Chapter 8:
Technology Meets Magic Part 3
"Applejack, can you be a little nicer to Gary?" Twilight asked as she uses her magic to pick the apples from it's branches.
"I don't know, Twi. Ah had dis weird fillin' of not trustin' him just yet. First, He ate mah apples that I work hard growin' them and second, he is makin' weird experiments with mah farm tools back at the barn" Applejack explained as she kicks the tree. "Speakin' of Gary, where is he?"
"He's still under the same tree where he hurt his leg" She replied. "Hold on,what do you mean by "Experiments"?"
"Well, all ah saw were some flashy lights and pieces of mah farm equipment scattered around"
"Interesting" Said Twilight as she analyzes the information given. "I think I'll go check on him" She added as she arranges the baskets in the cart and began heading to Gary.
Twilight reached her destination but Gary is nowhere to be found. "That's odd, I thought I left him-" She pauses as she heard a hard hitting sound. She looks around and saw Gary who is just few meters away and also punching a tree, but the apples seem to fall from it's branches with every punch.
"You can't be that strong if you can't even kick a tree" Said Twilight as she approaches him. Gary pauses and made eye contact to Twilight, "Hey there, Twilight" He greeted as he turns to face her and revealed his current appearance. He was half covered in dirt, has a crutch in his right hand to keep him balance and a gray gauntlet in his left hand.
"What happened to you? And what's that thing in your left arm?" Twilight asked.
Gary lift his arm showing off his rather heavy looking glove. "Well, since I can't kick a tree without hurting myself, so I went to the barn and made a few finishing touches with this thing and used it to help do the job" He explained. Gary then demonstrates the gauntlet by punching a tree, then apples fell on the baskets. "I think I don't need to explain how it exactly works with the lack of information about tech in this world, all I can say is that this is called a powerfist and it increases your strength of your arm without putting much force"
"I see" she replies, "anyways, we should finish up the harvest soon. I'll call Spike to help with the cart"
Gary nodded and picks up an empty basket and heads to the next tree.
As time flies by, Applejack and the rest finished up the last apple tree and loaded the last cart. They gathered on the open field of the farm to take a break, but Applejack checked Gary's side of the harvest to be sure he didn't skip any. Satisfied, she returns to the tired group to congratulate them for a job well done.
"Good job, everybody. We're able to get it done by noon" Said Applejack who seems to not break a sweat.
"Good, that means I'm done right?" Gary asks and signs in relief.
"Nnope, we're still in the halfway point. Now yer gonna help me bring these carts to the market and sell'em"
"Oh come on! Can't you see I'm in a bad shape? Can you let Big Mac help you with the carts?" Gary complained.
"Big Mac got more chores to do at the farm. And Twi and Spike have already done there part, so they can leave" Said Applejack.
Gary exhaled deeply, seeing no other way to go but help. Gary struggles to stand up, but Spike gave him a hand and handed his crutch. "Don't worry, Me and Twilight will help ya with the carts. Since we're heading to town" Said Spike as heads to the carts.
Before they began their trek to the town's market, Applebloom ran to them followed by Gus and Nathaniel.
"Hey sis! We're comin' too!" Applebloom said as she ran Applejack's side.
"I hope you don't mind coming with you guys, Granny Smith told us to get new and cleaner clothes at Carousel Boutique since this our only clothes we have" Nathaniel explained.
Applejack nodded and leads the group to town, Gary climbed on one of the carts to relax his tired limbs. The Market isn't that far, so it wasn't long to walk over there.
Once they're there, the first thing that Applejack do was set up her stall. She places the baskets on the stalls and grabbed 3 white aprons on one of the small drawers of the stall and handed them to Applebloom, Gary and herself.
"Now, we gotta sell'em. After that yur free to go" Said Applejack as she puts on the apron. "Alright then, we just need to sit here and sell some apples. Sounds easy enough" Gary replied as he sits on a stool behind the stall.
"You guys have fun now, Me and Gus are going to the boutique. Mind telling us where it is?" Nathaniel asked.
"It's dat fancy buildin' over der, ya can't miss it" Applebloom answered back and pointed the direction to the boutique.
"Thanks, well we're off. See you guys soon" Nathaniel said as he and Gus began to walk the direction to the boutique.
"I guess we should get going too, goodbye guys" Twilight said as she went the opposite direction of Gus and Nat. "And we can start the lessons tomorrow, okay Gary?" She added.
"Sure, see you tomorrow I guess" Gary replied as he waves goodbye to Twilight and Spike.
"On yer feet, Gary. We got customers. And hide that "whatchamacallit" of a thing away, ya don't wanna scare them off wid dat thing that they don't have know idea wat it does" Applejack explained.
"Alright, just give me a sec" Gary replied as he removes the large glove off his arm and hid it on one of the drawers. Once the gauntlet is hidden from site, Gary grabbed his crutch and stood up. Then, Applejack gave him a "not so happy" look. "Yur little tool there reminds me of the Flim Flam Brothers, they use there crazy invention to make apple cider much faster but in the ended, it's nothin' but trouble by destroying a couple of apple trees and turnin them to cider. Ah don't know how long yer gonna keep that thing, so I'll keep an eye on ya when i see you usin' those things around my home, ya hear?"
"I hear ya" Gary replied as Applejack glared at him. She then looks away got back to man the stall.
"This will be a long day" Gary said to himself as he stands beside Applebloom to keep his distance from Applejack, not knowing what might happen if he gets to close to her in her current mood.
"Is she always like this?" Gary quietly asked Applebloom.
"Nah, Ah'm sure she doesn't like those kind of things that make things look easier. But she really is a nice person once ya get to know her" Applebloom replied.
"I want to see that kind of Applejack rather than this one" Said Gary as he made a light laugh..