Meeting the Apple Family

When Rarity and I had cleaned up, and I got over the fact that I just gave oral to a pony, she took the rest of my measurements and promised to have some clothing ready for me in two days time. It was around five minutes before Twilight returned, saying that she was going to have me talk to her friend Applejack bout finding work so that I could get my own place and Twilight could get her store room back.

I walked with her over to where she said the Sweet Apple Acres apple orchard was, and where I would find her friend. She left me standing at the front gate, saying that she had to go check on Spike. She reminded me of a mother, and Spike her son. It made me chuckle. I walked into the large farm/orchard and headed to the farmhouse where I figured Applejack would be.
Twilight had told me before hand that she had explained to Applejack my situation and what I was, so I was hopeful that things wouldn't end up like they had would Rarity, unless it turned out like after Twilight had left. Heh heh.

I knocked on the door and a little mare child opened up, and upon seeing it was me, she shrieked and ran back into the house slamming the door in my face. Hmm, such a warm welcome. I stood there wondering whether anybody else, or as Twilight said, anypony else, would come to the door, when I heard foot steps behind me, or hoof steps, considering it was most likely a pony.

"Well howdy there, yer Alan right?" said a female voice. I turned to find a mare with orange fur, and a blonde mane and tail. And her little flank picture, or cutie mark as I was told, was three red apples.

"Are you Applejack?" I asked.

"Well ah reckon ah am, Twi said you'd be looking fer work so I guess I can show you around the orchard. Who knows, we might just find you somethin fer you to do." she replied.

I had to admit, even as she showed me around, I always had a thing for the southern type, I don't know but something about their accent just got my head spinning. She showed me their massive orchard and where the barn was located. Eventually she had me try my hand at applebucking, which she explained as using your back hooves or in my case, legs to knock the apples out of the tree, but of course I wasn't any good at it. So she had me help gather apple filled baskets and move them to the cellar.

She told me she could start me off at 2 bits a day and if I worked hard enough that eventually I'd be able to purchase a place to stay. Eventually she brought me to the house, and I told her about the little kid that shrieked in fright and ran from me. Applejack explained that it was her sister and that she hadn't quite told her family about me yet. She said she would introduce me right then if I wanted. I agreed, I wanted to show that I wouldn't mean any harm and that I wanted to make some friends. I mean might as well considering I was stuck here.

I followed her into the house and into the living room were I heard the kid telling what I assume was her brother about the strange and scary creature that was at the door earlier. She then turned and hid behind him, visibly shaking.

"Applejack what in the hay is that?" he asked.

"Big Mac, this is Alan, he's stayin with Twilight and he's working fer us, until he can get his own place." Applejack replied.

"He's not gonna eat me is he?" asked the little mare behind her brother.

"No he aint gonna eat ya. Apple Bloom why don't you come say hi?" she asked.

At the mention of me not eating her she ran over and smiled.

"Howdy mister, yer really tall." she said. I chuckled, that damn southern accent.

"Alan, that's Big Macintosh, but we all just call him Big Mac. And this here's Apple Bloom, she's and her little filly friends call themselves the Cutie Mark Crusaders, tryin ta find their cutie marks doin random things. And upstairs, probably sleeping, is Granny Smith, she and her Pa founded Ponyville." Applejack explained.

I was finding this family and the ponies here increasingly interesting, and quite a few of them were beginning to grow on me. Like Twilight and Rarity for instance. I said hello to Big Mac, and answered a huge flow of questions from Apple Bloom. She then ran off saying something about cutie mark crusader human studiers. I watched her zip off and then I told Applejack I'd see her tomorrow to start my new job.

I returned to the Library to find Twilight nose deep in a book and Spike sitting there with his arm deep in a bucket of gems. Feeling curious I asked him about it, he replied saying that in order for a dragon to maintain their fire and the shininess of their scales, they had to maintain a high diet of gems. I found that pretty interesting. Later we ate hay fries and I had a salad considering that Twilight told me that ponies didn't eat meat. I figured it would have been a good a time as any to become a vegetarian.

I was about to head to bed when I heard a loud thud, and the sound of falling books crashed upon my ears. I ran into the main room of the library to find a pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail and cyan colored fur, saying sorry to a now Fuming Twilight and Spike.

"I'm so sorry Twi, I wasn't watching where I was going."

"Dash, you really need to pay attention, we just finished organizing these books today."

"We?" Spike said, looking at Twilight with a look of mock confusion.

"Okay, Spike organized it while I helped Alan with getting new clothes and a job."

"Alan, who's Alan?" the cyan pegasus asked.

"Um, I am." I replied, walking in and getting a huge look of shock in return.

"What in the hay are you?"