The Daily Grinder

Applejack walked outside of the farm house, blinking her eyes wearily. It was very early in the morning, maybe four, maybe closer to three forty five. The moon was still in the sky, but was right at the edge. She grinned, and took a big whiff of the air, and smelled wheat and apples. She savored it for a moment before setting off down to the east orchard to buck her daily forty. She spent about an hourse bucking apples off the trees, collecting them and leaving them to be brought to the barn by Big Mac. When she had finished, the sun was just starting to rise in the distance. AJ smiled as the warm light hit her clean face. She began her walk down to Ponyville to see Twilight. She mud stuck to her hooves, leaving a trail of brown horseshoe marks behind her. She waved hello to Mr.Cake who was standing silently in his doorway. On the way, she also saw Scootaloo trying to climb up a tree. She giggled to herself, thinking about what a silly filly Scoots was.

Finally, she arrived at Twilight's library, and poked her head inside. In there, she saw the books lined orderly on the shelves. A horse head statue sat neatly in the center of a table with papers scattered all around it. Spike was sitting on a chair next to the table, a book in his lap.

"Howdy there Spike. Twilight around?"

"Twilight's okay, Twilight's okay..."

"Yes siree, I'm sure she is. But could you point me in her direction?"

"She's safe with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, they're all swimming at the pool. They're safe and sound, everything's okay." Spike said, sitting calmly.

"I'm glad to hear that Spike, you have a nice day ya hear?" And so she set off for the pool where RD and Pinkie always swam. She passed by the bakery again, Mr.Cake was still standing silently outside the bakery. From within the bakery, she could here the two children giggling and running around inside. She chuckled to herself, thinking about what it would be like to have children of her own. On the way, she passed one of the Solar guards who were patrolling the town, keeping the enemies away.

"Howdy sir, beautiful morning, dontcha think?" He was very close to her. He nodded, shook her hoof, and kept on walking. Applejack trotted along for a few moments until she started to feel weary. She sat down on the ground for a moment and took a little nap.