//------------------------------// // A day to Remember // Story: Raising a Human Daughter // by unleashedtwilight //------------------------------// “Okay,” Sweetie Belle said. “You can open your eyes now!” she said really excited. When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was inside of a treehouse. “I present to you the Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse!” I smiled as I looked around. “What do you think?” “It’s awesome!” I said jumping a bit. “What sort of stuff do you do here?” “Well, over there is where we do roll call.” Applebloom said pointing at the checklist. “There is where we eat our lunch.” she pointed at the empty plate and pitcher. “And sometimes we just stand here to think of good ideas.” she pointed at Sweetie Belle sitting on the target. “So what do you think?” I was just thinking to myself when I was looking at everything. Everything was amazing... but if I can’t get a cutie mark, what’s the point of me being a crusader? “Crystal?” “Yeah, everything is great... but are you really okay with me being a crusader? I mean, i can’t even get a cutie mark...” I said rubbing the back of my head. “It doesn’t matter if you can’t get a cutie mark!” Sweetie Belle said with a bright smile. “It doesn’t?” me and Scootaloo both said, which made Sweetie Belle glare at her for a moment. “Of course not!” Sweetie Belle continued. “You can be a crusader, as long as you’re a good friend.” I just smiled at her. “Thanks Sweetie Belle...” “Alright! Now that that’s done,” Applebloom said. “I think it’s time to make Crystal an official Cutie Mark Crusader!” “Yeah!” Sweetie Belle jumped. “Wait. You did shorten that speech, right Scootaloo?” Scootaloo just blushed and smiled sheepishly. “Uh... it may have crossed my mind?” Sweetie Belle just groaned. “Well, forget the speech!” she chirped. “I hereby honor you as our newest member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” she walked up to me holding a cape. “Um... how do I put this on?” “Oh, I can do it.” I said taking the cape. I then tied the cape around my neck and smiled brightly looking at myself. “I love it!” “Thanks!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “I designed them!” “I can’t wait to see what kind of awesome stuff we’ll do!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “Well, what should we do first?” I asked. “Well, since you’re new, we have to get you caught up with all of the stuff that we tried already.” Sweetie Belle said pulling out a big list. “Let’s see... how about zip lining?” “That didn’t work for us, remember?” Scootaloo said. “I know that, I just said we have to go over the things that we already did you dodo.” “Don’t call me that!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “Fine fine...” Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes. “She really is a dodo...” she whispered to me. “I heard that...!” Scootaloo yelled. Me and Sweetie Belle just giggled. “So um, what else is on that list, because I don’t think I feel comfortable with zip lining...” I said feeling a bit nervous just thinking about heights... “Well, we could try bowling.” “That sounds fun!” I exclaimed. “Wait, didn’t we get kicked out of that place because of last time?” Scootaloo asked. “Oh yeah...” Sweetie Belle said crossing it off of the list. “Let’s see... we could try baking.” “That sounds pretty fun.” I said. “Great! Baking it is then!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed rolling the list up. “Cutie Mark Crusaders, GO!” the three exclaimed clapping their hooves together. For some reason I just looked at them. “Come on Crystal!” Applebloom exclaimed. “Huh?” I said. “You’re part of the group now. That means you’re part of group cheers!” “Come on Crystal, don’t leave us hangin!” Scootaloo said. I smiled and put my hand into a fist, joining in on the cheer. “That’s the spirit!” With that, we all headed out the door... I wonder what mom is doing right now... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Is everything ready Pinkie Pie?” I asked. “Absotivalutely!” Pinkie exclaimed. “I’ve got the giant cake over there!” Pinkie pointed at the enormous cake that nearly reached the ceiling. “And the decorations are on their way!” she exclaimed pulling out her party cannon, firing it around the library, nearly covering it with balloons, streamers and confetti. “Game’s are over there!” she pointed at the pin the tail on the pony game on the wall and the board game set up on the table. “And the banner is up too!” she pointed at the giant, colorful banner that said ‘Welcome to Equestria, Crystal!’” “Great job Pinkie Pie.” I said observing the decorations. “I’m sure Crystal will love it.” “Hey, where is Crystal right now, anyway?” Pinkie asked. “Oh, she’s with the Crusaders.” I giggled. “The Crusaders?” Pinkie tilted her