You Heard Us, No Cutie Marks For Us!
Marks and Recreation: Colts don't want Cutie Marks
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"I don't want to…” Said Button. “I like to play on my Joyboy better!" Button said.
"No Joyboy Button, it's a camp remember!" Sweetie Belle said grabbing Button's joyboy.
"Grrrr… (At least I have another one in my bag...)" Button thought, rolling his eyes. "Well this is going to be boring huh Shady?"
"Heh, tell me about it! But I can take pictures of the nature out here anyways, which is the best part!" Shady Daze said, looking at the huge lake.
"Still boring..." Button deadpanned.
"Bored too." Supplied Rumble.
"Come on boys!" Sweetie Belle said to three colts.
"Step on up and show how it's done!" said AppleBloom.
"I'm not doing it, no no no!" Button said stepping back and shaking his head. "I’d rather go on my Joyboy and win some games."
All the campers facehoofed then turned to look at Rumble who was glaring at the activity. Rumble threw the horseshoe but missed.
"Whoops. Aw, it looks like I won't be getting my cutie mark in the horseshoe toss..." Rumble said unenthusiastic.
"Don't worry about it, Rumble." Sweetie Belle said. "Hardly anypony finds their calling on the first try.”
"Eh, I wasn't worried." Said Rumble looking away and waving a hoof in dismissal. The Cutie Mark Crusaders then looked at Button Mash and Shady Daze.
"It's your turn you two!" Said Scootaloo.
"NOPE!" Button said, turning around and hiding inside a tree trunk. "I'm not going, Shady can go in my place!"
"Come on Button!" Scootaloo insisted. “Just give it a try!"
"How about a no!" Button got out of the tree trunk and hid behind a large tree. "I'll uhhh, wait for a few minutes!"
"Something is seriously going on about him not getting his Cutie Mark..." AppleBloom said suspiciously, rubbing her chin with a hoof before turning to her fellow crusaders. "Let's just focus on Shady and Rumble for a bit you two."
"Yes Ma'am!"
"Actually I am just going to take pictures around here for my photo collection and that's enough for me!" Shady said as he took a photo of the small village. "Good view from here!"
"Nevermind, Rumble is the main one to focus." AppleBloom said with a facehoof alongside Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.
After a few seconds of talking, a montage of Rumble, Button, and Shady is beginning. The first activity was Kayaking. All of the campers finished the activity except the three colts.
"Water is not my thing, Ponynite is!" Button said as he looked at the village that held chests somehow.
"Well... Go for it I guess, see what's inside." Shady said as he rolled his eyes. "I'm going back for pictures around here."
SPLASH
"Whoops." Rumble said as the Kayak tipped over.
TWING
"Whoopsie."
THUMP
"Whoops...."
After a few tries, they all tried haiku's, except Button and Shady.
"Whoops, I've tried it all. Time to tell my brother this Camp isn't for me." Rumble said unenthusiastic.
"Come on, Rumble." Scootaloo said looking at Rumble. "Isn't it fun just trying stuff?"
Meanwhile on the other side of the activity were Button and Shady looking at the lake bored to death.
"Somepony end this camp already! I wanna go back to my house and play video games!" Button screamed throwing a pebble into the lake.
"I'd rather be in my Photo Shop taking pictures of ponies..." Shady said to Button with a sigh. "And no, I'm not a creep!"
"I never said you were…” Button said looking at Shady strangely before shaking his head and sighing. “I feel like Cutie Marks have no purpose… We should just tell Rumble we shouldn't be here."
"We better hurry then." Shady said looking at Button before pointing at something. "He's leaving the camp without us!"
"Oh shoot, goodbye camp and eww!" Button said sticking his tongue out at the village.
"RUMBLE, WAIT FOR US!" Button and Shady shouted as the two caught up to Rumble.
"Oh, there you two are!" Rumble said happily before frowning. "This camp is the worst..."
"Ya, it is. I got some good photos though. Hey, where are you going anyways?" Shady asked Rumble.
