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// Cutie mark call 
// Story: My Life as a Sonic OC Season 1 
// by Kitsulestia 
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Nyx was hanging out with Applebloom, Dawn, Twist, Lance and Rusty at school. It was bad enough that Diamond and Silver kept picking on the six. Rusty’s ears had flattened in annoyance but when he saw Diamond shoving Twist into the mud, he went to get Cheerilee.

Rusty spoke “Miss Cheerilee! Diamond pushed Twist into the mud!”

Dawn was hissing like a cat at Diamond.

"Diamond is this true, did you push Twist?" Asked Cheerilee.

"Of course not, she just tripped and fell on her own." Diamond Tiara says acting all innocent.

Dawn growls "She's lying..."

Before Cheerilee could say anything, the school bell rang.

"[Sigh] we'll sort this out later get Twist cleaned up then head inside before you’re late for class." She says as she heads inside the schoolhouse while Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stuck their tongues before heading inside the school.

Dawn helps Twist back up.

Dawn spoke "Ever since she got her cutie mark, she's been more of a bully... And it doesn't help that Lance and Rusty are Mobians... Even I'm different..."

Dawn's wingtips glow with magic as she removed the mud off Twist.

After getting the mud off Twist, the group head inside the school as Cheerilee trying to quiet everyone down.

"Let's quiet down please." She says as she walks up a stand she had in the class. "We have a very important lesson to get to."

Rusty was sitting behind Applebloom while glaring at Diamond since he did not like her attitude.

"Today, we are going to be talking about cutie marks." She says as she showed pictures of cutie marks.

"Boring." Diamond Tiara says not interested.

Nyx raises a hoof before asking "How is it that only ponies and the occasional zebra can get cutie marks?"

"Cutie marks works in mysterious ways Nyx." Cheerilee says answering Nyx’s question. "Not much is known about them except for when they appear when he or she discovers their special talent."

Nyx spoke "Such as that one time I protected Applebloom and a poison joked Lillian from a robot, it's how I got my cutie mark. A kite shaped shield with a crescent moon on it. And there's also the fact my adopted mother is the only known Mobian with a cutie mark."

Everyone was surprised even Diamond Tiara when they heard a non-pony got a cutie mark.

Dawn's disguise had quickly switched to a silver furred Tora-Ge Akita Inu though none of the students noticed.

Nyx spoke "It's all true, she got it in a race with Rainbow Dash. She pulled off a Sonic Fireboom in the process."

"That's a lie!" Diamond Tiara says not believing what Nyx said.

Dawn growls while Nyx spoke "If you want proof, I have a picture of her mark!"

"Alright that's enough you two; we have a lesson to continue." Cheerilee says cutting in.

Dawn thinks "Ugh, I can't stand Diamond..."

"Back on track with the lesson, you can all see my cutie mark, can't you?" Cheerilee asks showing her Cutie mark. "Like all ponies, I wasn't born with a cutie mark."

She says before showing a picture of her when she was younger.

"My flank was blank."

Lance spoke "You were so cute as a filly Miss Cheerilee."

Dawn was holding the pencil with her right front paw as she wrote notes.

"Then once day when I was about your age, I wake up to find that a cutie mark had appeared." She says as she shows a picture of her in her teens.

"Look at her hair." Diamond Tiara says as everyone starts laughing.

"Yes, I know but, honestly, that's how everypony was wearing their mane back then." Cheerilee says before adding. "I had decided to become a teacher, and the flowers symbolize my hopes that I could help my future students bloom if I nurtured them with knowledge."

As Applebloom was writing everything down Diamond Tiara was trying to get her attention while Cheerilee was still teaching. "Psst!"

Applebloom tried ignoring her but she kept bugging her.

"Psst!"

"What?!" Applebloom finally asked as Diamond was giving a note to hear to pass onto Silver Spoon and when she took it, Cheerilee called out her name.

"Apple Bloom!" She says before asking. "Are you passing a note?"

