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// Chapter 11: Cutie Mark Crusader Cute-ceañera 
// Story: A Mega Blast from the Past 
// by Mister E-Nonymous 
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Chapter 11: Cutie Mark Crusader Cute-ceañera







(Twilight Sparkle's Point of View)


I was a little confused on what Mutt was wanting to show us. He got me, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and even Derpy. I don't know why he brought her to with us, but we better wait and see. We arrived at Sugarcube Corner, and waited for something.

"So, why did you bring us here, Mutt?" I asked him.

"I don't know," said Mutt. "M.C. just wanted me to bring you five here."

Just then, we saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders walk in. All of them were wearing their capes.

"Oh, Sweetie Belle," said Rarity.

"Oh, hey Rarity!" said Sweetie Belle. "We got a huge surprise for all of you!"

"What is it?" Rarity asked.

Then M.C. walked in, and leaned on the wall. He then said, "Go ahead. Show them the big surprise."

Then Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Joshua and Dinky pulled off their capes, and on all their flanks were Cutie Marks. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Derpy and I were surprised at we were seeing. They finally got their Cutie Marks. We all got up from our seats and walked over to them.

"Ah don't believe it!" said Applejack. "Ya've finally got your Cutie Marks."

"Nice job, squirt!" said Rainbow Dash, rubbing Scootaloo's mane.

"But... how?" I asked.

"I'll tell you," said M.C. "I just gave them a little push into thinking that they should stop trying to find their marks, and help other ponies find or understand their marks."

"That's great!" said Twilight. "I can't wait to tell my family about this."

"Did I just hear that the Cutie Mark Crusaders got their Cutie Marks?!" came Pinkie's voice. We all looked at the doors to the kitchen and saw Pinkie Pie hanging out. "OH MY GOSH! It's time for a Cute-ceañera!" Then she rushed upstairs.

"A Cute-cean what?" M.C., Mutt and Joshua asked in unison.

"It's a huge party when a young colt or filly gets his or her Cutie Mark," said Rainbow Dash.

"It's a tradition here in Equestria," said Rarity.

"Sounds cool," said Mutt.

"Indeed," said Rainbow Dash.

We then saw Derpy and Dinky hugging. I could tell that she was proud that Dinky got her Cutie Mark. I then asked up the stairs, "When will the Cute-ceañera be, Pinkie?"

"I'll be glad to do it on Sunday if you'd like!" said Pinkie Pie from upstairs.

"Sounds good!" I called up to her. I then walked out with Nyx and Joshua, and we headed home. When I got home, I started writing a couple letters. One for my parents, and one for my brother and Cadance. They were going to be impressed that, even though he lost his humanity, Joshua got his Cutie Mark.






(M.C.'s Point of View)


Sunday morning came. Twilight's parents came in last night and they saw Joshua's Cutie Mark. Cadance and Shining Armor will be here this afternoon. Just in time for the party to start. We were going to have the Cute-ceañera in Sugarcube Corner. Twilight Velvet decided to make us all some breakfast. I offered to help out, and she allowed it.

"Thanks for offering to help out with the cooking, Mr. Crayton," she said to me.

"Technically, I'm a prince," I said. "But, you can just call me M.C." I then thought of something. "Did you really show Nyx your family photo album when the rest of the family was out?"

"Yes," Velvet said. "I was having such a spiral since the night before that day. But when Nyx came in with my lunch, I was a little worried, but relieved that she was bringing me lunch. I was still a little worried that Twilight was a little young to raise a filly that... well..."

"Biologically old when she really was an almost one year old due to her chronological age?" I asked.

"Exactly," said Velvet. "But she is a sweet filly. Even if she did a little bit of trouble in the past."

"It wasn't her fault," I said to her. "Twilight said it was the leftover darkness of Nightmare Moon that caused all of those ponies to form a cult and try to reincarnate Nightmare Moon in a body of her own. But there can never be a Nightmare Moon without Luna. Basically, Nightmare Moon was a puzzle. If you don't have all the pieces..."

"It not really finished," said Velvet. "So that's why she was merciful when she was a grown mare. She didn't let anypony want Twilight or her friends executed, she let her three little filly friends go, and she released all of the ponies who were put under that curse."

I then scraped out some hash browns from the griddle.

