The Cutie Mark Crusaders are the best of friends, but when life sets them on different paths, can their friendship survive? Will they find a way to bridge the growing gap between them?

While the Mane 6 are away on royal business, the three rambunctious fillies find their lives changing. They are growing up, and growing apart. Without the guidance of their older sisters, these fillies will have to find their own answers. Their single-minded focus on finding their cutie marks is no longer enough to build a friendship on.

Is this the end of the Cutie Mark Crusaders?

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This story will occur in three acts: Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. The main focus of the story will shift to

each filly in turn as the acts progress.

This story contains a romantic relationship, but will involve no more than mild reference to any mature content beyond what is roughly age-appropriate. This relationship, while integral to the plot, is not the focus of the piece, so don't be disappointed.

Rated Teen to be on the safe side, but there will be next to no sexual themes in this story.

Source

Attention: This is the original work of Seven81493 from Chapter 1-10. With permission, I am continuing the story and only take credit for chapter 11 and on.

Andrew was your ordinary, every-day, run-of-the-mill human. He had a boring job, nobody he could call a girlfriend, and basically, nothing to work with. One night, he comes home from yet another boring day of work and passes out in bed. Meanwhile, in the magical land of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle makes a wish upon a star. A wish to meet her soul mate. If only she knew what she was in for...

Overthrown. Celestia has been sentenced to a life's imprisonment in  the Everfree Prison with only Twilight to keep her company but for how long? Celesia will truly discover the curse of immortality

For decades, the Griffons have been at war with the ponies, not specifically the ponies though, just their ruler. They wish to free the ponies from their nigh brain-dead follower status of the fake-goddess tyrant that is Celestia. They have known that she doesn't do as she says she does, and have been trying to get the world to see it the way they've uncovered. By peaceful ways had seen impossible, thus they resorted to force. It has been a few years of terrible quietness on the front, but that is soon to end, with the only thing that could turn the tides, thrown into the fray.

Violet Vigil was born on a root farm to two genuinely caring parents. She was a good filly, always doing as she was told; though, that didn't mean she couldn't think for herself. Indeed, she was rather intuitive for her age. But that didn't stop her parents from forcing her to go to school when she was old enough. She will learn far more than she thought she ever could from that school, and later, too. For a pony so young and so innocent, the deepest lesson she would come to learn would be that of friendship. All the tears, blood, and agony of love included.

Applebloom has been killed and Silph could do nothing about it, and Big Macintosh is a mess because of it. However, that could change when Silph travels to Equestria to try to fix everything.

Meanwhile, two seemingly unrelated ponies sense something isn't right in the town. Somepony is here who isn't supposed to be here, and they're probably just as angry as Big Mac is.

(Told from the First-Pony view of differing characters.)

Septimus Pyre is moving to Ponyville for his work, but never thought he would run into so much trouble.

One from a city with an unfamiliar name,

One with a prismatic mane,

One who's curiosity

Will this day be the master key.

The next one stands out from the rest,

With masculinity he is blessed.

Next we have the audacious mare,

who insists that she will never be scared.

The last companion, who will give way,

Has eyes that are a giveaway.

With these six ponies you must flee,

If you want to restore your history.

Six less-than-extraordinary ponies, one crazy stallion, one monster beyond belief, and eight hours to stop it all.

Sounds like a job for Doctor Whooves.

I am Hatter. Mad Hatter, no not from Alice in Wonderland, though the hat was stylish. But back to the point, I believe you do not understand madness. People call it an illness, I call it a gift.  My story is long, though it feels so short. I cannot fathom how much I once regretted becoming the Hatter, but now that I am I might as well tell you all my story. But I must warn you.

There is no telling how deep the rabbit hole is, but only; where it goes.

"Hello my dear, now I can tell you're an experienced adventurer, there's just something about you!" The blue stallion approached the relaxing mare, catching her attention with his odd ice-breaker.

"I'm sorry... but do I know you?" Ditsy frowned.

"Not yet, my dear not yet... May I ask your name?"

"Ummm Ditsy... Ditsy Doo. What makes you think I'm an adventurer?"

"Oh, I just saw a little blue box, and then the stallion who owns it. He was talking to you, and you seem to know each other well. That was the doctor... wasn't it?"

"Yeah, that was the doctor, he's my friend!" The cross-eyed mare said happily, leaning up with joy to find another friend of the time traveler.

"Excellent!"  

Without warning, with a wicked grin springing to his lips, the stallion struck!