Cutiemark Complaints.

Applejack, Rarity and Ryder have gotten fed up with their sisters going crazy about their cutie marks, Princess Twilight had a plan for them to give their sisters the challenge of having their cutie marks and Ryder was freaking out. Ryder ended up going back to Sweet Apple Acres with Applejack and Rarity when Big Mac let a secret slip out causing him to cry. Rarity yelled at Ryder trying to get him to calm down but he ended up fainting. Applejack carried him upstairs and put him in her bed and left Ryder alone with Big Mac who was sitting next to him and woke him up. "...Why am I up here?" Ryder asked. "...Don't tell me AJ drugged the moonshine and did things to me..."

Big Mac sighed and looked over at Ryder. "Nah... Nah it's not the moonshine..." He said. "...I just said something about your cutie mark, you started cryin' and Rarity yelled atcha causin' ya to just pass out..."

"...It was the 'Pantie Mark' huh?" Big Mac nodded. Ryder sighed. "...Well... It's okay it just... it needs to come out... I came out to you when you found out I was bi while fucking Brae when he was in town... Now this is just out there..." He crossed his arms a fell back in the bed. "...Speaking of AJ and Rarity where are they?"

"Well they went to get your sister from school but they wanted me to talk with you about that thing you're doin' with our sisters." Ryder huffed.

"...Of course..." He sat back up and wiped his fore head. "Can we get something to cool me down? I don't know why somepony didn't open a window..." Big Mac nodded and got up from the bed along with Ryder. They walked out of the warm room and came out into cooler air. Ryder sighed. "...Jeez... I needed that nap." He stretched as Big Mac started down stairs. "Is it wrong to want to thank Rarity for making me faint?"

"Dunno but you should focus for a minute. Rarity and AJ really wantcha to go and give Scoot your cutie mark. I'd give my cutie mark to Applebloom but I aint the one bein' annoyed by her. She knows I'd swat her if she complained but Applejack's too damn nice to even hit her. She was there for 'Bloom just like you were for Scoot. Granny went and she was right there for her." Ryder hopped onto the couch as Big Mac went to the kitchen.

"...Maybe after cleaning my sticky, dry gullet I can get a shower... You didn't have to clean up any uh... bodily fluids did you?" Ryder blushed a bit. Big Mac looked back at him.

"Eenope. Butcha did spill your drink. AJ had me mop it up as part of my punishment. The other part is watchin' our sisters while you just enjoy your last night with a cutie mark for a while. So you want a can of lemonade or some cider?"

"Lets go with that cider... fucking anything wet and cold sounds good.... Wait that sounded wrong..." Big Mac laughed as he tossed over a can of lemonade. Ryder caught it in his wing and set it in his hoof before cracking it open. "Well... Just start talking, tell me what's gonna happen." Big Mac came over and sat next to Ryder.

"Alright... Here's what's gonna go down. Applejack n Rarity aint gonna do anything if you don't. And they mean they wont do a damn thing for you! Neither will I. I was given instructions if you didn't do this. First I'd kick you out of the house and drag your ass back to your place by your tail. Not only I'd do that I'm breakin' somethin' inside ya courtesy of Rarity. So it's either do it or spend a few weeks in the hospital. I'm pretty sure Dash would take REAL good care of Scoot 'till ya recover. And you do know not just one thing gonna be broken when I start smackin' ya you know?" Ryder nodded sipping his lemonade.

"Eeyup. Now what's in it for me if I do?"

Over with Applejack and Rarity they were walking with all three crusaders down the road. Scootaloo looked a bit bummed as she walked between Rarity and AJ. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle walked on the other side of their siblings. "...Why couldn't Ryder come and get me today...?" She asked. "...There isn't anything wrong with him is there...?"

Applejack looked down at the Pegasus filly. "He's fine other than some hurt feelin's." She replied. "Trust me if anyone is to tell ya somethin' happened with Ryder it'd be Dash. I aint one to deliver bad news since eh..." She glanced over at Applebloom for a second and stopped herself.

Rarity sighed and looked at Scootaloo. "Well if Dash couldn't say anything I'd actually step in and say what ever it was... I do promise that." She said. "But let's hope it will not come to that! Now Big MacIntosh has agreed to watch all of you while Ryder, Applejack and I spend some time together tonight. Tomorrow you three will not be at school for 'Doctors appointments' and you may not be back at school for a week or... how ever long that 'doctor' is planning on doing the check ups."

