//------------------------------// // Chapter 4. Cutie Mark Astronomers! // Story: Star Wars : The Missing Brother // by freedombiscuts //------------------------------// Star Wars: The Missing Brother Chapter 4. Cutie Mark Astronomers! Ponyville's school. Hours before the crash land. After getting in a fight with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon sat in silence, all dirty with scratches and fur out of place for nearly an hour after school. Miss Cheerilee looks up at the clock from reading her book. "Okay, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, you're free to go." Said looking at the three. "WOO-HOO"The three cheers in unison. Grabbing their bags and leaving the class, with large grins on their face knowing that the other two have to stay a little longer. "B-but miss cheerilee!" Silver Spoon calls to her teacher "Why do we have to stay back? And how much longer?" Asks the troublesome, spoiled Diamond Tiara, glaring at the "Cutie Mark Lamers" as they leave the class. "Well you called them really mean names and an waiting five more minutes won't kill you." Replied the fuchsia fur teacher returning back to her book. Diamond opens her mouth to say something but was silenced after Miss Cheerilee said that if she said another word, she gets another five minutes and Silver Spoon gets to leave. "Hmmph!" Diamond she sat in silence with Silver for just for more, long minutes. _________________________________________________________________ "Boy, do we know how to get'n trouble or what?" Chuckled Apple Bloom. "Well we always find some way or anotther." Sweetie Belle happily replies to her earth pony friend. "Right? And hey Apple Bloom, where did you that sweet take down you did on Diamond Tiara? It was soooo epic!" Asks Scootaloo hovering for a few seconds from remembering the science. "Me 'n Applejack wrestle with each other when we have the time after apple bucking." Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo laughs hard to the point where they had to stop walking. "What's so funny?" One of Apple Bloom's eyebrow raised from curiosity on what her two best friends are laughing about. Sweetie Belle was the first to recover. "It's just that you couldn't see the look on Diamond's face. She was like 'Hnnnng!' and you were like 'Grrrr!'" Sweetie belle reenacts the scene with with silly faces on the still laughing Scootaloo. Apple Bloom sees why it they were laughing and chuckles but quickly remembers that it's getting dark. They need to head to Fluttershy's place. Reminding the other two, they quickly got up and walk to her cottage. Arriving at Fluttershy's cottage Sweetie Belle knocks on the door. "Who's there?" the owner of the soft voice ask. "It;s us Fluttershy!" the three replied as one. The door opens reveling a light yellow fur, light pink pegasus, smiling seeing who her company was. "Oh hello girls how was your day? And I see you've tried another way to get your cutie mark and it failed?" Fluttershy giggles at them. "Uh no Fluttershy, we..." Sweetie Belle starts "We got in a fight with the nasty Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." Scootaloo finishes for her. "Oh goodness gracious, please come inside," Fluttershy moves to the side to let them in. "Do you need bandages? Are you hurt bad?" Fluttershy could go on and on but she knows her limits of worrying for the three since they get in heap load of trouble before. "We're fine Fluttershy, few scratches and dirt on us is all." Apple Bloom answers Fluttershy her three questions. "As long as you girls are fine, I'll be fine myself." Fluttershy sighs in relief. "Now girls, please sit on the couch so I can talk to you." She spoke gently. "They -" "I said please." Fluttershy interrupts Scootaloo before she finish. Her tone a little louder showing that she means business. Sighing with heads hanging, the three walks in the cottage and towards Fluttershy's couch. Closing the door, Fluttershy hovers and joins the young, troublesome adventurers on the couch. Asking if they want hot chocolate, the three said yes please after what happened today at school. Sipping her cup of hot chocolate, "Now," Fluttershy begins, "I'm very curious, you girls are usually mature when Diamond Tiara and her friend are insulting you, what made you snap?" Fluttershy asks. "They started it! We were just minding our own business at recess!" Scootaloo yells with much anger in her voice. "Yea, n' then the usual business with them as always comes in." Apple Bloom adds with a little anger in her but not as high as her orange friend. "When it's about the three minute mark of insults, they usually go away, bored with us." Sweetie Belle joins in keeping her cool. "But no." "They crossed the line this time n' we ain't gonna take it." "They went too far this time." Their eyes begins to water showing Fluttershy that they were hurt really bad. She couldn't decide whether or not to ask on what the two said. She decides to risk it knowing that she herself might cry. It's going to be tough Fluttershy, do your best not to cry in front of them on. She gave herself a pep talk. "I'm sorry to ask and make you feel worse about it but what did they say exactly?" __________________________________________________________________________________________________ They told her about parents never loving them and left them. Scootaloo being effected by the words the most gave them her wrath because she lives wherever she can. Throwing a couple of punches before she before she tired out. Apple Bloom was offended because she too lost her parents. But she had Granny Smith, Bic Mac and Applejack to look up to. Sweetie even though have both parents fine was still offended but not as bad as the other two. Fluttershy told them to take a bath come down for some snacks then go to bed. They did so silently. As the walk upstairs hearing the water running. Fluttershy let this moment to herself to weep in silence. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Goodnight girls. I hope you all will have nice dreams from Princess Luna." Fluttershy said kissing each one of them on the forehead . "You too, Fluttershy." They said as one. Fluttershy giggle at their perfect unison and walk away turning off the light and quietly shutting the door. Hearing the hooves fade into distance, "Okay girls, any new ideas to try out fer our cutie marks?" Apple Bloom whispers "Umm, uhh, nope. I got nothing right now." Scootaloo answered. "Rarity told me once that if you look around places, you could get inspired with anything that comes to mind." Sweetie Belle add in hopes of finding something new. Nods and compliments came from the other two. They got up from the bed and start looking around for anything they may get their cutie mark on. Searching the entire room, they found nothing. "Ugghhhh nothing in this room, it's all pointless things." Scootaloo walks up to the window laying her head in defeat. "Come on now, Scootaloo, we outta try." Apple Bloom cheers her friend still looking for things. "Yeah." added the young unicorn. "Alright I'll try looking out the window." Looking around Fluttershy's back yard she knows they can't try anything like animal caring. Arching her head up to the black blue sky, she looks to the stars and shooting stars, Maybe we could be astronomers. Scootaloo spoke to herself eyes glued to a bright star. "I wish for someone as awesome as Rainbow Dash but has the time for me, protect me from bullies and teach me how to kick serious flank cause i'm pretty sloppy," Scootaloo said quietly, throwing a few punches out the window. "cause that'll be awesome. Hey, what up with that star moving all of a sudden?" Tilting her head on the bright star. "What 'bout this star comin' do-whoa." Apple Bloom joins Scootaloo. "Why the whoa of all the sud-whoa!" Sweetie Belle said looking at the bright star. It seems the star has some friends coming down along with it. "It's heading to the Everfree Forrest!" Sweetie Belle Sqeaks. They sat there astonished at the falling stars crash landing a few miles away from Ponyville. "Girls?.." The pegasus ask not taking her eyes off the meteor. "Yeah?" Replied the other two not takoing their eyes of as well. " Cutie Mark Astronomers?" They jump in the air quietly yelling "CUTIE MARK ASTRONOMERS YAY!"