Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle continued walking towards the treehouse, they knew Applebloom would be waiting for them to arrive.
The were both very excited to show Applebloom the hypnosis kit and start trying earning their cutie marks as hypnotists.
"Who do you think we should try this on first?" asked Sweetie.
"Hmmm......We should probably test it on one us first to make sure it works." Scootaloo replied.
Both fillies agreed. Soon, they arrived at the clubhouse, Applebloom waved at them from the window and motioned them to come inside with her hoof. Once they were inside, Applebloom noticed both fillies wore very secretive looks on their faces. The yellow earth pony was very curious, she could tell Scootaloo was hiding something behind her back.
"Watcha got behind yer back there, Scoots?" asked Applebloom, trying her best to sneak a peek.
Scootaloo effortlessly dodged Appleblooms attempts to peek, moving away every time she did.
"Don't ruin the surprise, Applebloom! Just hold on a sec!" Scootaloo exclaimed between dodges.
Applebloom gave in, and sat down, anxiously waiting for her to reveal whatever it was her fellow crusader was hiding. Scootaloo, smiling, pulled the box out from her back. Applebloom snatched the box out of her friends' hooves, and eagerly looked the box over at every possible angle. Reading the label, Applebloom looked up at her friends, puzzled.
"A hypnosis kit? What wer ya plannin' we do with this?"
Scootaloo facehoofed, and gave Applebloom one of those looks that said: "Isn't it obvious?" Sweetie just arched an eyebrow, thinking the same thing Scootaloo did.
"Really, Applebloom? We can try to earn our cutie marks by hypnotizing ponies! Duh!" said Scootaloo, annoyed.
Sweetie Belle, unable to contain her excitement, exclaimed "We can be Cutie Mark Crusader Hypnotists!"
The trio of fillies looked at each other, all three understanding what this meant. Leaping into the air, the crusaders hoofbumped and shouted their latest cutie mark attempt
"Cutie Mark Crusader Hypnotists! YAY!"
Landing on their hooves, the fillies quickly tore open the box, and examined the contents. Inside, was a set of instructions, and what appeared to be a pocketwatch on a long chain. Sweetie Belle took the instructions and opened them to the first page. The other two crusaders gathered around Sweetie. The first page showed the Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Introduction to Hypnosis
Picking a Target
Inducing a Trance
Trigger Words and Coming out of the Trance
Excitedly, Sweetie turned the page and began to read out loud:
"Welcome to the wonderful world of hypnotism! By purchasing this kit, you would like to learn how to hypnotize ponies. Lucky for you this kit comes with everything you need! As long as you follow these instructions carefully, you will be hypnotizing ponies in no time!"
"Wow! How excitin'!" Applebloom exclaimed. Scootaloo nodded in agreement, and both fillies urged Sweetie to continue.
Sweetie continued down the page, and began to read the next passage:
"When picking a first target, it is important to remember the subject has to be either willing, or not smart enough to resist being put into a trance. This does not mean an unwilling target has to be stupid, an example of this would be foals or ponies of regular intelligence, geniuses or the elderly would not make suitable first targets."
Sweetie read the rest of the instruction booklet aloud. Once they thought they had a pretty good idea of what to do, the fillies had to decide which one of them to test it out on first. In the end, Scootaloo offered to be the first to be hypnotized.