My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
A/N: Sorry for not updating this morning like I normally do, but I got caught up with real life and family stuff. Anyway, time to see who will win the right to sell apple cider in Ponyville, and whether the Apple family will lose Sweet Apple Acres or not. Let the apple cider competition begin!
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER FOUR: APPLES VS FLIM AND FLAM
The next morning, the whole of Ponyville had turned out to see the cider competition take place to see who would have the right to make and sell apple cider in Ponyville. The twins were standing next to the Apple family, who were busy warming up and setting up the equipment that they used to make their apple cider.
"Applejack? Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Twilight Sparkle asked the orange pony as she bucked at punching bag that Apple Bloom was holding onto.
"Me 'n' the family are…" Applejack grunted, bucking the punch bag "one hundred percent confident… in our cider making capabilities."
"And besides, nopony calls Granny a chicken," Apple Bloom added and accidentally got bucked off the punching bag.
Sunrise Blossom went to help the filly up and made sure that she was ok. "If you say so, AJ."
"Attention, everypony!" Mayor Mare called out in a megaphone. It was time.
"Well, good luck," said the twins, leaving to join the crowd.
"Thanks, Twilight, Sunrise," said Applejack. "We'll need it."
Mayor Mare continued speaking into the megaphone. "The teams have one hour to produce as much cider as they can, after which the barrels will be counted and the winner will be named the sole cider provider for all of Ponyville!" she announced and the crowd gasped. "Are both teams ready?" she asked, looking between the two teams.
Applejack glanced at her family as Big Mac pulled his goggles over his eyes. "Ready!"
"Ready!" Flim and Flam announced from their couch.
Mayor Mare nodded and turned to Dr. Hooves, the resident time keeper, and he was standing next to an hourglass with Spike. "Then let's… go!" she ordered and he turned it over to start the countdown.
Flim and Flam used their magic to start their machine, which began vacuuming up apples and making apple cider.
Applejack bucked the apples from the trees, Apple Bloom caught them in a basket, and she set it in front of their grandmother before grabbing an empty basket to fill.
Granny Smith went to work on sniffing the apples, separating the good from the bad. "Ugh, bad 'un. Good 'un! Bad 'un…" and each good apple got tossed into the grinder, which was moving thanks to Big Mac running on a treadmill, and soon they had a barrel filled with apple cider.
"Great job, y'all!" Applejack called out as her brother capped the full barrel and replaced it with an empty one. "We've already filled an entire barrel!"
"I'll bet you those guys don't even have-" Apple Bloom began, only to have her and her family gasp when they saw that the brothers were already ahead of them with a stack of barrels. "What?!"
Flim and Flam grinned at them as the Cider Squeezy 6000 spat out another barrel to add to the stack.
Applejack gulped fearfully. The brothers already had six barrels! How was her family going to catch up?!
Half of the time was already gone and even with Applejack encouraging her family to keep going, they were falling behind since Big Mac had to stop the grinder in order to cap off the full barrels, and the Flim Flam brothers' machine was producing three barrels at a time. While the crowd was cheering both teams on, six certain ponies weren't liking the odds for their friend.
"This is just dreadful," Rarity moaned. "Even at top speed the Apples are only making one barrel to the twins' three!"
"I wish we could help," Sunrise Blossom said wistfully.
Hearing her sister say this, gave Twilight Sparkle an idea and she approached the mayor. "Um, Miss Mayor! Are honorary family members allowed to help in the competition?" she asked.
"Well, I'm not sure…" said Mayor Mare and she glanced at the brothers. "Flim, Flam, would you object to honorary family members helping?" she inquired.
The brothers were lounging on the couch, drinking their own apple cider, and they snickered at the thought of the six ponies helping the Apple family.
"Are you kidding?"
"We don't care if the whole kingdom of Canterlot helps. It's a lost cause."
Mayor Mare raised her eyebrows at them and turned to the Apple family. "Hm, I guess it's okay. Applejack? What do you think?" she asked.
Applejack wiped the sweat off her forehead and smiled at her friends. "I think I'd love to have the rest of my family helpin' out," she declared.
"All right!" the six ponies cheered.
Pleased, Twilight Sparkle turned to her sister and their friends. "Okay, everypony, we're not gonna let those smooth talkers take our friend's farm," she announced and they agreed. "Fluttershy, Sunrise, help Applejack with the trees," she ordered.
"Got it," Fluttershy and Sunrise Blossom agreed.
"Pinkie Pie, you're on apple catching detail," Twilight Sparkle instructed.
Pinkie Pie saluted. "Yessir, ma'am, sir!"
"Rarity, you've got a discerning eye," Twilight Sparkle said. "Help Granny Smith at the quality control station."
Rarity nodded. "Of course."
Nodding in return, Twilight Sparkle turned to the blue pegasus. "Rainbow Dash, do you think you can help Big Macintosh press?" she asked.
"In my sleep!" Rainbow Dash replied. Yeah, she really wanted apple cider, but she didn't want one of her best friends to lose either.
"Alright, everypony, let's save Sweet Apple Acres!" Twilight Sparkle announced and they all agreed.
"All right!"
A/N: Who will win the competition? You'll just have to wait until Thursday to find out. R&R everyone!