Chapter 29 — Applebloom's Visit
When Applebloom woke up early in the morning, she couldn’t help but feel content with her life. A year ago, she would have tried everything to gain her cutie mark and tried journalism which led to her and her friends being banished from Ponyville.
Living in the Badlands wasn’t so bad, she enjoyed baking and the bits she earned weren’t bad, if anything it was perfect, especially when she shared the rent with her friends.
Sure, she will admit that Badlands had many flaws that needed to be corrected but that would be fixed when they planned the next coup towards Badlands. They would set up laws and rules to follow while not being too restrictive about what the creatures did there.
When they invaded Ponyville, she thought with all honesty that they were going to lose yet again, but Scootaloo proved to have been effective in her strategic thinking and had managed to pull off the coup.
Now, Ponyville was an independent country that was flourishing far better than Equestria could have hoped.
After putting on her uniform, she went to the dining hall to have breakfast which consisted of apple slices and a bowl of oats with some water.
The dining hall had a large rectangular table with twelve chairs. Five to the left and right and two by the ends. There were windows and large curtains with the Crusader’s faces plastered with the message; Crusader’s Is The Way To Freedom!
Applebloom sat by the end of the table where she had her eyes on all the chairs. It wasn’t usual for her to sit there but when she did it was usually breakfast. She was always the early riser due to living on the farm once upon a time. Sweetie Belle valued her beauty sleep and Scootaloo worked late into the night to make their beautiful country stand strong against the ‘oppressive princesses’ as the orange-coated filly would call them.
The former apple didn’t agree with that but didn’t say her disagreement to her fellow ruler.
Today was an interesting day, however, for the young earth pony. Today was the day she would visit her old school. Why she decided to do this due to missing her former friends and teacher. She might still be a little angry at Miss Cheerilee, but, she didn’t blame the grown mare.
Gabby Gums was created by herself and her friends and Diamond Tiara abused it to the point where the Crusaders couldn’t stay. It wasn’t Miss Cheerilee’s fault. Applebloom remembered when they had talked to Sweetie Belle who had giggled throughout her explanation when she told them what she said to Miss Cheerilee.
Part of the reason she was going to the school was because she wanted to apologise on behalf of her friends and regime.
While Applebloom received her breakfast and began to munch, she received from their butler a newspaper article. While munching, she began to read.
Supreme Leader Applebloom To Visit School
Today is a very important day for the former school of one of the three Supreme Leaders. Today is the day Supreme Leader Applebloom is going to visit the school for a visit to make sure that the school is functioning properly.
The mare who runs the school, Miss Cheerilee was the Supreme Leaders’ former teacher and has been accused on multiple occasions by Supreme Leader Sweetie Belle of being unfit to teach due to an incident that happened a year ago but wouldn’t say what happened.
Miss Cheerilee has refused to comment on any of the accusations and has always pleaded to go away while we have tried to approach her. Supreme Leader Scootaloo denied having ever gone to the school, stating that she is secretly an Alicorn princess that created Equestria through love and prosperity and simply went to the school so no pony would suspect of her angelic powers.
We haven’t had the chance to speak with Supreme Leader Applebloom but hope to do so after she has visited the school.
Applebloom felt her eyes twitching. Scootaloo had the wildest imagination she had ever met.
Shrugging and tossing the paper aside, she finished her breakfast and brushed her teeth before she ordered one of the soldiers to drive her to the school. They were still working on having personal drivers, but that proved to be difficult because many ponies had never seen such a vehicle before.
While she waited inside the parking lot, she pulled out a small journal she carried with her where she wrote things down to keep a clear mind and it helped greatly.
There wasn’t anything noteworthy inside other than a few ideas for Ponyville and Badlands like setting up proper hotels and maybe having a few casinos that creatures could gamble at so the regime earned more money.
The parking lot wasn’t very big. It was two stories high with a total of thirty-two parking spaces. The building was made from beige stone with black cement on the ground with white lines to show where to park and where the entrance and exit were located. While they were working on building more cars, there was simply not enough material to work with. In the Badlands, they had wood and metal while in Ponyville they only had wood.
This had made Applebloom question if they should have a few unicorns use their magic to summon iron that they could use. She hadn’t asked Scootaloo yet because she wanted to see if they could somehow build cars without the metal but it was proving by each passing day to become difficult.
