Ch.4: Applejack's Boy Problems; Wolfurio's Girl Problems
A short while later, after searching the whole farm, Marvin, Dialga, Skyress, and Spike found Applejack trying to hide behind a cart of apple tarts and Wolfurio trying to hide behind the shed next to it. Cautiously, they went up to the orange Earth Pony and Haos Knight before Spike spoke up.
"Uh, guys?" The orange filly and her guardian jumped with a yelp before turning to the two boys and two guardians and sighed to calm down.
"Oh, it's only you two," Applejack said.
"Don't scare us like that," Wolfurio growled but not too angrily. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"We should ask you that question," Marvin answered, crossing his arms across his chest. "What exactly was going on back there? We've never seen you two blush like that before."
"And try not to cover it up," Dialga added firmly. "As the Bearer of Honesty, Applejack, you are not much of a liar. And we all know how you hate lying, Wolfurio." Applejack and Wolfurio sighed in reply, knowing that they got them there.
"Promise ya won't laugh?" Applejack answered. "I…I get…" She blushed before she finally fessed up. "I get shy 'round French hunks like Peter!"
"And I get shy around beautiful forest maidens like his guardian Virizion!" Wolfurio blurted out. Marvin, Spike, and their guardians blinked in reply.
"You think he's a hunk?" Marvin replied. "Well, coincidentally, Applejack, he thinks you're pretty cute yourself."
"And I don't blame you for finding her beautiful, Wolfurio," Dialga said to him. "She thinks you're quite handsome yourself."
"Yeah, but the problem is…" Applejack explained sheepishly, "ev'ry time a French guy comes near me with his fancy talk 'n' charm, I get more nervous than a worm 'n early mornin' that I tend to speak like a loony. I'm 'fraid I might say somethin' that might offend him."
"And whenever a forest maiden approaches me with her attraction towards me," Wolfurio sighed with embarrassment, "I couldn't think straight. And I'm afraid of saying something that's going to make her slap me in the face."
"And Peter has a tendency to rush things a little too quickly," Marvin sighed with a groan.
"Unlike Virizion," Dialga sighed with a shake of her head, "although she likes to flirt a little."
"How dya know that?" Applejack and Wolfurio asked with arched eyebrows.
"We knew them from college," the Martian and Time Dragon answered in unison.
"Oh…"
"Well, I'm sure if we can tell Peter and Virizion about your problem—" Spike started before Applejack shoved a tart into his mouth.
"That one's on me," she said quickly, "and don't y'all even think 'bout it! If Peter learns I'm shy 'round guys like him, it might upset him. And I don't wanna do that!"
"And I don't want to break Lady Virizion's heart if she finds out I get nervous around girls like her," Wolfurio added quickly. "Please don't tell them?" The two boys and their guardians would have protested if it wasn't for the look they were giving them.
"Fine," Skyress finally said, "but you will have to sooner or later on your own. Understand?" Applejack and Wolfurio sighed with both relief and defeat.
"Fine. Now if y'all would excuse me, I hafta go check up on Apple Bloom 'n' Babs Seed." She then left to look for her little sister and cousin.
"And I need to make sure Fraxure and Charmeleon aren't getting into the swords again," Wolfurio added, going off to find his little brother and cousin.
"Well, now what are we gonna do?" Spike asked after swallowing his chewed up tart.
"We help those two get together," Marvin answered, causing the little dragon to turn to him with shock.
"And that goes for their guardians as well," Dialga added, causing Skyress to turn to her in shock.
"But we promised Applejack—" the green phoenix started.
"They didn't say we can't convince Peter and Virizion to take it slowly for them." Spike and Skyress immediately noticed the sly look in their eyes.
"Ooh…I gotcha," Spike replied with a wink. Then the four of them headed into the farm fest to try and look for Peter and Virizion.