Seasonal Love

by GodOfBBQ

Rating: everyone
Tags: Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Original Character
Length: 4526

A pony finds love while doing his least favorite job in the winter wrap up season

As everypony gets ready for the winter wrap up season our main character "Techie Hoof" is stuck with his least favorite job... Planting seeds. As he works in the fields he spots a beautiful newcomer named "Ninroot" who has no home and has very little money to her name. When she is assigned the same job as Techie he notices that unlike him she enjoys planting seeds and loves plants. Can Techie win the heart of the plant lover or get left in the mud?

Published 2014-06-25 18:20:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-06-25 18:20:04 UTC

Chapter #1 The Job

It's early in the morning, Celestia has barley risen the sun. Techie Hoof is sleeping in his bed in his small log home near the everfree forest in Ponyville, suddenly he hears semi loud knocking on his door he slowly rises from his bed and yells "Who is it!?" No answer he then gets up to go answer the door. When he sees the two colors of purple and orange he automatically knows who it is. He opens the door to see Applejack and Twilight Sparkle outside.

"Hi Techie!" said Twilight, "are you ready for winter wrap up?" She asked.

Techie then says "Oh thats today? Geez winters here and gone already? He says as he wipes his eyes with his hoof.

"Yep" said Applejack as she handed him his vest and satchel.

"Whats all this?" Techie asked.

Twilight then explained, "It's you'r vest, you will be part of the planting crew, specifically you will be planting seeds for different plants such as flowers and bushes."

"Ughhhhhhh! Do I have to?" Asked Techie,

"Ya have to" Applejack replied and continued, "the job will get done much faster if another hoof is involved, plus you can be a real help most of our workers are sick of a nasty cold ya hear? And we need as many workers as we can get."

As she finished explaining everything to Techie he then said "Fine i'll help, got nothin better to do anyways" as he looks around his dimly lit home.

With that Techie got his gear on and headed out to the fields to do his job, when he got there he quickly got to work. After only fifteen minutes he shouted to Applejack

"Hey Aj! Do I have to keep doing this? I mean this is just lame and a waste of time!"

Aj then replied "When you're starvin to death and you got nothin to eat heh you'll be thinkin otherwise." Techie mocked what she said by mouthing what she said in a sarcastic way. When he got back to work he then looks up to see a beautiful mare with light brown hide and fur and light orange mane, a little scruffy but enchanting, she was only a few steps away from Techie so she wasn't that far off. Teky then looked towards Applejack and asked

"Hey, who's that filly over there?" Aj then replied

"Oh her? I don't really know she just arrived last night I think her name is Ninroot." Techie then looked toward the mare than said to himself

"Ninroot huh" Techie decided to walk up to the filly known as Ninroot as he was walking over towards her their eyes met but then he heard a slight cracking under his hoof he looked down and saw a half dead shrub Ninroot saw this and ran towards Techie but bumped into him making him fall flat on his flank, Techie then said "Geez lady you don't need to be pushy it's just a dead shrub!" Ninroot quickly looks at Techie with a scowl on her face and said "You obviously don't know what kind of plant this is!"

Techie then said "Yeah I do, it's a plant called a shrub!"

Ninroot then said"Its not just a shrub it's a Persoonia pauciflora a very rare and endangered shrub!"

Teky starts to snicker to himself and says "A Persoonia pauciflora or what normal ponies call," he leans in on her, "A shrub" Ninroot storms off to what she was doing and Techie does the same, after a while Techie thought about apologizing to her and he then thought to himself "Yeah I should say sorry to her." He then stops what he was doing and trots towards her, she looks up and does what

Techie was about to do, she apologizes. "Look I- I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell at you." She said Teky interrupted her saying

"No no it's fine I should have been watching where I was... walking." They both blush and rub the backs of their heads while chuckling, Techie broke the awkwardness by asking "I hear you just came to town is that true?"

Ninroot then says"Yeah I just moved out of Canterlot and decided to live in the small town areas, more room to grow my herbs and plants than in the capital."

Techie asks trying not to sound like a creep, "So do you have a place to stay?"