Applebloom looked up in time when she saw Lieutenant Spike drive inside the parking lot and stop beside the former apple farmer. He got out of the car and walked around and bowed in respect and opened the door for her in the backseat.
When Spike got back into the driver's seat he began to drive to the exit with a stone face while chatting lightly with his leader.
“Good morning, Supreme Leader—”
“Spike, it’s just us, ya can call me Applebloom,” she kindly cut off with a small smile.
Spike blushed slightly but it was unnoticeable. “Alright, Applebloom, good morning. Sleep well?” He asked while stopping by the exit while checking left and right for civilians walking or other soldiers driving.
“Yeah, I did, thanks for asking. You?” Applebloom asked while looking out the window and saw many ponies depressed due to the… oppression they were put through.
“Can’t complain, thanks by the way for the apartment. I love the bed, but that thing is dangerous! So comfy,” he joked and Applebloom laughed.
“Glad ya liked it, it was hoof-picked by me,” she giggled.
“Really? Thank you boom… I mean Applebloom!” Spike quickly corrected himself, earning laughter from the filly.
“Relax, when it’s just us you can call me that… if you like,” she said while seeing two familiar ponies walking on the sidewalk she recognised as Lyra and Bon-Bon.
When Applebloom looked closely, she could see that there were tears in their eyes which made her frown. What were they crying for? It wasn’t illegal to cry in public of course, but it made her wonder what was going on. She would have asked Spike to stop the car but she couldn’t due to needing to be at the school as quickly as possible.
“Spike, after we spend the day at the school, ya think we can try to help Lyra and Bon-Bon?” She asked while glancing as they passed them.
“You noticed too, huh?” Spike rhetorically asked receiving a nod. “I’ve seen that they have been down lately but I don’t know why. I’m worried.” He admitted.
“Same here, partner,” Applebloom replied while continuing to watch the buildings come and disappear.
Spike drove on the highway for five minutes before taking a left and exiting the highway that was filled with military cars driving to work. The dragon drove to the parking lot of the school that Applebloom had invested in because she believed that the school deserved and needed it. She had also invested in a new playground with large slides and swings.
When Spike parked, he got out and allowed his leader to step out and bowed before closing the door and making their way to the front entrance of the school. The school hadn’t changed much, the only noticeable difference was the flag that represented their newfound country as well as posters of Applebloom being the best leader.
There was an agreement that the Crusaders would allow different creatures to have their favourite rulers as long as they remained loyal to all three. The school wanted to show their appreciation to Applebloom by having her as their favourite leader.
It touched the former farmer but she felt like she didn’t deserve it, especially after everything that has happened.
When they entered the school, it was mostly the same other than the posters of Applebloom being the “way”, and to study “For The Benefit Of The Crusaders” as it stood in one poster. Most likely Scootaloo’s doing.
“Man, they act like the Crystal Ponies but see you as the hero,” he remarked, watching the poster with interest while making their way to the classroom the students and teacher would be in.
“Yeah,” Applebloom replied while having a small, sad smile.
When they reached the end of the hallway, Spike knocked on the door. They had taken a few seconds because they had heard chattering inside.
“Come in!” Miss Cheerilee answered.
“Ready?” Spike asked and received a nod.
Spike opened the door, revealing a full classroom and teacher. The students gasped when they saw Spike and Applebloom and immediately bowed, including Miss Cheerilee. The students weren’t just ponies, there were a few yaks, changelings, dragons and griffins.
Spike remembered he met a changeling named Thorax who was a cool guy. They became friends and even joined the political party and worked as a spy for the regime. He remembered many ponies in Ponyville were frightened but after a while, their depression did so that they didn’t care.
The classroom was decorated with the different symbols that the Crusaders had created. The two swords that crossed one another, the hammer and sickle. There was even a poster of Applebloom in her usual uniform with a salute with smaller depictions of creatures marching.
“Hello, Supreme Leader Applebloom!” The entire classroom spoke in unison while smiling at the young filly.
