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// The Crusaders. 
// Story: Shadow Sky In a New World 
// by Shadow Skysito 
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7 days have passed since my birthday, we started the "Wrapping Winter" project, Sweetie Belle and I agreed to help each other in this work, there were some problems involved, but Twilight took care of solving them on time.​
It is January 26th and today we are going back to school, this month I have investigated my body a bit in general, why I can drink apple cider without getting drunk, how can I eat straw, things like that, according to my research, It seems that my body is adapted for the two dimensions, when I got here my body changed its digestive system, but not to ignore that of my human form, just a combination that benefits me in many ways, giving me the ability to digest food that Only equines can eat, but my body supports some things differently, since apple cider makes ponys drunk, but it doesn't affect me since my system is adapted to support it, since for a human it is a drink with so little alcohol that is given to young children, it seems that ponies are not very tolerant of alcohol, I think I got confused again, I think I repeated things several times, but this is very strange... they are only theories .

Sweetie Belle - "Agh, we have to go to school again."

Sweetie Belle came to my house early to go to school together.

Shadow Sky - "Well, we really enjoyed the holidays, so that's fine with me."

Sweetie Belle - "That doesn't count, school isn't difficult for you, it is for me, and it stresses me out."

Scootaloo - "What are we talking about?, Sweetie Belle is bad at school?"

Shadow Sky - "Oh good morning Scootaloo."

Scootaloo - "Good morning guys, I saw you from afar and came to see what you were talking about."

Shadow Sky - "We were talking about Sweetie Belle not being good for school."

Sweetie Belle - "¡Hey!"

Shadow Sky - "Sorry haha."

Scootaloo-"Well, it's not like she's very good at school either, so we're on the same page Sweetie Belle haha."

Diamond Tiara - "Wow, good morning white sides."

Sweetie Belle - "Ugh, what do you want Diamond Tiara?"

Diamond Tiara - "Oh, nothing in particular, I just wanted to tell you that I'm having my cutie party this afternoon."

Scootaloo - "... Aha... does that even matter to us?"

Diamond Tiara - "That the whole school will go, being the only ones not to attend because of the lack of their cutie mark will 
be very humiliating the next day, don't you think."

Shadow Sky - "What a stupid argument." (Thought)

Scootaloo - "Well, maybe in that case we'll go."

Sweetie Belle - "Scootaloo, ¿what do you think you're-"


Diamond Tiara - "Very good Scootaloo, how brave, I'm leaving now, so we'll see you flanks in white... by the way... 
*blushing* Shadow is also invited."

Shadow Sky - "...thank you?"

Diamond Tiara - "Bye."

It got kind of awkward.

Scootaloo- "Is it me or Diamond Tiara acts weird when she talks to Shadow."

Sweetie Belle-"Yes... she's been doing it for a long time."

Shadow Sky - "Just ignore her girls, let's keep going, we're going to be late."

Scootaloo - "She's obviously in love... I think." (Thoughts)

Sweetie Belle-"I won't deny the fact that she gives me goosebumps every time she tries to flirt with Shadow." (Thought)

Shadow Sky - "Not that I was an idiot, I know the intentions...isn't it obvious that I'm not interested?" (Thought)

We arrived at school normally, the teacher gave the class about cutie marks, I was very interested since it was not 
something normal for me, Diamond Tiara was teasing a classmate for fun again, I was too busy with other things to notice .

*Ring Ring*

School was over for today and the girls wanted to go to the party out of... pride?

Sweetie Belle - "Okay, I think I'm going home now."

Shadow Sky - "Yeah, me too."

Scootaloo - "Wait, we promised we'd go to the party."

Sweetie Belle - "Not for nothing Scootaloo but 'We Promised' sounds like a herd to me."

Shadow Sky - "You invited yourself."

Scootaloo - "Ugh, well, I said I'd go but don't leave me alone in this please."

Sweetie Belle - "Take those Scootaloo puppy eyes off."

Scootaloo gave Sweetie Belle doggy eyes.

Sweetie Belle - "Scootaloo, stop it."

She kept doing it.

Sweetie Belle - "Ugh, okay... *grumpy* I'll go."

Scootaloo - "Thank you so much Sweetie!"

Shadow Sky - "There are a few hours left until the party starts, what are we supposed to do?"

Scootaloo - "I don't know, I think I'll go home and get some rest."

Shadow Sky - "I think I'll do the same."

Sweetie Belle - "Yep, good idea."

Scootaloo went home, Sweetie Belle asked me if he could come home with me and I said okay.

*door closing*

Sweetie Belle - "Ugh, ¡¿why did Scootaloo come to the party?!"

Shadow Sky - "Scootaloo is a very proud pony, that's why."

Sweetie Belle - "I guess I'll have to embarrass myself now."

Shadow Sky - "Don't worry, that's why I'm going too."

Sweetie Belle - "Are you going to go calm me down?"

Shadow Sky - "Is there any other reason to go to the typical hateful rich girl party?"

Sweetie Belle - "Hehe, I guess not... thanks for taking care of me."

Shadow Sky - "No problem, we'd better take advantage of the time to finish homework, so we'll have more time in the 
afternoon."

Sweetie Belle - "I like the idea."

Shadow Sky - "Okay, let's start with math."

Sweetie Belle - "... agh!"

Shadow Sky - "Hahaha."

We spent a long time doing homework, I helped Sweetie Belle where she could, time flew by.

