My little pony X
Origins of the Cutie Marks
Previous ChapterNext ChapterA page was shown at the beginning of a book, showing Draco with Spike and Twilight, showing what built up to them living in Ponyville in book form. The trio were seen talking to each of their new friends in respective order from when they met whom. Draco was seen confronting Nightmare moon with his siblings behind him. Twilight was seen showing everyone about the Elements of Harmony. The group was seen walking through the Everfree forest in hopes of finding the Elements of Harmony. The group's struggles were all shown as the pages turned, one event at a time. The tasks of the Elements of Harmony were shown as well in exact order of when they were made. Draco and the others were seen confronting Nightmare moon and successfully did so, ending with Draco hugging Queen Luna. Draco and the others were seen with Queen Celestia as she just allowed the main trio to move to Ponyville. The last page showed Draco becoming surprised by what he found in the ruby in the alley. Just then a red flash covered up the screen and to changed to another motion.
The magic tree house anime movie song Message plays during the credits as Twilight's voice is heard singing No other bond.
Events from the pilot were shown from the first few lines of Twilight's song. "I may have given up on friendship, long ago." But my brothers helped me regain, it so. In spite of how stupid they, can be. I still love them with all my heart. They helped me see the light, at the end. It was a tunnel that made an, awful trend. But these dragons, one cocky, and one timid. Kept their friendship amazing from the start." Other events to occur in season one were then shown for the rest of the song. "True neither of them are perfect, but I honestly will never care. Us and our friends will remain, until the, end of time. Even when these brothers fight, there love lasts with all their might, and they showed me once again, the truth that i lost back then. The best of friends they will sure be, forever in harmony, No other bond i've seen before, protecting and loving one another to the core."
Draco and his friends were shown in a picture at the end of the song.
Scootaloo was racing through Ponyville on her scooter as she rode past the pony bystanders at high speeds. Making sure not to hit any of them, she blazed past just about every obstacle that blocked her path; ducking under poles and grinding on the water fountain, along with more to come, she kept up her skills even up to the forest. As she made her way dodging the rocks and jumping over a stream, she came across a branch and backflipped over it. Once she landed back on her scooter, she blazed off to get to her location, which was none other than the Cmc headquarters.
Applebloom was hard at work making a wooden board that seemed to be for the development of the Cmc. "So that's basically everything. Pretty cool story if you ask me, but the story would rather have Applejack say it."
Sweetie belle was making some sort of necklace while also listening to Applebloom's story. "If I ever had a story like that I'd go to Manehattan with it."
Applebloom rolled her eyes while smiling as she and Sweetie belle suddenly heard Scootaloo's scooter skid. Scootaloo took her helmet off and walked over to Applebloom and Sweetie belle. "Hey dudes. What're you talking about?"
"Applebloom was just telling me this story about Applejack." Sweetie belle answered. "It's pretty cool; maybe we can ask Applejack to tell it so the audience can hear it."
"Pssh. Like they even bothered to get this far." Applebloom deadpanned as she got back to work. "Heck, most of them just quit as soon as they read the premise."
"Tell me about it." Applejack was walking over with some food for the Cmc as she set it down on the bench beside them. "Those are some swines I'd never wanna round up. Even I don't go THAT low."
The Cmc giggled at Applejack's joke, knowing exactly what she meant when she said it. Applebloom then remembered the story she was telling Sweetie belle just now. "Hey, we were just talking about you and Scootaloo was late. Whatya say you tell us about your cutie mark tale?"
Applejack thought for a moment and figured it couldn't hurt. "I don't see why not. After all, it's left a huge impact on my life."
Applejack flashbacked to when she got her cutie mark and voiced over the scene that started with her traveling on a train to somewhere. "I at first didn't wanna spend the rest of my life on a dirty old farm. I wanted the sophisticated life. That's why I decided to head off to the big city." Manehattan was shown in all it's glory once Applejack got off the train and walked around. "Manehattan."
Applejack was walking around the city as she voiced over what she did there. "My aunt n uncle Orange lived there, and they told me so much about it. I thought I could make a living there that suited me." Applejack was shown meeting her uncle and aunt at their house in the city, hugging them affectionately. "It was a great time for a while."
The flashbacks switched to everything Applejack mentioned in the story. "I had great food, a great bed, and a great life in general. (Applejack is seen looking out the window) But I didn't know what to do. That is...until." Applejack suddenly felt a rainbow in the flashback and saw it pointing straight to home. "That's when it hit me. What I wanted to do with my life."
