The C.M.C. 'Screw' Around

by AngelShy24

Rating: everyone
Tags: Discord, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Other
Length: 15006

The C.M.C. hang out with Screwball

No, no; it's not what you think!

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are suddenly aware of their entire home being plunged into total chaos. They soon find out that Discord, the Spirit of Chaos has escaped, and it was all thanks to them.
Suddenly, Discord decides to cheer up the little fillies by letting them hang out and play with his chaos induced daughter... Screwball!

Takes place during Episode 2 of the season 2 premiere; supposedly the day after the class field trip.

Not too long of a story, and each chapter is fairly short.

Published 2013-03-16 14:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-04-23 13:39:26 UTC

Chapter 1

Ponyville has been thrown into CHAOS! Everything has been turned upside down, and is in some form of confusion. Nothing was right where anypony went, and they were all in a state of panic… well, most of them anyway.

The young sister of Applejack, Apple bloom, was running through all of this confusion and was headed towards the CMC clubhouse for safety. She was trying to keep her cool of all the things that she saw around her, but being so young and all it was kinda hard for her. As soon as she busted through the clubhouse door, she realized that her other crusader friends were there as well.

“Girls, girls; wut the hay is goin’ on here!” Apple Bloom shouted.

“I don’t know,” Sweetie Belle responded, “but all of this has been going on for a while." Her body was beginning to shake a little, "I sure wish my Sister was here."

Scootaloo was nearby on the floor trying to remove some brown sticky substance from her coat and wings, “I like chocolate and all, but I would rather not be rained on by it.”

“Forget the chocolate rain,” Apple Bloom shouted, “our apple trees are bein’ twisted back at mah place, bunnies are runnin’ around with very long legs, and mah brother is actin’ like… like Winnona!”

“And earlier today, I accidentally ran into Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon… literally;” said Sweetie Belle, “and they… apologized to me and didn’t call me a blank flank! They even told me how soft and beautiful my mane was! I know that’s not necessarily bad, but… it’s was too weird!”

“Something weird is definitely going on here,” said Scootaloo, “What’s causing all of this, and who is behind it all?”

Suddenly, a mysterious voice inside the clubhouse spoke, “The answer is closer than you might think, dearies.”

“Huh, who was that?” questioned Sweetie Belle.

“Wasn’t me,” Scootaloo responded.

Just then, a ball inside their clubhouse came rolling from a corner by itself and right in front of them; and Apple Bloom and Scootaloo realized that Sweetie Belle wasn’t using any magic.

“What the huh?!”

“Hello my little fillies,” the ball said as a face suddenly appeared on it, “lovely day, isn’t it?”

Suddenly, Sweetie jumped up and screamed, “Ahhhhhhhhh, the ball is talking!”

“It’s possessed!” shouted Scootaloo as she ran towards the ball to kick it away from them. But just as she did, the ball quickly moved out of the way, causing the little Pegasus to kick and miss, “Aaaaaaaugh!” and she fell flat on her back.

“Would you mind not kicking me,” the ball said, “that would really hurt a lot.”

“What are ya really,” shouted Apple Bloom, “and why are ya in here possessin’ our ball?!”

“Calm down girls, I just sensed you 3 not having any fun, so I came over here to see what was wrong.”

Suddenly, a powerful glow engulfed the ball and then just like that another entity came out and standing on the ball was a creature of chaotic proportions.

“There, now isn’t this better?” the creature stated.

“Holy cow, what is that?!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

They were all quite shocked but also curious of who or what exactly was in front of them. But suddenly, Apple Bloom began to start figuring it out while scoping the creature.

“Wait a minute; it has a pony head… but a dragon-like body. Plus it has all sorts of… other animal parts. Oh no, you’re… y-y-y-y-y-y-you’re… Discord!”

“Discord?!” Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo shouted in worry.

Soon all three started running around in panic screaming. The spirit of all chaos was there inside their clubhouse, and they were all frighten of what he’ll do to them. Discord was just having a good laugh watching the fillies running and screaming.

“Now, now; don’t be a bunch of… chickens!”

With the flick of his finger, Discord turned all of the crusaders into chickens; now it just looked like 3 crazed chickens running around in panic flapping their wings and bawking all around. They all eventually ran into each other and fell down. This caused Discord to fall back in pure laughter enjoying the marvelous sight.

“Oh, you 3 really are a riot!”

He then flicked his finger again, and all crusaders turned back to normal.

“Wh-wh-what are you doing here?!” asked Apple Bloom after she and her friends got themselves together, “Aren’t ya supposed to be trapped in stone?!”

“Perhaps,” Discord responded, “but not anymore; I am now free of my confinements of being nothing but a statue made of stone, and I have you three to thank for it; you all did me a huge favor.”

The crusaders all looked at Discord feeling confused of what he said; just what did he mean by that?

“What are you talking about,” said Scootaloo, “We would never do anything to help free you!”

“Actually, you did; remember your little scuffle from your field trip the other day?”

“Yeah,” scowled Scootaloo, “we’re trying to forget about that, but what about it?”

“Well, that’s what did it; your chaotic little fight amongst each other that day is what mainly undid the spell! Sooner or later I was able to bust out and now my reign of chaos will cover the lands once again!”

The crusaders all gasped among hearing this; what they did that day was a bit hectic and they weren’t exactly being friendly with each other, so what he said was right.

“Oh no, he’s right; this is all our fault,” sobbed Sweetie Belle, “and all because we were arguing over a stupid word.”

“Man, this stinks,” Scootaloo grumbled.

“Yeah, so wut,” said Apple Bloom, “Enjoy it while it lasts, because mah big sister and her friends are gonna stop you!”

“Stop me,” Discord said slyly, “Do you honestly think that will happen?”

“It most certainly will; they’re gonna use the Elements of Harmony to turn ya back into stone just like the Princesses did before, right girls?!”

“Right,” the other two crusaders responded with a smirk.

“You mean… these Elements of Harmony?” said Discord.

He snapped his fingers and had all the Elements suddenly appear floating over his head; and all of the crusaders gasped in horror.

“Yes, that’s right my little fillies; those six ponies stand no chance against me because I took their pwecious Elements and had them running on a wild goose chase. And once they do find them, it’ll be too late!”

Discord went into a laughter fit as the crusaders just stood there motionless realizing the mistake that they have done.

“Well… that’s it; it’s over,” said Apple Bloom sobbing slightly, “The entire world will be set into total chaos, and were going to be the ones responsible for it.”

All three of them were suddenly sobbing with tears in their eyes; in their current position they couldn’t help it. Just then some tissues floated in front of their eyes and were wiping away their tears.

“Aw, don’t cry,” said Discord, “it’s not all that bad. You might even learn to love living your life in your new home.”

“Says you,” said Apple Bloom as all three of them glared at the mischievous visitor, “you’re doin’ nothin’ but makin’ thangs all crazy and weird and out of place.”

“Well it’s not like you three have a choice anyway; I’m here to stay and you’re going to have to live with it; but perhaps… I could try to cheer you three up; wipe those frowns upside down.”

Discord played with them again by using his magic to literally turn their mouths upside down for his amusement. However, the crusaders were not amused.

“Knock it off, would ya!” shouted Apple Bloom while her mouth still looked like she was smiling instead of frowning, “and how could you possibly cheer us up?”

After having a good laugh, Discord spun their mouths back around the right way and then responded, “How about I let you personally meet and play with my daughter?”

The crusaders all perked their heads up and looked at each other confusingly.

“Wait, you have a daughter;” questioned Scootaloo, “an actual daughter?!”

“Well of course I do;” Discord responded feeling quite absurd, “did you not think that a mischievous, dark and powerful spirit of chaos and disarray would not have a daughter?”

All crusaders looked at him and responded, “Yeah.”

Well I do, and you 3 will absolutely adore her!”

He strangely pulls a megaphone out of his ear, which creeped the crusaders out, and then shouted into it in a big voice, “Come on out, Screwball!”

“Screwball?” wondered Apple Bloom.

Suddenly, the crusaders saw a fuchsia pony with a white and purple mane fly through a window and into their clubhouse. Her eyes were swirled and she was wearing a little propeller hat; but they were a bit confused of her cutiemark of a baseball and a screw.

“Hi daddy, did you call me?!”

But something else was boggling their minds.

“Oh my… how is she flying;” said Sweetie Belle, “she’s not even a Pegasus!”

“This is Screwball,” said Discord, “this precious little flower was born amongst the manifestation of my chaos.”

“That… doesn’t make… any sense,” Scootaloo stated.

“But what’s so fun about making sense?” asked Screwball with a dopy smile.

“Aw, ain’t she a cutie,” said Discord as he gave his chaotic offspring a little pinch on the cheek.

“I’m not so sure about this, girls,” whispered Apple Bloom, “she looks a bit weird… a lot more weird than that mail mare pony with the kooky eyes.”

“And I can’t make it out;” said Scootaloo, “is she a filly or a mare?”

Discord brought Screwball’s attention to the three young fillies and gave her instructions, “Screwball, I need you to hang out with these three little fillies; make them your friends, show them around their newly refined home and have some fun!”

The odd young pony looked at the crusaders and she suddenly had a huge bright grin on her face, “Ooh, new friends to play with!” She then hugged Discord feeling so happy inside, “Thank you, Daddy; thank you!”

“Whoa, whoa; hold on a second!” shouted Apple Bloom, “We’re not gonna just…”

Suddenly, Discord appeared in front of the crusaders and closed Apple Bloom’s mouth like a zipper; this made Screwball make a little giggle.

“Just face it you three,” he stated, “you released me and now your home is forever changed, and you’re not happy. So the least I can do is help you cope with it; and the least you three can do is accept it and enjoy it.”

Discord suddenly smirked as he un-zipped Apple Bloom’s mouth; the other two just found it to be too strange and a bit frightening.

