It’s been exactly one week since Ace met, was admitted, and living with the resident caretaker of animals Fluttershy in the town of Ponyville. The name of which Fluttershy informed of quickly after their cucumber and daisy sandwiches i can’t believe I ate actual flowers...and it tasted good! thought said stallion as he walked down the main road of the town. His leg and wings were fully healed much to the surprise of his roommate/nurse.

”Oh my, I can’t believe they healed so fast” Fluttershy spoke out after it being four days after Ace started living with her. The stallion currently on the couch as she examined his healthier and repaired wings “and your leg is looking a lot better now, I don’t even see the bruise anymore”

“Maybe I was gifted with some super healing powers or something” Ace shrugged with a chuckle before gasping “Should we test and see!?” He asked with excitement like a school colt in Fluttershy’s. Only to meet a yellow hoof in-front of his muzzle with a stern look from Fluttershy.

“I don’t think so Mister, you are not gonna hurt yourself so some test, understand” she said with such authority in her voice that it made Ace feel like he was a child being scolded by their mother.

“Y-Yes ma’m!” He exclaimed sitting up straight with a quick nod as Fluttershy continued with what he would call the Stare for a full minute before softening her stare and nodded.

“That’s good, now it’s time to feed the chickens” she said before trotting off with Ace behind her.

“She could make a dragon tremble with that look I swear...” he said softly to himself enough that she doesn’t hear it.

Shaking his head from the memory he continued his trot till making it to the Main Market street Fluttershy gave him the directions too. Okay, The pony Fluttershy told me about should be about around here somewhere he thought while examining through the different stalls while looking past the heads of the other ponies. Another thing that Ace noticed was he was talllll compared to the other ponies, where some of the tall ponies would go to at least half way past an average pony’s height, Ace was almost a head and a half! taller then the average ponies.

Which would explain why he would get quite a few stares from bystanders he walked past, either for being the tallest pony they’ve seen or it’s because he’s the new pony in town. Either one didn’t quite help with his social anxiety from all the stares we was getting just ignore them Ace and find this pony already...

After some searching he noticed a stand with signs and buckets around it filled with the fruit he knows by heart were shiny red and green apples. Currently behind the stand was the pony he was looking for, an orange coated earth pony Mare with a blonde mane that went over her shoulder with a red band tied near the end, her tail a matching blonde with a similar band just like her mane, three freckles rest perfectly on her cheeks while her green eyes gave a welcoming warm greeting behind them. Unlike the other ponies she were a piece of clothing which was the brown Stetson hat resting perfectly on her head.

“Uh. Hi?” Ace said with a small wave to the earth pony who turned to his direction with a smile that matched her eyes’ greeting levels before waving back.

“Well howdy there partner, ah haven’t seen yah round these parts before. Yah must be new to Ponyville ain’t cha?” She replied in a country accent that Ace thought fit perfectly with her for some reason.

“Uh Yeah kinda, i came here a week ago after getting an....injury let’s just say and I just cleared and well enough to properly explore the place” Ace replied with a nervous grin and scratches the side of his head “I’m Ace, nice to meet YOU” he started while lifting his hoof up to the Mare before she suddenly grabbed it with a strong grip in her hooves as she shook his rapidly.

“Well ahm Sorry ta hear bout getting hurt, glad to see ya’ll are fine an walkin about now! The name’s Applejack and let me be tha first ta welcome our here hometown!” She exclaimed with a enthusiastic tone as she shook his hoof eagerly.

“Ni-i-i-i-ice mee-e-e-eting you-u-u too-o-o-o!” He spoke out in a shaking tone as she continued her Mach 5 hoofshake for a few more seconds before finally letting go. He panted a bit while rolling his sore shoulder around before looking back at Applejack “ya got quite the grip there...” he chuckled sheepishly with a small smile.

“Thank ya kindly! Years of hard work an life on mah family’s farm” She replied with a smile and tips her hat to him in gratitude.

