When You Get To Be Birds...

by Majestical4729

Rating: everyone
Tags: Owlowiscious, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Adventure
Length: 4897

Sometime after the events of the Season 4 episode 'Twilight Time', Apple Bloom accidentally creates a potion wrongly, which turns the Crusaders into small birds capable of flight.

With her potion making skills improving, Apple Bloom gained Twilight's permission to borrow a book about potion making. Not so long later, when the Cutie Mark Crusaders decided to make and use a potion to make things fly like magical pixie dust in a famous story. However, due to a mistake, the Crusaders ended up brewing a potion that obviously did not fulfil what they originally wanted it to do, but also accidentally spilled it onto themselves, turning them into birds.

As birds, the Cutie Mark Crusaders discover how different their world became, as they adventure around in their new forms before finding a way to change back to normal.

This story is mainly inspired by the Tangled The Series episode Freebird

This is my fourteenth overall story, and the first to focus on the Cutie Mark Crusaders, as well as the first to have its events taking place during MLP:FIM instead of after. It is also linked to most of my other stories, being a Friendship is Magic story that does not have the alternate universe tag.

Published 2021-04-18 12:50:00 UTC
Last updated 2021-04-18 12:50:00 UTC

Making the Potion

At the Cutie Mark Crusaders' Clubhouse, Apple Bloom met up with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, who were delighted to hear the news the earth pony had.

"Really?! A potion that can make things that can't fly, fly?!" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Apple Bloom, that's so a dream come true! I'd never want you to quit potion classes now!" Scootaloo squealed.

"Oh, it's nothing, Crusaders. Just thought that we can use something new and cool as this potion." Apple Bloom modestly responded.

"Actually, we haven't even make this potion yet," Sweetie Belle pointed out.

"You're right, Sweetie Belle, we haven't!" Scootaloo noticed.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's make it!" Apple Bloom announced.

"According to the book, we need a feather from birds of different colours." Sweetie Belle said, looking at the writings on the book.

The next thing the Crusaders did was visit Fluttershy to get the said ingredients. The feathers came in the different colours of the rainbow and more, including black and white. Once that was done, Scootaloo looked at the page and said, "Now we need some clouds."

The Crusaders got Rainbow Dash to bring them a fluffy white cloud from the sky, under the guise that they just wanted a while of playtime with a cloud, especially because they could never make it up to Cloudsdale. While playing, they managed to sneak some of the cloud into a small transparent bottle, and placed the cap back on to prevent the cloud from escaping.

"Last but not least, we need the lightest liquid." Apple Bloom announced, once Rainbow Dash was out of sight.

"Lightest liquid?" Scootaloo asked, "The only liquid I know I can think of right now is water!"

"How about oill?" Sweetie Belle suggested, "Oil is lighter than water, it floats right on top of water!"

"That's it, Sweetie Belle! We need some oil!" Apple Bloom responded, before going to her family's farm to get the said liquid from the kitchen.

Once all the ingredients were gathered, the Crusaders started making the potion in their headquarters, their clubhouse.

"Cloud," Apple Bloom named the ingredient, which Scootaloo handed to her. After the cloud was in the round bottom flask, Apple Bloom said the next ingredient's name.

"Bird feathers,"

Sweetie Belle used her magic to levitate the whole bunch of feathers from Fluttershy, into the flask.

"And the oil," Apple Bloom finished, pouring all the oil that was needed to fill up the flask to engulf the cloud and feathers.

"Now it needs some heating," Apple Bloom said, before being cut off by Scootaloo.

"Heating?!"

"Didn't every pony tell us that oil is something that shouldn't be played with around fire? Because it can make fire worse?" Sweetie Belle added.

"The book says to just place it under the sunshine until it changes colour." Apple Bloom reassured, "Come on, Crusaders! Who wants to fly?"

"I do! I do!" Scootaloo excitedly cheered.

"Then let's get making the potion!" Sweetie Belle added.