“Now then… do we all understand each other?”

All three crusaders sighed and said in a solemn tone, “We understand.”

“Splendid: just Splendid!” Discord shouted, “Screwball my sweetie, they’re all yours.”

“Yaaaaay!”

Screwball flew over to the crusaders and gathered them all in a big hug that felt a bit too tight to them, “Don’t worry Daddy, they are gonna enjoy themselves and we’re going to be the best of friends!”

“Have fun you silly little fillies; and now if you don’t mind…” Discord snapped his fingers to make the Elements disappear, “I’m off to spread more joyous chaos.”

And with another flick of his finger, he was gone.

“Wow, he sure does a lot with only his fingers, dosen’t he?” said Sweetie Belle.

The crusaders were still feeling a bit worried of how their home and all of Equestria was going to turn out to be; but first… they were just trying to figure out this strange fuchsia pony with a propeller hat who was suddenly their new friend and chaotic tour guide; she seemed so bizarre.

“Alrighty new friends,” Screwball shouted in an excited manner, “It’s about time that I show you around your new home… and have a whole bunch of fun in the process! We’re going to have so much fun!”

Chapter 2

‘What in Equestria just happened,’ is probably what all three crusaders were probably thinking right now at this moment. Today was supposed to be another great day of crusading, but now it ended up with them hanging out with Screwball. Her father, Discord, has turned their world upside down and there seems that there is no hope of him ever going away again.

Thanks to Discord’s meddling, they have no choice but to be shown around the new chaos induced Ponyville by his daughter.

“So let me get this straight,” said Apple Bloom, “You’ve existed in this world almost as long as Discord himself has existed?”

“Yep, that’s right!” Screwball responded with a goofy smile.

“But how can that be, yer not even an Alicorn; only Alicorns can live that long!”

“And you don’t even look like a full-grown pony,” stated Scootaloo.

“And how the heck are you flying!?” shouted Sweetie Belle.

Screwball was being quite amused at the crusaders’ confused reactions; it was the kind of thing that she always loved to see.

“Well, I’m technically not a pony at all.”

“You’re not!?” all crusaders exclaimed.

“Um, you clearly look like a pony to me,” said Scootaloo feeling a little more confused than she already was.

“Well of course I look like a pony, silly; that’s what my Daddy was going for when he created me a long, long time ago during his first reign of chaos! *Sigh* those were the days.”

“If you’re not… technically a pony,” asked Scootaloo, “then what are you?”

“I don’t know,” Screwball wondered, “I never even thought about that. All I really thought about was causing as much chaos for my Daddy as I could while he was gone. A little mischief here and a little chaotic manner there; but I have to admit, it was quite hard for me all these years to go on without him.”

“What about your… cutiemark?” asked Sweetie Belle as she was blatantly staring at Screwball’s mark on her flank, "Do you even know what it means?"

While flying, Screwball turned upside down and looked on her flank while sheepishly grinning, “Oh, this ol’ thing; I have absolutely no idea!”

“Maybe it stands for how screwy she is,” whispered Scootaloo to her two crusader friends.

All three of them suddenly jumped and stopped in their tracks as Screwball landed in front of them holding out the wacky looking hat that she was wearing.

“Take a lookie at this here, it’s my cute little propeller hat; isn’t it neat?!”

The crusaders looked at each other with arched eyebrow then looked back at Screwball smiling awkwardly.

“Well… it definitely serves you as an interestin’ fashion statement,” stated Apple Bloom.

“It also helps me to fly anywhere I want! See, you try it!”

Screwball suddenly placed the hat on top of Apple Bloom’s head and spun the little propeller on it. Apple Bloom was soon filled with fright as she suddenly stared to zip around up in the air uncontrollably and she was screaming and yelling wondering what was happening.

“Whoa, ahhhhhhhhh! How do ya control this thing; help!”

“Hey, do something!” Scootaloo shouted at Screwball feeling worried for her friend, “Get that thing off of her!”

“Look out,” shouted Sweetie Belle.

Not knowing what to do, Apple Bloom was coming back down to the ground fast; and she just covered her eyes while preparing for impact. Screwball was taking her hooves and was using them to predict the spot where Apple Bloom would land, and then she waved her hoof and made an overly sized feather pillow appear under the plummeting filly.

Apple Bloom landed face first into the pillow and dozens of feather were flying everywhere; she was okay, alive and well.

“Yes, such a successful landing!” shouted Screwball excitedly, “But I guess this hat wasn’t exactly made for ponies like you; heh, heh.”

Apple Bloom lifted her buried face and glared at the fuchsia pony, “Ya think?”

Screwball took back her hat and placed it back on her head as she hovered back up in the air, “Don’t worry, we’ll still have plenty of fun despite the awkward yet terrifying moment we just witnessed.”

“Why, because your daddy said so?” said Scootaloo sarcastically.

However, Screwball just went with it, “Well of course, silly; and because there’s so many things that I could do for you three since we’re now going to be best friends! Well, I can’t do as much as my daddy could do, but I have been getting a lot better in my works while he was gone all this time; I really did miss him.”

The crusaders were still quite baffled about everything that this pony of chaos was saying; it was all too bizarre to them, but they were actually willing to figure her out somehow.

“So… has anypony even seen you doing your mischief at all during all these years?” asked Sweetie Belle.

“That would be a big ‘no way’; with my daddy gone, I was still here but I was like a figment to everypony’s imagination, invisible, out of sight. Oh well, at least I was still able to do what I loved to do, just not at a large scale.”

“So nopony has not even seen you nor knew about you since Discord was turned to stone?” questioned Scootaloo.

“Nopony except the Princesses; they’ve known about me the whole time! So congratulations, you guys are the newest ponies to ever meet me; don’t you feel great about that?!”

“Wow, aren’t we very lucky,” said Scootaloo sarcastically, again.

They all soon approached the main part of Ponyville where many hectic and out-of-place scenarios were taking place.

“Hey, um… Screwball, is it?” said Apple Bloom, “I know that you love yer daddy and all, and making chaos is what you two do best; but don’t you think that what he’s doing now is a bit too much?”

“No way; daddy always told me that you can never have too much chaos!”

“Hmph, talk about a big fat lie,” Scootaloo whispered under her breath.

Suddenly, Screwball zoomed up in Scootaloo’s face and was slightly scowling at her, “Hey, are you calling my daddy a liar?”

Scootaloo smirked, “As a matter of fact, I’m…”

Apple Bloom suddenly pushed Scootaloo out of the way before she said something that she might end up regretting later, “Look, you seem nice and all and I know that you just want to make us feel better and be our friend, but what we have heard of Discord doing from the past drove all of the ponies crazy; and it hasn’t changed a bit. Ah mean… look at this!”

Apple Bloom pointed Screwball’s attention to all of the weird, confusing things going on around them; Screwball just smiled brightly at all of her daddy’s beautiful work.

“I know; totally awesome, don’t you think?!”

All three crusaders just drew a blank; obviously they couldn’t get this strange pony to understand the situation of their thoughts.

“Crusaders, group meeting!” shouted Apple Bloom.

All three of them huddle together in a circle to discuss their business while Screwball was nearby having some light chaotic fun with some nearby residents.

“So what are we going to do, Apple Bloom?” asked Sweetie Belle.

“Ah can tell that Screwball is not a bad po… wh-whatever she is and she does seem too mean well; but her daddy, Discord, is a psycho and needs to be stopped… no matter what Screwball says.”

“I think she’s pretty shady too:” said Scootaloo, “She has been doing little acts of chaos herself too, remember?”

“Ah know, but we don’t need to focus on her right now. We just gotta hope that mah sister and the others get here soon to stop Discord. Ah don’t care what he said about them findin’ the Elements of Harmony and it being too late and stuff; all I know is that once they do find them, he’s history… again.”

“Oh I get,” said Sweetie Belle excitedly, “so we just go along with Screwball and wait this out until the others get back; brilliant plan.”

“But won’t ‘little miss lost and clueless’ go all emotional and angst again when her father gets sealed away again,” mentioned Scootaloo.

“No offense to her,” continued Apple Bloom, “but better her to be sad again… than to be stuck in this mess of chaos forever.”

They all soon nodded in agreement and then broke up the circle to meet back up with Screwball.

“Hey Screwball,” shouted Apple Bloom, “we’re… ready for our tour now!”

Screwball was just finishing switching some ponies’ bodies around having a good laugh.

“Did you guys see that, I just made those two ponies over there switch bodies; the derpy one and the yellow one with the yummy carrot cutiemark. They’re so hilarious!”

Suddenly, the crusaders saw Carrot Top in Derpy’s body continuously knocking into things while through Derpy’s eyes.

“Ugh, what the… now I know why that mare is so clumbsy.”

And they also saw Derpy in Carrot Top’s bodies running off screaming as she was being chased by a bunch of long legged bunnies.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh; stay away from me, Carrot’s cutiemark is not edible!!!!”

Screwball was laughing hysterically at the sight; she never had this much fun in years.

“W-w-were… you able to do stuff like that already?” asked Sweetie Belle awkwardly.

“Only when daddy came back; my powers are stronger because of that! I can’t wait to have some more fun with these ponies!”

“Yeah, yeah; just go ahead and give us the tour already;” said Apple Bloom “We can… h-h-hardly contain our excitement.”

“Well, it seems that you’re finally getting hyped up about this… just as I was hoping for. Okay then, let the fun day with my new friends commence!”

Suddenly, the crusaders saw two young fillies walking towards them from the opposite direction; two fillies that they knew they didn’t have time for.

“Why hello there, Cutiemark crusaders.”

Apple Bloom rolled her eyes and sighed, “Ugh, it’s Tiara and Silver Spoon. Don’t you two dare start teasing us about never getting our cutiemarks; we don’t have time for that!”

