My Little Pony: Lend a Hoof (Or a Hand)
Chapter 1
Apple Harvest
After a long day of picking apples, Applejack was taking it easy with her sister Applebloom. They were drinking apple juice and talking about some good times they had in the past. Applejack mentioned a time when she had to do an apple harvest all by herself. That day, Big Macintosh had hurt himself and Applejack had to harvest the apples herself, and during that time, she worked herself to death and even caused a few problems in Ponyville because of her stubbornness and refusal to accept any help from anypony.
Applebloom said she wanted to hear all about it, Applejack took a sip of her apple juice and she began telling Applebloom her story. Her story began last year about 2 weeks after Neo had come to Equestria. The apple harvest was coming up for Applejack's family, but Big Macintosh had injured himself and Applejack was the only one who could carry out the harvest. Big Macintosh wasn't sure if Applejack could handle the harvest by herself, but Applejack assured him that she could do it.
Later that day as Applejack was bucking trees, a stampede of cows were running through Ponyville, ponies ran around, trying to stay out of the way. The Mayor Mare tried to calm down everypony, but it didn't help, everypony kept running. Neo wanted to help, but he didn't know what he could do in this situation.
Suddenly, everypony heard a loud "YEEHAW!" Everypony looked and saw Applejack carrying a lasso and with Applejack was her dog Winona. Applejack ordered Winona to round up the cows and get them into an enclosed area. When all the cows were put up, one of the cows said that another cow saw a snake and it startled her along with the rest of the cows, and that was why they were running through town. Impressed by Applejack's loyalty and reliability, the citizens of Ponyville decided to host a ceremony in her honor.
During the ceremony, Twilight attempted to give a speech in honor of Applejack until she was interrupted by Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, who expressed happiness at the prospect of working with Applejack on various tasks in the near future. Everyone was wondering where Applejack was, Neo even said that he hasn't seen her all week.
Then the Mayor Mare stepped up to the podium and said, "Ah-ahem. And so, with no further ado, it is my privilege to give the prize, Pony of Ponyville Award, to our beloved guest of honor, a pony of the utmost trustworthiness, reliability, and integrity. Ponyville's most capable and dependable friend: Applejack!" Applejack still wasn't there and everypony was wondering where she was, then Applejack finally showed up and she seemed very tired. She walked like a tired person, her mane was messed up and she had bags under her eyes from lack of sleep.
She apologized for being late, she received the trophy from the mayor and Applejack thanked everypony in a very tiresome voice. Then Applejack walked off and she nearly stumbled as she trotted off. Applejack's friends felt very concerned about Applejack, they said she seemed very tired, dizzy and messy, but Pinkie Pie thought she was fine.
Later that day, Twilight went to Sweet Apple Acres and found Applejack bucking trees, she stopped and said hello to her. She asked her what she was doing and Applejack explained that she was gathering apples for Applebuck Season, which is the time of year when her family harvests apples and sells them. Applejack said she had to do it alone since Big Macintosh hurt himself. Twilight asked if she had any other relatives that could help her and Applejack said her relatives only stayed in Ponyville for the Apple family reunion and were busy harvesting their own crops.
Twilight noticed that Applejack didn't look very well, Twilight asked if Applejack wanted some help, but Applejack stubbornly refused her help. So Twilight left Applejack to do her work alone, but little did Applejack know that her stubbornness was about to cause problems for other ponies in Ponyville.
End of chapter 1, chapter 2 coming soon.