Miley tossed and turned in her bed once the sun was coming up, and where the crow of a rooster was then heard. Cherry grunted as she then forced herself out of bed. Atticus got himself out of bed with ease. Cherry went to the bathroom first before anywhere else. Maisy nuzzled up against Darla.
"Okay, okay, I'm up, I'm up." Darla giggled to her cat.
"I just wanted to make sure." Maisy smiled.
Darla stretched in her bed and rolled out which made Maisy jump onto the floor.
"Ready for the day?" Maisy asked.
"Looks like Atticus is." Darla said as she saw Atticus outside, doing training.
Darla and Maisy looked outside as Atticus was already awake and getting down to business.
"Should we join him?" Maisy asked.
"I suppose so..." Darla replied. "Come on, Maisy."
Maisy nodded and went with Darla to join her big brother outside. Atticus stretched as he embraced the farm life even though he had lived in the city most of his life like Cherry.
"I think I'll like it here." Atticus smiled.
"Morning, Atticus." Darla smiled to her big brother.
"Ah, good morning, Darla." Atticus smiled back to his little sister.
"Do you think Miley is up yet?" Maisy asked.
"I haven't seen her yet," Atticus replied. "Is Cherry asleep?"
"Last time I saw her, she was running in the bathroom." Darla shrugged.
"Should we be worried?" Maisy asked.
"Wait here, I'll be right back." Atticus told Darla and Maisy before going off.
Darla nodded and waited with her cat before looking around for Miley, and where they soon saw the older brunette girl coming out to get some eggs.
"Atticus told us to wait, should we go see Miley?" Darla asked her cat.
"It won't hurt," Maisy replied. "Besides, it'll be just a minute."
"And I have a feeling this might get messy." Darla said.
Maisy nodded in agreement as they went to see the light brown-haired girl.
Miley came into the farm in a country outfit as she was going to get some farm fresh eggs for breakfast. "Here, chick, chick, chick, chick..."
The chickens soon came running out.
"Wah! Get away from-" Miley panicked as the chickens ambushed her and she tried to get away from them.
Darla cringed as she covered Maisy's eyes at the display. Miley soon ran out of the farm with the chickens chasing her. Even if she was a fan of Hannah Montana, Darla found that little funny.
"How long do you think until she figures out to put down the bucket?" Ruby asked Robbie Ray.
Robbie Ray quietly chuckled to his daughter who had lived in the city far too long. Atticus and Cherry soon came out. Miley soon enough set the bucket down and began to collect eggs from the chickens by putting them into her overalls pocket.
"Okay, sleeping in aside, farm fresh eggs are better than store bought." Cherry admitted to Atticus as she still looked tired, but had energy for right now.
"I think you two better get two baskets to harvest eggs." Maisy said.
"That's what we're doing..." Atticus nodded. "I like to help Applejack out on her farm."
"Yeah, especially when you buck the apples off the tree." Cherry chuckled in memory.
"Well, what can I say?" Atticus smiled. "I've got an inner cowboy in me."
"Oh, boy..." Cherry rolled her eyes, though she was actually having a good time so far.
Cherry and Atticus took the eggs from the chickens while Miley was having a bit of bad luck and inexperience about getting eggs or feeding the chickens even though she was born and raised on a farm until her family moved to California.
"That was easy." Atticus said.
Cherry took one egg and sniffed it before grimacing and disposed since it was a rotten egg. "You know what this reminds me of besides Sweet Apple Acres?" she then asked.
"What?" Atticus asked.
"Feeding the chickens with Cinderella." Cherry replied.
"Ohh, yeah, this is just like when we used to help her feed the chickens." Atticus smiled.
Cherry nodded.
"And you were scared of the rooster when you first went in the coop." Atticus then said.
"Hey, he was about to charge." Cherry glared in defense.
"I'm getting hungry." Darla said.
"You're right," Atticus told his little sister. "It's time to get some breakfast."
They soon brought in their eggs.
"Here we go," Cherry told Robbie Ray. "Farm fresh eggs."
"Wow, y'all did better than I thought you would." Robbie Ray was impressed.
"We've been on a farm more than once," Atticus said. "And have fed chickens and harvested eggs."
"Ah, not bad," Robbie Ray smiled. "Uh, have ya guys seen Miley?"
"I think she's trying to feed the chickens by using the tire swing." Cherry said.
"Aw, man..." Robbie Ray sighed about that.
"Should we wait for her?" Darla asked. "I'm really hungry right now."
"Well, we can't wait forever." Cherry said.
"All right, we might as well get cookin'." Robbie Ray told the others.
They soon had breakfast. Cherry smiled as she made breakfast for them all and they all sat down together to eat.
"Wow, I don't think I've seen Cherry smile before." Darla commented.
"Yeah, especially this early in the morning." Atticus agreed, though was happy for his friend.
"By the way, where's Patch?" Maisy asked.
"I'm not sure," Atticus replied. "He was with me when I went to sleep last night, he must be exploring somewhere."
"I'm sure he's fine." Cherry shrugged.
"Anyone wanna come to the farmer's market with me an' Miley?" Ruby invited.
"Ooh, ooh!" Darla smiled. "Me!"
"I'd like to come." Atticus added.
