Episode 7
"Apple Family Reunion"
Preparations are being made for the annual Apple Family Reunion. It's an event where nearly all members of the Apple Family come together in one place, a day to have run and enjoy each other's company one more.
Sweet Apple Acres is the place chosen for this year's Apple Family Reunion Day, and Applejack is determined to make this as memorable as possible. Unfortunately, some bizarre events happen around the site where the reunion is being held, threatening to ruin everyone's day.
Based on the Friendship is Magic episode with the same name.
[Beginning of Episode]
Applejack looks at her family's wall calendar and notices that tomorrow is the first weekend since the Spring Equinox
"Well," she said, reading through important dates until she reaches the one marked as important. "The first weekend of Spring is commin'. And you know what that means?"
She turns around to the living room where her siblings Apple Bloom and Mack are sitting.
Apple Bloom gives off a blank stare of confusion. "Uhh...what?" she asked, trying to read the calendar from her place.
Mack says nothing, waiting to see if his little sister is able to remember what important day is coming up, at least to the Apple Family.
"What? You've forgotten?" Applejack responds. "It's our annual Apple Family Reunion!"
Apple Bloom is caught by surprise at the important event that's coming up. "What? Another Apple Family Reunion?" she asked. "It felt like yesterday since it happened."
Applejack places her hand on her face, shaking her head. "Don't tell me that you've forgotten," she said. "The Apple Family Reunion is a yearly event members of the Apple Family gather together in one place. Well, at least the ones who are close to us and live in this part of the world. Truth us, we've got thousands of Apple households handling their own orchards and families, so we'll expect to see about a hundred of them to come here."
"What about Granny Smith?" Apple Bloom asks, wondering about if their grandmother will be able to come.
"Oh, right. Her," Applejack responds. She looks off towards the room that is formerly reserved for guests until Granny Smith suddenly grew tired and semi-permanently occupied the room. "That poor old lady. Last year, she's fine as a ripe old apple tree. But in the months since our last reunion, she's gotten sick. I think it's her age. She might be nearing the end of her lifespan." Applejack then averts her gaze towards the old lady, feeling concerned about her age.
"Wait," Apple Boom realizes. "Does that mean that Granny Smith will-"
"Let's not get too grim right now," Applejack reminded. "We don't want to revisit memories about our parents." She then turns directly towards Apple Bloom. "Granny Smith used to be the planner for the reunion every time the place of gathering is Sweet Apple Acres." Then she looks at Granny's room once again. "But now that she's sick and unable to leave her bed, I guess the pressure's now on me."
Mack snaps and turns towards his younger sister at the notion of taking over her grandmother as the planner for the reunion. "Wait, Applejack? Why do you get to be in charge?" he asked. "I'm the oldest children of this household. I should be in charge."
Applejack turns towards Mack. "You think you're up to the task, big brother Mack? The truth is, as she feel into sickness, Granny Smith trusted me to handle the Apple Family Reunion should the location of gathering be Sweet Apple Acres. This year, I'll get the chance to set up for the reunion, as this year's location is right here. Sweet Apple Acres.
Apple Bloom starts to feel tired about the approaching reunion. "Man, it feels so long since the last time a family reunion is get at this place," she said. "It feels like I was born at the last family reunion."
Applejack goes to the household mailbox and opens it up, only to find that it is filled to the brim with messages from other relatives. She takes them all out and brings them to the family house, where she sets them down on the coffee table. Meanwhile, Mack looks through the family's online inbox and notices that there are many more households coming from far and wide.
"Oh my," Applejack gasps after going through several letters. "We've gotten messages from relatives from all over the country that they are coming. We've got visitors from the northern highlands, the eastern deserts, the mountain foothills, the big city. We've got so many visitors that I lost count."
"This'll be a larger reunion than last year," Mack concludes. "We've gotten several more extension since last reunion."
Suddenly, someone knocks on the front door of the house, catching everyone's attention.
"Coming," Applejack said as she walked towards the door to answer it.
Waiting just outside the door is a red-headed school girl with green eyes holding an apple on her hand.
"Hey guys," the girl greeted. "Ringo here! I'm here for the Apple Family Reunion today. My first one."
Mack and Apple Bloom were confused by this girl who claims to be a member of the Apple Family.
"Wait, what?" Mack asks. "What is this stranger doing here?"
Applejack turns around to her siblings. "This isn't a stranger," she replied. "She's our relative."