Ninroot than replies "Well yes and no I had enough bits to stay at the inn but I didn't bring enough money to stay until my plant business started so I used the money I had to stay only one night at the inn which was last night so I guess you can call me homeless!" She joked.

Techie then says,"well you can stay at my place if you want I have a spare bedroom and everything, if you want of course."

"Oh I don't want to be a bother" said Ninroot.

Techie then replied, "Oh its no big deal, really I got enough food and space for a whole family reunion!"

Ninroot then said "Well okay, but only until my plant business gets started, I don't want to be a burden."

"Oh it's my pleasure" replied Techie. After that they get back to planting seeds and finishing their work, finally when their work was over Techie led Ninroot to his log cabin near the woods.

Author's Note

Hey guys hopefully you guys like my very first story, anyways let me know what you think and if this story gets enough likes I might just make a small series with Techie and Ninroot.

Chapter #2 The tour of the cabin

A short walk later Techie Hoof and Ninroot arrived at Techie's home near the forest.

"Wow!" said Ninroot with eyes wide open,

"Yeah built it my self." said Techie then he added, "I prefer working on technology but since the housing here is insane I decided to build my own home, I did get in trouble with Applejack apparently chopping down one of her trees is a big no no so I had to help her around the farm for a while but whatever, I got what I needed from the forest here." He said while pointing towards the woods next to his home. "Well, let me show you around." Said Techie with a smirk, he let her in and showed her around his home, he showed her his work which are various types of tools, mechanical parts, and many different vehicles specifically made for pony kind. He then showed her where her room was and let her get settled in. "Now let me know if you need anything, ok?" Asked Techie,

"Ok" Ninroot replied, and with that Techie went along with his business and left the mare to herself.

As Ninroot was unpacking she thought to herself "Wow the ponies here are real nice especially Techie." As she starts to blush she shakes her head and says "No, no I'm here for work and to share the love I have with my plants with the other citizens." It was starting to get late so she set her luggage to the side and went to bed.

After a few weeks Techie and Ninroot finish their jobs for winter wrap up and finally the season for the wrap up ends and spring begins. A few weeks have passed and Ninroot's business hasn't started "successfully" so shes left with nothing to do but tend to her plants. After a while she noticed that Techie's house was a tad cluttered so she decided she would do Techie a favor and save him the trouble of cleaning up, so while Techie was out getting more supplies for his work she started to clean out his cabin, as she was cleaning she found some usual things you would find in dirty homes. Old food, cloths, random objects of his like tools, and old photos. But as she continued she found an old photo book that told her his past, the photos showed Techie, who looked about ten or eleven years old, he was with his parents kind of normal for a photo book but as she went on she found pictures that showed only him and his mother he still looked the same age as the photo before but just a little more depressed, after that photo it showed him dressed formally this time without his mother. He looked about fifteen or fourteen. He looked very depressed, in fact he looked even sadder than he did in the second photo.

"I see you found my photo album" a voice said behind Ninroot, she quickly looked behind her and saw Techie with bags full of tools and food.

Ninroot then asked quietly "Why do you look so sad in these photos?"

Techie while stocking up his cupboards with food stopped to answer Ninroot's question"See when I was young I lived in Manehatten with my parents, my dad was always working and my mom well was a stay at home mom, she took care of me the best she could and I was happy with my life..." He paused then said "Until the accident."

Ninroot asked as she was putting back the photo album "What accident?"

Techie then answered "My dad worked at very top of his building he was a manager of an inventing company, anyways he was a drunk and one day he went to his office after a promotion party, drunk of course and well he fell out of a large window and I'm sure you can guess the rest."

Ninroot with more compassion for Techie said "Oh I'm sorry for your loss, look you don't need to continue if you don't want to."

