Farmer vs Murderer: Lumberjack's Revenge

Since Applejack was still in the hospital, Sunset had to fill in for her for the Rainbooms, but she had no idea how to play the bass guitar. She tried to play it several times but couldn't get the hang of it every time. Maybe she wasn't the right person for the job. No one else volunteered to try it so she and the other five girls wished Applejack would come back soon. Otherwise, they would have to disband. Without a bassist, there's nothing to keep the Rainbooms going by being their anchor.

"Aw man! When will AJ get out of the hospital?!?" Rainbow complained, "We need her really bad to keep us going!"

"Yeah, but there's nothing we can do but to wait for the results," said Sunset, "And I wish Twilight would at least respond to my letter for her about getting Lumberjack out of Applejack's body permanently."

"And that too," said Rainbow.

Just then, Sunset's journal rang. "That has to be Twilight's response!" Sunset said as she quickly answered it.

"What does it say?" asked Pinkie.

Sunset read Princess Twilight's reply from her journal:

"Dear Sunset Shimmer;

Have Applejack read the same spell when the full moon shines on her:

'Cursed soul be gone from me and control me never more. Now the time has come to end this evildoing and I will be free forever more.'

Once the cursed soul has been separated, this time, have her read this spell:

'Beyond the depths of control, begone from me you'll remain. Your murdering times are finished, and you're forever banished from my domain'.

I hope this helps her better than last time.

From,

Princess Twilight Sparkle"

"That's interesting," said Sci-Twi.

"It sure is," agreed Sunset, "I can't wait till this kind of a moment so it'll hopefully and finally be over with."

"So we won't have to disband after all?" asked Rainbow.

"Exactly," said Sunset.

After a full day of school, the girls went to the hospital to visit Applejack and tell her about Princess Twilight's reply from Sunset's journal.

"What do I have ta do this time?" asked Applejack.

"Just wait until your rib is completely healed and then I'll tell you," said Sunset, "I don't want you to strain yourself to move around."

Applejack sighed sadly and agreed to do it. "I have about a month left fer it ta heal anyway," she said, "Say, Is there gonna be a full moon on any day while we're at it?"

"Luckily, there is, darling," said Rarity, "Just on a next Friday night after the previous, which is October 31st."

"Alrighty then," Applejack said, "What time does it come out exactly?"

"About midnight," said Sci-Twi, "Well, if my prediction is correct that is."

"I hope so," Applejack said, "So I'll be ready b'fore Lumberjack will."

After several weeks of healing, it was October 12th. She's about completely healed and she's really excited to get rid of Lumberjack once and for all.

Nurse Redheart came into her hospital room and told her to come with her. Applejack tried getting out of the hospital bed and transport into the wheelchair with Nurse Redheart to assist her just in case if she's gonna have a few more days to heal or not.

The doctors used an X-ray on her and saw that her rib was miraculously completely healed as expected. She was then taken to the surgery room and was put to anesthesia. A few hours later, the surgeons finished the surgery with the screws out of her rib (including the reclosing of the opening.).

Applejack slowly opened her eyes and saw them on the first surgeon's hands. "That's a lotta screws," she said.

"Yep," the first surgeon said, "You take those home with you and display them in your room."

Applejack nodded.

"You'll be sore for a little while until it goes away," said the second surgeon, "It'll go away about a few weeks or so."

Applejack nodded again.

Meanwhile, the girls heard about her miraculous rib recovery and cheered. They never did disband, but waited for her to get as well as she could all along.

Pinkie cheered the most. After all, she's got a lot of enthusiasm about lots of things, especially when Applejack would be coming back from the hospital.

Sunset turned to Applejack and said to her, "Okay, since you're now well, we need to get to the details about the spell. You recite the exact same spell to get Lumberjack out of your body. Whenever you have a chance during or after the confrontation, recite this spell: 'Beyond the depths of control, begone from me you'll remain. Your murdering times are finished, and you're forever banished from my domain'. The first attempt to use the spell seemed to be temporary, so with the second spell you'll recite in front of her should be able to actually work."

Sci-Twi checked her planner to see if she was right about the time for the appearance of the full moon, and it turned be midnight, just as exactly as she predicted. "I knew it!" she exclaimed, "The full moon will appear on October 31st at midnight!"

"Just in time to get rid of Lumberjack for good," said Rainbow.

"Apparently," said Applejack, "I gotta watch out for 'er though, 'cuz she might hurt me some more."

A few hours later after talking to her friends, she came home from Canterlot High. She then noticed that Applebloom, Granny Smith and Big Mac weren't inside but outside of the house. She went around it and saw them harvesting for apple cider season in two days. She smiled and watched.

Applebloom happened to notice her first. "Applejack!" she said as she ran to her and hugged her tightly, "Thank gala yer here! I can't get all those apples off their trees by myself! Will ya please help me?"

"Sure thang," said Applejack with a nod, "Of course I'll help. We're Apples after all."

Applebloom was overjoyed. Then she got curious about Applejack's rib being miraculously healed fast. "How did yer rib get well that fast?" she asked.

"I dunno, sugarcube," said Applejack, "I just have no idea what could've caused it ta do that."

The two bright stars shined brightly in the evening sky. Maybe the spirits of Apple Bright and Pear Butter had something to do with it.