It’s been crazy for the past while. After the incident with the parasprites, it took a nonstop day of work to get Ponyville put back together. Lots of hammering new rooves, raising walls, and planting new vegetation, but it looks good as new.

I decided today to go to Zecora’s to see if she had a cure yet. I started walking towards the forest. I walked by the snow covered ground. It all looked so beautiful. Eventually, I found her hut.

I walked inside to see Zecora mixing a brew in her cauldron. I felt my heart skip a beat, as I was hoping in my mind this brew was my cure. I can’t handle being a mare any longer.

She noticed me and gazed my way, and smiled. “Fancy running into you today, for to you I have some good and bad news to say.” She told me.

“Oh no, what’s the good news?” I asked her with a hint of worry in my voice.

“The brew I mixed is fine and well, but it is missing a magical spell.” She told me as she frowned. “The bad news, is this spell into the potion, I cannot infuse. I am missing a magical element, only with it may I cure your ailment.”

I thought about what she was saying, trying to process it. As I put my hoof to my chin and rubbed it, I opened my eyes wide as a sudden thought slapped my brain.

“ZECORA, I have a crazy idea, stay here. I’ll be right back!” I said as I ran out of her hut, towards the library.

I slammed the door open as I ran inside, and ran to my room. I started throwing everything to the side, looking for the object I was searching for.

“Oh please let it still be here somewhere!” I said in desperation as I tore the whole room apart. I looked in the dresser, the armoire, under the bed, my secret floorboard, literally everything. It was nowhere to be found.

I began getting very discouraged, and I fell to the floor in sadness. “Great, it’s gone. That might have been my only hope!” I said as I looked at the floor.

Suddenly, I noticed a twinkle in my peripheral vision. I looked to my left and gasped. There, floating in the middle of the air, was the object I was searching for.

Spike’s dragon scale! The one he had given me at my birthday party. He told me that it was the first scale he ever lost, and due to that fact, it contained mysterious magical properties. I don’t know why, but I have a crazy feeling in the pit of my stomach that this could have the magical spell/properties Zecora needs to make the brew complete. If there’s any chance, I have to get it to her hut now!

I ran out the already open front door of the library, towards the Everfree forest once again. I sprinted hurriedly to Zecora’s hut, and again burst the front door open.

“Here, Zecora, I got what I was looking for. I think this might be what you’re looking for, it’s a magical dragon scale. It was the first one Spike ever lost. He gave it to me.”

Zecora smiled at me. “Lady luck has smiled down on you, for this might be what I need for my brew.” She took the scale from me and wielded a sharp knife in her hand, somewhat akin to an embalming tool. She scraped the top layer of bone from the scale and let it flutter into the cauldron.

Suddenly, the cauldron started bubbling, like boiling water. The water in said cauldron then turned a ferocious shade of black. Then after that, a black cloud of smoke arose into the air.

Before I could even react, the smoke started to swirl at a frightening velocity. It made it impossible to see. Then, it thinned out into one, long trail of smoke. Suddenly, the cloud of smoke blew towards me. It basically went into my body.

I felt my body get warm, almost painfully so. Then I saw a very bright white glow light up the room.

Suddenly, everything became quiet. My ears were ringing and my head hurt slightly, but I got up. “What the hay was that all about, Zecora?” I asked her.

“It seems the scale’s magical properties were rare, for you no longer are a mare. Look in the mirror, and all shall be made clearer.”

I quickly looked in the mirror, and my eyes went wide. “IT WORKED, I’m me again! I’m a stallion! Haha! Thank you so much Zecora, I owe you.”

“Do not worry my friend, it is my job to help those who depend.”

I gave her a hug for her work, and went back to Ponyville, excited to be my true self again. I ran inside the library and ran to Twilight.

“Twilight, I’m back to normal, look!” She looked up from the book she was reading to look at me. She gasped and smiled. “There’s the handsome stallion we all know and love. Glad to have you back.”

I chuckled. “Glad to be back. I owe Spike a big one for the dragon scale, it saved my rear for sure…”

I then got a random idea, a devious, fun one. “Hey, Twilight, come outside for a second, ok?” I said as I galloped out the front door. I hide next to a bush, waiting for her to come out as I quickly made a snowball.

“Jordan? Why did you need me to- OOMPH!” Twilight stopped her sentence short as I whammed her with my snowball! She fell onto her side in shock and I started to laugh my butt off.

