- When Apple Bloom worries Granny Smith will embarrass her at Family Appreciation Day at school, she tries to stop her from coming, not knowing she harbors a big secret about her past.
- This year at Sweet Apple Acres, Applebloom is excited, because she gets to help her family harvest the rarest and most delicate of their crop: The Zap Apples!
Applebloom eagerly helps Granny Smith, who has a special method to preparing for the apples. One day, Diamond Tiara and her Father Filthy Rich stop by, as Filthy always purchases the Apple's Zap Apple Jam for his store chain. While Filthy talks with Granny Smith, Diamond Tiara makes fun of Applebloom, and her weird Grandmother.
At school, Ms Cheerilee schedules for each of her students to bring in a member of their family to talk. When Applebloom claims that Applejack and Big Mac will be too busy, Diamond Tiara 'suggests; that Granny Smith come to talk. Ms Cheerilee agrees this is a great idea, even though Applebloom tries to protest.
As the Zap Apples continue to blossom, and Granny Smith does all sorts of strange things (from talking to bees, to painting polka-dots in the kitchen!), Applebloom is beside herself about being humiliated. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo try to help her out in several ways. From pretending to be sick, to trying to harvest the Zap Apples before their time, but nothing works.
Eventually, they lie to Granny Smith on the day of the school apperance, telling her that her relation Apple Strudel wants to see her. However, the girls are shocked when Granny Smith shows up at the school with Apple Strudel (who was on the train that came in, and was coming to see the Apple family!).
Granny Smith then tells the class the story of how her family travelled all over Equestria, trying to find a place to settle. One day, they came to Canterlot, where the family met Princess Celestia. Seeing how the Apples were looking for a place to settle down, Celestia showed them an area that would one day become Ponyville.
The family was unable to find much food where they were, and one evening, Granny Smith went wandering into the nearby Everfree Forest. It was here she found the Zap Apples, and ended up being chased by a rabid gang of Timberwolves.
After that, Granny and the family soon discovered all sorts of methods to make the Zap Apples grow, as well as taste properly. It soon becomes apparent that all the things that Applebloom thought were strange, were actually to help make the Zap Apple offerings taste proper. Granny Smith also says that Diamond Tiara's Grandfather, Stinking Rich, was one of the family's first customers, and helped their family's fortune.
The class is soon enthralled by how much the Apples history is tied to their town, though Diamond Tiara shouts out that Granny Smith is still an crazy old pony, to which Applebloom angrily defends her Grandmother from these remarks.
In the end, the class eagerly assists Granny Smith to prepare for the next Zap Apple harvest, with Diamond Tiara forced by her Father to attend.
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