//------------------------------// // Cutie Mark Crusader Aunties. Yay! // Story: Little Jewels // by Shadowmane PX-41 //------------------------------// The two foals were carried over to the living room of the barn, where two very familiar faces were sitting on a nearby couch. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were reading newspapers relating to some very weird articles. On the front page of Sweetie Belle's newspaper was a picture of a batpony silhouette with the headline saying "Batponies. Myth? Or Reality?" Meanwhile, Scootaloo was reading a different newspaper with a different front page pic and headline. The picture depicted Filthy Rich wearing a headset and playing a video game of sorts. The headline read, "Billionaires. Behind The Scenes." "Morning, girls." Applebloom said once she placed Diamond and Silver on a comfortable padded mat and let them roam free in their new living room, "How was yer night?" "I had that nightmare again." Sweetie Belle said as she put her newspaper down and went over to the nearby kitchen. "Was it about the sky raining fire again?" Applebloom asked as Sweetie Belle was making actual toast this time. "Nah, that's my nightmare." Scootaloo said as she went to get the mail from the mailbox outside, "If the sky did rain fire, i'd be afraid that it would burn my wings as i was heading home." "My nightmare is a little different to hers." Sweetie Belle began to use her magic to butter the toast, "I was a filly again whilst you were asleep." "Uh huh. And what's so bad about being a filly again?" "It wasn't because of my youthful state. It was the fact that little Diamond and Silver over there were about my age and making wise-cracking comments on my childhood form being unable to use magic." "Oh, THAT nightmare." Applebloom said as she wrapped her hoof around Sweetie's shoulder to give her some comfort, "Don't worry about it, we've all had that nightmare before at least once." "How are things on the farm then?" Scootaloo asked as she came back inside and laid the letters on a coffee table, "Must be a really big honor to take over your family's legacy huh?" "Yeah, to tell ya the truth girls, i fell pretty stressed about farm work now." Applebloom said as she sat down near the coffee table and took a bite of a coffee table shortbread that was made earlier, "Applejack and Big Mac are over in Fillydelphia, hoping to attract business to the apple farm in fillydelphia. And Granny Smith is..." She sighed, "Long gone." "Yeah, sorry about losing her." Scootaloo said in a mournful tone. "Well, we all have to go to that great apple farm in the sky some day." Applebloom said calmly before heading over towards Diamond and Silver, "But as long as ah have mah little jewels, Diamond and Silver. I don't feel at all sad or lonely." "Aww, Mama weawwy feews dat way abowt us?" Silver said as she turned towards Diamond Tiara, who was now stacking blocks in a tower-like design. "Aww dese yeaws, i've been a buwwy to her, i nevew thought i couwd be happy awound hew untiw now." Diamond turned to face Applebloom, "I wuv yoo, Mama. And yoo too, Aunties." This earned 3 "D'awww."s from the CMC in perfect unison. Of course they didn't understand most of it, but they had a pretty good grasp on what they thought Diamond was saying. "Hey, let's see what's in the mail." Scootaloo said once she started organizing the mail with her hooves, "Let's see now... 3 letters for me, 2 for Sweetie Belle and-" "Oh, here we go, a letter for you, Applebloom." "Fer me?" Applebloom said as she ripped open the paper with her teeth and spat out the end before reading the letter itself. Dear Applebloom. I've been having trouble dealing with the Marefia back in Manehatten. For some reasons unknown (I think they found me tipping them off to the cops.) So i'm gonna lay low in Ponyville with you guys for a while. Hopefully 2 months should be enough to take the heat off my tail. Yours truly. -Babs Seed. P.S: I can't wait to see little Diamond and Silver again. "Babs is coming to town!" Applebloom said once she finished reading the letter, "Isn't that great?" "Yeah, of course it is!" Scootaloo said, "We can finally see who's the tough one of the crusaders. And after 37 consecutive losses, i feel pretty lucky this time." "Sweetie Belle?" Applebloom said as she was watching Sweetie Belle blow raspberries into the two foals stomachs, causing them to laugh hysterically with each raspberry. "Yeah, Applebloom?" She said once she set the two foals down on the mat again, "Sorry, i couldn't hear you over the raspberries i was producing. "Babs is coming back to Ponyville again." Applebloom was now bouncing in glee, "She's what keeps this place going whenever we get bored. The last time she came round, there was this one time where she took down these two bullies and bought us a round of smoothies afterwards, remember?" "Oh yeah. That was cool of her." "When do ya think she'll get here?" Scootaloo asked. "Well, this message was sent just yesterday, and it usually takes a day to get to Ponyville from Manehatten. So ah reckon she'll be arriving just about-" Applebloom was stopped by a knocking on the door. As she went over to answer it, she was greeted by a very familiar pony with a brown coat and red hair. "Hey, girls." Babs said once she was invited into the house, "It's nice to see the 5 of you again."