"What?" Mack and Apple Bloom gasped at this revelation.
Ringo enters the house as she explains why she is here. "So, I decided to take a break for a while from Primp Academy," she explains. "Seriously. All these work and mysterious events are putting a strain on my back." She then takes a stretch. "I figure that I should take a short vacation out of the academy for the family reunion."
Applejack looks at the calendar, only to notice that the reunion isn't until tomorrow. "Ringo...what are you doing here a day early?" she asked, switching attention from Ringo and the calendar. "The reunion isn't until tomorrow!"
"I figure that I should come here for an additional day just to see how the reunion is set up," Ringo answers. "Seriously, it's been years since my parents have come to your family's-err-our family's reunion. You can blame the distance we have to travel just to come here. I came from Japan, so you can imagine how far I have to travel."
Mack looks through the list of visitors and recalls where they live. He realizes that some of them come from practically the other side of the world. "You're not along, and you're not the worst," he assures. "We've got relatives coming from farther places than Japan, and they come to the reunion annually."
"Well, guess I'm not the only one who has to travel halfway around the world just for this one event," Ringo said as she tosses and catches her apple. "So...how do we set up this reunion? I've never been to one before, at least for this family."
"How about we go through the memory book to remember the memories they this family have?" Applejack suggested, stepping towards the stairs. "Then you'll get a picture of how the reunion is run?"
"Sounds perfect," Ringo gladly accepts.
Applejack smiles. "Of course it is," she replied. "Now, wait here for a moment. I'll be going upstairs to the attic to grab the memory book from there." She then walks up the stairs into the second floor, then travels up even more stairs and a ladder to get to the attic. There, she tracks down the location where the household usually keeps the memory book and takes it out of the piles of dust and cobwebs. Then, the takes the book down out of the attic and into the first floor.
While Applejack is busy trying to find the family album, Ringo walks around the house along with Mack and Apple Bloom and notices that there are a few family members missing.
"Where's your grandmother?" Ringo asks. "Or parents for that matter?"
"Grandma Granny Smith has always taken care of us when we were growing up," Mack explains.
I can tell you that she is the strangest, most eccentric old lady you'll ever seen,
"However, since last year's family reunion, Granny's been fallen into sickness and is unable to walk on her own," Apple Bloom added. Then she turns to the former guest room, now occupied by Granny Smith. "I think her age is catching up to her."
"As for our parents..." Mack begins. Then he ponders for a moment, trying to reach deep into his memory bank. "You know what? I've forgotten a lot about my parents since Apple Bloom was born."
"Why not?" Ringo asks.
"They've been...gone for most of our lives," Applejack explains. The trio looked towards the living room and saw that Applejack there, sitting on a couch with the family photo album opened up. She doesn't look cheerful, though.
Ringo walks up and sits down next to Applejack, wondering what's gotten into her. "Applejack, you look so sad," she observes. "Why is that?"
Applejack sniffles up, wiping the tears off of her face. "It's just..." she tried to say, but found the topic to depressing to talk about during a time of family gathering. "Never mind. Forget the parents thing. Just focus on setting up for the event and don't think too much on our parents."
Ringo leans closer to take a better look at the album. "So...what should we do to set up our reunion?" she askes.
Applejack flipped through some of the pages, looking back in time to see the memories stored in these pages. "Well, the first thing we should do is do put the things that are usually there in every reunion we do," she replies. "Now, the first thing we should do is-"
Applejack then notices that Ringo is lifting the left page up. Something caught her eye there, and she is curious about that photo. Applejack, disappointed that a newcomer to the reunion is ignoring the necessities in favor of her own interest, decides to slap Ringo's arm away from the album, causing quite the disturbance in the living room.
"Whoa!" Ringo yelped as she yanked her hand away from the pages of the album. "Hey, I was just looking."
There is a picture of the family quilt, with the caption explaining its purpose. Each square represents a member of the Apple Family. A square is added every time a new member of the Apple Family was born, and one was removed for each that passed away. It was never meant to be completed.
Then, there was this picture of the time when everyone realized that baby Applejack has the appetite of a grown man. Apple fritters are a traditional food item prepared by the Apples, for the Apples. During one reunion, uncle placed a plate full of them on the table, only to notice that all of the fritters are gone. Upon looking under the table, he found the baby Applejack, who ate them all.
