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                 The Manehatten Crusaders                  
                      -by RedCharge-                       
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                       The beggining                       
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The beggining
The beggining
And shepherds we shall be,
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.
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Truly it started as any other Sunday would, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were in church .All in the same pew, when the preist came to the altar and began his sermon.
"Thank you Brother Flame, I would like to take note of a reighn of crime in the Manehatten area, until recently nopony had even thought about it, myself included, but yesterday Ms. Twilight Sparkle was stabbed and beaten brutally, when I found her about HALF AN HOUR after the attack she told me that everypony watched it happen, but nopony would lend a hoof to help her. All it takes for the triuph of evil is that good citizens do nothing."
At this point the three got up and went to the altar. They bowed their heads and said a prayer. They kissed the hooves of the statue of Celestia and trotted out of the church.
"Happy Starswirl day girls,"Apple Bloom said, lighting her cigarette then Sweetie Belle, and finally Scootaloo's.
"Time to get wasted eh?" Scootaloo said with a grin.
"Can't wait to get to Duffy's" Sweetie Belle said with a chuckle.
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They had been this way ever since Applejack skipped town, when she left Applebloom had no guidance, considering her brother's inability to speak and only a few weeks later Granny Smith had died. Scootaloo had always been on the path to degeneracy but Sweetie Belle, she just kind of fell in with the other two, when they decided to leave Ponyville she simply decided that she had nothing else in this town, her singing carreer would never take off in such a small town, not to say that it had in Manehatten either. While the three had earned their Cutie Marks Sweetie Belle's was the only one that made much sense. A treble clef with a large cross behind it. Scootaloo's was a meat cleaver and Applebloom's was a butcher knife as well. Both of them worked in a meat factory, whereas Sweetie worked in a caberet club, she sang every night pulling in the most bits per day. But she wasn't satisfied with her line of work, the mobsters coming in and flirting with her, groping her, one even raped her but her boss did nothing, when she reported it to the police, he walked free. This was only last night that he had the sentance revoked.Thankfully she had the day off.
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The bar was full, but everypony was having a good time Duffy was serving drinks on the house tonight. Sweetie Belle came in a bit late, but when she did everypony called out to her. The former crusaders all sat on the bar stool with their hooves around each other laughing, drinking and smoking, the bar was full of joy.
Until two goons waltzed in followed by Sweetie's rapist. Everypony turned around, "An' jus what do ye want mate?" Duffy said, "Oh just to talk with my favorite little slut." he said, as his eyes narrowed on Sweetie. "And where do you think you can get off sayin' something like that?" Scootaloo asked sarcasticly. "I get of saying that because this bitch reported me as a rapist." he began to take a swing at her, but his hoof was caught by another, a yellow pony they  hadn't seen in years, "Snails!"Sweetie Belle yelled, 'And what a fine looking stallion youv'e turned out to be.' she thought. with that the whole bar converged on these three stallions, when the two goons were knocked unconcious the Crusaders took the boss by his hooves and tied him to the bar. Scootaloo took some whiskey, Apple Bloom took some scotch and poured it all over his haunches and flanks. Sweetie had the honor of dropping the match on him, with that the crowd erupted in cheers, with the exception of the now burning mobster, who was crying for water. Sweetie finaly granted him mercy and put him out.