Soon enough, a few minutes under the bright sun's rays in the area right outside the clubhouse caused the potion to change its colour from faint yellow to sparkly gold.

"Wow, the potion is so sparkly, Rarity will love it!" Sweetie Belle commented, watching the colour change.

"Does that mean it's ready! Please be ready!" an impatient Scootaloo asked.

"Hold on Crusaders, we should know better to test potions on unimportant and not dangerous objects first." Apple Bloom told her best friends, before looking around. "Like that little stone"

Apple Bloom used her mouth to carry the flask like what most earth ponies do, as she approached the stone and dipped a small droplet of the potion onto it.

"It's still on the ground!" Scootaloo complained.

"Nothing happened!" Sweetie Belle added.

"Maybe it needs a few more droplets," Scootaloo suggested.

Apple Bloom poured more potion onto the same stone, but still nothing happened.

"Maybe the whole thing?" Sweetie Belle suggested.

"What?! If we used the whole thing on hat stone, there will be no potion left for us!" Scootaloo complained.

"But we got to make sure that the potion's working the way it should!" Sweetie Belle argued.

As the two started a fight, Apple Bloom could not help but move her mouth to say, "Girls, stop!"

The moment the earth pony's mouth was moving to let her speak, the flask that it was holding was released, shattering on the ground and spilling the potion all over the Cutie Mark Crusaders!

The very next second, the three fillies were glowing, as the potion revealed itself to have magical effects on them, despite having no effects on the stone.

"What's happening?!" Scootaloo asked.

"Is the potion supposed to do this?!" Sweetie Belle questioned in a scared tone.

"I don't know!" Apple Bloom replied in an equally frightened tone, before the three transformed...

The Potion Effects

The Cutie Mark Crusaders opened their eyes to see something that really got them surprised; the other two crusaders were not ponies...but were little birds!

"You're birds?!" the girls each asked the other two in unison.

"I'm a bird, too?!" Scootaloo asked, looking at herself.

"So am I!" Sweetie Belle added.

"We all are!" Apple Bloom finished, while looking at her claws.

"Look!" Sweetie Belle pointed one of her wings at the clubhouse, "Our clubhouse looks so much bigger now! It must be because we're smaller!"

"And since smaller birds usually can fly...." Scootaloo began, before taking a leap and flapping her wings really fast, "I can fly! I can fly! I can fly!"

Scootaloo, as a bird, excitedly flew through the air and did several loop-de-loops, before diving down back to her friends, "Forget about making anything fly, being birds is really the most awesome thing ever!"

"But....what about everything else?" Sweetie Belle asked, making her friends confused before she explained, "You know, our lives, school, home, our families and other friends? Do you think they will want us to be birds?!"

"Sweetie Belle's right....we can't stay like this, our families and friends need us to be ponies, not birds!" Apple Bloom sadly told Scootaloo.

"Oh alright....well change back into ponies...." Scootaloo sadly gave in.

"But, how do we even do that?!" Sweetie Belle asked, "Now that we're birds, there's no way we can make the potion that can reverse this potion's effects!"

"Does this mean we can be birds forever?!" Scootaloo asked in excitement, earning glares from her best friends, causing her to cheerlessly respond, "Right...we got to change back into ponies...."

"Maybe we can get Princess Twilight! She should know everything about magic and potions that can help us out!" Apple Bloom figured.

"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's get to her so we can change back!" Sweetie Belle announced, before taking off into the air with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

"Well, at least we're all flying...." Scootaloo muttered to herself.

Predator Attacks!

"Look at everything we can see from here!" Sweetie Elle said to her best friends as they sat on the cliffside of a mountain, looking down at everything below, and Ponyville from a visible distance.

"I don't think I can be any happier being a bird..." Scootaloo added.

The very next second, a growl could be heard.

"Uh, did either of you just growled?" Apple Bloom asked.

"We thought you did!" Sweetie Belle and Scooaloo replied in unison.

