“Incoming!” The crusaders were headed back to the tree house to think of ideas when gabby suddenly arrived, and seemingly landed on top of them. She then gave the crusaders another huge hug, which made the CMC’s strain.

“Hiya, you wonderful, wonderful Crusaders! I just know you’ve figured out how to help me because you’re all so incredible!” Gabby exclaimed while putting them down.

“Well, Gabby, we’ve talked it over, and we think we may just be able to help you out. But not exactly in the way you think. See, here’s the thing about you getting a cutie mark— ” “I’m getting a cutie mark!!! Woo-hoo-hoo!” Gabby interrupted as she took of into the air and yelled excitedly.

“Wait! You didn’t let me finish!” Scootaloo shouted.

“Um, I think maybe that could’ve been clearer.” Sweetie Belle said to Scootaloo.

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? Vs! The strongest foe! Noone but yourself holds you back!

(the title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria appears as it flies through canterlot. Cyre is then seen flying by with rainbow dash, princess Luna, twilight sparkle, and Fluttershy joining him.)

A fire burning in my veins, is breaking me out of my chains, and raising my power to the max...

(all of them flare their auras and fly away at high speeds, with cyre joining them a few moments later.the scene changes to seeing spike waving to them, along with the mane 6's friends and family.)

our paths filled with uncertainty, but look ahead then you will see, how we'll become, a part of history!

(King Sombra and queen chrysalis appear first. And behind them, ponehendge appears, and in a flash, the pony of shadows appears. Rainbow then appears with green eyes similar to Sombra's, and twilight and rainbow are engaged in a fight.)

whem someone beats me up, I always get back up, my spirits always coming back, and now it's on the attack!

(Sombra is seen spreading crystals across Ponyville. A fused Saiyan of unknown origin appears and goes super saiyan. Twilight Sparkle and Luna are seen performing the fusion dance, as they fuse together and smirk at the audience.)

jump on all your limits and perchance! Throw away your pain in a kind and loving dance! Gorgeous! I'm born again! In the Dragonballs lies the fate of all men!

(stygian is seen fighting twilight, and it switches to another unknown fusion with rainbow hair. Cyre is seen nodding and he goes super saiyan.)

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? vs! The future world! Our epic tail will be unfurled! Greater than the best!

(cyre and chrysalis are now seen fighting. It then changes to a screen where he and his friends are in a fighting pose.)

“Cutie mark! Cutie mark! Gonna get my cutie mark!” Gabby continued to shout excited from outside the CMC’s treehouse window.

“She’s still going. Anypony know if griffons ever get tired?” Sweetie Belle asked the others.

Gabby then appeared in the window. “What do you think my mark will be? A lightningbolt? An erupting volcano? I don’t care if it’s a jar of marmalade! I know I’ll love it, whatever it is!”

“Hold on just a hoofstep, Gabby. There’s somethin’ we need to clear up. We can definitely help you find your purpose, but that mark’s probably not gonna happen.” Applebloom said.

“What?!?” Gabby shouted in shock.

“It’s true. Twilight’s never heard of a creature other than a pony getting a cutie mark.” Scootaloo said.

Gabby then perked up instantly. “Oh! Is that all? You had me worried for a second. I-I mean, there’s a first time for everything, right? And she didn’t say it was impossible, right?”

“Well, not exactly.” Applebloom said

“Well, then if anypony can make it happen, it’s you three. I mean, you haven’t failed yet.” Gabby said with confidence.

Scootaloo then walked up to her. “You know what, Gabby? I promise we’re gonna do everything we can to help you get your mark.”

“Oh! It’s gonna happen! I can feel it! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!” laughed and once again flew away.

“Aaaaand... She’s off again. ” Sweetie Belle stated solemnly.

“Why in tarnation would you promise somethin’ that just can’t be done?” Applebloom said to scootaloo.

“I know what it’s like to want something that’s out of reach. And just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it can’t. Maybe trying for the impossible isn’t so bad.” Scootaloo said while looking at her wings.

“Guess we’ll never know for sure unless we give it a try.” Sweetie Belle said.

“All right, but where do we even start?” Applebloom asked them.

“Where we always do – with a good old-fashioned Crusaders chart.” Scootaloo said.

Back in the treehouse, gabby and the crusaders were gathered together, along with a chart featuring different talents the Crusaders could come up with.

“The first thing we gotta do is find your purpose.” Applebloom stated.

“Nopony gets a mark without one.” Scootaloo added.

“All right. Let’s do this.” Gabby said confidence.

“What are you good at? Do you play any sports?” Scootaloo asked.

“Or like to dance?” Applebloom added.

“Or how about singing? I just love to sing! La-la-la-la!” Sweetie Belle also added as she sang a little tune.

“Wow! I kinda wanna just try everything! I mean, I don’t even know what to pick!” Gabby said.

“Don’t worry. That’s what we’re here for.” Scootaloo said.

“Now how we gonna do this?” Applebloom asked.

“Gabby's special purpose can't be everything, right?” Sweetie Belle wondered.