Applebloom whimpered a bit. "...Y-y'all sure this is a legitimate doctor and not one in a back alley with some 'candy' or something...?" She asked. "It sounds a bit sketchy.... I aint goin' to no doctor tomorrow if you're takin' me to that guy..."

Sweetie Belle whimpered a bit. "I'm not going either! Please don't take me to a back alley doctor!" She said scared.

Applejack and Rarity stopped. "Girls just shut up, let us tell you what's REALLY happening!" They both snapped. The three fillies scrambled to each other before the two mares.

"Alright look you aint goin' to no doctor tomorrow!" Applejack said. "We're gonna take you three to see Princess Twilight!"

"...What for?" Scootaloo asked. Applejack looked over at Rarity.

"Oh just a surprise but you HAVE to wait till tomorrow!" Rarity said. "Now come you three we're almost there. We aren't going to carry you!" The crusaders nodded and broke off of each other starting off with Applejack and Rarity again.

Not long later they were outside Sweet Apple Acres. Each crusader looked frightened as they thought what was going to happen to them at the castle tomorrow. Rarity and Applejack kept their gaze forward as they approached the door. Scootaloo couldn't help but hurry to the door and open it. She ran and hopped onto the couch where Ryder sat. "Ryder! Ryder please don't tell me Princess Twilight is mad at us for doing something!" She said cuddling up to him scared.

Ryder looked to Rarity and Applejack. "What the hell did you say to them!?" He asked as Sweetie Belle and Applebloom went to Big Mac.

Applebloom looked back at Ryder. "They was talkin' about takin' us to a back alley doctor and then to see Princess Twilight!" She said. "They acted like we was in big trouble! Are we in any trouble with the princess?" Ryder sighed and pried Scootaloo off setting her on the floor. Big Mac did the same with Applebloom and Sweetie but sat with the fillies as Ryder went to Applejack and Rarity's side.

"You three aren't in any trouble with Princess Twilight but you are with us."

The crusaders gasped shocked getting all teary eyed. "...B-but why...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Rarity huffed. "It's because you three are going insane trying to get your cutie marks!" She snapped. "You three have been driving EVERYPONY insane! We love you three but we do not want to have any of you get into the hospital through your attempts at getting a cutie mark!"

Applejack stopped Applebloom from hugging her. "No! You deserve this!" She said. "If you three want cutie marks you'll get OURS! But then you're gonna get the responsibilities that comes with it! So that means Applebloom's gonna work in the orchard with Big Mac." She looked to Rarity.

"Sweetie Belle is going to help somepony make clothes by gathering gems in the field."

Rarity looked to Ryder and stared at him for a moment. She nudged him. "Wait what? OH!" He said snapping back to reality. "Scootaloo you'll work inside of Princess Twilight's castle with a guard watching over you as you fix anything that breaks and everything that's already broken! If any of you get hurt, that's FUCKING life!"

Each crusader whimpered and hugged each other. Sweetie Belle started to cry. Big Mac sighed. "Well I think that's a sign each of ya should skedaddle and get somewhere to relax." He said. "And Ryder I'd watch that mouth of yours before we get Twi to tie ya down and shove soap in your mouth!" Ryder rolled his eyes.

"Fine, sorry I just do NOT want any more whining! Fed up with all of it." He huffed and turned around.

Scootaloo ran up and grabbed her brothers back leg. "PLEASE DONT DO THIS TO US RYDER WE'RE SORRY WE WONT DO IT AGAIN!" She screamed. Ryder shook her off and turned back around.

"Scoot sorry isn't going to cut it! If I have to get up to you crying about your cutie mark and I fall asleep at work I could get fired! Do you want me to get fired?" Scootaloo shook her head sniffling. "Good. Now stay here and get to your homework!" The filly hung her head as her brother turned around and started off out the door with Rarity and Applejack.

Applejack sighed. "...Sweet fucking Celestia on silver shoes they do not know what they're in for..." She said. "C'mon lets just get down to your place Ry. I just need some place quiet to actually hear myself think..." She looked to Rarity. "I need to ask this sooner or later and since now is the best time why the hell did you use that moronic 'doctor's appointment' crap?"

Rarity gave Applejack a dirty look. "Well we certainly wouldn't want to say 'oh we're taking you to the doctors' but have no reason what for!" She said. "Those crusaders are smart enough to know what's going on and what isn't going on. They knew they weren't going to the doctors but that was the easiest thing I could think of!"