She got her bearings and stood upright, looking at me with determination in her eyes. “Oh, it, is, ON!” She said as she quickly made a snowball and threw it at me. I managed to dodge it and throw one of mine at her in a return shot, and it hit her in the side. She went urgh in annoyance and made another snowball, throwing it at me. But it missed, and it hit Rainbow Dash, who happened to be flying by!

Rainbow lost control of her flight pattern as she got hit, and crash landed into the snow. Twilight and I gasped and ran over to her, afraid she was hurt.

Rainbow was on her stomach, seemingly lifeless. She made some quiet groans before she surprised me and Twilight by using her wings to fling snow in our faces!

“Hahaha! Gotcha! That was for hitting me with the snowball” Rainbow said as she took one of mine from me and took to the air. There, she hurled the snowball towards me, but I ducked and dodged it. The snowball had so much velocity from her throw, that it went all the way to Sugarcube Corner, which Pinkie Pie happened to be walking out of. It managed to hit her in the face.

Pinkie was shocked for a moment, but she looked at us. Then, suddenly, she turned into a pony-tornado! She went tornado and made some of the snow fly in the air and hit all of us!

The snow in turn hit Applejack, who accidently hit Rarity, and so on and so forth. Soon, we had a massive snowball fight that involved most of the town! I guess you could say, it snowballed out of control (BA DUM TISS!).

Anyway, nearly everypony in town was throwing snowballs, even Mayor Mare! Some ponies were getting really into it, and competitive, while some like Fluttershy tried to hide and stay away from the violence. After about a half hour, the mayor whistled to get our collective attention.

“Everypony, it’s time to head home now, it’s nearly dark. Please be here bright and early for tomorrow, you know what day it is!” She said as she walked into the town hall building.

Everypony started to retire to their homes, leaving me and the six girls. We all had a quick chuckle.

“Boy howdy, we ain’t had a good snowball fight like that in ages! That was loads fun. Sad we can’t do it till next year.” AJ said a bit sadly.

I raised an eyebrow. “Ok, two things. One, did nopony notice I’m not a mare anymore? And two, why do we have to wait till next year?”

I didn’t get a reply as everypony, even Twilight, left. I huffed. “Or ignore me, that works too.” I then walked into the library, feeling confused.

It was nighttime, so I decided to head to bed. I got comfortable under the blankets and fell asleep.

I was suddenly awoken by a hoof touching me. I opened my eyes tiredly to see it was Twilight.

“I… I can’t sleep. Do you mind if I sleep with you?” She asked, and I shook my head and lifted the covers for her. “Huddle in, Twi.”

She smiled and did so, getting comfy and cozy under the covers next to me. I looked at her.

“Why can’t you sleep?” I asked her, worried something was going on with her. She gave me a soft smile.

“Nothing bad, it’s just so cold in my bed and I was lonely…” I nodded at her.

“I understand, you’re always welcome in here, Twilight.” She gave me an appreciative smile and snuggled into the pillows. A few moments later, she was lightly snoring, a sure sign she had fallen asleep.

I sighed. I wanted to sleep, but now that I was woken up, I just wasn’t tired anymore. My body is weird like that, it’s very hard for me to fall asleep once I’ve been woken. But Twilight came into my room for a reason, to be near me as she slept, so I couldn’t just leave. I quickly got up, grabbed a book and started to read.

I used my horn as a sort of flashlight and looked at the cover. It was titled The Ancient Remnants Of Equestria.

My eyes went wide. That title… didn’t I read this book a few weeks ago? But if got rained on, how is it here? Oh well… Might as well read it.

I thought for a moment… where did I leave off? Oh yeah, it was Luna and Celestia’s history. I turned to that chapter and started reading.

“Before the princesses came to power, they were in fact ordinary ponies like us. They were fillies, they had childhoods, they had parents. It is unknown exactly who their parents were, or what, but they grew up as any other ponies. Princess Celestia’s mane was not always flowing, or even the color it is today. It was a simple pink color, like cotton candy, and Luna’s was a light blue and also didn’t flow.

As we all know, the princesses came to power about one thousand years ago. Their reign was peaceful. Equestria was abundant and prosperous. That is, until Luna was banished. Celestia now had to bare the responsibility of raising and lowering both the sun and the moon. It took a toll on the princess, and for a while she struggled with depression. How she coped with it and came to normal is unknown, but the princess since then has been a right minded ruler ever since.”

I then stopped reading for a moment to read. Wow, this is more of a history book than anything else. It details Equestria’s past and is interesting to read. I decided to look at the table of contents. It looked kinda like this.