"No no i-it's fine, you deserve to know" Techie said and continued with "I'm guessing your wondering why my mother isn't in the final picture, well for a while it was just me and her living off of what my dad had earned before he died but my mom needed to get a job to support us I was fifteen at the time and I proposed to work for some money but she told me that I needed to go to school and get a good education. Well my mom got a job and luckily her job was a close and safe one, she worked at a theater and since her job was within walking distance she walked to and from her work, but one night she was mugged and left in an alleyway where she drew her last breath, the mugger strangled her so she didn't..." Techie was choking back tears "Sh-she didn't die a peaceful death."

Ninroot gave Techie a hug and said "I'm so very sorry what you went through, I- I didn't mean to be snooping around."

Teky interrupted her saying "Oh it's fine it was going to come out sometime right heh." He then said "Afterwards I left Manehatten and moved here I didn't want to stay in that town I feared the same fate that struck my parents would happen to me so I moved here. And the reason I build these contraptions is because it's like a tribute to my parents and my fathers business.

Ninroot then asked "So you've been alone this whole time?"

Techie then replied "Yeah but it's not so bad, I don't have to worry about walking in on somepony on the toilet, heh." After chuckling they both spend the rest of the night in the cabin.

Author's Note

Hey guys hope you like the story so far, and I feel as if the names are kind of unoriginal like "Techie Hoof" but to be honest all my creativity went and goes into the story so let me know if you have any better ideas for pony names I was always horrible with pony names, to me you take a random word and add an adjective or an action word to it and pony name comes out, anyways let me know if you have better ideas for pony names for my future names, don't think I don't have my own name ideas it's just that they are really really practical and common.

Chapter #3 Helpful Hoof

A few weeks go by and spring takes hold of Ponyville and it's plant life and animal life, Ninroot figured that this would be the perfect time to start her plant selling business, the only problem was she did not have a place to start her business so Techie took it upon himself to build Ninroot a shop near the middle of town so he went to the mayor's office to propose the business idea, he was denied and was told not to go out of the mayors word this time like he did with his cabin, but he politely told her

"Your a real stiff you know that!" said a curse word to her in sign language and stormed out. Since he did it before he built the shop like he built his cabin with wood from the forest and out of the mayor's sight. After he was finished he led Ninroot to the place he built the shop and when she saw it she gasped and and kissed Techie right on his cheek, his whole face turned bright red with blush, as Ninroot rushed into the shop Techie was still standing there frozen in place with the same expression he had from the kiss.

"Uh-uh uh d- do you like it?" he stuttered breaking the awkward silence.

"Do I like it!? I love it!!" Ninroot shouted. Afterwards they stocked up the shop with her plants and herbs and opened it for business.

That night Ninroot would not stop thanking Techie until he had to say "Ok your welcome! Now stop!" he yelled jokingly, But Ninroot's final thank you was put into an amazing dinner that she made for Techie. With appetites satisfied they both went to bed in their rooms but did no sleep Techie said to himself "Whoa I got a kiss...from a girl, I wonder if she feels the same about me like how I feel about her?"

In Ninroot's room she was saying "Wow, Techie is really nice for making my shop for me, and without the mayor's permission as well. Oh I can't believe I'm saying this but..." She thought for a moment "I think I- I love him." As she was hugging one of her pillows she then shook her head and said "No, I'm only here for business." But then said "But my business wouldn't even be possible without him. I wonder if he feels the same about me?" After that night the next day was a bit awkward since they both wanted to ask the same question "Do you feel the same way I feel about you?" Later on in the day Techie was helping Ninroot with the shop until Twilight came in with a rolled up scroll.

Techie went up to her and asked what she was doing here and she said "Ponies have been telling me you've built an illegal business not approved by the mayor so I'm here to let you know you have-"

Techie stopped her in the middle of her sentence and said "Whoa hold on the mayor has a problem with this place being here? Why
isn't she feeling the same way about my cabin?

Twilight then answered "Because you'r cabin is out of the way of the town and is not causing much space to be taken. Look I'm
sorry but you have to close down."

Ninroot then said "No you can't make us close down! We just started!"

"Besides" Techie added "If the mayor had a problem with it why didn't she send any guards or any police or whatever authorities of the law this place uses?"

Then Twilight answered "Because the mayor thought I would be the only one you would listen to."