Then there was the Tri-Legged race, where two pairs tie their legs together and race for the finish. Granny Smith used to play this game with her cousins, and never won a single one of those.
Pretty normal stuff for a reunion.
During the night, Applejack stayed up sitting at her bed looking at the family album. She is deciding what to include in this year's reunion, as evident by the piles of paper stacked up besides her.
As she is working, Ringo enters the room, yawning from tiredness.
"Applejack, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Ringo asks, yawning.
Applejack ponders for a moment. "I've been thinking, Ringo," she said. "This reunion might be a bit more than I was expecting. I was entrusted this ability by Granny Smith. But all I got is this pile of idea about what to do."
Ringo lets out a smile as she sits down on the bed next to Applejack. "Oh, Applejack," she said. "You might not be able to fir everything at once. Just try to include the necessary stuff first. Other things go second. This is your first time planning out a reunion. Just don't go overboard."
"It's okay, Ringo," Applejack replies. "I'll try."
Ringo giggles as she is assured that this'll be just like any other reunion. "Sweet dreams," she blessed as she stands up and leaves the room.
Applejack lets out a smile as well. "You too," she replies.
Ringo closes the door and Applejack is back at work. While she is trying to figure out what else to include, behind her back outside, a single lone slime falls out of the sky.
Morning dawns on the orchards of Sweet Apple Acres, and it seems like there are several supplies waiting for the organizers outside. Apple Bloom, Mack, and Ringo all slept peacefully as they all prepare to wake up. Just as they're about to wake up, a loud cowbell rings outside, startling everyone into a state of wakefulness. Except for Granny Smith, who still continued to sleep peacefully.
"Rise and shine, folks!" Applejack calls as she rings on the cowbell. "It's time to set up for the reunion!"
Apple Bloom, Mack, and Ringo all exited the barn looking tired and not prepared for the day ahead.
Apple Bloom clears her eyes as she is exposed to the bright sunlight. "I feel so tired now," she complains. "More tired than last night!"
Mack almost tripped on a rock on the path and slumped to a nearby fencepost. "I think I'm feeling...dizzy..." he said, holding on to his head.
"Just when I was about to end my sleep cycle," Ringo said.
Applejack claps her hands as she calls for everyone to gather around her. "Alright, everyone," she said. "The reunion's starting in a few hours. I saved you some of the effort by having all the supplies here and ready. But the decorations and tables have not been set up. We'd better work as fast as we can before the first relatives arrive."
Apple Bloom leaned on a fence post, feeling exhausted from being suddenly woken up. "Please sis..." she groans out. "Could you at least give us a rest?"
"We can rest later, Apple Bloom," Applejack said. "Let's get working, everybody!"
Applejack's got all the supplies for the reunion ready and right outside. Except for the apples. Naturally, that means that the Apple Family has to run inside and retrieve some of the preserved apples and get them outside. The apples are stored in barrels, meaning that they have to be rolled out. Ringo attempts to help, but found the barrel to heavy to move, forcing Mack to come in and help her out.
So instead, Ringo tries to help out with the decorations that really sell that this is a reunion. She grabs a stool and brings them to the desired place. She frequently fell when setting up the decorations, mostly because she's never done this before.
Meanwhile, Applejack runs around the orchard setting up arrow signs and ribbons. It looks like she is planning some sort of race. After she's finished, she then sets up a apple bobbing event, a staple in the Apple Family.
With the decorations and the reunion all set up, it is time to set up the banner. Ringo does the task of doing that, this time she is holding on to the pole as she is being lifted up by Mack. She reaches into the hook, snags the string onto it and lets go. The reunion has finally been set up.
"Well, everything's finished just in time," Applejack announce. " We should be getting our first visitors right about..." She then looks off into the distance, only to see a dust cloud being kicked up. "...Now."
"That usually happens?" Ringo asks as she got down. "They come here as soon as we're done with the decorations?"
"Our relatives usually wait just outside the orchards until the host location is done with the decorations," Applejack explains. "It is rude to enter a celebration before the organizers are prepared."
Suddenly, an slime fell out of the sky and slammed on Applejack's head, knocking her hat down on her face.
"Ow!" Applejack yelped.
Ringo turns around and look at Applejack's feet. There, there is a red slime that's laying there. "Huh?" she said. "Where did that slime come from?"