"But you messed it up by saying something about going to that 'doctor' for a week straight! Unless somepony needed daily medicine only a doctor could provide they wouldn't need to go to a hospital every day for a week!"

Ryder gave a sigh. "It would've been better than not telling them anything." He said. "Trust me I was trying to concentrate on something that had to do with the sink or something and she asked a question but low and behold I have my music in because working in silence then a sudden scare not a good thing. Scoot actually thought I was mad at her when I put her to bed that night."

"Them fillies need our cutie marks and an asswhoopin' if it's okay to swat em over complaints." Applejack thought a moment and looked over at Ryder. "Maybe y'wanna go back and apologize for yelling at our sisters? I know Big Mac's gonna put Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo in my room since I aint gonna be home tonight. You yellin' at em's gonna make em piss the bed and piss me off." Ryder shrugged.

"They're gonna piss the bed anyways! I mean they're scared of Princess Twilight saying 'don't do this or I'm gonna do this to you' if they get our cutie marks. If you were their age wouldn't you be afraid to go up to a princess, have them give you somepony elses cutie mark and threaten them with something they couldn't handle?"

Rarity hummed. "Isnt that what we're already doing?" She asked. "They don't know how tough it is having a cutie mark yet. We're threatening them to get hurt." Ryder looked over at Rarity.

"I was threatening for them to get hurt. I needed to vent my rage somehow. I mean... Big Mac just told something private to AJ and... Well I just didn't want anyone else to know... I told him... and... You Rarity... But I was worried Applejack would blab... Honesty Element of the elements of harmony and.... Well honesty means nothing but the truth comes out right?" He looked over at Applejack.

Applejack shook her head. "Eenope!" She said. "I tell a few lies but I can make other ponies tell the truth. But it weren't my doing's back there. Big Mac did that on his own." She looked over at Ryder. "But you coulda told me. I can keep secrets until I earn my grave. I wouldn't even laugh atcha. Everypony gets their cutie mark at one age or another. Big Mac got his when he was five. I got mine when I was seven. Rarity's... what a few months younger than me? She got hers the same day I did. Same with Pinkie, Fluttershy, Dash and Twilight. Who knows maybe a few other ponies got theirs the same day as well!" The stallion sighed.

"...Guess you're right..." He looked back at his cutie mark. "...I got mine at twenty... Somepony could've gone with a blank flank for all I know..." He looked back at Rarity and Applejack. "So... You wanna spend the night at the castle or Rarity's? I know any of us wouldn't wanna be drunk at my place. Don't want to wake up knowing I knocked one of you up somehow..." He blushed. "...Wait... Rarity's would be a bad idea too...." He huffed a bit and flew up.

Rarity looked up at him. "Ryder the castle is fine." She said. "If we can get Twilight to have the others there to make sure we don't do anything stupid we'll be fine. Twilight's doing this for us, she should make sure we don't lose our minds. At least a few drinks for each of us and a few guards on stand by just because somepony here is a bit of a mean drunk and the others are a bit... well... sloppy and a bit wet at times." Applejack and Ryder blushed looking elsewhere.

Applejack sighed. "...So uh... Race you to the castle?" She asked nervously. Before anyone had a chance to answer Ryder and Rarity ran off. "...Just my damn luck... HOLD UP YOU TWO I WAS JOKIN'!"

Neither Ryder nor Rarity listened. Ryder was the first to arrive at the castle. He wasn't winded at all. Rarity who came up a few moments after was. Applejack was last and was barely breaking of sweat. "'Bout time you guys showed up. I was doing barrel rolls and laps around the castle for a while!" Ryder said jokingly. Applejack sighed.

"Yeah. Really funny jokester. Why dontcha just lead us on in?" She asked. Ryder rolled his eyes and nodded before going to the door. He saluted the guards waiting at the door and entered with Rarity and Applejack.

Rarity wiped the sweat off her fore head. "...My daily jogging is actually paying off." She said. "I was actually faster than Applejack getting here! Usually she would've passed me almost immediately."

"Please I'd've caught up if'n ya hadn't ran off on me! Besides I uh... I aint near my A game today. Dammit Applebloom..." She fixed her hat as she followed her friends up stairs. "...y'all think Dash n the others are still here? I think they might be able to help our cause of spending the night here drinkin'."

