The morning sun rose over Sweet Apple Acres bathing the trees in a beautiful golden blanket. Applejack stood on a hill getting a very nice view of all the apple trees that were ready to be bucked. Big Macintosh walked up by her side with bandages wrapped around him, he hurt himself while plowing the fields a few days back and could not buck the apples off the trees for a few weeks. Applejack watched as the sun rose above the hills signaling the start of a brand new day.

"Boy howdy, ah got my work cut out for me. That there is the biggest bumper crop of apples ah ever laid eyes on." said Applejack.

"Eeyup, too big to handle on your own." responded Big Mac.

"Come on big brother, you need to rest up and get yourself better. Ah haven't met an apple orchard yet that ah can't handle." She said as she poked at his injury with her hoof. "Ooops. Sorry."

She went back to facing the trees, "Ah'll take a bite out of this job by day's end."

Big Mac closed his eyes, "Biting off more than you can chew is just what I'm afraid of."

Applejack glared at him, "Are you saying mah lips are making promises mah legs can't keep?"

"Eeyup." He responded.

Applejack started to get mad, "Why ah never...pft...this is your sister Applejack remember? The loyalist of friends and the most dependable of ponies?"

"That's still only one pony, and one pony plus hundreds of apple trees just doesn't add up." he said.

"Don't you use your fancy mathematics to mutter the issue. Ah have Alex to help me out with the apples anyway." she snapped back.

"Good, you're going to need all the help you can get." he replied.

"Oh yeah?" she started, "Well ah'll prove it to you. Ah'm going to get every last apple out of those trees this Applebuck Season all by mahself!"

Meanwhile

Alex opened a nearby safe in his room and took out the item he had found the other day when he chased that pony that was spying on him. He just stared at it wondering why 'he' would be spying on him. He didn't tell anypony else about the mystery pony that was there the other night. He decided to keep it a secret until the time was right. He placed the item in his saddle bag for safe keeping and left the library while watching his surroundings. Scootaloo was in town with Twilight and Spike to do some shopping.

He entered Sweet Apple Acres at his usual time and headed for the barn, but not before stopping by to say hello to Granny Smith, Apple Bloom, and Big Mac. After that he arrived at the barn and set his things down, he took the item with him just in case a certain pony tried to take it back. He noticed that somepony already set up baskets under every apple tree so he decided to go find Applejack. After about ten minutes he saw her walking down a dirt path and ran up to her.

"Hey Applejack, what's up with all the baskets today?" he asked.

"It's Applebuck Season once again Alex. That means we buck the apples off of every tree in Ponyville so they can grow even more apples by next year." She explained. "Also you have the day off today, tomorrow, and for the next week or two." She added.

His eyes grew wide, "Wait, what? Why?"

"Big Mac thinks ah can't buck all the apples off by mahself, so ah decided to prove him wrong!" she said with a smirk.

"That's a lot of apples though Applejack, maybe we should each take half." said Alex.

She quickly turned to look at him, "You think ah can't handle all these apples by mahself do ya?"

"I didn't say that." he quickly defended.

"Then just what are you saying?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm saying that maybe it wouldn't hurt if you let me help you, it's not good to overwork yourself Applejack." he said.

"Overwork mahself? Ah've been working at Sweet Apple Acres all mah life and ah never needed help before! Not now, not ever!" she said with her chin up. They suddenly both began to feel the ground shake beneath their hooves.

Alex turned his head back and forth, "What's going on?" he asked.

"Alex, ah think ah'm actually going to need your help right now." she said.

Back in Ponyville

Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Scootaloo were finished with their shopping and decided to spend some time with the girls. As they all made their way to the library they began to feel the ground shake. Ponies everywhere were looking around wondering what could be causing the ground to shake. Rainbow Dash quickly took to the skies and looked around Ponyville checking to make sure everypony was okay. She looked toward the outskirts of town and saw a herd of cows heading straight for them.

