Cherry soon checked her phone and got a group text from her friends to meet up before she left her room and came downstairs.

"Hey." Drell said, looking right at her as he sat on the couch.

"Gah!" Cherry yelped at him, not knowing he was there and dropped her phone from the surprise.

"Where you going?" Drell asked.

"Out with my friends..." Cherry said as she soon picked up her phone. "Do you mind?"

"Okay, okay, but you should know that Equestrian magic will be involved soon." Drell informed her.

"Of course it will be..." Cherry sighed. "Did you have to come to my house to tell me that?"

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about my nephew..." Drell said to her.

"You mean Thor?" Cherry asked. "The guy that was in love with me?"

"Yes..." Drell smirked.

Cherry shuddered from the memories of being told that Thor was Drell's blood relative and how obsessed he was with her before she forced a grin. "Erm... What about him?" she then asked.

"He wants to take you out for a good time, and I told him that you would." Drell replied.

"Wait, what?" Cherry gulped.

"Hey, you didn't have the guts to tell him at the Muppet Theater, when he came home, he talked about how much fun he had with you," Drell replied. "You must've gotten scared."

"Well, uh, I didn't wanna upset anyone who was related to you..." Cherry smiled nervously.

Drell face-palmed as he now understood why she didn't tell his nephew.

"Please don't turn me into an animal for 100 years!" Cherry begged, falling to her knees. "I'm sorry, but I can't date him!"

"Why did you think I was going to force you to date my nephew?" Drell asked.

"Because you hate me...?" Cherry replied.

"Anyway, I won't force you to date him." Drell told her.

"Heh... Wow..." Cherry said before frowning. "Ooh..."

"You feel guilty now, don't you?" Drell guessed.

"Uh... Yes, actually..." Cherry admitted. "I mean, he's very sweet and kind... A bit overdramatic... Actually a lot overdramatic... I don't think a boy my age has been that kind to me in... Ever!"

"Hmm..." Drell said before bringing out what looked like an X-ray machine. "Please step in here."

"Must I?" Cherry sighed before going towards the machine. "This won't hurt, will it?"

"No, it's just going to scan you and see if you have a second you that's actually in love with Thor." Drell told her.

"Gross..." Cherry grimaced.

The machine began to scan Cherry. Cherry felt a little bit nervous.

"Can't say I've seen you act this way around anyone before..." Drell said to her as they waited for a few moments.

"Well, not a lot of boys my age are nice to me..." Cherry replied. "Plus, I'm almost an adult now, so I guess... Forte really does care about me... Even if he gives me boring after school lessons."


After some time, the machine went ding, telling them that it got the results. Drell soon took the results.

"Can I get out of this now?!" Cherry asked.

"Hmm... Let's see..." Drell said as he took a look, ignoring her. "According to this, your heart tends to lean towards anyone who shows kindness and generosity towards you, and you're not just afraid of rejecting Thor because he's my nephew, but because you might break his heart."

"Um, alright?" Cherry said out of confusion as she already knew that.

"That and there does seem to be another you in you that's in love with him." Drell said.

"Can I get down now?" Cherry complained.

"I'm sorry, Cherry, I guess I misjudged you..." Drell said before walking away right now.

"Where are you going?!" Cherry cried out. "Don't leave me like this! I hate you!"

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Drell asked.

"Are you gonna let me go?" Cherry narrowed her eyes.

"Work on that attitude of yours..." Drell glared back before letting her go.

"I will." Cherry said.

Drell soon went to get his spell book and kept it safe for later. Cherry texted the others that she was on her way and soon went to go into town to meet up with them. Once she did that, Cherry was off to where to meet them.


At the Mall, people were shopping and looked at Cherry as she ran as fast as she could.

"Oh, why couldn't I had been the goddaughter of The Flash?" Cherry groaned to herself.

"Hey, Cherry, you made it." Mo smiled.

"Hey... Guys..." Cherry panted a bit.

"Whoa, you better sit down." Atticus said.

"Thanks..." Cherry gasped before sitting down at their table.

"You know you could have just texted us to come and pick you up." Mo told her.

Cherry's eyes widened and she soon face-palmed herself for not thinking about that. "Why didn't I think of that?" She groaned.

"We'll take you home." Atticus offered.

"Fair enough," Cherry said, a bit frazzled. "Is it me or is my life becoming more and more dangerous?" She soon bumped into someone and was about to fall. "Whoa!" she then yelped.

"Gotcha." The person said before catching her.

"Thanks." Cherry said before seeing it was Thor.

"Hi!" Thor smiled.

