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Of Changelings and Alicorns - kyttypony



Ever wondered why changelings have both horns and wings, just like alicorns?

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Crusaders

Of Changelings and Alicorns
by kyttypony
Chapter Three: Crusaders

Chrysalis shuffled her hooves a bit, embarrassed. "W-was I supposed to know what it was already? I'm sorry..."
"Wait, did you say that Chrysalis hasn't discovered her special talent yet?" said Apple Bloom, poking her head out of Celestia's mane.
"Yes, Apple Bloom," Twilight sighed. "She hasn't."
Wait. What?
Twilight spun to face the filly. "Apple Bloom?! How - What - Who - What are you doing here?!"
"Pinkie was showing us how to Pink," said Scootaloo.
"What - Scootaloo?! How did you -" She was interrupted before she could finish.
"Whenever Pinkie Pie does something that doesn't make sense, everyone just says 'It's Pinkie Pie' and that explains it, somehow," said Sweetie Belle. "So I mentioned that, when we were talking, and then Apple Bloom was like 'Maybe we could get our cutie marks in Pinkie Pie!' -"
"Sweetie Belle, I'm going to ignore that the three of you just appeared out of nowhere and tell you that that doesn't even make sen-"
"And then we were all like -" Sweetie Belle continued, ignoring what Twilight was attempting to say.
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PINKIE PIE, YAY!" the three fillies shouted in unison.
One of Chrysalis' widening eyes twitched. "What."
"Trust me, just don't ask," muttered Twilight. "Sometimes, it just makes it worse..."
"And then we got Pinkie Pie to teach us how to Pinkie Pie!"
Luna glanced at Celestia, appalled at her sister. She had sent her own student to live in the same town as not only Pinkie Pie, but these three? Pinkie Pie alone was bad enough, but these fillies...And now they were learning how to do what Pinkie Pie did?!
"I think you three are really close to being masters at Pinkie Pieing," grinned Pinkie Pie. "Of course, you'll never be as good as me, but you're getting close!" She took a bite of a cupcake, then disappeared back into Celestia's ethereal mane.
Celestia nervously raised a hoof to run it through her mane, searching for any more hair intruders. In doing so, she displaced the Crusaders, as well as Pinkie Pie, Cheerilee, and all the colts and fillies in Cheerilee's class.
"Hey!" Diamond Tiara whined. "You knocked me onto the ground! Crystal is hard, you know!" She clapped a mortified hoof over her mouth as she realized just who she was talking to.
"What were all of you doing in my mane?!" Celestia cried.
Unsure that she had gotten everything out the first time, she ran a hoof through her mane again. A single, half-eaten cupcake bounced out, much to her horror. Using her magic, she split her mane apart enough times that she was sure nothing could be hiding in one of the strands. Relaxing, she let go of her mane, and it flowed back into its normal floating self.
Cheerilee bit her lip. "I-I'm sorry, Princess. The Crusaders, as well as most of the class, convinced me to let them take a 'field trip' of sorts, so that they could all learn Pinkie Pie's tricks. B-but I swear, when I agreed to it, I had no idea that we would end up in your mane. If I had only known beforehand, I would never have..." She trailed off.
Shoving aside her paranoid thoughts that she hadn't gotten rid of everything in her mane - she had just checked very thoroughly and there was no reason to think there was anything left - Celestia smiled at the teacher. "Don't worry. It's fine. Like you said, you had no way of knowing that this would happen." Her eyes narrowing, she shot a glance at Pinkie Pie. Cheerilee was innocent in the matter, but she wasn't so sure about a certain pink Element bearer...
The certain pink Element bearer who was the target of Celestia's suspicions seemed entirely clueless to the fact. "Hi Princess Celestia! Oh and Princess Luna too! Oh and hi Twilight! What'cha doing? Oh, is this the place that you said that that meanie Changeling queen trapped you in? Why are you in here? Did you get trapped again? Oh no if you got trapped then so did Celestia and Luna and this other Alicorn, and oh no someone trapped four Alicorns, they must be REALLY powerful! Was it Discord? I bet it was Discord! I bet he was just pretending to be all nice and stuff and then he GOT you and I bet we'll have to use the Elements of Harmony on him again and then he'll be a statue again oh I wonder what it's like to be a statue that would be weird probably and OH MY GOSH THERE'S AN ALICORN THAT'S NOT CELESTIA OR LUNA OR CADENCE OR TWILIGHT WHO IS IT?"
Twilight coughed. "Um...Pinkie...We were kinda in the middle of something here. Besides, shouldn't you keep teaching Cheerilee's students about, um...Pinkie Pieing?"
"Good idea, Twilight! Tell me about it later, 'kay?" Pinkie prepared to dive back into Celestia's mane, but the sun princess had other ideas.