Shadow Sky - "Uh, it's already 5 pm... are you sure you want to go to the party?"

Sweetie Belle - "...Not really, I'm just doing it for Scootaloo...but I think I can handle this."

Shadow Sky - "...Okay, let's go out then."

The party would be at Sugar Cute Corner, along the way Sweetie Belle looked anxious and worried.

Scootaloo - "Hey guys."

Sweetie Belle - "Hello..."

Shadow Sky - "Why aren't you in Scootaloo yet?"

Scootaloo - "I... um, I was waiting for you."

She stayed waiting at the entrance because of the panic.

Shadow Sky - "Aha...well, let's go inside."

Scootaloo and Sweetie - "...okay."

We walked in and everything seemed quiet.

Shadow Sky - "See, there's nothing to worry about... girls?"

When I turned to see they were gone.

Shadow Sky - "...I'm going for a muffin."

I walked smoothly at the party since I didn't care about my cute mark.

Justy - "Wow, hello blank flank."

Shadow Sky - "...oh, hello..."

Justy - "Why are you here? Aren't you ashamed to come to a cute party without a cute mark?"

Shadow Sky - "Umm... no."

Justy - "Really? What bravery the-"

Shadow Sky - "Bye Justy."

She didn't care and I just went to the cupcake table.

Justy - "...son of a-"

Shadow Sky - "I don't understand why Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo make so much of the offenses of disrespectful brats." 
(Thought)

Shadow Sky - "*Yuck*...this...tastes horrible."

Sweetie Belle - "Shadow, come here." (Whisper)

Shadow Sky - "...oh no..."

They were trying to get my attention from under a table.

Shadow Sky - "Let me get this straight, did you come to a party just to hide out of embarrassment?"

Sweetie Belle - "...something like that."

Shadow Sky - "Guys, I already told you, it doesn't matter if you don't have cute mark, nobody is going to care-"

Diamond Tiara - "Whoa whoa, look who's the liar now."

Shadow Sky - "Uh?"

Sweetie Belle - "What's going on?"

Shadow Sky - "It seems that Diamond Tiara is bothering a pony without a cute mark."

Sweetie Belle - "I told you something like this would happen."

Shadow Sky - "...this is getting very ugly...I think something has to be done."

Sweetie Belle - "What can we do?"

Scootaloo - "This is bugging me...so much."

Shadow Sky - "Well... you don't mind being made fun of, don't you? How about defending the victim this time? Do you 
remember what happened the day we met Scootaloo? Diamond Tiara's humiliations."

Sweetie Belle - "Why don't you go?"

Scootaloo - "Yeah, you did an excellent job defending me."

Shadow Sky - "...Would that help you guys?..."

Sweetie Belle - "...you're right...I'm tired of her...come on Scootaloo, let's do something about it."

At last they planned to do something.

Scootaloo - "¡¿Is there a problem with the blank flanks?!"

Diamond Tiara - "Who said that?"

Sweetie Belle - "I repeat, ¡¿is there a problem with the blank flanks?!"

They steeled themselves to face Diamond Tiara, and surprisingly everything turned out well.

¿? -"Thank you so much for the earlier girls, I thought she was the only one in school without a cute mark."

Sweetie Belle - "No problem, Diamond Tiara already has us all crazy, Shadow doesn't seem to be affected that much."

Shadow Sky - "I just ignore it."

Scootaloo - "Yeah, it was a bit difficult but we did it well."

¿? - "Uh, may I know your names?"

Sweetie Belle - "My name is Sweetie Belle this is my friend Scootaloo and he is Shadow Sky."

¿? - "Right, you were the new one."

Shadow Sky - "That's right, and what's your name?"

AppleBloom - "My name is AppleBloom."

Sweetie Belle - "A pleasure to meet you AppleBloom."

Scootaloo - "Okay, now that we're out of this, what do we do now?"

AppleBloom - "Uh, how about we team up to discover our cute marks together, because, we're friends...right?"

Scootaloo - "Of course we are, we try to find our cute marks and Diamond Tiara drives us crazy."

AppleBloom - "Very good!"

Sweetie Belle - "In that case, what do you want our group to be called?"

Scootaloo - "The cute found."

AppleBloom - "Fantastic Cutes?"

Sweetie Belle - "The marks hidden."

Shadow Sky - "Um..."

Sweetie Belle - "What do you think Shadow?"

Shadow Sky - "Okay guys... I think I'll pass, I'll deal with my cute mark another time... but maybe I have a name you like."

AppleBloom - "Well, okay, maybe you have other occupations, but I want to see what name you choose."

Shadow Sky - "Well, since you're about to embark on adventures to discover your cute marks I think the best thing would 
be... Cute mark Crusaders, ponies doing crusades to discover their special talent."

Sweetie Belle - "Wow, that's a great idea."

Scootaloo - "I love it."

AppleBloom - "Very good idea Shadow, too bad you don't want to be part of society."

Shadow Sky - "Don't worry, I can be a part of your adventures, but yes, I have somewhat more invasive occupations."

Scootaloo - "Okay, let's celebrate, let's have some cupcakes."

Shadow and AppleBloom - "Don't eat it!...believe in us."

Scootaloo- "¿?"

Everything ended in a different way than I expected, and we ended the day exhausted, but Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo now 
had their own group... the Cute Mark Crusader opened that same day... I'll keep investigating.