Goodlands and Applejack

As Goodlands and Applejack went about restoring the town, Goodlands noticed that several ponies were singing as they went.
"We're filling our days with laughter and cheer, as we work together with those we hold dear.
Building our homes and making them grand, so that we bring harmony back to our land.
If we all pitch in and do our part, it'll be more special cause it came from the heart.
We can start off small but make it so much more, our homes will be bigger then they were before.
Because we've come together it wont take to long, and like us ponies they'll stand so strong."
Goodlands raised his eyebrows slightly and stared around for a bit then leaned over to Applejack.
"Is this common? Do they always sing while working?" he asked.
"Yeah it's pretty common, although we don't ALWAYS sing while working, but it does happen quite often in Ponyville." she responded with a smile.
"Oh, well i hope you don't think me rude, but I'm not a very good singer, so i think I'll let you take care of that." he said with his own grin.
"Suit yourself." she said and headed off towards some ponies, Goodlands at her heels.
They worked all day stopping for a short break here and there, but always going back at it with determination. They had to make sure that at the very least the houses were fixed, if not several ponies would be sharing room and hay. They took care of most of the damage but it was getting late when they all disbanded and headed home.
Goodlands met Applejack at her cart and they headed back to the farm together.
"Well i say Goodlands that was some day. How ya feeling?" asked Applejack.
"I feel quite good. Wish we could have done more. Sorry you didn't get to sell much today." he said as they started pulling the cart towards the farm.
"Oh that's alright. Their were ponies that needed helping, and i can take care of that another time." they both took off into the night, until they came to the farm. Upon arrival Big Mac was closing the barn doors, he turned around as they approached.
"Applejack!" came a high pitched voice to their left, it was Apple Bloom heading towards them "What happened? We seen a big bright flash.." she stopped right in front of Big Mac.
"Eeyup." nodded Big Mac.
"Well this giant mound of mud was attacking Ponyville, we covered it in flour, eggs, and milk, and all the unicorns in town used thier magic to turn it into a giant cake. Oh and Goodlands here is a prince from a far away place called the Palomino Plains, where he and his brother once ruled, but his brother became a bit of a stick in the mud, cursed Goodlands insided a Zircon prison, which lasted over a millennia, only for him to wake up and travel all over Equestria, ending up here. Oh and he's a Malicorn..." she said really fast, as both of them looked dumbfounded. "Get all that?"
"Nnope." responded Big Mac, and Apple Bloom.
"Good. I'm off to bed its been a busy day and we've got plenty more to do tomorrow... See you then Goodlands." she said heading off towards the house. Apple Bloom shook her head, and took off following her sister. Now it was just Goodlands and Big Mac.
"I seem to miss all the fun.." said Big Mac looking somewhat sad.
"Eeyup." responded Goodlands. They both chuckled as Big Mac headed towards the house, and Goodlands headed towards the barn, to put the cart away.