"Don't worry. Twilight lets me crash here when Scoot's sleeping at one of your places." Ryder said. "...I get lonely in that house alone... Why else do you see me sitting around your guys' place till I have to leave??"

Rarity looked at Ryder. "I never actually thought about that." She said. "Why wont you stay with Dash or Pinkie? Perhaps Fluttershy could use somepony to talk with other than all those animals. She has to be pretty lonely to talk with all her animals about things they probably don't understand!" Ryder looked back at Rarity as they came to the top of the stairs.

"As much as I love a dog sleeping next to me in a bed I don't really wanna walk around and step in some 'land mines'." He looked forward. "Aaand to the dining hall we go. Lunch time for Twilight. Always in her dining hall after the fucking McHoovians incident... She asked for no pickles and they give her extra pickles. Boy you do not know how hard the cashier cried after she left that place." Rarity looked to Applejack and shrugged following the stallion.

Not even a minute later they walked in to the dining hall where Twilight sat at the far end of the table with Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie. She looked up and saw Ryder and the two mares at his side. "Back so soon?" She asked. Ryder nodded. Same with AJ and Rarity. "Ah well come have a seat. You cant just be here to visit."

Dash looked at Ryder. "Something tells me they're looking for somewhere to stay and drink without any problems." She said.

Applejack looked at Dash a bit confused. "...How'd ya know that?" She asked. Dash shrugged.

"Lucky guess?"

Rarity looked over at Twilight. "Wont you please let us stay here?" She asked. "You know Big Mac is watching our sisters, Ryder cant deal with being at home alone, I cant drink without getting violent and snapping at somepony and well... No pony here needs a foal just yet."

Fluttershy hummed a bit. "....Well ... I wouldn't say I'd need a foal...." She said blushing a bit. Everypony looked at Fluttershy a bit worried.

Ryder took a deep breath. "Okay! I'll say it! I get horny when drunk and I need to be restrained during my sleep!" He said. "Exactly why I wanna be here instead of alone with Rarity and AJ. The guard's here can make sure I don't fuck up!"

Dash leaned over to Fluttershy. "...Like he always does..." She whispered. Fluttershy giggled. Ryder looked across the table and blushed.

"...I'm gonna believe I didn't hear anything...." He looked to Twilight. "Princess can we please spend the night here? We don't trust ourselves by ourselves!"

Twilight sighed. "Alright you can stay." She said. "I'll have a few guards get rooms set up for you and put in a few prevention items in each room. For now lets just keep to soda, water and juice. I'll give notice when we can drink." Ryder, Rarity and AJ nodded. "So who's hungry for pizza? Had some ordered just for us! Don't worry it's cheese!"

Rarity looked at her flank. "Well... I need a treat for all my exercise I've been doing..." She said looking back at Twilight. "So yes pizza would be nice. And... About some drinks?" Twilight looked to Ryder.

"Only this one time Ryder get some drinks for everypony. No alcohol though!"

Ryder got up taking a deep breath. "Yes. Right away Princess!" He said hurrying towards the kitchen door.

Dash turned back to her cousin. "Grab me a diet cola Ry!" She called out. She looked back at the mares at the table. "So Twi you want to wait till Ryder gets back to hear what we have planned?"

Applejack looked across the table at Dash. "Plan? I thought we had the only plan!" She said.

Twilight gave a sigh. "We had to have a plan because we had the idea you guys would go a tad crazy without your cutie marks." She said. "I've assigned each of you a buddy to help keep your mind off your cutie marks. Dash is with you AJ, Ryder has Fluttershy and since Rarity's a hard pony to entertain I'm assigning Pinkie to her!"

Rarity sighed. "I guess it's what I get." She said. She looked over at Fluttershy. "I really hope you and Ryder don't go and wake up with each others feathers in your manes.... Trust me waking up with somepony's feathers in your mane and mouth makes it look like something out of a horror movie." She gave Dash a worried look.

Dash blushed. "Sorry I have a condition where I preen in my sleep!" She said. She looked to Fluttershy. "But in all seriousness please try and drink lightly Fluttershy! I don't wanna see you crying over the toilet throwing up during some stupid morning sickness!"

Fluttershy blushed a bit. "...Uh.... Well I guess I could just have one appletini tonight and some juice the rest of the night..." She said. "Uh... Twilight can you uh...." The yellow mare averted her gaze blushing hard.

