Sweetie Belle and her friends had rolled into their final year in Ms. Cheeilee's class, and the end of that year was drawing to a close.
The three Cutie Mark Crusaders were growing older, into mares,and had earned their cutie marks. Scootaloo's was a dark grey tornado, Applebloom's a Paintbrush painting a Zap Apple, and Sweetie Belle herself had a heart with a note in the middle of it. They may not be 'crusading' for cutie marks any longer, but they kept the name.
The prom for the leavers was a week away, and Sweetie Belle had a date already.Caramel Coffee, a colt she barely knew had agreed to go with her. The pair had agreed to only enter together, and share a single dance, but otherwise they wouldn't communicate.
The unicorn was contemplating on her two designs of dress, when a knock echoed through her bedroom.She looked up."Come in!" She called out to the knocker. Scootaloo trotted in, her wild purple mane falling behind her ears.
Sweetie Belle looked at her friend with questioning eyes. The pegasus gathered herself and answered the white filly's look.
"Right, yeah. You know how you and that colt... Caramel Tea was it? Anyway! You know how you two were going to the prom together?" She said,looking away to the window for a second before continuing." Well, see, the thing is... he moved away.." She trailed off, hoping Sweetie Belle didn't harbour Rarity's melodramatic tendancies, now that the younger unicorn was growing older.
Sweetie Belle looked up a minute or two, before she looked to the floor."Well then, I guess I need to find another date."