"Oh I'm going where my big brother is, Wonderbolt Academy!" Rumble said pointing in the direction of the academy.
"Can we at least watch you?" Button said as he looked at Rumble. "This camp is boring and we really want to see you practice at the Wonderbolt training!"
"Well, sure why not." Rumble said as he started flapping his wings. "Follow me, I'll fly slow so you two can catch up!"
"Alright!" Button and Shady said.
"Blank Flanks forever!" The three shouted.
Back at the Cutie Mark Day Camp the first day was wrapping up and Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom were looking for Button Mash and Shady Daze.
"No sign of them, they must have gone off with Rumble..." Sweetie Belle said as she looked to Apple Bloom.
AppleBloom hummed in thought, trying to figure out where Rumble, Button, and Shady could have gone off to. "Maybe the Wonderbolt Academy?"
"Well, Rumble does want to become a Wonderbolt, and Button and Shady might want to watch him instead of getting their Cutie Mark." Sweetie Belle said as she looked at the direction of the Wonderbolt Academy.
"That must be it!" Said AppleBloom. "Let's get Scootaloo and find those three before the sun goes down!"
A few hours later, the three fillies found the area where the colts were. Button and Shady were both looking at Rumble doing some good tricks and moves.
"Gooo Rumble!" Shady shouted.
"At this rate, you might be the youngest Wonderbolt!" Button said as he looked up in awe at Rumble.
"Heh, thanks you two. But I don't think Spitfire would allow that, not until I’m a bit older like Thunder." Rumble said as he landed.
"Hey you three!" Scootaloo shouted from afar.
"Oh no..." The three colts groaned quietly.
"W-What are you all doing here?" Rumble said as he looked at the Crusaders.
"We just wanted to apologize for not finding anything you three liked today." Said Scootaloo.
"Oh. Whatever. It's fine." Rumble said dismissively.
"I'm just on my Joyboy, the only activity I like is hide and seek." Button said.
"And my favorite thing is taking photos." Shady said awkwardly. "My photos..."
"It's not fine. It's frustrating, and we know what it's like." AppleBloom tried to comfort them.
"We're not frustrated!" The three shouted at the Crusaders.
"It's okay! We've all been there." Scootaloo said, oblivious to the fact that they did NOT want help. "But we won't give up on helping you three!"
"We know you three will get your cutie mark! Everpony does." Sweetie Belle said as he looked at Shady and Rumble, then at Button.
"Actually, I don't need your help. Because I don't want to get my cutie mark!" Rumble snapped as he glared at the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"Same for me! Same old missions everyday!" Button agreed turning away.
"Bleh, boring! I prefer to focus on my photo shop!" Finished Shady.
"WHAT?!" The Cutie Mark Crusaders said in shock as they heard the colts.
"Ah... Ah must have hay in my ears, because Ah thought Ah just heard ya three say-" AppleBloom said as she looked at Rumble, Button and Shady.
"You heard right! I don't want my Cutie Mark!" Rumble said as he moved closer to Button Mash and Shady Daze.
"Me neither! What you three do takes forever for us to get it. I prefer my Joyboy!" Button said as he glared at the Crusaders.
"Ehhh, I got nothing. Just Cutie Marks are not important." Shady said, looking up at the sky and rubbing his chin.
Sweetie Belle gasped as she heard the three. "They said it again!"
"Not wanting a Cutie Mark is like not wanting to breath!" Said a shocked Scootaloo.
"Everypony wants to know what they're meant to do!" Sweetie Belle tried to reason with the three.
"Hmph! Not us!" The three colts said together.
"WHY?!" The three fillies said back.
"Because cutie marks are silly and..... a-and they just force you into one thing your whole life!" Rumble said as he stomped his hooves.
"What's even the real purpose to them?! NOTHING!" Button Mash said with a frown.
"That's silly. Having a cutie mark doesn't mean you can't do other things." Sweetie Belle said as she looked at Button and Rumble.
"Yeah! Our cutie marks are in helpin' other ponies with their cutie marks, but Ah still like making' potions with Zecora." AppleBloom told them.