“Hello,” she replied. “I wanted to come by and see if everything was alright in the school. I have heard that… Supreme Leader Sweetie Belle spoke some words…”
The students and teachers flinched at the mention of Sweetie Belle. Miss Cheerilee looked sad at the mention of the filly she had longed to come back for so long. The words she had told Miss Cheerilee still stung her.
“Shall I wait outside?” Spike asked with his claws behind his back while glancing over at Applebloom who nodded her head. He bowed and stepped outside the room, knowing that none of them would hurt the leader.
Applebloom turned to face Miss Cheerilee who looked lost in thought about everything that happened. The former farmer couldn’t help but feel guilty. As a leader of Ponyville, she had the power to change the opinion her friends held but she didn’t try… not even once! She could have spoken her disagreement with Sweetie Belle’s actions and Scootaloo’s… wild imagination but she didn’t she simply watched it all happen while she had a cup of hot chocolate and enjoyed the scenery before going to bed.
“I’m sorry, Miss Cheerilee.” Applebloom finally spoke after there had been a long silence drawing gasps from every creature in the room. Had they heard correctly? Even Miss Cheerilee jerked her head at what the filly said.
“For what?” She asked confused.
“For what Supreme Leader Sweetie Belle said to you. She was… not speaking correctly at the time and allowed her anger to fuel her words which caused hurt not just to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but also to you. You never tried to intentionally hurt us, when the Gabby Gums incident happened you only had the name Gabby Gums how were you supposed to know who that pony was? Yes, she was chief editor but if you would have asked her, she could have said that she didn’t know and simply allowed anything into the paper.” Miss Cheerilee felt touched by her words but that didn’t mean she would believe it.
“Supreme Leader, I’m sorry that I didn’t intervene. I was planning to when I saw Snips and Snails in the paper but they didn’t seem to mind so I didn’t say anything or do anything to stop it. I’m the teacher and should have put my hoof down when it was needed. It is as much my fault as it is Diamond Tiara’s,” Miss Cheerilee reasoned with a sad sigh.
Applebloom sighed. “Stubborn teacher,” she spoke which drew a few laughs even from the teacher. “If you don’t want to believe me, fine but I do not blame ya and ya shouldn’t blame yourself either. I was wondering If I could—for today—tag along with the school day? It’s mostly politics and stuff, making sure that the… ahem… ‘right’ things are taught.”
Miss Cheerilee had a small smile and nodded. The students cheered.
“Before I forget, is it okay if the Lieutenant join as well? I don’t want him to get bored,” Applebloom said sheepishly and Miss Cheerilee’s smile, if possible widened further.
“That sounds like a lovely idea, Supreme Leader!”
With that, the leader and lieutenant became students for one day. They didn’t say anything to each other, but… they enjoyed it. And from the looks of the students and teacher, they enjoyed it as well.
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I think cheerilee honest apology will win more points for her than a simple I'm sorry. The girls never even bothered to think about the cmcs points of view in this mess. The whole town against them for giving them what they wanted and then they try to apologize only for that to be rejected. The bearers will have to truly understand empathy before they have a chance of forgiveness and they haven't ever really bothered with seeing things from someone else point of view before because apologies always work as well as excuses. I do hope twilight wakes up and starts to get it because until each guilty party realizes where they went wrong and how much they hurt the girls and just because they are young doesn't mean they can't do big things or don't have the same feelings as someone older.
It kind of seems like Applebloom is starting to overcome her hatred, little by little. I'm still not sure what Spike's stance is in all this. Did the Crusaders gain his loyalty? Is Spike a double agent for Luna? Is Applebloom the reason he joined the Crusaders? Anywho, I suppose Applebloom would be the most likely one to come around first among the three since she was the more level-headed of them.
11651020
I think it goes to show that the Elements of Harmony are flawed. There really should have been a seventh element in the show but I guess Faust didn't want to see an imbalance in the Earth:Unicorn:Pegasus ratio. One could say that Sunset Shimmer and her geode power was, in a sense, Faust's way of addressing the flaw in the Elements. Or perhaps the Element of Magic should have been the Element of Empathy, though that would have meant a complete redesign of Twilight's character.
11651037
EXACTAMUNDO.
