Cloudfall Paintball Tournament

Date: 3rd of October

Time: 3:41 P.M. Canterlot Standard Time

Location: Cutie Mark Combat Patrol Headquarters-Ponyville Division

"Stupid bucking thing! Give me a sec girls! I'm having some trouble with my camera." A rather irritated Featherweight grumbled as he tried to get the video recorder to work. He was in the HQ of the semi-famous Cutie Mark Combat Patrol, formerly the Cutie Mark Crusaders, to get an exclusive pre-tournament interview with the three Paintballers for hire and hopefully find out which faction they would align with for the upcoming tournament.

"Let me see it," Scootaloo said rolling her eyes and took the camera from Featherweight before pounding the side of it once with her fist and then fiddling with the options, "there we go. That should do it Featherweight, sometimes you gotta be rough with your equipment." She giggled and tossed the camera back to him.

Featherweight caught the camera muttering a quite 'thanks' before switching the camera to record and setting it up on its stand, "Hello everypony, this is Featherweight with the Ponyville Times here interviewing Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom of the Cutie Mark Combat Patrol about the upcoming Cloudfall Tournament," Featherweight began and as he named the three off they struck a pose which almost made him facepalm but he managed not to do so and held back the blush that threatened to shine through his cheek fur, "now there's been a lot of talk and speculation about which faction you'll be working for this time around. Would you care to clarify?"

Sweetie Belle was the first to speak up, "Hm... As is part of our policy we don't reveal which faction we'll be working for until the Tournament actually begins, which is in two days, so sadly for you and everypony else that'll have to remain a mystery." She smiled softly as she finished her sentence.

"Though we will say that we've got a lot of offers from all three of 'em!" Applebloom chimed in after Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah, and some pretty big offers at that!" Scootaloo laughed, thinking about the rather ridiculous amount of Bits that they had been offered by every faction.

"Alright then, can't fault you three for not telling us who you'll be working with," Featherweight chuckled, "now moving on. The three of you have had great success in previous Cloudfall Tournaments, where would you say that the success comes from?"

This time it was Scootaloo who spoke first, "We had awesome teachers and the fact that the three of us are friends and not just co-workers."