Twilight laid down on her bed sighing. It had been a long day. She and Spike had organized the library again. The CMC had tried to be librarians for the second time. It had resulted in the same way as last time. The library was a mess and the Cutie Mark Crusaders didn't get their cutie marks. After a few minutes Twilight was asleep and Spike was snoring. The door to the library creaked open and the three fillies snuck in. One had a yellow coat a red mane and a ruby bow. Another was a white unicorn with a pink mane. The last was a Pegasus with an orange coat with a magenta mane.
"What are we looking for again?" Asked Scootaloo.
"A golden book on transformation." Replied Sweetie Belle. After a few minutes of searching someone said something.
"Over here!" Called Applebloom a bit too loudly.
"Shhh!" Shushed the Pegasus and unicorn. They went over to Applebloom and opened the book. After many pages turned the trio found what they were looking for. The unicorn lit up her horn and cast a spell. After some bright flashes and cool noises the three crusaders found themselves asleep in the library along with Twilight and Spike.
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"Ugh" Groaned Scootaloo as she slowly pushed himself into a sitting position. She glanced over to the pony laying next to her. The mare looked familiar. She had a white coat with a long pink mane and tail. A unicorn horn poked out of her head. "Sweetie Belle?" Asked Scootaloo.
The pony presumed to be Sweetie Belle woke up. She was surprised to see an unfamiliar mare next to her. A magenta mane was laid next to two fully developed wings. The pony's body was that of an athlete. It was orange like that of her friend. "Scootaloo?" Asked the white unicorn.
Over in a corner a yellow earth pony awoke. She had a dark red mane also. "Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?"
"Applebloom?" Came the two shocked replies. Sweetie Belle was the first to recover from their stare session. "Yes! It worked!" The other crusaders stopped gawking at each other soon after and all three promptly checked their flanks. Still blank.
Applebloom trotted over to the book used to transform them from a filly to a mare. "Ahh. Ya see here. It says it will not provide you with a cutie mark during the transformation."
Sweetie Belle pulled the heavy book over to her and attempted to redo the spell. All that happened was a couple sparks that came out of her horn. All that came out of the CMC was an "Uh Oh." This happened for two reasons. One: They were probably stuck as full grown mares with no cutie mark for a week or so. Two: The stairs were creaking from either Spike or Twilight coming downstairs to find that there were three mares in the library that no one has ever seen before.
Spike blinked open his eyes and stretched his arms. He glanced at the clock and proceeded to jump right out of bed. He had overslept and had to be out on business for Twilight. She must have been as tired as he usually is to not be awake by now. He walked over to the stairs and started to descend down them. Once he had gotten down the wooden steps he saw three unfamiliar mares looking back at him. "Who are you?" Questioned the purple and green dragon.
"I'm Applebloom. This is Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle." Said a yellow pony with a bright red mane. She then gestured to the two other ponies next to her.
"Wait. What? But you are supposed to be fillies. What happened?" Asked a confused Spike.
"We snuck into the library last night and then I did a spell to make us older. We thought that if we made ourselves older we would have the cutie mark that we would get. It says it will not give you a cutie mark if you do the spell." Explained Sweetie Belle.
"The spell took so much out of Sweetie Belle we're going to be stuck like this for at least a week." Chimed in Scootaloo.
"Well Twilight could do the spell for you." Suggested Spike.
"Unless she wants to become a filly again, I don't think so." Countered Applebloom.
"You could stay here until you can do the spell." Offered Spike.
"My family would get worried if I wasn't around." Said Applebloom.
"My sister would be the same." Added Sweetie Belle.
"And Rainbow Dash would wonder where her number one fan is." Said Scootaloo.
"Oh." Said Spike. He was out of ideas
"I guess we could tell our family and friends. It would be for the best." Just as Sweetie Belle had finished that sentence the stairs creaked under the weight of a pony
"Spike? Are you down here?" Called Twilight. "Who are these ponies? Are they here for a book?" Twilight's eyes lit up at the thought of her last sentence.
"Relax Twilight. It's just the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Sweetie Belle cast a spell that made them older. They had hoped it would give them cutie marks but as you see, that is not the case. They need a week to cast the spell again." Explained Spike
"Oh" The light in Twilight's eyes shrunk considerably. As they were chatting in the kitchen they heard the bell that meant there was a person coming into the library. "Stay here." Twilight told the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She walked out into the main part of the library. Standing there was Fluttershy waiting patiently.
"Hi Twilight." Said Fluttershy's nearly inaudible voice. "Could you get me Everfree Animals: A Reference Guide. I mean if you don't mind." Just then the door to the kitchen burst open with the cutie mark crusaders flying out of it.
"Oh hey Fluttershy." Said Applebloom. Twilight started staring daggers at the trio.
"Hi... Um?" Fluttershy stuttered.
"Applebloom. And this is Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle."