Dawn yips "No she wasn't! I saw who really who did! It was Diamond Tiara!"

When Applebloom tried saying something as well, she dropped the note revealing it was blank.

"[Gasp] it's blank." Cheerilee says when she sees the paper.

"[Laughs] remind you of anypony?" Diamond Tiara asked as everyone in class started laughing.

After school was done, everyone started heading home.

Dawn walked with Applebloom and Twist.

Dawn growls "That Diamond really gets on my nerves..."

Lance and Rusty were at home doing their homework. Nyx was working on her magic lessons with Twilight.

Applebloom didn't say anything as she was walking with her head down.

Dawn spoke "Hey cheer up Applebloom, it'll be okay."

"Yeah how about trying one of my peppermint sticks when we get to my home?" Twist asks.

"Mnh-mnh." replied Applebloom.

Dawn growls when she heard Diamond and Silver's voices.

Dawn growls "Don't look now but here come the bullies..."

"I don't know why we had to sit through a lecture about getting a cutie mark." Diamond Tiara says to Silver Spoon. "I mean, waiting for your cutie mark is so last week." She says as she walked passed the group. "You've got yours." She says as Silver Spoon showed off her cutie mark. "I just got mine. We all have them already." She stated as she walks passed Twist. "[Gasp] I mean, almost all of us have them already, but don't worry you six are still invited to my cute-ceñera this weekend especially you Lance."

Dawn growls "Lance is at his house doing his homework but I doubt he's be going to the party. And have you forgotten that he set your tail on fire once already? Get it through your head Diamond, he doesn't like you."

"No matter his choice if he wants to come." Diamond Tiara says.

"It's going to be amazing." Added Silver Spoon.

"It's a party celebrating me and my fantastic cutie mark." Added Diamond Tiara as she and Silver Spoon circled the group. "How can it not be?"

After taunting the group, the two fillies did their secret hoof shake before laughing.

"Give me a break." Says Applebloom.

Dawn spoke "let's go Bloom; there's no point of being around those two."

"See you this weekend..." Silver spoon says before she and Diamond Tiara started laughing as they head home.

Dawn spoke "Oh hi Applejack!"

Danyelle was singing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3f5qJZKAP4 to calm a crying Bluestar down.

"Why howdy Dawn." Applejack says greeting Dawn before noticing that Applebloom was upset. "What's wrong Applebloom?" She asks.

Dawn spoke "Diamond Tiara was picking on her, Twist and I again..."

"It's not fair!" Cried Applebloom. "It's just not fair!"

"What's not fair Applebloom?" Applejack asked.

Dawn explains to Applejack what Diamond had said to Applebloom.

"Is that what all the fuss is about?" Applejack asked as Applebloom nodded. "I'm sure you'll get your cutie mark." She says before adding. "Everypony gets one eventually."

"But I don't want one eventually." Replied Applebloom. "I want one right now!"

Dawn spoke "Besides, Lance and Rusty can't get cutie marks though so it can't be all that bad..."

"Yeah Dawn is right Applebloom, I'm sure you'll be fine going to Diamond Tiara’s cute-ceñera without a cutie mark." Added Applejack. "You know, I was the last pony in my class to get a cutie mark, and I couldn't be prouder of it." She says with a smile. "I knew my future was to run Sweet Apple Acres, and these bright, shiny apples sealed the deal." Applejack says as she showed off her cutie mark.

Danyelle walked over with Bluestar.

Danyelle spoke "You just have to be patient Applebloom; your cutie mark will come in time. I know it will."

Instead of listening to Danyelle, Applebloom smiled as she got a bright idea. "Apples runs in the family, it runs in the family!" She says excited. "Applejack got apples for a cutie mark, Granny Smith has an apple pie and Big Macintosh has an apple half so my unique talent must have something to do with apples!"

Danyelle facepalms before sighing.

Dawn spoke "I don't think that's gonna... Aaaaannnnd she's not listening..."