Over the next few days Goodlands, Applejack, and Apple Bloom all helped fix up Ponyville doing their best to help where needed. On the fourth day, it seemed that Big Mac was doing better so he decided to go with them when they headed to Ponyville. When they arrived just outside of town they noticed their was a couple inches of water moving outward from the main square. As the cart got stuck in the mud they all looked at one another, then towards town.
"Not sure why theirs all this water here, perhaps one of the ponies in town will know." said Applejack as she started heading towards town.
As Big Mac and Goodlands tried to move the cart one way or the other, Rainbow Dash landed beside Twilight a little ways up. Applejack turned around and headed towards them. Both Big Mac, and Goodlands headed towards them as well, Apple Bloom sat watching them from the seat of the cart.
"See.. The whole town is flooded. I'm not sure what caused this, but i know it wasn't from rain." said Rainbow Dash to Twilight.
"I have no clue where all this water is coming from, but i am going to try..." she was cut off by Spike who was splashing his way through the water.
"Twilight, a message from Princess Celestia." he said working his way towards her. Pinkie Pie came hopping along, and swoop to pick Spike up. Sitting on her back made the process easier as they both worked their ways towards Twilight. Upon arrival he stood on her flank looking directly at Twilight "Apparently several places have been flooded, and she's trying to sort it out. I didn't know Ponyville was also flooded or I'd have sent a letter back letting her know. I only found out when i ran out of the castle."
"It's okay Spike. Did she give a reason as to why these places were flooded, or why Ponyville is now a water park?" asked Twilight.
"Nope. Just said she was trying to sort things out." he said looking worried.
"I think this is salt water." said Goodlands, but no one really paid much attention to the kind of water it was, only that Ponyville was now becoming a bog.
"Now what are we going to do?" asked Applejack looking at Goodlands "we need to see if we can get the cart unstuck. We'll just have to take it back to the farm." she said to Big Mac.
"Eeyup." said Big Mac, as they headed back to the cart to try and move it towards the farm.
"Whats happening? Why is their water coming from Ponyville?" asked Apple Bloom.
"No idea, but it looks as though several places are flooded, and Princess Celestia is trying to figure out whats going on. No point trying to go into town, not if its flooded, we'd just have a harder time trying to get the cart back to the farm later." as she was explaining this to Apple Bloom, Big Mac and Goodlands went about trying to dislodge the cart, after some time Twilight came over and helped them with her magic, thus speeding up their progress by a considerable amount.
"Thank you Twilight. Guess we.." she indicated her self as well as Big Mac, and Goodlands "should get back to the farm. Please let me know if you find out anything."
"No problem. I'm going to head to the castle, and wait till i hear from Princess Celestia. Hopefully she can figure out whats going on." said Twilight as Spike tread his way to her side. She magicked him onto her back, and off she flew.
"Well, we should get going." Said Applejack as they headed back to the farm.
Upon arrival at the farm, Apple Bloom explained to Granny Smith about the town being flooded and how they couldn't even get into town becuase of it. Applejack stayed behind to help Big Mac put the apples in her cellar, while Goodlands put away the cart. After doing so he caught up with them and finished putting the apples away.
"I do hope that Princess Celestia figures out what's causing the flooding. This is definitely bad for the farm, a lack of sales is going to be hard on us." she looked worried as looked over the farm.
"Eeyup." said Big Mac, heading towards the house, leaving Goodlands and Applejack alone.

"Well, what should we do for the rest of the day?" asked Applejack to Goodlands looking over her shoulder. "Perhaps we could build you a small cottage on the grounds, so you don't have to continue sleeping in that uncomfortable barn." she said looking over at the barn.
"We could do that i suppose." he said as they headed towards the trees.
"Any chance i could hear about your homelands?" she asked as they went to gather wood and other needed supplies. They worked until it was getting around dusk when they both decided to call it a night. They had built a nice foundation, and a bit of the roof, but it wasn't complete so they decided to finish the project the next day.
"Sic parvis magna." said Goodlands looking at the start of his new cottage.
"Beg pardon?" asked Applejack as they both looked at their work.
"Greatness from small beginnings. I think." he pondered "it'll be a proper home in no time." he said smiling at her, to which she smiled back.

