Earth prologue: Is it real?

The next day, Pinkie Pie went over to where AppleJack's stall is to find it not there. Usually it was here these days and Pinkie Pie got worried. This normally didn't happen. AppleJack would never stop working unless it was very important to stop working.

"Oh no, no, no. AppleJack's not there! WHAT IF SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENED TO HER! DUN DUN DUN!"

Pinkie Pie, Fed up with being all worried decided to do something about it. What's the point of being worried anyway if you can do something about it? Pinkie Pie decided to go see if AppleJack was at the farm. To her surprise no-one was working. She thought they would've been stocking up on apples for the store which is the reason it isn't open because of Business yesterday.

"AppleJack? You in here?" said Pinkie Pie entering he building with a lower worried tone in her voice. "She's got to be in here somewhere, otherwise where else would she be?" Pinkie Pie went upstairs and into AppleJack's room to find her sleeping.

AppleJack, sleeping on this kind of day? Pinkie Pie thought. Better tell her she slept in. Pinkie Pie started nudging AppleJack around in the most effective but least annoying way.

"AppleJack, wake up, you slept in."

"Huh what?" asked AppleJack awakening from Pinkie Pie. "What is it Pinkie Pie?" AppleJack Gave off a Yawn showing that she didn't really appreciate being woken up like this.

"You slept in and now there's no one to run the Stand on time! What are you going to do?" answered Pinkie with the most concern in her voice. Pinkie Pie hasn't seen the last time AppleJack not awake before 8am. If there even was a last time in the first place.

"No, i'm not running the Stand today. So you can stop worrying now?"

"But why not? It's Wednesday. You always run the stall on weekdays. Why wouldn't you run it today?"

"Because i'm on Strike Pinkie. That's why."

"Say again. It sounded alot like you were saying Strike"

"That's because i did say strike"

Pinkie Pie started to get worried. Strike = No Stall = No Customers = No business. But more importantly no apples!

"But, but, Why are you on strike? What led you to be on strike?"

"When i realised that the only thing us Earth Ponies can do is grow food and stuff. Heck The other ponies can do that. Not as good as delicious as ours but still enough to live. So i'm going off to minimum work which means enough to keep this family alive."

"Does that mean, No Apples?" asked Pinkie Pie worried.

"Yes, it means no apples. Unless there's any apples to spare, no apples are leaving this land. Heck if i were you i'd also be on strike."

"But why would i be on strike? I love making Confectionery for other ponies even if they can do it because i know i can do it better."

"The point i'm trying to make is, i want to see if Ponyville can go with 1 less Earth pony to do stuff they can do. To pretend that us Earth Ponies never existed."

"Well if you're going on strike, than you can do that. hmmph." replied Pinkie Pie with slight fake anger in her tone walking back to Ponyville.

Pinkie smashed through the doors of Twilight's castle eager to tell Twilight the news.

"Twilight! Twilight! I've got big news!" Pinkie Ran into the Library where she new Twilight would be stationed at the time being. "I've got really big and bad news!"

"What is it Pinkie Pie? Did Gummy Disappear?" asked Twilight not having a clue what is going on.

"AppleJack's on strike!"

"Say again?"

"AppleJack is on strike!"

"I'm sorry Pinkie Because it sounded like you said Strike."

"That's Because i did say Strike."

"But why would AppleJack be on Strike, for what reason?" questioned Twilight wondering why a hard working pony would be on strike.

"She said she is fed up with doing things ever other pony can do and not being special as an Earth pony."

"That sounds ridiculous. How 'bout i go talk to AppleJack and fix everything?"

"Oh yes, please do that, i don't want to lose apples! The second best thing to Cupcakes and candy and chocolate and cake and frosting and muffins."

"AppleJack, why have you stopped working? Why are you on strike?" asked Twilight.

"You know what Twilight. I figured something out. Unicorns can use magic to help through life. Pegasi can maniuplate weather and fly. But all we seem to do is grow food."

"But You ponies grow great food. The best food in all the land."

"Anypony can grow food. It may seem the best but is growing food all that we're good at? It's not like taste comes to play when ponies need to live. That's why i've decided to start minimum work which is enough to keep this family going. I don't think 1 earth pony is going to make a huge difference, but i want to see what Ponyville can do."

"This is ridiculous AppleJack, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking that i'm not going off strike no matter how hard you try to convince me. Better yet I'm going to get every Earth pony in on this. Than let's see if we really do have a purpose." AppleJack replied walking away from the two ponies.

"You're not in on this are you Pinkie?" asked Twilight.

"She doesn't understand any of this yet!" answered AppleJack.