Later in town, Applejack and Applebloom were at their stall selling apples.

Dawn was helping the two out.

“Get your delicious, nutritious apples here!” Applejack called out trying to get customers to buy some apples.

“Delicious and nutritious and so many uses.” Added Applebloom.

Dawn spoke “Ugh…. Applejack, I don’t feel so good….”

“Not feeling to good huh okay then, Applebloom why don’t you take Dawn back home so she can rest.” Applejack says.

“Okay Applejack.” Applebloom says before turning to Dawn. “Come on Dawn, let’s get you home.”

Dawn heads back to the library with Applebloom. Since Twilight was busy with training Nyx in magic outside, Danyelle was reading a book to Bluestar.

Danyelle asks “Oh hi Applebloom, what brings you here?”

“Dawn wasn’t feeling well so Applejack asked me to bring her home.” replied Apple Bloom.

Danyelle spoke “I see and to be honest with you, she’s not actually a Pegasus. It’s okay Iris, you can show her your true form.”

The dog disguise cancels out, revealing a Changeling filly about Applebloom’s age.

Iris spoke “I’m sorry for lying to you and Twist about what I was… If others found out, they’d panic… It’s why I hide my true form, it’s easier to pretend I’m a pony than wander around town in my true form.”

“Wow.” Apple Bloom says surprised. “What are you?”

Danyelle spoke “She’s a Changeling…”

Iris spoke “I understand I don’t want to be my friend anymore… Given that my species in general are known to be liars… But I was brought here by Thorax because I was too nice of a grub… It was for my own safety though…”

Applebloom pulls Iris in for a hug. "Of course I still want to be friends."

Iris returns the hug. 

Iris spoke "The cutie mark you saw for my Dawn Sky form is a fake.... Changelings can't get cutie marks.... Plus I don't know how others will react if they knew there was a Changeling in town...."

After Applebloom left, she ran over to Twist’s home when she arrived, she knocked on her door.

Iris was back in dog from as she followed Applebloom.

Dawn yips "Hi Twist."

When Twist opened her door, she saw the two before greeting them. "Oh, what's up, you two?" She asks.

"So, I was thinking." Apple Bloom says. Maybe we could go to Diamond Tiara’s cute-ceñera together with our friends." She says before looking at her flank. "I-I don't have a cutie mark, our friends don't have a cutie mark except Dawn and Nyx and you don't have a cutie mark."

"Well, um..." When Twist opened the door all the way, she revealed that she had gotten her cutie mark.

Dawn yips "Cutie mark or not, you're still our friend. Right Applebloom?"

"Yeah and at doesn't mean we can't go to the cute-ceñera together." Added Twist. "Your still gonna come to the party, aren't you?" She asks only to answered back by Diamond Tiara who was passing by with Silver Spoon.

"Of course she will." She says.

"It's not like being the only pony there without a cutie mark will be, like, the most embarrassing thing ever." added Silver Spoon before she and Diamond Tiara starts laughing.

Dawn growls at the two fillies but Applebloom held her back.

Dawn growls "It's bad enough you two goaded Lance and Rusty into going..."

The two fillies already left as she says that.

Dawn snarls "Ugh... I hate them!"

Later that day Applebloom was sitting next to a well upset that she still doesn't have a cutie mark as a dark cloud was hovering over her.

"Whoa." Rainbow says seeing how sad Applebloom was. "Looks like somepony's got a dark cloud hanging over her head let me do something about that." She says before removing the dark cloud.

Dawn was with Applebloom for comfort.

"What's the matter kid?" Asked Rainbow.

Dawn yips "She wants her cutie mark before the cute-ceñera party this weekend."

"Cutie mark?" Asked Rainbow. "I can get you a cutie mark like that."

Dawn facepaws before yipping "You can't rush this sort of thing!"

However, Rainbow already took off with Applebloom.

Dawn brought her Pegasus wings out before flying after the two.

