//------------------------------// // The Cutie Pox // Story: Spike's Journal 2 // by WorkingClassWriter //------------------------------// Spike's Journal 2 The Cutie Pox Written by Working Class Writer Edit by cwiis Dear Journal, As ashamed I am to admit this, I learned last week that those three fillies are older than me. They're already eleven years old! I still have a few months before I turn that age. Honestly, I'd never expect them to be that old. Though, they did do most of their recent 'crusading' alone, so that might explain things. If that's the way eleven year olds act, however, I think I'm going to stay ten forever. Twilight says that dragon ageing is a complicated process, and that the only reason why I haven't eaten raw meat yet or something is because I've been domesticated. It's not that I envy the lives of wild dragons-I'm comfortable at the library-but if I'm going to act like that in a few months, I'd say roaming around the hills is a much safer bet. What am I talking about? That Applebloom filly somehow stole a potion of sorts from Zecora's hut and used it to gain a cutie mark. Sounds like an ingenious plan, though perhaps a slightly dirty one, but it turns out that it cause her to gain this rare disease called the Cutie Pox. It's exactly what it sounds like. At the very least, I did feel a little bit special that I lived in a town with the world's only tap-dancing, juggling, chess champion lion tamer filly for awhile, but fortunately the disease has been cured now. I don't really get why ponies are so obsessed with getting tattoos on their flanks. I mean, everypony has to be good at something, it's basic logic. You'll probably get yours before you graduate, why worry in the first place? And what, for that matter, ever happened to fillies who are prodigies from childhood? What if somepony is just naturally good in solving equations or playing a sax? Do they get their cutie marks at birth? Really, I'm glad I'm a dragon. Anyway, if I was a pony, I would have gotten a cutie mark by now for my talent in being the only sane living being in the room most of the time. Now, I wonder what that cutie mark would look like. -Spike The Cutie Mark Crusaders Club Storybook Written by Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo Commentary by Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo Contents I. About the Club Storybook II.About the Author(s) III.Stories 1.Sisterhooves Social:Or, How I Thought My Sister A Lesson -by Sweetie Belle 2.The Cutie Pox;Or, How Zecora Tricked Me (more coming soon!) I. About the Club Storybook The Cutie Mark Crusaders Club Storybook is arguably the best book in Equestria. This book was created about three days ago, when Scootaloo complained about the fact that every single one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' adventures together were mostly about tree sap. Sweetie Belle came up with the suggestion that they create a separate book for each of the member's individual engagements and problems. Applebloom thought this was a great idea. Scootaloo disagreed. By the next day, however, all three of them had sacrificed the few allowance they had left to buy a new club notebook. This book will recap every adventure the Cutie Mark Crusaders had on their own. One pony will submit a story and transfer it here. The other two will comment and maybe argue. By no means should this notebook land in the hooves of Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, and Rarity. II.About the Authors Applebloom is the headpony and recorder in most of the CMC's previous adventures. Her greatest wish is to get her Cutie Mark legally and properly. She lives in Sweet Apple Acres with her disfunctional family. Sweetie Belle is the only pony that knows how to spell in the CMC. (She corrects Applebloom's spelling, but Scootaloo digresses). She is also the only one to make any actual sense. Her heart's desire is to live in peace. Scootaloo is the most bestest member of the CMC. Her wish upon a star is to stop wishing upon a star. She is not a chiken. III. Stories 1.Sisterhooves Social Or, How My Sister Learned A Lesson By Sweetie Belle 2.The Cutie Pox Or, How Zecora Tricked Me By Applebloom (more coming soon!) The Cutie Pox ...look, guys, I'm sorry, alright? Gee whiz, Applebloom. We swallow our pride and try to be happy for you when you get your own cutie mark, but it turns out to be a fake. Typical. I agree with Scootaloo. Look, guys, I was desperate. So are we, but we're not that desperate! We probably wouldn't steal a potion we don't even know that much about and drink it without proper instructions. Guys, look, you may not have your cutie marks, but Sweetie's sister is a somewhat famous designer and Scootaloo's parents work at a respectable cloud factory. My family works in a farm and my accent is only going to get worse in the months to come. Fair enough, but you'll have to write the whole story right here, right now. Wouldn't be fair if you didn't. Fine, fine. Though we already agreed to that, otherwise I wouldn't be writing in here... Anyway, it all began when we decided to try out finding if bowling was our special talent. It would have worked properly. We were going to be the