It's been quite a long time since The Cutie Mark Crusaders got angry at Twilight and Cozy Glow. Afternoon came their school got ended as they walk back to their clubhouse.
"Well, another boring day. Another boring time at the schoolhouse cleaning." Scootaloo sighed.
"Anything's better than that stupid School of Friendship with that selfish Princess of Hypocrite." Sweetie Belle said.
"Not to mention the way Cozy Glow took our trust for granted after trying to help her study that test of hers." Apple Bloom said.
"Apple Bloom!" the voice called out turned out to be Applejack who had followed her with Rarity and Rainbow Dash when they got off from school. "There y'all are!"
"We've been looking all over for you girls." Rarity said.
"Just leave us alone girls!" Sweetie Belle snapped at her sister and her friends.
"No, girls listen! We just want to talk." Applejack said.
"Are y'all here to yell at us for what we said to your headmare and Cozy Glow?!" Apple Bloom asked angerly.
"No, look we can't tell you how sorry we are for what happened at Twilight's school." Rainbow Dash added.
"Oh, save your breath." Scootaloo snapped. "You three have been taking her side! But Rainbow Dash....You three just couldn't let us come to School of Friendship. Because it isn't big enough for the three of us."
"Yeah, you all are just worried that we're going to cause more trouble at the school and give the other students some bad advice about how to get their cutie marks!" Sweetie Belle shouted.
"What?!" Rarity gasped. "No, we were just--"
"You won't talk us out of this one girls! We're done! We resigned as the students of the School of Friendship!" Apple Bloom shouted. "Because you three along with Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Starlight only cared about helping Twilight run that stupid school instead of caring about us!"
Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash gasped in shocked after they heard them say such things.
"That's not true Apple Bloom! We all cared about y'all." Applejack said to her sister.
"Really?" Apple Bloom snouted. "Then ask us that we had fun at Miss Cheerliee's classes, Applejack go ahead."
"Go ahead Rarity!" Sweetie Belle said to her sister. "Ask us if Cozy Glow did came to us to help her study with her Friendship test and help her with all that hard work at the barn and Fluttershy's cottage!"
"Ask us if we did all of that so that we got Cozy Glow to fail her test to get back a Twilight for not letting us in her school ask us!" Scootaloo shouted at Rainbow Dash.
The big sisters looked confused and looked at each other until Applejack broke the silence.
"Did you--"
"NO!!!" the fillies shouted.
"We would never do such a horrible thing to one of Twilight's students!!!" Apple Bloom cried getting tears in her eyes.
"We wanted to come to your school because it's much more fun than the Ponyville Schoolhouse because you all get to have buckball and all kinds of fun stuff in there but we don't have that stuff in our school!!!!" Scootaloo screamed.
"And we wanted to get to know your other students and wanted to get to do all the stuff you all get to do on your adventures in the past!!!" Sweetie Belle shouted also in tears. "Because of Twilight and all of you!!!"
Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash are shocked by their outbursts they had no idea they felt so strongly about all of the things they said.
"And now we're never get to have a place in that school because Twilight is afraid that we're going to make more mistakes in there like we did in the past." Apple Bloom said.
"We still have nightmares of all kinds of trouble that we got ourselves into." Sweetie Belle said. "And they'll never go away."
"And after our first friendship mission on Mount Aris." Scootaloo said. "We thought that someday you three along with Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Spike and Starlight would give us an opportunity and talk to Cheerliee about letting us come to your school. Obviously, we were wrong."
"We didn't mean for it to turn out this way girls." Rainbow Dash said. "We just wanted what's best for you three that's all."
"We all do." Rarity said. "Could please try to forgive Twilight for what she has done to you."
"Why should we?" Sweetie Belle asked. "She never made mistakes in her life."
"Yeah, well the only mistake she ever made was banning us from her school without giving us a chance to explain!" Scootaloo said.
"You're right, Scootaloo." Rainbow Dash said. "It was a mistake for Twilight to ban you three without hearing your side of the story."
"But that's not all the mistakes she made." Rarity added.
"What do you mean?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Applejack did speak up. "Well, in the past she did make several mistakes during Winter-Wrap Up she used her magic. Casting the Want-It Spell on her doll which it effected on you three, and accidently switched our cutie-marks, try to steal the pearl from Queen Novo to use it against the Storm King--"
"Wait, "Steal the pearl?" Apple Bloom interrupted in shock. "Really?"
"But we understand." Applejack continued. "You three are upset because we couldn't let you come to our school and Twi banned you without hearin' you out. Which was terrible and painful. So, you decided to go ahead and not forgive Cozy Glow and Twilight for the mistakes they made. Isn't that right Apple Bloom?"
"Yeah, nailed it Applejack." Apple Bloom said.
"Yes." Rarity said. "Try to distance yourselves even further from her Twilight and Cozy for the way they hurt. That will definitely fix it."