Applejack lifts her hat up and adjusts it. "I don't know," she said. "I think it fell right out of the sky." She then looks up at the sky, only to find nothing. "Huh? There's no flying objects flying over us? Weird..."
Soon, the main area of the farm is crowded with relatives. As soon as they arrive, they are taking to each other after being separated for possibly a long time. Some are hugging each other and others are updating each other on recent events.
Apple Bloom looks around as she found herself surrounded by relatives. She seems overwhelmed by the amount of them that are here. "Wow, I don't remember this family having so many relatives," she said. "This farm is jammed pack with them." From behind her, someone tapped on her shoulder, prompting her to turn around. "Huh? Who is there?"
Apple Bloom turns around and sees a cousin, with skin a little darker than hers and with some lighter colored streaks in her hair. She says nothing as she waves hello to Apple Bloom, trying her hardest to pull off a smiles.
Apple Boom was confused. She remembered who this cousin was, but not her name. "Excuse me?" she replied, unable to recall this cousin's name.
The cousin then speaks up. "You don't remember me, do you?" she said. "Fine. Name's Babs Seed. Just here for the reunion." She then offers a handshake, turning her body away from her cousin.
Apple Bloom then kindly accepts the handshake, though without breaking out a smile. "Yeah, sorry if I forget about you," she admitted. "It's kind of hard to keep track of everyone when there's so many relatives to remember. Hey, mind if you tell me what's happening recent-"
Apple Bloom is cut when Applejack comes in an interrupts them.
"Alright, youngsters," she announced. "Time to have some fun at the race course I set up." She then starts to push Babs and Apple Bloom towards the location of the start line.
"Wait!" Apple Bloom yelled. "But, shouldn't we catch up with each other first?"
Applejack stops pushing and allows the youngsters to walk on their own. "You can have some bonding times while you're racing," she said.
"But, what about focusing?" Apple Bloom asked, looking more worried about bonding with relatives.
"Just work on short converstions with long breaks between interactions," Applejack told them. "Well, relatively long, actually. You get the point. Now, let's move on!"
Apple Bloom and Babs looked at each other as they wonder what's going on with Applejack today. She doesn't seem very concerned with bonding time, only being more concerned with setting up events within the reunion that will create memories.
Apple Bloom, Babs, and several of the kids in the Apple Family all gathered up together at the start of the orchard race around the farm. In the distance on some hills, some flag markers are visible marking each leg of the race. Since this is a Tri-Legged race, that means that cousins pair up and tie one of their legs together.
Babs looks off into the hills, seeing that the footrace is way longer than it seems. "Uhh…" she said. "That's...kind of...excessive...for a footrace..."
Apple Bloom then turns towards nearby Applejack, wondering how she set it all up in one morning. "You set all this up all morning long?" she asked. "We were wondering where you went."
"Well, I had to include some traditional tasks for this reunion," Applejack said. "This being one of them. Fair warning. This race is a bit longer than the previous races of the last several reunions, so don't expect this thig to be easy."
Apple Bloom scoffs as she rolls her eyes.
Applejack then pulls out a black and white checkerboard flag and holds it out in front of the racers. "Alright, y'all," she announces. "Let's get going. Hope you make some memories." She then raises the flag high into the air. "On your marks, get set...go!" She then flicks the flag down, prompting everyone to race. However, one of the pairs messed up their start and tripped before they even got past the starting line.
Then Applejack got something to cross her head. "Oh. Better check on those apple fritters," she said. "It's nearly lunch time." She then runs off to the dining area.
Nearby Mack uses this opportunity to take a photo to remember that moment where someone tripped just after the race started.
Meanwhile, Ringo is looking a bit worried about how the reunion is going. "Umm, do you think that Applejack is taking things...you know...a little to far?" she asked.
Mack lowers the camera. "I think she is," he said as the pair who fell got back up and continued with the race. "I'm not sure that twelve-year-olds are equipped to handle a strain like that." Moments after he finished, yet another slime has fallen down, this time on this head. Much to the surprise of Ringo. "Ow!" Mack then rubs the spot where the slime it his head.
Ringo steps away from the slime as her eyes widen at this strange event. "What the-?" she gaped. "Another slime has fallen? Oh, this doesn't look good. I'll be losing my appetite for gelatin foods at this rate."
Near the cooking pots, some of the Apples are making some apple fritters, all while talking to each other about the old memories they gained during the reunions.