Applejack was shown walking back home as she voiced over once again. "My home was back at Sweet Apple Acres. My birth home." Applejack hugged Granny Smith and Big Mac in the flashback, and then looked to see that she got her cutie mark, much to her joy as she smiled at it appropriattely. The flashback ended with Applejack finishing up her story. "It's a little cliche I know. But no story need a huge twist to be heartwarming."
"No kidding. That was a great one." Scootaloo replied as she got an idea. "That actually gave me an idea." Applejack seemed flattered that she was able to give Scootaloo an idea with her story, wondering what she had in mind.
Scootaloo was explaining to Applebloom, Sweetie belle, and Applejack what her plan was as she attached a wagon to her scooter. "If we can get enough information on how cutie marks come along from Spike and Draco's other pony friends, we'll be able to get closer to getting our cutie mark with the added knowledge."
"Makes sense to me." Applebloom responded. "I just hope there's wine involved." Scootaloo and Sweetie belle rolled their eyes while smiling as they then scootered around ponyville.
While scooting around, they came across Rarity, who was just exiting a clothes shop as they zoomed right past her. She was able to keep her clothes a foot, with the Cmc then stopping to see if she was alright, heading on over to her as she commented on that speed. "Dang that was fast. Let me tell you Scootaloo; if you were Rainbow dash's sister, you'd be her second in command."
Scootaloo smiled widely on those words with Applebloom then speaking up. "As Scootaloo has her fangirl moment, we were actually looking for you guys to see how you all got your cutie marks. Scootaloo said it would be great knowledge."
Rarity found a lot to be excited for in those words, having a story herself that she knew they'd enjoy. "Then I just know you'll enjoy the story of how I got MY cutie mark. Wanna hear it?"
"That's why we're here." Scootaloo responded, with Rarity nodding as she then got ready to tell her story to the Cmc.
Rarity started telling her story as a flashback started to when she was walking in a place outside of Ponyville as a young filly. "Ever since I was a filly, I've always wanted to design fashion, which is what I do for a living now. I usually snuck over to the outskirts of Ponyville to see what I could find." Rarity walked up to some sort of rock in the flashback, wondering what it could mean. "There was this one rock I was always intrigued by. I had to know what it was, as I always found an incredible power coming from it."
Rarity knocked on the rock and wondered what it could lead to. "It'd been at least three weeks since I first saw that rock and I still didn't know much about it." Rarity looked at a dress she drew in her journal, not liking what it had to offer. She started to question if she really could become the fashion designer she wanted to be "My designs were fine on paper, but they were never dazzling. I needed inspiration, and this rock was the only place I could find even the slightest bit of it."
Just then, the same rainboom from Applejack's story came along, opening up the rock and revealing what it was. "Then I saw what the rock was. It was a Geode. Rusty on the outside, beautiful on the inside." Rarity smiled as she then drew up something else, knowing that she could do a lot with this one. "That's when I got it. The inspiration I needed."
The next day in the flashback, Rarity was working day and night on her next dress. Using the gems she had and working in at least seven panels of hard work, sweating, and soaking water on her head. The final panel showed her finishing the dress and noticing a flash, showing her that she had just found her calling. "It was a hard call, (Flashback ends) but it was more than worth it."
"Oh yeah. I think I saw you making that dress when I was a baby." Sweetie belle pointed out, flashbacking to when she was in her crib and pointing at the dress. "I was like, hey Rarity; there's a tatoo on your butt!" The flashback ended with Sweetie belle looking back on that day. "It was almost as if you were so busy that you lost your ability to hear. (Looks at Scootaloo and Applebloom) Can you do that?"
Scootaloo and Applebloom shrugged with Rarity giggling at her sister's silliness. "If it helps, I saw Twilight studying over by the PonyDonalds next to the town's game store. Draco was practically begging her for the newest Dranteno game."
The Cmc giggled at Draco's typical bratty attitude, being rather used to it by now with Scootaloo having them set off. "Thanks Rarity. We'll see ya around." The Cmc headed off with Rarity waving goodbye to them, glad that she got to relive her cutie mark moment.
Draco was gobbling down on a triple veggie burger with Spike drinking his soda and Twilight reading something. Twilight seemed to be a tad bit annoyed by how messy Draco was being, needing full concentration on her work. "Draco, can you please use a napkin? I won't be able to study about Starswirl-"
"If you're boring?" Draco deadpanned when he set his burger down. "Well excuse me for not being gassy yet." Draco suddenly released a five second bacon burger fart, with Spike covering his nose as Twilight wafted it away (pfffffffffft). "Oh. Never mind."