Rainbow and Applebloom were at an open field as Rainbow was having Applebloom do some stretches.

Dawn yips "What are you doing Bloom?"

"Getting some stretches in before getting my cutie mark with Rainbow Dash’s help." Applebloom says.

"Are you ready?" Rainbow asks.

"I'm ready!" Replied Applebloom.

"I said, are you ready?!" Shouted Rainbow.

"I'm ready!" Applebloom shouts.

Dawn yips "This'll never work...."

Instead of listening to what Dawn said, Apple Bloom still did everything that Rainbow had planned to help get her cutie mark.

Dawn groans as Applebloom tried everything.

After doing a roller derby to see if she can get her cutie mark Rainbow was looking through the list of things they have and haven't done until Apple Bloom saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon leaving Rarity’s boutique with an outfit she bought and not wanting to be seen, she grabbed Dawn by the tail, dragging the dog into a bush with her to avoid being seen by the two fillies.

Dawn yips “We can't avoid them forever...”

"Oh I'm doomed -- doomed!" Applebloom said. "I'll never find something I'm good at!"

"You look like you'd be good at eating cupcakes." Pinkie says appearing out of nowhere.

Dawn growls "Pinkie, you nearly scared me out of this form!"

“This form?” Pinkie asks.

Dawn yips "Uh.... Nothing!"

"Okay." Pinkie says with a smile before Applebloom added. "Eating cupcakes?”

"Eating cupcakes?" Rainbow says confused.

Dawn yips "No chocolate for me... it's toxic to dogs and wolves."

Both Sakura and Li sneeze for some reason.

Applebloom apologizes to Rainbow before following Pinkie to Sugarcube Corner.

Dawn goes with Applebloom.

Dawn thinks "I have a bad feeling about this..."

"I can't believe I didn't think of this -- a cupcake-eating cutie mark." Applebloom says as she enters the building of Sugarcube Corner. "It's so obvious."

Dawn yips "Me neither..."

"Now, where are those cupcakes?" Applebloom asks looking around. "I'm ready to chow down!"

"I don't have any cupcakes." Replied Pinkie.

Dawn yips "Let me guess, we have to make them?"

"[Gasp] good idea!" Pinkie says with a smile.

"I guess a making-cupcakes cutie mark could work, too." Apple Bloom said before Pinkie started singing.

Dawn howls along with the song since Danyelle taught her how to sing.

As the three of them were making cupcakes, I walked into the kitchen to see it was a mess.

"What in the world is going on in here?" I ask.

Dawn yips "We're making cupcakes... Applebloom is trying to get her cutie mark before the cute-ceñera party... Nothing she tried has worked... Even magic can't make a mark appear before its time."

"What's this about magic and cutie marks?" Twilight asks as she come into the kitchen of sugar cube corner.

"Twilight, you have to help me." Stated Applebloom.

"What's the matter?" Twilight asks.

Dawn yips "Applebloom is desperate for a cutie mark..."

"Yeah and you can you use your magic to make my cutie mark appear." Added Apple Bloom.

"Oh, no, Apple Bloom." Twilight says.

"You got to wait till you get your cutie mark." I added. "And not only that, but magic won't work in getting your cutie mark."

"Precisely it's something a pony has to discover for herself." Twilight added.

Dawn yips "I agree!"

Sakura spoke "I agree with Twilight on this. You can't force a cutie mark to appear before it's ready to appear."

"Oh Sakura, where did you come from?" I ask.

Sakura spoke "I was getting something to eat."

"Oh okay then, I'll be with you in a moment after I clean up the mess these three made." I say.

Dawn yips "I'll help too!"

Dawn's claws glow green as she used her magic to clean up the mess.

As we cleaned, Twilight was using her magic to try to give Apple Bloom her cutie mark, but it disappeared each time.

"Told you not even magic can make a cutie mark appear before its time." Twilight told Apple Bloom.