One of the Apples spoke up to the others about one of those moments. She turned to the other cooks and spoke to them. "So there is this moment where Aunt Rose is cooking up some food and then her dentures fell out and into the cooking pot itself!" she said, catching the attention of the others. 'We spent the entire day looking for those dentures and by the time we found them, it was already too late. Also, the dentures was cooked."
The other Apples had a chuckle as they recall that moment. "Oh yeah," one of them replied. "I remember that."
Then, Applejack came in to check on the food production. "Having fun yet gals?" she asked as she stepped in. The other gals nodded. Then Applejack looked at the places full of apple fritters and noticed that there might not be enough for everyone to enjoy one. "Well, you better pick up the pace," she told them. "We want enough food to serve every last relative."
One of the relatives looked at the table where some of the Apples are enjoying a serving of apple fritters. "But...isn't that enough?" she points out.
Applejack walked towards the preparations table as she cleaned her hands. "You'll do the same process except speed it up a little bit," she told. "Like this." In nearly record time, Applejack grabbed a slice of apple and a lump of dough, rolled them up into a sphere and set it aside. She made the apple fritter much faster than what the gals are doing. "Now you try." She then steps down from the preparations table.
The gals looked at each other and give a shrug. They then got to work on those apple fritters, preparing them much faster than before. This does prevent them from talking to each other, however.
"That's it, gals!" Applejack said, encouraging the gals to keep on going at this pace. "Now, try to keep it up for a while." She then steps away from the dining area, but not before snagging a serving of apple fritter and taking a bite out of it.
Meanwhile, Ringo and Mack are standing by as Ringo calculated the amount of servings they will produce over the whole day.
"...That's a lot of servings per Apple relative," Ringo noted. Then she turns to Mack. "Are you sure this is enough?"
Mack ponders for a moment, recalling the appetite of each of the Apples. "Well, there are some of use who are a lot hungier than others,' he replies. Just ask baby Applejack. Besides..." he then takes another look at the gals as they create a pile of uncooked apple fritters. "Yeah that's a little excessive."
While the gals are working on those apple fritters, a green slime fell down and tore through the roof of the stand. The gals are freaking out by the sudden appearance.
"Ahh!" one of them screamed. "A fallen slime!"
Everyone aside from Ringo and Mack began to run away from the dining area as the green slime chills out on the table.
"And again," Ringo observes. "Another fallen slime."
Mack scratches his head in confusion. "What is going on here?" he asked. "Who's causing all of this?"
Apple Bloom and Babs Seed are just about to finish the race together, becoming neck and neck with their other cousins. They seem pretty exhausted by this point, having expended all of their energy into this race.
Just to add insult to injury, on the final stretch of the race, a yellow slime fell down and landed right on top of Apple Bloom, knocking her head down and making her fall. She brings Babs down with her.
Babs got up and immediately checked on Apple Bloom, inspecting the bruise on her head. "You okay, Apple Bloom?" she asked. "That slime just hit you hard!"
Apple Bloom lifted her face off the ground, looking very injured from both the fallen slime and falling to the ground. "My face..." she groans.
Somewhere in the farm, a contestant is ready to bob for apples, when all of a sudden, a purple slime fell down right on the tub used for bobbing apples. "Ahh!" everyone screamed as they ran away from the tub.
While everyone is panicking and not paying attention to the sky, Applejack walks around the farm looking at all the falling slime. "Uhh…" she groans. "This is getting strange. Something crashin' into my family's reunion."
Then, a slime fell on Applejack's head, sticking to it. Applejack yelps and runs as she tries to get it off her head. "Ahh! It's on my head!" she screams as she ran around, swiping at the slime. "Get it off! Get it off!"
Somewhere within the orchard, Ringo is pushing a lone blue slime with a shovel, looking for a place to put it,
"Ugg...where did I put that pile of blues?" Ringo said, looking around the area. Then she looks away for a few seconds and turns back to the shovel, only to find that several more slimes have landed right on top of the blue slime she is pushing. "Oh, for the love of apple worms!" she yelled in frustration.
Meanwhile, somewhere outside Sweet Apple Acres, several members of both Team Sonic and The Rainbooms watch from the roof of a building as they witness a rainfall of slime falling on top of Sweet Apple Acres.
"We're experiencing some bizarre weather patterns over Sweet Apple Acres today," Manic said as he took down the binoculars.