"And when was the last time you did that?" Rumble and Button asked as the two looked intently at Apple Bloom.
"Um... A-Ah think it was, uh... Well, we've been pretty busy helpin' other ponies lately..." AppleBloom said as she couldn’t make her words come out.
"Oh, you mean doing the thing you got your cutie mark for?" Rumble shouted as he glared. "The thing you're stuck doing for the rest of your life?!"
"Oh yeah! What if we like other things that doesn't make a reference to the Cutie Marks?!" Shady said to the crusaders as he looked away taking pictures.
"Okay. Maybe we will be doing that more than anything else. But we love being Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Sweetie Belle said to Rumble and Shady.
"Well, that's fine for you, but we're not gonna be put in a box!" Rumble said and turned away. "Right you two?!”
"Mmhmm" Button and Shady nodded in agreement.
Then the three trotted away not looking back at the Crusaders, Rumble being the most frustrated and the other two hating Cutie Marks.
"Three blank flanks that don't want a Cutie Mark?" Scootaloo said, turning to her fellow Crusaders. "That's gotta be the strangest thing I've ever heard."
"Granny always says, ‘Some ponies have to find their own hay’." AppleBloom suggested.
"Are you sure she didn't mean ‘Find their own way’?" Scootaloo said.
"Oh. That would make more sense." AppleBloom rubbed the back of her head.
"I still can't believe Rumble, Button, and Shady aren't interested in getting their Cutie Mark either, but we can't force them." Sweetie Belle said as she looked at the direction where the three colts went.
"And we've got a whole camp full of ponies who ARE interested in getting Cutie Marks." Scootaloo said to Sweetie Belle.
"Mmhmm" The three fillies said together.
A little ways away, Rumble is still practicing on his tricks while Button and Shady were on their Joyboys playing Ponynite. However, a certain wonderbolt was coming up behind Rumble.
"Here he comes. The fastest, most elite flyer in Equestria!" Rumble said, oblivious to the new arrival.
"Thunderlane!"
"Whoa!" Rumble yelped as he turned around to see Thunder. "Urgh... I was gonna say me. You're not the only Pegasus in the family, you know."
"Oh, sorry little brother. You're right." Thunderlane said as he looked at Rumble. "You might be the most elite flyer in Equestria someday. But for now, you should try other things, too! Speaking of which, aren't you supposed to be at Camp with Button Mash and Shady Daze?"
"That camp is for losers who can't do anything." Rumble grumbled as he looked at Thunder then to the tree Button and Shady were playing Ponynite on.
"Great, so there's no pressure. You can try anything and not be worried about looking bad." Thunderlane reassured Rumble.
"I'm not worried about that." Rumble signed. "I just don't want to get a cutie mark in any of their ridiculous activities."
“Well, you're still going back tomorrow." Thunderlane said then looked over at Button and Shady. "YOU TWO AS WELL! You can't be a blank flank forever.” Then he flew off for training again with the rest of the Wonderbolts.
"Hmm..." Rumble started thinking of something that might affect the whole camp worse than the original timeline. Because the author took one look at the fourth wall and said ‘I’MMA WRECK IT!!!’. "Hey! Button! Shady! I got a plan to take over the camp tomorrow!”
"Heh, finally we think of something." Button chuckled as he got up and trotted to Rumble.
"Look, this is what we're going to do tomorrow..." Rumble then proceeded to tell the plan to Button and Shady for the next day. The Cutie Mark Day Camp will become the Camp Blank Flanks.
Author's Note
Editor’s Note: AHHH MERDA!!! Sunny would like to apologize for the long time it took to edit this, Sunny has been busy with life and her own stories, which took a lot out of her. But here it is, the edited chapter! Also, Sunny senses a disturbance on the fourth wall…
Original Notes: This chapter i had to make Shady and Button speak some of Rumble's line due to them being somewhat silence in the first half of this chapter.
And that's the end of this chapter, next one is going to be keeping the songs but with Shady and Button joining in in the begining.
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