"It will?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"No, Sweetie Belle, It won't!" Rarity snapped and took a deep breath and continued. "What we're trying to say is that the reason Twilight opened up her school is because she was trying to spread friendship all over Equestria far and beyond. And she needed us to be teachers down there. Because it is our place as the Elements of Harmony."
"And it's not that she doesn't care about you three." Rainbow Dash said. "It's that she cares about friendship more than anything in the world. And perhaps she still does when she cares about us and you three and we feel the same way. Scootaloo we know how you all feel. Because we feel that way before. But we just want you to think about this."
"So, you three are trying to guilt us to going back to school and apologize to Twilight and Cozy Glow?" Scootaloo said. "Well, it's not going to work. Sorry but it's too late! We already made our minds and that's that!"
"Oh, come on!" Rainbow Dash wined "Can you at least--"
"We said forget it!" Apple Bloom snapped. "How can we trust you three, Twilight, Cozy Glow, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Starlight, and Spike! If you all don't trust us or give us a chance have a place in your school?! This whole thing is nothing but a joke!"
"Well guess what?!" Sweetie Belle said. "When we grew up! We'll have our own school of Cutie Marks! And that's what we're going to do! You all will see it'll be much more fun than your stupid school!"
The fillies stormed off to their clubhouse leaving their big sisters feeling sad and ashamed about what happened to them. Guess it was no use they decided to head back to the school of friendship and inform Twilight about their talk with them.
Later all the classes got ended as well and Twilight is cleaning up her office still sad about what happened today. Thinking about how will she make things right to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Unkown to her Chancellor Neighsay is watching her outside her window he is watching the School of Friendship to see any flaws in it. He notices that she is feeling down.
"Hmm....that's unusual." he said to himself. "I wonder what is wrong with Princess Twilight?"
Just then Twilight heard her door knocking. Opening slowley seeing 3 of her best friends entering her office.
"Uh...hey, Twilight." Rainbow Dash said nervously.
"Is it okay that we come in?" Applejack asked.
Twilight nodded as Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity entered Twilight puts down her broom and sits on her desk.
"So...how did it go with...well...you know.." Twilight couldn't find the words she was nervous about her friends would react about the way she treated their little sisters from before.
"Well, we tried to talk some sense into them." Rainbow Dash said.
"But it didn't go so well." Applejack said.
They explain to Twilight about their conversation with the fillies. Twilight did hear about their outbursts that her school is much better than the Ponyville Schoolhouse that she was afraid that the CMCs would cause more trouble in the school of friendship and the other reason why the CMCs wanted to be in here instead of Cheerliee so that they could get to know the other students and all kinds of stuff. Twilight is shocked about that she had no idea they felt that way. Rarity did told her that they tried to guilt them so they can forgive her and Cozy Glow for what happened, but it didn't work, and Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity did told them that when the Cutie Mark Crusaders grow up. They can built their own school of cutie marks and it'll be much better than Twilight school. Thinking it'll be like they set up the Cutie Mark Day-Camp.
"I had no idea..." Twilight said as tears coming out of her eyes. "I'm so sorry girls....this is all my fault....None of this would have happened if...I listen to their side of the story and never had been so harsh on them and banned them....Now Cozy Glow ran away because she felt like she'll never learn friendship here anymore! If only I listen to them and talk to Cheerliee about letting your sisters have place here in my school! Things would have been different!"
"Twilight...I know what you did to our sisters is completely wrong." Rarity said. "And you shouldn't have blame them for trying to do the right thing. But it's not all your fault."
"Yeah, after we saw the way they shouted at you and Cozy Glow like that." Applejack said. "In fact we were all to blame that we never gave'em a place here in the school."
"I guess we were so busy teaching friendship and other thing. We didn't bother to spend time with them." Rainbow Dash said. "I know they had their first friendship mission. But after we rejected their enrollment here it's like we don't trust them anymore."
"Point is...you should try to move on and think of better way to make things right with them." Rarity said.
"That's what Starlight told me!" Twilight cried. "I am thinking hard how to make thing right with them! But I don't know what to do!"
Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash looked at each other knowing that this it too much to bear for Twilight to handle this.
"Well, try to give it some time." Applejack said. "In the meantime, we'll go find Cozy Glow and try to convince her to come back."
"Okay." said Twilight as she smiled cheered up a little. "I really needed some time to think how to fix things for your sisters. I promise I won't jump to conclusions on them next time."
"We know Twilight." Rarity said. "I'm sure you'll think of something."
As Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack leave the office to find Cozy Glow. Twilight once again sit at her desk trying to think of something how to make it up to the fillies. But Neighsay listen to the whole thing thinking that this could be a perfect opportunity for him to get back at Twilight for re-opening the school.
