"Cutie Mark Crusaders are going ta' Canterlot!" Applebloom announced with pride.
"This is so exciting!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
“Why are we here? We can’t get our cutie marks in such a place as boring as this!” Scootaloo remarked with a groan.
“Who said anything ‘bout getting our cutie marks here?” Applebloom asked tilting her head.
“Well we are the cutie mark crusaders. Why else would we be here?” Scootaloo sighed.
Spike facepalmed giving a loud groan. “We are here because of the letter! Remember?!” He pulled out the letter from mid-air, showing them.
“Dear Cutie Mark Crusaders,
I know this all must be rather weird, and sudden, but you must listen to me and pay attention to this letter. In three days from now there will be a festival held in Canterlot. You must be there from the very beginning to the very end. Things will change, and your adventure lies ahead. I will not be there sadly, but the others will be. And that's all you need to know.
Signing off, _---_-”
Applebloom shrugged, “I wonder what it could mean. Ah’ mean, it’s just as well ya’ll. All of us could be out in the middle of no where trying to get our cutie marks for skydivin’ or going to this fancy shmancy party in Canterlot. It’s a whole new town! It must been full of ways to get cutie marks.”
“True, so what are we waiting for? Let’s do this!” Scootaloo said not becoming totally siked with the idea.
Spike quickly put them to a halt, “Now hold it! We are here to find out who we are supposed to be meeting. This isn’t a quest for cutie marks. Let’s try and find someone who can help us. Or… Hopefully they find us.” He spoke firmly as he was supposed to watch after them. He had promised Applejack, and Rarity he would do a good job. He made a Pinkie Promise!
“Nah!” Scootaloo said, now the three both exchanging glances. A grin spread across all three of their muzzles, they passed glances before looking to Spike giving a devilish giggle.
“Ooooh no! Don’t you, dare!” He said, quick to defend himself.
Sweetie Belle took a feather from Scootaloo’s wing, before creeping up to Spike. Using her mouth she held onto the feather while she tickled him. Instant tears coming from laughter,
“Alright, alright!” He laughed to hard, wanting them to stop. “Go ahead, go ahead!” Sweetie Belle stopped, and he was able to stop laughing at that moment.
“Cutie Mark Crusaders, I thought of a great idea!” Sweetie Belle said with pride. “It’s the Flower Festival! Maybe we can get good cutie marks for being amazing flower critics!”
Spike heard the idea, rubbing his claw against his spikes, he sighed, “This wont end well…”
~At least Thirty Minutes Later~
“These flowers look like you bought them at a top selling florist!” Sweetie Belle complimented.
“These flowers are too… Shiny.” Apple Bloom said in a less kind way.
“Oh come on guys! They look fake!” Scootaloo was blunt when she insulted Rose Luck’s flowers.
“In the name of Princess Celestia, halt!” One guard said behind them. The three fillies turned around looking up to the guard in fear.
“Uh, yes sir?” Apple Bloom said, her pupils dilated.
“Are these the ponies who keep causing the local disruption?” The guard asked, the green dragon who came out from behind him. He gave a brief nod, to ashamed to say anything.
“You, told on us?!” Scootaloo growled, “Nark!”
“You were insulting everyone, and you didn’t listen to me! I’m your chaperone, and I’m responsible for you.”
“Sorry ma’am.” The guard told Rose Luck. She just gave an awkward smile nodding slowly.
“Maybe we can try flower sniffing…” Sweetie Belle suggested in a whisper to her two friends. All three hung their head low.
“I really liked that job.” Applebloom groaned.
Spike glanced at the three of them, giving a small sigh. “I heard they set up the tables, I heard there’s loads of food there. Why don’t we get something to eat and maybe I can help you try and get your cutie marks, while looking for the ponies we are supposed to meet?” He offered kindly.
Apple Bloom’s eyes lit up, “That sounds good!”
“It would be so awesome!” Scootaloo agreed.
Sweetie Belle just gave a brief nod, the three headed off to the tables now in hopes to eat.
*:･ﾟ✧ﾟ･:*
Daring Do needed to keep under cover if she was to do things right. So sneaking off to an alley way for a few moments, taking off her adventures shirt, hat, and other necessities. Putting on a red dress, she also tied her mane up into a bun, putting in two chopsticks, giving her that “author” type look still. Hiding her knapsack down in a secret place she head back out into the fair.
Sitting down at the table, she looked at the food. “It would hurt to enjoy at least some of what this place has to offer.” She told herself giving a small shrug. Eating the food, she munched on some delicious pie. All of the sudden, right in front of her she watched this whole scene play out. Three fillies looking for their cutie marks, in trouble, being watched over by a dragon. Now this was too easy. It was obvious it was them.
As they sat down in front of her, without even realizing it, Daring Do muttered to herself, “Heh, Cutie Mark Crusader, Crusader Cutie Marks.” Funny, she may have said it just the teensiest bit louder then she would have hoped.
“How can you get a cutie mark for that?” Apple Bloom asked the mare.
Blinking, Daring Do turned her gaze towards the filly. She looked kind of familiar… Where did she know this filly? “Well, crusaders are adventurers. You know, raiding ruins, recovering artifacts.”
They all gasped, “That would be awesome!”
Spike rolled his eyes pulling out the letter, “Yeah maybe we can try that out later, after we figure this out!” He snapped at them. He just wanted to get this over with and go home.
Although some free food didn’t hurt… So he enjoyed himself while he still could.
Daring Do’s eyes widen, “Figure what out? What’s that letter you got there?”
“Snoopy much?” Spike asked sitting up looking to her with a slight glare. He thought to himself, ‘She looks kind of familiar. Where do I know her from?’
“Well, you just showed- Never mind… It’s just that I so happen to be here, because I’m trying to figure out something from a letter as well.” Daring Do said to him, as her eyes begin to narrow forming a flustered expression.
The cutie mark crusaders gasped, “Do you think she is the one we are looking for?!” They said at the same time. Kind of loud, which made her wince, covering her ears.
She pulled out her letter from the- Darn it! She forgot the letter in the knapsack!
It was then it hit her. She didn’t care for the letter at the moment… She is going to have to work with three annoying fillies! And a pesky dragon. Could this get any worse?
“I see a letter there in your hoof my fellow folk, now tell me are you here for business or is this a joke?” A zebra asked walking up to them.
“You see, I have the same letter there, I will not pretend. Now how about you show me yours, and I’ll show you mine as a friend…”
Daring Do facedesked, groaning, “Sorry I asked.”