The discovery
It was a rather ordinary day in Ponyville. All the ponies went about their regular business. All the pegasi controlled the weather, the Apple Family worked the farm in anticipation of the up coming cider season, Twilight Sparkle spent the day studying and Pinkie Pie... well... we never really no what constitutes as an "Ordinary" day for her. But for the Cutie Mark Crusaders, it would be a day to remember, as for one of these fillies... will be a day that they will never forget.
All three members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders thought on the same level. They usually came up with the same ridiculous and asinine plans to obtain their cutie marks. Their were three members of this group, each as willing and anxious as the other. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were constantly spending many hours of the day trying to receive their own individual and unique cutie mark... despite the other ponies efforts to encourage them it will come when ready and should not be rushed. The day started off with all three members of the group heading to the park. Once they arrived a conversation sparked on what they should try to get their marks.
"Hey guys, why don't we try and get our cutie marks by racing?" Said Applebloom, with a large grin on her face.
"Yeah, that would be awesome! imagine if we all got our cutie marks in racing?!" Sweetie Belle replied.
Scootaloo didn't protest.
Applebloom got a stick and drew a line in the dirt on the ground not far from the Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. She then walked about 100 meters away and created a second line in the dirt. Each of the ponies took their marks at the first line in the dirt.
"OK, the first pony to get to the second dirt line is the winner!" Applebloom clearly pointed out.
"You guys don't have a chance..." exclaimed Scootaloo full of confidence.
Once the race started it was clear that what Scootaloo had said was not just an over confident remark. She was the most athletic fillie of the three.. not surprising for a Pegasus, and managed to beat the other too by about 20 to 30 meters. After Sweetie Belle had made it to the finish line just after Applebloom, they all looked ambitiously at their flanks, waiting for something to appear, of course nothing did.
"Awww" groaned Applebloom.
The rest of the evening followed the same pattern of events as the race. They all eagerly attempted the most random activity they could think of to only be met by disappointment. After they had spent the day bumming around the park, they decided to head home.
On the way home the three fillies encountered a very strange looking pony. He was a rather odd looking pony, he seemed quite spaced out and oblivious to the fact they were staring at him. The fillies were all intrigued and decided to take action.
"Ummm, hey there." Said Scootaloo with a welcoming tone.
"Er... what? Oh... Hi there" The Pony replied looking quite dazed.
"What are you doing just... standing here?"
"Well... what else would I be doing?"
"Don't you have anywhere to be? like work or school or something?"
"Well I would be at work expect, I don't have a job anymore."
"Why not?"
"Well no one wants to hire me... I worked for years at the mines, as you can see by my cutie mark" The pony said whilst pointing to his cutie mark of a picaxe.
"What happened?"
"The people who run the mines deciding to make some budget cuts to make more money, so they laid me off, now I can't find anywhere to work, all the mines are looking for young, strong miners... unlike me."
"That's ridiculous! Who do they think they are firing you?!"
"Hah... well... what can you do about it ay?"
"This can't be allowed! all ponies should be able to get work and all should be treated equally!"
"Uhh... Scootaloo... I think we have to head home now." Whispered Applebloom
"Alright... but I can assure you sir, one day I will make sure no ponies will ever have to take this wronginity again!" Shouted Scootaloo
"That's not even a word..." Sweetie Belle said smiling
"Whatever!" Scootaloo rebutted
All the fillies made their way to their homes.
When Scootaloo made it home she could not stop thinking of the Pony from the street, how rundown he had looked, about the injustice he had faced.
"I swear to Princess Celestia herself, I will make all ponies equal!"
Not long after Scootaloo heard a knock on her door. She answered to see Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.
"Hey guys" Said Scootaloo
"Hey, there's still a few hours left of day light. Want to head down to the shops and just hang out? We might be able to find something to do and get our cutie marks!" Replied Applebloom
"Sure, why not?" Answered Scootaloo.
so once again the fillies gathered together for the same cause. They exercised a number of various activities in order to discover who they really are.
"Hey crusaders, why don't we go see my big sis down at the farm to see if we can get our cutie marks there?" Said Applebloom excitedly.
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"Yeah!" shouted Sweetie Belle.
Scootaloo didn't seem to take much notice of what Applebloom had said, she had too much on her mind.
The three crusaders made their way to the farm to see none other than Applejack out front bucking trees.
"Hey sis!" shouted Applebloom
"Well hey their Sugar Cube" replied Applejack. "So what are you girls up too?"
"We were wondering if you could we could help out on the farm to get our cutie marks!" asked Applebloom full of excitement.
"Hmm... I don't know, well I guess we could use some more help around the farm. We've had a lot of orders coming up and with cider season just around the corner, we need all the help we can get." answered Applejack
"Yay!" shouted Applejack and Sweetie Belle in synchronization.
"Hey Applejack, how come you don't give any apples to the ponies that can't afford any? I mean, you have so much here, why not spare a few?" Asked Scootaloo
"Um... well... If we did that we wouldn't be able to make any money to support ourselves." Replied Applejack quite stunned.
"But there's ponies everywhere that have nothing and need these apples more than you, you should share it!" Shouted Scootaloo.
"Now calm down, you see if everyone shared everything they owned to everyone, ponies wouldn't have to work everything and just get everything given to them. Isn't it better that all ponies have to work for things them self and have the opportunity to have more than others as a result of all their hard work?" Replied Applejack
"No! Some ponies can't help were they are and have nothing because of greedy ponies that don't want to share. I think every pony should be treated equally and all receive the same so that no pony can have the power to disadvantage another so they can have more!"
It was at that moment that stunned all the fillies and Applejack alike. A fantastic light shimmered near Scootaloo. It glimmered on her flank and after a bright flash, revealed... her cutie mark!
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" Shouted Scootaloo filed with euphoria.
All the fillies and Applejack gathered around to see the cutie mark. They approached Scootaloo and looked at her flank. They saw the outline of.... a star... a red star.
"ooooooohhhhhhhh my god, it's a star! Does this mean i'm magic? Just like Twilight Sparkle? Oh my god, am I going to be the first ever magic Pegasus?!" Shouted Scootaloo.
"Now hold on a second Sugar Cube, there's more to it than just the star." Said Applejack.
"You're right" Answered Scootaloo.
They all headed inside to look at the cutie mark in a mirror. Upon closer inspection Scootaloo saw her cutie mark reflected on the mirror. As she started at it she looked into the red star that laid on her flank to see... something yellow.
She saw..... a..... yellow hammer and sickle crossed in the red star on her cutie mark.
"What the...?" Asked Scootaloo, overwhelmed with confusion.
