Intermission Chapter: Tangerine
Tangerine
"Stop."
The voice of Discord rang from the intercom all throughout the staircase. Phil, eager to complete the remaining challenges as fast as possible, stopped impatiently.
"Discord, what is it?" he asked rudely. "I'm going to the next challenge, just like you wanted."
It's not that," he replied. The author just said he wanted to do...a filler chapter."
"What? Why the hell would he want to do a filler chapter? That lazy shitstain finally completes a chapter after a month and then he wants to do a filler chapter?"
"I know. What a poor excuse for a human being."
"Discord, shut up, you're not even one creature entirely, let alone human. How are we even supposed to do this? Is it happening in here?"
No, he says we're going to be taking it back to Ponyville for this one for the fans who although liking the story, don't like this particular arc."
Phil looked around in mild confusion. "Well, how does he expect that to happen? A majority of the main characters for this are in this tower."
"Through the magic of scene change of course."
"...I need a vacation."
"Hello everyone. My name is Phil Phillips. I am the second child of the Phillips' family, and by some ridiculous circumstances, I was sent to a completely different world than my own."
"Phil!" Twilight Sparkle repeated for the third time. "I'm trying to talk to you here. You aren't monologuing again, are you?"
"I now reside in Equestria, a land filled with vibrant colours and magical talking ponies, such as the annoying, nagging purple one beside me."
"Hey, you're thinking rude thoughts about me, aren't you?! No, you totally are!"
"Until recently, I had been living comfortably out of the kindness of one of these ponies, however, it has been brought to my attention by a certain unicorn that I have not been pulling my weight around here. To correct this, I have graciously decided to assist an associate of my landlord with some of her work to gain some extra coin."
"Phil, would you stop pouting and walk on your own already? I don't want to have to levitate you all the way to Applejack's farm."
Twilight and Phil were both on their way to Applejack's farm. It was Applebuck season, and for once, the Apple family realized their farm was too big to buck on their own and decided to hire outside help. That outside help was Phil, who, due to a few choice comments from Twilight like "you're lazy", and "stop mooching off of Fluttershy", and "are you stealing the library's food?", was now on his way to help buck trees.
The two arrived at the gates of Sweet Apple Acres just as the sun began to rise, bringing an orange pony into visage.
"Applejack!" called out Twilight.
"Hey there, Sugarcube," she called back. "How's the mornin' treatin' ya-oh mah sweet Celestia, what is that?"
Twilight set Phil down on the ground. "Your help."
"What's my name, fool?!" Phil asked the orange pony, his eyes snapping awake. "Oh, sorry about that, I'm just not used to being awake right now. Is the sun even supposed to be that low in the sky?"
Applejack looked over at Twilight as if pleading this to be a joke, but Twilight just gave her a big brimming smile.
"Have fun you two," she called out, galloping as fast as she could back into Ponyville.
Applejack put up a polite smile and held out a hoof to Phil. "Hi there, partner. Mah name is Applejack, and Ah help run things here at Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight tells me you'll be helpin' me out today. Ah hope ya don't mind me askin', but who and what are ya?
Phil yawned. "My name's Phil, I'm a friggin fairy princess, and it's great to meet you. I want to make this as quick as possible, so let's go buck some apples...whatever that means..."
She struggled to keep her polite demeanour at Phil's attitude, but she managed to keep it up. "Oh...well now that we're introduced, why don't Ah introduce ya to mah family?"
The two walked over to an open area where three ponies were setting up a cart. "Hey everypony, come meet the new guy!" yelled Applejack. The three ponies came over with a touch of nervousness adorning their faces. "Everypony, this here is Phil. Phil, this is mah family; this is Big Mac, Applebloom, and Granny Smith."
Phil stared at the ponies for a moment, making them a little uncomfortable, before speaking up. "You're all apple colours," he pointed out. He looked over at Applejack. "Why aren't you?"
Applejack's left eye began twitching as she struggled to remain polite. The pony Applejack had just introduced as Granny Smith covered her mouth with a hoof and chuckled. "Ya' hit a nerve with that one, sonny."
A vein on Applejack's forehead began to bulge. "Ah keep tryin' to tell everypony, ORANGE IS AN APPLE COLOUR TOO-woah, easy there, Applejack. We don't wanna repeat of last Thursday..."
An awkward silence followed her outburst.
"So..." Big Mac said, trying to clear the uncomfortable atmosphere. "We gonna buck or what?"
"I'm just supposed to...kick it?"
Phil and Applejack stood in front of one of the many apple trees needing to be bucked for the day. Applejack nodded, then silently approached the tree and delivered a heavy blow to it with one of her back legs. A multitude of apples fell from the tree into pre-placed baskets sitting at the trunk.