"Stampede, everypony get inside!" Rainbow Shouted.

Everypony in town began to panic for their lives as they ran for their homes. Ponies left and right were locking their doors and windows doing everything they could to keep themselves safe. Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Spike, and Scootaloo just looked on as the stampede came closer. Then they saw three smaller objects running toward the front of the herd. Twilight looked carefully and spoke up as she could see Applejack, Alex, and Winona attempting to handle the situation.

"Alex, you make sure the ones on the other side don't try to break away from the herd!" shouted Applejack.

"Alright, you got it!" he said as he carefully made his way to the other side.

"Alright then Winona, let's get these cows under control!" she said as she ran in front of the herd.

As soon as Applejack reached the front of the stampede she wrapped her lasso around the neck of the cow in the lead. She then pulled with all her strength trying to force them to change direction so they wouldn't charge through Ponyville. She only had seconds left until they would cross the bridge into town and it didn't look like she was going to make it in time. When he made sure nopony could see him Alex quickly took out the item that he kept with him and decided to activate it. When he did the tip of the item began to glow green and it made a high pitched sound that caused the cows to get scared and run away from it. Once they made sure the cows wouldn't run into town Applejack quickly brought them to a halt. The ponies in town began cheering their names for having saved the town.

"Now what was that all about?" asked Applejack.

One of the cows replied, "Oh my, begging your pardon Applejack but Mooriella here saw one of those nasty snakes." All the cows stuttered at the mention of the snake, "And it gave us all the willies don't ya know?"

"Ah completely understand, but maybe you shouldn't tell everypony else that their homes were almost destroyed because of a snake." said Applejack.

"Thank you so much Applejack, and please give our thanks to that friend of yours. He seems like a nice pony." said the cow as they left.

Once they had left, Applejack walked toward the hill to make sure everypony was safe and they all began cheering her name. She looked around but couldn't see Alex anywhere; she decided to go look for him by the apple orchard. It turns out that the moment the cows began turning away from Ponyville, he had run back to Sweet Apple Acres. He was staring at the device he held in his hoof. How could I have been so stupid?! He thought. I shouldn't have used this! I should have just let Applejack handle it! I mean, she would have made it in time either way right? Applejack found Alex and walked up to talk with him.

"Hey Alex, nice work back there!" she said with a smile.

He was startled and struggled to hide the item so she wouldn't see it, "H-h-hey Applejack, thanks but you did most of the work. I wouldn't be surprised if they planned a great big party for you."

"Say, what's that you got there behind your back?" she asked.

"Uh, n-n-nothing! Nothing at all. So what happened with the cows?" he asked.

"Well it turns out they were all startled by a little snake. Ah hope nopony in town finds out about this. Otherwise those girls are going to be in trouble."

"Yeah, I can't imagine how everypony would react to hearing that. So, what are we going to do about Applebuck Season?"

"Ah told you already, ah don't need help from anypony." she said as she began walking away.

"But..." *Sigh* With that said Alex headed back for the library, he had so many different things on his mind and he had to sort them out quickly or he would go insane. He arrived at the library and Twilight gave him a confused look. He proceeded to explain about how Applejack didn't want any help from anypony and that he didn't feel like arguing with her right now. He told Twilight that he needed some time alone to think. He made his way down to his room to find Scootaloo there drawing at the desk. She turned to him with an excited look on her face.

"Hi Alex, we saw you and Applejack save the town today!" she cheered.

"Oh yeah, what did you think?" he asked.

"I thought you looked so awesome!" she said.

"Huh? What? What's happening?" asked the cat as he woke up from his slumber.

"Did you really sleep through all that?" asked Alex.

"Sleep through what? And why are you here? I thought you went to work this morning?"

"Yeah, it seems I have the week off. I'm going to head into my study room for a while okay?"

"If it means less work for me than go ahead." said the cat as he went back to sleep.