"So, Princess Twilight has had some issues with three foals eh?" he thought. "Well to make sure that this school is a EEA school. This could be a perfect way for me to ruin her reputation."
The next day. Twilight Sparkle wanders around the streets of Ponyville. But she notices that some of the citizens are just staring at her. Whispering to each other feeling like they're talking about gossip and rumors. This Twilight very concerned.
'Why is everypony lookin at me like that?' she thought. 'Did I do something wrong to them?'
Suddenly someone throw a tomato on her chest.
"Hey!" she shouted in anger. "What was that for?!"
"For being such a hypocritical pony!" one Pony answered.
Then the other ponies are starting to gang up on her.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked.
"You should know!" the other pony answered once she showed Twilight the Ponyville Chronicles newspaper.
"Princess of Hypocrite?!" she read the headlines out loud. "Twilight Sparkle has harshly banned the Cutie Mark Crusaders from the School of Friendship for accusing them of failing Cozy Glow without hearing their side of the story?!"
"How could you do that to such innocent fillies?! That is sick and inhumane!" Bon Bon shouted at her.
"Hold on everypony!" Twilight tried to calm them down. "If you all could just let me explain! This is all just a mistake! A Big Misunderstanding!"
Everypony keeps throwing fruit and veggies at her and runs away until she ran into some reporters wanting some answers.
"Princess Twilight, is it true that you have accused the Cutie Mark Crusaders for failing one your students?" the reporter asked.
"What? " shouted Twilight in shock. "Whoever told you that?!"
"There have been reports about what happened at your school yesterday." The reporter said. "Is it true?"
"Go away! Leave me alone!" Twilight shouted.
She began to run away but the angry mob of haters and reporters began to chase after her. She ran as fast as she could, but the mob is getting closer and closer. Her next option is to fly so she leaps up and soar into the skies, but she forgot that the Pegasus ponies that are also haters and reporters that can fly to as the chase still goes on as she was trying to fly fast enough to get away from the mob she was almost as fast as Rainbow Dash. So, her only option is to teleport back to her castle. She charged up her horn uses her teleportation spell to teleport back to the castle and she successfully did so she run back inside and hide herself from the mob. Starlight Glimmer came and saw running past her.
"Twilight, wha--" Starlight was getting ready to ask her something.
"Put a force field around the castle quick!" she commended to Starlight.
"What? Why?" She asked surprisingly.
"There's an angry mob of haters and reporters after me!" she screamed.
"What?!" Starlight took a peek out the door notice the mob are heading to the castle. So she wasted no time! She cast her force field spell all over the castle in order to block the crowed from trying to get in.
"Whew, that was close." said Starlight with relief she left to go find Twilight to find out what all this is about.
Starlight starts off at Twilight's room she knocks on the door. Starlight opens it a tiny bit to take a peek.
"Twilight?" Starlight asked. "I put up the force field around the castle. So, you wanna tell me what's going on?"
"They know!" Twilight cried in tears. "They know about what happened at the School of Friendship! It's all over the papers! Like how I banned the CMCs without hearing them out! They thought I became The Princess of Hypocrite!"
"WHAT?!?!?!" Starlight shouted in shock.
Twilight showed Starlight the paper that she got from Bon Bon. Starlight reads it very carefully. Here eyes went wide. Starlight was confused how word got out so quickly.
"But...but...how did this happened?!" Starlight asked. "How did word got out so quickly."
"I don't know!" Twilight said in tears.
"Twilight! Twilight!" Spike called out rushing into her room. "What's going on out there? There's an angry mob outside!"
"We know Spike!" Starlight answered. "Apparently, somepony must've wrote an article about what happened yesterday at the school. Look,”
Starlight showed Spike the papers and he reads it. Spike became shocked, surprised, and angry about this.
"What?! Who told the Ponyville Chronicle about this?! It's got to be the Cutie Mark Crusaders! I get they're mad at you and Cozy Glow! But this has gone way too far!"
"Easy, Spike!" said Twilight trying to calm him down. "Let's not jump to conclusions. It's bad enough that I banned them from my school. But I don't think they have anything to do with this! Perhaps they're right! I am a complete hypocrite!"
Twilight buries her head in shamed and started to cry. Starlight and Spike looked at her very concern about her. So Starlight tried her best to comfort her and said.
"You're not a hypocrite, Twilight. I'm sure there's a good reason for all of this. We just don't know what happened. Somepony must've heard about it while you were talking to Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash in your office. The culprit must've taken an advantage on it to ruin your reputation."
"But who would do this?" Twilight asked.
"I'm not sure." Starlight said.
"What could be worse than this?" Twilight said sadly.
Just then, Spike burped his flames to reveal a scroll. Spike picked it up and read it.
"Twilight, it's from Princess Celestia!" Spike shouted. "She says she wants you to come to meet her at Canterlot Castle immediately!”