The two fillies looked at each other and then started to laugh quite amusingly.

“Tease you;” said Silver Spoon, “Why would we do something like that?”

Scootaloo arched her eyebrow, “Huh?”

“Silver Spoon is right,” Diamond Tiara responded, “Like, we would never do such a thing. Even though we have our marks already and you three don’t, you strive and work so hard every day to try and gain yours its almost mind-blowing! You three… inspire us to work very hard ourselves in everything we do.”

“You’re an inspiration to us all!” shouted Silver Spoon in happiness.

The crusaders didn’t know what say about this; seeing these two being so nice to them was… too bizarre for them to say anything… much.

“Um… th-thank… you?” said Apple Bloom awkwardly.

“You’re quite welcome. Well, come along, Silver Spoon; we have to hurry if I’m going to donate some of my wonderful belongings to charity.”

They both waked off and then Silver Spoon turned to them again and shouted out, “See ya later you guys; never give up on your dreams!”

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo knew that this was probably just their discorded selves talking, but it didn’t make it any less bizarre; they felt a bit uneasy.

“Aw, I think they like you guys,” said Screwball with an amused smile.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo looked over at Sweetie Belle who was shivering slightly while shrugging her shoulders at them.

“See, it’s like I said; just… t-too weird.”

Chapter 3

The Cutiemark Crusaders; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were having the craziest day of their lives ever since Discord topsy-turvied their town and they started to hang out with Screwball; and it was about to get even crazier as the day went on… and night… and day, and night, and… well it was during one day even though Discord kept making the sun and the moon come up and down repeatedly.

As Screwball showed the Crusaders around the town, they witnessed a whole lot of crazy and weird things.

They ran into Twist who seemed just as weirded out from all of the confusion as they were. Screwball had some fun by shooting an electrical current on Twist’s body and caused her mane and tail to become very big and poofy and it almost looked like she was wearing an oversized afro. Twist ran off freaking out because she thought that she looked ridiculous. To the crusaders it was a little amusing in a way, but they didn’t think it was too funny.

Next, they came to a street where they saw a very peculiar sight; three mares doing three completely different things. Berry Punch was continuously sneezing, Bon Bon was continuously hiccupping, and Cheerliee was continuously burping. Now this brought a little smirk to the crusaders’ faces; especially Scootaloo who was cracking up mostly at Cheerliee’s constant belching.

Pretty soon they saw a bunch of young colts screaming and running away from a giant pair of razor shears, except poor Snips and Snails who were already shaved completely and were shivering and doing their best to cover themselves up. While Screwball was having a good laugh, the crusaders had no words to say; they just stood there with their mouths gaped open and eventually just covered each other’s eyes.

At one point they went to Apple Bloom’s home at Sweet Apple Acres to find the family dog, Winnona out plowing the fields, and Big Mac running around barking and digging holes. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were trying their best not to laugh at Apple Bloom’s brother, but they just couldn’t help themselves. Once Big Mac spotted them, he ran over to them wagging his tail. After Apple Bloom awkwardly petted her brother on the head, he loved her back by giving her a big lick on the side of her face; she became partially disgusted. Pretty soon, the other two crusaders found themselves running away from Apple Bloom’s brother as he was coming at them to give them the same treatment Screwball was so proud that they made a new friend… so to speak.

A little later, they came across three mares who were best friends; Roseluck, Lilly and Daisy. Screwball like how all three of their names were the names of different flowers, so she decided for them to have those exact flowers on their heads. The three of them became startled as their signature flowers appeared in their mane and they were wondering what was going on; they thought that they looked ridiculous. Screwball said that she was just making them… bloom; and the crusaders just groaned from her bad joke.

If there was one thing that they saw that was the weirdest and most bizarre sight to them was a pony named Lyra. They didn’t seem to recognize her at first because her appearance was unlike anything they ever seen. She was literally walking on her hind legs that were longer than usual, and her arms were swinging back and forth on her side. Plus she was wearing clothes all over her body! The only reason they seemed to recognize her was her mane on her head; but all her other body features looked just… weird. Lyra just smiled and waved at them as she walked on proudly with her head held high, and the crusaders waved back; but they still didn’t understand what was up with that.

The Crusaders saw many weird things; some they thought was funny, some they thought wasn’t too funny, and some they thought was alright and not too bad. But what they were about to soon see amongst the chaos will shock them dramatically!

“That… was the weirdest… most bizarre and obscure experience I have ever had,” stated Sweetie Belle as they continued to walk along the streets of Ponyville.

“So, what did you guys think;” asked Screwball while hovering upside down in the air, “Pretty wild stuff, right?”

“Well… Ah guess it was kinda funny seeing mah brother and our dog actin’ like each other;” said Apple Bloom, “Although Ah didn’t care much for mah brother lickin’ me like that.”

“Oh man, those ponies sneezing, hiccupping and burping together at the same time…” said Scootaloo while laughing out loud, “now that was worth the chaos!”

“I guess the mares with the flowers on their heads were a bit funny,” said Sweetie Belle, “but I just didn’t get the one named Lyra; what was she supposed to be anyway?”

“See, I told you guys that you would learn to love all of this,” said Screwball, feeling quite happy that her new friends enjoyed themselves.

“But… you’re not really expectin’ us to enjoy all of this forever, do ya?” asked Apple Bloom.

“Well of course; my Daddy is going to rule over Equestria forever; and now that more of my power is back, there’s more chaos where those came from!”

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle couldn’t help but notice Screwball’s swirly eyes again; it occurred to them to think of how she sees with those.

“You know, her eyes still creeps me out,” whispered Scootaloo to Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle agreed, “They just keep spinning around, and around, and around…”

“Knock it off ya two,” whispered Apple Bloom, “just go along with it.”

Suddenly, the crusaders saw Screwball’s head only roll in between them wearing a bright smile, “What are we talking about?!”

All three crusaders suddenly screamed out loud and literally launched themselves away from the head; this was something that they definitely didn’t find amusing.

“Hey, calm down guys,” said Screwball while laughing, “Let’s not… lose our heads!”

“What in sweet Celestia’s name is wrong with you?!” shouted Apple Bloom from a nearby tree branch, “Ya nearly gave us a heart attack!”

They suddenly saw Screwball’s headless body walk up to and stood beside her head without a body looking at them with a confused face.

“Wha… I thought you three might find this funny.”

“Um… no, that just creeps us out,” Scootaloo responded.

Screwball just shrugged her shoulders and picked up her head and placed it back on her body with no problem.

“Well okay then; if you say so. So what do you guys want to do next?!”

“Can we go back and see that belching again?” Scootaloo chuckled.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle leered over at her, “Scootaloo?!”

“What?”

All of a sudden…

‘BAM!’

… they all heard a loud noise nearby from where they were.

“What the… did you guys hear that?” asked Sweetie Belle.

“It sounded like a large boulder slamming down on the ground or something,” Scootaloo responded.

“It might be a giant peanut!” shouted Screwball.

“A what?” questioned all three crsaders.

“Well… it could be; you never know.”

Apple Bloom just rolled her eyes and said, “Come on girls, let’s investigate!”

The Cutiemark crusaders, with Screwball not too far behind, went over near to where the loud noise that they heard was. There were some rather convenient soap bushes in that location, so they hid behind one and then peaked over them. To their surprise, they saw a group of ponies, ones they knew very well, and they seemed to be standing off against… Discord!

“Oh mah stars, girls!” shouted Apple Bloom, “It’s them, they’re here; they’re finally here!”

‘Well, well, well, it’s seems that you’ve finally found the Elements of Harmony; how terrifying.’

‘Discord, I’ve finally figured out your lame little riddle; you’re in for it now!’

“Wait, what do you think Twilight meant by that?” asked Sweetie Belle.

“Who cares,” stated Scootaloo, “what matters now is that they’re about to send that meanie packing!”

Screwball suddenly chuckled from behind them, “It’s not going to work; hee, hee.”

They all looked behind them at Screwball weirdly and was wondering what her deal was.

“Sorry Screwball,” said Apple Bloom, “but you’re wrong; we’ve been waitin’ all day for this moment! And besides, what makes you think that anyway?”

“Oh… you’ll see,” said Screwball mischievously.

Based on her tone, the crusaders suddenly felt like something wasn’t right here.

‘Fire when ready.’

Just then, Sweetie Belle noticed something.

“Say, do they… look weird to you girls; they look kinda… dull.”

Then Scootaloo noticed the absence of a certain individual.

“Wait a minute, where’s Rainbow Dash?! And why is Spike wearing the Element of Loyalty?!”

Before they knew what happened, they saw the main 6 floating in the air with the Elements glowing around their necks; except for Spike, who was still grounded on the ground. Most of their faces didn’t look too determined to complete their goal, and before they knew it, the lights around the Elements disappeared and all ponies fell back down on the ground; their plan failed.

The crusaders all saw that possibly happening anyway due to the few mishaps they noticed in the scenario.

“Ugh, total fail,” said Apple Bloom as she did a little facehoof on herself.

“Told ya!” Screwball proudly exclaimed.

‘Bravo ponies, bravo! Harmony in Equestria is officially dead; Discord rules, Celestia drools!’

“What the… how dare he say that!” shouted Apple Bloom.

Discord was skipping and sliding on his soapy-made road as he took his leave of the main 6 to leave them in their miserable failure. He then ended up coming by the crusaders and his daughter who was watching from a measurable distance.

“Ahh, hello there Screwball; crusaders; enjoying the chaotic day?”

“We sure are;” Screwball responded cheerfully, “That was a neat trick that you pulled on them!”

The crusaders were not going to just let this stand; they wanted to tell Discord what’s what.

“What did you do to them?” shouted Apple Bloom, “Fix it back… now!”

