You Dont Know Jack

(Before I begin, Everypony is an anthro. Just like in the picture description.)

It was a crisp morning in Ponyville. The sky was clear, bright, and the air was cool. Cool enough to give you a shiver if you stepped into the shadows, but the suns warm rays made it a delightful morning. In the fields of Apple Acres was Applejack, kicking the trees and gathering the fallen fruit. She wiped the beads of sweat off her brow and huffed before hitting the trunk of a tree with one mighty kick. Down the fresh apples went, some into the basket while others rolled onto the grass. Applejack knelt down, picking up the apples and placing them into the basket. One of the apples that fell she kept in her hand, wiping the dew and grass off onto her shirt. Gathering apples all morning made her thirsty as well as hungry, so she began to nibble on her apple. Kneeling down in front of the tree and sitting cross-legged, she looked up to see the tree was empty and her work for the morning was done. She placed her hand on the trunk of the tree and smiled.

"Thank you...."

"Are you TALKING to a tree?"

Applejack turned, seeing a blue Pegasus none other than Rainbow Dash flying above her. Applejack frowned and sat up, glaring at the loudness that was her friend.

"Ah am! Ya'll gotta respect and thank these trees fer givin' us food! Thanking uh tree helps it grow, produce better quality apples and promotes good health!"

Rainbow Dash lands on the ground, rolling her eyes at the idea that talking to plants actually made a difference in their produce.

"Yeah yeah yeah." She leaned down to pick an apple from the basket and dusted it off. Placing it on the tip of her nose, the Pegasus balances it while walking around. "So! Got any plans for today AJ?"

Applejack raised a brow as she watched Rainbow Dash balance the apple. "Not that ah know of." Applejack's eyes widened as she was forced to lean her head back from a paper being shoved into her face suddenly.

"Good! Because you and me are entering The Raging Rodeo!"

"The... raging whu-"

"The Raging Rodeo! It's an extreme competition that travels all across Equestria in search of the best, most athletic ponies!" Rainbow Dash turned the piece of paper around to read its contents.

HOWDY YA'LL!! Are you rough and rowdy? Tuff n Buff? Fit and FANTASTIC!?! If you circled all of the above, we want YOU to enter the Raging Rodeo! Thats right! YOU!! You'll be facing challenges such as roping, barrel racing, bull wrestling, even more wrestling and a staring contest. Did we mention wrestling? Participation in all competitions are not required but are heavily encouraged. Surprise final contest, winner gets cash prize of 10,000 bits. Participants are free, spectators pay spectating fee.

"TEN THOUSAND BITS!?!" Applejack shot up from the ground and snatched the paper out of Rainbow Dashes hands. It was true, Rainbow Dash wasn't pulling her leg. The cash prize was indeed, ten thousand bits.

"Now why in Equestria would they give that large amount of cash.... And why haven't ah heard of this rodeo? Sounds awfully fake tuh' me."

"Pffft, who CARES? Lets just enter!"

"Hold on there partner. Did you read that tiny little inscription down there?" Applejack pointed at the tiny print, almost too small to read. Rainbow Dash leaned in close and read it out loud,

"Stallions only"

Applejack smacked the front of her head and sighed. Rainbow Dash's blue face almost became red as she began to throw a fit. "This isnt fair!! Stallions only? What kind of competition is that??"

"Uh 'rough and rowdy, tough n buff, fit and fantastic' one?" Applejack began to laugh to herself as Rainbow let out a loud frustrated grunt. "Ah guess that's why we never heard of this competition. Its for males!" She placed the paper back into her friends hand and picked up the basket of apples from the ground. "We might as well forget it, Rainbow."

"No." Rainbow stomped her hoof onto the ground, and clenched her fists. Applejack watched as her friends red face turned back to normal. "We will not forget it. This is an outrage! How can they have a male only competition?"

"The same way they only have female ones?"