Twilight sighed. "Don't worry Fluttershy I'll have my most gentle guard help you with that tonight." She said giving a smile. "Would anyone else want precautions done to help keep them happy during the night?"

The sound of an open door and hooves came to everypony's ears. "....Uh... I may want something like that princess...." Someone said. Everyone looked back and saw Ryder walking towards the table blushing a bit with an embarrassed look on his face. He had a tray full of drinks. Each in a unique glass and chilled mug. Each having a cutie mark of who had each drink. "Well uh.... Let's see...." He looked to his back as he passed by each mare. "We have a lemon lime soda for Dash, a water for Fluttershy, Pinkie has... a strawberry and blueberry milk shake for some reason with chocolate whipped cream..., For the princess a chocolate milk, AJ gets apple juice and Rarity gets a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade while I get a frosty mug of root beer with NO ice!" Twilight and Rarity used their magic to distribute the drinks to their rightful places.

Applejack grabbed her mug and sipped from it. "Ah... Nothin' like squeezed juice from an apple to wet mah whistle." She said as Ryder claimed his seat. She looked to Ryder. "So why does it feel like there aint gonna be nothin' but tears from both parties tomorrow when we give our sisters their 'well deserved' cutie marks?"

Ryder shrugged taking his root beer and sipped it. Applejack looked across the table at Dash as she gave a burp. "Well somepony here might hate to see his little sister grow up." The cyan mare said. "And the fillies kinda might think you guys hate them or might be getting the raw end of the deal having to do your jobs. Maybe Twilight should swap Scootaloo's cutie mark and Applebloom's. Scoot isn't much of a fighting filly if I remember right and Applebloom's tough when it comes to getting hurt in a scrap or if she falls off something."

"Y'kno that does sound like a good idea... Every Pegasus guard that'd pass by Scootaloo would remind her about Ryder and make her think he's gonna snap at her or something. I mean Big Mac is sweet on that sister of yours Ryder. He knows how it is to lose loved ones. Had to go through three times."

Fluttershy gave a loud burp and blushed. "Ooh! Excuse me!" She said. She looked to everypony as they giggled a bit. "Well I do remember Scootaloo and Ryder both do need comfort and care to stay calm. If Big Mac can go easy on Scootaloo there wont be a problem. Ryder needs a little more care that Scootaloo does. It doesn't make sense hearing it but it helps just to see." The yellow mare set her drink down and flew over the table landing next to Ryder. "Ryder is like a wolf in some ways. Always travels with friends or those of his kind being like the guard, he doesn't like looking for things on his own such as food, he doesn't like getting cornered and if he needs to fight it's for his pack. In that pack is his friends and family!" She pulled a chair next to Ryder and sat next to him hugging him. "Not to mention he likes to be scratched behind the ears." She scratched just behind Ryder's ears and he blushed.

Pinkie laughed a bit after swallowing her drink. "I'm surprised we aren't turning him into a little wolfie just for Scootaloo to play with!" She said.

Twilight used her magic and clamped Pinkie's mouth shut. Even kept Ryder's hoof from hammering against the chair leg. "Alright I'll think on it tonight." She said. "I'll think of all the different cutie mark combos with each filly. Sweetie Belle most likely will do Rarity's thing with finding gems but I'll seek some possibilities with how each filly might react to the cutie mark. But for now somepony should go downstairs and make sure the pizza guy isn't getting stopped by the guards. Ryder? Dash? You two wanna go?" Ryder groaned a bit setting his mug down. "Ryder I promise this will be the last thing I ask of you today! Cross my heart hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye!"

Ryder gave a nod and got up still keeping his drink with him. Dash sighed leaving her drink behind. "I guess one of us has to carry that pizza up." She said. "....And don't worry I'll check so it doesn't have any peppers Twi. If it does I'm sending it back. If Ryder gets pizza and only him I'm making him take four hooves to the flank for a cutie mark!"

Ryder flew around Dash sipping his drink. "Yeah like I can eat a huge pizza by myself..." He said sarcastically. "Lets just go before the other guards get the pizza. If no pizza everypony's paying me for a hayburger... Not to mention I'm gonna raise hell at that pizza place..." Dash looked at her cousin as they went out the door.

"Yeah that should get us a free pizza and something more... Put it on behalf of Twilight and we might own that place."