“I’m afraid the Spirit of Chaos takes orders from no pony,” said Discord nonchalantly, “Especially 3 little fillies who can’t seem to lighten up.”

“Girls, look!” shouted Sweetie Belle.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo went over to where Sweetie Belle was and saw what she was shouting about. It seemed that the main 6 were in an argument and were going their separate ways.

‘I’m outta here!’

‘I better go too; I have new better friends waiting for me at the farm!’

The crusaders all suddenly gasped.

‘Yeah, I’m sick of you losers!’

‘Fine, leave; see if I care! With friends like you, who needs… *sigh*… enemies.’

The crusaders all watched in sorrow as they saw Twilight turn into a dull shade of purple as she sadly walked off in the distance.

“This is terrible!” shouted Apple Bloom.

“I know,” Sweetie Belle responded, “my sister would never haul around a big hulking boulder like that!”

They all suddenly turned to Discord with little scowls on all of their faces.

“What in Equestria did you do?!” shouted Scootaloo.

“Oh nothing much,” said Discord sarcastically, “I just tainted with their hearts a bit and made them give in to the opposite sides of themselves. Now they’re not friends anymore and don’t wish to cooperate with each other, which means those blasted Elements are now useless, and I’m free to do whatever I please! It was pretty clever, if I do say so myself.”

“You rock Daddy,” shouted Screwball, “Whoohoo!”

“Are ya seriously goin’ along with this, Screwball?!” questioned Apple Bloom.

“Well, yeah. Now my Daddy won’t be turned into stone again, and we can be together forever!”

“That’s right my dear,” said Discord as he laid back in a reclining chair in the air, “I’m here to stay!”

The crusader became furious; how could two such dirty beings ever exist in their world? This was the last straw for them and they were going to try and do something about it.

“Ah don’t believe this,” shouted Apple Bloom in anger, “You’ve just destroyed a 6-way friendship and you nor your stupid, clueless daughter don’t even care, do ya?!”

“I can’t believe you guys are being such big meanies!” shouted Sweetie Belle.

“If this is your idea of a joke or some kind of prank, it’s not funny!” shouted Scootaloo.

All of the crusaders then took their leave of the chaotic duo and went after Twilight Sparkle to try and fix this chaotic mistake.

Screwball suddenly had a semi-sad expression on her face while looking at Discord, “Daddy, they’re not happy anymore; plus, they called me clueless, stupid and they called me a meanie. I don’t understand; what did I do wrong?”

“Not to worry Screwball,” said Discord as he patted his daughter on the head while still reclining, “they’ll soon get over it; it’s not like they have much of a choice.”

Suddenly, Screwball’s spirits were lifted back up as in the background they saw Derpy in Carrot Top’s body again being chased by the long-legged rabbits.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, stay away from me!!!”

Both Screwball and Discord went into a fit laughter together as they enjoyed the amusing sight.

Chapter 4 (Longer chapter)

The Cutiemark Crusaders; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, did enjoy their little chaotic hangout with Screwball for just a little while; but once they witnessed her father, Discord, manipulate the friendship between Twilight and her friends, that drew the line for them. Fooling around and making annoying pranks was one thing, but ruining the friendship between friends was a completely different story. Knowing that they caused all of this to happen, the crusaders were fixed on righting this wrong all by themselves.

All three of them were racing towards Twilight Sparkle who was walking away sadly feeling no hope of harmony ever returning to Ponyville, and possibly Equestria.

“Twilight; hey Twilight, wait up!” shouted Apple Bloom as she and her friends approached.

Twilight tilted her head behind her and saw who was calling out her name.

“Oh, hey Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo.”

“Where are ya goin’; aren’t ya goin’ to do somethin’ to fix this?”

Twilight just slightly shook her head, “I’m afraid not girls; it’s all hopeless now.”

“What;” shouted Scootaloo, “Don’t tell me that you’re actually going to give up?!”

Suddenly, Apple Bloom zipped in front of Twilight that caused her to stop in tracks, “Yeah, the Twilight my sister is friends with would never give up on something like this!”

“That’s right,” Sweetie Belle responded, “you’re too determined!”

Twilight wasn’t being quite convinced of the three little fillies’ and their supporting words, “Look girls, I appreciate your support and your strong will to think that there’s a way to stop this; but the Elements of harmony were our only hope. Now that our friendship is gone, that hope is lost. Just face it, Discord won.”

“No he hasn’t!!!” shouted Scootaloo; startling Twilight a bit.

“You can still fix this if you just keep tryin’!” Apple Bloom responded.

“We’ll even help you out if you want!” Sweetie Belle continued.

Twilight just walked on past the crusaders not having a change in her decision, “That’s okay girls; it’s not like it’s your fault that all of this happened.”

All three crusaders suddenly felt like a guilt bomb fell and exploded at the bottom of their stomachs after hearing Twilight say that to them. They watched as Twilight just went on her way feeling her deep sorrow.

Suddenly, Screwball appeared beside the crusaders realizing what she heard, “O-M-G, you guys must feel really terrible right now… and a bit awkward.”

The crusaders didn’t say anything as they just sat there sighing and feeling down about their situation. But then Screwball just smiled and was trying to help them forget about their troubles.

“Oh well, you guys tried… and failed; so… wanna go have more fun?”

All three of the three crusaders suddenly sat back up and then turned arund and glared at Screwball.

“No, we don’t,” Apple Bloom responded in an un-amused tone.

Screwball suddenly became startled, “Y… y-y-you… don’t?”

“No, we don’t! This is all our fault and we refuse to live the rest of our lives feelin’ guilty about this moment!”

“That’s right!” shouted Scootaloo, “We’re the Cutiemark Crusaders and we’re going to fix our mistake even if it kills us!”

“Kills us!!?” questioned Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle in panic.

“Well, not literally… but, you know what I mean!”

All three of them huddled up and high-fived each other, “Cutiemark Crusader Friendship Restorers, yeah!”

Screwball really didn’t want them to do something so foolish that they might endanger themselves, “Heh… c-c-come on guys, you don’t really want to do this, do you?”

“Butt out, Screwball,” shouted, Apple Bloom, “Discord is going to be turned back to stone… whether you like it or not; come on girls!”

The crusaders then left Screwball and went on to try the best they could to bring the Elements of Harmony back together again. Screwball just sat on her flank and crossed her forehooves while pouting a little as she thought to herself.

“They’re being so stubborn those three. Oh well, they’ll soon realize just how hopeless doing this really is. They’ll be back; they’ll be back.”

Apple Bloom at Sweet Apple Acres…

Big Mac was running at Apple Bloom when he saw her again; but once he got close enough to her, Apple Bloom shouted out…

“Sit boy!”

Big Mac suddenly stopped and complied with her order.

“Now stay.”

Big Mac whined a bit and laid down on the ground feeling a bit let down that Apple Bloom didn’t want to play right now. Ignoring the strange sight, she was fixed on finding her big sister.

“Now where the hay is Applejack?”

Suddenly, she heard a nearby voice.

“Wow Granny Smith, Ah think you’re an awesome dancer; you should take up dance classes.”

That was sarcasm by the way.

“Applejack, there ya are!” Apple Bloom shouted as she spotted her sister leaning against the barn relaxing, “Ah was lookin’ all over fer ya!”

Applejack looked up and saw who it was, and she didn’t seem too thrilled about it, “Apple Bloom, where the hay have ya been?! Ah’ve been workin’ mah flank off while you were off foolin’ around somewhere doing who knows what!”

Apple Bloom was really upset hearing her sister like this, but she just shook it off and was concentrating on getting through to her.

“Y-yeah, okay Applejack; but that’s not what’s important right now. Ya have to make-up with Twilight and the others so y’all can all defeat Discord!”

“Oh sure, Ah’ll make-up with Twilight,” Applejack responded, “as long as she admits that our defeat was all her fault.”

“Come on Applejack, this is serious! All of Equestria is doomed if y’all don’t do something to stop all of this chaos!”

“And what about you,” Applejack retorted, “Don’t think Ah didn’t see ya hanging out with Discord and this other weird creature. You must be conspiring with him and trying to trick me, just like Twilight and the others were trickin’ me; well Ah ain’t fallin’ for it.”

“What?!” Apple Bloom shouted, “That’s nonsense Applejack; why are you saying all of this? You’re being so… dishonest! Don’t ya even care about everypony in Ponyville?!”

“Ah can honestly say that it’s not mah problem anymore. So if you want to do somethin’ about this, fine; just leave me out of it… if ya don’t mind.”

Applejack then laid against the barn again and placed her hat over face to rest some more.

“Oh yeah,” steamed Apple Bloom, “well… well, fine! Just sit there and do absolutely nothin’!”

She then started to leave the farm while stomping in her path, “Just don’t come cryin’ to me if Big Mac comes and starts lickin’ you in the face!”

Sweetie Belle at Carousel Boutique…

“Halt right there missy; don’t you even take one more step near my gem!”

Sweetie Belle was at her sister’s Boutique trying to get through to her senses, but she wasn’t having much luck.

“Rarity, stop acting so… selfish; I’m not even interested in your… your… gem, I’m only here to convince you to come out of here and get with the others again so we can defeat Discord; The Elements of harmony are our only hope!”

“Ha, nice try Sweetie Belle,” Rarity scoffed, “but don’t think that you have me fooled for a second!”

“Say what!?”

“Twilight and the others didn’t care about me or some chaos business at all, they were all just jealous of my beautiful precious Tom.”

“Tom?” questioned Sweetie Belle.

“Yes, my precious gem, Tom. I found him and he belongs to me! Nopony else can have him; not even you, dear sister.”

“Rarity, I hate to break it to you,” said Sweetie Belle, “but your precious… Tom… IS A ROCK!”

“*Gasp* You take that back!”