The three looked behind them and saw a hungry-looking cougar! The large cat fiercely leapt at the birds, obviously trying to catch them for snack, causing the Cutie Mark Crusaders to scream and take off for their safety.

"Fly, girls, fly!" Apple Bloom screamed, as she and her best friends flew in all sorts of directions, hoping to shake off the cougar.

The predator's hunger served as a catalyst that boosted its determination to catch the CMCs in their bird forms, to the point that it leapt up a few metres of the ground it was on, attempting to snatch the panicking birds.

"This cat's really determined to have us for snacks!" Scootaloo panicked, realising the cougar's determination.

"He's leaving higher than any pony can leap!"" Sweetie Belle cried out loud.

"Looks like the only way out is to go far, not up!" Apple Bloom announced, leading her friends towards Ponyville and away from the mountains, as well as its hungry cougar resident.

Once they were safe from the large cat, the Cutie Mark Crusaders heaved a sigh of relief.

"Thanks for your quick thinking, Apple Bloom," Scootaloo thanked.

"Yeah, otherwise, we might be in that cougar's belly by now!" Sweetie Belle added.

"Aw, it was nothing, Crusaders," Apple Bloom modestly replied.

Jus then, Sweetie Belle suddenly felt something changing.

"Girls, why do I suddenly feel that the sun isn't shining on me?"

The others turned to look at their friend.

"That's because there's a shadow over you!" Scootaloo answered.

"Something must be blocking the sun's light in your direction so it can't reach you, but what?" Apple Bloom asked, looking up to see what it was. To the girls' horror, it was a large bird that was diving down at them.

"It's a hawk!!!" the girls cried in unison.

"And hawks eat other birds!" Scootaloo cried out loud.

The hawk was inching closer and closer to the CMCs, causing he girls to scream and split up. The hawk followed Sweetie Belle, causing her to panic, "Help!!!"

"We're coming, Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom and Scootaloo shouted, flying towards their friend and the danger she was in.

Scootaloo targeted the hawk from above, diving down and ambushing it with a poke attack on its back, causing it to squawk in pain due to the pressure.

"Yes!" Scootaloo cheered, but her success was short-lived as the hawk quickly recovered and targeted her instead.

"Uh oh..." quick as Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo zipped away, with the hawk not far behind.

"Now Scootaloo's in danger!" Sweetie Belle cried.

"We got to help her, and lose the hawk once and for all!" Apple Bloom announced.

"What if we lure the hawk into the trees?" Sweetie Belle suggested, "The branches create small openings in between them, that the hawk might not be able to fit through!"

"Worth to try, Sweetie Belle," Apple Bloom figured, before they flew off to the sky, in order to do what Scootaloo just did to the hawk that made her its target.

Scotaloo was panting as she got tired from flying at high speeds for a bird her size. "I...can't....take much of this...anymore...."

The next second, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle poked the hawk's back and convinced it to forget about Scootaloo and follow them in a fierce chase. The duo followed their plan and lured the hawk into the forest, where it stopped chasing them, knowing that it would get stuck in the branches.

"Phew, that was close!" Sweetie Belle commented.

"Now, we got to fly back up there so Scootaloo knows where we are," Apple Bloom instructed, second before hearing a hissing sound.

"Did you hear that, Apple Boom?" Sweetie Belle asked in fear.

"I did, and it sounds like a...." Apple Bloom whimpered, before they boh saw the head of a famous carnivorous reptile.

"A SNAKE!!!" the two girls screamed in horror.

"I wonder where those two have gone..." Scootaloo said to herself, flying above the forest before hearing her best friends' screaming. As fast as a peregrine falcon, Scootaloo dived down to see he trouble her friends were in: They were attacked by a snake.

"I'm coming!" Scootaloo shouted, flying towards the snake to catch its attention and dodge its attacks.

"I can't keep this up forever!" the orange bird shouted to her best friends.

