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Berry was almost as excited as Ruby had been - although she hadn't really wanted to put Ruby on the spot in such a way, it seemed like the best idea to give the filly a little motivation to make fun memory for herself by meeting the princess. It was an opportunity, Berry knoew, that didn't really come up a lot and so it had been a better idea to make the best of it. The crowd was a little restless, which prompted the mare to take a moment to think - if AppleJack could consider the idea of a special deal on a product such as this, then perhaps she should think of something equally as worthwhile for the bar - although, of course, she wasn't one to simply give away kisses. Nope, she'd just have to consider the idea a little bit more in depth before making it publically known....maybe a half price drinks day would be a good idea, considering the recent temperature increase of the last few days. Anyway, the mare was a little lost in thought as she rubbed her muzzle contemplatively...losing sight of whether or not the line was moving, which it possibly might be very sooner than the drinks-making mare might have expected considering how quickly things were going at the moment!

Well, this had been an interesting event - Princess Celestia had been in the line for a while it seemed, and it seemed as though her kiss had turned into something a little more eventful than just what might have been initially expected. It appeared as though through some misunderstanding or such that she had wound up getting to choose the tall and stoic young stallion who had been making his presence known by the Apple family mare....her brother Big Macintosh, if Berry remembered right. As if that hadn't been juicy enough, the entire scene seemed to have been upstaged by an errant rock or flooring, as Celestia wound up unceremoniously tripping and accidentally giving the unsuspecting pony a rather unforgettable, albeit accidental, muzzle-to-muzzle kiss. Berry almost gasped in shock at the sight, it was almost never seen that a princess such as Celestia would become so privvy to some kind of haphazard event like that....certainly, it would be a memorable moment for them both. Anyway - with her eyes forwward and her mind drifting back to the reason she was here, she lets the moment of amusement pass as she relaxes again and drifts along with the flow of the line....her own thoughts returning to all of the things she could put delicious apples in at the bar!- Maybe some day she'd even serve a princess, now wouldn't THAT be something?

Sometimes, choices are made that can stand out - sometimes, choices are made that can stand out TOO much...and this proved to be a case of the latter, as Mac found himself in quite possibly the strangest scenario of his life...presented with the rather unexpected pleasure of getting to give Celestia, Princess of Pony and generally highly respected mare, a fleeting kiss on the muzzle... Well, as much as he'd had visage of a cool calm and collected peck with the Royal run through his mind, it appeared as though fate had had other plans for them both, as a wayward piece of cobble had created a rather bizarre twist and momentarily threw Celestia's last step into a less than regal stumble...causing her to fall forward and land an entirely uncoordinated kiss...much to the stunned amazement of everypony present. Indeed, Mac could scarecely believe himself that the event had taken place so oddly and with such a larger impact on them all than it might have left otherwise. Celestia was clearly embarrassed, and Macintosh was feeling more or less the same way...he coughs into a hoof after the ponies settled back into a standing position and tried his best to NOT let the whole thing show. In moments like this, Mac had pretty much no option but to maintain a cool head and get back to work - he'd just kissed a royal, something that most stallions in their lifetimes would never get a chance of doing...and whilst it had only been a light and friendly affair in intent, it left mac with a small smile as he passes Applejack on his way to go and find some work to distract himself with for a while...naturally, Applejack would no doubt poke fun at him over this later, but for right now she was busy enough that he could get away with letting her get back to it without nary a peep or a squeak outta her over what had just happened. Woo - What a day this was turning out to be for everypony!

Berry Punch Berry was all aquiver - so many princesses seemed to be around and close by right now, and they were here to give the farmer mare some kisses an' bits for apples - although, Berry Noted, it seemed as though Celestia was being goaded into kissing the red stallion just beyond the group. She vaguely recalled him as being the one who had dragged her house along whilst affected by the love poison so long ago - not an event she was particularly fond of remembering, considering how much it had cost to get the darn house relocated. She would have left it where it was, in all honesty, had it not been for the fact that where it had been dragged to seemed to have been the place where the local ducks and geese congregated, and it made for a rather noisy morning wakeup call. Anyway, she was in line and waiting patiently...not too long to go now, it seemed, and she was growing evermore intrigued with what was going on whilst she waited! Big Mac "I thank you for your kind consideration Applejack, but I believe it is unfair to put your brother on the spot like that. However, I will gladly accept your kind offer if he wishes it." "Well, Big Mac? Pucker up or what? Hurry, we got some apples to sell, this line ain't gettin' any shorter." H'oh boy, this was turning into an odd thing - Celestia was, of course, being the royalty focused mare that she was known to be...or at least how Mac figured her from what he'd heard of the princess. - and, of course, his sister was adding to things by putting him directly in the spotlight by asking so very directly, as was the course for anything she was involved in. On one hoof, he knew that he could probably back out entirely if he wanted to - the princess wouldn't be offended. However, on the other hoof he was all too aware that Applejack would make fun of him for a good while after turning down an offer from a princess - which was, he admitted, something that didn't simply come up every day, and wasn't just a thing that any pony in their right mind should turn down because of something as silly as perhaps being a teensy bit apprehensive or shy. No, this was a moment that he probably needed to step up to the plate and go with the flow.. " Eeeeyup! " comes the one word reply that would be familiar to the members of the apple family, shrugging a little and steps forward...mentally bracing himself as he approached the princess carefully and took a deep breath - welp, this was gonna be one story to tell at the family reunions yet to come for sure, no doubt!

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Macintosh had been watching the assembly for a while some ways away whilst taking care of some small bits of farm business out here - naturally, he'd seen Celestia and had stayed relatively out of the scene to allow his sister to handle business with her as she had been with other ponies all morning so far. He'd only really been planning on hanging around for a little while anyway, since he still had a few chores to take care of around the rest of the farm, but When he heard the question posed to Celestia from his sister " So, you wanna kiss mah brother? " followed by the excited shrieks of granny smith, he found himself in a rather unexpected moment...the idea that he'd wind up kissin' a royal princess in any capacity being somethin' he'd never even considered in his humble mind. Still, he needed to continue to look unassuming - if the idea was actually going to go ahead then he needed to remain calm and collected...and Applejack would no doubt take great pleasure in making a fuss of the whole thing, so his playing along a little would be entirely in the spirit of sibling cooperation...so whilst Applejack tried to determine what was going on, and granny smith had Strudel go fetch the video camera stuffs, Big Mac just let the situation be as it was until he knew exactly what to expect from it. 'course, that didn't stop him from feeling as anxious as a mouse in a mousetrap factory, he'd never really looked much into dealing with mares at the current moment...and suddenly to be presented with the possibility of kissing such an esteemed one as Princess Celestia was an unexpected situation indeed - sure, it was really only a lighthearted thing in nature, but it still held a little weight in feeling overall!

Snowdrop is a fandom animation that is deliberately poised as an 'emotional experience' but falls flat by adopting the obvious tropes and making far too much of one OC's importance within it...it's just a dull, flavorless animation designed to make people feel sorry for the main character. In some ways, it's comparable to My Little Dashie for being a blatant attempt at emotional manipulation. It's on youtube - if you DO seek it out, watch the Friendship is Witchcraft 'parody' of the animation afterwards...it's far more entertaining than the original.