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Doing the Dirty Work [Open!]

How did Applejack stand working so hard around the farm? Her secret was simple: combining work and play. She'd brought the same styl to Hydroponics, where she'd sectioned off a small patch of the ground to be a place for some of the animals to play. The grass was dug up and seeds were planted elsewhere, water was poured, and Applejack herself was pounding her legs into the dirt. Making mud! Her bright orange coat was now coated in brown, and the longer she worked, the further she sank.

But this wasn't very fun. Back home, she'd done---yeah, that was what was missing! She hopped out of her little mud pit, tracked dirt across the grass, and set off at a fast trot. "Yee-haw!"

If anypony happened to be hanging about, they'd be splattered when the large pony came crashing down, rolling in her little pit of dirt. Her hat sat some distance to the side, miraculously untouched by the splattering of mud. Surely most would know to stay away from such a display.

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"Yup," Applejack straightened, her expression hardening. She was going to pull through for her sis.

"She needs me. And she needs Equestria. I've gotta get it back for her."

Of course she was. Yeah, it was still weird to be talking to fucking My Little Ponies, but somehow these were cooler than the ones she remembered. How exactly had they become tolerable, and sorta bad ass?

"Yeah, I meant to ask...what's up with that weird pink pony? She's on another planet, I swear."

"Pinkie Pie? Aww, she's always up to somethin'," Applejack grinned. "Wouldn't be a day in Ponyville without her throwing some party or another. She makes everypony laugh, and that's why we like her."

But she'd secretly admit that it...could be irritating in large doses.

"Oh, ok, so she's just a little nutty then," Mindy said. "Well, I can deal with that. We all need a few crazy, outgoing people in our lives, right?"

Hell, most of the friends she had WERE exactly that, once you thought about it. Sasami and Negi seemed the most normal, and JUST barely when Sasami had a goddess inside her and Negi could go godzilla on you.

"Yeah, that's just Pinkie," Applejack nodded. Glad that they understood each other! "She grows on you after a while. Giver her time, she's a great gal."

"I didn't really have a problem with her, just something I have to adjust to, I guess? But I just wanted to make sure she wasn't, I dunno, a pony enemy or something like that. we don;t have any of those on board, do we?"

"Nope!" Applejack was relieved to say. "Rarity and Pinkie are my friends, and Celestia's my princess. I haven't seen anypony else from Equestria, so we're safe. From people from my home, at least."

She eyed Mindy questioningly. "Why, is someone out to hurt you up here?"

"That's good," Mindy said. "Just curious though. Some of us aren't so lucky."

She shook her head. "I don't think so. If he were here...I'm not sure what I'd do. Run maybe?"

Straight into him so I gut the bastard, she thought darkly.

"We'd be here if something happened, sweetheart," she swore quietly. Oh yes, anyone who tried would be in for a rude awakening, more true that Applejack herself knew.

"Thanks," Mindy said, still not quite sure what to think about sounding like she was being vaguely mothered by a talking pony? Not that it mattered, despite the obvious bizarre of it all, it was just sort of a thing she would have trouble telling Ruffnut or the Overlord.

"So, you wanna finish up that race of ours, AJ?" She asked.

"Sure thing, sugar!" Just like that, Applejack hopped out of the mud and craned her neckk upward. "Where're we off to?"

Sugar? So weird, like she was someone's mom or something. Well, whatever.

She took a look at the Hydroponics bay. "Ok, lets go from this tree to the beer making tree all the way down there. First one there wins!"

"You're on!" Applejack threw her hat back over her head, whooped, and looked over at Mindy. "Ready?"

Mindy was loosened up, stretching. "Ready! Let's do this!"

"Yee-haw!"

Applejack tore off across the field, curious to see how Mindy would do. She was strong for a little human girl.

Oh, she could have a start: Mindy had gotten herself good and stretched, and then she took off, finding herself in hot pursuit with the pony.

She hadn't jumped into her extraordinary speed yet: no, she wanted to beat Applejack fair and square, and that involved her using all the muscles she had. Soon she was neck and neck with the pony, moving with all her body at work.

Applejack looked surprised. "Working hard, aren'tcha?" She kicked up to her full speed, straining hard, but that Mindy sure was something. She was still winning.

"I always do!" Mindy said, straining just as hard. Sure, she could possibly have kicked it into her supernatural speed, but she didn't want to do that: she wanted to win fair and square, and if she didn't, well, she wanted to normally be as fast as Applejack if she could help it.

"How did you get this fast," she called out.

"Herding!" Applejack hollered, sprinting the last bit to see how Mindy would keep up. She was amazing, honestly.

"Can't chase after runaway critters if you can't keep up!"

Mindy was not about to slwo, even if her legs were definitely working overtime and killing her, even if she was working up a sweat.

"I run a lot!" She said, hoping Applejack wouldn't ask for details. Running and shooting and killing was not how she wanted to9 describe her repertoire.

They finally came to a stop, Applejack bent over her front hooves to catch her breath.

"On some kind of track team?"

"Something like that," Mindy huffed, once they were done. It had been a good race, and though it had been close, Apple Jack had finally earned the win.

"What I do requires me to be pretty fast. Good race, AJ. I guess I'm going to have to work pretty hard to beat you next time."

"But not too hard, y'hear? Gotta have time for all that other stuff," she breathed, grinning over at the girl.

"A lot of people keep telling me that," Mindy said, shaking her head. "I dunno, I sorta figured evil aliens that could attack at any minute might be more important than fun."

That was a lie, mostly: she had fun just like anyone else. But she was curious about what Applejack would reply to that.

"Yeah, and I gotta get this ready to feed y'all too. But life doesn't have to be awful."

She tossed her mane again and grinned. "When you don't have time to have work and play, you make the work fun!"

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