Chapter 4- It All Comes Together
The remaining Cutie Mark Crusaders and Applejack cleared up. Putting the food, tables and decorations away, all with a look of great disappointment on their faces.
"It's all my fault... I'm so sorry everypony." Apple Bloom's bottom lip wobbled as she watched the pegasus ponies take down the decorations from the ceiling. "If I hadn't stamped my hoof on the stage, it wouldn't have broken and we'd still all be having the meeting."
Sweetie Belle came along and patted her friend on the back, and hugged her. "It's not your fault, Apple Bloom. All the ponies were being frantic at the buffet table and you lost your temper."
"Yeah! And they all ran away like cowards!" Scootaloo growled as she and the other pegasi took down the last decoration.
"Wait! Look over there! It looks like everypony's coming back!" Peachy Petal shouted, sticking her head out from the Barn door.
And she was right! A whole stampede of fillies and colts came down the dirt road, and behind them was Jim Beam, the construction worker. "We bought some help!" Holly Wreath giggled as she and her CMC from Fillydelphia ran at the front of the group.
"Yeah! Do you expect a party to end so fast?" A colt from Baltimare shouted.
"Well buck my apples! They all came back!" Applejack smiled, and set the buffet table back up, and made a sign saying 'Line up in single file.' so there would be no more hassle.
"Who's idea was this?" Apple Bloom said in disbelief, smiling so much that it made her cheeks ache.
The crowd parted and standing at the back was Babs Seed, she flicked her mane back and she smiled at her cousin.
"Babs?! Yeehaw! We wandered why you left!" Apple Bloom laughed and bounced over to the gamboge filly.
"I couldn't let a good party go to waste, cuz! I managed to catch all the pony carriages before they left Ponyville and grabbed Jim Beam. He said he'd rebuild the stage!" With that, Babs Seed and Apple Bloom gave each other a tight hug and turned to all the other ponies. "Okay, every pony! Let's get these decorations back up and let's do it fast!" Apple Bloom shouted and everypony got to work, the pegasi putting the ceiling decorations back up, the unicorns using their magic to put the haystacks back to the sides of the Barn and the earth ponies sticking other decorations onto the walls. And at the back of the Barn, Jim Beam was there with his nails and hammers, building a much better stage than that of which the Cutie Mark Crusaders had built.
"Great work everybody! Now here's the Los Pegasus branch singing the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme Song'!" Sweetie Belle said excitedly, and Applejack hid her face under her hat.
"Oh no... Know I wish I'd given all these ponies some ear plugs...." The mare said with a sigh, until she realised that the musical ponies had a guitar, and a set of drums. The singer made it sound much more in tune.
"Look, here, are three little ponies
Ready to sing for this crowd
Listen up, 'cause here's our story
I'm gonna sing it
Very loud!
When you're a younger pony
And your flank is very bare
Feels like the sun will never come
When your cutie mark's not there
So the three of us will fight the fight
There is nothing that we fear
We'll have to figure out what we'll do next
Till our cutie marks are here!
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks
They all say that you'll get your mark
When the time is really right
And you know just what you're supposed to do
And your talent comes to light
But it's not as easy as it sounds
And that waiting's hard to do
So we test our talents everywhere
Until our face is blue
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks!"
Once the song had finished, the whole Barn shook with cheers, whistles and applause. The pegasi fillies who were on stage took a bow, and suddenly their flanks began to shine brightly. The singer filly got a gold-coloured musical note, the guitar filly got a silver-coloured musical note and the drummer filly got a bronze-coloured musical note.
"Wow! Our cutie marks!" The smallest filly- the drummer - squealed happily. They all stared at their flanks in awe, and the audience cheered even louder.
"Well thank y'all for comin' tonight, folks! We really appreciate it! And the other Cutie Mark Crusaders and I have decided that we'll hold another one next year! But... The Manehatten branch will hold it!" Apple Bloom said through the mic, and the audience clapped their hooves.
After everypony had left, the only filly left in the Barn was Apple Bloom... She had fallen sleep on the stage after the clean up.
"Oh little sis... You did so well tonight. You did the family proud." Applejack stroked the young filly's mane, and put a blanket over her sleeping body. Big MacIntosh came along and Apple Bloom was put on his back, they trotted back to the Apple house with happy, spirited hearts.
The End