Eventually me, Mom, and the others had to get on the next train to leave the Crystal Empire and head back home… and after everything that’s happened, it’s honestly a relief to go back to Ponyville. I can’t wait to tell my friends about everything that’s happened! I smile pulling out the picture that was taken at the Fall Formal. “So when are you gonna tell them?” Mom asked looking over my shoulder.
“Huh? Tell them what?” I asked looking up at her.
“Oh come on! You were so excited about it earlier!” Mom exclaimed getting the others attention.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mom.” I giggled putting the picture away.
“Oh you don’t do you?” Mom looked at me with a smirk on her face. “Well I guess when we get home, I won’t have to show you those new magic lessons I was thinking about.”
Dang it!
“Alright alright! You win!” I groan
“Well? Go on!” Mom said smiling at me. “Something like this deserves recognition… and I just know Pinkie Pie will throw a party for it.”
“Mom seriously!” I blush starting to get embarrassed now.
“What’s Twilight goin’ on about sugarcube?” Applejack spoke up first.
“Yeah tell us!” Rainbow added.
“If it’s something I’d throw a party for, then it has to be exciting!” Pinkie bounced a bit also adding her statement.
“Pinkie you’d find any reason to throw a party…” Rainbow chuckled.
“Well I’m sure whatever Crystal has to say, I bet it’ll be wonderful.” Fluttershy said… everyone was walking up to me.
I just took a deep breath before finally speaking up. “I got my cutie mark!”
. . .
I looked at everyone who looked back at me with disbelief.. Everypony except my mother of course. I guess I have to show them don’t I? I just sighed before turning around and lowering my pants… for probably the 3rd time for this. Right after I heard a few gasps behind me… I really hope that’s just for the shock of the cutie mark. I turn my head to look back at them, almost all of them were in complete shock, especially Pinkie Pie who was literally mouth agape!
“B-But… but I thought…” Rarity sputtered.
“You could actually get a cutie mark!?” Rainbow exclaimed. “This is awesome!”
Right away Pinkie Pie ran up to me and hugged me tight. “This doesn’t call for just a party! This calls for a giant cute-ceañera!”
“A Cute cenwhata?” I asked looking at her confused.
“A cute-ceañera!” Mom said picking me up with her magic. “It’s a special party for young fillies who were able to get their cutie marks!”
“And that’s not all we’re celebrating!” Pinkie said putting Mom’s crown on my head. “We’re celebrating the first ever non-pony cutie mark! The first in Equestria…. Maybe even the whole world!” Pinkie takes a deep breath in. “And! We have to celebrate you, Twilight, and Spike getting the crown back!”
“If you want, I could send out invitations… if we have enough time, we could have the party set for tomorrow night.” Mom suggested.
“That would be perfect!” Pinkie beamed. Soon after, the train had come to a complete stop at Ponyville station. “Ooh! I have to get started right away! I’ll see you tomorrow at your cute-ceañera Crystal!” without another word, Pinkie Pie zoomed off… probably toward Sugarcube Corner.
The rest of us of us got off the train right after. “You should probably tell your friends about the party too.” Mom said heading toward the library. “I know they’ll be especially proud of you.”
I just looked back at her as she walked away. “I do wonder how they’ll react… We all pretty much thought that I couldn’t even get a cutie mark… going into a new world and turning into a unicorn myself… it’s all just crazy…” I sigh looking down. “I hope they don’t get upset over this…”
Walking through town lately has pretty much been normal for me now. Everypony looks at me the same way they would anypony else. A few of them wave or even say hello to me. It does feel nice… I just wish I had that kind of had that life before Mom found--... No. I’m happy for how things turned out. I wouldn’t trade this life for anything in the world!
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Cutie Mark Crusaders’ Clubhouse
“Girls? Are you in there?” I asked before climbing the ladder. I didn’t hear a response. I looked inside the clubhouse only to find the 3… holding their breath? “Uh… girls?”
Scootaloo gasps taking in a breath of air. “Dang it!”
Sweetie Belle just sighed. “I seriously doubt there’s even a cutie mark for holding your breath.”
“Well it didn’t hurt to try…”
“Huh?” Applebloom said looking at me. “Crystal!” she yelled running to me and hugging me with the rest of the girls following. “Where have you been??”
“We haven’t seen you in days!” Sweetie Belle added.
“Well… it’s complicated… but I came here to tell you something really important.” I smiled looking at them. “I came to invite you to a party…”
“Oh! What’s the party for??” Sweetie Belle asked intently.
“It’s a cute-ceañera…”
“A cute-ceañera?” Scootaloo tilted her head. “Did somepony from school get their cutie mark?”
“Was it Pipsqueak?” Applebloom asked right off the bat.
“No… not him.” I gulped rubbing the back of my head.
“Then… who’s it for?” Scootaloo asked.
“It’s… for me.” I blushed a bit before looking at them in their faces. They all looked like they couldn’t believe it. “See?...” I slightly lower my pants a bit; enough to show my cutie mark.
They just looked at me even more shocked and confused. “Even… you got a cutie mark…?” Scootaloo let out before looking down.
“Crystal… that’s amazing but…” Sweetie Belle started
“How did you even get it??” Scootaloo exclaimed. “And so fast too!”
“Scootaloo!” Applebloom exclaimed glaring at Scootaloo a bit. “You know she’s our friend! You should be happy for her!”
“At least explain how you got it then!” Scootaloo yelled.