“It may as well be. I don't know how we find what she's supposed to do when she can do it all.” Applebloom said.

Scootaloo sighed. “And if finding her purpose seems impossible, we can just forget about the whole griffon-getting-a-cutie-mark thing, which is actually impossible. I never should've gotten her hopes up! ”

“I did... it... all! So, lay it on me, Crusaders. What's my purpose? And how do we get a mark on these here haunches?” Gabby asked, more excited than ever.

“Gabby, we... we don't.” Scootaloo said sadly.

“Wait. What are you saying?” Gabby asked.

Applebloom spoke up first. “We're sayin' that since you can do everything so amazingly well...”

“We just can't figure out what one thing you're supposed to do.” Sweetie Belle finished.

“Gabby, we can't help you.” Scootaloo said.

Gabby was in disbelief. “But, but... you're the world-famous Cutie Mark Crusaders! I can't believe it! I... I... I won't believe it!” In denial, she then flew off.

“Gabby, wait!” Applebloom shouted.

“We're sorry! We're so, so sorry! This is just awful. For the first time ever, the Cutie Mark Crusaders are cutie mark failures.” Scootaloo said with tears in her eyes. In defeat, the three walked back to their treehouse.

“I'm sorry, Crusaders. I really thought we could help Gabby.” Scootaloo said dejected.

“I thought we could help anypony.” Sweetie Belle said.

“Maybe that's just it – maybe we can only help ponies.” Applebloom said.

“Or maybe we just plain failed.” Scootaloo responded.

“Failed? Then what do you call this?!” Gabby was at their door and she was pointing to her flanks, which had a cauldron on them.

“A cutie mark?!” All three crusaders said in surprise.

“What? You got your mark after all! Even though we couldn't find your purpose? But– What? Huh?! How?!” Sweetie Belle asked.

“And what does it mean? A cauldron?” Applebloom added.

“Uh... I don't know. Maybe it means my purpose is, uh, helping Zecora with potions. That was the first thing I tried. I guess it just took some time to appear. But here it is!” Gabby said to them.

“This is awesome! We're not failures! Whatever we did worked! I had a feeling we could help you, and we did!” Scootaloo shouted excitedly.

“Oh! We've gotta go see Twilight right away! She'll wanna know about this!” Applebloom said.

“Correction – she needs to know about this! I bet she'll want to write a whole book about the very first griffon to get a cutie mark of her own!” Sweetie Belle responded.

Gabby seemed to get a little nervous at that notion. “Oh, uh, totally! Um, but, you know, Rainbow Dash asked me to pick up her answer to Gilda's letter. I better take care of that before I forget. Heh. Here's an idea. Uh, y-you head to the castle, and I'll meet you there, cutie mark and all! Um... toodles!” She then flew away.

“Wow! Can you believe it? We were able to help her get her mark after all! Come on, Crusaders, let's tell Twilight!” Scootaloo said that as they walked to the crystal castle play set.

“Gabby? You just missed her. She was in such a hurry, she didn't even come in. Just dropped this letter and zoomed away!” Twilight said. Cyre was also at the castle, as twilight invited him over for a research session on old ponish documents with him before the CMC arrived.

"Dear Crusaders, I'll never forget you. You really are every bit as awesome as I'd heard. I'm heading home to tell all the griffons how you did the impossible by getting me my cutie mark. Toodles." Scootaloo read from the letter. This made twilight drop her books with a thud.

“And here it comes...” cyre sighed out.

“Wait a second. Cutie mark?” Twilight then teleported to the crusaders.

“You actually got a griffon a cutie mark for the first time in recorded history?! You know what this calls for? A full-scale research project!” Twilight said as she brought down a ton more books.

“This makes no sense. Gabby didn't come in and show you her mark?” Sweetie Belle asked in confusion.

“I feel like something here is fishy, kind of like how goku acts when he knows he ate my special chicken vegetable fried rice ... what, just because I train a whole lot doesn’t mean I can’t have a thing for professional cooking!" Cyre shouted at them.

“You have got to get Gabby back here right away! I have so many questions! Oh, I hope I have enough ink and parchment to document everything! Spike! Guess what just happened!” Twilight shouted as she ran off to look for him.

“Weird. Gabby didn't show Twilight her mark like she said she was gonna do? Somethin' in this here applesauce smells kinda fishy.” Applebloom said.

“That’s what I said!” Cyre added.

“We'd better find her and find out what's going on. Come on, Crusaders.” Scootaloo said.

“Keep your eyes on the skies, ponies... and saiyans. Gabby can't have gone far.” Scootaloo said as cyre and the other crusaders searched for Gabby.

“She's not in the air. She's right there! Gabby! Hold up, we're a-comin'!” Applebloom said as they all ran or galloped over to gabby, who was trying to get a wagon out of a ditch.

“Um... Sorry, no time to chat. I-I just stopped to help this pony get out of the muck, and then I really gotta fly. Okay? Heave-ho!” Gabby grunted as she attempted to move the wagon, but she ended up falling into the mud.

