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Chapter 4
"Whoo-eee, Granny Smith!" AppleBloom exclaimed. "That sounded like a lot of fun!"
"I'm with AJ, Granny." Applejack agreed. "You probably have tons of photos!"
"You bet your cutie mark! Granny's gonna get 'em."
Granny returned moments later with the Apple family scrapbook. She sat on the floor so Applejack could see, and AppleBloom was swept into the air by Applejack, and placed on the aforementioned mare's lap.
Granny opened the album, and there were pictures of Granny and all of her times having the time of their lives. Then, she drew her granddaughter's attention to a photo in particular. It was a photo of her blowing out her candles.
"Got 'em all in one shot!" Granny explained.
AppleBloom and Applejack shared a look of delight. They both knew that blowing all your birthday candles out on the first blow was good luck.
"When did your good luck come, Granny?"
"Well, Applejack, it all started around the socialising part of the gathering…."
Everypony was enjoying themselves at Granny's party, either catching up with each other, having casual conversations, or talking about the drama they were caught up in.
Granny was just walking to the cider, thirsty from all the fun she was having so far. Before she could get a cup, however, she felt a hoof pulling her somewhere.
"Little warning would have been nice, Autumn!"
Autumn Withers was an Earth pony with a dark red coat, an orange mane, blue eyes, and an autumn leaf for a cutie mark. She was best friends with Granny Smith.
"I know, but I there's somepony I know who's been DYING to meet you!"
"Did they show their muzzle?"
"Yeah, hang on."
"APRICOT!"
"YEAH?"
"I GOT HER!"
Apricot was able, with some difficulty, to make his way over to the mare in question. He has a mane that would remind one of wood. His coat is fiery red, like his temper, and his eyes are a beautiful emerald green. His cutie mark is a mug of apple cider.
"See, your grandfather was a friend of one of my friends. He had come to the party because my friends were putting in good words for me, and wanted to make my acquaintance."
"Your friends basically set you up with Granpappy Apricot!" Applejack gasped.
AppleBloom looked confused, not knowing what setting one up was.
Applejack noticed her expression, and narrowed her eyes.
"You should know what that is. You and your friends tried to do it to Cheerilee after finding out she was single!"
Granny, after sending a dirty look in Applejack's direction, began to explain.
"Setting somepony up, dearie, is basically when you find somepony for another pony, based on their character, and then try to get them to start dating."
AppleBloom gasped. This was, spare a few details, verbatim* what her and her fellow Crusaders had done to their teacher!
"Now, where was I?" Granny questioned.
"Uh, Granpappy Apricot?" AppleBloom reminded.
"Oh, yes, Thank you, AppleBloom!"
"After Autumn introduced me to Apricot, she left us to get to know each other. It was kind of awkward at first, more so for me,but we were teenagers, so nopony could blame us."
Neither Apricot nor Granny could start the conversation. They were too busy staring at the wall, the refreshments, or counting how many nails were in the ceiling. Autumn saw that her best and close friend were having a hard time conversing, and finally decided to do something about it.
"How about playing some good old 2 truths and a lie?" Autumn proposed.
Granny didn't like that game very much, despite being the best guesser. She prefers the truth over mendacities, but neither she nor Apricot had anything better to do.
Granny knew that the conversation was not progressing, and would continue to do so unless they played the game.
Granny sighed. "Fine, we'll give it a try."
So Granny and Apricot thought of 3 facts. None very personal, of course, because both ponies only knew each other for 15 minutes.
" I got it." Apricot said at last.
"Let's hear 'em" Granny responded.
"I was teased for being scrawny, I got my cutie mark after winning a drinking contest, I have my mother's eyes."
Granny thought about it.
Then, she had the answer.
"The second one!"
Apricot was slack jawed after hearing this.
Autumn as well, for Granny had justed shaved 5 seconds off her record!
"How did you know that?"
"I can tell when somepony's lying. Now here are my facts."
"I was the first to earn my cutie mark*, This party was a pleasant surprise for me, I really like apple cider."
"Uh, second one?"
"Nope!"
"third one?"
"Nope!"
"I guess that just leaves the first one."
"Yep! It was the opposite for me. I baked my first pie when it happened."*
"I was one of the first, but for selling cider, not drinking it."
"Uh, do we go to the same school?" Granny asked
"Yeah."
"Then let's exchange addresses, and meet up sometime!"
"Sounds good to me!"
So they did just that, and enjoyed the rest of the party together.
*Explanations
Verbatim is word for word in Latin
This is proven a lie in S1E12 when Applejack mentions to AppleBloom that herself, Granny Smith and Big Macintosh were the last to earn their cutie marks.