This took a while, but the adventure continues! Vines have grown around the cave entrance, trapping half our heroes inside the cave. A wild Barometz appeared! Maplejack of course tries to be friends with everything, but it doesn't look like that's going to be very effective…
Note: this boss battle is a case of "Wikipedia happened." This thing is a vegetable lamb of Tartary, or a barometz. It's a plant that grows an animal-like extension that walks around and eats surrounding plants. Traditional art differs on whether their limbs look like animal legs or not. I decided to split the difference and give it animal limbs but have it walk around on vines instead.