Pandora's Mark

".........loom........Applebloom......Hey Applebloom!"

"PINKIE!"

"Hehe... sorry",

Applebloom slowly started to come through, when she awoke she was laying in a hospital bed with her family and friends surrounding her,

"Where... am I? What happened?",

Nurse Redheart walked in the door,

"You're in the hospital Applebloom, you sure gave everypony a big scare."

"O-Oh... Sorry if I scared any-... ahh!",

Applebloom placed her hoof on her head,

"Easy dear, don't try and get up so fast, you don't want to hurt yourself again, in fact, you need a bit more bed rest to be fully recovered".

Everypony started walking out to give her some peace and quiet, except for Twilight, who looked back at the sleeping filly, whispering to herself,

"What happened to you?"

"Come on Twilight! Let Applebloom sleep!"

yelled Pinkie Pie,

"Look who's talking...",

muttered Rainbow Dash,

"I said sorry!",

Twilight giggled and started to walk off, leaving Applebloom to rest. Hours passed, and Nurse Redheart softly nudged the sleeping Applebloom,

"Applebloom, wake up, you have some visitors."

"Huh? Oh visitors.",

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo walked through the door, looking slightly scared and embarrassed to see their friend in the hospital, showing their cutie marks in public.

"H-Hey Applebloom, how're you feeling?",

Applebloom yawned and smiled,

"Hey girls, I'm feeling pretty ok"

"That's good... Listen... We're sorry if showing you our cutie marks made you..."

"Go bonkers",

Scootaloo interrupted,

"Scootaloo!",

Sweetie Belle smacked the back of Scootaloo's head,

"Ow! What?! It's true...",

Applebloom giggled,

"It's alright. Wait...",

Applebloom lifted her bed sheets in excitement,

"It's there! It's there!"

"What's there?"

"My cutie mark!"

"WHAT?!",

Applebloom continued to giggle excitedly and explained to them what happened, and as the young filly explained, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle's smiles faded into shock and disgust.

"Wa-Wait... Even after he told you that he would killed somepony, you still did it?!?"

"W-Well... when you say it like that..."

"What? It sounds worse?! What if it was one of us who died Applebloom?!?"

"Then maybe I wouldn't have to deal with two lying friends!",

Scootaloo was shocked and angered by the harsh comeback of Applebloom, Sweetie Belle was in tears by this point, and finally Scootaloo said her last words,

"You know what? We're done! The Cutie Mark Crusaders are over! Come on Sweetie Belle, let's go...",

Sweetie Belle galloped out of the room crying, afraid of what just happened, Scootaloo slowly left, but not before saying,

"And by the way, the only reason why we helped you all those years ago, was because we were taking pity on some lonely bullied blank flank!",

then slamming the door, as they leave a long silent pause fills the room, Applebloom staring blankly at the door, not believing what she heard, not believing what she did, and not doing anything, she just sat in her bed, speechless.