"It's hopeless -- hopeless!" Replied Apple Bloom as she walked out the kitchen with her head down. "I just won't go to the party. I can't go. Everyone will just laugh at me and make fun of me and call me names."

She says not realizing that she walked in on Diamond Tiara’s party. 

"It will be the worst night of my life."

When she looked up, she was shocked to see that she was at the party.

Dawn facepaws before sighing "Butter biscuits..."

Dawn hides Applebloom's blank flanks with a cloth wrapped around the barrel.

"Thanks Dawn but I can't believe I forgotten the time." Apple Bloom says worried. "How could I have forgotten Pinkie Pie and Lillian were hosting the party?"

Dawn yips "Guess we lost track of time... with my mom and sisters here too... I don't think we can escape..."

Apple Bloom was already gone as she tried making it to the door, which she was close to doing until Applejack arrived.

"Apple Bloom, you made it!" She says with a smile. "After I heard about Twist, I was afraid you wouldn't show up." She says while Apple Bloom was trying to get past her. "I sure am glad you came to your senses about this whole cutie-mark thing."

Dawn was itching at her neck, causing a piece of chitin to fall off.

Dawn yips “I uh... Gotta go!”

Dawn attempted to leave but Danyelle stopped her.

Nyx asks “Where are you going?”

Dawn whimpers “I’m going home, I feel very itchy...”

"Looks like your friends want to talk to you two." Applejack says pointing to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

Dawn growls "But Applejack... They pick on Applebloom and me during school!"

Lance and Rusty were staying away from Diamond and Silver.

Applejack already left to enjoy the party when Dawn said that.

"Well, well, well, look who's here." Diamond says as she and Silver Spoon walked up to them.

Dawn growls at the two.

Lance growls "Well, if it isn't the two bullies..."

Rusty growls "Yeah..."

Nyx was beside the two Mobians.

The two fillies ignored them before Silver Spoon made a comment about Applebloom’s so-called dress. "Nice outfit."

Dawn growls "It was a last minute idea... But you two probably don't care..."

"Oh we care alright because it really shows off her cutie mark." Replied Diamond Tiara. "Oh, wait, that's right. She doesn't have one."

"I have a cutie mark." Apple Bloom replied.

Dawn growls "As do I!"

"What? Since when?" Asked Silver Spoon.

"Since, um, earlier today." Replied Apple Bloom.

Dawn yips "Same for me."

"Oh, really? Let's see it." Diamond Tiara says not believing them.

"W-We shouldn't. W-We couldn't." Apple Bloom replied nervously. "Your cutie marks are so unbelievably amazing I'm afraid that if we show them off, everyone will start paying attention to us instead of you."

Both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon Looked at each other worried about what Apple Bloom was going to say.

Dawn yips "Sorry girls, we can't show off our marks and outshine you at your cute-ceñera."

"Uh, forget it." Replied Diamond Tiara as she looks away. "I didn't really want to see them anyway."

"Okay. Well, we're gonna go mingle, enjoy your party." Apple Bloom says before walking away.

Dawn trips and accidentally knocked the cloth off Applebloom.

When she did, Apple Bloom tripped as well removing Dawn’s dress by accident while bumping into the music player causing it to stop the music making everyone look at them.

"Oh no." Apple Bloom says worried as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughed.

"Wow those are amazing cutie marks." Silver Spoon before her and Diamond starts laughing again.

"Nice try..." Diamond Tiara added.

"Blank flanks!" The two fillies says in unison before laughing.

Scootaloo asks “You got a problem with blank flanks?”

Everyone gasps as two fillies came out from under a table, one was a unicorn while the other was a Pegasus.

Scootaloo asks "I said, you got a problem with blank flanks?"

"The problem is, I mean, they're like, totally not special." Replied Silver Spoon.

"No, it means they're full of potential." Says the unicorn filly as she walks to Apple Bloom and Dawn.

Scootaloo spoke “It means they could be great at anything. The possibilities are, [mocking] like, endless.”

Lance, Rusty and Nyx walk over to the four.