"Just be glad that wasn't one of Twilight's." Spike commented. "She's always letting out eggy ones for some reason and I never did figure out why."
"It's because of my sulphur Spike." Twilight explained in annoyance. "You guys know how much it acts up and affects my gas."
Draco gave a blunt look, not knowing what Twilight was talking about. "Yeah, I don't know what a sulphur is, but let's avoid the fart talk for now."
The Cmc walked into the place and saw where Draco, Spike, and Twilight were, walking up to them as Applebloom spoke up. "Hey normies. (Smells Draco's fart) Did someone fart over here?" Draco raised his claw with proudness, not caring what they all thought. "Yeah, makes sense."
"We actually came to learn about how you got your cutie mark Twilight." Scootaloo joined in, wanting to get to the point as fast as possible. "We figured we'd be able to get our cutie marks easier if we knew how all our other pony friends got them."
"Does it involve a rainbow explosion?" Sweetie belle asked with a hunch in mind. "I feel like it's going to involve a rainbow explosion."
Twilight giggled upon Sweetie belle's words, feeling that they were on point with her story. "Oh, it does, but we'll get to that part." Twilight then started talking about her cutie mark story. "It all started when-"
"Wait, let ME tell it. You always do it wrong." Twilight rolled her eyes while smiling and allowed Draco to do his work. "It all started when Twilight worked for this one dude who gave her the eggs me and Spike were in."
Twilight was talking to a shady pony who handed her two purple dragon eggs, much to her delight. Draco even started voicing over so he could explain what was happening. Albeit, in his own little tale. "Twilight was a young filly that knew I would be awesome, so she adopted me and my brother from this shady stranger who offered them to her." Twilight ran off with the eggs and put on a derpy face. "She then put on a dumb looking face as she ran off to try and hatch the eggs. Little did she know that it would take one million years before he finally got what wasn't a complete waste of time."
"Hold it!" Twilight rolled up Draco's thoughts and threw them away, knowing how inaccurate they were. "And you say MY version wrong. You know I'm not dumb enough to let some shady pony give me something for free."
"Well it's definitely a lot cooler when you (crosses his arms) let me get to the good part." Draco retorted, bummed out that Twilight stopped his story. "But since you wanna be flawless with this story, we can tell your tale about how you got your cutie mark. In the none action involved way."
Spike finished his fries as he commented on Draco's story. "I'm pretty sure it's illegal to give false information on the past event of another, so you'd possibly go to jail if they believed you."
"Eh, we'd probably just sell the info for some booze." Applebloom admitted. "So we could have some use for it, even if it was just a Draco fantasy."
Draco rolled his eyes as Twilight then started explaining the story in the true format. "Now then. Let's get to what actually happened."
Twilight was shown as a young filly in a flashback as she voiced over what was going on while she wrote in a book. "I just got a ticket to getting into Celestia's school of magic, and it was only a matter of time until I got my entrance exam. I was studying so hard that I even (Filly Twilight has a sip from a mug) used it as an excuse to try coffee. Good stuff."
The flashback changed to Twilight standing in front of two baby dragon eggs. She seemed anxious and didn't know if she could do it. "When I got to my test though, I was so worn out from my studies that I could barely produce any magic." Filly Twilight tried to make a magical spark, but found it near impossible to do so. The judges weren't exactly impressed, and Twilight then tried even harder. When she only produced a small spark, she let out a defeated sigh. She couldn't bare the thought of being a failure at magic. "I almost failed."
Just then, the same rainboom from the previous two stories ended up coming right over the school. This led to Twilight going into a magic frenzy and zapping one of the eggs. There was when it hatched a young purple dragon, who was still sleeping upon being hatched. He was so peaceful, and Twilight couldn't resist looking at him. When he awoke and saw Twilight's face, he reached out to her and she picked him up with joy. She only got even more joy filled when she saw her cutie mark.
"I was so happy that I almost dropped Spike just to start dancing." Twilight squeed and tried to hold in her excitement, only for Spike to climb onto her back. "Of course I still had Spike to take care of, but at least I got into the school." The flashback ended with Twilight looking back on the memory with fondness. "And I finally got my cutie mark too."