"Just like that," Applejack told him. "Just copy how Ah do it and ya should be able to get some apples after a couple bucks."
"...Am I missing something here?" Phil asked with a deadpan expression. "How am I supposed to copy that? I don't even have front legs."
"Well ya' have those front hooves on your shoulders just sittin' there doin' nothin'. Why don't ya use em for somethin' useful?"
"Don't mock the usefulness of arms! They are useful...just not for this..."
She sighed. "Well, give it your best shot anyway; Ah'm sure it can't be that bad."
Rather than think or have common sense, Phil lifted his leg and swung it into the tree.
In Phil's defence, he was only rolling on the ground in pain for 10 minutes.
"Alright, so ya can't buck trees, but ya can still carry back the apples Big Macintosh and Ah buck, right?"
Phil shrugged. "I can't see why not."
Picking up a couple baskets full of apples, he lugged them over to the barn and placed them in a neat pile. He groaned and walked back over to grab some more baskets.
"This is gonna be one long day."
5 Hours Later
Phil put his back up against one of the empty apples trees and wiped the sweat off his brow. His muscles were aching from the long day's work and he felt a break was in order. In his peripheral, Phil saw Applejack approaching him, most likely to congratulate him on what a good job he did.
"What are ya doing?" she asked.
"Why, taking a break of course. It's been near 5 hours since we've started, I think I've earned it."
"Phil, it's been 20 minutes since we've started, and ya have only carried like, 8 baskets of apples to the barn!"
"9 actually."
"Ah don't care! We still need ya to help."
"Oh come on, Apple...pony. Just let me lie against this nice, cool tree for a little while. Ah, this tree is nice; I like this tree. I'm gonna call it...Spruce Springsteen."
"...Phil, that's an apple tree...not a spruce..."
He rolled his eyes. "Yeesh, sorry I'm not politically correct with my tree puns."
Phil suddenly felt an incredible amount of malice being directed at him. "Phil," she said, veins bulging in her forehead. "Ya better get up right now, unless ya want yer head to be a part of that tree. Am Ah makin' myself clear?"
"...Yes ma'am..."
"Good. Now get back to work; we ain't payin' you for tree humour."
After an actual day of work bringing apples back to the barn, Phil retired beside the large pile of apples he had created. The rest of the apple family went back inside, but Applejack stayed outside to give him his pay. With a bag of bits in her mouth, she approached Phil.
"Good work today, Sugarcube," said Applejack. "Ya did better than Ah expected ya would. Here's yer pay then; 20 bits, as promised."
"Thanks," he replied, trying to knead a kink out of his back.
"Ya look hungry, Phil." she observed. "Would ya like to try an apple or two from the pile? I guarantee, they're the best apples in Equestria!"
"Sure, why not?"
Phil took a bite into one of the apples. Applejack always took a great deal of happiness away from watching a new customer try one of her apples for the first time. The faces they made while declaring the Apple family's to be the best in existence were priceless. She prepared for his reaction with a smug look on her face.
Phil slowly swallowed the chunk of apple, taking in its taste. "It's...it's..."
She chuckled. "How is it?"
"It's...it's...it's pretty good, I guess."
Applejack was stunned. "P-Pretty g-good?
"Well yeah," he continued nonchalantly. "Your apple's good, but it isn't spectacular; little too sweet for my tastes."
"Apple...isn't...spectacular...? Those words...is it even possible to use them in a sentence like that?"
Phil began laughing nervously. "Uhh, Appleback? You okay? You're starting to look a little crazy."
"...Eat another."
"Wha-"
"Eat another!"
"Applerack, really it's fi-...what are you doing...?"
Big Mac paced his house, waiting for the last member of his family to come back inside. "Golly," he said to himself. "What is takin' that mare so long?"
Growing curious, he left the house to check on her. What he found was Applejack and Phil, but what he hadn't expected to find was Applejack attempting to shove a pile of apples into Phil's mouth.
"Eat my apples! They're good!" yelled Applejack.
"Mmmmmphhmhp," replied Phil in kind.
Big Mac sighed. "Ah swear, if everyday in applebuckin' season is like this, Ah'm sellin' the farm..."
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No molestation?! Heresy!
Why I have the felling that the sentiment is mutual?, Phil has a big grudge against Twilight for the hell she send him to? and he will not EVER ate an apple again?
Seriously, I imagine the end of the day with him scream at Twilight and never want to speak to her again. Why didn't put that last part
That Spongebob reference is well appreciated. Thank you, sir.
Hey, Applejack...