"Should we come in and help them out?" Pinkie suggested.
Several of the members looked at each other. They can only agree on one thing.
"Nah," they all replied.
"What?" Pinkie asked, confused by their decision. "You're saying that we should not help?"
"Those slime are nothing more than a nuisance," Sonic replied, pointing his thumb towards the rain of slimes in the distance. "I'm sure that the hundred of so relatives will be able to handle this."
"And besides," Rainbow added. "This isn't our problem. It's hers. If Applejack can handle this on her own, why should she need help from us?"
Slimes continue to fall on Sweep Apple Acres as all the relatives run around screaming and panicking. The ground is soon covered in slimes, and people are tripping on them at every inch of the farms.
Amidst the chaos, Ringo approaches Applejack while covering her head from all the slimes. Applejack is looking like she could burst into a fury of frustration at the wrong word.
"Hey Applejack," Ringo greeted as some slimes bumped her arm. "Don't you get the feeling that today's weather is..." She then looks around and up to the sky. "Bizzare?"
Applejack shifts her eyes towards Ringo with frustration as the reunion isn't going as planned. "I can clearly see it," she replied. Then she looks up at the falling slimes with eyes. "It's raining slime today. Slimes with...eyes, of all things."
Another slime landed next to Ringo, catching her attention. "Oh. Those are Puyos," she explains. "They might be powerless by themselves, but together, they become powerful. Match them up, and your powers are boosted as they disappear into thin air." She then looks around, trying to see if there is an outsource for the power given by the Puyos. There isn't. "However, since we aren't dealing with any monsters or anything like that, they're nothing more than nusience."
"Oh, they called Puyos?" Applejack asks, looking around at her feet. "Man, if only they could come during that battle with that guardian. Well, this can't get any worse, right?"
Despite the constant rain of Puyos, Applejack remains untouched by the Puyos. That is, until one manages to land on her head just after she mention that things couldn't get any worse. A cloud of anger fills up Applejack as she starts to lose it.
Ringo shifts her eyes away, chucking at the timing. "So...that's the reunion for you," she chuckled. "Hehe..."
Applejack does not see the funny side of this. She is so annoyed over these slimes with eyes that she can't hold on the anger any longer. "ENOUGH!" she screams, which stopped everyone around her. They continued to get pelted with Puyos as they stand there. "This is getting too much for me to handle. It's getting too annoying for all of us to tolerate. I was expecting a huge mind-blowing event that won't be forgettable. Instead, I got this mess." She then lets out an angry sigh. "How are we going to create any memories with these things around?"
Ringo then gets curious. "Hold on," she said. "Did these things happen to your family before in any reunions?"
Applejack shook her head, calming down. "Uhh...no," she responded, looking around and trying to recall. "I don't remember seeing something like this in any of the previous reunions."
Ringo gets excited as the sea of Puyos reaches the midpoint of their calf. "This could be a great opportunity to create a memory of this event!" she said. "Look at this! Tell me what you see." She grabs Applejack by the neck and presents the view with her arms.
Applejack looks around the farm just as the rain of Puyos stops. All she could see are her family members trying to figure out how to get rid of these Puyos. "I see family members having a rough day all because of these slime things called Puyos," she responded brutally.
Ringo lets her arm drop as she frowns. "Whoa. That'll be a rough memory," she said. Then something came into her head. "But...if we clean this up ourselves, we'll remember this year as the year we recovered from a setback!"
Applejack was surprised by this idea. "Really?" she said. "Are you sure that this'll work?"
"We'll just have to wait and see," Ringo answered.
The Apples gathered into one place as they continue to look at the Puyos.
"Urg!" Apple Bloom grunted. "These slimes, they are infuriating us!"
"They're messing up the whole reunion!" Babs added.
"How are we going to get rid of them?" Mack asks.
On the second floor balcony, Ringo taps a microphone she set up a few minutes earlier, calling the attention of everyone.
"Attention all Apples!" Ringo announces, silencing everyone as they turn towards her. "These strange slime things that are plaguing our reunion are known as Puyos. While they look intimidating at first due to their sheer numbers, they are actually really easy to get rid of them. All you have to do is to match four of the same color together. Then, they'll disappear." Ringo makes arm movements that empathizes with the actions she is calling for them to do.
Apple Bloom looks at a lone blue Puyo, and then looks up to see a pile of three blue Puyo, connected together. "You mean like this?" she asked, kicking the blue Puyo into the pile of three Puyo. As soon as the four blues connect, they stop in midair and vanish into air.
