Dear Apple Bloom,
Well, it took a few days, but my parents finally managed to convince the principal, and that piece of wood at the school, that we weren’t forming a gang. The principal and our teacher apologized for the misunderstanding and we can now return to school. I used to think that suspension was kind of a stupid punishment since it forced kids to not have to go to school. But I couldn’t escape from my parents that whole time, so I couldn’t do anything I wanted to. Plus it was a stupid thing to get suspended for anyways.
We were also allowed to keep the Cutie Mark Crusaders running, but under certain rules. The first was that we had to organize it as an “official school club.” The next was that we have to have a teacher present at our meetings at school and an adult with us during our activities. The last one was really silly, but still annoying. We can’t wear the crusading capes while on school grounds. It has something to do with the color red being associated with gangs. I thought we established that it wasn’t a gang! And what’s wrong with red?
It’s not all bad, I suppose, because I have no idea how to make those capes. I don’t know how Sweetie Belle made them, especially the gold lining on the inside, but the best I can really do is get a red blanket and tape the Cutie Mark Crusader picture to it. I’m actually taking a “home ed” class this year, but so far I’ve managed to sew everything but the fabric.
I’m just happy that we can still go crusading for our special talents. This week, we had a booth during the school club drive, where students could look around and join a club. Most of them laughed at us, since they already had their cutie marks, or just simply ignored us.
There were two foals who were interested though. They were the same foals that were being taunted by those two bullies in the park during the summer that I stood up to. They are earth-pony twins, a red colt with a green mane named Tomato Patch, and a yellow filly with a purple mane named Flower Patch. They thanked me for what I did and they look up to me now. At least somepony understands what I did! Although, I don’t think I’m a good role model. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, like that first week in Ponyville. They’re still a lot of fun to have around, and just as excited as we are. Now we have five crusaders in Manehattan! It looks like you have some catching up to do in Ponyville.
Your cousin,
Babs
p.s. Nan nana na na!