Then Techie walked towards Twilight with a scowl on his face and said in a quiet but firm voice "Look Twi, I don't want to have to raise my voice at you but if I have to I will"

Then Twilight said "Look I'm just here to deliver the message, I don't want any trouble."

"Let me see it!" Techie said

"What?" Replied Twilight

"Let me see the scroll. Now!" Techie snatches the scroll from Twilight and starts to read and as he reads he gets a real angry expression on his face and looks at Twilight.

"The mayor huh, Okay if its from the mayor, then why does her signature look different?" Techie shows Twilight the scroll, "See that?" Techie points to the signature "She doesn't drag the last line in the last letter of her name to make it look like Eutemia instead she uses Aguafina Script. Not Eutemia!!" He yells then forces Twilight out of the shop and saying "Get out! Get out of this shop or I'll kick you out!" As he yells his threats with some cursing mixed in he forces Twilight out of the shop and slams the door. When he turns around he saw Ninroot looking at him with a surprised expression. "Look I'm sorry you had to see that" he said in a shy voice.

Then Ninroot said "I never thought you would get angry at your friends for me, in fact I wouldn't think you would defend me at all."

After what she said Techie walked towards her and said "Of course I would defend your work and you for that matter, that's what
friends do right? A-are we friends?"

Ninroot looked at Techie with a small yet noticeable smirk and said "More than just friends." As she said that both her and Techie go in for a kiss.

When done Techie joked "So does this mean..."

Ninroot added "Yes, yes it does."

Author's Note

Hey guys, looks like things are starting to become a little lovey dovey with Ninroot and Techie Hoof but will one of the other main characters try to ruin it for them well we will find out soon, but aside from that, this story is a really fun experience for me since it's my first one and I'm hoping you guys like it and yes I will be making more stories.

Chapter #4 Love from a seed (final part 1)

After a while Ninroot's business sky rocketed and was a huge success, even outshining Applejack's apple business, noticing this Applejack set out to have the business of Ninroot's to decimate, the reason she is doing this is because since Ninroot grew all the food Ponyville needed Applejack lost a lot of money so much money to where her family started working extra jobs just to put food on the table. Applejack decided to confront Ninroot about her business and why she needs to stop, after wards Ninroot told Techie about what Applejack asked her and then Techie asked "Do you want me to fix this for you, I can handle this how my great grandfather handled things."

Ninroot then asked "How did he solve things?"

"Oh he was part of the pony mafia in Manehatten, I'm sure you can just imagine what he did." Replied Techie with a confidant grin.

Ninroot looked at Techie while still thinking then says "Ohhhhh, no you definitely don't need to do that, in fact I believe that's illegal, no look I can handle this myself."

Techie said "Ok let me know if you need help."

Ninroot than said "Oh I won't need help, problems like these deserve a... friendly hoof." and with that she walked out the door.

Ninroot walked to Applejack's house in sweet apple acres. When she gets there she sees Applejack in the field desperately trying to buck apples out of a tree and into a wooden crate.

Ninroot trots to Applejack and confronts her with "Hey Applejack how are you?"

Applejack stopped what she was doing and looked at Ninroot with a mean scowl. She then says in a gruff voice still in her southern accent, "Well ain't it the creator of the newest business that out shined mine and left me and mah family poor and nearly homeless, what are you doin here, here to rub your success in mah face, well missy if you do that I will buck you from here back to Canterlot where you came from!"

Ninroot then explained "Look Applejack I did not mean to make all this happen to you, I did not mean for your family to go into poverty, nopony deserves that, but you have to listen to me, I came here to give you some of the business's money." Ninroot pulls out a somewhat large sack full of bits but Applejack shoves it away and says

"I don't want your petty money! I want an apology and your business shut down!"

Ninroot obviously disappointed at this smacks Applejack in the face with her hoof knocking her down and some sense into her head saying "Do you hear yourself!? This is not you! Your not like this! You need help and I try to help you but you disrespect me and shove away my help! This is why your in this in the first place, you don't accept any help from the people who care about you! Like me! I care about your family, I care about you."