Ringo gets excited by this. "Yeah! That's it!" she responds. "Now keep going!"
Several more relatives then join in on the act and started to clean up the farm of Puyos. They collect three Puyos of the same color and then knocked a fourth of the same color into the pile of three. And then, the pile disappears. Some relatives even managed to set up the Puyos in a way that makes another pile of same-colored Puyo to disappear, creating a chain which clears the Puyo even faster.
Ringo gets pumped up and keeps on encouraging the relatives to keep up the pace. "Ha! Now they're clearing up," she said. "Keep it up, everyone. There's still more to make disappear!"
More and more relatives jump in to clear the Puyos, setting them up in ways that started a chain. Over time, the piles of Puyo become smaller and smaller, turning from a pile of what seems to be hundreds of thousands into nearly nothing. All within a couple of hours. With over a hundred relatives clearing up the Puyos together, the farm is cleared up after over two hours of work.
Once those two hours of cleaning up are over, everyone stops to catch their breath. "Phew!" Applejack said, wiping the sweat off of her head. "That'll be a year to remember. Something crashed our reunion as we're enjoying it, but we cleaned up the mess that they created."
Everyone cheered as the Puyo mess is over. They can now continue on with their reunion as usual.
Ringo hands over the microphone to Applejack to congratulate everyone with the work that they did. "Good job, everyone," she announces. "This'll be a moment that is worthy of a family picture. Sadly, Granny Smith along with the other elderly relatives who are absent will not be featured in this year's photo, but at least we did something memorable in their absence."
No Apple Family Reunion would be complete without a family photo in front of the place they're all gather in. In Sweet Apple Acres' case, its in front of the barn. While everyone gathers in their usual places, Ringo is placed front and center along with Applejack, Mack, and Apple Bloom. She's placed there for her contributions in solving the problem at hand.
The reunion continues for a few more hours until sundown. By this point, everyone is packing up, ready to go home.
"Bye everyone," Applejack waves along with her siblings as the relatives leave. "We'll see you next year...or earlier." She then drops her hand. "Man, today just took an unexpected turn."
Ringo then walked up behind the Apple siblings. "Yeah, I know," she replied. "All these Puyos just showed up and almost ruined everything."
"Good thing that they can be easily removed," Apple Bloom said.
Ringo turns to Applejack as she gets ready to leave. "Well, Applejack, I hope to see you and your family someday within the next year," she said.
Applejack smiles to her cousin from far away. "You too Ringo," she said.
Ringo smiles back as well. "Oh, and before I leave, I have to tell you something," she said. Before Applejack could ask, Ringo placed her hand on Applejack's shoulder and tell her something she should keep in mind. "Please cut down on the absurdity of the events within the reunion. Reunions are meant for a time of family bonding, not as an event where crazy things can happen. The only exceptions are that Puyo incident or that time where an elderly lady accidentally lost her dentures when trying to cook."
Applejack tilts her head. "Oh, really?"
Ringo nodded in response. "Yeah," she replied. Then she makes her way out of the farm, waving goodbye to the Apple siblings. "Bye everyone!"
"See you next reunion," Applejack says as she waves goodbye. Apple Bloom and Mack returned to their house.
Applejack then turns around and gets ready to head back inside. As she turns, she caught something moving in the trees. She turns her head, only to found nothing there the next time her gaze passes through that place. "Huh?" she said, confused. "I swear I saw something moving in the forest."
Applejack then shrugs it off and continues on back inside her home. As she closes the door, two shooting stars flew across the evening sky, landing someplace behind Sweet Apple Acres.
[End of Episode]
From the Author:
This episode is named after the Friendship is Magic episode of the same name. So, naturally, you think that the events would follow that episode very closely. Well, not in this case. Things turn from Applejack learning about what makes something memorable into something about a thing messing up the whole reunion. Bet you saw that one coming as soon as a slime fell of Applejack.
I produced most of the dialogue for this episode while I was at a reunion I had with my family, so consider this a coincidental episode production.
Next episode will be the start of the arc that introduces the fourteenth main character of the series. Stay tuned for that.
Written by TheAPPstore
Sonic the Hedgehog characters property of Sega
My Little Pony characters property of Hasbro
Cameo from Puyo Puyo, property of Sega