1. Celestia and Luna’s Early Years, Pg 1
   
2. Powers of the Princesses, Pg 43
   
3. Rights and liberties of equestrian citizens, Pg 65
   
4. Different kinds of equestrian citizens, Pg 87
   
5. Towns and settlements in Equestria, Pg 105
   
6. Other Equine Nations, Pg 160

I chuckled. Wow, they certainly put a lot of information into this book.

I decided to flip to the towns and settlements section. It talked about different cities and towns, such as Hoofington, Trottingham, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Ponyville, Canterlot, and so on. I smiled and made a note to go and explore these towns whenever I have time, it could be fun.

I then felt a tapping on my shoulder, prompting me to stop my reading. I did so and looked to my right. Twilight was awake.

“What are you reading?” She asked. I showed her the cover.

“I’m just curious about equestrian history. I never got a chance to learn it.” I told her. She nodded.

“You should get some sleep Jordan, it’s late. You don’t want to be tired tomorrow.” She said with a smile. I nodded and changed my position so I was comfortably in the blankets. But before I fell asleep, I needed to tell Twilight something.

“Twilight?” I said softly, but loud enough to grab her attention. “I just wanted to say… I think you’re an amazing friend. You’re smart, and kind, and always there for me when I need you. And besides that you’re an amazing cuddle buddy.” I then nuzzled into her softly, making her blush softly. I then laid my head close to her as I slowly fell asleep.

-JORDAN’S DREAM WORLD-

Ugh. Why? Why am I here again? Why can’t I just peacefully sleep? Why can’t I go to bed and just wake up? I have to be tortured with these dreams, and nightmares.

I looked around me, and was immediately confused. I was in the dream world, of that fact there was no doubt, but… there was nothing. I was in a gray, endless abyss. Why am I here?

Suddenly, I saw her. Princess Luna, in the flesh, was flying to me. I looked at her a bit uneasily as she landed by me.

“Celestia didn’t send you here to spy on me again, did she?” I asked in a tone of voice that wasn’t rude, but inquisitive.

She shook her head. “No, we are here on our own accord, for we wish to speak with thou, Jordan.” I nodded, and suddenly a bench appeared nearby. She nodded towards it and I walked to it, and sat on it. She did the same, and started to talk.

“We just wanted to ask thou some questions, Jordan. Is that ok with thou?” I nodded at her.

“Very well then. Question one, what did thou feel when thou kissed my dear sister on thine birthday?” She asked with a straight face. I opened my eyes wide in shock and stammered.

“I…uh…I…well…” She then stopped me and spoke. “Do not be afraid, thou can be honest with us.” She gave me a reassuring nod, which made me feel more confident.

“I felt… funny. It felt weird, like I shouldn’t be doing it, since she’s royalty. It felt like I was doing something wrong. But… admittedly, I also enjoyed it.”

Luna nodded. “Now, answer us this, how dost thou feel about your friends?” She asked with a blank expression.

I looked at her in a bit of disbelief at the question. I decided to retort with a question of my own. “Princess, I mean no disrespect, but might I ask what it is you’re getting at with these questions?” I asked in a very respectful tone of voice.

“We’re not trying to get at anything, Jordan. We are simply just curious about some things, and the answers to these questions might help us interpret things better.”

I nodded in understanding. “In that case… the girls are my life. I’m truly happy in Ponyville, and I love the fun and adventures we have.”

Luna nodded. “Thank thou for your honest answers. We must go now. We shall see thou another time.” Luna said as she started to fly away.

I remained asleep until I woke up. I woke up to Twilight’s voice.

“Jordan, wake up. Wake up, wake up, it's Winter Wrap Up day!” Twilight said as she shook me.

I mumbled in tiredness and Twilight shook me harder. “WAKE UP! It’s winter wrap up!” I finally groaned and woke up, my vision blurry.

“Winter Wrap up?” I asked tiredly. She nodded.

“Come on, let’s wake Spike up, then I’ll explain.” She said as she ran to her bedroom. I followed behind her, tiredly and stumbling.

Twilight ran into the room. “Spike, wake up. Wake up, wake up, it's Winter Wrap Up day!” She said as she ran around the room, getting supplies for some reason.

“Huh? Mommy?” Spike tiredly replied. “Winter Wrap Up!” Twilight retorted.

“You're not mommy.” Spike said drowsily.

