It was another quiet, lovely evening in the small town of Ponyville. The reflection of stars glistened over ponds and the crickets chirped there dominance of the dark hours of night. The streets were deserted and dark, the only source of light being a street lamp you would see once every corner. The moon was a bright, beautiful crescent nuzzled in the sky among the many stars. It was a very scenic picture, as if from a painting.
But the beauty and tranquility of the night was the last thing on the minds of three young fillies.
*yawn*
"Why couldn't this wait until morning Applebloom?"
Said a small, white pony with a pink and purple swirled mane.
"Yeah what gives Applebloom?"
I wanna discover my special talent and get my Cutie Mark just as much as you but I wanna get some sleep too. Especially after what we tried last time. I'm still really sore from it.
Said an orange Pegasus with a dark purple mane.
This made Applebloom reminisce about the stunt they pulled mere hours ago. She didn't remember what it was exactly, or who's idea it was for that matter, only that it involved rollerskates, fishing rods, and a lot of butter. And that it hurt a lot.
"Shucks Scootaloo that wasn't even my idea."
Said Applebloom.
"But this time will be doin somethin a bit more peaceful."
"Whew"
"I...I mean, if you say so Applebloom."
Said Sweetie Belle.
Sweetie Belle wasn't willing to admit it, but she didn't really enjoy doing all the dangerous things with her friends.
Things like bungee jumping off the Clock Tower in the town square. Or Soap Box racing through the busy parts of the streets in town. But this didn't stop her from doing so, in fact it didn't stop any of the three fillies from doing so, for they were the
Cutie Mark Crusaders.
They was nothing they weren't willing to do to discover there special talents, even if it meant putting themselves in danger,
Or (Though they may not really think about it a lot, or at all) other ponies in danger. This didn't mean they were gonna put
Another ponies well being in jeopardy just to get their marks, it just meant that they didn't exercise much caution in their
Endeavors.
"I thought we might do a little star gazin. Twilight told me there supposed to be some sort of Comet out tonight."
"A comet?
If there was a comet wouldn't there be more ponies out to watch?"
Said Scootaloo
"I was gettin to that." Said Applebloom in a bit of a frustrated tone
"This is a different comet Twilight read about in one of her books.
Said that it hasn't been documented a lot. And the reports she did find
About it were few and far between."
"More like none and never occurred."
Scootaloo said dryly.
Applebloom ignored this and kept her pace toward their treehouse. She thought that maybe seeing this comet may give them the answer to what they have been trying to find out for months. What their special talents are.
They had tried nearly everything that they could think of to no avail. Applebloom just didn't understand why they hadn't figured it out yet. She thought about what Twilight said, about trying things that they enjoy doing. But she knew that this couldn't be the Answer. A Cutie Mark was supposed to be symbolic of what you were good at doing, not what you enjoyed.
Like how Sweetie Belle's older sister Rarity was good at making dresses, or how her older siblings were good at bucking and harvesting apples, or how she was good at doing Magic for that matter. She didn't know why, but she thought that this comet may have a profound impact on their great Crusade.
"Alright, we're here. Will take turns with the telescope since there's three of us and one of it."
"Sounds good. I bet we'll see some very pretty stars Even if there isn't a comet."
Said Sweetie Belle
Sweetie Belle was trying to stay optimistic. She was content with a relaxing evening of star gazing rather than a painful and cold night of Hockey.
*Yawn*
"Don't wait up on me."
Said Scootaloo.
Unlike the other two fillies she had every intention of catching up on sleep rather then keeping up with astronomical occurrences.
"They watched the sky for the better have of an hour, seeing a shooting star every now and again but they saw no indication that there was to be a comet... At least Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were. Scootaloo saw to it that her desire for blissful sleep was met.
*sigh*
"We'll I suppose we should call it a night gals."
Applebloom said disheartendly.
"Why were you so convinced that there would be a comet Applebloom?"
Sweetie Belle asked.
"To tell the truth... I really wasn't. I just thought that the possibility there would be was enough for us to find out what are special talent were and get our Cutie Marks.
But know I'm even more unsure."
"Hey don't worry Applebloom."
Said Sweetie Belle encouragingly.
"We just need to keep trying."
"But that's the thing. We've tried everything we could think of, what else could we possibly do?"
Said Applejack
Sweetie Belle was about to retort, but then a glint in the sky caught her attention.
She didn't say anything, she just stared into the sky.
"Loo...loo...look."
she managed as she pointed her hoof at the sky.
Applebloom turned around and saw it. The one thing she had hoped to see.
It was the one thing that, after tonight, she could say was real.
I was the comet.
"Wooh"
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle said simultaneously.
Just then, out of nowhere, a purple ball of fire shot from the sky, creating ripples in it.
The Ball of fire was emitting a loud groan of protest at the force pulling it down before it finally hit the ground on the far side of Sweet Apple Acres making a loud crash in the process.
Scootaloo awoke with a start and so did everyone at Appleblooms home as she saw lights coming on
"Oh no. We're not aloud to be out this late, Applejack and Big Mac will have a fit. C'mon y'all."
Applebloom said as she and Sweetie Belle began making their way back to the farm as Scootaloo lazily trailed behind.