Oranges
*runs away*
Blasphemy! Molestation is a must! Especially with Applejack!
Plus Phil should have said that he'd liked oranges better. That would really flip Applejacks lid.
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I like pears...
Ha! Love it. Gotta admit though, the current arc does lack in something, kinda stale or something.
No molesation! Im sure celly was sad to hear that.
Nice
Another HiE cliché is that the human goes to work in the Apple orchard.
when you said you'd get it up you weren't joking wow
Phil ... Orange is not an apple color ...
it's a orange,s color. 
(\(^.^)/) good chapter
I didnt like the filler chapter, Mainly because i have to deal with the Fillers on Naruto, And if you watch it.... you'll know what i mean
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2828439 Am guessing then that Doctor Hooves doesn't like you.
2831530 But he does like mmmmmm, bananas... derpicdn.net/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTIvMDgvMDkvMTdfMDVfNThfNTYwXzcwNDgzX19VTk9QVF9fIl1d/70483__safe_derpy%2Bhooves_doctor%2Bwhooves_muffin_dinky%2Bhooves_time%2Bturner_amethyst%2Bstar_doctorderpy_sparkler_sandwich_banana_artist-colon-saturnspace_family_mother_dinky%2Bdoo_daughter_father.png
But...but I like the story arc...
I really liked this filler chapter, made me chuckle quite a bit.
xDDD I or 1 have no problems with the current story arc. But, this one was fun too. I was genuinely curious as to how Applejack would respond to Phil and it was most excellent!
Btw, what happened Last Thursday?
You could definitely throw her into the tower if you do this right... teehee...
i gotta know......what happened last thursday?
2852650 Okay, that's the second time someone asked me what happened last thursday. What do you mean by this? Did I murder a man in my sleep or something? I really don't know what you're talking about...
2852949 in the intermission chapter. Applejack says "we don't want a repeat of last Thursday" (roughly what she says). What happened last Thursday? what is she talking about?
2854472 Oh shiet, I forgot about something I myself wrote. And with that kind of joke, it's suppose to be left to the reader's imagination what happened, and what caused her to freak out that thursday. Butttt, just imagine someone asked if they sold oranges at her apple stand and leave it at that.
Oh man, that's funny. I always wondered what would happen if a human didn't like the apples. They always seem to think they're godly in fics.
At least now that particular curiosity has been satisfied.
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Well, he can...
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2868410 Hnng...damn you...first one...so adorable...diabetes...eminent
2868615Really? You to?
2877380 Me three, four, and five. The artist who drew that deserves like, a fountain in his honour...maybe even a sign
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2868675Please? We all know that Chetland is best pony. They are compact and can carry alot for there size.
Ha! Well on your way to pass my ratings I see. Did I tell you or did I tell you?
You owe me a cookie or some form of baked good when that occurrence.... Occurs.
Oh, and Flutters Glasses says hello.
And something about Stan. Yada.
2897172 Well maybe that wouldn't happen if you updated! I need my Stan fix man. I ain't gonna last much longer without it
Oh, and something about Phil, yada.
2898687 Copycarp©
Anywho, even if it requires me wearing a qwerty-keyboard-shaped hole in my tablet's screen, it'll be done by sometime next week.
I feel obligated to put some wit into this comment... But whatever, my laziness hasn't completely worn off yet.
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Well since Celestia's a immortal goddess or the next best thing, as far as I'm concerned, provided it doesn't get too weird, is that if she's into roleplay she can dress as whatever she wants. I mean, in this scenario she's presumably not manipulating me into becoming her wet-work man via whoring out her sister to an alien her student summoned, trying to turn me into a pony against my will, or something equally terrible.
DID ANY BODY MAKE A LED ZEPPELIN REFERENCE YET!!!!!! Or did I miss it
gah ha ha ha ha ha applejacks mind broke omg
So I read all York chapters in like 4hrs I don't really car for the lust and molestation of the story but this is fucking funny as hell so ill like avid fav.
Keep up the good work and Phil and Fluttershy should happen or Luna.
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More?
hey, whens are yeh gonna update?
is this story dead or is the autjor being really frickin slow?
Are you dead author?
Yes...... Eat all the apples...... BWAHAHAHAHA.. Ok that was dumb.
Seriously, what evil villain would base his evil schemes on eating apples. I was being dumb, and I'm sorry..................... Nah!
update soon?
Is there an update coming soon? Would really like it if there was. Sorry, but I was just wondering :D
That sought of counts as molesting... I'm sure it does. I see that this story hasn't been update in almost a year... Fantastic... A fucking great story it was too! I think I might cry...
Please make another chapter. I will do anything. PLEASE!!!!
more please