The village of Hollow Shade is bat pony haven in the forests of Equestria. Within there is a little bat filly named Pom Pom who just got her cutie mark. She wants to join the cheer squad but is failing to make the cut. With the window of time closing to join, Pom Pom struggles to figure out why she keeps on messing up.
Wrote this for The Touch · FiM Short Story on 6 Jan 2022
This was a contest entry for the Writeoff and figured might as well post it here.
Cover image by Groaning Grey Agony: https://www.fimfiction.net/user/49991/GroaningGreyAgony