“I will not! Look at you, fondling over a stupid rock; a stupid, giant piece of solid mass, and it doesn’t even shimmer and shine like a real gem! The sister I know would realize the difference and throw this stupid thing away! Now do you want to stop Discord or do want everything to go into total chaos?!”

“Forget it Sweetie Belle, I don’t have to listen to anything you say. I’m the big sister here and I refuse to go anywhere except here with my precious gem! Now go run along now and go play with your crusader friends or something; just don’t tell them about my gem, they’ll want it too.”

Sweetie Belle just sat there with her eye twitching a bit from feeling annoyed while she watched her sister checking all sides and angles from her… gem’s present position. Nothing she was saying was getting through to her; all she cared about was her gem/rock.

“Fine, be that way!” shouted Sweetie Belle as she walked away from her sister, “If you’re in love with that… gem so much, then go on ahead and marry it!”

Then she walked out the door and slammed it behind her.

“Hmph, maybe I will!”

Apple Bloom at Sugar Cube Corner…

After failing with her sister, Apple Bloom went to and entered through the doors of Sugar Cube corner to try and convince the Element of Laughter, Pinkie Pie.

“Hello, Pinkie Pie; are ya in here? Ah-Ah-Ah just wanted to talk with ya about something.”

Suddenly, she heard a voice nearby, “Or… did you come to laugh at me and my stupid personality?!”

Apple Bloom looked up on the counter and saw Pinkie sitting on top. She looked a bit different to Apple Bloom, especially of how her mane was straight and hanging down instead of being up and all poofy; and Pinkie was scowling down at her and was feeling rather unpleasant.

“Oh, h-h-hi Pinkie Pie,” said Apple Bloom nervously, “Ah guess Ah found you, heh.”

“What do you want, Apple Bloom,” said Pinkie in an angered manner, “you better have not come to laugh at me, or else.”

“Whoa, whoa; hold up Pinkie, Ah’m not here to laugh at you, Ah just wanted to see if you were alright.”

“Don’t play dumb with me,” Pinkie shouted, “I saw a little smirk on your face when your eyes were fixated on me. So tell me… what’s so funny.”

Apple Bloom was feeling just a little scared from the way Pinkie was talking to her and glaring at her.

“Pinkie Pie, you’re kinda scaring me. Why are you actin’ so… so angry?”

Pinkie Pie jumped down from the counter wearing her angered expression as walked towards the young filly feeling irritated.

“Why am I so angry; why you ask?! It’s because of everypony I know, that’s why! I tried to be their friends all of this time; playing around, acting goofy and laughing together and making them have a good time; only now I find out that they were all laughing… at me! They think I’m stupid, dumb and brainless, do they?!”

“Wait, wh-wh-what?” said Apple Bloom shivering a bit in her hooves.

“Well… no more miss nice pony; if anypony makes as much as a single chuckle at me, they’re going to regret it BIG TIME!”

Apple Bloom was quite shocked to see what Discord had turned Pinkie into; it was quite frightening for her to see the pink mare like this.

“Pinkie Pie, all of that is not true,” said Apple Bloom, “Ah-Ah don’t know what anypony said to you, but no pony is laughing at you! And besides, ya have to get back with the others so you can save Ponyville from eternal chaos!”

“Forget it,” shouted Pinkie, “if I go back to them, they’ll… they’ll just laugh at me again, just like they’ve always been doing all this time. And if they do… oooohhh, it’s on sister!”

As she was ranting on angrily, she turned away from Apple Bloom; but then the young filly suddenly noticed some cake batter that was smeared on one side of Pinkie’s flank. The sight was a bit amusing to her and she made a little muffled giggle. But then she gasped in knowing what she just did and quickly covered her mouth as Pinkie suddenly turned back around and glared at her.

“What was that; was that a giggle I heard?”

Apple Bloom rapidly shook her head while keeping her mouth covered.

“You were laughing at me, weren’t you; weren’t you?! Tell me, what’s so funny, ya little jerk?!!!”

The force of Pinkie’s yelling knocked Apple Bloom backwards on her flank and she was trying to stay cool under pressure.

“Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah wasn’t laughing at you, Pinkie; Ah was laughing… um, at… mahself, yeah. Ah was laughing at mah own… humiliating thought.”

“Get out!” yelled Pinkie.

Apple Bloom suddenly got up and was trying to say something, “Pinkie wait, you have to understand, you need to…”

“I said… GET OUT!!!”

Pinkie suddenly charged at Apple Bloom yelling at the top of her lungs causing the young filly to get frightened and was running away from her towards the door. She was so quick to act in fact that she tripped over the bottom of the doorway and fell on her flank outside the door.

Pinkie stuck her head out the door and shouted at her, “… AND STAY OUT!!!” And then she slammed the door shut. But just when Apple Bloom got back up, Pinkie opened the door again and stuck her head out literally terrorizing the young filly, “I MEAN IT!!!” And then slammed the door shut again.

Apple Bloom just sat there trying to get her nerves together and was wiping a little tear to the side. That was a second failure she made to try and fix this chaotic mess.

“Great, n-now what am Ah goin’ to do?”

Sweetie Belle at Fluttershy’s cottage…

Sweetie Belle figured that she would have better luck trying to get through to Fluttershy after failing with her sister; seeing that it was Fluttershy and everything. But she was soon going to find out how wrong she was as she entered inside Fluttershy’s cottage.

“Fl-Fluttershy, you’re here right?” she said nervously while stepping in, “I felt kinda worried about my sister and her friends so… I just wanted to talk… to… you.”

She was quite surprised as she saw Fluttershy lying on her couch lazily and ordering and forcing many animals around in doing many chores for her.

“You make sure to scrub those floors extra thorough and you squirrels better be careful with my mane or else; I don’t want any split ends! You don’t want momma Fluttershy to get angry… do you?! And that group of bunnies, come massage my hooves, they seem so achy all of a sudden.”

Sweetie Belle couldn’t believe what she saw; Fluttershy being so… mean and nasty to her animal friends. Why was she doing this; well of course… she already knew that answer.

“Fl-Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy suddenly tilted her head towards the entrance door and saw Sweetie Belle standing there; she didn’t look all that excited to see her.

“Well, well; if it isn’t Miss gimmie gimmie gimmie pants’ obnoxious and annoying little sister, Sweetie Belle. I wasn’t aware that that I was going to receive a guest today; oh wait… that’s right, I WASN’T.”

“Hey, that wasn’t very nice to say all of that, Fluttershy,” said Sweetie Belle.

“Well of course it wasn’t,” Fluttershy responded, “I wasn’t trying to be nice; that’s the whole point of hurting another pony’s feelings. So what are you going to do about it, are you gonna cry?”

Sweetie Belle almost had the urge to cry, but she was trying not to show it. She knew that Fluttershy was only acting like this because of Discord; this wasn’t the real her, so she was going to keep trying.

“N-n-no, I’m not… going to cry. Despite you being so… mean, I know that you’re not really like that. I know… that your really nice, kind, a bit timid, and that you treat these animals like they are your own. So please… stop doing all of this.”

Fluttershy suddenly got up off her couch and was staaring at Sweetie Belle with a little smuggled smirk, “Well then… little filly; if I was sooooo nice and really kind, would I be able to… punish that stupid little mouse… that is slacking off?!”

She suddenly walked up to one of the mice that was laying on its back and gave it a swift kick with her hoof that sent the poor mouse flying outside a nearby window and into the river; but technically, it was mostly okay.

“What did you do that for?!” Sweetie Belle shouted, “What did that mouse do to you?!”

“He was too busy slacking off and not doing what he was told, so I gave him the boot; heh, heh. That’s what happens when you mess with momma Fluttershy.”

She suddenly turned to the other animals behind her who was watching the whole thing and gave them… the stare, “Does anyone else… want to be treated like a flying ragdoll!?”

They all shook with fear, but then went back to doing what Fluttershy was forcing them to do. Sweetie Belle couldn’t everything she was witnessing; she knew that Fluttershy always did her best to keep her animal friends in line, but this was ridiculous.

“Well… never mind that Fluttershy, Ponyville needs your help; they need you and the others to come and stop Discord! Please, you need to come!”

“Why don’t you make me?” mocked Fluttershy, “There is no way I’m going to hang out or even try to cooperate with those losers again; they bore the hay out of me.”

“But you have to,” Sweetie protested, “You’re the Element of… Kindness! We need all of you if we’re going to save Ponyville and you guys have to cooperate and work together! You have to do it, Fluttershy, you’re our only hope! Please, you have to do it!”

Suddenly, Fluttershy did a fake yawn and continued to smirk a little at the pleading filly, “Oh I’m sorry, were you talking to me? I’m afraid that I was just getting bored of your pitiful whining.”

“Cut it out, Fluttershy!” shouted Sweetie Belle suddenly showing a bit of tears in her eyes.

“Aw, look at you, you are crying; heh, heh, how pathetic, you sound like such a baby.”

“But… I’m not… a baby, I’m a… b-b-big pony.”

Fluttershy just had a little chuckle at the little simpering filly, but then got tired of it, “You know, I enjoyed watching you acting so pitiful, but now I’ve become bored of it. Get out of my sight now, I can’t stand to look at you.”

With tears still in her eyes, Sweetie Belle looked up at Fluttershy with a determined look, “No.”

Fluttershy stopped in her tracks and then turned around and gave Sweetie an annoyed expression, “Excuse me?”

“I said no! I’m… I-I-I’m not going anywhere; I’m st-staying right here until… you agree to come with me… to the others.”

“Oh are you now?” Fluttershy responded, “Oh my little bunnies, come to your mama Fluttershy… NOW!”

A group of bunnies suddenly rushed over to Fluttershy by her voice and stood at attention slightly shaking as the Pegasus was staring them down, “I want you to pick up that annoying little filly brat and show her to the door.”