"What if we trick it into tying itself up?" Sweetie Belle suggested, "Snakes have bodies shape like ropes, and ropes can be tied!"

"Great idea, Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom complimented.

The yellow and white birds then flew around the snake, telling Scootaloo, "Leave this to us!"

Scootaloo quickly listened and flew aside, watching her best friends got the snake to tie knots on itself as they lured its head to the positions they wanted it to be in.

The snake was defeated in a matter of time, to the Cutie Mark Crusaders' relief.

"That snake sure won't be bothering us for a while!" Scootaloo commented.

"I hope that it won't bother us forever..." Sweetie Belle replied.

"And we can't stay birds forever! Come on! We got to get to Pincess Twilight now!" Apple Bloom announced, leading her best friends.

"It's about time,I don't think I can fly so long anymore..." Sweetie Belle commented.

"And being a bird isn't so great after all...especially with so many creatures wanting to eat you..." Scootaloo added, "I just got to be a pony again!"

"Even if you still can't fly as a pony?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Anything better than being food for all kinds of creatures!" Scootaloo responded.

Potion Incident Found Out

Outside the Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse, its former owner, the older sister of the current owners' leader, was walking right towards it.

"Apple Bloom! The kitchen oil is still not returned to the kitchen! Seriously, what are you and your friends doing with it that takes so long?" the orange mare called, but got no reply.

"Apple Bloom?! Sweetie Belle?! Scootaloo?!"

Applejack entered the clubhouse to see none of the CMCs there. But what she did see was the book of potions and the page turned to certain one...

"What's this? Pixie Dust Potion? A potion that grants things weightlessness and the ability to fly just like pixie dust from the story Peter Pan...warning; too many bird feathers will cause the potion to be a Bird Transformation Potion instead?!"

The farmer was obviously shocked to read what the book said, realising what it mean.

"My little sister and her friends must be little birds, helpless out there! Hard to find food, get safe shelter...I got to get Twilight to find them and change them back!"

Princess Twilight was shocked to hear what she got from Applejack.

"turned into birds?!"

"Most likely, because of this." Applejack nodded, showing Twilight the book flipped to the page.

"If what you said is true, then they can be anywhere! I'm so sorry, Applejack...I should have kept an eye on them...." Twilight apologised, "I was just....thinking that Apple Bloom's so good, just like I was back when I was around her age, she'd be alright...."

"Well, that doesn't matter now! We got to find her and her friends, is what does!" Applejack announced, galloping out of the Golden Oak Library with Twilight following her.

Finding Twilight/ Owlowicious Helps

A few minutes after Applejack and Twilight left the library, the exhausted Cutie Mark Crusaders reached their destination.

"We...are finally...here..." Apple Bloom announced while panting.

"Do you think twilight will know its us?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Of course she will when she sees us up close! What are the chances of three birds together, with each one of them resembling one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and having their hairstyles?" Scootaloo asked.

"Hairstyles?" Sweetie Belle asked in confusion.

"Right...birds don't have hair, they have feathers..." Scootaloo remembered.

"Doesn't matter, let's just find Twilight..." Apple Bloom instructed.

"But how are we going to gt in? The door's closed!" Sweetie Belle asked.

"And we can't open it now that we're birds...." Scootaloo pointed out.

Apple Bloom thought for a while, before looking up to see an opened window.

"We dno't even need to use the door! Look, an opened window!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, flying into the library through the mentioned window, followed by her best friends.

"For once, being a bird sure is lucky!" Sweetie Belle commented.

"I bet it'll be luckier once we find Twilight!" Scootaloo announced, persuading the trio to spend out to find the said alicorn.

Sweetie Belle checked the main library room, while Apple Bloom checked the room where Twilight's bed was. Scootaloo checked the balcony, but no signs of Twilight was found.

The CMCs sadly returned to the opened window to meet up.

"Did you find her or any signs of her?" Apple Bloom asked her best friends.

"No," Sweetie Belle answered.

