Applejack and Rainbow Dash travel to the Everfree Forest to find a Hearths Warming Tree.

Image by Paradoxical Intentions.

With many of her friends out of town and with her home being rather lonesome and without any heat, Rainbow Dash has no choice but to spend the holidays with the Apple family. Yet, she comes to find that she is able to have a good time with the family, making her realize that it doesn't matter who you're with during the holidays as long as you're with someone. After all, even really good friends can be kind of like your family.

When Rarity is overwhelmed with making designs for an agriculture exhibition, she turns to Applejack for advice. But when she gives Applejack a hair style treatment in return, the apple farmer lets her accent slip from southern drawl to sophisticated Manehattenite. The result? More fancy parties than you can shake a candy apple at!

A lonely Rainbow Dash pays a visit to the Apple Clan.

*ApplejackxRainbow Dash friendshipping.

Audio Readings By ScarlettBlade and Lotus Moon linked below:

SB Audio Reading: https://youtu.be/kwOMnK4GGa4
Lotus Moon Audio Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Og3LXacFvU

Learning to settle and make do with what you have been given is a fundamental part of being an adult.

So is wishing things had turned out differently.

It's been a while since her friend left, but Applejack never forgot. The bond of Friendship is mysterious, and magical. And if it is true: it can never be broken.

Original suggestion by MordecaiMapper, thanks, buddy!

1st Story in the Wartime Continuum.

Imprisonment and torment are an incredible inconvenience, but they might also be a huge opportunity.

Pinkie tries something out that she read about in the local paper, much to Applejack's chagrin.

So...yeah. Twilight's Library on 7/20/2014.

In the moons since her parents died, Applejack has hardly left the Acres. Pinkie has barely seen her. She's willing to do anything in order to get some crucial time with her only friend -- but Applejack always seems to have something else to do. Somepony else to speak with.

Somepony else she can listen to.

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group -- but can be read as a stand-alone, and no knowledge of the other stories is required. New members and trope edits are welcome.)

Now with author Patreon and Ko-Fi pages.

This story is a sequel to Genetic History

After the Apple family's secret comes out, Rarity takes Applejack to the spa so they can talk about it.
Part five of the Genetic Research series. Start at the beginning by clicking here

Sequel here