"I think I might stay here." Cherry replied.
"All right, when Miley gets here, we'll get ready." Ruby smiled back to them.
"Great." Atticus smiled before seeing Patch come in.
"Oh, there he is." Cherry said.
"Oh, Patch, where were you?" Darla asked her brother's dog.
"I was out exploring." Patch smiled.
"You're in time for breakfast." Atticus replied.
"Dogs eat outside." Ruby told him firmly.
Patch nodded in understanding as he knew that was going to happen.
Atticus then took some food and came outside to give it to his dog. "Sorry, buddy, it's the rules."
"That's okay," Patch replied. "I don't mind. Besides, we've got plenty of time to be here."
"That's right." Atticus nodded.
Patch soon ate his breakfast and enjoyed it very much. Atticus smiled to him and then went back inside to the others.
"Wow, Cherry, you're a good cook." Darla said, surprised.
"Thanks, and Mo just appeared outside." Cherry said as she saw the tomboy girl through the window.
"What?!" Atticus asked before zipping to the window.
"I better make some more breakfast." Cherry smirked to his excitement.
Mo seemed a little lost as she didn't recognize the farm.
Atticus soon came outside and came behind her. "Guess-"
"YAH!" Mo yelped and pulled him forward, making him fall flat on the ground and she got into a defensive pose with her knife that she kept from the streets in case someone tried to mug her. "Oh... It's you, Atticus..."
"Wow... That was impressive..." Atticus said before standing up. "You're stronger than you look."
"Make no mistake," Mo smirked before hugging him. "So, where are we?"
"Sorry, Mo," Atticus replied. "Welcome to Miley's grandmother Ruby's farm. Uh, how and when did you get here?"
"Just now." Mo said.
"Drell must've sent you..." Atticus guessed. "Anyway, come with me, we're just about to have some breakfast. Cherry made eggs."
"I didn't know Cherry could cook." Mo replied as she walked beside him.
"And after breakfast, me, Darla, and Miley are going to the farmer's market with Miley's grandmother." Atticus said.
"Oh, that sounds like fun." Mo replied.
"Care to join us?" Atticus invited.
"I'd go anywhere with you," Mo beamed. "So, where is this Miley?"
"She was last with the chickens when we last saw her." Atticus replied as he pulled out the chair for her before she would sit down.
And where within a few minutes, Miley came in.
"All right, here we go... One farm fresh egg..." Miley frantically told her father and maternal grandmother as she had one egg in her hand before she saw that the table was now being cleared. "Y'all couldn't wait?"
"Darling, we waited, but eventually we had to get on with the rest of our lives." Robbie Ray told her.
"Plus we would have starved." Cherry said.
"Get yerself cleaned up, Honeybee," Ruby told her granddaughter. "I'm takin' you and some of your new friends to the farmer's market."
Miley forced herself to smile before walking off. "Yay."
"Oh, joy," Cherry muttered as she knew that wasn't sincere. "A Fluttershy Yay."
"Tell me about it." Amber said.
"Oh, Robbie Ray, my gutters need fixin'," Ruby told her son-in-law. "Oh, and my truck is makin' a noise you just don't want to hear."
"I'm on it." Robbie Ray replied as he left the kitchen.
"If you need any help, talk to the foreman," Ruby advised. "Should be out by the vegetable patch."
'I have the foreman might not be a man.' Annabelle thought to herself as she and Amber helped with the dishes.
"Oh, thank you, girls." Ruby smiled to their help.
"You're welcome, ma'am." Amber and Annabelle smiled back.
"But don't go squashin' my squashes!" Ruby warned Robbie Ray. "They're prize winners!"
"The foreman is that lady from yesterday, isn't it?" Amber and Annabelle whispered to Ruby once Robbie Ray was out of the room.
"Ya mean Loralei?" Ruby asked. "Yep, that's her."
"I knew it." Annabelle smiled.
"I had a feeling myself." Amber agreed.
"I just hope Jackson is having better luck than Miley." Darla said to Atticus as they were getting ready for the farmer's market.
"Hard to tell." Atticus said.
As Ruby got ready after they finished the dishes, everyone decided to see Patch.
"So, what did you do when you explored?" Atticus smiled to Patch.
"Oh, I just looked at what animals they had." Patch said.
"Make any new friends?" Atticus smiled.
"Yeah, some horses." Patch said.
"Well, that's good," Atticus replied. "Cherry's dad knows a lot about horses."
"He sure does," Cherry added as she came to see him. "I'm not that into horses, but I like this one story he told me about what he calls The Stallion of the Cimarron."
"Some horses told me that story." Patch smiled.
"Aw, man, that sounds like it could've been an amazing adventure." Atticus smiled back.
"How bad would you wanna meet Spirit?" Cherry rolled her eyes slightly as she wasn't much of a horse person, but she had to admit that the story sounded like quite fun if she got to experience it somehow.
"I'd wanna meet him so badly." Atticus said.
"Hmm..." Cherry hummed in thought before mysteriously disappearing.
Atticus and Patch looked to each other before shrugging. Once Miley was all cleaned up, they joined Ruby in her car and she drove off with the ones who wanted to go to the farmer's market with her. Atticus soon saw something going and where he had a bad feeling about it.