"U-uh," Scootaloo nodded.

"Now what do we do?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Maybe wait for Twilight to come back?" Scootaloo suggested.

"There's got to be a faster way!" Apple Bloom figured.

Just then, a familiar hooting could be heard.

"Owlowicious!" the Cutie Mark Crusaders happily cried in unison, just as the said owl approached them and landed in front of them to hoot.

"We're so glad to see you Owlowicios," Apple Bloom told the owl.

"Even though you're bigger than us now," Sweetie Belle added.

"But, why is it so glad, and not just glad?" Scootaloo asked.

"Because Owlowicious can find Princess Twilight for us!" Apple Bloom explained, "Plus, he doesn't have to worry about hawks!"

"But I thought owls and hawks don't get alonn," Sweetie Belle said out loud.

"Or....Owlowicious doesn't have to worry about being hawk's food...." Apple Bloom corrected, before turning to the owl, "Owlowicious, can you please, please, please, lead Princess Twilight back here, so she can find us and turn us back into our regular pony forms?"

Owlowicious hooted and took off through the window, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders watched in amazement.

"He'll find Twilight in no time!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

"I hope...." Apple Bloom said, looking down at the table they were standing on.

"While he's gone looking for Twilight to bring her back, why don't we have a little flight inside the library while waiting?" Scootaloo asked, "It can be our last ever flight since we're going to change back...."

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other for a second and agreed.

"I suppose why not?" Apple Bloom responded.

"As long as we stay in here, safe." Sweetie Belle pointed out.

Twilight Helps the Crusaders Return to Normal

Owlowicious flew through the skies, hoping to increase the chances of finding the pony he was asked to look for. He soon found her near Fluttershy's cottage, and quickly swooped down.

"Oh hi, Owlowicious. What are you doing here? You are supposed to be back at the Library." Twilight greeted and asked her pet owl.

Owlowicious hooted and gestured to Twilight to follow him.

"Do you want me to follow you?" Twilight asked in a somewhat confused tone.

Owlowicious hooted and nodded, meaning 'yes'.

"But, I'm on my way to Fluttershy's, because I need her help to look for some fillies who could have turned themselves into birds...." Twilight pointed out, only to be cut off by Owlowicious blocking her way to Fluttershy's by flying right in front of her and facing her, obviously trying to get Twilight to head back to the library.

"Alright, alright, whatever you want me to see and handle comes first, just make it quick, please...." Twilight gave in.

Owlowicious led Twilight to the room where he crusaders were flying around in their bird forms.

"No way!" Twilight gasped to see the three birds.

"Owlowicious, you did it!" Sweetie Belle cheered.

"You brought Princess Twilight here!" Scootaloo cheered.

"So we can change back!" Apple Bloom added, hugging Owlowicious alongside he best friends.

At that moment, Twilight (who did not understand what the Crusaders said) approached the birds and took a close look at the unusual trio of birds.

"You are Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo turned into birds, no doubt! Don't worry, I'll have a Reversal Potion ready in a jiffy, so you can change back!"

Like what she said, Twilight got the Reversal Potion ready in a jiffy, and approached the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who were standing on the table.

"Hold on..."

The alicorn gently poured the potion onto Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo in that respective order, turning them back into ponies, who looked at their own bodies before turning to look at each other.

"We're ponies again!" the fillies cheered.

"Even though I won't be able to fly, again," Scootaloo added, causing the other two to laugh.

"I am so glad that you are all alright," Twilight said, before expressing sadness, "especially after how I didn't look out for you..."

"What do you mean?" Apple Bloom asked.

"I thought that you're just like me when I was your age, so good at potions that nothing will ever go wrong...but you're not me, so I can't assume that, I should have never let you out of my sight whenever you make a potion, even after you mastered making the said potion safely and correctly! I am so sorry..." Twilight explained.

"Actually Twilight, we're to blame, too." Apple Bloom reassured.

