After a few hours at the library, I began to grow hungry.

“I hope that there’s a restaurant nearby,” I thought, and left the library.

Having found no adequate restaurants in Ponyville, I decided to leave Ponyville, hoping to find a good one somewhere else.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before I arrived at Sweet Apple Acres!

There, I spotted an orange Earth pony mare! She was wearing a brown cowboy hat and slamming her hind hooves into many apple trees!

I waved to her to get her attention. “MAY I HAVE SOME FOOD, PLEASE?” I called to her.

She galloped over to me and answered, “Sure thing, partner! Help yourself!”

“Ma’am,” I asked her, “do you have any sour apples?”

“Why do you ask?” she inquired of me. “Do you want some?”

“I never tasted a sour apple before,” I answered. “I know that this place is called Sweet Apple Acres, but—”

“You bet your bottom Bit we do!” she answered proudly. “How many do you want?” she asked me.

“Six, please,” I answered. “I’m famished!” I explained.

She filled a burlap sack with six green sour apples and tied it closed. “You need help carrying them?” she asked me, hoofing me the sack.

I carried the sack magically—with my horn! “Does that answer your question?” I countered slyly.

“Whoa, Nellie!” she cried, amazed by what I was doing.

“I’m a unicorn,” I explained. “My name is Lonesome Knight,” I told her.

“I’m Applejack,” she answered, and she and I shook hooves.

“How much do I owe you for the apples?” I asked Applejack.

“They’re free,” she answered. “You don’t owe me squat.”

“Thanks, Applejack!” I told her. “Good-bye now.”

“Bye!” she answered. “Come back soon, you hear?”

“I will!” I promised her, and trotted back to Ponyville with my sack of apples.

Author's Note

The title of this chapter is similar to the title of a Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad episode: Sweet & Sour Kilokahn.