Author's Note: Hey, everybody. Sorry for not posting a chapter yesterday. Writer's block is starting to hit and I need to come up with some more ideas. If anybody has some ideas, just post them in a comment or PM them to me. Now, on with the story.
The scream is accompanied by a loud rumbling noise. The ground begins to shake as the rumbling becomes louder and louder. A herd of cows is charging full speed towards the apple orchard and the three of us.
"STAMPEDE!" I shout.
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADER COW HERDERS! YAY!" shouts three little fillies that are riding the cows. What is wrong with kids these days?
"We gotta stop those cows before they topple over all the trees!" shouts Applejack. "Blue, you grab the girls off the cattle. Big Mac and ah will steer the cows away from the trees. Got it?"
"Can do, AJ!" I say, giving a mock salute.
I quickly fly over and grab the fillies, moving them to a safe location. Applejack and Big Mac start running alongside the cattle, staying on opposite sides. Applejack twirls a rope tied into a lasso in the air and throws it around the neck of the leading cow, pulling them to their right. Big Mac begins also slamming against the cows on the far left to make them move over. The cows begin turning right and narrowly miss the orchard. Mission accomplished!
Applejack walks up to the cows with an upset expression. "Now, what in the world was the fussin about?" she questions.
"Oh, I'm very sorry, Applejack." says one of the cows. "But the girls thought it would be funny to throw a spider into out pen." she looks at the three fillies angrily. "It frightened us so much that we just lost control."
"It was just a rubber spider." says a yellow filly.
"Hush, now." Applejack tells her. She turns back to the cows. "Ah understand, but like ah told ya'll, make sure to watch where yer stampedin'."
"Will do, Applejack. Bye, Big Macintosh." the cow says with a wink to the stallion. The cows then make their way back to their pen
"Nnope." Big Mac says with a worried look and a blush on his face, showing up despite his red coat..
Applejack turns and trots over to the little filles with a very serious look. "Now what were you three doin' ridin' those cows?"
"We were just tryin' to get our cutie marks in cattle herdin', but it didn't work." says the yellow filly dejectedly.
"*sigh* No matter how many times ah say not to get into trouble, ya'll still manage to get into anyway. Ya'll are gonna be cleanin' the pig sties as punishment."
"We're sorry, Applejack." says all three fillies.
"Aw, come on, AJ. We all did dumb stuff when were kids." I say to her, trying to sympathize for the fillies.
She begins to think about it as she puts a hoof to her mouth. "Ah suppose. Well, nopony was hurt, and that's what matters." she turns back to the fillues and motions to me "Now, ah'd like ya'll to meet our guest. He's new to Ponyville, so treat him nicely."
"Wow. What happened to you, mister? Did you hurt yerself doin' a stunt?" asks the yellow filly.
"Did you get into a fight with somepony?" asks a unicorn filly.
"Did you go up against some big monster?" asks a pegasus filly.
'These guesses are getting too close for me.' I think to myself.
"Actually girls, I got in a flying accident. I'll be better in a couple of days." I explain to them.
"That's lame. Rainbow Dash never would've gotten into any "flying accident"." says the pegasus filly, putting air quotes with her hooves on "flying accident"..
"I wouldn't be so sure." I say smugly.
"And why's that?"
"I know Rainbow Dash and I can tell she's gotten into plenty of accidents."
"How do know Rainbow Dash?" she asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I work with her on the weather team."
"Must not be too good if you hurt yourself flying."
"Says the filly that can't even fly. And don't say your wings aren't strong enough because I've seen foals who can fly."
"Whatever." she says, annoyed and beaten by moi. You mad, filly?
I chuckle a bit as I get back on topic. "Anyway, I'm Blue Breeze. I just moved here from Cloudsdale a few days ago."
"I'm Apple Bloom." says the yellow filly.
"I'm Sweetie Belle." says the unicorn filly.
"And I'm Scootaloo." says the pegasus filly.
"And together we are... THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS! YAY!" they all shout. Ouch.
I rub at my ears, trying to hear again. "What's a cutie mark crusader?"
"We are on a journey to find our cutie marks." says Sweetie Belle.
"And we'll never stop the journey." says Scootaloo.
"Until we find our cutie marks." says Apple Bloom.
I hadn't noticed they were all blank flanks. "Well, keep at it, girls. I'm sure you'll find them all eventually. Just try to do it in a less dangerous way." I joke. Then again, I'm really one to talk about recklessly doing dangerous stuff.
"How'd you get your cutie mark?" Scootaloo asks.
Oh, darn it. "My cutie mark? Uh... I'm just really knowledgeable about wind related weather. That's what the tornado's for."
Nice save, me.
Sweetie Belle's eyes light up as she gets an idea. "Hey, maybe you could teach us about weather. Maybe that'll get us our cutie marks." she suggests.
I start rubbing my chin in thought. "Hmm, I suppose. Applejack, is it okay if I take the girls to town and teach 'em about weather and such?"
"Ah don't know. What do you think, Big Mac?" she asks the red stallion.
"Eeyup." he says with a smile and a nod.
She turns back to me. "Sure, why not? Just make sure to keep 'em outta trouble, okay?" she says.
"Can do. Okay, girls. Let's go learn about weather!"
They look to one another and smile, all thinking the same thing. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER WEATHER PONIES! YAY!" they all shout.
That's going to take some getting used to. I hope I don't regret doing this. .