“Gabby, we're your friends. Why in Equestria are you running away from us?” Sweetie Belle asked her.

“Technically... I just met you.” Cyre stated, only to receive glares from the fillies, which was quickly silenced by a glare of his own.

“Running away? Oh, I'm not running away. I'm just, uh, e-excited to show my lovely new cutie mark to everyone in Griffonstone!” Gabby said.

“You mean the cutie mark that's runnin' right off your flank?” Cyre said as the “cutie mark” was sliding right off.

”Yup... That's the one. I guess the one thing I'm really not good at is faking things.” Gabby said in a defeated tone.

“Wow, Gabby. Painting on a fake cutie mark to make yourself feel better? You must have been really upset.” Scootaloo said.

“Sure, I was disappointed. But I didn't do it to make myself feel better. I wanted to make you feel better.” Gabby said, causing the crusaders to gasp. Cyre simply nodded his head in understanding.

“I couldn't bear you three thinking you failed after you tried so hard to help. That's why I had to leave before you or Twilight found out the truth. I'm sorry I wasn't honest with you. I'll just wing my way back to Griffonstone. Thanks for trying.” Gabby said as she was about to leave.

Applebloom walked up to her. “You don't need to apologize for carin' about how other ponies are feelin'.”

“I'm just sorry we couldn't come through for you.” Sweetie Belle added.

“Hmmm... Maybe we can. Gabby, clean up and meet us at the Crusaders' clubhouse!” Scootaloo said.

Back at the treehouse, cyre and the others waited for Gabby to arrive, when the the door opened, and there she was.

“I know you all tried your very best, but I guess griffons and cutie marks just don't mix. Maybe... I don't even have a special purpose.” Gabby responded sadly.

“Hang on a second. We were racking our brains trying to figure out your destiny, until we remembered how every time you did something new, you tried to help everypony around you.” Scootaloo.

“Even us. How did it feel when you showed up with that fake mark, and the three of us thought we'd actually helped you?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“Well... I was really glad I helped you feel happier.” Gabby wondered.

“So maybe helping is your thing! You might even say it's your purpose!” Scootaloo said to her.

“But helping just feels good. I-It couldn't have anything to do with what I'm supposed to do with my life... right?” Gabby asked them.

“Gabby, finding your special purpose doesn't have to be about being good at something. It's about feeling good about something inside.” Scootaloo said.

“And it looks like your destiny is a whole lot like ours – helping others. And you don't need a symbol on your flank to know that.” Applebloom said.

“You three are way to smart sounding and hopeful to be children.” Cyre blurted.

“But since we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders, we made you one anyway. Behold!” They brought Gabby a box with a set of carved cutie marks in it.

“Your very own cutie mark! Ta-da!” The crusaders shouted.

“We carved it to mark the moment we all figured out what you should do with your life.”

“HOW IS IT SO NEAT?!?!?!” Cyre shouted.

“But they look just like yours. You can't mean...!” Gabby then gasped.

“You bet we do! You're one of us now! Gabby, today we dub thee...” Scootaloo started.

“The very first griffon member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders! Woo-hoo!” The crusaders shouted.

“You may not be able to get a cutie mark...” Sweetie Belle started.

“But you're selflessly dedicatin' your life to helpin' others anyhow. I can't think of anything more Crusader-y than that.” Applebloom finished.

“Awesome! My very own cute-ceañera!” Gabby said as she looked around to see all the ponies chattering.

“Oh, land sakes! You sure have earned it.” Applebloom said.

“And so have we! you're pretty amazing. Even though things looked bleak, you still found a way to help Gabby in the end.” Sweetie Belle said to scootaloo.

“'Course! Helping's what we do, right?” Scootaloo answered.

Gabby laughed. “I am so grateful! I'm gonna go home and do my very, very best to bring Cutie Mark Crusader values to Griffonstone! I promise.”

“Promise us one other thing, too?” Scootaloo asked.

“Come back soon!” The crusaders shouted.

“After all, you're a Crusader now. Crusaders forever?“ scootaloo said

“Crusaders forever!” Gabby answered back.

Cyre walked over to them and kneeled next to scootaloo.

“Scoots, you have no idea how much you actually do for others. Always helpful, supportive. Hell, you even helped me out once or twice! You’ve given so much... now it’s time someone gave you something in return.” Cyre than used magic on scootaloo and stepped back.

Scootaloo looked herself over. She didn’t feel any different... that was when she realized that she was five feet above ground, by use of her wings. She looked at cyre likes she just received a hearths warming eve gift that she wanted for years. Cyre nodded at scootaloo with a smile as the others looked on in amazement. Scootaloo rushed to Cyre and gave him a hug with tears of joy leaking out. It almost made Cyre want to cry. almost.

Cyre closed the hug and just let her sit in his grasp. Scootaloo didn’t say many words, but it was as clear as day that she meant them.

“Thank you.”

Author's Note

Okay! Next on my to do list is legend of everfree! Now excuse me while I try to think of a good way for the human 7 to meet cyre...