My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

A/N: Hey, guys, here I am and I am posting on time. So, because I have a shift at the movie theater on Tuesday, the next chapter will be posted on Monday instead, and then back to the regular time a week from today on Thursday. Now it's time to see whether the Apple family will win the cider challenge with the help of Applejack's friends, or if Flim and Flam will win the challenge.

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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 FIVE: AND THE WINNER IS…

Soon the Apple family was catching up as Fluttershy flew through each tree, shaking out the apples so that Pinkie Pie and Apple Bloom could catch them. While Applejack was bucking the trees to get the apples out, Sunrise Blossom was magically removing the apples, and both Pinkie Pie and Apple Bloom were encouraging each other as they ran and jumped to catch the apples.

"Over there, Apple Bloom! Don't miss them!"

"Right behind you, Pinkie Pie!"

Over at the quality control station, Rarity and Granny Smith were working as a team, sorting through the apples and creating a sizable pile of bad apples while sending the good apples into the grinder, which was moving twice as fast with Rainbow Dash and Big Mac running on the treadmill, and they grinned at each other as they ran.

"Good 'un, bad 'un, bad 'un, good 'un…"

"Lovely, horrid, horrid, lovely…"

Twilight Sparkle had taken over on capping the full barrels and stacking them, which she was doing by way of her magic, and she was also keeping track. "Based on these figures, we're making five barrels for every three of theirs!" And the crowd was cheering loudly for the Apple family.

"Keep it up, everypony!" Applejack called out, excited since the odds were now in their favor. "We're back in this!"

Meanwhile at the machine, Flim had been sipping his apple cider when he saw what was going on, and he spit it out in his brother's face. "Come on, brother, we've gotta pick up the pace!" he yelped.

"Right, uh, double the power!" Flam agreed and they increased their magic, so the machine worked even faster, and was now sucking up whole trees and not just the apples.

Flim checked the quality control area and saw that it was vetoing the bad stuff, and there was very little good stuff getting through. "We've gotta try something else!"

"I've got it, brother of mine," said Flam and he pushed a button that override the quality control and soon the Cider Squeezy 6000 was dinging with green lights as it shot out even more barrels then before.

Flim high-hoofed his brother. "Well done, Flam! We're at top productivity!" And the crowd was spilt in cheering for both groups.

'Those darn cheaters,' Twilight Sparkle thought sourly and called out to her friends. "C'mon, Rainbow Dash, keep grinding!"

Rainbow Dash, however, didn't want the Flim Flam brothers to win. "We don't have time for quality control if we wanna win this thing!" she shouted and flew away, leaving poor Big Mac to be spun in circles on the treadmill, and she dove for the baskets of apples.

Granny Smith yelped and swatted the blue pegasus away. "Get back, you!" she warned, standing in front of the baskets, scowling. "One bad apple spoils the bunch!"

Rainbow Dash looked to the orange pony for help. "Applejack, help me!"

Applejack, however, agreed with her grandmother. "There's no point in winnin' if we cheat!" she stated.

"We'll just have to work harder!" Twilight Sparkle agreed. "C'mon, everypony!"

Realizing that they were right, Rainbow Dash flew back down to help with the grinder. "All right then, double time!"

The contest continued and when the sand ran out on the hourglass, Mayor Mare called out to the two teams. "Time's up!"

Hearing this, both the Apple family and the six ponies groaned as they all collapsed on the ground, exhausted from working so hard

The crowd was cheering while Mayor Mare counted the two stacks of barrels to figure out which team had won.

Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom were lying on their backs next Applejack, and they were panting. "We're proud of you, Applejack."

Applejack smiled at them. "Thanks."

"Integrity like that will always be… rewarded," Twilight Sparkle added.

"Definitely," Sunrise Blossom agreed.

By this point, Mayor Mare finished counting and she announced the winners. "Flim and Flam win!" And the crowd gasped, shocked to hear that the Apple family had lost.

"Wh, wh-" Apple Bloom stammered, shocked.

"We… lost?" Applejack asked, shocked that after all their hard work, they had ended up losing everything to the brothers.

Flim beamed at the Apple family. "Daww, too bad, Apples."

"Guess you'll just have to find a new line of work that doesn't match your names quite so… perfectly," Flam added snidely.

"Now should we tear down all these tacky old buildings and put up new ones, brother?" Flim asked, gesturing to the farm.

"I don't see why not, brother," Flam agreed, putting a new sign on the booth. "After all, this isn't Sweet Apple Acres anymore. How about 'Flim Flam Fields'?"

Rainbow Dash was furious that her friends had lost. "I ought to press you into jerk cider!" she began, flying forward.

Applejack grabbed the blue pegasus by the tail, stopping her. "No, Rainbow Dash," she said sadly. "A deal's a deal." And she turned to the brothers, who were laughing. "Congratulations to y'all," she told them while Big Mac was hugging Apple Bloom, who was sobbing. "The cider business in Ponyville… is yours. C'mon, Apples. Let's go pack up our things." And they started for the house.

Thrilled, Flim filled several mugs with the apple cider and set them on the booth. "Fear not, everypony, there's more than enough cider to go around," he announced as he and Flam laughed.

Applejack noticed that no pony in the crowd was going near the brothers. "Go ahead, everypony," she insisted. "Go on, y'all. It's okay." And she walked past her friends, who were all upset and Pinkie Pie was crying.

"Drink up, Ponyville!" said Flam happily as three ponies took mugs of cider. "Down the hatch!"

The three ponies drank the cider and seconds later, they spitting it out in the faces of the brothers and grunting in disgust at the taste.

"I can't get the taste off my tongue!"

"Mine's got rocks in it!"

"I wouldn't pay one cent for this dreck!"

Flam was taken aback and glanced at the mugs still on display, realizing that it had come from the last batch barrels that'd been made when he overrode the quality control station. "You wouldn't pay even one cent?" he asked uncertainly.

"No!" the crowd shouted.

Flim and Flam mumbling to each other, trying to come up with a plan.

"How about two cups for one cent?" Flam offered.

"No!"

The brothers mumbled to each other again, and made a new offer. "Two bits for a barrel?"

"NO!" the crowd roared.

"It looks like we've encountered a slight… problem here in Ponyville," Flam remarked nervously.

"No pony wants our product. Next town?" Flim suggested.

Flam fully agreed. "Next town. Let's go, Flim!"

"Let's go, Flam!"

They jumped onto the Cider Squeezy 6000 and drove off.

Applejack watched them go, amazed by the turn of events. "They're gone."

"That means Sweet Apple Acres is still in business!" Twilight Sparkle announced, happy that her friend was going to get to stay.

"Plus we can have high quality Apple family cider!" Carmel added.

Apple Bloom yanked down the sign and set up the first barrel. "Because of this silly competition, we've made enough of our cider for the whole town!" she announced and the crowd cheered.

After selling the apple cider and making sure that Rainbow Dash did manage to get some when Pinkie Pie surprised her with an entire barrel, Applejack decided to write a letter to Princess Celestia.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I wanted to share my thoughts with you. I didn't learn anythin'! Ha! I was right all along! If you take your time to do things the right way, your work will speak for itself. Sure I could tell you I learned something about how my friends are always there to help me, and I can count on them no matter what, but truth is, I knew that already too.

A/N: Yay! The Apple family is still in business! See you all on Monday! Bye! R&R everyone!