“Spike, the first day of spring is tomorrow, so everypony in Ponyville needs to clean up winter. Now help me get ready.” Twilight said as she started to get dressed. I shrugged and got dressed too, before a thought made me open my eyes wide.

“WAIT, spring is tomorrow?! And you’re telling me that we have to clean up all the snow and everything in one day!?”

Spike shared my worry and doubt. “Don't they just use magic to change the seasons like they do in Canterlot?”

Twilight shook her head. “Nope, Ponyville was started by Earth ponies, so for hundreds of years they've never used magic to clean up winter. It's traditional.” Twilight proudly proclaimed as she tried to tie a saddlebag to her. It fell off, and she sighed. I walked up to her and tied it for her.

“Well, I don’t know how we’re all going to get it done in one day, but I can already tell today is going to be a LONG, tiring day.” I said as I finished getting ready also.

I heard Spike grumbling in the background, but I didn’t pay him much attention.

Twilight checked things off. “Okay, let's see: scarf, check; saddle, check; boots, check; Spike refusing to get up and going back to sleep, check. It's a good thing I'm so organized, I'm ready. What about you Jordan?” I nodded. “Then let’s get going!” She used her magic to levitate Spike onto her back and walked out the front door. I followed her.

We walked outside, only to find out it was still dark out!

“I guess we woke up too early.” Twilight said with a slight laugh. I laughed also.

“Well, it’s gotta be around opening time for the Café, how about we go wake up the girls and all get some cocoa before the day starts Twilight?” She nodded and smiled.

And so, in the next while, we went around town and woke everypony up. I used my whistle to get Rainbow Dash up, and we all met at the café.

Pinkie Pie was nearly bouncing off the walls as we sat down at our booth. “OH BOY, I love winter wrap up, it’s so much fun!”

Applejack chuckled. “Easy partner, y’all get excited every year. Winter wrap up ain’t a joke, we need to get spring in.”

Rarity scoffed. “Oh come now Applejack darling, it’s perfectly fine for Pinkie Pie to be excited. She does have the most fun job of anypony after all.”

Suddenly, we heard the loudspeaker as we finished our cocoa.

“Will everypony please report to the Ponyville pond for winter wrap up? Thank you!”

We all looked at each other. “Guess we should get going. Let’s go!” I said as I stood up, and galloped out of the café. I started running down the trail, to the pond downriver of town.

When me and the girls all got there, most of the town was already there. The girls all went to a booth nearby to put on different colored vests.

Twilight poked my side. “Those must be the team vests Rarity designed. Blue for the weather team, green for the plant team, and tan for the animal team. I wonder which team vest I'll be wearing.” She said as she watched. I nodded.

“I do too… I’m not sure what I’m good at. Maybe I’ll be plant team? I’m not sure.”

Spike yawned. “I'll take a blue vest, same color as my blanket, which I think I hear calling my name. ‘Spike! Spike! Come to bed!’ Ugh, it's too early.” He complained.

I looked at him in disbelief. “DUDE, a cup of cocoa and two hours, and you’re still tired!? Wow Spike, I think you might have a problem.”

He rolled his eyes. “I have a problem all right, a lack of sleep problem.” He then passed out on Twilight’s back.

Mayor Mare then started to speak. “Thank you, everypony, for being here bright and early. We need every single pony's help to wrap up winter, and bring in spring. Now, all of you have your vests, and have been assigned to your teams, so let's do even better than last year, and have the quickest Winter Wrap Up ever!”

“Oh, this is so exciting.” Twilight told me and Spike.

“All right everypony, find your team leader, and let's get galloping!” Mayor Mare told us all.

“Oh gosh, where should I go? I'm not sure where I fit in. What exactly does everypony do?” Twilight then wandered off with Spike, I guess to go see how she could help out. I decided to ask the mayor what I should do.

I walked up to her. “Um… Excuse me, Mayor?” She turned to me. “Yes Jordan? What do you need?”

“I uh… was just wondering, what team should I go to?” She put her hoof to her chin.

“Hmm… that’s a tough question. Based on what I know about you, Jordan, I think you would do well on the plant team. Especially now that you’re in your stallion body again, they need your muscle.

“Ok Mayor, thank you for your help!” I waved goodbye, as I walked over to Applejack. She smiled at me.

“Well howdy there partner, y’all get assigned to the plant team?” I nodded.

“Ok Jordan, but I’m warning y’all now. We’re not corralin’ critters here, we’re all working hard to plant the food we need for spring. No kidding around, y’all hear?” I nodded again.