"Gah!" Cherry yelped and stepped back a little before forcing a smile. "Hi, Thor..."

"What are you doing here?" Atticus smiled at his male human best friend.

"Oh... I was just in the neighborhood..." Thor smiled innocently. "...Getting away from my sister..."

"She must drive you nuts." Mo smiled back.

"She really does..." Thor muttered before doing a high-pitched voice. "Ooh! I want a tea party! I wanna be a Sky Dancer when I grow up! I'm so pretty and cute!"

Cherry couldn't help but laugh at the imitations. Atticus and Mo looked at her.

"What? It was funny!" Cherry defended.

"I guess it was." Rarity said.

"So, girls, what's up?" Atticus asked. "We're all here."

"Somebody has unspilled beans at this table, and it's not me, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, or Sunset Shimmer!" Pinkie Pie smiled before looking to the others. "Is it you guys?"

"Unspilled beans?" Patch asked out of confusion.

"Spilling the beans mean to reveal something secret or unknown to someone." Mo explained.

"Oh, yeah." Patch said.

"Anyway?" Cherry looked over to the girls.

Applejack took a deep breath before explaining. "Rarity and I applied for summer jobs at the new theme park."

"You did?" Mo asked.

"Uh-huh." Applejack smiled and nodded.

"Equestria Land?" Pinkie Pie beamed. "Wait... Will you get to go there for free?!"

"Actually, they pay us to go there." Applejack clarified.

"That makes sense." Patch said.

Pinkie Pie squealed and even shook Cherry in excitement.

"PINKIE!" Cherry complained from the shaking.

"Oops, sorry." Pinkie Pie smiled sheepishly.

"We applied to work side-by-side as caramel apple girls." Applejack told their friends.

"Yes. It's not that I'm nervous, but... Applejack, you're perfect for the job..." Rarity said, sounding a little nervous. "And, well, my résumé is less apple-centric."

"Apple-centric?" Mo asked.

"Well, like Applejack said..." Rarity sighed. "Who has better experience with apples than her?"

"True." Atticus nodded.

"We'll be together. I got a good feelin'." Applejack chuckled to Rarity.

"No missed calls while we were talking about caramel apples," Rarity huffed. "Shall we practice answering our phones and sounding calm?"

Both of their phones soon went off which caused Rarity to panic.

"That was about as calm as Pinkie Pie on Cake Day." Sunset smirked.

"Was it today? Did I miss it?!" Pinkie Pie yelped.

Cherry soon shoved a smoothie in Pinkie Pie's face to distract her.

"Ooh, smoothie." Pinkie Pie smiled.

"One new email!" Rarity called out.

"It's from the park!" Applejack added.

"Oh, great!" Mo smiled to them. "Alright, well, don't keep us in suspense, open 'em up!"

"Yeah, both of you, go on, open 'em!" Atticus smiled.

"Okay, okay... Same time..." Applejack said, taking a deep breath in and out. "One... Two-"

"Too late! I opened mine!" Rarity said before screaming and then frowning. "Oh. They said I'm overqualified for caramel apple girl."

This made the others frown to her at first.

"They want me to be lead parade costume designer!" Rarity then announced.

"That's amazing!" Mo smiled. "Already hired and they already promote you."

The others chattered in excitement for Pinkie Pie.

"That's great news!" Thor smiled as he had his arm around Cherry as she soon looked uncomfortable by it, but didn't say anything.

"That's gotta be a record." Rainbow Dash smirked to Rarity.

"And what about you, Applejack?" Atticus asked.

"Ah didn't get the job." Applejack said.

"Oh... Sorry about that..." Atticus frowned.

"But Ah'm real happy for you, Rarity." Applejack told her.

"Oh, pffft. There must be a mix-up, darling." Rarity replied.

"Obviously, the internet mailman gave you the wrong letter," Pinkie Pie smiled, putting her hand on Applejack's shoulder. "I know that's not how the internet works, but I'm trying to cheer you up."

"Technically, Rarity didn't get the job, either, since she got a different job," Sci-Twi clarified. "So they're probably about to send another email with your promotion."

Applejack's phone soon went off again and where this made her think she got another email with her promotion. Everyone looked hopeful at first.

"Just a sale at Stinky Bottom's Discount Hat Emporium." Applejack then groaned.

"40% off!" Rainbow Dash smiled until she saw the others looking at her. "Oh, sorry, not helping."

"Rarity, are you still going to take the job?" Mo asked.

"Well, I'm not going to accept it without Applejack, obviously." Rarity replied.