Alex gave Scootaloo a smile and opened the door he had found on his first day in Equestria. He was finally able to enter it once he had practiced his magic enough. He decided to use it as a study room for himself. For the next week, Alex spent his time inside of his study room alone writing multiple hypotheses as to why the mysterious pony would be following him. He felt like he was about to go crazy if he didn't give himself a break. He thought about asking Applejack for help but just thinking about her made him remember the way she told him that she didn't need his help. He began to wonder if she would be okay. He then decided to leave his study room and look for Scootaloo.

"Hey cat." he started. "Have you seen Scootaloo?"

"Huh? Oh, I think she's upstairs playing with the dragon."

"Oh okay. Thanks." said Alex as he headed up the stairs.

"Hey!"

"Hm? What is it cat?" asked Alex.

"When are you going to give me a name?" he asked.

"Uh, someday soon. Sorry, but I can't think of anything right now."

"Alright, just don't wait too long." said the cat as he laid back down.

Alex then continued heading upstairs and found Scootaloo and Spike. "Hey Scootaloo, want to head into town?"

"Sure! Let's go!" she said.

Alex then left the library with Scootaloo on his back. They went to one of the local toy shops and Alex pointed to a scooter that was on the display window. Scootaloo got really excited as she looked at it and Alex decided to go inside and buy it for her. After he had bought the scooter Alex decided to stop by Carousel Boutique. He began to wonder if whether or not he should try talking to Rarity, but at the same time he felt that he had to go and see Rarity.

"Okay. I can do this." he said. "Scootaloo, I don't want you riding your scooter inside okay?"

"Okay." she replied.

*Knock* *Knock *Knock*

They could hear Rarity from the other side of the door, "Please hold on deary, I'll be right there!"

Alex closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "It's okay, please take your time!"

Suddenly the door burst open, "Alex my dear prince is that you?! Please, come in!"

Alex stood there frozen. "You know about that too?!"

"Of course! We were all there when the Gospel said you were a prince!"

"Please don't tell anypony. I'm still a little uneasy about that."

"Oh of course! I hope you don't mind me asking but, why are your eyes closed?"

"Hm? Oh, right. I have trouble talking with ponies so Pinkie Pie said I should just close my eyes, and it actually works!"

"Oh come now, certainly you can talk to me with your eyes open?"

"I'll try." Alex then slowly opened his eyes and looked at Rarity. "H-h-h-h-h-hel-l--llo."

"Um...perhaps you should keep your eyes closed until you feel more comfortable around me." said Rarity.

Alex then immediately closed his eyes. "Thanks. This feels much better. Um, do you think you can help me inside?"

"Oh of course deary! Here, right this way!" said Rarity as she pulled him inside. "Here, have a seat." she said as she guided him to a nearby pillow to sit on.

"Thanks Rarity. I was hoping I could talk to you real quick."

"Of course dear, is something troubling you?" she asked.

"It's...it's Applejack. Applebuck season has arrived and she won't let me help her! I know she can't handle bucking all of those apples on her own but she won't listen to me!"

"I see. So you want to help her but she won't let you?"

"Yes! I'm wondering if I should go back and try again or if I should just let events play out like they're supposed to."

"Like they're supposed to? What do you mean?"

"Uh, no that came out wrong!" said Alex. Crap! That was too close! I can't let them find out! But still, things are getting weird. I'm worried if me being here is throwing their story off track. "It's just...I don't know. Maybe I just didn't try hard enough? I guess I'm not that good of a friend after all."

"Nonsense Alex! Just because she didn't let you help her, that doesn't mean that you're a bad friend."

"Well...then what should I do? Do you know of any way that I can get her to let me help?"

"Well, if I know Applejack then all of that work will have to catch up to her eventually. Once that happens she'll have to realize that she needs your help and won't hesitate to accept it. I know she can be a very stubborn pony at times, but she's going to learn one way or another that she can't handle every problem on her own."