“Well, here’s y’alls vest, put it on.” She handed it to me, and I put it on. It was a tight fit to say the least, but it fit and Applejack whistled.

“Looks good on y’all. Head on over to town, we’re helping the flower sisters plant their flowerpots and such.”

“Ok Applejack, I won’t let you down!” I gave her a quick salute and ran to town, on the trail. But, while I was galloping, I saw Twilight. She was standing on a tall cliff nearby!

I ran up the hill to where she was, fearing she was in danger. I shouted. “Twilight! What are you doing?!” This made her turn around and look at me.

“Don’t you realize you’re standing on the edge of a cliff!? If the snow below you started sliding, that would be the end of Twilight Sparkle! Come on.” I walked with her down the hill, carefully, and she sighed.

“Oh Jordan! Everypony belongs to a team. What should I do? Where should I go?” Her voice was full of worry and anguish. I put a hoof to my chin and thought.

“I’m not too sure Twilight, maybe you should just try out jobs until you find what you’re good at? Look, I got assigned to the plant team!” I said as I showed off my green vest. Twilight gasped.

“Oooh! That looks great on you, as if you were meant to wear it!” She then sighed sadly. “I hope I get to wear a vest soon…” She said somberly.

“Hey, turn that frown upside down.” She couldn’t help but let out one chuckle, her lips turning slightly upwards.

I then decided to use an old trick. “You’re trying not to smile. You’re trying not to smile, you’re trying SO hard not to smile!” This made her giggle more, and she ended up smiling widely.

I then booped her nose. “Made you smile!” I said as I smiled myself. She giggled. “Ok, ok, you got me.”

“Hey, Twilight, if you’re so worried about where to start, why don’t you come with me to town? We could use your help with the flowers.”

She gasped and nodded. “That sounds great! I’m sure I could help out somehow!” We then trotted into town. She then looked at me. “How is it you get ponies to smile like that anyway? I don’t get it.”

I shrugged. “I’m not sure, I just do. I feel like Pinkie Pie sometimes.” I said with a laugh. She laughed too. We finally arrived where the rest of the plant team was and I smiled.

“Hey everypony, I’m on the plant team too. What are we doing first?”

A pony named Golden Plow walked up to me. “We’re helping the flower sisters plant the flowers and vegetables and such in the pots and planters. You need to fill each one with soil, then carefully put the flower in. Got it?” Me and Twilight both nodded and got to work.

I grabbed a flower pot and sat at a nearby, cleaned off table. I grabbed some soil from a nearby pile next to the table and hummed as I put it in the pot. I then carefully lowered the flowers into the pot, making a nice bouquet for the sisters.

In no time at all, I’d done ten pots, and 3 planters. I was feeling proud of myself! I looked over at Twilight, who seemed to be having trouble. She could fill the soil in the pot, but she kept accidently breaking the stems of the flowers!

“Uh, Twilight, I think you should try being more gentle?” I said as I watched her. Just then, Applejack appeared.

“Hey hey hey! Nice work Jordan, lookin’ really nice!” She then looked at Twilight’s mess across the table and gasped.

“Twilight, what in tarnation?! Y’all have ruined at least twenty flowers! These things don’t grow on trees ya know, we can’t just get more!”

Twilight had a sad somber look. “But… I…” I then pat her on the back.

“I don’t think this job is for you Twilight. Go around town and see what else you can do, ok?” She sighed and nodded, grabbing Spike and leaving town square.

Applejack scoffed. “Typical Canterlot pony! Can’t even do a menial task!”

I then looked at AJ with a stunned look on my face. “Easy there, Applejack! She’s just trying to help, it’s her, Spike and I’s first winter wrap up!”

“Yea, well hopefully Twilight stays away from us here in the plant team. We don’t got time to mess around!” She said as she went on to survey everypony else’s work.

I put my nose to the grindstone, or in this case flowerpots, and got to work. In half an hour, I had filled about thirty pots, and thirteen planters, far more than anypony else. Applejack gave me a giant hug.

“Jordan, this is amazin’! Y’all did so much on your own. This is enough to keep the sister’s business goin for a long while!”

I chuckled. “Thanks AJ, I just blocked everything else and got to work.”

She was about to reply, but suddenly a pony came running up to us.

“APPLEJACK! Applejack, we’ve got a big problem! Nopony can move the plow, it’s just too heavy!”

“Whoa whoa, calm down now Apple Tart. What about Big Macintosh, can he move it?” AJ asked, hopefully.

