A call from Twilight had everyone meeting at her place. Down in her lab, Twilight and Zecora unveiled a table full of various colored concoctions glowing in different beakers.

"What in the hay are all these s'posed to be?"

An overly excited Twilight came up beside a bewildered Applejack and looped an arm over his shoulder, a small grin on her face. 'Please don't let this be the Smarty-pants thing again!'

"I'm glad you asked that, AJ! For the past week, Zecora and I have been looking into every potion possible that could potentially reverse this. We've even made a few to try out."

Applejack turned to look at his friend. Her eyes were shining, and the smile on her face made him feel a bit unsettled.

"Isn't this a uh, bit much though?"

"Your troubled feelings are quite sound, but you've no time to mess around."

"She's right. We've taken up too much time just brewing these. If memory serves me correctly, we now have only three days to try and get you back to normal."

Applejack ran his hand down his face as a groan escaped him. "Swell."

"Why so many potions though?", a curious Rarity asked.

"So many brews we did find, more so were the same in kind."

"Too many of them had reversing abilities, so it was hard to see which one would be a sure fire hit. So we decided to try the ones that were most promising!"

"Ooh! Ooh! Can I try one of the light-up juices? Ooooh! This one looks yummy!"

Pinkie Pie tried to down a glittery brew from one of the vial until Twilight came and retrieved it from her party animal friend, followed by a loud "Awwwww!"

"Sorry, Pinkie. But Applejack has to try these out."

"Oki-doki-loki!"

"A-All these?!"

Twilight and Zecora nodded in unison. Applejack let out a resigned breath and sat at the table.

"Alright, let's get this over with then. Now which one did y'all want me to try first?"

The scientist in Twilight Sparkle made the girl giggle too cheerfully as she took one of the beakers and handed to the farmer. It's contents was a vibrant green color, reminding him of those glow sticks kids play with on Nightmare night.

"Why don't we start with this one? It's made from laffodile's and baby dragon's breath."

He took the vial from his enthusiastic friend, the ominous glow of the brewed batch made him gulp audibly. Even if he hadn't have asked, Applejack could tell these were ingredients from the everfree forest. However, if one of these mixes held the cure then he'd have suck it up and try each one.

He wet his lips and brought the vial up to his mouth, took a breath and threw his head back as he downed the drink in one go. A bitter and burning sensation seized his throat, making him cough and sputter toward the end of it. He smacked his lips and everyone waited for the result. After a few beats of silence, nothing appeared to have happened.

"Ah'm not feelin' a-"

His words were interrupted as he let out a loud "EEEEHAAAWW!" from his open mouth. In a start, Applejack clapped his hands over his mouth, closing it and making the braying stop. Everyone cringed and groaned at the display.

"Fail!", an overly amused Rainbow Dash hollered out, followed by a small elbow to her rib from Fluttershy.

"Ooh, guess not. Luckily, we whipped up a counter-active potion to these brews."

As Twilight reached for another vial, full of a fucia colored liquid, Applejack tilted his head away from her. Hands still over his mouth, he muffled out an unsure, and unintelligible, question. With a roll of her eyes, Twilight held out the concoction to him.

"I told you, everything needs to be tested. So far, the potions responded to this one in a very positive way."

"What Twilight says is true, none blew up when mixed with this brew."

Applejack deadpanned at them before shrugging and drinking in the remedy for the remedy. This one went down a bit more easier, with a soft taste of berries even. He then cleared his throat and attempted to speak.

"Ah reckon...that was a miss."

Twilight and Zecora nodded dismally and tried another one.

Each brew had different results, all of which were, as their athletic friend like to hoot out, "fails".

One made Applejack grow antlers, wings and a single tusk.

"Fail!"

Another made his skin red, with black pincers for hands and an overly curled goatee.

"Fail!!"

The fourth brew was even weirder. Having drank it, Applejack grew three times his size. The pigment of his skin changed from tan to a lavender, his hair grew longer and was now black and he had claws at his fingertips instead of normal digits. What's more is....to his rear was a long tail and on his back were leathery wings.

"Fail!!!"

"Dammit, Rainbow! If you shout out another- Whoa! M-My voice! What-"

Rainbow howled out in laughter as her legs buckled beneath her, making her fall and literally roll around on the floor, laughing her butt off.

"Y-You....sound like....Flu-Flutterguy!", she cried out in between laughs.

"Hey!"

A distraught Applejack groaned out as he slid a clawed hand over his face.

"Here. This is the last one."

Twilight reached the last vial sitting on the table and handed it to Applejack.

"What about the counter-active potion?"

"I'm afraid you drank the last one after the last miss. You'll have to just take this one straight away."

He groaned inwardly, wary of this last brew. It was a vibrant magenta and didn't look as foreboding as the others did. With a hopeful sigh, Applejack threw his head back and downed it in one gulp. As soon as the contents were gone, a loud burst of a magical cloud boomed and shrouded Applejack, making everyone else cough and choke on the bright colored smoke. The flavor reminded him of punch though, so it went down fairly easy, just as the potion had.

"I *ack* don't remember that one making that sort of reaction before!", Twilight sputtered out amidst the smoke.

"This *cough* troubles me so, that's not how it's supposed to go!"

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy beat their wings and blew away the light pink cloud, revealing Applejack standing in the middle of the room, still a man and coughing up the dust, batting it away from his face with his hat.

He groaned and wobbled on his legs, looking like he was on the brink of collapse. A concerned Rarity and Fluttershy caught his arms and helped him to sit.

"Careful there, Applejack!"

"Darling, you must settle down for a moment. Try and catch your breath."

He shook his head and turned to his right, seeing the cerulean eyes of the fashionista. A curious grunt came from his throat and Applejack spoke to his friend....in a very peculiar manner.

"Qu'est-ce que c'est? What is zis....magnificent sight I have beheld?", he drawled out with a heavy accent.

"........Hunh?"

Applejack turned to his left and saw a very nervous Fluttershy holding his arm, making him arch an eyebrow.

"Une petite fleur~ How delightful."

The shy flyer eeped out and darted behind Pinkie Pie, leaving Rarity with the funny-sounding Applejack.

"Twilight, what the hell's wrong with him?!", exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

"I-I haven't the slightest."

She spotted the vial at her feet and picked it up, examining it. A slight gasp came from Zecora as she saw what Twilight held in her hand.

"Oh, no! This is very dire. That was no potion, it was punch with the 'hearts desire'!"

"WHAT?!?!?!", everyone cried out in unison.

Applejack was oblivious to the situation as he gazed amorously at Rarity, grinning from ear to ear as he took a gentle hold of her hand.

"Uh....A-Applejack, darling, why are you looking at me like that?", Rarity stuttered out nervously, edging away slightly.

"So formal, mon amour~ Is it the playing of the 'coy' you wish to do? This I will be playing for you, ma chérie~"

He then ducked his head down and planted a kiss on her knuckle, earning a collective commotion from their audience. Rarity, on the other hand, stood aghast and confused.

"Wh-Who.....Who are you?", she whispered, unable to find the right volume at the moment.

Applejack stopped making out with her hand and looked up at her, eyes glazed over in the tell-tale sign of longing.

"Izn't it obvious?"

He saw her shake her head fearfully.

"I' am Applejack! Your lover!"

As if to fortify his claim, he then kissed up her arm, above her shoulder until his lips noisily smacked her cheek with an amorous kiss, all the while with everyone looking on in numb horror.

• End

Author's Note

Well......this was.....just....wow. A virtual cookie to anyone who can get the references! ^^ And the last part was inspired from this clip. Heh heh heh!