head. “You know, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle.” “Ooohhh...” Pinkie said rubbing her chin. “Are you sure it’s okay to leave them on their own, Twilight?” “I don’t see anything wrong with it. After all, they're just showing her the clubhouse.” All of a sudden Pinkie’s tail started twitching. “Okay, what could possibly fall in--...” I was cut off when something rock hard broke through my window and hit the back of my head. “Ow...!” I said rubbing the back of my head. “What the...?” I looked outside of the broken window. “Oh no...!” I then saw smoke coming from Sugarcube Corner! “Pinkie Pie!” “Oh my gosh!!” Me and Pinkie Pie ran out towards the Corner and ran inside. “Cupcake? Carrot Ca--...” Pinkie stopped in mid sentence when she saw the cause of the smoke: three young fillies and a human girl. “Girls!” me and Pinkie exclaimed pulling out a fire extinguisher, shooting it at the burning oven. She sighed and put the fire extinguisher down. “Girls, what were you thinking??” “I-I’m Sorry Pinkie Pie,” Sweetie Belle was the first to speak. “We were just trying our luck in baking cutie marks again and well--...” I cut her off. “Again??” I exclaimed. “I thought you learned your lesson from last time!” “I know, I know!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “But the thing is... well...” “It’s my fault mom...” Crystal sighed hanging her head down. “Crystal...?” I let out. “I asked if we could do something and well... we thought baking would be easy. We went to see Pinkie Pie so we could bake, but she wasn’t home...” she sighed slowly going into tears. “Applebloom said that we should just wait for Pinkie Pie and come back later, but I said it would be easy to do it ourselves and--...” I quickly cut her off when I hugged her. “Hey, hey...” I said rubbing her back. “It’s okay, it was an honest mistake...” I sighed. “I’m sorry that I snapped at you four like that. It’s just that I got really worried when I saw the smoke... I was afraid that something might’ve happened.” I said slowly going into tears myself. “I’m so sorry mom...” She said returning the hug still in tears. “I promise I’ll be more careful...” “We’re sorry too...” The three crusaders said in unison. I sighed looking at them. “Just please be more careful with what you do...” “We will...” they again said in unison. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “So how can I make it up to you?” Crystal asked for about the fifth time. “I told you Crystal, it’s okay. Mistakes happen.” I said as we were walking back to my library. “Hey, where are the other Crusaders?” Crystal asked. “And Pinkie Pie?” “Oh, I think they went home...” I said walking up to my door. Crystal just yawned. “I’m tired... I think I’m just about ready to head to bed.” Wow, deja vu... I opened the door and walked in with her. “Wow, it’s dark...” “Yeah, where are the lights?” Crystal asked looking around. “Surprise!!” all of my friends exclaimed flipping the lights on. Crystal shrieked a bit and looked totally shocked. “H-huh...?” Crystal let out. “What’s all this for...?” “It’s for you silly!” I giggled. “It’s great to have you here sugarcube!” Applejack exclaimed. “We really hope that you enjoy it here...” Fluttershy said with a warm smile. “We just know you will absolutely love Equestria!” Rarity beamed. “Yeah!” the other crusaders exclaimed. “What do you think, Crystal?” Pinkie Pie asked getting close to her. “Isn’t this party great?” “You did all of this... for me...?” Crystal let out. “Of course we did...” I said putting a hoof on her. “I want you to know that we all love and care about you. And we won’t let anything hurt you.” Crystal just looked at me in tears and smiled. “Thank you so much mom... I love you...” she said hugging me... I could feel more tears running down my face as I returned the hug with a warm smile. “I love you too Crystal...” I slowly kissed her cheek. For a moment, everything was silent... but I forgot where I was at that same moment. “Come on!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Let’s party!!” she waved her hooves in the air and quickly started dancing to the music along with a few of my other friends. “You want to dance, Crystal?” I asked looking at her. “Okay!” She exclaimed running to my friends. I watched as they were all dancing with Crystal. “Come on Twilight!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “Don’t just stand there, come dance!” with that, I made my way to my friends and started dancing with them. It was an amazing night... Crystal made new friends... and she had so much fun at the party. We played games for a bit. Ate A LOT of cake... well... Pinkie ate most of it. And after that, it got late and everypony just went home... Today went by so smoothly, it’s practically a miracle... but miracles don’t usually last long...