"I don't remember MY birth being such a huge celebration." Draco mumbled to himself with Spike rubbing his brother's shoulder to comfort him. This was one of those things where Draco's brattiness showed a sense of something that troubled him.
The Cmc found the story to be really touching with Applebloom speaking up with a highly impressed and moved voice. "So you really are the reason your brothers made it. I thought that was one of Draco's cash grabs."
Twilight giggled a bit, looking back on her youngest sibling's record with certain things. "I'm not surprised to hear that."
"You said you were finding cutie mark stories, right?" Draco asked, wanting to avoid his personal problems, in addition to not wanting them to get worse. "I think you'd like it a lot better if you headed off to find another one."
"Works for us." Scootaloo replied, walking off with Applebloom and Sweetie belle afterwards. "Later dudes."
"Oh, and feel free to tell us how Draco was born too." Sweetie belle's words surprised Draco, making him amazed that he found someone who was interested in his birth story. "If Spike's was that interesting then Draco's can be just as good."
"See Draco? Other ponies DO see us as equals." Spike implied, making Draco smile upon those words. "It'll all be fine, trust me." Draco pulled out his ruby and looked at it with Spike and Twilight, hoping that when he found his mother, he'd find the truth about his birth family.
The Cmc were walking through town looking for another one of their friends to hear a cutie mark story from. Applebloom was still thinking about the story they got from Twilight, considering it to be movie material. "You know what we should do girls? We should make Twilight's story into a movie, and then have it broadcasted all over Equestria. We'd make millions!"
"That's genius!" Scootaloo exclaimed with excitement, only to then come to a conclusion. "Hold up. Wouldn't Twilight sue us if we used her story without permission."
"Pssh. She's not gonna sue three little kids." Applebloom pointed out, bringing up that they're too young to be sued. "Doing that is like throwing a tantrum over your green beans being served to you and having a pencil up your nose. Why bother?"
Sweetie belle felt that she heard that phrase somewhere before, feeling like it was from something she heard about. "Well I don't know what sue means. Unless you mean the name, which I think would make a good name for the british nanny."
"Except we don't know if there WAS a british nanny." Applebloom pointed out. "I know you two are air-headed dimwits, but we can't just expect random information to be pushed out of our butts and expect people to now lash out at us.
"And we can't botch the formula either." Scootaloo said, pointing out another way certain media fails. "That's why the Dranteno reboot met huge polarization."
Just then, Pinkie pie popped up from a sewage drain, surprising the Cmc to an immense degree. "Tell me about it. (Gets out of the sewer) Draco one time went on a thirty minute rant on Ponytube about how annoying the franchise is for their overractions."
"Yeah, that's pretty much how video game reboots get treated." Scootaloo implied, commenting on how some fans can act. "So how did you get down there without having anything on you when you got out?"
Pinkie pie pressed a button on a switch she pulled out, revealing that she was wearing a cleanness invulnerability shield. Applebloom found this impressive and even commented on it. "Definitely something Twilight would make. (Remembers something) Actually Pinkie, we were looking for you and the other Elements of Harmony."
"Really? What for?" Pinkie pie asked, seeming to be curious about the CMC's reasons for wanting to encounter her.
"See, we're learning about the cutie mark stories of all the Elements of Harmony so then we can get inspiration and stuff for our own cutie marks." Sweetie belle explained, despite still being a bit confused about the full plan herself. "At least I think that's what we're doing. Either that or we just want some good bedtime stories."
Pinkie pie found this to be a fun time to explain her own cutie mark story, being super excited upon it. "You three will love my cutie mark story! (Walks off) I'll tell you on the ay to Sugarcube Corner; hurry!"
The Cmc shrugged and ran up to Pinkie pie, who started telling her cutie mark story while still being excited about it. "Okay, so the story starts off with (Pinkie pie puts a picture on the screen) with me working at a rock farm my family's been working on for decades, (Pinkie pie comes onto the screen and changes the picture) and overtime I was super bored and didn't know how to have fun. My sisters didn't really seem to mind though. Anyway, (Changes the picture) then there was this huge rainbow that filled me up with miles and miles worth of happy happy joy joy!"
Pinkie pie changed the picture to her setting up a party in a motion picture. "The next day I put up a bunch of balloons and cakes and all that, and it took a super long time but it was totally worth it, since the rainbow gave me a huge amount of energy. (Changes the picture) So then me and my family had a fun time and then (Changes the picture) bloop! I got my cutie mark!" Pinkie pie hopped back into reality to wrap up her story. "And that's how Equestria was made."
