. "Well, uh, not really, except Ah'm one of the Elements. Ah'm the element of Honesty, after Twilight dubbed me at some castle."
The audience gasped loudly, same as Vanilla Cake. "That was quite a surprise, but we have to hurry. So, what do you do for a living?"
Applejack pondered a few seconds on her answer, agreeing on the Honesty hoof. "Ah sell apples in Ponyville with mah apple stand that Ah run with mah family, while also bucking apples in Sweet Apple Acres. It's a tradition, hoofed down from the top of the Apple family tree."
Vanilla Cake nodded, and a few ponies in the audience were taken aback by the fact she worked as a normal pony. "So you're saying you're just a normal pony?"
Applejack shook her head slightly, and answered. "For the Apple family, yeah. But for most other pony folk, it's hard work."
Vanilla Cake decided to attack the pony with personal questions. "What's the most embarrasing thing or moment that has ever happened or you've ever done in your life?"
Applejack took a precious half-minute to select, and the solution heavily weighed on embarrassment and facts. "Uh, Ah think that when Ah was too stubborn to ask mah friends and almost destroyed Ponyville, was when Ah was embarrassed the most. Ah let on less than Ah thought."
The crowd gasped, and Applejack sheepishly smiled at them, tipping her hat down afterward. Vanilla Cake had to fire rapidly, or the time would run and the weekly article on the show would be ruined. "D'you have a love life?"
Applejack turned her eyes to backstage, and spoke. "Uh, no, not really."
The audience yowled, and a stallion yelled louder than the rest. "I'm coming for ya, babe!"
Applejack turned away from the audience, snickered, and then turned to Vanilla Cake. "Last question! Who would you go on a date with in this room!"
The bystanders shouted loudly, and it gave Applejack time to think. "Ooh!" Applejack glanced at the crowd more than once, taking a good look at everyone in it. Everypony meant something, except for a few who looked down. One chair was missing a pony, and Applejack knew the audience was full before the question. Something buzzed, and Vanilla Cake shouted. "Ten seconds!"
Applejack raised a hoof, and pointed to the empty chair. "That hiding pony, can come out." A sheepish looking stallion crawled out, and just as he was about to smile, a buzzer screeched. Applejack was flung out of the room, into a hole in the ceiling, and outside. Luckily, a mattress was placed there, and Applejack could hear a voice. "That's all for this week, folks!" The band she heard before played a small song, and then a bus honked. Applejack glanced behind her, and saw a bus. "I'll be getting you home, sweetheart."
The trip on the bus was smooth, and she got to Ponyville where her friends were waiting.
"What happened?"
"Were you interviewed?"
"Was it fun?"
"Oh my goodness, did you forget to bathe?"
"Were you, uh, scared?"
Applejack gave her friends a look, and they backed off. "Ah'm starving. Ah'll tell ya'll during lunch, and this time Ah promise."
Her friends laughed, and they followed Applejack to the Apple barn, where Big Macintosh was waiting for her. Big Mac teased Applejack, about the show, and then he helped set up lunch. Applejack nearly ate all the apple fritters, and Twilight commented. Big Macintosh went inside, and the six ponies talked. Pinkie Pie even brought up a forgettable subject, to her friends laughter.
"Didja get a flugelhorn?"