"So you're actually takin' me back with you!" The evil Applejack taunted to the normal Applejack with a smirk. "It's like you know me better than I know myself. And I know myself so well that I can safely say this is the best decision you've ever made."

Applejack only narrowed her eyes in response. "Now listen here, evil me," She scowled. "I know your creator only wanted to use ya for her own ends, but that's no reason to be lyin' all the time. Lies just get ya into trouble."

"Not the way I see it," The Applejack clone replied. "It's the truth that always comes back to bite ya. I should know, I've had plenty of experience."

Applejack just sighed, dragging her doppleganger along with a rope. "Well, you're certainly makin' this into the most interestin' campin' trip I've ever been on. And I thought the last one I went on was goin' to be hard to top. But we'll see if we can't get you to understand why honesty's more important than tellin' lies. Twilight seems to think you and the other clones can change."

"And you believe her? If so, you're more of a liar than I am!" The evil Applejack smirked.

The stetson wearing earth pony turned around, looking at her clone as she replied. "If I'm bein' honest, I'm not so sure this is the right call to make. But part of friendship means trustin' your friends. I've learned from experience that sometimes, even when I don't really see the point to what my friends are doin', they end up bein' right in the end. So if this is anythin' to go by, it'll probably be the same."

"Whatever helps you sleep better at night," The Applejack clone cruelly and rudely remarked. "By the way, how you plannin' to pass me off? You intend to give me a different name or somethin', or we just gonna call me the real Applejack?"

"Doesn't really matter what I call you, does it?" The earth pony mare with a blonde mane and tail said in an indifferent tone of voice. "All that matter is, you're gonna start workin' with my family and I around the farm. So I hope you like bein' up with the crow of the rooster, double me. If it takes everythin' I've got, I'll make you appreciate the value of an honest day's work. And you'll see firsthoof where lies get ya in the end."

The two Applejacks returned to Sweet Apple Acres later that evening, and the rest of the Apple family living there had already gone to bed.

Despite that, Applejack was quite insistent on making her evil counterpart sleep outside. "I'll get around to introducin' ya to everypony in the mornin' before we start work. For now, though, I don't want any misunderstandin''s if they bump into ya in the middle of the night or somethin'."

"And how do you know I won't just run away?" The evil Applejack questioned. "Not that I would ever think of doin' that."

Applejack just chuckled. "Where in the wide world of Equestria would ya run off to? Last I checked, you don't even know where anythin' is around these parts. If ya ran off, I reckon you'd just get hopelessly lost until I tracked ya down. At least with me you'll get a roof over your head and protection in case Chrysalis ever tries to hunt ya down."

The Applejack clone frowned. "Ya didn't have to make that point, you know."

The stetson wearing earth pony smiled and winked. "Reckon it couldn't hurt to remind ya. So just stay put in the barn, and I'll come grab ya' in the mornin' for a formal introduction." Then she headed inside the farmhouse, ready to call it a night.

As soon as the rooster had crowed the next morning, Applejack woke up, rose from her bed, and headed out to the barn. Sure enough, she found her doppleganger sleeping amidst some straw.

The evil Applejack groaned as she was roused from sleep. "I was just restin' my eyes a bit," She insisted, then asked the pony she was a copy of. "So, you're really goin' to do this, huh? I reckon there's no chance of us talkin' it out?"

"Nope," The freckled earth pony replied with a smirk. "It has to be done before the chores can get started," She grabbed her evil counterpart by the hoof. "So come on, let's get a move on! Time's a wastin'!"

A short time later, Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom were all shocked and surprised to be greeted by the sight of two Applejacks, one of which was noticeably discolored. Apple Bloom was the first one to ask. "What's goin on here, Applejack? How come there's a pony who looks just like ya?"

Applejack wasted no time in providing the explanation. "It's a long story, Apple Bloom. Basically, Queen Chrysalis made clones of us so that she could steal the Elements of Harmony. It didn't work, and these clones are all that's left of her poorly thought out plan."

"And you just brought your clone back here?" Granny Smith inquired, sounding more surprised than outright angry.

Applejack nodded. "Yup. Twilight figured maybe we could help 'em learn how to be proper ponies and come to understand our ways, give us all a chance to see if we really are cut out to be teachers," In a more serious tone of voice she added. "I don't much like it, but if Twilight thinks it can work I'm inclined to give it an honest shot."

Big Macintosh then asked. "So, what are we supposed to call her so we don't get her confused with you, Applejack?"

"Good question, actually," Applejack pondered. "Hadn't given much thought to it. It's gotta be somethin' simple, though. Don't need to be tryin' to pass her off as somepony she ain't."

The evil Applejack frowned. "Just call me Applejack, I'm every bit as good as the original!"

"But there can't be two Applejacks!" Apple Bloom protested! "We gotta call ya somethin'!" Then it came to her. "Hey, I know, we'll just call you Applejack Two. That should be easy enough."

"Sounds good to me." Granny Smith nodded in agreement.

"Eeyup." Big Macintosh declared with his own sentiments.

Applejack quickly turned to her doppleganger. "Looks like it's settled, double me. From now on, you're officially goin' to be known as Applejack Two."

"Applejack Two" frowned. "Sounds like a silly name to me. But whatever, you're the boss. So unless you wanna call me the real Applejack, Applejack Two is what I'll have to settle for."

The stetson wearing earthpony nodded. "Good, that's settled," And she turned to Applejack Two. "So now that we've got that little detail taken care of, we can get started on the chores." The entire Apple Family then split up to do just that.

Now alone with the original Applejack, Applejack Two was starting to think. She hadn't expected her good counterpart to give her such a simple name to reflect the detail of them being clones (or at least one of them being a clone). "She really meant it about not trying to pass me off as somepony else," She thought to herself. "And she didn't try to hide who I was from her family." Is that what it meant to be honest? To tell the truth even when it would be better to lie?