The Cmc seemed confused by what Pinkie pie was talking about with Applebloom not hesitating to smirk as she spoke bluntly. "That's so believable how you saved Equestria. Pretty sure it's your cutie mark story though."
Pinkie pie them remembered the story she was telling the Cmc and face palmed herself before smiling. "Duh. That makes a million times more sense."
Rainbow dash and Fluttershy were at a booth inside Sugarcube corner which was right next to a window. Fluttershy seemed to be grossed out by something Rainbow dash just told her as the Cyan pegasus gobbled down on her cake slice. "How did anyone survive that without their nostrils burning?"
"Flutters, it's Spitfire. She can take on anything." Rainbow dash replied, feeling that Spitfire was too strong to be defeated by a simple time like that. "Also, the Wonderbolts can get pretty wild. And we managed to evacuate the others in time, so we have that in the same manner."
Fluttershy still found the story to be disgusting, but was less disgusted after hearing that. "Well that's a relief. I'm still confused as to how you chose that during your day with them though." Rainbow dash shrugged as she finished her plate and then took a sip of her shake. "I've been friends with you for a solid decade and I still can't get why you do some of the stuff you do."
"It's a living Fluttershy." Rainbow dash explained as she then started to speak in a voice with depth behind it. "It's not always easy being a tomboy like myself. Most girls won't even wanna be around you cause you love gross stuff and are proud of it when you fart. But for everyone who's grossed out by a tomboy, there are a select few that can stand their video game and gross food loving habits. And (points to Fluttershy) you my friend, are one of the lucky ones."
Fluttershy smiled upon Rainbow dash's words as they then heard Sweetie belle asking a question from the entrance. "So how does a rainbow help you get your cutie mark?" Rainbow dash and Fluttershy looked over to see the Cmc talking to Pinkie pie, who was putting some cakes up for sale. "Cause out of all four stories we've heard so far, it involved a rainbow. Why do they all want a rainbow?"
"Maybe it's all just a funny coincidence." Pinkie pie suggested, not really getting the whole rainbow thing either. "And hey; it's a lot better than the 'I defeated some lame super villain' trope."
"Hold up." The Cmc and Pinkie pie looked to see Rainbow dash and Fluttershy looking at them as they joined in on the conversation. "You're saying that some sort of rainbow went through the sky and gave you your cutie mark?" Pinkie pie nodded her head yes with Rainbow dash then getting a thought in mind. "Get the others. I think I know how this all started."
Rainbow dash was sitting on the counter with the others looking at her with interest in what she had to say. "So after I heard about all your stories on the way here, thanks for the info Cmc, (The Cmc nod) I came to a conclusion that I'm sure will make all of your minds explode."
"Well let's hear it." Draco responded, wanting to get in on this story. "It's about time I heard about some lore after the most recent incident we had with it."
"Heh. Yeah, don't worry Draco. There'll be plenty of lore here." Rainbow dash assured her young dragon friend, as she then got into the story. "Anyway, this all started about ten years ago, when me and Fluttershy were just starting Junior Speedsters Flight Camp together, the same camp we went with Gilda to." Rainbow dash seemed a bit twitchy on the mention of Gilda, but managed to hold it in. "And Fluttershy, wasn't exactly the Queen of flying back then. And for literally the only time in the episode, we'll show the viewers with little voice overs."
A flashback started with Fluttershy at flight camp ten years ago. She seemed to be holding up a flag as Rainbow dash glared at two male pegasi next to her that looked like children versions of Hoops and Dumbbell. "You two are gonna think twice next time before you mock Fluttershy in front of me. And if you don't, (Shrugs) I'll just kick your butts."
Hoops and Dumbbell snickered, finding Rainbow dash's threat to be nothing more than an empty whine. "Good luck with that, Rainbow Crash."
Hoops and Dumbbell laughed some more until Rainbow dash grabbed their necks, pulling them up to her with a blunt yet terrifying glare. "No one, calls me crash." Hoops and Dumbbell nodded and backed away in fear with Rainbow dash nodding to Fluttershy, who waved the flag as the contestants raced by and made her spin around a bunch. No one noticed her falling off the cloud because they were too busy watching Rainbow dash's race.
Rainbow dash blazed through the competition, only to find that Hooves and Dumbbell were fast as well. "You two are pretty good. If you weren't total butts, you'd (Butt bumps Hooves into Dumbbell) whoop mine." Rainbow dash raced on ahead with Hooves and Dumbbell growling as they then raced after her with Rainbow dash looking back to see them catching up.