“Speaking of which, I was actually hear to talk to you about hoping you had an opening to help out on your farm?” He asked scratching the back of his head “I wanted to pay back my friend who helped me recover and crash with her for the week but I don’t exactly got the...bits on me” he said with a sheepish look down to the ground “I don’t wanna keep mooching off my friend. I feel like crap if I don’t try and do something besides the regular chores”

“Well Ah can appreciate bout wantin to pay back yer friend, ah wouldn’t feel right mahself if Ah were in yer hooves. Tell ya what? Come by in an hour when Ah close up and we’ll head over to the farm. See what we can start yah with sugarcube” she said with a smile and a hoof to her chin as Ace beamed up at this with a growing smile.

“Really? Thank you so much! I’ll give it my all ma’m!” He said with a nod and a mock salute getting a chuckle out of Applejack and himself.

“Ah like yah already Ace! Here, on tha house” she said handing him a small bag containing four apples “ah little welcome gift to tha town and to new friends!”

“Amen to that! Thanks again Applejack!” He exclaimed happily taking the bag before trotting off as the two gave each other one last wave before he was out of sight. “Man she was really nice! Now I just gotta find something to do for an hour...” he said trailing off in his words as he pulled out one of the apples she gave him and took a bite out of it. His body froze in place as he felt the Apple chuckles and juices touch his tongue

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“I have tasted the fruits of Eden....”

After recovering from the taste of the new deemed to him ‘Heaven’s Fruit’ which lasted about ten minutes, he explored around the town for a the rest of the time getting a lay of the land until an hour has passed and Ace returned to the market street. Seeing less ponies now and remembering where the Apple stand was, he was able to quickly find the earth pony Mare as she was putting on saddle bags before putting the rest of her supplies into a wagon cart.

“Hey Applejack!” Ace exclaimed waving his hoof as the mare turned to him at hearing her name before smiling at the stallion trotting up to her.

“Well howdy Ace! Ready to get yer hooves dirty?” She said with a greeting tip of her hat as she strapped the cart to herself.

“You betcha! I also wanted to say I LOVED those apples! Best ones I’ve ever had!” He replied with a nod and his smile grew at the memory of the taste.

Applejack lifted her head higher and puffed her chest out in pride at hearing this “well thank ya kindly there Ace. Mah family and Ah always make sure to make the best apples ya’ll ever eat in all of Equestria!” She said with a smile to the stallion as they started their trot down the road.

“So what would I start with when we get there? I’ve never really done any farming before but I am ready and willing to learn whatever you need me to do” He said looking down at Applejack with a curious look.

“Well guess we’ll start with some of tha basics stuff, tending tha animals, crop plantin, apple buckin, that sorta thang. But I’m sure we’ll find something that’ll stick with ya sugarcube” she replied with a hoof to her chin while listing off the job details before smiling up at the stallion.

“Apple bucking? I’m Uh...not familiar with that one” Ace said with a curious tilt of his head.

“Ah’ll explain it more when we get there. Don’t you worry there sugarcube” She said with a smile and nod to him.

For some reason I really like it when she calls me that Ace thought to himself before smiling back at the earth pony.

Ace looked ahead blinking noticing the area around them was different with a picket fence to their right with rows and rows of Apple trees stretched out as far as the eye could see. Soon they reached the top of a hill where they see into view was a large red barn-house with a few different animal pens around with different crop fields from wheat to corn and all different ones. Applejack chuckled a bit at his look of awe as she trots ahead of him.

“Ace, welcome to mah family’s home, farm, Pride and Joy Sweet Apple Acres!” She exclaimed with a tip of her hat.

After snapping himself out of his starstruck state, the pair of them entered the main entrance into the farmland as applejack properly puts away the wagon. They continued their trot as they hear the sound of something thumping against the wood. Following the sound, they are greeted to a large red stallion with a orange mane striking his hind leg against the Apple tree behind him, a second later the apples fell down into the buckets waiting around. He was about to pick up the buckets when he noticed the two heading over to him.

“Ace, meet mah big brother Big Macintosh, Big Mac this here is Ace and he’ll be helping out round the farm as a new hire” Applejack motion to each stallion as she mentioned them while Ace trots up to Big Mac. Despite being slightly taller then the red stallion, Ace could tell he had wayyy more muscles on him.

