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// A Special Thank You 
// Story: A Special Thank You 
// by yodajax10 
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It was a beautiful day in Ponyville, and Twilight Sparkle was in charge of foalsitting the Cutie Mark Crusaders for the evening, consisting of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Twilight has some business to do in the afternoon, and expecting to see the Crusaders when she got home. Twilight has more then happy to watch over the Crusaders, seeing them play always warmed her heart. She walked inside her home but didn't see the Crusaders inside, inside she saw Spike looking depressed.

"Hey, Spike." Twilight said. "What's wrong? Are the girls here yet."

"Yeah, they came home." said Spike.

"But what's wrong?" said Twilight.

"They got into a fight." said Spike. "It got ugly."

Twilight couldn't believe what she heard. The girls got into a fight, those words ached her inside. She couldn't even bare to think of the Crusaders getting in a fight.

"Well, where are they now?" asked Twilight.

"Apple Bloom is in your bedroom, Sweetie Belle's in the bathroom and Scootaloo's in the closet." said Spike. "I tried to talk to them, but they won't speak."

Twilight looked up at her bedroom. "Don't worry, Spike." said Twilight. "I'll handle this." Twilight then walked upstairs.





Twilight opened the door to the bedroom and saw Apple Bloom sitting on her bed, looking stubborn. Twilight walked over to Apple Bloom. "Apple Bloom," said Twilight. "Spike told me you got into a fight with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Are you okay?"

"Ah don't know if Ah'm never going to get a Cutie Mark." said Apple Bloom. "I got into an argument with my friends, and I accidentally told them that...that...it was their fault."

"Apple Bloom," said Twilight, sitting next to her. "I'm sure you didn't mean it."

"Ah didn't mean it, Ah was just irritated." said Apple Bloom, tearing up. "Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are the first real friends Ah ever had...and Ah feel like Ah'm gonna lose them!" Apple Bloom started to cry, but Twilight pulled her in for a hug.

"Shhh," said Twilight. "It's going to be okay. If you just tell Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo it was an accident, I'm sure they'll forgive you."

"Ya think?" said Apple Bloom, wiping her tears starting to smile.

"I know." said Twilight, smiling.

"Ah guess Ah should apologize, but Ah think Ah should give them to cool down." said Apple Bloom.

"That sounds like a good idea." said Twilight.





Twilight then left her bedroom and started to head to the bedroom to talk to Sweetie Belle. She looked inside her bathroom and heard some sniffing behind the shower curtain. She slowly peeked her head through and saw Sweetie Belle crying.

"Sweetie Belle?" asked Twilight.

"Twilight!" Sweetie Belle said, startled. She quickly tried to wipe her tears away.

Twilight stepped inside the shower and put her arm around Sweetie Belle. "Sweetie Belle," said Twilight. "It's okay. Spike told me what happened between you and the girls. I just want to see how you're taking it."

"Before we went to your house, (sniff) I was thinking we could get our Cutie Marks by trying to parachute." said Sweetie Belle. "We tried to make one, but it didn't work when we tried it out. We got into a big fight, and (sniff) Apple Bloom said it was my fault!" Sweetie Belle began to sob. It broke Twilight's heart to see Sweetie Belle like this. Twilight then hugged Sweetie Belle and patted her back as Sweetie Belle buried her face in Twilight's chest.

"It's okay, Sweetie Belle." said Twilight. "It isn't your fault. And one other filly who knows that is Apple Bloom."

Sweetie Belle sniffed a little and looked up at Twilight. "Really?" said Sweetie Belle.

"Yes," said Twilight. "When I talked to her, she felt horrible about yelling at you and Scootaloo, she thought she was going to lose you two. But I can guarantee everything's going to be just fine."

Sweetie Belle smiled as she shared another hug with Twilight. "Thank you." said Sweetie Belle, happily relieved. "No problem," said Twilight. "So, you gonna talk to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo?"

"Yeah," said Sweetie Belle. "But I think I should wash up first, like..." said Sweetie Belle as she looked up. "Take a shower?" Sweetie Belle said, sheepishly.

Twilight giggled. "I'll leave you to that," said Twilight.





Twilight then walked out of the bathroom and headed to the closet, all that was left was Scootaloo. She opened the door and saw Scootaloo looking depressed.

"Scootaloo," said Twilight. "I heard what happened, do you want to talk?"

Scootaloo sighed. "We were trying to get our Cutie Marks by parachuting, but when it didn't work, we got into a fight, right now, I'm thinking they were mad at me because I don't float very well."

Twilight hugged Scootaloo. "It's nopony's fault, Scootaloo." She said, soothingly. "And don't worry, Scootaloo. You're flying is going to get better, since you've been adopted by the greatest flyer in Equestria." Twilight said referring to Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo smiled at Twilight. "Thanks," said Scootaloo as she nuzzled her head into Twilight's chest. "I think I'm going to talk to them about it." Twilight smiled as Scootaloo walked out of the closet. And it was at the exact time when Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle walked out of the bedroom and bathroom.

They all were about to say something, but they all stopped. 

"Ah'll go first." said Apple Bloom. "Ah'm sorry I snapped at ya. Ya'll are not the reason Ah don't have a Cutie Mark yet, but if we keep working together, we'll get them together."

"We're sorry too!" said Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo as they and Apple Bloom shared a hug. They then all looked down and saw Twilight reading.

"Ya know, Twilight's always been there for us." said Apple Bloom.

"That's right!" said Sweetie Belle. "In fact, it's because of her we became best friends in the first place!" 

"What should we do?" said Scootaloo.

"We should do something for her." said Apple Bloom.

Sweetie Belle was looking at Twilight closely. "I know what we can do!" said Sweetie Belle. The three fillies then huddled and started discussing what to do.





It was now evening, and Twilight headed upstairs to her bedroom. She saw the fillies in the bedroom playing. "Hey, girls." said Twilight, smiling. "It's starting to get late. Think you might wanna hit the hay, soon."

"Maybe," said Sweetie Belle. "But we have a surprise for you!"

"Really?" said Twilight.

"Eeyup!" said Apple Bloom, excitedly. She and Sweetie Belle went to go get something as Scootaloo covered Twilight's eyes. 

"I wonder what the surprise is." asked Twilight, grinning. Scootaloo then pulled her hooves from Twilight's eyes as Twilight looked what they had.

"Surprise!" said the Crusaders. It was a big picture of what looked like Twilight's Cutie Mark. Twilight gazed at the poster in surprise.

"We figured since you're the reason all of us became friends," said Apple Bloom. "We wanted to do something for ya!"

"We made you a picture of your Cutie Mark!" said Sweetie Belle.

"It's just an early way 'Thank You' when we got our Cutie Marks." said Scootaloo.

Twilight was deeply touched. The drawing may have looked a little sloppy, but it was the thought that mattered. "Aw, girls." said Twilight, smiling. 

The Crusaders jumped on Twilight, sharing a hug with her as they then all fell on the floor laughing.

THE END