Rainbow dash went even faster and when she got to the finish line, she ended up pulling off a sonic rainboom, much to her shock as she then looked down and saw it for herself. Finding the rainbow to be beautiful, she looked on with courage and determination, showing that she knew what she was capable of now. She then looked to see her cutie mark spawn and she grinned widely. That is, until she remembered something and flew back down at top speed.
The flashback ended with Rainbow dash taking a liking to that memory, finding it to be more than subtle. "Back then I'd just figured out that I wanted to become a Wonderbolt, and it was a huge opportunity for me to have my dream of it be linked to my cutie mark. Of course I have cloud patrol and all that, but it doesn't mean I CAN'T become a Wonderbolt. I mean it's not like there's a Wonderbolt cutie mark."
Fluttershy remembered that story fondly with Scootaloo scoffing, but not coming off as rude, and was even smiling. "You're lucky Fluttershy. My wings are practically broken." Scootaloo then gained a thought in mind that she felt could be accurate. "Hold up. Didn't the rest of you have a rainbow in YOUR stories?" The other mane six nodded with Scootaloo coming up with a theory. "Rainbow dash, you're the cutie mark santa!"
Rainbow dash seemed confused at first, but then caught onto what Scootaloo was saying. The others caught on as well and they all smiled, even Draco, despite the fact that he found it to be a bit corny. Rainbow dash then walked over to Scootaloo and then looked at her wings with compassion. "It really was an amazing destiny to have. Maybe someday, you'll get something similar to that in your own way." Scootaloo smiled greatly upon those words, feeling her heart soar upon hearing them. "Just remember. No matter what happens, fly high."
Scootaloo was sitting up on a hill with a smile on her face as Applebloom and Sweetie belle were watching her with upbeat yet soft music playing. Scootaloo then started to sing I can fly higher. "Even though my wings are broken, that doesn't mean they can never heal. It's not as if I'll never move again, as I can definitely see the deal. (Looks at one of her wings) I don't know why it was like this when I was born, but I know it'll heal. (Looks on ahead) I have the confidence in my heart, to show what I feel."
Scootaloo walked off with Sweetie belle questioning what the song was build up from. "Did we get any build up for this?"
"No, but when are songs ever built up to?" Applebloom asked as they then followed Scootaloo, who front flipped up to a tree.
Scootaloo looked over at the Cmc headquarters as she continued her song. "And even if I can never fly, I still have the skills of an acrobat. But even then, it would be nice, to fly for once and not fall flat. (Looks at her hooves) I have a good feeling that someday, I'll go up there and fly like the pegasus I am. And I highly doubt, that it's impossible to never fly, it's no sham."
Scootaloo slid down the tree as she then walked over to the Cmc headquarters and found herself feeling the confidence in her burst. "It's almost as if the confidence I feel is rising up. Like today, is the day, I poured my anxiety into a cup. (Enters the headquarters) And then I poured it into the sink, and let it drain all out. And then I laughed right in it's face, and never let out a pout."
Applebloom and Sweetie belle walked into the headquarters as Scootaloo looked out of a window with confidence. "I can see myself rising into the challenge, and my confidence will help me pass through. It's not like I should doubt myself, for what I have to do. (Applebloom and Sweetie belle walk up to Scootaloo with smiles) And I've always got my best friends beside me, for when things get much harder. (Wraps her arms around Applebloom and Sweetie belle) And after today, I realized that, I can fly higher."
Applebloom moved herself out of the hug and put her hoof on Scootaloo's shoulder, with Sweetie belle remaining within the hug. Scootaloo sang the final lyrics as the Cmc watched the sunset together with their friendship intact. "I can fly higher." The Cmc continued to watch the sunset with happiness as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.
An instrumental version of the main theme played during the credits.
Rainbow dash was shown flying down to the surface in the same time Rainbow dash's story took place. When she saw Fluttershy surrounded by a bunch of animals, she flew down to them and went up to a tree branch. Fluttershy saw her and waved up to her kindly, signaling the others of how close the two were. Rainbow dash saw the squirrel climbing up to her and going up to her head on rest on it, making Rainbow dash confused upon the sight of it. Rainbow dash looked down at Fluttershy as she held a bird up on her hoof and smiled, glad that Fluttershy was able to find her one true calling in life.
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