I just slowly pulled out the picture from the Fall Formal. “When we went to the Crystal Empire, a lot of stuff happened… Mom got her crown stolen and we had to go to a different world to get it back… but when we got to that world…” I stopped and showed them the picture. The three of them just looked at it with disbelief. “I turned into a pony while Mom turned into a person.”
“But… in a couple of days…?” Scootaloo sighed. “You got it that fast…?”
“Scootaloo…” Sweetie Belle said nudging her. “Stop… we’re supposed to be happy for her. But you’re just making her feel bad.”
I just looked down and sighed. “I knew you’d be upset…”
“Wait wait…” Scootaloo said walking up to me. “I’m sorry… okay? It’s just frustrating that almost everypony has gotten their cutie mark. Everypony but us… I didn’t mean to make you feel bad.” she said hugging me. Eventually the others joined in on the hug too.
“And just because you have a cutie mark now, it doesn’t mean you can’t be a crusader anymore.” Sweetie Belle smiled at me.
“Of course!” I shout hugging them tight. “I’d never stop crusading with you! I love hanging out with you girls! And I bet when you do get your cutie marks, it’ll be amazing!”
“You really think so?...” Scootaloo asked.
“I know so! They’ll be the best cutie marks in Equestria!” I smile letting go of them. “My cute-ceañera is gonna be tomorrow night at Sugarcube Corner. Do you think you can come?”
“Are you kiddin’??” Applebloom chuckled a bit. “We wouldn’t miss it for anything!”
“I’ll see you all tomorrow then!” I say heading for the exit. “I’m gonna go invite Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon!” I smile going down the ladder. As soon as I get down, I stop myself. “You know what? I need to keep practicing with my magic… don’t wanna get rusty before I even learn more.” Both my hands started glowing as I levitated myself going toward Diamond Tiara’s house. If I could I would teleport like Mom does but I doubt I could ever get that good. But using magic now has at least been getting easier for me. I can’t wait for Mom to give me more lessons!
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Diamond Tiara’s House
I don’t normally come here that often… but for some reason Diamond Tiara never really invites me over. We are friends now after all… right? I walk up to the door and knock on it. After a while somepony finally came down t open the door… it looked like a fancy dressed pink pony. “Uh… hi.”
The pink pony just stared at me and huffed. “We are not expecting any visitors. Good day.” she said before slamming the door in my face.
“...What? I didn’t even get to say anything!” I exclaim in front of the door.
“Pssst! Crystal!”
“Huh?” I say looking around for where the voice came from.
“Up here!”
I just look up at one of the open windows to the house to see who it was. “Diamond Tiara!”
“What are you doing here Crystal?” Diamond Tiara ask tilting her head.
“Do you have a little time to talk?”
“Well… I guess so.” without another word I just used my magic to levitate myself into her window and into her room. “Whoa… you really are getting good at that.” DT said as Silver Spoon walked into the room. “Oh yeah, I had company over… So what did you need to talk about?”
“Well I wanted to invite you two over to Sugarcube Corner tomorrow night. We’re throwing a big party… a cute-ceañera!” I smiled still getting excited.
“Oh?” Silver Spoon cut in. “Who’s the pony?”
“Was it one of the crusaders?” DT added.
“Eheh… actually funny thing.” I giggle blushing a bit.
“What is it?”
“See the thing is… I’m the one who got my cutie mark.”
Silver Spoon just blinked and stared at me. Diamond Tiara was the first to speak up. “Wha-- huh? But…” She stopped to look at where my mark would be. Once again I slightly lower my pants just enough to show my cutie mark. “What!?” she started poking at it a bit. “That’s real!”
“Diamond Tiara! What’s with all the noise you are making upstairs!?” A voice said from downstairs.
“Nothing mother!” Diamond Tiara just sighed. “Sorry about her by the way… If I knew you were coming, I would’ve answered the door myself… But wow… I had no idea you could even get your cutie mark!”
“Honestly for a while, I didn’t think it was possible either… I was able to learn magic sure; but I thought getting a cutie mark just wouldn’t happen.” I smiled at DT.
“It… honestly makes me feel even worse about what I said to you when we first met…” Diamond Tiara sighed looking down.
I just looked at her for a moment. “You look like something else is bothering you… do you want to talk?”
For a moment Diamond Tiara just zoned out looking at the door until she finally snapped out of it. “H-huh? No it’s nothing… really…”
“Well… you’ll be able to make it to my cute-ceañera, right? Pinkie said this is the first time that a non-pony has ever gotten a cutie mark… so she’s gonna make it a big party.” I asked walking up to her. “The Cutie Mark Crusaders will be there too… in fact I’m sure a bunch of ponies will be there.”
Diamond Tiara looked to the side. “I wish I could, but--”
“Oh come on Diamond Tiara!” Silver Spoon cut in. “Crystal has been trying to hang out with you for a while now! Now she’s here inviting you over to a big party! What’s stopping you?”
“You know exactly what’s stopping me Silver Spoon!!” Diamond Tiara snapped and coughed a bit. “Sorry Crystal… maybe in next party or something…”
“I better stay with Diamond Tiara tomorrow night too…” Silver Spoon added. “Thanks for inviting us anyways though.”
“Are you sure there’s nothing we can do for you to go?” I ask trying to help her.
“Not unless your magic can make me into somepony else…” DT muttered a bit.
“Huh?”
“N-Nothing! Just go home Crystal! I’ll see you tomorrow at school okay?” DT said with sadness in her eyes before walking out the door.
I just lowered my head before levitating myself back out the window. “Dang… I was hoping we could hang out as friends for once… Well I should get home for the night… Mom’s gonna start worrying about me if I come home too late.” I said to myself before heading home.