The bunnies sighed as they went over to Sweetie Belle and picked her up over them with her hooves flailing in front of her.

“Hey, stop; put me down!”

The bunnies carried her over to the door and opened, and then Fluttershy said, “Don’t forget to drop-kick her out for me my sweeties.”

“What?!” exclaimed Sweetie Belle.

The bunnies looked up at Sweetie and then gave Fluttershy a look that said that they didn’t want to do it; Fluttershy didn’t care.

“I said… DO IT… NOW!”

The bunnies all jumped and were startled; and in not wanting to be punished by Fluttershy, they did what she requested and used their feet to drop- kick Sweetie Belle out of the cottage. Sweetie screamed as she flew through the air and then landed flank first onto the rough, dirty ground.

As the bunnies sadly walked back in the cottage feeling sorry for what they did to a innocent little filly, Fluttershy stuck her head out the door and yelled out, “Enjoy the rest of your day, looooooooser; heh, heh.” And she then slammed her door shut.

“Man… ow,” groaned Sweetie Belle as she rubbed her sore flank, “So much for getting through to Fluttershy.”

Just then, she saw her friend, Apple Bloom walking nearby. Wondering if she had better luck, she raced after her.

“Apple Bloom; hey Apple Bloom, wait up!”

Apple Bloom turned around and saw her friend approaching and solemnly responded, “Hey Sweetie Belle.”

“So how did things turn out with you?” Sweetie Belle questioned.

“Well… considerin’ that mah sister was being a selfish, lazy, and compulsive liar, and that Pinkie Pie literally chased me out of Sugar Cube corner with a lot of angered rage, then… no, things turned out pretty bad for me.”

“Oh… did you see anything else unusual or strange?” Sweetie Belle questioned.

“Well… Ah saw my Granny Smith… tap dancing.”

Sweetie Belle arched her eyebrow and wondered about the thought of seeing that sight, “Weird.”

“So what about you, Sweetie Belle,” asked Apple Bloom, “Did you have any luck yourself?”

“No, I didn’t,” Sweetie Belle sadly stated, “Just now I was drop-kicked out of Fluttershy’s cottage by a group of bunnies that were force to do it… by Fluttershy herself!”

“What?!” Apple Bloom exclaimed.

“I know; how could that dumb Discord make someone so kind and sweet become so mean and nasty?!” stated Sweetie Belle while sobbing a bit, “She made fun of me, she called me names… and… and… she called me a baby; I’m not a baby Apple Bloom!”

“None of us are, Sweetie Belle,” said Apple Bloom while comforting her friend.

“And… and don’t get me started with my suddenly greedy sister, being all gluttony and wanting that huge gigantic gem that she had with her all for herself and doesn’t care about anypony else! Plus, that gem is not even a gem at all; it’s a rock, a big, stupid, gigantic, hulking, solid rock! And she named it… Tom; what does that even mean anyway?!”

“Dang,” said Apple Bloom, “doin’ this friendship restoring thang was much harder than Ah thought.”

“Do you think Scootaloo had any luck finding Rainbow Dash,” asked Sweetie Belle, “If she convinces her then maybe she can help convince the others, and then we can finally get rid of that Discord jerk!”

“Well… it’s hard to guess that,” said Apple Bloom as she and Sweetie Belle continued to walk forward, “but all Ah can say is that Ah hope she is havin’ better luck than we have.”

Chapter 5

Being a fellow Pegasus, Scootaloo thought it was her duty to head out and look around for Rainbow Dash while the other 2 crusaders were handing finding the others. Scootaloo was on her scooter zooming around to see if she saw any traces of Rainbow Dash anywhere.

“Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash!!! Man, where on Equestria could she be?”

She occasionally had to dodge a lot of weird stuff while zooming around; all the weird things that were being created by Discord’s chaos. Scootaloo admitted to herself that she did like some of the things that she witnessed in this chaotic plane, like the constant belching from her teacher; but after what she witnessed happen to Twilight and her friends, she didn’t wish to live with this for the rest of her life; and not seeing her fan-idol present when they to stop Discord worried her even more.

“I have to keep looking; she must be around here somewhere!”

Scootaloo wasn’t about to give up; she was determined to find Rainbow Dash if it was the last thing she did.

“Rainbow Dash; where are you Rainbow Dash?!!!”

Suddenly at one point as she was calling out for her, she heard a very familiar voice speak back, “Hey, whoever that is calling me, I’m up here! And also, could you cut it out and quiet it down; I’m trying to catch some Zs!”

A bright smile appeared on orange filly’s face as gasped and looked up above her only to see her number 1 idol, Rainbow Dash, lying and relaxing on a single cloud.

“Rainbow Dash, there you are!” Scootaloo shouted in happiness, “I’ve been looking all over for you!”

“That you have;” Rainbow Dash responded solemnly, “Good job.”

Scootaloo didn’t quite know what to say to Rainbow Dash after that; she was a bit nervous of continuing the conversation. But then, she became curious of something.

“Um… R-R-Rainbow Dash?”

“What is it?”

“Any… particular reason of why you’re just laying there on that cloud?”

“What does it look like, kid, I’m trying to sleep.”

Scootaloo was looking all around her and was continuing to see many weird and chaotic things; like a row of buffalo dancing around in ballerina tutus… weird.

“Rainbow Dash, are you even aware of what’s happening around you… or what’s happening in Ponyville?”

Rainbow just shrugged her shoulders while lying on her back, “Yeah, I am aware, but it’s not my problem anymore.”

Scootaloo thought she misheard what she said, “Huh, what are you talking about? Discord is out spreading chaos everywhere and only the Elements of Harmony can stop him! That means we need you, Rainbow Dash; who else is more loyal to Ponyville!”

She wasn’t quite sure of what was going on with Rainbow Dash, but she knew Discord had something to do with it. She was doing her best to get through to her by pleading as much as she could, but Rainbow Dash just turned over on her stomach as looked down at jabbering filly.

“Um… no offense kid, but Ponyville is no longer my concern.”

“Say what?” Scootaloo questioned.

“Yeah, that’s right; Ponyville can take care of itself. But for me, I need to stay here in Cloudsdale where it’s safe.”

“But… huh?”

Now Scootaloo thought that Rainbow was really losing it; she was just lying down on a single cloud. Why would she think that single cloud was a whole cloud city?

“Rainbow Dash, that’s not Cloudsdale, it’s just a single cloud that you’re relaxing on! Come on, stop being so… lazy; it’s not you at all! Ponyville is counting on you!”

Rainbow Dash looked at Scootaloo again and realized that she was showing some tears, “Why do you care so much anyway, kid?”

“W-w-well…” said Scootaloo as she quickly wiped away her tears trying to look tough, “first off, I’m Scootaloo, not kid! Second, I care because… I admire you; you inspire me to never give up on anything and always stay loyal to others! Plus, Ponyville is my home too, not just Cloudsdale… oh, which is by the way, somewhere else; not here!”

To Rainbow Dash, it seemed like this orange filly was trying to get something through to her. But in her little discorded mind, she just didn’t seem to care much about it anyway. For all she knew this filly was just trying to trick her out of her real duty. (Sarcasm again by the way)

“Listen ki… um, Scootaloo,” said Rainbow, “you seem nice and all, but I already told you that I can’t leave. I have to stay here… for the pegasi’s sake.”

“But what about Ponyville?!” Scootaloo shouted.

Rainbow just sighed and laid back on her back to rest some more, “Don’t care.”

“But Twilight and the others need you; are you going to just laid there and ignore everything that’s going on?!”

That time Rainbow Dash didn’t even answer back; it seemed that she was now politely ignoring her cries. Scootaloo couldn’t believe how lazy and selfish her number 1 idol was being. She knew that she can be arrogant sometimes, but this was ridiculous.

“I… I-I-I can’t believe you;” shouted Scootaloo with tears in her eyes, “you used to be so… c-cool and awesome!”

“Excuse me,” Rainbow scoffed suddenly, “I still am.”

“No you’re not! Discord has made you a lazy sloth, and he’s making you think that single little cloud is Cloudsdale… in which it is not!”

“That’s nice,” Rainbow Dash solemnly as waved her hoof around, “now shoo would ya?”

“Ugh, just forget it!!!”

And just like that, Scootaloo hopped back on her scooter and went away from Rainbow and then started to sob a bit again once she was out of her view. She failed trying to convince the very mare she idolizes in coming back with the others and felt like she let her two friends down. Looked behind her down the path where Rainbow Dash was and just sighed to herself.

“What happened to you, Rainbow Dash?”

Scootaloo was sadly scooting along on her scooter feeling a bit upset on her failure of getting through to Rainbow Dash. She was heading back to the main part of town where her crusader friends, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, would be waiting for her. Once she got there, she did see her other two friends... but nopony else; so much for hoping that they had succeeded.

"Scootaloo, you're back!" shouted Sweetie Belle as she and Apple Bloom saw her coming their way; but she quickly realized something, "Hey, where's Rainbow Dash?"

After stopping, Scootaloo stepped off her scooter and threw her helmet down on the ground before sighing, "She's... sh-she's not coming."

Both of her friends suddenly gasped.

"No way," said Apple Bloom, "not even she could be convinced?!"

“No,” said Scootaloo sadly, “and I’m guessing that you two didn’t have much luck either.”

“What are we going to do now girls?!” whined Apple Bloom, “Our chances to have friendship restorers as our cutiemarks has officially failed! And on top of that, without the Elements of Harmony, Equestria is doomed to be drowned forever in chaos!”

“I don’t want to live in a world of chaos anymore,” said Sweetie Belle, “it’ll be too… chaotic!”

“Well neither do I,” Scootaloo replied, “but unfortunately I think that we no longer have a choice anymore.”

