Applejack sighed and dejectedly rested her head on her brother's shoulder.
"Big Mac?"
"Eyup?"
"We're toast."
"Eyup."
And not the delicious apple jelly covered kind of toast either. The sonic rainboom that'd saved Ponyville from a bioterror attack had also thrown all the apples in Sweet Apple Acres to the ground, ruining the crop.
This also made Apple Bloom the subject of more teasing than ever.
"Nice lack of cutie mark, Apple Blown-Up!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon snickered as they pranced past.
Apple Bloom's eyes narrowed as she dug her hoof into the apple-splattered ground. "If this wasn't a children's show," she muttered to herself. "I'd tell those two that they could stick a silver spoon right up their-"
"Hey Apple Bloom!" Scootaloo interrupted. "Sweetie Belle and I are gonna go ask Zecura if she can help us get cutie marks in occult magic! Wanna come?"
"Why not?" Apple Bloom agreed sullenly "Maybe she can teach us how to put a hex on Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon."