The CMC of every district in Ponyville gather to have a big meeting in Ponyville! But things don't go as planned for Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo...
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo decide to hold a big meeting for all the CMCs that exist in Equestria. But once they all gather, things get hectic and it turns into chaos... Warning: This story contains Sweetie Belle having a temper tantrum, Diamond Tiara being a brat that she is and a rare disease that is... PUMPKIN CAKE! You have been warned.
"Role-Call! Sweetie Belle?" "Here!" "Scootaloo?" "Here." "And of course, the marvellous Apple Bloom is here!" Apple Bloom giggled as she got down from the podium went over to her two partners who of which formed the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "So, girls... Applejack and Big Mac are lettin' me use the barn for anythin' I want this weekend! Y'all got any ideas?" Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle looked at eachother with delight, and then started thinking. After a few minutes of silence, Scootaloo jumped up and fluttered in the air, her wings making a little buzzing noise. "I know, I have an idea, Bloom! We could invite Babs Seed and the CMC from Manehatten and we could have a big slumber party in the barn! It would be awesome." She did a little fist pump before landing on the floor again; and Apple Bloom simply shrugged. "It's a good idea n' all, Scoot... But Applejack would never let me sleep n' the barn... It gets too cold n' there at night. You got an idea, Sweetie Belle?" The white filly shook her head and frowned. A wave a disappointment appeared on Apple Bloom's face as she thought that it would just be another one of those weekends where she'd be forced to do chores with Big MacIntosh, until she had her own idea. "I know! Babs Seed told me that the news about the CMC spread really far because she told everybody in her class who had 'blank flanks' and they all told their friends who lived in Canterlot and Appleloosa and Cloudsdale and even Gallopfornia and Stalliongrad!" All three agreed on the idea, and called it the 'Call of the Cutie Mark Crusaders'. Sweetie Belle got started on posters, running around gathering glitter, materials and 'borrowing' some of Rarity's glue and gems. "Sweetie Belle isn't Rarity gonna want that?" Scootaloo raised an eyebrow as she saw what the filly had collected. "Nah, Spike's always getting my sister jewels and stuff." She smiled and got to work. Scootaloo got started on decorations and the entertainment, she also 'borrowed' some materials from Rarity, but actually asked unlike Sweetie Belle who had just snuck it out when Rarity had her head turned. She made banners of all kinds, and even made a bunch of good-looking napkins that had 'CMC' sprawled on with fancy writing. Apple Bloom was in charge of the guest list, invitations and food. She wrote down all the names of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and asked Sweetie Belle to put on the poster that any school-age filly or colt could come if they had no cutie mark. She made invitations and sent them out EVERYWHERE, and when she was pleased, she went to Sugarcube Corner to ask Pinkie Pie if she could make a bunch of cakes, candies and treats. "Please Pinkie Pie? It's for our big Cutie Mark Crusader meeting and lots of ponies are going to come!" Pinkie Pie looked unsure. Mr and Mrs Cake had been under a lot of pressure looking after Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake, as they were nearly a year old. "Okay, I'll try," said Pinkie Pie, smiling at the yellow filly, "when is the party?" "This weekend." "This weekend?! Oh dear! Okay, I'm right on it!" Pinkie Pie said in her usual perky way, and zoomed off into the kitchen. "I'll deliver them to Sweet Apple Acres on Saturday morning!" She shouted as Apple Bloom left the store, leaving Pinkie two bits as a tip. A few hours later, after everything had been set up in the barn and the haystacks had been put to the sides of the room and a few tables had been set up, the three fillies were done. "This is great! Awesome work, girls!" Scootaloo said, leaping up into the air and hovering for a few seconds. "This meeting is gonna be amazing!" Sweetie Belle squealed in excitement. "Great work, girls. Let's hit the hay n' come back tomorrow mornin' so we can be here when Pinkie Pie delivers the cakes n' candy." Apple Bloom shut the barn doors and split up from her friends, walking through a few lines of apple trees before arriving at her house, where she could smell the sweet scent of Applejack's apple fritters.
Apple Bloom woke up the next morning buzzing with excitement and energy. She burst out from her house and ran through a few rows of apple trees before arriving at the barn, to see that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were already there and Pinkie Pie had just arrived with the catering order. "Okay girls! I have a dozen cupcakes, a jar of big lollipops, rainbow swirl cakes, fizzy laces, ten bags of bonbons and lots of marshmallows!" She said, unhooking herself from the cart, and getting a big crate out from it. Using her hoof, she kicked the side of the crate and it burst open... To reveal Pumpkin Cake gumming on a cupcake! Her belly was swollen, and there was nothing but crumbs and leftovers around the foal. "Oh no! Pumpkin Cake!" Pinkie gasped, and picked up the little filly. "I'm sorry girls, but Pumpkin Cake climbed into the crate somehow! And, well... It's really busy at Sugarcube Corner today so I won't be able to get you another order! I'm so sorry..." She put Pumpkin Cake on her back, hooked herself back up to the crate and disappeared into the forest of apple trees towards the town. "What are we gonna do now?" Sweetie Belle screamed and watered up with tears. "Without the food, it's gonna be hectic, and all the ponies are gonna starve! And then we'll be blamed for MURDER!" She fell to the floor in tears, kicking her hooves and crying like a newborn. "Hey! HEY! Pull yourself together, Sweetie Belle! I can always ask Applejack t' whip up some apple treats!" Apple Bloom picked her friend up from the floor and shook her. "I'm sorry... I don't do well in emergencies..." Sweetie Belle wiped her eyes with a hoof and sniffed, acting like nothing happened. "Well, what are we waitin' for? Let's go and get Applejack! Come on, everypony!" Apple Bloom smiled and set off into a canter towards her house, and burst through the door with muddy hooves. "Applejack! Applejack!" She shouted. Applejack looked startled, she poked her head out from the kitchen and frowned as she saw the muddy hoof-prints Apple Bloom had left. "Apple Bloom! I just cleaned this floor, here! Now what in tarnation is goin' on?" Apple Bloom told her sister about the catering dilemma, and how Pumpkin Cake had managed to sneak into the crate and had eaten all the treats by the time Pinkie Pie had gotten to Sweet Apple Acres, and that all the Cutie Mark Crusaders in Equestria were coming to the Barn in a few hours. "In the name of Celestia! Ponies from all around Equestria are comin' to OUR farm?! Well why did ya not say so? I'll whip up as many treats before you can say 'Apple'!" And what Applejack said was true! She was like lightning as she whipped around her kitchen with flour, sugar, and of course- apples, and in less than two hours she had piled the counters high with apple pies, apple fritters, apple lollipops and even an apple tower cake! And lastly, she gave the girls a few apple marshmallows to serve. "There y'are girls! I'll make some apple juice to serve at the meeting to... I better be there with y'all as well, I'll just be at the table servin' the treats to your Crusader pals." She smiled, and loaded the treats onto a cart, and told Big MacIntosh to take them to the barn. "Eeyup," He nodded, and pulled the heavy cart to the destination. "This is gonna be rad! It'll be the best gathering that the whole Equestria has seen!" Scootaloo smiled, as she bounced around the barn. "Hey, look! There's a taxi carriage heading towards here!" Sweetie Belle pointed out to the end of the dirt road, which you could see a stallion pulling a black and yellow carriage. "It's Babs! It's my favourite cousin Babs!" Apple Bloom squealed, and started running towards the carriage. "Babs! Babs!" The Manehatten filly leapt out of the carriage with two other fillies, she smiled and shouted back to her cousin. "Apple Bloom! I bought you my friends who form... The Manehatten Branch of the CMC!" The three came running over, and they bounced up and down in excitement. "Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo... I want you to meet my new friends and also my partners in the CMC. This is Berry Pinch..." She signalled her hoof to a pink unicorn on her left, who had a dark pink mane and pale green eyes. "And this is Peachy Petal." She signalled her other hoof to a peach-pale coloured pegasus filly who had a teal mane and aqua coloured eyes- neither of them with a cutie mark. "Hi! I'm Apple Bloom and these are my friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. We started the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Apple Bloom smiled, but the two fillies narrowed their eyes. "We don't care." Berry Pinch spat at the yellow farm filly. "Yeah, we don't wanna talk to some stupid Ponyville fillies like you three!" Peachy Petal laughed and high-hoofed her partner, they went into the Barn and started talking. "Babs, what's with them?" Scootaloo asked, in a confused way. "We go to a rough school... It's Manehatten, and it's how we were raised, ya see..." Babs flicked her mane out of her eyes. "Sorry about them, they'll feel better when some more ponies arrive- Uh... There will be other ponies, right?" "Of course! You have nothing to worry about." Sweetie Belle giggled and sat down.