Later that night Ryder sat in the TV room with everypony. Rarity and Applejack sat at his side. Dash, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Twilight sat behind them as they watched some show from their childhood. Loaded Stable. Applejack glanced at Ryder. "I don't see why the hell you like this old crap." She whispered. "I mean... the writin's good but its all fuzzy when it gets those fly by's of Manehattan and when they're out somewhere doin' what ever... Why they usin' that name brand crap too?"

Dash squeezed between Ryder and AJ. "Look it's a TV show from the late ninety's just be quiet or maybe change the channel. Fluttershy and I already saw every episode!" She said. Applejack sighed getting up.

"Sorry but I cant help snappin' at everypony. Somethin' inside me is tellin' me not to put our sisters through what we go through..." Dash sighed.

"AJ do you want the girls to keep going to anypony they can to bug the fuck out of them for their cutie marks? I don't want Ryder coming to my door in the middle of the night saying Scootaloo and the fillies ended up in the hospital because they all tried something and hurt themselves! Would you wanna hear from someone saying Applebloom busted her skull open trying to be a lumberjack?" Applejack shook her head. "Great! Now is it time for booze Twi? I'm dying for something to just trash me!" She looked back at Twilight.

The princess gave a deep sigh. "Not for you!" She said. "You, Pinkie and Fluttershy are the sober party tonight. Ryder, Applejack, Rarity and I are the ones who are getting drunk!" Dash gave her a pissed look.

"Why can you get drunk and we cant? This is as stressful for us as it is for them!" Twilight grinned.

"My castle. You're just guests here!" Dash sighed while Twilight gave a laugh. That laugh died down and she sighed. "Well does everypony remember who's with who tonight?" Fluttershy pulled Ryder to the side and nuzzled him. Pinkie pulled Rarity away and hugged her while Applejack sat with Dash who looked pissed. "Perfect! I'll have a guard, not Ryder for once, get us that mobile cocktail bar!" She got up and started for the door.

Rarity looked to Pinkie. "If you're going to hold me like that while I drink you are going to need a tighter grip." She said. Pinkie smiled nervously. "...You don't have intention on letting me go are you...?" Pinkie shook her head. She looked to the others. "Uh.... Ryder? Fluttershy? Dash? AJ? Any of you perhaps have a crow bar on you?"

Fluttershy looked over at Rarity keeping Ryder under her wing LITTERALLY. "Why would anypony need a crow bar in our work?" She asked. Ryder cleared his throat. "Oh uh... right sorry Ryder..... I forget you're a fixit guard..."

"Just ignore my comment I'll handle it on my own..." Rarity glanced at Pinkie. "...You better know when to grip and let me go.... Now would be the time to let me move around!" Pinkie smiled and let go of Rarity backing away from her. Rarity looked to Ryder and Fluttershy. "Fluttershy you be careful with Ryder. Make sure each of his restraints are TIGHT and... Please don't try and take advantage of him. He's horny and wet when drunk. Don't want him having an accident inside."

Ryder blushed averting his gaze. "....That was one time Rarity... And it wasn't my fault you were drunk too!" He said. "....Still don't know how you remember that..." He looked to Applejack. "...Any input with you AJ?"

Dash rolled her eyes. "Please she doesn't have anything to hide. Well... Other than her episodes of waking up either on her roof, or up a tree yet no pony really knows how she gets up there." She said. "Ryder knows how awesome I am when I drink."

"Really? You aren't awesome when you drink. You drink ALL fucking night, you try and start things with anypony with you, you pull some stupid dares and force who ever to just do what ever you say. Why else did you find someone shitting on your doorstep? I was pissed off because I was pissed ON!"

Fluttershy groaned a bit. "Cant we just stay away from each others throats?" She asked. "I don't like it when you guys yell at each other!"

Applejack huffed. "Fluttershy's right, all this is doin' is raisin' each others blood pressure." She said. "When Twi gets back, we're putting on a bit of music, and drink to our hearts content!" She looked over to Ryder. "And yes Ry it's gonna be that hippie stuff y'like so much. No one likes drinkin' to my country music, Dash's dubstep, Rarity's classical and sorry Flutters your calming flute music aint gonna work with us either... Trust me it wasn't that tea that put me to sleep a few weeks ago it was that music." Fluttershy smiled a bit.

"It's okay. That was my sleepy time mix anyways. I forgot to change it to my yoga music. I was planning on working out but you were welcomed to join me. Too bad it put you to sleep."

