Waking up to another day within the reaches of peaceful Ponyville, another wonderful weekend, a vaguely tired Axton was about to go out of the door when a knock sounded off of it, catching his attention. Opening it to see who it was, all three of the Cutie Mark Crusaders tumbled in on him, a tsunami of bodies pushing him to the ground, dazing him slightly.
“Ugh... you do know how t’ make an entrance don’t you?” Axton mumbled, adjusting himself so that his saddlebag was in place, along with his goggles “Anyways, I’ve gotta tell you girls something, and although you may or may not believe it, it could mean something. But not here, at the clubhouse, ok?”
The three girls looked at each other with curious glances and back at Axton, as if examining him, unnerving him greatly. Scootaloo decided that it was probably best to get going and piped up loudly “MAYBE.... it’s about your CUTIE MARK!!” At the mention of a cutie mark, Sweetie Belle gave out a high pitched squeal of delight, and Apple Bloom simply grinned with a grin that threatened to split her face in half. Axton could only smile about how much these girls wanted to get their cutie marks. Who was he to stop them, as he still yearned for his to gain his rightful place in life? Scootaloo, decided to lead the party off to the clubhouse first, hopping on her scooter and zooming ahead of the rest of the small party of crusaders, leaving them galloping full pelt behind the scooter.
Reaching, the secluded area of sweet apple acres, where Scootaloo’s scooter was parked, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Axton made their way up into the clubhouse to see Scootaloo messing around on what seemed like a pair of drums, beating out an impressive solo. Finally, Scootaloo finished with an ear splittingly loud crescendo, holding her hooves up high, as if thanking an invisible crowd. Noticing the other three’s stunned expressions; she flushed with embarrassment and stole a glance at the others before clearing her throat noisily “So... about that dream you had, Ax, I’d like to hear it. Anyway, what made it so serious that none of us could hear about it?”
Promptly sitting down at the ‘meeting table’ (which was where they talked about all their concerns and generally gossiped about this, that and the other), Axton explained his dream to the others, receiving varied reactions from them all. Scootaloo looked at Axton with a look that seemed to say ‘ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh, so AWESOME! But whether it’s the real deal or not is what kind of freaks me out’, Sweetie Belle looked at him in a mixture of fear and awe, with a mixture of comprehension in between. On the other hoof, Apple Bloom looked at him deeply, with a mixture of concern and affection. Axton brow raised in question when looking at Apple Bloom, who seemed to snap out from a trance, blushing furiously and hiding her face behind her mane. Scootaloo looked at Sweetie Belle and the two shared a knowing look before giggling.
Seems they noticed what Apple Bloom was thinking as well. Axton on the other hoof was left clueless and simply thought ‘fillies... I’ll never understand them'. Shaking his head, he asked the other to voice their opinions.
“Well this could be serious, but I think it’s about your Cutie Mark” Scootaloo gave her input, her usually cheery voice dead serious.
“Uh, yeah... ah agree with Scoots this one, although maybe it might mean” Apple Bloom was cut off as Sweetie Belle squealed with delight (yet again) and clapped her hooves together before speaking “That means we could become..”
Sweetie Belle gathered her breath and then yelled in a voice that could rival Luna’s Canterlot voice “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER EXPLORERS!!!!”
This new suggestion caught everyone off guard, and although Axton thought the idea was a bit weird, he agreed to go along with it as it may bring him closer to an explanation of his dream. After all, he doubted anypony had heard of it before making it nigh on impossible to think anypony would know what he would be babbling about. Even that pony Twilight Sparkle would most likely think it eccentric in the very least. No, it had to be kept quiet for now.
“Okay, that sounds like a good idea, but we’ll need to prepare for tomorrow, as we may not be back till nightfall so it would be wise to gather a lot of supplies.” Everypony nodded before Axton continued “Apple Bloom, we’ll need some rope, I’ll gather some hooks, water and food are an essential, but it could be wise to bring our tents just in case. Anything else that you feel is essential feel free to bring in your saddlebags, ok?” The others nodded their agreement and Apple Bloom decided to end the meeting standing and saying “Alrigh’. Cutie Mark Crusaders, let’s get to it!”
The group went home with high hopes and buzzing heads, returning to their respective homes to prepare for the next morning, and what adventures it would bring upon the Crusaders.