Twilight gasped. "She knows! What would she say? What will I tell her?!"
"Calm down, Twilight." Starlight patted Twilight’s shoulder to calm her down from her panic attack. "Just tell her the truth. I'm sure she understands what you're going through right now. Just take a deep breath and go to Canterlot. In the meantime, I'll see if I can get this problem sorted out."
Twilight took a deep breath and nodded.
"Okay. Thanks Starlight." She hugged her and turns to Spike and said. "Spike, you think you can stay here and help Starlight take care of the crowd while I'm gone?"
"Sure." he said.
"Okay, I'll be back." said Twilight.
Twilight teleported herself to Canterlot Castle. Starlight and Spike decided to go outside and try to keep the crowd calm.
Meanwhile, the Cutie Mark Crusaders are off to find some ponies to earn their cutie marks. They saw an angry mob at Twilight's castle. The fillies were confused and concerned about it.
"What in tarnation?" Apple Bloom said in surprise.
"What's going on over there?" Scootaloo asked.
"I don't know." said Sweetie Belle. "This is worse than what we heard about what happened to their Friendship journal got published all over Equestria."
The three fillies race to Twilght's castle to see what this is all about.They ran into the news ponies and some of the reporters from the Ponyville Chronicle just stopped the fillies and one of them asked.
"Are you the Cutie Mark Crusaders?"
"Yes, we are." answered Apple Bloom. "But what's goin' on?"
"There have been reports about what happened to you three at the School of Friendship." the reporter answered.
"What kind of reports?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"This," The journalist showed them the newspaper about Twilight being the Princess of Hypocrite. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo read the headlines and they were completely shocked and confused.
"WHAT?!" screamed the girls.
"Is it true that you are banned from her school?" The reporter asked.
"Wait a minute!" screamed Scootaloo. "Is that why there's an angry mob out here?! Who told you about all this?!"
"We are mad at her about what happened." said Apple Bloom in defense. "But we never told everypony about all this!"
"This is all a big mistake!" Sweetie Belle shouted. "Can everypony just calm down?!"
But the reporters kept asking them more questions which put the crusaders under a lot of pressure they don't have the answers.
"Uh, girls." said Apple Bloom feeling nervous and scared. "I think we should just head over to the clubhouse just to avoid all of this."
"Good idea." said Scootaloo. She puts on her helmet and got on her scooter. "I don't want to stay here for all of this."
"Me neither." said Sweetie Belle.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle got on the wagon. Scootaloo takes off with lightning speed on her scooter with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle riding along to get away from the reporters. The fillies head to clubhouse as fast as they could. Starlight and Spike tried their best to calm the mob down. They notice far from the distance that the reporters were chasing the fillies as they head back to Sweet Apple Acres. Starlight and Spike looked at each other as they knew why the reporters were chasing the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
At Canterlot Castle, Twilight enters the throne room where Celestia is waiting for her.
"You wanted to see me Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, Twilight." she replied. "There have been news reports about you being a hypocrite. What happened between you and the Cutie Mark Crusaders?"
Twilight took a deep breath before telling mentor the whole story.
"The Cutie Mark Crusaders wanted to enroll at the School of Friendship, but I already said no to because they already know all about it. But when they helped one of my students a young filly named Cozy Glow with one of her friendship tests. She failed it on purpose and I accused them for making her failed because I couldn't let them be part of my school."
Celestia gasped in shock but keeps on listening to her student's story. Tears were starting to run down in Twilight’s eyes.
"And without hearing them out I banned them from my school without hearing them out....That's when Starlight and Cozy Glow came and tell me the truth. But when I asked the CMCs to come back in when Cozy tried to apologize to them it didn't go to well. They got mad Cozy and she dropped out of my school and they yelled at me because they think I am NO Princess of Friendship and called me a hypocrite! Now word has gotten out all of Ponyville and Equestria! It's all my fault!!!"
Once again Twilight breaks down into crying and Celestia got up from her throne and walks down to her student giving her a comfort embrace as she looks up at her.
"It'll be okay Twilght..." Celestia assured. "You just made a mistake and so do they. We all do. And it's your duty to correct your mistakes."
"But what I can I do?" Twilight asked. "How am I going to make it up to them?"
"You'll think of something...." Celestia answered. "It'll take some time. Just show the Cutie Mark Crusaders that you're truly are the Princess of Friendship and that you are their friend. I don't who reported this. But I will find out who's responsible for it."
Twilight sighed and said, "Thanks Princess Celestia...I will think of something. I just hope they won't stay mad at me forever."
Author's Note
Here's the second chapter. Yeah, Iife's been busy now a days you know how writer's block is. But at least I got this one done. So, in the next chapter Twilight and the Cutie Mark Cruasders will get this mess sorted out.
