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// The Assistant: Cutie Mark Crusaders 
// Story: The Assistant 
// by gamemaster36 
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“Scootaloo! It's not nice to just run up to somepony and startle them like that!”
I could not believe what I was seeing. There were three ponies that didn't even seemed phased by my appearance. Did these small ponies have no sense? It was dangerous to approach a creature such as me in this world. Lucky for them, I meant no harm.
“Sorry Applebloom, but I have to find out how he is doing that!”, The small orange Pegasus said still as excited as before.
“Well next time we will walk up and introduce ourselves before asking questions to strangers!”, Said the small white Unicorn.
I look down past the three small ponies to see me levitating off the ground a few feet. This must have been a shocking site to the other two, but the Pegasus seemed almost fascinated by it.
“Hello sir! My name is Scootaloo and these are my friends!”, Exclaimed Scootaloo.
“Hi! I'm Applebloom!”
“And I'm Sweetie Belle, and together we are...”
“THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!”, All three of them jumped and shouted at me.
I lost my concentration at this and fell to the ground. I landed with a “thump” on the grass and regained my balance at ground level.
“Anyway, Me and my friends were headed over here to see if Fluttershy had some sort of animal feed to see if we can find our cutie marks in taking care of animals like Fluttershy. Do you know Fluttershy? You are outside her house after all!”, Sweetie Belle questioned.
I could hardly utter a word about how they just approached me like that without warning. I decided I should stay seated as to not scare them from my height. They were only about half the size of the ponies I saw and looked like they could be easily scared. That thought quickly escaped my mind, as I remember they just walked up to me, or as Applebloom said, “RAN” up to me.
“Yo-your not scared of me?”, I question the three.
“Well... a little, but you seemed to look nice and we can't go around judging ponies on how they look or.... I'm sorry, I don't know what kind of animal you are. Can you tell us?”, Applebloom asked.
I pondered on that for a short time before answering.
“Not at this time, but maybe later.”
“Oh. OK.”, Applebloom said a little disappointed.
“But I will tell you my name since you told me yours. I am The Assistant.”
“The Assistant?”, All three said in unison.
“It is my tittle, but not my real name. I can't give that away.”
“Why not?”, Asked Sweetie Belle.
“I don't plan on staying here to long and I am hoping that is true. This isn't my kinda pla... town.”, I said so I don't give them more questions about saying planet.
“So were do you live, and what do you assist in?”, Scootaloo asked almost forgetting about the whole levitating thing.
“I live uh.. far away. And I am called Assistant because it is my job to assist people in their problems.”, I said to reassure them.
Applebloom jumped and gained a giant smile across her face.
“Hey! Maybe we could be Cutie Mark Crusader Assistants!”
All three of them jumped into the air simultaneously.
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADER ASSISTANTS, YAY!!!”
The threes shouting caused me to just fall over from the sheer volume of the chant. All three of them looked over to me as I was laying now on my back.
“Um... are you OK sir?”, Sweetie Belle asked in a worried tone.
“Yes, just absolutely fine. Now...”, I sit up to meet there gaze.
“Are you the only three here that feel the same about judging how people look?”
“No. The whole town learned that lesson about not judging somepony by how they look, but by how they are and if there nice or not.”, Applebloom answered.
While that may have been true, I am still not going to risk starting a panic by just walking through town.
“Hey mister. You said you go around helping those who need it.”, Applebloom began.
“Do you think, when you have time, could you help us find our cutie marks?”
The little hope in all three of there eyes could be enough to convert anyone to there will. I hate to admit it, but I thought it was absolutely adorable. I sighed.
“If I have time, I will gladly assist you in your problem.”
All three of them jumped in the air once again.
“YAY!!!”
I just looked around to make sure no other ponies were attracted by the threes yelling. Luckily, it seemed no pony had come while I was talking to the three.
My arm began to twitch signaling me to go to the other three ponies I was helping.
“Sorry girls, but I have to go help someone right now. Could you please close your eyes?”
“Why?”, Scootaloo questioned.
“Just to see if you are good listeners.”
All three nodded as they closed their eyes one by one. After making sure they were all closed, I teleported to the other three, surly leaving confused faces on the little pony crusaders.