Soon, school-age ponies from all over Equestria were loaded into the Barn, Apple Bloom caught up on the gossip with Babs Seed, Sweetie Belle talked to a unicorn from Appleloosa and Scootaloo got into a deep conversation with a colt from Cloudsdale. "This was a great idea, Apple Bloom! The barn is absolutely packed!" Babs remarked, her eyes shining with admirance. "It looks like Berry Pinch and Peachy Petal are having a great time!" She bent her neck to see her two friends enjoying some apple cupcakes. Suddenly, the barn doors swung open and a little pink earth filly with a tiara cutie-mark was scowling at all the ponies. "Well look here! All the blank-flanks in Equestria have gathered together to cry about their bare hinds!" She laughed and pushed the smallest filly known as Holly Wreath to the ground. "You all are losers! You cry ALL the time about your blank flanks!" She laughed again, but stopped as Applejack stood in front of her with narrowed eyes. "Now see here! Ya better go home before I tell ya Daddy about the mean things ya been saying to these youngsters! They're all special, because they still have the excitement to wait for what their cutie mark beholds! Oh, and by the way... Gate-Crashin' ain't cool." Diamond Tiara snorted in anger, and whipped herself around, trotting off into the acreage of apples. "Stupid farm pony!" She spat as she went off into the distance. "Wow... She was something special!" A grey colt smiled, who was in love with Diamond Tiara's appearance. A teal coloured pegasus filly trotted over to him and smacked him with her hoof. "She wasn't special, Rock Trotter! She was a total stuck-up snob!" "Oh shut up, Teal! I can dream!" Scootaloo laughed, and then stood up on the mini stage the three made. She addressed the Cutie Mark Crusaders with a loud cough. "Hey CMC! I just wanna welcome you to the first ever gathering! Are we having fun?" Most of the ponies shouted 'YEAH!' happily, but a few ponies in the corner gave a faint little mutter. "Great! In a little while, we're going to start our first game of the night! But before that, enjoy a few snacks made by Apple Bloom's sister, Applejack!" Applejack smiled, and crossed her forelegs in a curtsey. "Ya welcome, Scootaloo! There's plenty t' go around here!" A big crowd formed around the food table, some magic auras formed around a cupcake or a lollipop as the unicorns got there, and then the pegasi fluttered their tiny wings and grabbed a treat. Most of the earth ponies pushed and shoved each other to get a hold of Applejack's treats. "Hey, Hey watch it! I've got plenty spare, kids!" Applejack's eyes went as big as pumpkins as she was shocked at the chaos of cakes. "Calm it down!" She shouted to the three Ponyville CMC members. Apple Bloom rushed up to the stage and shouted into the mic. "QUIEEEEEEEEEET!" She yelled, and all the Earth ponies turned around, their faces going red with embarrassment and the ponies with red bodies went purple. "Line up in an orderly manner and Applejack will serve y'all!" Apple Bloom stomped a hoof against the stage, and it suddenly collapsed underneath her. "Oh no!" The filly cried. "The stage is ruined! Now how are we gonna perform the singing acts at the end of the night?" Apple Bloom's eyes filled up with tears as some of the fillies and colts from Los Pegasus who promised to sing and dance at the end of the night left the Barn to return to their towns. Some other ponies left and the Barn looked emptier each time a pony left. All that was left were the Manehatten branch, the Appleloosa branch, the Canterlot branch, the Cloudsdale branch, the Crystal Empire branch and of course- the Ponyville branch. "Nearly everypony left..." Golden Flute, a Canterlot unicorn gasped. "Wow... This party is a real bummer..." A pegasus colt named Radical looked around. "This was a disaster... I guess we should clear up." Sweetie Belle said sadly, walking away from the buffet table. "This is the worst night ever!" Apple Bloom cried.
