//------------------------------// // I Want It and I Want It Now: Sweetie Belle's Story // Story: Applebloom Gets Her Mark // by Derpyx0 //------------------------------// The CMC waited excitedly backstage, whispering to each other while the other ponies auditioned. "What are you going to try out for Sweetie?" Scootaloo asked. "Well, I'm probably going to try out for the Ice Queen, but, being up there, in front of all those ponies-" Sweetie was cut off by Applebloom. "I thought y'all would have gotten over that fear by now, with all them lessons Fluttershy was giving you." Scootaloo nodded, Sweetie had been talking to Fluttershy about getting over stage fright, since when she was a little pony, Fluttershy had stage fright too. "It's not as easy as you would think. It takes a lot of determination." Sweetie retorted. "Sweetie Belle, you're up!" Ms. Cheerilee called cheerfully from offstage. "Break a leg!" Applebloom called up to Sweetie Belle. "That's not nice!" Scoots replied, "You wouldn't want her to get hurt would you?!" "It's speaking in fancy stage talk, 'break a leg' means good luck!" Applebloom explained. Sweetie slowly walked onstage. "Please flip to page 12." Ms. Cheerilee directed. Sweetie flipped the pages with her newly learnt magic. Finally, she found page 12. "Please sing everything on that page." Ms. Cheerilee said. Sweetie took a deep breath and sang. Silent night, Holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant so, tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace, Silent night, Holy night Shepherds quake, at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly, hosts sing Hallelujah Christ the savior is born, Christ the savior is born. Silent night, Holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, lord at thy birth Jesus, lord at thy birth. "Wow, Sweetie Belle, that was," Ms. Cheerilee gasped in astonishment, "the best performance I have ever seen! Good job, Sweetie Belle!" The other Cutie Mark Crusaders were bouncing up and down backstage. Scootaloo gave Sweetie Belle a hooves up."Next please," Ms. Cheerilee called out to the next pony in line. "That was AWESOME!" Scootaloo squealed. "You are SO going to get the part of the Ice Queen! I couldn't even tell you had stage fright while you were up there. You looked so natural!" Applebloom smiled. Sweetie couldn't wait to see if she had gotten the part. Two days later, Ms. Cheerilee posted the parts on the wall. Ice Queen: Sweetie Belle Ice King: Butterscotch Faries: Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Berry sweet, Applebloom Wolves: Scootaloo, Featherweight, Snips Trees, Bushes, etc: Snails, Alex, Twist, Ditzy "I... I got the part!" Sweetie exclaimed. "Good job!" Applebloom replied, "I am SO happy I'm a fairy!" The rehearsals went on for two hard, long weeks. Finally, the big night had arrived. Ms. Cheerilee welcomed everypony to the show as they got seated. "We hope you enjoy the show," she said as the curtain rose. The play went smoothly, everypony remembered their lines and their dance moves. After the faries sprinkled their dust, Sweetie rushed onstage, it was time for her song. She looked out at all the ponies and gulped. There were so many of them! "No," she told herself, "I will sing this song, and I won't get scared." Silent night, Holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant so, tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace, Silent night, Holy night Shepherds quake, at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly, hosts sing Hallelujah Christ the savior is born, Christ the savior is born. Silent night, Holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, lord at thy birth Jesus, lord at thy birth. All the ponies walked onstage and took a bow while the crowd cheered. When it was free to leave, Sweetie ran towards her sister, Rarity. "Sweetie Belle, you were simply fabulous!" Rarity praised. "I'm am so proud you finally earned your mark!" "Huh?" Sweetie said and looked at her flank. She had been so wrapped up in her singing, she hadn't even noticed it's appearance! She gasped. "Yes yes yes yes yes yes YES!" Sweetie squealed. "Now, why don't we go out for ice cream to celebrate?" Rarity asked, leading her sister out the door. "YES!" Sweetie replied. "I didn't get ice cream when I got MY cutie mark!" Scootaloo complained. Sweetie smirked. "Girls! We need to get back on track! I NEED to get my cutie mark! So far, trying random things hasn't worked, and doing what I love hasn't worked either!" Applebloom humphed. "Well, I don't know what to do Bloom, let me sleep on it, I'll tell you at school tomorrow if I have any ideas." Sweetie replied. "Same here." Scootaloo sighed. "I'm TOTALLY out of ideas. See you tomorrow." "Bye," Applebloom sighed, "see you tomorrow." The three ponies split up, each heading home.