I've long toyed with the idea of rewriting MLP (like say, giving the town more of a reason to dislike Trixie, more with Zecora, etc.). One troubling aspect is the CMC's families. Apple Bloom is an orphan, but she has such a big family you'd never know it (wonder what pain she hides deep inside?) The real troubling points are Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle's parents apparently dropped her off with Rarity and didn't look back and Scootaloo gets tossed aside to so many different caretakers that it's canonically given her low self-esteem. (This show got dark in its later seasons.)

Could you make Sweetie Rarity's daughter and Scootaloo Fluttershy's daughter? You'd need to invent spouses for them, others could look after them when they're away and honestly, a lot of pieces start fitting together. Both Fluttershy and Scootaloo have anxiety issues and are weak flyers. Rarity basically is Sweetie's primary caretaker. This way, the CMC actually have proper families. I'm thinking about doing a story about a Mane 6 and CMC camping trip which goes wrong.

Here's an excerpt-

"The thunder boomed outside and Fluttershy shivered, suddenly pulling Scootaloo into a tight hug. "Shh, it's okay, Scootaloo, Mama's here, it's okay..."

Scootaloo leaned into the affection, even if she looked confused. "Mama, I'm alright."

Fluttershy continued shivering even as the thunder lit up the rocky walls of the cave. Dash laid a wing on Fluttershy's back. "Yeah, Scoots, everything's going to be alright." She shot a look at Twilight. "Twi. Get us out of here."

Twilight shook her head. "I can't, not in this weather!"

"Can't you teleport us home?"

Twilight groaned. "I can't teleport that far!"

Dash sighed. The wild storm wasn't letting up. Electricity crackled in the air. Something powerful and...wrong."

ok can i stress something hasbro ruined for me...
take note how the cmc each have a band of three color on their shields but the middle color is the same as their own coat also take not of this shinning armor has a mark of a shield and three stars plus an exact twin of twilights center mark.. while she has five white stars replace the fave stars on twilight's mark with each of the other main five/element barriers and the replace shinings three stars with the three princesses marks see what i see connections! aka the destiny tree in other ward their all connected by destiny the cmc got their mark at the same time because they share a destiny and twilight and her friend got theirs at the same time because they share a destiny... use it and unlike hasbro who took a dump on this several times i would stress it be a plot device!!

This is a really cool idea and I would be glad if a story came from it

100% would read