The horses stood behind their stables and neighed and whinnied amongst each other as Cherry, Atticus, Patch, and Mo came over to see them.
"Hi, everyone!" Patch greeted the horses.
"Hello, Patch!" The horses greeted back.
"I thought you'd like to meet my owner and friends," Patch told them. "This is Atticus, he's my new owner, that's his girlfriend, Mo, and that's his friend, Cherry."
"Ah, so good to see people visit us equines," A mare replied, almost sounding like Rarity in attitude. "I'm not as young as I used to be, ya know~"
"You act just like Rarity." Mo smiled.
"Who would that be?" The mare asked.
"Friend of ours..." Mo replied.
Cherry nervously came up to one horse and held her hand up so she could stroke his nose as he seemed to glare at her. "N-Nice boy." The perky goth smiled nervously.
"You look a little like Michelle." A mare said.
"Michelle?" Cherry replied.
"Ah, yes," The mare smiled. "A high school girl named Michelle used to ride me all the time before she met Speck's old trainer here and I was sent to live on this farm. Sorry about him, dear, he's a little stubborn when it comes to someone controlling him."
"Wait a minute... You're Wild Thing!" Cherry realized.
"You seem to know Michelle then if you know my name." The mare smiled to her while Speck looked annoyed and angry as usual.
"Well, Michelle is her mother." Atticus replied.
"Well, whatya know?" Wild Thing smiled. "You have her smile."
Cherry blushed to that.
"So, what's the rest of your names?" Mo asked the horses.
"Well, as you know, I'm Wild Thing," The mare replied. "That's Speck..."
"She was asking all of us, Wild Chick!" Speck glared.
"Hush up, Speck!" The beautiful mare scolded before smiling to Mo. "Forgive him, my dear... Anyway, my name is Scarlett, I used to live on a farm from a man named Charles Baker with his grandson, Billy. It's so nice to talk to people without having it to be Christmas and all~"
"It's nice to meet you, Scarlett." Mo smiled back.
"It's nice to meet you too, darling." Scarlett nodded.
Cherry smiled nervously to the horses which reminded Speck a little of Bud's own father who used to be afraid of horses until he learned to train them.
"You're just like your grandfather." Speck said.
"Granddaddy?" Cherry replied. "You knew my granddaddy?"
"Oh, sure," Speck nodded. "Before they allowed him to train the others such as Secretariat and my father, he was a bit scared about us horses. I never knew or understood why, but he would always give us our hay and run out of the barn like a coward."
"Huh..." Cherry commented in surprise as she never knew that about her paternal grandfather before sighing. "I wish I could've met him... Daddy says he died before I was born, but he would've adored me."
"Too bad there's no way to turn back time." Speck said.
"Well..." Cherry looked away modestly.
"Not the time." Mo said.
Cherry pouted to that, but shrugged.
"So, why are you four here?" Speck asked.
"I'm accompanying my little sister while she hangs out with her friends and her newest friend, Ruby's granddaughter." Atticus replied.
"Oh, you must be talking about Miley." Wild Thing smiled.
"Yeah, her." Atticus nodded.
"She seems to be having trouble fittin' in around here though," Scarlett replied. "I'm not sure if she can handle two weeks, she seems more like a city girl. Kinda reminds me of those heiress sisters who were forced to work on the Dairy Farm."
"Why?" Patch asked.
"The heiress girls?" Scarlett replied. "The girls were forced to earn their own money and their father decided it was time for them to start workin' on the Dairy Farm to teach 'em responsibility instead of being selfish and spoiled."
"But of course, they learned their lesson." Speck said.
"Who exactly were these girls?" Mo asked.
"Taylor and Courtney Callum." The horses memorized.
"Huh, surprised we haven't met them, oh, well," Cherry shrugged. "Like Drell would ever send us on a Dairy Farm."
"Yeah," Atticus said. "He only sends us on adventures."
After a while, everyone left the horses.
"That wasn't so bad, was it, Cherry?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah," Cherry replied. "I guess I could go meet Spirit with you guys when we talk to Mom and Dad about the spell."
"Awesome." Atticus smiled.
Darla lay down on the guest bed. "Phew! I'm wiped out..."
"Me too..." Annabelle yawned.
"Farm work is hard..." Amber agreed. "I feel like I could just go to sleep right now."
"Same here." Darla said.
"Why don't you girls take a quick nap until dinner?" Atticus offered. "I'll do any chores you have until then."
"You'd do that for us?" Darla smiled wearily. "Aw, you're the best big brother ever."
"I know." Atticus smiled back.
Darla giggled to him. Atticus patted her on the head and walked off.
"Uh, Atticus?" Darla called nervously. "Don't get in another fight with Lord Beerus."
"Aw, Darla, he's not coming anywhere near here, besides, me and Goku took care of him, you rest with your friends, I'll be right back." Atticus soothed.
"Okay." Darla yawned.
Atticus smiled before gently shutting the door behind them and went back outside while the girls decided to rest since the chores took a lot out of them.
"Alright, so now, what chore to do first?" Atticus asked himself.
"How about the weeds?" Patch suggested before laughing. "Your dad's least favorite."
"Then that's what we'll do first." Atticus said.
Patch nodded as he joined Atticus and helped him.
A couple soon came over to see Ashley and she hugged them and brought out a young boy who had a red race car and brown tow truck toys in his hands.
"Thanks, Mom, thanks, Daddy," Ashley smiled before hugging the young boy. "Hey, sweetie."
"Ma!" The boy smiled back to her.
"Ashley's a mother?" Atticus asked in surprise since Cherry's older brother had a history of not wanting to date girls who had their own kids despite loving kids himself and vice versa. "Wow."
"Oh, hey, guys." Ashley smiled as she carried the boy.
"Hey, Ashley," Atticus smiled back. "And who do we have here?"
"This is Hayden," Ashley introduced. "My special little man. Aren't ya, Hayden?"
"Wightning McQueen and Tow Matah!" Hayden smiled as he showed his toy cars.
"He sure likes his cars." Atticus smiled to the redheaded woman.
"It's all he talks about," Ashley giggled as she set Hayden down on the ground. "Even for his birthday party."
"Pway?" Hayden asked Atticus.
"You play with Hayden and I'll handle the rest of the chores." Patch whispered to his owner.
Atticus smiled and nodded as he decided to sit down and play with Hayden. Hayden gave Atticus to the tow truck toy as he played with the race car known as Lightning McQueen. Ashley came inside to bond more with Bud and Michelle to get to know them better while Michael decided to catch up with Cherry like Shining Armor did before the wedding to Cadence with Twilight. Patch began to handle the chores.
"A race car on a farm?" Atticus chuckled to Hayden.
"Wightning McQueen's the best wacer in the world!" Hayden beamed.
Atticus smiled at Hayden's imagination.
Bud and Michelle smiled as they told Ashley about Atticus and how much he meant to Cherry and Ashley was interested about how well her son warmed up to Atticus.
"So, Ashley, there's this barn party for charity..." Michael muttered to himself as he tried to practice asking out Ashley. "Would you like to come?"
"Is my big brother nervous about going out with a girl?" Cherry smirked since her big brother was often a ladies' man.
"Maybe." Michael gulped.
Cherry smirked until she came to him and saw that his hands were sweaty, his heart beat increased, and he had color in his cheeks. "You really like this girl, huh?" she then asked.
"Yeah..." Michael sighed. "Um... What do you think about her? Because if you don't like her, you don't ever have to see her again."
"Why do you care what I think?" Cherry shrugged.
"Well, you're my little sister, you mean the world to me," Michael rubbed the back of his neck. "I dedicated my life to keeping you happy and safe."
"Hmm... Well... I haven't spent time much with Ashley, but she seems cool enough..." Cherry shrugged as she didn't really get to bond with Ashley.
Cherry looked to her brother as he soon decided to ask Ashley to the dance while Atticus played with her son. Hayden laughed as he liked playing with Atticus with his toy cars, and where, this would help when he would have his own kids.
"Yay, Mater!" Hayden cheered.
Atticus smiled to him.
"Come on, Hayden, time for your nap." Ashley picked up her son.
"Aww!" Hayden pouted.
"Say bye-bye to Atticus." Ashley smiled.
"Bye-Bye, Atticus." Hayden pouted as his mother took him away.
"Bye-bye, Hayden." Atticus waved.
Hayden waved back as he was taken away by his mother. Michael soon came to try to ask Ashley out tonight. Ashley happily accepted, but she realized that now she would need a babysitter for her son, and since he and Atticus got along so well, she decided maybe he would be suitable, and where she was right.
"Here you go," Michelle told Cherry as she handed her the spell so they could go see Spirit. "So nice of you to visit the Stallion of the Cimarron with your friends."
"I have to agree," Bud beamed. "A little father daughter adventure with your friends, Cher Bear!"
"I'm nice." Cherry shrugged as she looked in deep contrast to her parents.
"Besides, this will be Atticus's first time meeting a horse that's not from Equestria or a farm."
"It's so nice of you to do something like that for Atticus," Michelle smiled. "You really do care about him."
"We just shared a room for seven years, he's not like a brother to me." Cherry said through her teeth even though she was trying to hide her true caring toward Atticus's happiness since they were like siblings when Cinderella's family adopted them.
"You show your feelings in your own way." Bud smiled.
Cherry glared as she turned away while blushing before going off to put the spell away for later.
"Our daughter has a soul." Bud smiled innocently.
"Aw, Bud," Michelle giggled. "I wonder if we'll see Miley at the hoedown?"
"Hard to say, but would ya like to be my date?" Bud smirked.
"Why, Bud Butler~" Michelle smirked back.
"Oh, God!" Cherry's voice called out about her parents' relationship before she set away the spell for now. "Hmm... What should I do tonight?" She began to try and think of something to do.
Soon enough, it was getting dark and Atticus and Patch finished the chores. Atticus came to wake up the girls so they wouldn't miss dinner. Darla yawned and stretched as she joined Annabelle and Amber.
"That was a great nap." Darla stretched.
"Glad you girls got some rest," Atticus smiled. "So, would you like to go to the concert tonight? They're having one for charity."
"Yes, please!" The girls begged.
Atticus chuckled. "I was sure you'd like that."
Darla, Amber, and Annabelle soon got ready for the concert.
"Wow, a concert," Annabelle smiled. "How exciting."
"I'm beginning to like the life of an adventurer," Amber added. "Do you think Miley will come?"
"She should." Darla nodded.
"I hope you're right..." Amber nodded back to her.
"Oh, I wonder if we can dance with boys~" Darla gushed.
"Maybe." Annabelle smiled.
"BOYS?!" Atticus's voice asked.
The girls gasped and then giggled to each other about Atticus's big brother instincts flaring up.
"Big brothers." Darla giggled.
"I guess I'll experience that someday." Annabelle replied since she had Charlie.
Amber frowned in slight jealousy since she was an only child, but soon laughed and smiled as her best friends hugged her.
"And who knows, Amber?" Darla stated. "You might see 'him' there."
"Uh... Him who?" Amber smiled nervously.
"You know who 'him' I'm talking about." Darla smirked playfully.
"You never know." Darla shrugged.
Amber looked around as she bit her lip shyly.
After getting ready, the girls soon came downstairs as Ruby was getting ready for Miley to go out tonight as she thought her granddaughter could use a good time. They soon heard knocking at the door.
"Door!" Cherry called out as she read The Pagemaster book which was given to her by someone she had not yet known, but in the very end of the book, there would be a pathway for her to visit the world that the book revolved around.
Michelle decided to get the door since her daughter was 'too busy' to answer it, and where it was Ashley. "Oh, hi, Ashley," Michelle smiled. "You look lovely this evening."
"Thanks," Ashley replied. "I was hopin' that Atticus could watch over Hayden tonight."
"Well, I think that's up to him," Michelle replied before she saw her daughter's friend come in. "Ah, Atticus, Ashley wants to know if you'd like to babysit Hayden."
"Sure." Atticus said.
"Aw, thanks, Atticus," Ashley smiled. "Matt was gonna do it, but he said he had to do somethin' else, so that means a lot to me 'cuz I wanna hang out with Mike~..."
"Matt?" Atticus asked.
"Oh, my ex, Hayden's dad..." Ashley replied before sighing. "He comes over once in a while, but it's mostly just me and Hayden... I'm so glad I met Michael, they seem to get along like a father and son better than Matt and Hayden." She soon brought out a bag full of things Atticus would need.
Atticus accepted the bag. Ashley told Atticus everything about the bag as she was also worried about being away from her son for such a long time. Michael soon came to see Ashley and Cherry looked up from her book to see that they looked truly and totally in love like Shining Armor and Princess Cadence as she began to feel a lot like Twilight right now. After being told everything, Atticus was ready to babysit Hayden.
"Have fun, you guys." Cherry told her brother.
"Yer not comin'?" Ashley asked.
"Nah, Cherry hates country western music," Michael replied as he linked arms with Ashley. "Plus it probably would've been too loud for her."
"You seem like such a good big brother." Ashley admired.
"He sure is." Cherry said.
"Aw, Cherry loves her brother~" Atticus smirked.
"Shut. Up." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
Hayden gasped. "Cherry said the S word!"
"Oh, right, forgot to not say the S word around toddlers." Cherry said.
Atticus soon took Hayden into the other room to play with him. "Have fun at the show, girls!"
"Thanks, Atticus!" Darla, Amber, and Annabelle called back as they were going outside now with Michael and Ashley.