"yeah, making the potion was our own decision," Sweetie Belle added.

"But I let you do it!" Twilight pointed out, "When I could have not done so..."

"Doesn't matter now, Twilight! We learnt from our mistakes, and now, you can keep an eye on us eveyrtime we make a potion!" Scootaloo added.

"Alright," Twilight smiled after letting out a short happy laugh.

"Twilight, have you found them yet..." Applejack asked, entering the library where she saw a pleasing sight.

"Apple Bloom! And your friends! You are alright!"

"Of course we are, Applejack!" Apple Bloom responded, hugging her older sister.

"You meant 'back to normal', don't you?" Scootaloo asked.

"If you don't know what happened...." Sweetie Belle began, before applejack cut her off.

"Oh, I know what happened, you turned yourselves into birds and went missing!" Applejack scolded.

"But Owlowicious helped us!" Apple Bloom pointed out.

"And Princess Twilight agreed to keep an eye on us everyone we make potions from now on!" Scootaloo added.

"Well, you better keep that promise, princess." Applejack told her alicorn Best Friend.

"Don't worry Applejack, I learnt from mistakes, and will make sure it won't happen again, the best I can." Twilight assured.

"That's good to hear" applejack responded, before ordering her younger sister, "Come on, Apple Bloom! There's plenty of chores waiting for you at home!"

"Alright, coming!" Apple Bloom sadly said, following her sister.

"What's wrong sugar cube? You're used to chores and barely complain!" Applejack asked.

"I just miss being free as a bird..." Apple Bloom replied, as they walked out of the library.

Apple Bloom's Potion Progress

In the Golden Oak Library, Princess Twilight Sparkle was observing Apple Bloom's newest potion, which was rainbow-coloured with a layer of each colour of the rainbow, perfectly separated from the others.

"Alright Apple Bloom, just remember to be careful..." Twilight reminded, watching the filly.

"Of course I know that, Twilight! Potions are never to be messed around with!" Apple Bloom responded in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry, I just got to make sure nothing bad happens to you...letting you make this potion is really...a risk..." Twilight replied, just as Apple Bloom dipped a tiny droplet of the potion into a flower pot, causing a small nature wonderland to appear, replacing what used to be a plain surface area of soil.

"I did it! I did it!" Apple Bloom squealed in excitement.

"You made that potion a lot better than I thought! You really are a little potionist," Twilight praised.

"I just love making potions!" Apple Bloom announced, "As an Earth Pony, I can't do any magic myself...but with these potions, I can!"

"And it does not have to end," Twilight continued, using her magic to levitate the book filled with instructions of how to make potions forward. "You made wonderful progress mastering all sorts of different potions; for plants, for water, for soil, for clouds, for animals, and even for transformations! What potion will you like next, potionist?"

"Let me look," Apple Bloom answered, taking the book and flipping through its pages and saying some lines out loud, "A potion hat can make you breathe dragon fire? Not worth it if you ask me...a potion that makes you immune to fire? Not that! I don't want anything fire-related today! Just looking for something like..."

Apple Bloom stopped at a certain page and read, "Pixie dust potion? Grants weightlessness and the ability to fly just like pixie dust from the famous story of Peter Pan?"

"Ooh, I remember that one! I read it when I was a little filly! Years before becoming Princess Celestia's pupil, of course. I remember according to the story, the pixie dust does allow things incapable of flight, fly!" Twilight commented.

"I bet if I can make this potion, the Cutie Mark Crusaders might get cutie marks by flying!" Apple Bloom cheered, jumping into the air with joy.

"Not so sure about the cutie mark earning part, but...I suppose you can try..." Twilight insisted.

"Oh, thank you so much, Twilight!" an excited Apple Bloom shook Twilight's front hoof uncontrollably, before Twilight used her alicorn magic to give the filly the ingredients.

"Remember, be very careful!" Twilight reminded, "I'm trusting you with these now!"