Bowling Dolls, Equestria's greatest! But, no, we couldn't knock over a pin. Why, we were goo. Bowling dolls...goo...goo goo...dolls... Scoots, stop thinking of a new name for a band, that's never going to happen again. Remember; a rolling stone gathers no moss. So does a rolling bowling ball, apparently. Old Sea Swirl ended up getting his own cutie mark. Do you remember Sea Swirl? We were in class with him last year. His father should stick away from sea ponies. Ewwww. Thanks for reminding me, Applebloom. Your welcome. So, the two of you tried cheering me up, and I appreciate that, but, as I mentioned, I get bothered by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon more than you two do and mah accent's only gunna get mer rough. I just wanted to be alone, in perfect seclusion. But you ended up going to Zecora's hut. Yes, I did. She's pretty much the oldest equine here next to Granny Smith, and no way was I talking to Granny. She got her cutie mark when she was six. Unfortunately, her pie baking days are pretty much over... The reason why I ended up there was because I chipped my tooth and Zecora wanted to help out, Celestia bless her. While she was treating me She didn't lecture you on the importance of waiting for your cutie mark? You spoil everything, Scoots! Yeah, she did that. She had to go after I had been fixed up, though, as she had a client. There was this rooster who couldn't cock-a doodle-do or something. Since when were roosters citizens that could order their own potions? Roosters are citizens too, Scootaloo! Hold on... cit·i·zen ˈsidizən,ˈsidisən/ noun a legally recognized creature living in a state governed by a ruling pony. All citizens have hooves with very few expections. "a Equestrian citizen" Roosters don't have hooves, and I'm not sure they're part of the very few exceptions, Sweetie. It might have been a very special rooster. Guys, stop. Please. Either way Scootaloo finally consulted the dictionary so we can all die and ascend to pony heaven now. The potion that Zecora was using to treat this very special rooster was a potion called 'Heart's Desire'. It could basically grant anything the user wanted. Naturally, I was interested. Aha! So, that's how you got that hula hoop for a cutie mark. I never thought tossing hoops was really your thing. Well, yes, I showed up to school with just that. You know the story, everyone bought it, and I spent the next few minutes showing off my special talents. After which, you got your second cutie mark... I thought I was the one supposed to be telling the story. We know the details of your brand new rodeo cutie mark, Applebloom. ..tell us how you got more than two special talents. Stop looking at me, like that, Sweetie, it's creeping me out. Hee hee. Okay, so at home, my family was practically fawning over me. Sorry, but it's kind of the truth. Applejack even said I was ready for the rodeo. I felt mighty proud of myself. Then, the tap dancing cutie mark came, and everything was ruined. AJ called Twi over, and with the help of another one of her fancy books we figured out that I had been struck with the bad case of the Cutie Pox. Basically, that's a really rare disease that makes cutie marks appear all over your flank HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ...as Scootaloo is totally sympathetic to. I gained another cutie mark, this time for talking like they do in Prance. I really hope Twilight doesn't know any Prench. I think I swore a bit. We decided to head over to Zecora's to fine a cure. Granted, going to a doctor would probably be safer, but Zecora's had a lot of experience and she was the first one I thought of. However, we were stopped dead in our tracks by even more cutie marks appearing on me, and the town ponies got into a bit of a fuss when they realized that I was sick. Is this the point where Zecora magically appears? How did you- Well, it was the only possible solution. So, as I was whipping up lions into shape (you know I was forced to, girls, I'm not a fan of animal cruelty) and fixing otherponies hair, Zecora planted some fancy seeds and said that they could cure the disease, but they would only grow if somepony told the truth. Pinkie attempted to help, bless her too, but either she wasn't telling the truth or the seeds didn't suscribe to her craziness. Annnd I think I know what happened too. You ended up telling the truth and the seeds grew and Zecora cured you up. Wow. You two are geniuses. At any rate, this was my first time writing a letter to the Princess. I hope I did okay. As naughty as a filly as you are, Applebloom, you still write well enough judging from your exams in Equestrian Language. Thanks! So, now that it's all over, I think we agreed to try out cutie marks for potion-making, right? Well, my sister IS a doctor. And all unicorns are required to have basic knowledge of Potions in high school, I'm sure Rarity has some lying around. Gee whiz, how are we going to get cutie marks if we follow otherpony's instructions? We're going to make our own potions, Crusaders! Let's hop to it! You mean literally? Sure, why not? ______________________ Transcript ends here, though there are both hoofmarks and tree sap all over the page.