Applejack looks up from where she was looking up to Ninroot with tears in her eyes and says in a stuttering and whimpering voice "I work s-so hard to keep this family afloat, I do need h-help but I just don't like askin for it."

Ninroot lets out her hoof willing to help Applejack up and says "Just accept my help and I promise that you and your family will never deal with financial dept or troubles of any kind." Applejack slowly and reluctantly reached up to Ninroot's hoof and got up with her help.

Applejack then says "O-ok I accept your apology and your help th-thank you." Afterwards Applejack and Ninroot both embrace in a warm hug. Applejack then asks "So whats your secret to selling so much merchandise?"

Ninroot then laughs and answers "It's all about what the customer likes not what you think they like."

Author's Note

Well the story is almost over guys, now just so you know I did take an element from the mlp fim creepypasta about Applejack's family financially struggling and instead of Applejack falling into a wood chipper I have Ninroot help Applejack with her problems and financially supporting her, well enough of the side stories lets focus on the story between Ninroot and Techie Hoof in the next and final chapter in Seasonal Love!!

Chapter #5 Love from a seed (final part)

After a few months Techie Hoof and Ninroot's relationship got stronger along with her business becoming a legal business and Applejack's apple business becoming stronger as well. Since all the problems they confronted were solved Techie and Ninroot focused more on their relationship. It's fall now and close to Nightmare Night Techie and Ninroot begin preparations for the celebration. One day Ninroot went to the town to get some plant supplies and some treats for the kids on Nightmare Night. When she got back she saw Techie in the living room in the cabin.

Techie then said "Look I have to be honest with you" with a smirk on his face he said "It's been a few months since we became a couple so I decided to tell you what I thought of you when I first heard about you."

With that Ninroot stood in front of Techie and asked "Well what did you think of me before we met?"

Then Techie answered "Well when I first saw you I thought, oh she looks nice, then when I heard that you were from Canterlot I thought two things, Oh shes out of my league and she must be a total snob, and when we first talked to each other I nearly verified that theory until we apologized to each other. When I heard your smooth voice I thought "wow she must be really nice," and then I knew it was love at first sight.

Ninroot looking at him with a blushed face said "Well if you told me how you thought of me, let me tell you what I thought about you."

"Oh boy"

Ninroot interrupted saying "No they aren't all bad... just a few." With that she started to tell him "When I first saw you I thought "Oh just another backwoods hick working in dirt, and when you stepped on that shrub and simply calling it a shrub I thought oh lord this pony is a shallow idiot, but then when you apologized to me and invited me to stay here at your house I thought "Wow this pony is not like the others and I do admit he is quite adorable."

"Adorable huh?" Techie interrupted

"Shut up!" Ninroot jokingly said "Anyways" she continued "And when you opened up to me about your parents I thought "this pony is not like the other ponies I met hes sensitive and not afraid to talk about his feelings with me" and when you defended me against Twilight's fake demands I thought "He defended me, unlike the other ponies I met back in Canterlot" Ninroot then added" Then I knew, I loved this one unlike the others." As they both blush they hug and go along with their business.

The next night was Nightmare Night and instead of waiting around the house giving out treats the young ones they decided to stroll the roads of Ponyville, they stop at a small area where a bench waited and both sat on that bench, when they saw the moon of Princess Luna they both were enchanted and looked at each other, what Techie saw was the light from the moon beaming off of Ninroot's violet colored eyes and what Ninroot saw was the moonlight shining off of Techie's light brown eyes they both close in for a kiss, but this kiss was a very magical one, to both of them they felt like they were in a dream and would never wake up, they felt weightless, drifting into a deep wave of love. That Nightmare Night wasn't just important because of the tradition and the parties with Princess Luna but the new found love between Ninroot and Techie Hoof.

Author's Note

Well guys that about raps it up for this story and I might sound like a broken record at this point but let me know if you want me to make more stories with Ninroot and Techie. And I just want to say thank you for taking the time to read my very first story that I wrote here and I share publicly, so once again thank you and hopefully you enjoyed the story as much as I did writing it.