"I see. I think I understand what you're trying to say. Yes, I've got it!" said Alex. Alex then opened his eyes to find Scootaloo and informed her that they were leaving. Before he left he quickly turned back to look at Rarity. "Rarity I'm going to need your help later as well, do you think you can meet up with Applejack and I around seven o'clock at Sweet Apple Acres?" he asked.

Rarity didn't really understand but she didn't care, "Of course Alex, you can always count on me my prince!" He...he spoke to me! He can speak to me!

"Uh, Rarity, do you hear that?" he asked.

"Why yes, what is that strange sound?"

There was a strange rumbling sound coming from outside, Alex opened the door and his eyes opened wide. Bunnies were hopping around everywhere; they were all over the place running left and right. Ponies were screaming as the bunnies ran across eating all the plants in the town. Rarity came out and looked around with her mouth gaping open at what was happening. Alex didn't know how but he had to get them under control.

"Alex, what do we do?" asked Scootaloo with a concerned look in her eyes.

"Don't worry Scootaloo; I know what we can do. Rarity, do you have any carrots?" he asked.

"I have a few, do you need one?" she asked him back.

"Actually we're going to need every carrot you've got. Scootaloo, how fast do you think you can ride that thing?" he asked pointing at her scooter.

"Are you kidding me? Nopony can catch me while I'm riding this thing!" she said with confidence.

"Good, get ready then." he said.

Rarity brought out her carrots in a bag, "What are you up to?" she asked.

"It's simple really." Alex took the bag and tied it to Scootaloo's scooter. "Alright Scootaloo, I want you to ride around town and make sure the bunnies see you. Once they see all the carrots they'll start to follow you, then lead them toward Fluttershy's cabin. She should have a little fence around where the bunnies live."

"What do I do once I get there?" she asked.

"Once you get there you need to drop off the carrots, make sure they all go in okay?" he finished.

"Sure thing, but what about you?" she asked.

"Me? I'm going to head on over to Fluttershy's cabin to meet up with you there. I'll lock them in." he said.

Scootaloo took off with the carrots on her scooter. She passed by the bunnies causing them to take notice of the carrots. Then just as Alex said, they all began to follow her. Alex was waiting for Scootaloo over by Fluttershy's cabin and could see her in the distance. He could see the many bunnies chasing her, it was incredible to see how many there were in total. Scootaloo then passed by Alex and began looking for the area to leave the carrots.

"Scootaloo!" Alex called out, "Just drop them off there!"

"Are you sure?" she asked him.

"Yes! Hurry, they've almost caught up to you!" he shouted as the bunnies ran past him.

Scootaloo quickly abandoned the carrots there and sped off like a bullet. The bunnies began to devour the many carrots like wild beasts. Alex ran by Scootaloo as they watched the bunnies enjoy their meal. Fluttershy arrived moments later and let out a sigh of relief when she saw that her bunnies were safe. Alex turned around to face her; he knew he wasn't ready to have a conversation with Fluttershy yet.

"H-h-hello. Um, w-w-w-we brought your b-b-b-bunnies back." What's going on?! He thought. I have my eyes closed so why am I still stuttering? Am I really that nervous about talking with Fluttershy?!

Fluttershy wasn't used to having Alex around yet either so she also had trouble speaking to him, "O-o-oh, hello Alex." she said with her mane covering half of her face. "W-w-well Applejack was here helping me c-count the newborn b-bunnies today and s-she scared them off with her shouting."

"Applejack d-d-d-id? She s-s-scared your bunnies?" he asked.

"Y-yes, she seemed really tired and she said she was b-busy today so when I called the bunnies Applejack began to r-round them up with Winona and it gave them all a scare." she explained.

"Tired? H-h-has anything else happened during the past couple of days?" he asked.

"The past couple of days?" she said as began to think, "Earlier Rainbow told me that Applejack accidentally sent her flying into the library. Then I heard from Pinkie Pie that after Applejack had helped her make cupcakes, the towns ponies that ate them got really sick and had to be taken to the hospital."