“Nice to meet you Big Mac, I hope we can work well together” Ace said holding up his hoof while thinking to himself his nickname sounds like the burger as Big Mac raised his hoof shook Ace’s.

“Eeyup”

“Farm work good to you?”

“Eeyup”

“Any complaints or problems?”

“Nnope”

“Prefer your actions to speak for you then your words?”

“Eeyup”

“Cool, I think we’re gonna work well together” Ace replied with a nod and smile to Big Mac who nodded back at his fellow stallion. Applejack looked at the two of them as they talked before shaking her head at this.

“Stallions”

With one last wave to the red stallion, Ace and Applejack continued their tour around the farm as she showed him the ins and outs of each of the different areas and what to do for each animal along with showing him what and where their food is. Though she did get surprised when he showed some knowledge already about the animals.

“Remember that friend I told you about that helped me?” He asked getting a nod from the mare “it was the Pegasus named Fluttershy, She’s been letting me stay with her while I recovered and I would help out with caring for her animals when I could or when she’d let me that didn’t strain my injuries”

“Fluttershy? Well that’s surprising, Ah know tha mare but could never get much of a conversation out Ah her whenever she bought some apples” Applejack said in surprise while scratching her chin with her hoof.

“She just needs to feel comfortable more around you, plus talking about animals sure helps get her into a happy mood” Ace said with a shrug “Though it was kinda tough at first since she and I aren’t the...best at making small talk” he gave a sheepish chuckled while scratching the back of his head.

“Well y’all just need tha right pony to talk with! Maybe down tha line we could do a meet and greet” Applejack replied with a nod and smile which Ace gratefully returns.

“Thanks, I’m glad to be friends with her and grateful she’s done for me. But it does feel nice getting a new friend now and then” he replied before looking up to see the sun getting close to the horizon “Well I better get back now, Fluttershy’ll get worried if I don’t get back before dark”

“Well shoot, I lost track of time mahself, gotta help granny with something real soon” Applejack said before the two exchanged a more casual hoofshake then her first one with him “Well glad tah have you on board now Ace. Get ready for some real work bright an early tomorrow, kay sugarcube?” She said with a smile which he returns to the Mare.

“Definitely, thanks again Applejack, see you tomorrow for my first day!” He said before heading off while she waved goodbye.

“Stay safe now!”

After getting past ear shot from the farm, Ace’s trot got a little slowly as he admired the orchards he could see before looking up at the blue sky slowly turning orange while the sun sets in the distance “Man...just a week in this new world and town and I already got a new job with some nice farmers. I wonder who else I’m gonna meet around this town.” He said before glancing a side down to his wings before sighing “wish there was someone around that could help out with my wings, Fluttershy’s been helping me move them and stuff but...” he trailed off looking up at the clouds that floated nearby with a look of longing on his face.

“I really wanna fly through the sky and just feel that...freedom...”

He noticed the sun getting lower before turning his trot to a gallop. “Better hurry up before Fluttershy gets worried”

While the new to the world stallion gallops away he doesn’t notice the nearest cloud he was looking at shifted and moved when he looked away.

Nor did he see the pony tail made with the colors of the rainbow hanging out of it...

Author's Note

Greetings and welcome as our bumbling new hero meets with his second element of Harmony, everyone’s favorite farm girl Applejack! And holy shit was it hard to figure how to do her accent! If there seems to be a problem or something is wrong with the accent, please go easy on me! Trying to write which word would sound like she’d say was hard to do!

im gonna go insane if I ever bring in Zecora...

But yup! Our buddy has his first job now! Will it stick? Will it be forever? Maybe who knows, you think I do! HA!

Anyways yup another mediocre chapter I somehow managed to barf out along with the DOZENS of thanks to all of your support, favorites, and thumbs up. Hope to see you all enjoy more of my miss mash stuff! Along with enjoying the little sneak peek on who our Ace is gonna meet next. I think she’ll make sure he’ll be at leaaaast...20% cooler.

That’s all! Goodbye everybody *Hops into a rocket ship before blasting off into the sky* IM GONNA GO FIGHT THE MOOOON....