Apple Tart shook her head. “No, it’s too much even for him, we don’t know what to do!” Apple Tart cried out in despair.

I then quietly stood up. “I’ll give it a try, AJ.” I said.

“Huh? You?” Applejack said as she surveyed me, looking me up and down. “Hmm… now that I think of it y’all do got a body about Big Macintosh’s size, and about the same muscles too. Alright, go give it a try. I’ll be there in a bit to see how you do!”

I nodded and saluted her again. “Will do, Applejack. Apple Tart, take me to where the plow is.”

She nodded. “Follow me!” She then started to sprint towards a field near the farm, with me directly in tow.

We got there, and saw Big Mac straining, and struggling to move the plow, but it just wasn’t budging. I walked up to him and tapped him on his shoulder, telling him to move over.

He did so, and I hooked myself up to the plow. I strapped down the harnesses around me and looked forward. I started to move my body forward, but was stopped dead as the weight of the plow came down on my body.

This thing is way too heavy. I narrowed my eyes and strained my whole body in effort, gritting my teeth as I tried desperately to move the plow. I let out a shout of effort, and finally, the plow budged!

It started to move as I walked my legs. In no time at all I was moving and plowing the snow. Some ponies watching me cheered and whistled me on. I ignored them, and kept my eyes narrowed as I pushed onward.

It was by no means easy, in about two minutes I started to sweat something fierce. I saw Applejack walking up and I yelled at her.

“APPLEJACK, throw some snow on me so I stop sweating, please!” She did so, and I shivered slightly before I got back to work.

It was hard, but I got most of the field done in half an hour. But… it started to take a toll on my body. I began to see my vision turn black in the peripheral view, and suddenly my heart started to beat faster. I felt my limbs hurt, and next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed.

I opened my eyes wide and gasped. I saw the girls looking at me and I blinked once or twice. “What happened to me?!” I asked frantically.

Applejack lowered her hat. “You over-worked yourself Jordan. Y’all passed out right in the middle of the field while you were attached to the plow. We had to bring ya here.”

Twilight nodded. “When we heard what happened to you, we all stopped what we were doing and brought you here.”

I then sat up. “Well, I gotta get back to work! I’m the only one who can move the plow!” I said as I started to get out of bed. I quickly got my green vest on and ran out of the hospital, not waiting to be discharged, not waiting for the girls, nothing. I had to finish the job expected of me, just like during applebuck season.

I heard Applejack behind me when I got to the field. “Jordan, wait up!” I stopped, and turned around to her.

She was panting heavily as she walked up to me. “Please… if y’all are gonna work, promise me you’ll take it easy. I don’t wanna have ta get ya to the hospital again…” She said with her head down slightly.

I gave her a tight hug. “Don’t worry Applejack, I will. I just have to do this, so we can wrap up winter. I’m the only one who can move that thing. I’ll be careful.” I then smiled and walked over to the plow.

I did all the harnesses again, and did the same as earlier. I strained slightly, and got the plow moving. This time though, I took it a lot easier, about half my speed as last time.

I got the remaining half of the field plowed of snow in a decent amount of time. I detached it from my body and went to Applejack.

“Field’s done, Applejack.” I said with a smile. She smiled back.

“Good to hear Jordan, I’m so proud of you. Y’all worked so hard. I’ll find some way to repay you for this.” She said as she gave me a tight hug. I smiled and hugged her back.

It was difficult, but over the course of the day we in the plant team got a big chunk or work done. But, now came the time when we needed the weather team to move the rest of the snow we couldn’t remove ourselves. Applejack was talking to Rainbow Dash about doing it.

“Rainbow Dash, y'all on the weather team need to melt the rest of the snow here on the ground and the trees, pronto.” She instructed Dash.

Rainbow nodded and started to fly. “Got it.” But, Fluttershy stopped her.

“Wait. My poor little animals' homes will get flooded if the snow melts too fast.” She told us all.

I then stepped in. “Well, I’m sorry Fluttershy, but your animals might have to fend for themselves. We need to start planting the seeds!”

Fluttershy gasped. “JORDAN! How could you say that… I thought you cared about the animals…” She said sadly.

That made me really upset. “FLUTTERSHY! You know I love all the animals! But we have everypony in Ponyville to think about here!”

Fluttershy, uncharacteristically angry, stamped her hoof on the dirt. “No! I won’t abandon all the little critters who still need to wake up!”

We all continued to argue and argue, not reaching and feasible solutions to our problem.