Alex just looked at Fluttershy as her words echoed through his mind. Don't tell me that it's been that long already?! How did I miss all of this?! But wait, if all of that has happened already then Twilight must be... He asked Fluttershy if she could watch Scootaloo for a little while as he needed to get to Applejack as soon as possible. She agreed to watch her and Alex took off for Sweet Apple Acres. Once he got there he began searching for Applejack all over the place for her. He saw her talking with Twilight up on a hill, she looked awful.

He began to walk up to her, "Twilight! Did I miss anything?" he asked.

"Hi Alex. I heard about what happened with the bunnies and I came here to ask Applejack to let us help her."

Applejack turned to look at Alex. "Oh hey Alex, why are you spinning around like that?"

"I'm not moving Applejack. You need to listen to Twilight. You can't keep going like this!" said Alex.

"Ah don't need your help, cause ah've just finished." she said she kicked the apples off the tree.

"What about those over there?" asked Twilight.

"What do you mean the ones over there?" she asked as she looked over.

There were still so many apples left that it looked like half of what she managed to get done so far. She began to walk towards those trees until Alex got in her way. When she tried to walk past him he just kept blocking off her path to the trees. She warned him to get out of the way but he refused to budge.

"Come on Applejack, you have to let us help you." said Alex.

"It's okay Alex. Applejack says she doesn't need our help." said Twilight as she turned and began walking away.

"What? Wait, you can't just go! She needs your help!"

"I can't force her to say yes Alex. I want to help but she just won't let us. And as her friend I have to accept the choices she makes." said Twilight as she continued walking.

"Ah told you ah can handle this all on my own Alex. Now get going so ah can finish."

"Fine...if that's how you really feel...then...I'm going to make you need our help!" shouted Alex as he tackled Applejack down onto the ground.

"Alex! What are you doing?!" asked Twilight.

"Let me go!" shouted Applejack as Alex pinned her to the ground.

"I'm not getting off until you admit that you need help!" he yelled back.

"Then ah'll just have to force you off!" she yelled.

"Go ahead and try." he replied.

Applejack struggled with all her might but she couldn't even lift her hooves and inch off of the ground. She knew she was stronger than he was so why couldn't she lift him off? This continued for about five minutes until she finally gave up and turned to face Alex. "Why can't ah lift you off of me?" she asked. "Are you using some kind of spell?"

"No, I'm not. You've been working yourself so much that you barely have any strength left! You should be able to throw me off with no problems but because you've been working nonstop you have no energy left! You need to rest and you need to let us help you!" he replied.

"Why are you doing this to me?" she asked.

"I'm doing this because you're being an idiot!" he started, "Remember back when we agreed that we would each do our best to try and become friends? You pushing me, and Twilight away, has not been helping that, nor has it been helping your relationship with your other friends! They have all been worried sick about you, but you're so caught up in trying to prove some meaningless point that now you're in danger of hurting your friendship with them! Now I'm going to say it again, let us help you!"

Applejack finally stopped struggling and Alex decided to let go of her. She slowly got up and stared directly at Alex. Alex looked back at her hoping that she would come to her senses. Twilight was in the middle and watched the both of them hoping that they wouldn't start a fight. Applejack finally came to a decision, lowered her hat, and began to speak.

"Ah guess ah have been pushing mahself a bit too hard. Okay, you can help me." she said.

Alex began to smile. "That's a relief. Now we can call the others and we'll breeze through this like nothing!"

*Yawn!* "Yeah, that sounds great. Ah'm just...going to take a quick nap by this tree." said Applejack as she walked up to a lone tree then slowly lowered her body and quickly fell asleep.

"Hey Twilight, can you bring the others here? I think I'd like to get a head start on this." said Alex. Oh boy, this is going to take a while. I hope these legs can handle it.

"Sure, I'll be right back." said Twilight as she ran to get the others.

