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// Chapter 8: Initiation 
// Story: The Tale of Oreo Mist 
// by Rainbow Reshiram 
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Oreo Mist galloped way ahead of Twilight the whole way to Sweet Apple Acres. She was that exited! 

"Oreo Mist! There's no need to run!" Twilight yelled.

"There's an awful lot of running to be done, Aunt Twilight!" Oreo Mist called back.

Twilight smiled at the filly's antics and quickened her pace. Before either of them knew it, they had arrived. Applejack was standing there, taking a short break from her farm duties when the two trotted up.

"Howdy, Oreo Mist! Howdy, Twilight!" the country mare greeted, waving her Stetson.

"Nice to see you, Applejack." Twilight replied. 

"Where's Applebloom?" Oreo Mist asked.

Applejack was just about to respond when the yellow filly herself excitedly trotted behind her. "Oreo Mist!! Ya made it!!"

"Of course I did!" Oreo Mist replied.

"Well, now that ya here, just follow me to our clubhouse!" Applebloom instructed.

Twilight and Applejack giggled slightly as the two fillies galloped of toward a treehouse in the distance. 



"You actually came!!" Sweetie Belle squeaked excitedly as Applebloom and Oreo Mist stepped inside the clubhouse.

"Nice clubhouse." Oreo Mist commented.

"Thanks!" Applebloom said. "It used ta belong ta Applejack, but after I fixted it up all by maself, she let us use it for our Crusader meetings!"

"You repaired it all by yourself?!" Oreo Mist questioned.

"Yup!" Applebloom replied proudly.

"I'm thoroughly surprised that you don't already have a Cutie Mark in construction." Oreo Mist said. But she, for some reason, said it inside her head, so nopony else heard it but her. She did say, "Wow." out-loud, however.

There wasn't much furniture, but there were some interesting things inside the clubhouse, including a map of Ponyville and a telescope. Oreo Mist was given a tour while Scootaloo added a drawing of her to the roll chart. After they were done with that, Oreo Mist pledged herself as a Cutie Mark Crusader. 

"Whew! We really need to revise that initiation speech. But we made this for ya." Applebloom said after the initiation was over. She hoofed over a red cape with the Cutie Mark Crusader emblem on it. Oreo Mist studied it.

"Do you like it?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I made it myself!" 

"Your skills in sewing are rather brilliant, Sweetie Belle." Oreo Mist replied. Sweetie Belle squeed as the new Crusader donned her cape. "It's cozy!" Oreo Mist said.

"So now that Oreo Mist is a Crusader, what are we doing to get our Cutie Marks today?" Scootaloo asked excitedly.

Applebloom sat on the 'Great Idea Spot' to think of ideas. As soon as she did, Applejack's voice was heard calling Applebloom for dinner. 

"Shucks, y'all. I gotta go." Applebloom said sadly.

"Aw, dang it!" Sweetie Belle said.

The Crusaders climbed out of the clubhouse and trotted their separate ways. Oreo Mist stuck with Sweetie Belle, however. She wasn't ready to go home yet.