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Half Dime


"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." - Lewis Carroll

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Ever since Twilight started teaching Apple Bloom the art of potion making, Apple Bloom has been begging to try her hoof at a love potion. But with memories of a certain Hearts and Hooves Day still fresh in every pony's mind, Twilight is hesitant. She's decided to give Apple Bloom a chance to prove she's ready - by letting her mix other, less potent emotions she and the other Crusaders can sample.


This story takes place between the events of Twilight Time and Twilight's Kingdom.

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Just...gone? For no reason? :rainbowhuh:

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Yes and no.

No, Apple Bloom didn’t just disappear off the face of the Earth; she left the library shortly after Sweetie Belle admitted that she hated her. Yes, she left for no good reason.

Let me explain: I’ve always been under the impression that the Cutie Mark Crusaders are physically and emotionally about as mature as middle school students. Assuming this is true, Apple Bloom would be very self-conscious, and one of her best friends just admitted that she secretly hated her.

I don’t think that Apple Bloom leaving the Crusaders at this point is too much of a stretch. Assuming Apple Bloom didn’t fully appreciate the potency of the bottled emotions, she was probably going home in tears or in a fit of rage. Scootaloo at least had the benefit of knowing how powerful the bottled emotions could be. Assuming Apple Bloom’s never sampled one of these emotions before – and it’s implied that she hasn’t – she would have difficulty appreciating the potency.

And if these bottled emotions don’t create emotions but just “justify” them, then it’s possible that Sweetie Belle had been secretly harboring her feelings of hatred for a long time, and just needed a good dose of rage to expose it. I could be wrong, but either way, I think the story makes sense in its own context.

This was.. cool. That ending though was a bit cliff hangy. It was good anyways.:heart:

At the beginning i was like "have I read this before?" and then when I saw the author's note-

This story was originally inspired by the works of Brandon Mull. If you've enjoyed this, you should check out some of his stuff, because he's a heck of a lot better writer than I'll ever be.

- I remembered that this was in one of the Fablehavens...

The crusaders are growing up and emotions are starting to erupt like volcanoes. AB just running out of there after SB, under the influence of a potion tells her how she hates them, shows how much they've really started to change. Could these three drift apart? It would be so sad to see the crusaders break up after everything they've done together since the beginning.

MMMMOOOORRRREEEEEEE

This can't be the end. I need to know more!

So sweetie blows up and applebloom quits? And that's how it ends? There's no talk or explanation from applebloom she just quits even knowing sweetie was just artificially angry? That's a rather sudden way to end a story.... Or too sudden.

Yeah that's not a right way to end it...

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