"What's that?" Velvet asked.

"Hash browns," I said. "They're shredded potatoes, with salt and pepper, meshed together, and griddled with a nice golden brown look."

"Sounds good," said Twilight Velvet. "Now, let's get these to the dining room. C'mon. Hup, one. Hup, two. Hup, three."

I chuckled at that remark. I like her. She's actually kinda funny. We went into the dining room and we all had our breakfast. We were going to have to wait a couple hours for the party to start. It was pretty boring until then.





Well, Cadance, Shining Armor and Guard Armor arrived in Ponyville and we all headed for the party. We arrived there, and all of the ponies were there that all of the members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders have their Cutie Marks. Shining Armor was a little concerned that Joshua getting a Cutie Mark would remind him that he'll never be human again. But, Joshua accepted it, and just headed off to play with his friends.

I noticed that Cadance was at the snack table. She seemed to be eating a lot more than usual. I then walked over to her and said, "Whatcha up to?"

"Oh," Cadance said in shock. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just a little hungry."

"A little?" I asked. "You've eaten more than half of everything on the table."

"More food coming right up!" came Pinkie Pie. She rushed in, brought in more food and rushed back into the kitchen.

I faced her and asked, "Seriously, what is going on?" She then moved her eye from left to right. She then motioned a hoof to whisper something into my ear. I walked over and leaned my head towards her, then she whispered something into my ear. I smirked and then chuckled. "That's some big news."

"Yes," said Cadance. "And I would like to keep this a secret for later."

"My lips are sealed," M.C. said. "I'll also promise that I won't spill the beans until you tell the news to Twilight yourself."

"I appreciate that," said Cadance. "Let's enjoy the party."

We then walked over to the Cutie Mark Crusaders and saw that they were talking. But it seemed that one of the fillies in the group, Twist, was upset about something. Nyx noticed it as well and walked up to her.

"Is something wrong, Twist?" Nyx asked.

Twist sighed. She was upset about something.

"What's wrong?" Nyx asked.

"Well," Twist started. "My parents are starting to open a thweet shop in Manehattan."

"Well, what's the problem with that?" Apple Bloom asked as she and the others walked up to her.

"I have to move," said Twist.

"WHAT?!" asked the Crusaders.

"But, what about us?" Scootaloo asked. "Crusaders must stick together."

"I know, but..." she said. "There's nothing I can do to thtop it. I'm thorry, girls. And Josh. But, I'm really going to mith you when I go."

The Crusaders gave Twist one last hug. Apple Bloom said, "Well, we are going to miss you, Twist. Perhaps we can trade letters to catch up. Also, mah cousin Babs Seed lives in Manehattan. She might help ya fit in."

"Oh, that's right," said Twist. "I almotht forgot about her. The latht time I saw her was when we got Josh and Dinky under the mistletoe."

That last comment made Josh and Dinky bush. I laughed at that, and said, "You got caught under the mistletoe with Dinky? That is hilarious!" I was then pounded in the chest by Twilight and Shining Armor and I landed on my back and tail. "Ow." I then got up and said, "Huh. It actually hurt more when Sparkles pushed me. I mean Shining Armor has the muscles. How come she hurt me more than him?"

"Oh, right," said Cadance. "Alicorns have all three pony types and their abilities. Magical horn, wings and strength."

"Wow," said M.C. "Ya couldn't have told me sooner?"

"I guess we were all occupied at the time," said Twilight. "Now, let's enjoy the party."






(Nyx's Point of View)


It's been a couple days since the Cute-ceañera. We were at the Train Station to see Twist go off. We all gave her one last group hug. She then went onto the train. Hopefully, she'll be able to move back to Ponyville when she grows up.

Twilight and Applejack walked up to us and Twilight asked, "Are you girls going to be okay?"

"I hope so," I said. "Twist was also one of my first friends when I started school."

"We can go visit her, or she can come back and visit us," said Apple Bloom. "Even if we're far away, we'll still be a team."

"That's the spirit, Apple Bloom," said Applejack. "Perhaps the next time we go to Manehattan, we'll take you girls with us, and you can go visit her at her parents new sweet shop."

"Yeah," said Apple Bloom. "That would be a good surprise for her."

We all looked down the rails to see Twist's train off. It was going to be a while until we see Twist.