"No time for your logic, AJ!" Rainbow put her hand in front of the mares face. "Were going to enter this competition anyway. We need to show them were the best of the mares, and we are even better than the stallions!"

Applejack tried not to laugh at Rainbow, but she couldn't hold it in. "And how do ya'll propose we enter? One look at us and they'll show us the door."

Rainbow Dash placed her hands on Applejacks shoulders and whispered carefully into her ear. "We'll dress up as stallions of course!"

Applejack looked at Rainbow as if wagons were levitating around her head. "Are you CRAZY!?" She pushed her hands away and pointed at her. "There aint no way we could pull that off, Rainbow. No way. We arent built like them, they'll think we never hit puberty!"

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes once again. "They'll just think we're malnourished. Besides, you have HUGE muscles for a mare, Applejack." She grabbed her toned arm and gave it a squeeze. "And toned legs! I have toned wings, legs and toned arms! My legs might not be as built as yours but my wings make up for it." Rainbow Dash placed her hands on Applejacks shoulders. "Look Aj, all we have to do is change our looks. Think of that prize, AJ! Ten thousand bits! Ten! Thousand! BIIIIIITS! Think about what you could buy with it. Granny a new hip! A new barn! You could even expand Apple Acres!" Rainbow was right. That was a horse-load of money. Granny did need a new hip, and if they expanded the Apple Acres they would profit even more from it. Applejack grew silent from her thoughts of how much money that exactly was. She tried not to shiver from the excitement of expanding the orchards was to her. Planting all those trees and taking care of more land was the sweetest taste she ever had.

"Alright, ah'm in."

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygooosh!!" Rainbow tried to contain her joy by putting it through words rather than actions. Applejack shoved a basket into Rainbow's hands and looked her right in the eyes. "Ah'm winnin' that starin' contest." She laughed and picked up a basket of her own, beginning her walk back to the barn.

"Psh, yeah right. In your dreams maybe. Even then you'll be scared!" Rainbow laughed and bumped Applejack with her hip.

"So when is the competition? Next week?"

"This afternoon."

Applejack dropped her apple basket in a panic. "Good gravy! We gotta get runnin!" Applejack grabbed onto Rainbows arm and ran down the hill and into the barn. "Quick! We need clothes!" Applejack looked all around in the hay barn for possibly old clothes that Big Mac had left around.

"What!?! Use your brothers stinky smelly dirty old clothes? Did an apple hit you in the head too hard this morning?" Rainbow dash crossed her arms and squinted at the idea of it all.

"Well Rainbow, what do you suggest?" Applejack tried not to roll her eyes at the fickle mare. Rainbow completely turned around and walked toward the house. "We use your brothers WASHED clothes of course..... Where is your brother anyway?"

"Hes off tending to the south field."

"Perfect, lets go."

Into the house the two went, climbing the stairs to Big Macs bedroom. Rainbow didn't hesitate to raid his closet for the baggiest clothes she could find. She found dark brown baggy jeans and a black shirt, as well as some black mane spray dye. Rainbows mane was well, rainbow. With so many fans of hers out there she would stick out like a sore thumb. They would instantly know it was her. The spray was only temporary, perfect for the days competition. She and Applejack wondered why they found such an item in Big Macs room but shrugged it off since they were in a hurry. Applejack found some baggy blue jeans as well as another baggy black shirt. Her blonde mane didnt matter, she would just wrap it up and tuck it into her hat with the bangs sticking out. As the two changed clothes they both noticed something about each other..... Applejack sighed and tried to make it as casual as possible.

"Uhm, Rainbow?" She pointed at her chest. The two lumps that were her breasts were very noticeable. Rainbow looked down and sighed. They both had a problem. The only way they could hide what they had was to bind them back with medical wrap, which surprisingly worked rather well. There they were, two mares dressed as stallions. They were ready to take on this competition. Rainbow turned to Applejack and gave her a high-five.

"Lets do this."

"Bring it on."