Glowing Cupcakes

Rarity and Applejack where at Rarity’s place. They where both in the upstairs bedroom, with Applejack using her new magic horn to move the clothes and designs while Rarity instructed. They had a confusing start, but Applejack, in Rarity’s body, eventually started doing well. Together they designed nine new clothes, and Applejack was putting some of her own ideas as well.

All nine clothes designs stood on poles, next to each other. Both ponies felt slightly proud.

“Now..” Applejack said, “We had to make nine, right?”

“Oh yes, of course,” Rarity replied. “With you in my body and with me instructing, we did a pretty good team!”

Applejack smiled at her, “Well, that’s all good. But now, you got to return the favour…”

Rarity didn’t smile back. She didn’t like where this was going.

“..You know, part of the deal that you promised?” Applejack continued, nodding, waving her new horn about while giving a rather evil look at Rarity.

Rarity gulped. She didn’t want to go apple bucking, and just the thought of it made her shiver from head to hoof. “…I…Guess..” She said, trembling, “I guess it’s…part of a deal…A deals a deal I guess…” Rarity tried to pull off a fake smile.

“Good. Off we go, Rarity. Apple buckin’ time!” Applejack said, putting on her hat which was hung on the wall, and then started walking to the door. Rarity followed.

They both walked towards Apple Acres Farm, going past the gate and into the apple tree forest that was next to the farm. They arrived in front of a tree which Rarity looked at.

“So, um,” she asked, looking up the tree unsurely, “What am I, um, supposed to do?” Rarity asked.

“Well,” Applejack explained, “First you got to, uh…Hold on a minute. First you gotta…um…”

She placed a hoof on her own chin in thought. She never explained how to applebuck, but was used to showing by example. She couldn’t show an example in Rarity’s body, and was left at a standstill.

“Erm, I don’t really know how to explain it really, Suga’” Applejack confessed. “ I just do it…”

“So it goes something like this?” Rarity asked, backing up to the tree, keeping her front hooves steady on the ground.

“Erm, I guess so.” Shrugged Applejack, “Looks like the position I do, I guess. I don’t look in a mirror all day like you do.”

Rarity huffed, and tried to keep in a secure position, facing away from the tree.

She lifted her hind legs quickly, and missed the tree. She tried again, and fell over. Applejack cringed.

“Okay, okay, try to keep your hooves on the ground, like this” Applejack showed Rarity her usual apple-bucking pose. “Just jump your back hooves n’ balance on yer front hooves. Kick back, lady!”

Rarity sighed, and then took a deep breath. She positioned herself as Applejack showed her. She kicked back and hit the tree, which caused a small cascade of apples to fall into the placed buckets surrounding it.

“Ya did it, Rarity!” Applejack said, jumping up and down with joy. “Now, nine more trees and we should be ready. I’ll carry the loads for ya.”

Rarity pretended to smile, and rolled her eyes when Applejack wasn’t looking. They went to continue Rarity’s part of the deal.