“And here is where they mine crystals,” Cheerilee said as the class passed the mine.
A tall stallion approached. “We’re blasting a tunnel about three hours from now. You best not be around when that happens.”
“I know the schedule, mister miner,” she said. “Our tour will be already over by that time.”
“Okay, just letting you know. We might actually postpone it. The charges are still being set up. We’re way behind the schedule.”
“Why must school be so boring!” Sweetie Belle sighed.
“Remember what Twilight said,” Apple Bloom tried to cheer up her friend. “Studying is all about motivation. The more you have it, the more and faster you’ll learn.”
“I have zero motivation, so this obviously doesn’t apply to me,” Scootaloo broke out of formation and entered the cave.
“Hey, wait for me!” Sweetie Belle ran after him. “I have zero motivation, too.”
“Hey, you shouldn’t go in there!” Apple Bloom screeched but followed after her friends.
Scootaloo ran past her in the opposite direction, toward the exit.
Apple Bloom looked further into the tunnel to see what scared her friend. She saw Sweetie Belle with a raised hoof above the lever. “What are you...”
Sweetie Belle smiled at her, “Do I think I’ll get a miner cutie mark if I push down this lever?” She stepped on it.
A loud explosion echoed through the tunnels.
“There were ponies in there!” Apple Bloom stuttered from a fetal position. “What were you thinking?”
Sweetie Belle yelped and shuffled a hoof on the ground. A tear drifted down her cheek as a skull appeared on her flank.
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The 02 - What Have You Done‽02 - What Have You Done‽ chapter reminds me of this song:
Within temptation - What have you done
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Poor Sweetie. You've killed ponies, and got your cutie mark for it. Wait! You're not a cutie mark crusader anymore!
11123112 Her plan worked, though. After pressing the lever, she got her cutie mark. A really cool one, at that.
11123126
Yeah. A pony has got their cutie mark in killing ponies? This is just wonderful. Now I shall ponynap them and force them to join the Crystal Army, and fight against Equestria because of their cutie mark.
11123136 When a pony with a skull for her cutie mark is ready to attack, I'd think twice before engaging.
Here, have Equestria, Sweetie Belle.
11123144
Lol.
I feel bad I laughed so hard at this.
11123247 She's more like the Punished. Every second of the rest of her life, she'll be reminded of what she has done.
11123251 Dark humor is like food. Not everypony gets it.
11123381
Nah. I think that getting it is easy. Appreciating it is not for everyone though. All I can say is that you do it right.
11123383 I'm not sure if I'm fortunate or cursed, but dark humor comes to me naturally.
11123395
I'm gonna say fortunate. It's not that easy to find, or to make.
11123381
Beats her cutie mark for cooking
11123482 And here comes my dark humor remark again:
11123522 She's breaking new grounds in the kitchen. I bet you didn't know you could burn Jews, just like Rarity didn't.
11123556
Almost an year ago you introduced that small clip to me and I still giggle like an idiot at it. Damnit Rarity!
11123664 Damnit Sweetie Belle for killing miners and burning Jews!
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! ¡InterroBang! You forgot the leading Inverted InterroBang.
¡Sweetie Belle got her Cutie Mark! ¡
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11136526 I like the InterroBang, but I don't like redundancy. So, I made my own grammar.