After some time had passed, Twilight returned with her friends and they decided to start on the opposite end that Alex had started on. After what felt like hours the girls stopped for a quick break and decided to check on their progress.

"Man, how many trees have we bucked?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Who knows?" said Twilight. "There's still so many of them left." Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash to see her gawking in the other direction. "What's wrong Rainbow Dash?"

"Look at Alex's side!" she said as she pointed. They all turned to see that Alex had at least covered double the amount of trees that they have. "Look at him! He's still going at it! How can he keep going like that?!"

"I say, he certainly has become quite the expert in apple bucking in such a short time hasn't he?" asked Rarity.

"Well he did have the best teacher in all of Equestria." said Twilight. "Come on, let's get something to drink real fast."

"Aren't we going to bring Alex?" asked Rainbow.

"I don't think he plans on stopping anytime soon. We'll just bring it for him." said Twilight.

As the ponies left, Alex kept bucking one tree after the other. He could feel the sweat dropping down his face as he moved forward. "My legs...they hurt so much, but I can keep going! I just have to push through!" He then attempted to kick another tree but slipped and fell to the ground. What...what am I even doing? I shouldn't be doing this. This has nothing to do with me...so why do I feel so guilty? Alex struggled to lift his body and attempted another kick at the tree, this time successfully knocking the apples off. I have to do this...I have to...

Alex continued to buck the apples off of the trees one after the other. Eventually the girls returned and offered Alex a drink of water but he decided to wait until he was finished. Several hours passed by and at last they had all completed bucking every single apple from the trees. Alex said he would stay behind and wait for Applejack to wake up. He walked up next to Applejack and sat next to her. After a short amount of time he could feel himself falling asleep and couldn't keep his eyes open any longer. Applejack woke up from her nap and opened her eyes to find Alex sitting next to her. She was startled at first but then just began to watch him to sleep.

"Hehe, he's kind of cute when he's asleep. Ah wonder what he's dreaming about."

"Zzzzzzzz...Mmmm Applejack...zzzzzz."

"What?" Applejack stared down at him with a red face. "You better hope you're not dreaming about what ah think you are!" She then began to wind her hoof up ready to hit him over the head.

"Zzzz...Applejack...Your hat is so cool...."

"Mah hat?" she repeated as she looked up at it.

"Someday...I'm going to wear that hat...and then I'm going to look cool...zzzzzz."

Applejack smiled and placed her hat on Alex's head. "Sooner than you think Alex." She continued staring at him as a smile came across Alex's face.

"Zzzzz...Applejack..."

"Yeah, I know Alex. You think mah hat is cool." she said as she lightly brushed his mane.

"Applejack.....so beautiful...zzzzz."

"W-what?" she asked as she sat there frozen. Her face began to burn up as she took notice that Alex was waking up. She quickly grabbed her hat and covered her face with it.

"Huh? Oh no did I fall asleep?" asked Alex.

"Uh...yeah. Yeah you did." said Applejack.

"Sorry. I guess I'm really tired from bucking all of those apples."

Applejack looked over and noticed all the trees that they had bucked, "How did you all manage to finish so fast?"

"I'm not sure; I just remember bucking one tree after another. I guess I was lost in thought since I have a lot on my mind." he said.

"Like what?" she asked.

"My home, my family, if I'll ever find a way back to my world. Things like that." He looked over to notice that Applejack was still covering her face. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah! Ah'm fine! Ah didn't hear you say anything in your sleep." she mumbled.

"What was that?" he asked.

"N-nothing, ah didn't say anything!" she quickly defended. Applejack continued to cover her face with her hat.

"Oh, okay." he said as he looked away.

"Well anyways, you all did a really good job. Thanks for the help." said Applejack.

He looked over at her with a smile. "Hey, that's what I'm supposed to be here for isn't it?" What is this warm feeling I'm getting now? Is this how it feels to help friends in need? It feels...nice.