"What?! You cannot let this opportunity pass you by, Rarity. Think of all those vision boards, the late-night sewin'," Applejack told Rarity. "This has been yer dream since... Since Kindy-garten."

"That's like my cousin Raven, she was designing since she was in diapers," Cherry said. "...Or she told me that she designed her own diapers... I don't always listen whenever she talks about fashion."

"Anyways, Applejack's right, Rarity," Atticus said. "This has been your dream."

"My mind is made up," Rarity soon said. "We planned to spend the summer and... That's what we're going to do. Riiiiiiiight?" she then looked right to Applejack.

"Yer takin' the job and that's final." Applejack smiled.

"Okay, if you insist!" Rarity replied before squealing. "I'm gonna be a costume designer!"

"Wahoo! Congratulations, Rarity." Mo smiled.

"Way to go." Cherry added.

"This must be Heaven for you." Atticus helped.

"Heh-heh. All right," Applejack chuckled sheepishly before looking up to Sunset Shimmer. "Ah probably shouldn'ta quit my old job this mornin', huh?"

"I'm sure they haven't replaced you already." Sunset smiled.

"By the way where, did you work at?" Cherry asked Applejack.

"The Smoothie Shop around there." Applejack said, pointing to the shop where Bulk Biceps seemed to be where Octavia and Derpy came for something to drink.

He didn't exactly do a great job with the smoothie. Sunset then shrugged to Applejack.

"How about working with your family?" Patch asked.

"Hmm... Ah s'pose it couldn't hurt..." Applejack replied.

"Better than nothing." Thor said.

"Yeah..." Applejack smiled.

"I'll be visiting the park soon too," Thor said. "I gotta take my sister... Hey, Cherry, you wanna be my date?"

"Oh! Uh... Um... Well, I..." Cherry stammered as she was put on the spot like that.

A part of her seemed to be excited about this.

"I knew you'd be excited!" Thor smiled to her before walking away. "I'll pick you up later."

'What is wrong with you?' Cherry thought to herself critically. 'Just tell him you're not interested in him!'

'But I am.' A second thought said.

Cherry seemed cross-eyed with her internal thinking.

'What is going on in here?!' The first thought asked.

'Ah, come on, loosen up so I can be free~...' The second thought replied. 'Don't you remember that time with Atticus and Elsa?'

'Yeah, I remember.' The first thought groaned.

'So, what're you waiting for?' The second thought smirked.

'No, we're just imagining things!' The first thought argued. 'You just stay where you are! Cherry Butler is never dating someone related to that monster we're forced to call a mentor!'

'Just let me out!' The second thought begged.

'NO!' The first thought glared.

Cherry just sighed to herself as she knew this was going to be an overwhelming time for her.


After a while, everyone went back home and Cherry went to hers, getting new things on her mind as she came through the door, trying to ignore her second thoughts about Thor, thinking it was maybe just a phase or a misunderstanding. Unfortunately it was neither of those. Cherry soon came home and went to lie down on the couch, putting on the TV to get her mind off of the situation.

"Cherry, I hear one of your friends is gonna be working in the new theme park!" Michelle's voice beamed from the kitchen.

"Yeah, Mom." Cherry replied.

"That's great." Michelle smiled.

"Yeah, it is..." Cherry nodded, though sounded distant.

"Oh, it's so exciting, oh, you know what you should do?" Michelle replied. "You should go for support!"

"Uh-huh." Cherry said, still distant.

"Oh, I'm so happy for you!" Michelle smiled. "You're lucky to have such good friends."

Cherry let out a small groan about her mother's naivety. A glow started to come out of her chest.

"What the...?" Cherry's eyes widened and she held her chest. "No, no, stay in there!"

The light soon shot out and where it was a second Cherry.


"No..." Cherry whispered in dismay.

"I'm free!" The second Cherry beamed.

"Oh, no, you're not!" Cherry glared at her double.

"Look, I love Thor, and that's that." The second Cherry told her before running out.

"Get back here!" Cherry called out before chasing after her double. "No one must ever know!"

"Dang it." The second Cherry groaned.

"You are going to stay away until you think about what you've done..." Cherry said, locking up her double in the closet.

"But Thor!" The second Cherry pouted.

"I'll worry about him, you stay put." Cherry glared, shutting the door and locking it.

"Hmph." The second Cherry pouted.

"What's the worst that could happen, really?" Cherry asked herself before seeing Rarity's text about her coming for support and she shrugged, thinking that would be a fair enough distraction and accepted it. She soon went off, thinking her double would stay put.