Mayor Mare then stepped in. “Oh! What in Equestria are all you arguing about? This sort of silliness is why we were late for spring last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. I was hoping my amazingly inspirational speech would urge everyone to do better than last year, but now it looks like we're going to be later than ever. I mean just look at this catastrophe. The ice scorers made the ice chunks too big to melt. The nest designer is horrendously behind, we need several hundred, and she's only made one.” She pointed to Rarity, who was sobbing. “And don't get me started on all the clouds in the sky, the icicles on the trees... This isn't good, not at all!” The mayor cried out in despair.

“And it's gonna be all to pieces disastrous if we can't get our seeds all planted.” Applejack directed towards Dash.

“Chillax Applejack, we're bustin' our chops as fast as we can.” Rainbow defended.

“No, not fast, we have to wake animals slowly.” Fluttershy directed to us.

Big McIntosh then walked up with a friend. “Uh, AJ?”

Applejack facehooved. “Oh good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds again, didn't he?”

Big McIntosh nodded. “Eeyup.”

Rainbowshine, a pegasus, then appeared. “Ditzy Doo accidentally went north to get the southern birds!”

Rainbow Dash facehoofed. “Oh that featherbrain. Didn't she learn her lesson last year when she went west?”

Mayor Mare then whistled. “Stop this at once. We don't have time to argue. It's almost sundown. Spring is going to be late again. Another year of scandal and shame. If only we could be more organized.” I nodded in agreement towards her.

Twilight Sparkle then gasped. “Spike! Get my checklist and clipboard, STAT!”

“Eh, yes, ma'am.” Spike said as he ran to the library.

Twilight raised her hoof. “Stop, everypony!”

Twilight tried again. “Stop!” Well, that got our attention, and we all looked at her.

“Sorry. I know you all want to complete your jobs on time, but arguing is no way to go about it. What you need is organization, and I'm just the pony for the job.”

Twilight then smiled. “Animal team, finish waking up the animals. Ice team, break the ice into smaller chunks. Weather team, quickly move all the clouds away. Somepony help Rarity with the birds nests! And plant team, finish planting the seeds STAT!”

We all nodded and sprang into action, getting to work. We in the plant team ran to the field and finished planting the seeds, as Twilight instructed.

It was a long day of hard work, but we all managed to do it, we had finished! SPRING WAS HERE! Winter wrapped up!

Mayor Mare was in shock. “I can't believe it. Spring is here! On time! And we have you to thank for it. If it weren't for your organizing skills we would still be arguing.” She thanked Twilight.

Big McIntosh smiled. “Eeyup.”

Twilight smiled. “It was a team effort.”

“And since you helped every team, we have an official vest for you. We give you the title, ‘All-Team Organizer’.”

“Gosh, I don't even know what to say. Thank you, everypony.” Twilight said as she smiled at us all.

Mayor Mare continued. “And hereby I declare that winter is... wrapped up on time.”

“Spike's sure gonna be in for a hog-sized surprised when that last piece a' ice melts.” She pointed to Spike, who was asleep on a chunk of ice. We all laughed.

“Well, it’s time to go home now, Everypony. Thank you all for your hard work, rest well tonight!” The mare said as she walked inside town hall. Everypony started to walk home.

I then noticed that there was one last pile of snow near the building. I ran to it and made a quick snowball and smirked.

“Hey, Applejack!” She looked towards me, and I threw the snowball. It pelted her right in the side of the face!

“HEY, you little rascal!” She ran over to me, galloping at top speed, and tackled me to the ground. I yelped as she did. She rolled us over towards the snow pile, before she hopped off me, and used the force from her hop to force me into the snow pile!

I got out of the snow after a few seconds and ran to her, tackling her in return. Laughed/giggled and we wrestled each other on the ground.

In a comical scene, she and I rolled down the entire trail to the pond! While the ice was gone, it was still cold, ice water.

She and I didn’t notice, and rolled right into the water! She and I gasped and shivered, breaking away from each other in the water. I quickly swam up to the surface and to the shore, expecting her to be right behind me.

But she wasn’t. I turned around to the water and saw she was still under it! I opened my eyes wide.

“APPLEJACK!” I dove into the water, determined to save her. As I got in the water, she looked unconscious, sinking to the bottom of the pond. I quickly swam to her and grabbed her hoof with mine, pulling her up to the surface.

I hurriedly swam to the shore, laying her on the sand and pumping her chest. “Come on Applejack, breathe, breathe!”

I stopped pumping her chest after a while and opened her mouth, resuscitating her.