The remaining Cutie Mark Crusaders and Applejack cleared up. Putting the food, tables and decorations away, all with a look of great disappointment on their faces. "It's all my fault... I'm so sorry everypony." Apple Bloom's bottom lip wobbled as she watched the pegasus ponies take down the decorations from the ceiling. "If I hadn't stamped my hoof on the stage, it wouldn't have broken and we'd still all be having the meeting." Sweetie Belle came along and patted her friend on the back, and hugged her. "It's not your fault, Apple Bloom. All the ponies were being frantic at the buffet table and you lost your temper." "Yeah! And they all ran away like cowards!" Scootaloo growled as she and the other pegasi took down the last decoration. "Wait! Look over there! It looks like everypony's coming back!" Peachy Petal shouted, sticking her head out from the Barn door. And she was right! A whole stampede of fillies and colts came down the dirt road, and behind them was Jim Beam, the construction worker. "We bought some help!" Holly Wreath giggled as she and her CMC from Fillydelphia ran at the front of the group. "Yeah! Do you expect a party to end so fast?" A colt from Baltimare shouted. "Well buck my apples! They all came back!" Applejack smiled, and set the buffet table back up, and made a sign saying 'Line up in single file.' so there would be no more hassle. "Who's idea was this?" Apple Bloom said in disbelief, smiling so much that it made her cheeks ache. The crowd parted and standing at the back was Babs Seed, she flicked her mane back and she smiled at her cousin. "Babs?! Yeehaw! We wandered why you left!" Apple Bloom laughed and bounced over to the gamboge filly. "I couldn't let a good party go to waste, cuz! I managed to catch all the pony carriages before they left Ponyville and grabbed Jim Beam. He said he'd rebuild the stage!" With that, Babs Seed and Apple Bloom gave each other a tight hug and turned to all the other ponies. "Okay, every pony! Let's get these decorations back up and let's do it fast!" Apple Bloom shouted and everypony got to work, the pegasi putting the ceiling decorations back up, the unicorns using their magic to put the haystacks back to the sides of the Barn and the earth ponies sticking other decorations onto the walls. And at the back of the Barn, Jim Beam was there with his nails and hammers, building a much better stage than that of which the Cutie Mark Crusaders had built. "Great work everybody! Now here's the Los Pegasus branch singing the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme Song'!" Sweetie Belle said excitedly, and Applejack hid her face under her hat. "Oh no... Know I wish I'd given all these ponies some ear plugs...." The mare said with a sigh, until she realised that the musical ponies had a guitar, and a set of drums. The singer made it sound much more in tune.
"Look, here, are three little ponies Ready to sing for this crowd Listen up, 'cause here's our story I'm gonna sing it
Very loud!
When you're a younger pony And your flank is very bare Feels like the sun will never come When your cutie mark's not there So the three of us will fight the fight There is nothing that we fear We'll have to figure out what we'll do next
Till our cutie marks are here! We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders On a quest to find out who we are And we will never stop the journey Not until we have our cutie marks
They all say that you'll get your mark When the time is really right And you know just what you're supposed to do And your talent comes to light But it's not as easy as it sounds And that waiting's hard to do So we test our talents everywhere
Until our face is blue We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders On a quest to find out who we are And we will never stop the journey Not until we have our cutie marks
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders On a quest to find out who we are And we will never stop the journey Not until we have our cutie marks!"
Once the song had finished, the whole Barn shook with cheers, whistles and applause. The pegasi fillies who were on stage took a bow, and suddenly their flanks began to shine brightly. The singer filly got a gold-coloured musical note, the guitar filly got a silver-coloured musical note and the drummer filly got a bronze-coloured musical note. "Wow! Our cutie marks!" The smallest filly- the drummer - squealed happily. They all stared at their flanks in awe, and the audience cheered even louder. "Well thank y'all for comin' tonight, folks! We really appreciate it! And the other Cutie Mark Crusaders and I have decided that we'll hold another one next year! But... The Manehatten branch will hold it!" Apple Bloom said through the mic, and the audience clapped their hooves.
After everypony had left, the only filly left in the Barn was Apple Bloom... She had fallen sleep on the stage after the clean up. "Oh little sis... You did so well tonight. You did the family proud." Applejack stroked the young filly's mane, and put a blanket over her sleeping body. Big MacIntosh came along and Apple Bloom was put on his back, they trotted back to the Apple house with happy, spirited hearts.