Hours later Ryder was being shackled to a gurney with a chastity belt on. He was passed out but with a bloody nostril. Fluttershy and a few guards helped push the gurney into a bedroom. As the guards put the bed against the wall they sighed as they put the breaks on. "There we go Miss Fluttershy." One said as the others left the room. "He should be fine. Applejack's lucky he has a sister to take care of. No charges are going to be pressed but if you need a guard just call for a guard." Fluttershy nodded.

"Will do. Thank you again for strapping him down. I didn't want to think about him being on top of me when I wake up... Not good if he's just all sticky while he's inside me..." She glanced at Ryder. "Um... Maybe we should pad him up just so he doesn't ruin any equipment..."

"Well why don't you just go on to bed. I'll handle it. Just... Sleep lightly... Rarity went onto a tirade on Pinkie but instead of being intimidated she just laughed.. Weird mare she is..." The guard turned back around and left the room as Fluttershy climbed into bed.

Over with the Crusaders they were all sitting inside of Applebloom's room hugging each other scared. Big Mac was changing Applebloom's sheets. Applebloom was amongst the hugging fillies crying embarrassed as well as scared. "Look girls I know you're all scared but this is ALL for your own good!" Big Mac said. "All of your siblin's still love ya, they just don't like it when you do all this crazy stuff trying to get your cutie marks. Lion taming, sky diving, extreme rock climbin? I mean all that stuff could've gotten ya killed."

Applebloom sniffled. "...W-we're just tired of all them bullies callin' us names..." She said.

Sweetie belle looked up at Big Mac. "...Yeah! Scootaloo nearly knocked Diamond Tiara's teeth out!" She said. "Her and Silver Spoon have been calling us that since we were five!"

Scootaloo looked to Sweetie Belle. "...Sweetie Belle, Diamond Tiara has only been in our class since two years ago..." She said. Sweetie belle blushed averting her gaze.

"...Right... I used to live in canterlot with mommy and daddy before I had to live with Rarity... Diamond used to be my neighbor at one point... She got her cutie mark and just... stopped talking with me..."

Big Mac hoisted up side of Applebloom's mattress and set it down on it's side before plopping it on the wet stained side. He huffed at looked back at the fillies. "Alright look at me. You three get downstairs and hop into my bed." He said. "Before you do I need each of you to use the toilet. I don't want AJ thinkin' I was drinkin' on the job with you girls! Scoot I know what your brother would do if he caught me drinking with you around and I'm pretty sure Rarity'd do the same thing. Now just go. I'll be in to make sure no more accidents happen." The fillies nodded and hurried out of the room with Applebloom lagging a bit.

The next morning the crusaders rode in a red wagon as Big Mac pulled it with a rope in his teeth and tied to the handle of the wagon. The fillies looked to the castle as they approached. The cool morning air almost made it seem like it was snowing for each filly as they shook scared, wondering if their siblings were just joking or if they were as serious as a drill instructor. Scootaloo swallowed as she held her friends close. "...B-Big Mac...." She said. Big Mac glanced back at the fillies.

"'s wrong Scoot? Gotta use the can again?"

"No... I j-just wanted to ask if you were going to come up with us.... I don't want Ryder to yell at me..." Big Mac sighed.

"Scoot your brother doesn't like to yell after a night of drinking. Last time he did I nearly sent him into the hospital. He should be as quiet as Fluttershy."

With that he was right. When they got to the castle they were all escorted inside by other guards and into the throne room. Twilight sat in her throne. Applejack, Rarity and Ryder stood in the center of the ring of thrones. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie sat behind them. Watching as the crusaders stepped in front of Twilight and hesitantly bowed. "Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle. Applebloom." Twilight said. "You three stand here in front of me today for complaining about your siblings and everyone else having a cutie mark after multiple times of being told everypony gets their cutie mark at different times. We've devised a plan and agreed on who's getting what cutie mark from the ponies behind you. Applebloom. Instead of getting Applejack's cutie mark you'll be given Ryders. Scootaloo will be getting Applejack's since Ryder doesn't trust any other guard to watch over his sister."

Applejack stepped forward. "Yeah. Since you can handle yourself better a guard should be tied up faster than you could finish fixing something." She said.

