"Fluttershy, ya'll doin' anythin' tomorrow?"

"Well, no. I was thinking that maybe if it was all right with you, I could, maybe… if it wasn't too much trouble, I wouldn't want to impose…"

"Gettin' ta spend time with you would never be an imposition." Big Macintosh re-assured her as he nuzzled his mare-friend.

"I was hoping maybe I could help you on the farm."

"Shoot, you sure, darlin'? It's not exactly easy or safe work…" He didn't mean to sound like he was saying she couldn't, but he was worried she might end up getting hurt. That would almost ruin the surprise that was supposed to come tomorrow.

"Well, I know, its just… I always wondered what it would be like to be born an earth pony…"

"Well… sure. But Ah wanna make sure Ah kin keep an eye on ya, keep ya safe. 'Kay, sugar cube?"

"Oh of course! Thank you so much!"

Well, Ah'm not sure how this surprise will work now, but… Oh well. Ah'm sure she'll love it. Ah've been workin' on it fer… well, a year, actually. Since she told me 'bout what happened.

"Anyway, if ya want ta see the real life of an earth pony, then ya should be up around the time an earth pony gets up. You able to be at the barn at 5:30?"

"Yes, of course! In fact, I usually get up at 4!"

"Ya'll gunna have breakfast 'fore you come ta the barn?"

"Eeyup! Ah will!" Fluttershy replied, actually replicating Applejack's accent rather well.

"All right. Ah guess that settles what Ah'm doin tomorrow. It's actually gettin' a bit late. Ya'll want me ta walk ya home?"

"You know every time you ask I'm going to say yes." She replied as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

He smiled as they began to walk to Fluttershy's house.

Ah really was wondering what Ah was gonna do… but this is convenient.

"So… you ever think 'bout marriage when you were a filly?"

"Oh yes, I thought about it plenty of times. I honestly couldn't imagine what sort of a stallion would want someone as quiet as me…"

"Quiet ain't a bad thing…."

"R… really? It seems like I always end up talking most of the date…"

"Ah don' mind. Ah'd probably end up boring ya to death, since all Ah do is either farm or read for the most part."

"You read?"

"Eeyup."

"Oh… do you ever talk with Twilight Sparkle?"

"Ah know Miss Twilight. She an' Ah occasionally meet when Ah'm pickin' up a book."

"What do you think about her?"

"Well, she seems nice 'nuff. Though she seems too… Ah don' know the word for it…"

"What are thinking of?"

"Well, she always talks to me like Ah'm… not stupid, just… Ah don' know."

"Wow… I can't imagine why Twilight would purposely be mean…"

"Ah know she don' mean to be, it's just somethin' she's used to."

"Oh, I'm certain if you said something she would understand…"

"Naw. She doesn' do it as bad as some people. Plus Ah don' think it would be the nicest thing in the world to ask."

"Oh. Well, anyway, I'll see you at 5:30."

"Huh?" Oh. We're here.

"Ah guess Ah'll see ya tomorrow mornin', sugarcube."

"Yeah." *peck* "I'll see you tomorrow!"

Fluttershy closed the door, and began to hum a country ditty she heard Applejack sing to herself.

"Oh, I wonder what was on his mind… he has something else going on tomorrow, but I can't put my hoof on it… oh well." She spotted Angel Bunny standing near the door, giving her a look that told her he wanted to hear gossip.

"Angel Bunny, I get to help Big Macintosh on the farm tomorrow! I'm so excited!"

Angel Bunny gave her a confused look. It was an odd thing for anyone, much less a gentle mare like Fluttershy to want to do hard labor all day.

"I get to spend the entire day with Big Macintosh, silly! That's why I'm happy!"

Angel Bunny gave a shrug and a look like he understood the feeling.

"Do you have someone special, Angel?"

He waved his paws frantically in a no.

Oh, yes he does.

"What's her name?"

He gave her a look that told her he wasn't ready to introduce her. Being a fully grown bunny that still lived depending on someone else wasn't exactly something to brag about.

"Well, anyway, I'm going to have to trust you to keep order around here while I'm gone. You can do that, right?"

The little bunny saluted her in confirmation she was right.

"Thank you. Anyway, I'm going to bed. I am going to have to be bright eyed and bushy tailed by the time I get to Big Macintosh's. Goodnight, Angel."

He waved her goodnight, then hopped out to his own rabbit house.

"Big Macintosh! Yer home! How'd yer date go?"

"Great. Would you mind if Fluttershy came over an' helped us on the farm 'til her surprise shows up?"

"Nope. Though Ah'd like to know how you convinced her to help us."

"Ah didn't. She asked to."

"Really?"

"Eeyup."

"Do Ah get to know what her surprise is now?"

"Eeyup."

"Well?"

"Well, what, Applejack?"

"You gonna tell me what the surprise is?"

"Ah found her parents."

So. Suspense ending anyone? I honestly didn't plan on ending the chapter here… but then I saw how it looked and at first I was like "Maybe…" but then I was like "HECK YEAH!"