String Bass had always had trouble with family. From his father abandoning him when he was four, to his mother dying when he was seven, to having to drop out of middle school to provide for his sister, Electric, he has always put family first. In order to do so, he's always done little things for a local gang in Manehattan. Now, he's run into some trouble, because he owes them money, and the only way to pay for it is by blood or by deeds. He refuses. Now, he's got to find a job to help support himself and his sister, as well as finding a new home, and String finds this opportunity in the most unlikeliest farms in a small little town. Ponyville

Applejack is very torn up as of late. Due to the growing popularity of the farm from the Grand Galloping Gala, and all of the run ins with the Flim Flam Brothers, and Applejack just being popular anyways from being an element of harmony, the supply of the farm just isn't enough to satisfy the demand. Now she has the dilemna of either asking her friends for help or hiring a new worker to help. This has Granny Smith concerned, since it is a family business and all, but when a small stallion, no older than 20 rolls into town with a letter from cousin Braeburn, she seems to have no other choice than to hire him. Still, she can't quite figure out what it is with this one, but he's a good worker, if a bit mysterious about his past.

Teen for Language.