At the hospital, Liberty Belle finally wakes up with Golden Harvest and Half Baked Apple by her bedside as she becomes very active and still her same young self. Harvest cheering with joy and relief that Liberty made it, as Half Baked started to laugh along with Liberty on relief enjoying her recovery, unaware that outside the door watching was Dove and she had a deadly evil look of wanting revenge as she planned on having Liberty become silence if she revealed about hers and Charades plot. On that occasion, she decides to go behind Charades orders and targets Liberty Belle to keep her from remembering and revealing there secret to the entire Apple family. Braeburn shows up wondering why Dove is angry and Dove reveals she’s not angry but happy that Liberty is awake but is mad that some pony could harm the young filly. Braeburn hugs her with comfort but Dove gives an angry mean look behind him with livid frustrations.

Apple Fritter meets up with Applejack and tells her about a secret meeting that Charade had with Dove and that the two of them were up to something, Applejack knowing that things have become very gritty since the two showed up in Sweet Apple Acres and demands to know more intel on there relationships. Once Fritter and Applejack shake hooves in agreeing to confront the two, Fritter leaves Applejack back to farming and suddenly she is chloroform from behind by Charade as she tries to fight his strength in overpowering her but it’s already too late, Apple Fritter passes out and Charade has his goons take Fritters away where no pony can find her. Charade with an evil smirk and quiet chuckle, sets sight on taking Fritters sister, Candy Apple away to the deep south for a surprise.

Film and Flam are walking around Ponyville plotting to scam ponies with there new plot but as they plan on making there accomplishments be fulfilled, they enter back into Sweet Apple Acres where they fight and bicker and started to hoover punch one another until they suddenly fall into a pit hole down the underground bottom that was set up by Hayseed Turnip Truck and Big Mac.

After there capture, the two are brought into a private shack where they are being interrogated by Hayseed, Big Mac, Apple Split, Braeburn and Carmel. Flam and Flam begin to loose patients in the shack and decide to play crazy so that they could escape, but to no avail from the Apple family. Then they decide to leave the shack and let the two brothers spend the night to have second thoughts on there decision to keep quiet on what they know about the virus spread, and what they’ve done to the grandparents.

Dove is spotted at the hospital hovering over Liberty Bell as she tries to sweet talk her into being calm and try not to scream, but Liberty tries very hard to remember just who Dove really is. But while she tries to recollect her memories, Dove plans to expose some of the deadly virus on Liberty into making her death be natural causes, but as she attempts to make Liberty drink her milk which she laced with the toxin, Half Baked Apple and Apple Split arrives in time to put Doves plot on pause. Split and Half Baked look at Dove as if she was caught stealing something from a haystack. Split guessed she was worried that her relationship with Charade would be revealed about the two of them being a couple and she replies back with backup from her behavior in admitting, she’s sorry. Split accepts her apology but Half Baked isn't buying her act one bit less and decides to go to Liberty’s bedside and check on her, while Dove leaves with an evil anger of frustration and livid that her plot to keep Liberty silent was ruined, and vows revenge.

Liberty Bell confides in Half Baked about what Dove was talking about and Half wondered instead of interrogating Liberty, he quietly asked if she was asking you personal questions, Liberty admitted in stating ‘No.’ But somehow Half realized there was more to Dove that what Braeburn even knows, then Applejack came over to visit Liberty Bell and see how she was doing, as Half Baked took Applejack to the side and explained that Dove came to visit Liberty and Applejack with a shock look then reveals to Half Baked that she doesn't trust Dove one bit and decides that Half must find Braeburn and tell him about her immediately. With no hesitation, Half Baked Apple agree to tell his cousin about Dove as soon as possible and as he continues talking with Applejack, she reveals a way the family can stop the toxic spread but eliminating all the dark tree containing the poison and plant new ones containing the Zapp Apple antidote that will save Sweet Apple Acres and their grandparents as well. With relief that he’s not being paranoid, Applejack and Half Baked Apple teamed up to help find Braeburn and inform him about Dove and Charade’s relationship at once.

Author's Note

This is the first part of the 'Toxic Apple' story arc. More to come.