Alex stared at the setting sun, it reminded him of the sunset back in his world. He then remembered about how he asked Rarity to stop by later. He then thought about whether or not he should involve Applejack with his problem. He looked over to the sun with a smile on his face and decided that he would tell her since he believed he could trust her. After the sun had officially disappeared over the mountains, both Alex and Applejack got up and began walking back toward the barn with the crate full of apples.

"Applejack, I need to tell you something important." he started.

Applejack looked over to him, "What is it Alex?"

"Do you remember last week when you asked if I was hiding something?" he asked.

"Yeah, ah do. Why? What about it?" she asked with a worried look.

"Well, I lied. I did have something with me on that day and it's been bugging me a lot. Rarity is going to meet with us soon so when she gets here I'll tell you both all about it okay?" he said.

"Hold on, you're going to tell Rarity too? Why?" she asked.

Alex looked at her, "You'll know once I start explaining everything. You trust me right?" he asked.

"Of course ah trust you, ah'm just not so sure about Rarity." she said. "Ah mean, you had trouble talking to me the first time I talked to you."

"I know," he started, "But I'm going to need her help for this too."

Once they had reached the barn Alex unloaded the apples from the crate and they both made their way inside and waited for Rarity. They both sat on the porch as it was almost time for Rarity to show up. Applejack just stared at Alex thinking about what he had said in his sleep. She also thought about what could be so important yet so secret that he would only tell her and Rarity. Alex kept staring forward, waiting for Rarity. After a couple of minutes he spotted her making her way up to the ranch.

"Hello my prince! I have arrived just like you asked!" she said.

"Thanks for coming Rarity, now that you're here we can finally get started." he said.

"Alright, so what did you want to talk to us about Alex?" asked Applejack. "Why are your eyes closed?"

"It's the only way I can talk to ponies who I don't feel comfortable with yet. Now then..." Alex took in a deep breath, "Everything I tell you here stays between us okay? I don't want anypony else to know about this. Do you promise not to tell anypony?" he asked.

Both girls looked at each other then looked back at Alex. "We promise."

"Okay then. Ever since I first came here to this world I've been having this strange feeling but I wasn't sure what it was. It felt like I was being watched from far away but I thought I was just being paranoid." he said.

"So you have this feeling that somepony is spying on you?" asked Applejack.

"No, someone 'is' spying on me. I finally saw him two weeks ago after Derpy thanked me for waking her up. I even have proof." he said as he took out the item.

"What is that thing?" asked Applejack.

"It looks like some kind of lipstick." said Rarity.

"It's not lipstick I can assure you. This is a sonic screwdriver. He accidentally dropped it when I tried to chase him down." he said.

"A sonic screwdriver, what's that?" both mares asked.

"Applejack, you have lived in Ponyville all your life so you know the ponies around here pretty well. Rarity, you have friends in the higher ups and I know you have met many ponies through them." he said.

"So you want us to help you find this pony who is spying on you?" asked Applejack.

"Exactly." he said, "I think that this pony is actually targeting me. I don't know what he wants or why he's spying on me but I need to find out more about him before something bad happens."

"You think he's trying to hurt you?" asked Applejack.

"Hold on," interrupted Rarity, "You keep saying 'he', if I didn't know better I'd say that you already know who's spying on you don't you Alex?"

"Yes I do, but the problem is that I have no other information on him at the moment. Will you two help me?"

"Absolutely." said Rarity.

"You can count on me." said Applejack.

"Thank you. Now tell me, what do you know of a pony named Doctor Whooves?"

Author's Note

Hooray, chapter 4 is up! I have chapter 5, I just need to look it over. I'm currently going through some hard times so...it might take a little while, not too long hopefully. I'm also helping someone with a special project, I thought it was pretty cool so I can't wait to see that. Anyway's yeah, Doctor Whooves! What is he planning? When will he show himself? And what is the cat's name going to be?! Find out none of those answers in the next chapter! Hahahahahahaha! Man, I'm evil. Thank you so much for reading, and remember that feedback is greatly appreciated.