Ryder stepped forward and turned his sister around. "...Scoot some guards here have guilty pleasures they get away with and I want them nowhere near you with your back turned." He said almost in a whisper. "I trust you more with Big Mac than I do any of the other guards. Unless Shining Armor was here you cant have my cutie mark." Scootaloo whimpered and hugged her brother. He pried her off and turned her back to Twilight. "Princess... I think it's time we get this done and over with... Head is killing me..."

Twilight nodded getting up from her throne. "Ryder, Sweetie Belle. Step forward." She said. "I can only do two at a time... plus I think Ryder has the worst hang over out of all of you." Applejack and Rarity nodded as they pulled Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo aside. Applebloom went to Ryder's side. "Alright you two... Join hooves. The cutie mark needs a surface to travel over." Neither pony said anything. They just took each other's hoof. Twilight took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Her horn glowed and so did Ryder and Applebloom. They floated up and in a ball of light the two ponies disappeared. Everyone but Twilight looked at where the two ponies were shocked. "...Give it a second. This spell is strange but I did test it on a few guards last night while everyone was asleep."

Dash tilted her head. "So I think I knocked out Ryder for NOTHING?!" She asked. Twilight shushed her.

Just then the ball of light reappeared and spat Applebloom and Ryder out before disappearing again. A closer look revealed Applebloom had Ryder's cutie mark and Ryder had a blank flank. Well.... Ryder was passed out scaring Scootaloo as Applebloom came to. The Pegasus filly ran up to her brother. "Ryder!" She said jumping on him. "Ryder! Wake up please wake up!"

Applejack came up and pulled Scootaloo away. "Don't fret none Scoots!" She said hugging the filly. "He's just tired. Fluttershy told me he woke up about ten times during the night. Guess he's a very active drinker and a night owl but don't worry he'll be fine." Scootaloo looked up at Applejack tearing up.

"...A-are you sure...? He could be really hurt..."

"He's alright... Maybe just a bit in shock from being... Somewhere..." She looked to Twilight. "Where the hell did that send em?"

Twilight gave a bit of a smile. "Don't worry it's just a cloaking to hide the process of the transfer." She said. "I wouldn't know what it's like in there but maybe someone could help me figure out what's in there. Any volunteers?" Sweetie Belle raised her hoof hesitantly as she clung to her sister scared. "Alright then! Sweetie Belle! Rarity! You two are next!" Rarity took a deep breath prying her sister off with her magic as Applejack pulled Ryder away. Applebloom stepped away looking at her flank. No emotion whatsoever. Sweetie Belle took her sisters hoof and whimpered. Rarity sighed and pulled her sister in for a hug feeling sorry for this. She still knew she had to do this but Sweetie just needed comfort. Twilight sighed. "...Well I guess that works too.... Now... Sweetie Belle you do this I'll help you find your first batch of gems! Okay?" Sweetie Belle looked up at Twilight and nodded wiping a few tears away. Twilight's horn glowed again and the unicorn siblings were enveloped in an orb of light. Sweetie Belle looked around and found herself in another dimension with her sister close at her side. She saw colors of the rainbow, colors she hasn't seen before, cutie marks of the unknown and even a few runes. She looked to her sisters cutie mark and saw it cross over from Rarity's flank to hers. It almost tickled on the way over. Almost meaning it pinched a bit as it fused to her flank.

Not even a second after receiving her sisters cutie mark everything disappeared. She looked around taking deep breaths. She saw everyone. Twilight, Ryder, Scootaloo, Rarity, Applebloom, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. Twilight used her magic pulling Sweetie Belle away from her sister. "....That.... Really wasn't as bad as I thought..." The little filly said. "...I thought it was gonna hurt or something..." Twilight smiled as Rarity went over with her friends.

"Well? What did it look like in there?"

"...Kinda... What's that word Ryder uses a lot...? Psychodalek?"

Applejack approached with Scootaloo clinging to her back. "That's psychedelic sugarcube." She said. She looked to Twilight. "Alright sugarcube... Let's get it done and over with... I've bucked my last buck for a while.. Gonna miss it but hey... As long as something gets done about these fillies."

Twilight nodded. In the back behind the action Dash shook Ryder awake. "C'mon! Wake up!" She snapped. Nothing. "Fucking..." She looked over to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy can you help me here? I want him to see Scootaloo get AJ's cutie mark." Fluttershy glanced over and shushed her friend. "Alright fine he sleeps but when we get the chance to put him in a bed...."

Cutie Marks swapped over, drinks have been drank, someone got drunk. So much yelling. Hope this goes well....