“Whoo-hooo, you got that right!” shouted a cheery voice from behind.

“Oh no,” said Apple Bloom as she rolled her eyes, “here we go.”

The crusaders knew who that was but they weren’t exactly happy or amused to see her; in fact, they were kinda mad. It was Screwball who knew of their failure; she was coming back to them hoping that they would return to have some chaotic fun with her.

“Well you guys sure did your best, and the results were very amusing! But don’t worry, you’ll all get used to it eventually. Before you know it, all the lands will be covered in chaos! Just picture it; chaos, chaos everywhere, as far as the eye can see!”

“Oh just… shut up, Screwball!” Scootaloo suddenly shouted out of anger.

Screwball pulled back a second out of shock, and then scratch her head, “Wait, what was that?”

“Ah do believe that she just told ya to shut up, chrome dome,” Apple Bloom responded.

“Yeah, and that goes for the rest of us too!” Sweetie Belle added

Screwball just sat down on the ground feeling a bit upset and confused at the same time, “But… b-but I don’t… understand; you all still seem upset like you were before.”

“Well of course we’re still upset!” shouted Apple Bloom as she was getting her anger off her chest, “Yer stupid daddy has messed up the perfectly great friendship between Twilight and the others! Are you really that stupid to not know that?!”

“I… I was just asking,” said Screwball sadly, “Why are you guys so angry at me?”

“We would tell you Screwball,” said Scootaloo, “but knowing you, our information might go in one ear and out of the other. We’re no longer interested in your… chaotic foolishness!”

“Bu-bu-but think about it;” said Screwball as she was trying to convince the crusaders, “with all of this chaos, you three can do anything you want and not get in trouble! My daddy is in charge now, and he’ll let you get away with anything as long as you’re with me! Don’t you girls want that?!”

The crusaders just rolled their eyes; they couldn’t believe that Screwball was still trying to get them to return back to enjoy chaos making. But then again, she never did completely understood of how they really felt about this whole ordeal.

“That may seem like a good idea,” stated Sweetie Belle, “but it’s not!”

“We were better off with our normal life,” Apple Bloom protested, “Free from Discord… and you!”

Screwball was now becoming really upset from the way the crusaders were suddenly shunning her like they hardly knew her, “But… I just wanted to be your friend!”

“Sorry Screwball,” said Apple Bloom, “but unless you care about why we are really upset and not only care about your dad having fun, Ah’m afraid that we no longer want to be your friends.”

“We don’t like you anymore because you obviously don’t care about our true feelings,” shouted Scootaloo, “so go away and leave us alone!”

Screwball was pouting with her arms crossed and her cheeks puffed up feeling rejected as she scowled at the crusaders, “Hey, I just wanted you to like my daddy and be friends with me! So… s-s-so what if those… 6 ponies who can make my daddy go away by force aren’t friends anymore; big deal; it’s exactly what I want! Can’t you forget the little negative points of this and just accept it.”

The crusaders had their backs turned towards Screwball and they were completely ignoring her. Now she was awfully mad at them; she tried to be nice to them, but they kept doing nothing but insulting her and her dad. She finally had enough of them, and she was done being nice.

“Hmph, fine; don’t be my friends anymore then! You were all becoming a bit boring to me with your Cutiemark Crusader friendship restorers thing anyway!”

“Don’t care,” all three crusaders said out loud.

Suddenly, Screwball took off her hat and looks their way wearing a little mischievous smirk, “And since I can’t have fun with you, I’m just going to have fun at you!”

Screwball suddenly threw her hat at Apple Bloom and it landed right on the yellow filly’s head.

“Whoa, what the hay?!” Apple Bloom shouted as she was startled by the sudden action.

Then with the flick of her hoof, Screwball caused the propeller on her hat to start spinning really fast, and Apple Bloom was suddenly raised up in the air.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Apple Bloom was screaming at the top of her lungs as she was flying up high in the air uncontrollably; unable to do anything about it.

“Apple Bloom!!!” Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo both shouted out.

“Maybe this will teach you a lesson;” said Screwball with a smirk, “I won’t let you bad talk my Daddy anymore!”

Screwball was making Apple Bloom fly around fast in all kinds of weird movements with all four of her hooves wailing in the air.

“Put me down; put me down!!!”

She knew Apple Bloom wasn’t enjoying this, but that’s exactly why she was doing it.

“Time to put a little spin on things,” said Screwball while continuing to smile.

She started to spin her hoof around and it caused Apple Bloom to stop in mid-air and started to spin around rapidly in place. She did it for about a minute or so before slowly settling her down on the ground. When she did, Apple Bloom just slumped on her underside groaning with her eyes swirling in dizziness. Screwball was laughing at how Apple Bloom looked and thought that it served her right.

“Now you’re eyes are all swirly… just like mine,” Screwball chuckled.

“Hey,” Scootaloo shouted angrily, “knock it off before I come over there and slug ya!”

Screwball looked over at Scootaloo and chuckled again as she waved her hoof at her and literally turned her into a slug.

“Eeeek, holy celestia!” Sweetie Belle shouted as she became a little startled by Scootaloo’s transformation.

“My my, Scootaloo, you mean you’re really going to slug me like that?” said Screwball sarcastically, “How can you when you’re so slow?”

Scootaloo tried to go at her, but being a snail she was too small too even move 5 inches without getting tired, “Why… you little… change me back?!”

“Hmm, maybe I will,” said Screwball, “How about I give you much better wings than you had before.”

Before Scootaloo knew it, she changed back into a pegasus with her wings; but then her wings suddenly grew ten times their original size.

“Whoa, what the…” said Scootaloo in shock as she was wobbling all around, “Ugh, my wings… they’re t-too heavy!”

She eventually tripped over her oversized wings and fell over. Screwball was enjoying herself and was laughing at Scootaloo’s expense.

“Ha ha ha; oh, did I say much better, I meant to say much bigger.”

“Cut it out,” shouted Sweetie Belle suddenly, “you’re just being plain mean!”

“Well… I’m not your friend anymore; remember?” said Screwball with a little sneer, “So what do I care.”

Sweetie Belle stared her down while in a charging stance, “I said… cut it out!”

Screwball levitated the hat off of the still dizzy Apple Bloom and placed it back on her own head. She flew back up in the air and leered back at Sweetie, “make me.”

Sweetie Belle was so angry it caused her to whip out some of her magic; and it got a hold of Screwball who was caught off guard and then slammed her down on the ground. Sweetie gasped out of sudden shock seeing what she did.

“Whoa, did I… just… do that?”

“You sure did,” said Screwball as she got up and glared at Sweetie Belle, “and I didn’t like it.”

She suddenly used her power to get a hold of Sweetie Belle and the rest of the crusaders; and then she had them bash into each other flank first and then fell on the ground. Scootaloo’s wings were no longer huge and Apple Bloom was no longer dizzy, so they all got up, shook their heads and glared over at Screwball.

“Come on girls,” shouted Apple Bloom, “let’s go get her!”

They all went forward, but when they did, they felt a sudden tug behind them and all three tripped and fell flat on their faces. They looked behind them and noticed that their tails were tied together very tight; it must of happened when their flanks bumped together.

Screwball was on her back cracking up over seeing the crusaders trip themselves up, “Looks like you three are all tied up; you got your tails all up in a twist!”

All three of them calmly got up and looked at each other; and Apple Bloom smirk at the others and stated, “Teamwork time, girls!”

The other two smirked and nodded, and then they all worked together and ran forward towards Screwball in sync so they wouldn’t trip over each other again. Once Screwball noticed, they were almost at her already.

“Uh-oh.”

All three crusaders jumped up and grabbed a hold of Screwball and pulled her down on the ground and began getting into a little scuffle with her. They were nothing but a ball of dust going around with little hooves sticking out shouting and striking.

“Enough of your shenanigans!” Scootaloo shouted at Screwball.

“Never!”

Suddenly in the background, there was a large…

'BOOOOOOOOM!

The loud sound suddenly broke up the little scuffling of the crusaders against Screwball as they all looked up in an instant.

“Whoa, what was that?!” shouted Scootaloo.

Of all possible outcomes, Screwball looked in the direction of the blast with a curious glare, “Was that… Daddy?”

“What’s going on?” questioned Sweetie belle.

By this time, their tails were already untangled and Apple Bloom stood up and was trying to get a good distant view of what the huge noise could’ve been.

“Ah’m not quite sure of what that could be,” said Apple Bloom, “but Ah have a weird suspicion about it; let’s go check it out, girls!”

Suddenly ignoring Screwball and everything that she did to them, the crusaders just left her there as they ran off together towards where the loud sound came from. Screwball just sat there with her forearms crossed pouting a bit as she watched them run off from her again; although she wasn’t worried in the slightest.

“I cannot believe those three, ignoring me again and running off to somewhere that they think they need to be. Hmph, oh well; whatever that is, it won’t help them at all.”

Final Chapter

So what was that giant boom sound you may ask; no one could really say. But whatever it was, the Crusaders, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were hot in pursuit towards it. Trying to not think about Screwball, they ran as fast as their little filly legs could go until they reached a sudden turn point behind a tree. When they looked ahead, they saw an astonishing sight.

“No way,” said Sweetie Belle, “I… I-I-I can’t believe what I’m seeing.”

“Believe it girls,” said Apple Bloom, “it’s really Twilight and the others; they’re all… back together again!”

It was true, all 6 ponies were there side by side; standing tall and staying strong facing off the king of chaos, Discord.

“Alright, even Rainbow Dash is here!” shouted Scootaloo in excitement, “But wait, how did this come to be? I thought that Discord won?”

“Yer guess is as good as ours, Scoot,” Apple Bloom responded with a smile, “But Ah guess that there really was hope left after all.”

Suddenly, the crusaders heard Screwball come up from behind them and witnessed what was going on.

