Ponyville : Season One.

"Thank...thank you so much Jewel., you have no idea how much this helps our family." Filthy Rich stammeringly spoke his brown mane frazzled beyond repair, while his red tie was loosely tied around his neck.

"Don't worry about it hon., now go run along now and say hello to Golden Tiara for me." Applejewel smiled happily her golden blonde mane flowing down her side in a cute braid., dark green eyes filled with honesty.

Jewels coat was a dark copper color with dark red spots within her fur near the hooves., atop her flank was a cutie mark of a heart shaped apple that shimmered almost as brightly as a ruby.

"I...I will and the day I get on my hooves., the first thing I'm going to do is repay every last bit I owe your family." Filthy did his best to flash a weak smile, his dark blue eyes filled with worry.

"Might be even too much for that day..." Appletree spoke in a gruff annoyed tone., he was sitting atop a old wood chair in the kitchen, waiting for his wife to prepare dinner as the children played outside.

He had a dark red mane, his body was large and strong, coat a deep dark red color. The stallion glared towards the other male with light orange eyes , it felt like every week this pathetic excuse for a stallion borrowed bits from them.

"Appletree!" Jewel huffed in anger towards her husband, the male merely rolled his eyes looking away.

"Don't mind him., I fear the sun has baked his brain during work today." Jewel spoke with a small smile as Filthy just nodded along in silence.

"I will repay every last bit." Filthy suddenly spoke up in a odd calm tone, his eyes falling down to the old porch at his hooves.

"But Rich you don't..." Jewel began to speak as Filthy leaned in whispering something into her ear quickly, the mare simply nodding in silence.

Within a few seconds the stallion was off, quickly galloping off The Apple Family Farm and into the distance.

Applejewel bit her lower lip hard, swiftly spinning around from the doorway allowing the backdoor to shut firmly, she did not wish for her children to hear what was about to come.

"How could you be so rude!?" Jewel huffed aloud softly, her hues narrowing toward her husband in anger.

"I'm the rude one!?- I reckon' not a week goes by that mooch doesn't ask fer handouts!!" Appletree snapped back as he slammed his hooves roughly atop the wooden table.

"He's our neighbor hon!, if we shut out our own, then Ponyville will be worst off than it is now!" Jewel replied stomping over to the stove in a fluster, thought's of how the town had fallen on hard times filling her mind.

"You can't help every flippin begger that shows up on our doorstep!- and give them my bits!!" Appletree raised his voice the young mare slowly turning around to face him in silence.

"Your bits?- this is my families farm Celestia Damn it!- my land brings in the bits!, and I'll have them spent however..." Jewel spoke in a quivering voice, the stallion glaring as he stood up to his hooves.

"However what?" Appletree spoke in a stern darker tone, towering over the mare who simply folded her ears back slowly.

"However what?!!!" The stallion screamed aloud in anger slamming his hooves hard on the stove top near his wife, a small yelp escaping her lips.

"Mom?..." A small copper color filly spoke from the doorway, ears folded back as her small frame shivered a bit.

"It's...ok sugarcube, mommy and daddy are just playing.- go wash up with your brother, then come back and help me prepare dinner Applejack." Jewel spoke her melodic voice cracking some, a light mist forming in her eyes.

Her husband slowly gazed over to their daughter, his breathing slowing down as he nodded to the filly, walking off towards the living area. His firm hoofsteps echoing around the house eeriely.

"I'll be in the den." He grunted walking off from view.

"Daddy drinking the cider again mama?" Aj asked in a sweet voice, her mother merely gazing down to the floor.

"Go on now hon." Jewel replied turning away from her filly eyes filled with tears, Aj slowly walking off back outside to find her brother.

"Yee-haw!, " Simple Sweets " just sold out- and under price too!" Madix Steelhoof chuckled aloud happily as he leaned back into his soft velvet chair within his office.

The wall's of the Mayoral Office were decorated with fancy painting's, elegant statue's and of course knick-knack's of various kind's from across Equestria. Mayor Steel enjoyed the fine things in life., a sleek blue tie around his neck and dark gray mane slicked back fancily.

He was a dark blue earth pony, nowhere near in shape as his body had become plump and round over the many year's of sitting on his backside, eyes were a light green color as a Cutie Mark of a steel sheild was upon his flank.

"The Sweets sold out under-price?" The soft voice of a pink maned mare asked nervously from her smaller desk in the room, her sparkling blue eyes gazing up from her work ever so slightly.

"Yes Ms. Mare under price.- turns out the property had quite the rodent problem they failed to fix." Madix smirked towards his lovely secretary.

"Rodents?- A week ago the place seemed fine." Mare spoke her beige coat a bit flustered, she had been working all day on Mr.Steel's new business proposals around Ponyville, a plan he promised would place the town back on the map.

"Secret's Ms.Mare.- everypony has them., it goes how well you can keep them., that keeps you in the green." Mr.Steel spoke in a calm collected manner as he jumped up off his chair walking over to the mares desk.

"Mr and Mrs.Sweet failed to hide their dirty little secret., now they had to sell out to me before the property wasn't even worth buying." Steel smirked placing a large hoof atop a stack of papers on her desk, pulling them over to him as he gave them a look over.

"Excellent work Ms.Mare as always." Steel smirked to the mare, who simply smiled if a bit sheepishly.

"We've been working all day., I say we earned a nice calm night.- may I take you out to dinner?" Steel spoke in a sweet tone as Ms.Mare couldn't help but blush a light pink across her cheeks.

"Ahem.- Sir I don't know if that might be appropriate." She replied softly running her hooves through her flustered mane shyly.

"Your blush is the same shade as your mane., enchanting.- how about we stay in then?" He spoke walking around her desk as he stopped by her side gazing down to her in silence.

"I can order in." He leaned forward and whispered into her ear, her cheeks burning she slowly shrugged unsure what to say.

"But the Lazarus Project and..." Her boss interupted her leaning forward, his lips touching her own softly.

" I..." she whimpered ears folding back slowly, the stallion leaning in again kissing her deeply, nibbling ever so softly at her lower lip.

The mare quivered, heart racing in her chest as she pulled inward returning his passion.

Both ponies quickly pressing their bodies closer to eachother as a swipe of his hoof swept all the documents onto the floor, the sun setting outside lowering beyond the horizon signalling the end of the work day.

Neither pony catching sight of a shadowy figure near the open window, a dark hoof pushing the curtains away slightly as the spare hoof clicked away on a small camera.

With each click the pony knew change would soon come to Ponyville.