Waking up early Goodlands walked outside the barn and met Applejack, who was standing there waiting on him.
"I was going to head on back to town, gather more supplies for the cottage, and see if they've figured out why Ponyville has now become a pond. Would you like to join?" she asked as she started towards town.
"After you.." he said pointing towards town. So they headed up the road, only this time they met water before even making it to the spot that they had yesterday before going home. So they had to slosh around till they made it to the center of town. Once there they found Twilight talking to the others and went to see what was going on.
"Princess Celestia is trying to help all those who's houses have been destroyed. I think we should help her out.." she said as they approached.
"But how?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Whats going on every pony?" asked Applejack, as all her friends looked at her.
"Princess Celestia sent me a note this morning." said Twilight in response "she says that several places across Equestria are flooded as well, apparently a massive tidal wave from the west hit a couple of days ago, and she was going to check it out. I told her that I'd investigate what was going on, while she helps as many ponies as she could. Many have had their houses flooded, and there's sea creatures everywhere."
"So we're headed out west." said Rainbow Dash "we should probably start gathering supplies. It could take a couple of days."
"I was going.. I mean..." interrupted Twilight.
"You don't think we're going to let you go alone, do you?" asked Pinkie Pie.
"She's right. Theirs no way we'd let you go and have all the fun." said Applejack.
"Oh girls, i do appreciate it. Thank you..."
"Tis nothing darling, we're more then happy to go with you." said Rarity.
"Well we're going to need quite a few things. I'll ask Spike to help me get some supplies together, but I do feel bad leaving every pony here with their houses in ruin like this though." Twilight said biting her lower lip.
"But if we don't get to the bottom of this soon darling, it could get worse. Much worse." said Rarity.
"Goodlands and I can take care of that. We'll help as many as we can while you gather the supplies." said Applejack to Twilight.

"I'll help you all as well." said Rainbow Dash, "Care to help us Pinkie Pie?" she asked Pinkie Pie.
"Sure." she said and off she went.

"I'll help you all Applejack." said Fluttershy.

"Well i need to head on home, and put all of my dresses upstairs, so they don get ruined by this water. That's a lot of fabric to try to replace. Once I'm done, I'll meet you all at the castle, and we can all head out together." and off she went.
"RIGHT!" said the last of the ponies standing there in the circle.
This took a lot longer then he'd have thought it would have, but it did make the day go by somewhat fast. All the ponies of Ponyville were helping one another, and going from house to house trying to move as much of their stuff up to the upper floors, while staying in high spirits.
After most of the houses were taken care of, Applejack had the idea to bring several plows from the farm, and made several crude aqueducts to help channel out some of the water that was sitting in town. With the help of several ponies this worked well, and pushed it towards several small ditches that were created to make several small ponds.
Shortly after they started doing this the others showed up and gathered together to head out.
"Good luck out there, be careful and come back." Said Mayor Mare.
"We will..." said Spike riding on Twilight's back..
They all went back to trying to dry out Ponyville, slowly and steadily till they were exhausted. As dusk fell they all headed home. Goodlands wished Apple Bloom, and Big Mac a good night, and hit the hay. He spent the next day draining Ponyville, and also helped out with chores around the farm, doing whatever he could to keep himself occupied.
He spent several days working on his cottage, as their was still a lot of work involved with it. He steadily worked through the days and late into the nights. Stopping only once he could no longer see well. He'd finished much of it, but he still needed to paint it and then finish the interior to make it an actual home.
Every night he'd hit the hay wondering where the girls were and whether they were alright. It wasn't until many days later that Applejack had returned looking tired but nothing more. Goodlands spotted her walking down the path to the farm, as he and Big Mac were finishing up the roof of his cottage. They put down their tools and headed towards the fence surrounding the farm.
"Good news every pony. We figured what was going on." She said looking over their shoulders and noticed the cottage off in the distance. "I See you completed your cottage. It looks wonderful." she said a little winded.
"I did, thank you. Big Mac here helped as well."
"Eeyup." said Big Mac nodding.
"Why don't we head in and get you something to eat, while you tell us whats been happening while you were away." said Granny Smith.
"Thanks, but I'm not hungry. Wouldn't say no to a nice glace of apple cider though. " she said looking at them all. "Where to start..."
"You might as well just start from the beginning." said Granny Smith as they headed into the house. They all stood around the table as Big Mac grabbed them all some cider.
"Start at the beginning of all that happened. We're curious as to what happened out there." said Apple Bloom.
"Eeyup.." said Big Mac as Goodlands started drinking his apple cider..

"Well as you may already know, the girls and I headed out west to figure out what was going on." she said a dreamy expression on her face.