"I will!" Apple Bloom responded, before dashing off.

Change of Plans

On their way to the Golden Oak Library, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, as birds, flew through Ponyville, looking around to see how everything changed from their points of view because they changed into birds.

"Look! Everyone's so much bigger now that we're birds!" Sweetie Belle chirped.

"Shh, Sweetie Belle! They might hear what you said!" Apple Bloom hushed.

"Oh look, Lyra! Three little colourful birds!" Bon Bon pointed a hoof at the Cutie Mark Crusaders, signalling Lyra to look at them as she continued, "And listen, their chirping is so cute,"

"Wait, chirping?!" Scootaloo asked, "But we were talking!"

"Maybe it's because we're birds now, so they can't understand us," Sweetie Belle suggested.

Scootaloo gasped in excitement, "That means we can say all sorts of things, and no pony will bother because they won't even know what we said! We're totally free!"

Scootaloo happily flew up towards the sky, causing her best friends to fly up after her.

"Scootaloo, what do you mean we're totally free?" Apple Bloom asked, "We're still trapped in these forms!"

"And need some pony's help to change back!" Sweetie Belle added.

"Oh come on, can't we just appreciate this little time we get to be birds by flying around as free as one?" Scootaloo asked.

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom looked at each other, before looking back at Scootaloo.

"But Scootaloo, we need to change back!" Sweetie Belle reminded.

"Most likely before sunset today, or our families and friends will be worried!" Apple Bloom added.

"I know that, but look! The sun's no where near going to set right now, so we got lots of time to explore as birds! Flying around, going to places we've never been before..." Scootaloo persuaded.

"Well....now that you put it that way...maybe we can change back to normal, later..." Sweetie Belle figured.

"And since this might be our one chance to fly as birds, why turn down such a rare offer?" Apple Bloom asked, showing her agreement.

"Then let's fly around, Crusaders!" Scootaloo cheered, before swooping down, followed by her best friends.

View From Up Here

While gliding through the skies with their wings spread out, the Cutie Mark Crusaders looked at the ground below them, and everything around like tourists.

"This is incredible! I've never seen anything like this!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

"And we're only seeing this because we can now that we're birds!" Apple Bloom added.

"Free to fly all around, and enjoy this view! From up here!" Scootaloo added, before singing:

"Life's been so unsatisfying
Look, suddenly now I'm flying
Freewheeling from cloud to cloud to cloud

Wings spread, and the sky below me
There's no one to stop or slow me
Pure freedom and everything's allowed

Down there, I know there's tons of burdens I must bear, somewhere...

But from up here, the world looks so small
And suddenly life seems so clear
And from up here, you coast past it all
The obstacles just disappear

You never feel heavy or earthbound
No worries or doubts interfere
There's nothing but you
Looking down from the view from up here."

Throughout the verse, the Cutie Mark Crusaders flew through the grass fields outside Ponyville town, pass the mountains around Canterot, and even the clouds of Cloudsdale.

Sweetie Belle sang, "Stretch out with the wind behind you"
Apple Bloom sang, "Here we go"
Sweetie Belle sang, "Float up, let the current find you"
Apple Bloom sang, "Look out below"
Sweetie Belle sang, "Keep climbing, and sail from breeze to breeze"
Apple Bloom sang, "Stay close, don't leave me, please!"

Scootaloo sang, "Head up to the stratospheres
With only the stars to steer us
Just think of the possibilities

Below, we spend our whole life trudging to and fro, now-"

All three Cutie Mark Crusaders then sang in unison;

"And from up here, the world is all yours
Each mountain and meadow and mere
And from up here, life's duties and chores
Are barely worth shedding a tear

And all of the sky lies before us
Straight up to the far stratosphere
So head for the blue
And let's take in the view from up here

It's just me and you
Looking down at the view from up here"

Author's Note

The song in this chapter is the song from the TV Show, Tangled: The Series

The lyrics came from here: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/View_From_Up_Here