"NO!" she shouted, backing up as far and fast as she could until she hit a crystalline wall. Slowly, still pressed against the wall, her heaving chest began to slow to a more normal rate of breathing as she silently berated herself for her reaction. She took a deep breath. "Pinkie Pie, I would prefer it if you would not use my mane for transportation, please."
"Okay, then! Follow me, class!" Pinkie called cheerfully, diving into Luna's mane and causing the startled Princess to stiffen as Cheerilee and her students hesitantly obeyed their guest teacher.
Luna frowned after they left, absentmindedly running a hoof through her own mane. "I can see why thou dost not like it, sister."
Chrysalis shuddered. "That pony isn't so much a pony as she is a...a...there aren't even words to describe her. Perhaps she's Slendermane's nice and friendly sister."
Twilight shrugged. "She's strange, sure, but she's not so bad once you get to know her."
Apple Bloom leapt to her feet; she and the other Crusaders hadn't left with Pinkie and the others. "Soooooo anyways, Chrysalis doesn't have her cutie mark and we thought maybe we could ask her if she wanted to be a Crusader with us! Because since she's a mare and not just a filly and ESPECIALLY since she's an Alicorn too it's extra important that she gets one as soon as possi - OH MY GOSH!" she squeaked.
As everypony who hadn't left by way of Luna's mane (i.e. those who had already been there, plus the Crusaders) turned to see just what was so exciting, Scootaloo gasped. "None of them have their cutie marks!"
Halting the Crusaders' trains of thought before they could enter the station, Twilight put a hoof down firmly. "No. You are not bringing the ranks of the Cutie Mark Crusaders into the thousands."
"Awww..." the fillies grumbled, before swiveling as one to face Chrysalis with huge grins on their faces.
"Our point still stands!" Sweetie Belle declared. "You wanna be a Crusader?"
"...I'll think about it," Chrysalis said carefully, before pulling the other adults into a huddled, whispering conference.
"What are the Cutie Mark Crusaders?" she asked.
"They're a club. Well, more like club-shaped havoc," Twilight replied, grimacing. "They attempt to get their cutie marks in everything but what their talents actually are. Also, at least half of their attempts generally end in tree sap. Somehow. In Ponyville, you try not to think about some things too much, like Pinkie Pie."
"Why not?"
"Once, I tried to figure out how Pinkie Pie worked. It didn't end well. In general, some things are just better off left alone."
"Ohh...kay. But how do you know what their talents are if they don't themselves?"
"It's a bit obvious. Well, to everyone except them, that is."
"What are they?"
"If you do end up joining them, I'd prefer
"I won't, don't worry."
"Chrysalis," interjected Celestia, "I'm not sure if you should join them. From how Twilight described them, I'm worried that being part of the Crusaders won't exactly help your bad reputation."
Luna grinned. "I think it would be fun! Go ahead."
"Twilight? What do you think?"
Twilight shrugged. "I can't decide this for you, but I think you might end up being a calming influence on them."
Chrysalis nodded. "Thanks for helping me on this, all of you."
Straightening, she turned to face the Crusaders. "I accept your offer to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders," she said formally, then grinned. "Maybe I'll get my Cutie Mark in tree sap."

Author's Note:

Thanks very much to Bico and catluvr2 for editing!
At no point in the story am I going to start typing out any accents. Sorry if I'm disappointing you.
Also, this chapter was going to be very different, as well as being the second-to-last chapter, but a bit of speculation from Bico inspired me to write a lot more. Thank you Bico!

Comments ( 13 )

"I thought that was amazing," she approved.

You may want something more along the lines of "I thought that was amazing," she said approvingly.

:twilightsmile: So that's it. Alright.

:pinkiehappy: Am I an awesome teacher or what?

:ajbemused: What.

:pinkiesmile: I said---

:ajsleepy: I know, Pinkie. I was just answering your question.

:pinkiegasp: Well thank--- Hey!

2513986 Another :rainbowlaugh: for you!

Teach me how to Pinkie Pie.
Also, you should add this in the comedy section.
:pinkiehappy:

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Great idea! :pinkiehappy:
Why didn't I think of that... :facehoof:

Comment posted by luna264 deleted May 24th, 2013

club shaped havoc? sounds about right.....

Let's all party inside Luna's mane :yay: :pinkiecrazy:

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WOO! Luna mane party! :pinkiehappy:

Umm not to rain on your parade but is Twilight immortal?

Good lord, man. It's been almost a year! Update!!

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