Scootaloo spoke “And they’re not stuck being stuck-up like you two.”

Nyx spoke "Yeah, I'd rather hang out with my friends than a pair of bullies like you."

Everyone started laughing when they heard what the fillies said.

"Hey! This is my party." Diamond Tiara says not happy at what's going on. "Why are you two on their side?" She asks the two fillies.

Scootaloo spoke “Because...” Scootaloo revealed that she and Sweetie Belle were also blank flanks.

Apple Bloom gasped when she sees the two fillies didn't have cutie marks.

"You don't have any cutie marks, either?" Apple Bloom asked. “I thought I was the only one.”

Scootaloo spoke “We thought we were the only two.”

"I, for one, think you are four very lucky fillies." Twilight says walking up to the group.

"Lucky?" Diamond Tiara asked confused. "How can they be lucky?"

"They still get experience the wonders of who they are and what they're meant to be." I say as I walked up to Twilight.

Lance spoke "The same goes for Rusty and me, even though we can't get cutie marks."

Nyx spoke "Or someone who already has her mark but still prefers to hang out with her friends."

Rusty spoke "Yeah, even a bully can see that."

"And they have all the time in the world to figure it out, not just an afternoon." Added Applejack as some of the ponies in the party started agreeing as some of the foals started talking about how they might have gotten their cutie mark too early.

"Hey, what's everypony doing?" Diamond Tiara asks as everyone walked up to the group. "This is my party everypony supposed to be paying attention to me!"

"Whatever." Silver Spoon says. "We still think you're losers right, Diamond Tiara?" She asks before trying to do their secret hoof shake with only to see she wasn't doing it.

"Not now, Silver Spoon." Replied Diamond Tiara as she starts walking away.

Lance asks "Rude much?"

Nyx spoke "Just ignore her Lance and don’t set her tail on fire again..."

Lance sighs "Fine..."

Rusty walks over to Silver.

Rusty asks "You okay Silver?"

"What? Yes of course I am." Silver Spoon says before following Diamond Tiara while hiding the blush she had.

Rusty spoke "If you ever get sick of listening to Diamond, you can hang out with us any time. Cutie mark or not."

"Wh-What? why would I ever hang out with freaks like you?" Silver says before leaving.

Rusty spoke "Oh I don't know... Maybe it could be that you have a crush on me though Silver..."

Silver Spoon was already gone.

Rusty's ears had drooped down.

Lance spoke "Forget it Rust, she's just not that interested..."

Rusty spoke "Oh okay Lance, I'll ignore it."

Later during the party after the fillies introduce themselves, the group of friends were all sitting at a table together while Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were up the stairs looking over the whole party.

Rusty's ears were still drooped down in sadness.

"So I was thinking since we're friends -- I mean, we are friends, right?" Apple Bloom asks.

Scootaloo spoke "Of course we are! The seven of us are friends! Even if one of us already has her cutie mark or two of us are Mobians."

Nyx spoke "I so agree!"

Dawn's tail was wagging happily.

Dawn yips "Yeah!"

Scootaloo spoke "I'm Scootaloo."

Lance spoke "I'm Prince Lance."

Rusty spoke "I'm Rusty Prower."

Dawn spoke "I'm Dawn Sky."

Nyx spoke "And I'm Nyx Doucet."

"Well now that we're friends, what if the seven of us work together to find out who we are and what we're supposed to be?" Asked Apple Bloom.

"Ooh! Ooh! We can form our own secret society." Replied Sweetie belle.

Lance spoke "That sounds like a good idea!"

Nyx spoke "Yeah!"

Scootaloo asks "How about the Cutie Mark Seven?"

Nyx spoke "That sounds silly; I was thinking Cutie Mark Crusaders."

"It's perfect!" Agreed Applebloom.

"This is gonna be so great!" Added Sweetie belle.

After seeing the seven come up with a name for their group, Twilight smiled before writing her friendship report to Celestia.


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