"Please clarify!" Time Steve demanded.

"AJ was feeling real sleepy, and now is yelling about apple spirits and cider barrels in the sky!"

"Apple Bloom, take us to Applejack. We need to go figure this out. This sounds super important," Sabre requested. Apple Bloom starts pulling Sabre's hand, dragging him to the point where they are almost jogging, with Time Steve following close behind.

"How bad has she lost it, Apple Bloom?" Time Steve asked.

"She's lost the blooming plot!" Apple Bloom exclaimed. She then stops dragging Sabre as the 3 are now in front of the baron's door dark red doors with a slight violet touch and white edges around them. Sabre and Time Steve opens the doors, and they see Applejack, surrounded by 8 apples.

"Oh- Applejack... are you... okay? Why are you surrounded by apples?" Sabre slowly asked.

"Yer stay awah fom ma appawls or eh genna twist ye like a wheel!" Applejack snapped, almost whacking Sabre, who moves back just in time.

"Okay, something definitely happened here, but what? Come on Sabre, think..."

"AJ, how are your apple friends doing?" Granny Smith came in, a bright lime coloured earth pony with wrinkles, and a white combed mane and tail, with the tail being rather short. The cutie mark on Granny Smith is an apple pie. She's also alarmed by Applejack's behaviour, she is trying to play along until the real situation could be dealt with.

"They doin' good ol' lady, but soon the big red stallon gonna com back n stomp on em! I will fight ardar than he can knack a hole in da wall for deez appawls!" Applejack replied, raising the pitch in her voice.

"What could be happening here- OH- Time, go get Green Steve, the one outside the Steve Village- Go get him, now!" Sabre demanded. Time Steve nodded as he silently teleports, to avoid accidently burning the roof.

"Sometimes I see thee barrawls rain frhesh appawl cidar and then ah lil brown twig trip meh up and ai see tha appawl spirits."

"She's just gone completely nuts! This can't be her alone that's causing her to go mental- I don't know what the hay is wrong with her!" Granny Smith exclaimed as she explains to Sabre the situation. Apple Bloom weeps, worried for her big sister. Granny Smith pulls her in for a hug. Time Steve then reappears, with a Green Steve wearing a turtle helmet. But he also brought a Violet Steve wearing a purple helmet.

"He wasn't home, so I had to grab the leader. He also told me to get Violet too."

"Hello, what is the issue?" The Green Leader politely asked.

"Well, Applejack lost her mind and we think something, or someone has done something. Time came to you two as the Green and Violet Steves do focus on health and that. Can either of you do anything about it?" Sabre explained.

"Hmm, let me have a look," Said the Violet Leader, walking to Applejack.

"Don't touch mah appawls or y'all be spinnin' well 'ard like a windmill yer nutty!" Applejack yelled, but the Violet Leader remains unfazed. He strikes a single lightning on Applejack.

"I can definitely say something happened, but I don't know how to put it."

"I might be able to see what it could be." The Green Leader walks up to Applejack and strikes a single lightning.

"I can definitely detect something on her," The Green Leader explained.

"An enchantment of sorts is placed within her, but I don't know how to put it."

"Well is it possible you can do something about it? AJ over there is losing their mind and well, that enchantment or whatever must be destroyed," Sabre responded.

"I'm unable to remove this enchantment. I'm terribly sorry, but there's nothing we can do," The Green Leader apologized.

"S... so AJ will be like this f... forever!?" Apple Bloom cried, now putting her head against Granny Smith's neck, underneath her chin.

"No- We will get to the bottom of this, Apple Bloom, I promise you," Sabre replied with a serious tone. Apple Bloom knows Sabre isn't one to give up until a problem is fixed. She believes in Sabre.

"Hmm... do those apples have names?" Time Steve asked Applejack.

"You dumb or wot, of cos thay dao! Chaotic, Unbreakable, Repulsive, Strength, Energy, Return, Enchanter and Reject," Applejack answered.

"Those... aren't the most positive of names... but okay," Sabre slowly responded.

"SHUSH SHUSH SHUSH! SHUSH! Appawls have feelins of der own ya nutcase!" Applejack yelled, covering Sabre's mouth with the whole of the left foreleg. Sabre steps back, then looks at Time Steve, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith, the 3 of them equally concerned and worried.

"You three, can we all talk outside, please? Green and Violet, keep looking over Applejack," The 4 of them walk outside of the barn, closing the doors behind them.

"How long has she been like this?" Sabre asked, looking at Apple Bloom and Granny Smith.

"Time Steve came here saying she weren't well, then she just went completely nuts... I don't know what could've happened- She was fine in the morning and now this... something definitely happened. The names must have some hidden message," Granny Smith replied. She looks at the bar doors and sighs, worried and concerned for her older granddaughter.

"Could those names mean anything, Apple and Smith? You two have known her for the longest, so, any ideas?" Time Steve asked.

"I don't know! This isn't like AJ! Somepony has done something to her!" Apple Bloom cried.

"Time, we should uh- We should go tell the others. This isn't good," Said Sabre, before looking at Apple Bloom and Granny Smith.

"You two, look after AJ okay. Green and Violet in there will help. They're abilities revolve closely around health, so listen to what they say, and hopefully Applejack may get better." Then Time Steve summons lightning, him and Sabre teleporting shortly after.


Sabre, Time Steve are back where everyone else that was fighting the Demon Steves, at the bottom of the path that led up to Canterlot, with some exceptions. Soarin and Spitfire had left, Shining Armour went to gather more Colourless and Royal Guards currently in Canterlot, Professor Red and Assistant Steve had returned to the Red Kingdom. Meanwhile, Fluttershy has regrouped with everyone else at the bottom of the hill. Spike is also present as well.

"Is Applejack okay Sabre?" Rarity asked with a concerned expression on her face, like everypony else. Sabre knows they're very worried for Applejack.

"Well... how do I put this- She's gone completely off the rails shall we say, gonna be honest," Sabre replied. He isn't quite sure how to put how bad Applejack has gone insane.

"Imagine Pinkie Pie, but way more hyper, had a few hits to the head and then digested lots of pufferfish- That's basically what Applejack's like at the moment. She has completely lost it. Mentally, she has completely lost it," Time Steve clarified further than Sabre's reply.

"She also gave eight apples names and they weren't... all positive names. She's also saying stuff about apple spirits and cider barrels on the sky... yyeeaahh. She's... Applejack has gone insane," Sabre went into more context.

"Could the names have a hidden meaning?" Starlight wondered.

"Maybe those names could lead us to the cause of the loss of AJ's sanity," Spike agreed with Starlight.

"My only guess right now is that it's possibly Nightmare Steve, but he wasn't anywhere near Sweet Apple Acres, so-"

"Nightmare Steve!?" Light Steve exclaimed, interrupting Sabre. He hasn't heard that name in a very long time.

"Yeah Light, he was the one in charge of those demons. It'd make sense why Nightmare went to the world below to begin with," Sabre replied.

"I haven't heard that name in ages," Said Dark Steve.

"Also, where's Professor Red and Assistant? We may- We will need them to deal with any of those armoured demons," Time Steve asked.

"They said they've got another project in the works, to replace those mechs," Starlight replied.

"Another wave is coming! They're heading for Ponyville!" Shining Armour yells as he comes running down the hill with more Colourless and Royal Guards.

"According to our best scout Flash, they're marching through a nearby barn," Shining Armour stated.

"A barn? Okay- Wait, which barn!?" Sabre yelled as he questions Shining Armour. He hope it isn't the exact barn he is thinking of.