Finally, she coughed, and started to breathe. I gasped and backed away.

She got her breath all back and looked around. “What in tarnation happened?!” She said worriedly.

“We both fell into the pond, and you lost consciousness.” I said sadly. “I pulled you out of the water and performed CPR on you.”

She gasped. “D…did ya… you know?” I blushed red with embarrassment. “Y….yes, it was the only way to save you.”

She blushed back, and I smiled at her. “Don’t say anything, you saved me when I passed out earlier, I only returned the favor.”

She nodded. “Ok, we’re even steven, but can I ask a favor Jordan?”

I looked at her curiously. “Sure, what do you need AJ?" I asked her. She smiled.

"Well, i wanted to ask. Will y’all walk me back home?”

I smiled and nodded. “Of course, Applejack. Let’s go.” I helped her to her feet and she and I started to walk away from the pond towards her farm.

We were mostly silent the whole way, until we got to the barn there. “Jordan… I can’t thank you enough. You worked so hard today, even when we had to bring you to the hospital, and then you saved me from drowning! You’re amazing sugarcube.” She then planted a kiss onto my cheek, making me blush.

“It was nothing, Applejack. I’m just here to help. Hey… is it ok if I sleep in the barn or something? I’m dead tired, and don’t think I can make it to the library.”

She chuckled. “Applebloom’s sleeping at a friends house, y’all can sleep up there.” She moved away from the door and let me in. “How about I show you some apple family hospitality with a nice dinner before bed sugarcube?

I smiled. “That sounds amazing Applejack.” I went to the living room and sat on the couch. “I haven’t been here since applebuck season but I know your family did some redecorating.” I said as I looked around the house. Right then, Big Mac walked in and looked at me.

“Errrr….. AJ?” Big Mac said a little uncomfortably. Applejack hollered at him from the kitchen.

“He’s my guest tonight Big Macintosh, play nice ok?” Big Mac nodded. “Eeyup!” He then sat down on the floor near the chair in the corner of the room.

He then looked at me, and surprised me by actually talking. “So… y’all passed out earlier movin the plow?”

I nodded. “Yeah, guess I just worked too hard.” He chuckled.

“Used to that with AJ, poor girl works way too hard.” Right then, Granny Smith walked in.

“Applejack, Big Mac, I’m home from the market.” She said as she walked in. She looked at me. “And who’s this?” She asked.

Applejack again hollered from the kitchen. “He’s my friend, Granny!” Granny chuckled.

“If only she’d said coltfriend.” I then opened my eyes wide and blushed badly. Granny heard this and gasped.

“GRANNY! For corn’s sakes!” She said in embarrassment. “He’s just a close friend I brought for dinner!”

Granny snickered. “Yeah, REALLY close friend.” This made me blush and AJ shriek in frustration in the kitchen.

After some conversing with Big Mac and Granny, Applejack herded us into the dining room for dinner. I sat down and opened my eyes wide at all the food. The table was full of plates of food.

“WHOA, how the hay did you make so much food that fast?!” I said in amazement. Applejack chuckled.

“Learned that from mah Granny.” Granny chuckled. “Taught her everything she knows. Now let’s eat!”

We did so, digging into dinner. Me and Applejack told the two of them stories from today, including me passing out and plowing the field, etc. We finished dinner, and desert, apple pie of course. After that, it was time for sleep.

Applejack and I walked up the stairs together. We said goodnight as we entered the respective bedrooms. I got into Applebloom’s bed and started to think.

I’m so tired, today was so much work. So much happened. I’m so proud of Twilight for taking control and managing all of us, she’s such a smart unicorn. Then… the thing with Applejack at the pond.

Applejack almost drowned, for celestia’s sakes! That was frightening, i would have never forgave myself is she did.

Then, a thought hit me. Am I… falling for Applejack? No, no. I just saved her life, that wasn’t a kiss. But… she invited me over... Is she falling for me? I don’t know!

No use getting worked up about it now, I need sleep. I rolled onto my side and fell asleep, going to the dream world.

Author's Note

And that was this thing. On Fanfiction some time ago, a user left a review, basically pulling this story apart, finding every flaw he could. Well... a big point he made was how much i butchered this episode. He said how i shouldn't have changed so much, such as nopony but Jordan being able to move the plows. Looking back... he's so right that it hurts.

I did butcher this episode. And i apologize. I wish i had been thinking straight when i wrote this...

Anyway, on to chapter 14, Call of the Cutie!