“Aw, no way; how did this happen? I thought Daddy made them hate each other?”

“He did,” said Sweetie Belle with a smirk, “but obviously he underestimated them… and so did we.”

Screwball just crossed her arms and scoffed, “Well… whatever, this means nothing! My Daddy can just manipulate with them all over again.”

But just then, Screwball’s words seemed to be true as the crusaders saw Twilight’s friends being lifted up in the air by Discord’s power and brought to him face-to-face and weren’t able to do anything.

‘Honestly girls, will you ever learn?’

“Oh no!” the crusaders suddenly gasped out of shock.

“See, I told you,” said Screwball with a smile, “it’s pointless.”

Suddenly out of nowhere, Twilight appeared between her friends and Discord and formed a force field that protected them and floated them safely back to the ground.

“Alright Twilight; yeah!” shouted the crusaders in happiness to see the young mare suddenly turn the tables.

“Lucky shot; big deal,” Screwball complained as she rolled her eyes.

‘I’ll tell you what we learned today, Discord. We’ve learned that Friendship isn’t always easy, but there’s no doubt it’s worth fighting for!’

“That’s sure true,” stated Apple Bloom to her friends.

‘Ugh, gag! Fine, go ahead and try using your little Element Frienemies, just make it quick; I’m missing some excellent chaos here.’

‘Alright ladies; let’s show him what friendship can do!’

All three crusaders were getting awfully excited about what was going to happen, and they couldn’t believe that Discord thought that they were still under his spell… well he was in for a surprise.

“Finally, this is the moment we’ve been waitn’ for!” said Apple Bloom excitedly.

“Discord is finally going to eat dirt!” shouted Scootaloo.

“Better late than never,” Sweetie Belle responded.

Screwball still didn’t think that it was going to happen, “Don’t bet on it; my Daddy is too smart and too strong to be beaten by them anyway.”

But she was soon to be proven wrong as the mane 6 went into a deep trance by the Elements that were glowing ever so brightly.

“Huh, what the…”

The Elements’ powers soon clashed together and formed a magical rainbow-colored beam that shot straight up in the air and was aiming back down right at Discord.

“Oh no!” shouted Screwball.

“Yes!” shouted all three crusaders in excitement.

In a flash, the beam overcame Discord and he was yelling out in distraught, ‘NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!’

With tears flowing out of her eyes, Screwball suddenly dashed towards her father in an attempt to save him, “Daddy!”

“Screwball, wait!” Apple Bloom shouted out to her.

But before she could do anything, a huge bright light covered over all of Equestria, and all three crusaders ducked down and shielded their eyes from being blinded; everything was happening so fast.

Once everything had calmed down and cleared up, the CMCs slowly got up and wiped their eyes and were trying to make up their surroundings.

“Ugh, what happened?” asked Scootaloo.

Apple Bloom suddenly gasped, “Girls, look!”

All three looked around and realized that the entire town of Ponyville was back to the way it was before all of the chaotic turmoil began.

“Everything is back to normal!” shouted Sweetie Belle in happy relief, “No more chaos!”

Suddenly, something came to Scootaloo’s mind, “Hey wait a minute, anypony seen Screwball; where did she go?”

The three crusaders suddenly heard a familiar voice nearby, “Hey there, crusaders.”

They turned around to see Twilight Sparkle and the others coming towards them with little smiles on their faces; and behind them was Discord, back to the way he was before… trapped in stone.

“Hey Twilight!” they all shouted in happiness; it was great for them to see all of them back to their normal selves.

“Are you squirts alright?” questioned Rainbow Dash.

“More than ever, Rainbow Dash!” said Scootaloo while she zipped up to her and glomped on her, “I’m so glad that you’re not lazy and stubborn anymore!”

Rainbow was struggling a bit while trying to breathe, “Um… a l-l-little breathing s-space please?”

Scootaloo quickly got off of her and blushed in embarrassment, “Oh, right… s-s-sorry.”

“Hey Rarity,” said Sweetie Belle, “you’re not still in love with that rock that you called a gem, right?”

“Not anymore, Sweetie Belle,” Rarity responded with a nervous smile, “but please, let’s not talk about that anymore, okay?”

“Ah just don’t understand;” stated Apple Bloom, “we did everything we could to fix all of this ourselves; to get you guys back together! What in the hay happened when we gave up?!”

“Twilight happened!” shouted Pinkie Pie while smiling brightly and bouncing up and down in place.

“She did?” questioned the crusaders.

“That’s right,” Applejack responded, “No matter how hopeless it may have seemed for her and all of us, in the end Twilight never gave up on our friendship!”

So that’s how things turned out great. The crusaders were quite happy and relieved that things worked out well after all.

“Ah knew it,” said Apple Bloom with a confident smirk, “Ah knew she was never gonna give up, just like Ah said.”

However, twilight became quite curious of the crusaders little meddling earlier, “So… what made you three think that changing everything back to normal was your responsibility?”

All of the crusaders were prepared to tell them the truth about everything, and they all had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be easy.

“Well about that,” said Apple Bloom, “we have somethin’ to say.”

The mane 6 all got curious of what the crusaders had to say about the whole ordeal that just happened.

“We’re… kinda the reason that Discord… got free in the first place.”

“WHAT!!!?” the mane 6 gasped.

“Don’t be talkin’ nonsense, Apple Bloom,” said Applejack, “Discord must’ve been messin’ with yer heads!”

“But she’s right!” whined Sweetie Belle, “Yesterday on our little field trip to the Canterlot Gardens, we… kinda got into a little fight with each other.”

“A fight?!” raged Rarity and Applejack.

“It was just a little dispute about what discord was about;” said Scootaloo, “no big deal.”

Sweetie explained some more, “But our fight help weaken the spell on him and he eventually got free; our chaos set him free.”

“Oh my goodness,” Fluttershy gasped.

“Sweet merciful Luna, is this all true?” Rarity asked.

All three crusaders lowered their heads in shame as Apple Bloom sadly answered, “Yeah it is, and… we’re sorry that I didn’t tell you about it before, Applejack.”

“Me too, Rarity,” Sweetie Belle added.

All of this was quite a shock to the main six; who would have thought that three little fillies like the Cutiemark Crusaders had the capabilities to release Discord, the king of chaos. But in any case, they didn’t care much; even if all of this was their fault it wasn’t intentional. Also, they were just glad that everything was okay.

“Well don’t worry you three;” said Twilight with a smile, “none of us are upset at any of you.”

“You’re… y-y-you’re not?” said Sweetie Belle.

“Of course we’re not,” said Applejack, “Everypony makes mistakes all the time.”

“Well it’s not exactly every day that your mistakes bring out chaos and disorder to the world,” Scootaloo brooded.

“Well… what’s done is done and we can’t rewrite history,” said Twilight, “But at least everything is back to normal and everypony is alright, okay?”

“Y-y… yeah, I guess it is,” Apple Bloom responded with a light smile.

Twilight and her friends were glad and felt happy as they saw all three crusaders smiling together again no longer feeling down about what had happened.

“Well, you three go continue your crusading,” said Twilight, “we have to report to the Princess that our mission is complete.”

Twilight and her friends all said good-bye to the crusaders for now and they headed off towards the tree house to meet with Spike. The crusaders all just sat there just letting the entire sudden relief settle in as they watched Twilight and the others walk off in the distance.

“Well, that went better than we expected,” said Apple Bloom.

“What do you think happened to Screwball,” asked Sweetie Belle, “Do you think she’s alright?”

The crusaders looked all around them looking for any signs of the chaotic troublemaker, but she was nowhere in sight.

“Ah don’t know Sweetie Belle,” Apple Bloom responded, “she was good in a sense, but she didn’t care for what we were fightin’ for. Mah guess is that she became invisible to the world again and lost most of her chaotic powers as well.”

“Well I say good riddance,” Scootaloo boasted, “That screwed-up pony… or whatever the hay she was supposed to be, and her… daddy were going too far in their troublemaking. I’d rather deal with regular every day chaos, thank you very much.”

The crusaders went over to the statue that was Discord and were looking upon it being curious of how it must feel being turned into stone like that; it probably wasn’t pleasant.

“Well girls,” said Apple Bloom feeling more upbeat again, “the day is still going on, so what should we do now that the chaos has past?”

“I say we do something that is not crusading for now,” stated Sweetie Belle.

“Yeah, I agree,” said Scootaloo, “I think I had enough excitement for one day.”

All three crusaders; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, they were all walking forward feeling quite proud of themselves even though they technically didn’t succeed in their plan. But in the midst of this happy ending, they felt like trying their best and being determined was all they needed to do, and doing that was a reward on its own.

“Onward crusaders; let’s…”

‘Trip’

“Whoooooa!!!”

However… their proud little walks were interrupted as all three crusaders suddenly tripped on something and fell flat on their faces in unison.

“Ow, that hurt!” said Sweetie Belle as she rubbed her forehead.

Apple Bloom looked behind them and noticed what caused them to fall, “Hey girls were those… three little stones there before?”

Scootaloo got up and shook herself off and groaned feeling aggravated, “Don’t know, don’t care; come on, let’s go.”

Apple Bloom looked at the stones again and noticed that strangely they were aligned with each other in a straight line; and they were positioned in the exact walking path of each of them. It was quite a strange coincidence, but she soon decided to ignore it and continued walking off with her crusader friends.

“Did you see that,” said a certain voice, “did you see what I did there, Daddy? Those three totally fell for that rock trick; get it, fell? Oh man, that was simple yet a total winner.”

Screwball, unknown to any passing pony was lying on top of her statue father chuckling and laughing as she watched the crusaders walk off in the distance; never wanting to witness pure chaos again.

“’Sigh’ Revenge is sweet; take that, crusader dummies.”