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                  the crusaders are back!                  
                   -by Princess trixie-                    
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                         childhood                         
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childhood
Ahh, childhood. What a wonderful time, isn't it. Everyday a new adventure a new story! Your a new pony! There is a certain spring in a filly step that most mares and stallions lose ounce adult hood rolls around. It's no suprise, really. When you get older the color starts to drip away from your coat. Your skip turns into a trot and then just a depressed walk. Really, the only fear a filly or colt have ,but don't realize, is of growing up.
I never realized it when I was that age but look at me now! Writing down a boring story at my desk with this measly quill! Now I'm sure you didn't come here to hear about my sorrows. You, my friend, cane here for a story! Am I right? Of course I am!
Alright then, on with the show! Ounce upon a time there were three little stupid blank flanks that sucked at pretty everything they did. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't get breathing wrong and accidentally get sent to the hospital... again. Well I'm getting off track. There were three little fillies. Scootash*t, Appleb*ch and $/*&<belle!  What? I'm not allowed to swear? Well, that's bull [censored]!
"Read the script!"
What if I don't want to?!
"Do it!"
No!
"Alright get a new narrorator!"
What? No! You need me! You need me!!!!!!
Ahem, welcome to: The crusaders are back!
Ounce upon a time, there lived three fillies. Their names were: Apple Bloom, the leader. Swetiebele, the sidekick. And Scootaloo the heart and soul of the group. They were bullied and tormented endlessly for being untalented in all ways. Their hope was beginning to fade and they thought that maybe they mite never find their special talents!
It was on one faithless day that Destiny bought them together! At ones cutesenuira, they met and formed the great group that I speak of... The Cutie Mark Crusaders!
Even though sometimes those bullies would get them down they just fought back and eventually came out victorious! That is were our story begins. On the day that Changed them forever.
"Uhh, Sweetiebelle, what are you doing?" Asked Scootaloo is confusion. Her friend was hanging from the ceiling looking down at her.
"Oh, this?" She snickered nervously. "Well, I was thinking about Twilight's cutie mark story. And it seems that she had her magic outburst out of surprise when the sonic rainboom happened. So, I asked Apple Bloom to help me set up this rope. She's going to cut the rope when I least expect it! I'll have choice but to teleport to safety!"
"That's good and all but you don't even know-" she was cut off by a high pitched scream followed by a blast of magic. Apple Bloom hits the dirt hard after being teleported into Sweetie's place.
"What in the HAY was that for?!" She asked angrily as she glares harshly at her friend. "I was just do'n what y'all wanted!"
The young unicorn hid behind a branch from her friend's discouraging eyes. Scootaloo flew up and helps her down from the tree of the clubhouse. She dug her hoops into the dirt before looking up at Apple Bloom. A smile spread across the farm ponies face. Sweetiebelle all ways got nervous before apologising and playing with her hooves was a dead give away.
"Apology accepted." She reassured Sweetie.
They hugged before Scootaloo gasped loudly and rubbed her eyes. "What is it?" Said Apple Bloom.
"Is the orchard on fire?!" Panics Sweetiebelle
"Is there a hydra behind us?" Asks Apple Bloom nervously.
"SWEETIE, YOUR FLANK!!"
"There's a hydra on her FLANK?" Said the earth pony in confusion.
Everypony stared at her flank in disbelief. Sweetie had got her cutie mark! Shed some it! It was a jingle belle surrounded by magical power.
"Wait a second?! Dose this mean my special talent.... MAGIC?!"
The fillies gasped as they looked at each othe. A few minutes later they were of to see if Twilight could know if her talent was magic or not. After all that was HER talent!
"TWILIGHT! FLUTTER SHY'S COTTAGE IS ON FIRE!" Shouted Apple Bloom knocking down the door!
"Not this again... What is it this time?" Asked Twilight sarcastically.
"I got my cutie mark! LOOK! LOOK! But I don't know what it's for..."
They explained what had happened to Twilight. After a few feasts it was conformed her talent was indeed magic. The alicorn also stated that magic talents are berry rare but a pony to get their mark threw one surge and not a powerful one at that is about one is a million!
"Yep, it's true! Congratulations! Most fillies at your age would be at level two but you, your level ten! Now that's what I call strange! For one thing you hadn't even used your magic that often before and now your practically a master for somepony your age! I'm actually quite jealous." She informed before throwing the cmc out into the street.
So about three months went by and the other two fillies discovered their talenrs. Apple Bloom was extremely talented at crafts  like making dresses or building a cart she could do it. Scootaloo heard about rainbow dash was into Daring Doo so she gave it a shot and found it quite exciting. She took a knock at writing her own story and it turned out she was pretty good at it. *cough*
It's really tragic what happened next. They realized their talents were to different to do it together. So the cms had to be disbanded. They interned to still hang out with each other but they got to wrapped up in the talents. They slowly drifted apart from each other. Forgetting their friendship all together was just around the corner.
You see.. this is what growing up dose to you...