11651044
I'm not entirely sure of spikes feelings. Maybe after being treated with respect by the girls and others he didn't want to go back to being her unpaid assistant who honestly got the worst deal in the show. Twilight ignored him favor of friends and family and studies most of the time. The lesson that came from discord about sticking with your friends could have waited she should have been looking after spike. Same with the lesson from winter wrap up where her neglect caused spike to get a cold. The fact was she was unfit to be a parent much less babysitter and the fact is she knew nothing about dragons and never bothered learning anything that wasn't in a book most of the time.
Also I think kindness was supposed represent empathy but they did a poor job plus they made the cmcs look more mature than their older sisters.
Looks like A.B. is having a change in heart but her eventual encounter with her FORMER siblings might change that. Meanwhile Luna has S.W.B. & S.C.T. to contend with as of now whether it's figuring out a way to help S.W.B quell her anger against her sister & ponyville or to help S.C.T. tone down her ego before she ends up biting off more than she can chew.
Scootaloo literally need a therapist to give her a goddamn reality check!
Heck, when will her aunts or even her parents show up to FINALLY give her the talk of a lifetime!?
Do they, or even the mane six's own parents know what the heck is going on in Ponyville!!??
They do exist, author.
11651097
I think if they stopped with the excuses and the weak apologies the girls might be more inclined to give them a second chance but the bearers don't want to do that. And twilight getting that upset over a little teasing considering rainbow talked like that all the time. She call twilight egg head and bookworm and pay her no mind. She tell spike he wasn't a real dragon because her pet had to hibernate. I know the girls were trying to bug her but honestly twilight should have stopped trying to boss them and started trying to figure how to prove they were sorry because throwing a Karen style tantrum doesn't get you far.
11651190
If their not willing to fix this the RIGHT way, might as well tell them to do the following:
1. Turn in their tiara & necklaces to the ELEMENTS OF HARMONY.
2. PACK UP their belongings.
3. & SKIP the country.
11651220
Little late for that and unfortunately they have only begun to understand that a simple I'm sorry isn't enough this time.
11651157
Well to be fair, I didn't know about their existence until later seasons and for the longest time believed she was an orphan—not saying she's an orphan in this story.
11651483
Well, will they finally show up then? Because they should have heard what the heck is going on by now. And maybe you could explain why didn't they show up from the beginning like when Scootaloo and her friends were missing in the first place?
11651423
It's about time. When do you think Luna will finally have a LONG sit down pony-to-pony talk with them?
11651483
Neither did I. Didn't know much about them until I read CMC Going Away. With the progress on how your story is coming along, when do you think next chapter will drop?
11651490
I'm sort of still working on that but I have an idea in mind.
11651512
I'm honestly not sure considering she can't stay or risks being caught. And part of me does want the girls to beat the storm king just to teach everyone just because you're young doesn't mean you can't do big things. Because that's the reason why twilight and the others haven't really taken this seriously.
11651535
I agree & I too hope the CMC'S will succeed in defeating the S.K.. If they succeed, do you really think they'll take on the R.S.'S next?
11651688
I'm not sure who rs is considering except for queenie everyone but storm is defeated and discord doesn't get his dumb idea until much later.
11651691
R.S'S is the abbreviation I give to the ROYAL SISTERS.
11651742
Well Celestia certainly should do something to give her sister a spotlight and I don't mean nightmare moon I mean Luna. Luna is still shoved into her sister shadow so I don't think she deserves punishment. And Celestia certainly needs to stop using the elements as unpaid labor and going so easy on everyone if they aren't a full villain. The fact is if the everyone involved had been punished instead getting a cheap warning about how they went wrong they might be better off than they currently are.
11651761
I agree to all points you made.
11652296
You do realize that Scootaloo trying to do the same shit too on the rest of Equestria, and even "world domination" as her future plans.
See what I mean?
If this crap keeps up, Scootaloo will be no freaking better or even similar to Cozy Glow.
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True but she also is trying to create a better world for everyone. Considering if you're not there for your neighbors when trouble is pounding on the door how they trust you. Ponies have lived happily within their borders without thinking about others so long that as long its not their problem they don't care. But they should be aware and they should care. The hippogriffs had to hide for years until twilight by chance defeated the storm king. We fought the Germans because they were hurting others for not very good reasons. Yes the power players on the world stage should have listened to them and helped them but killing Jewish people was cruel. And pow didn't get much better treatment.
11651513
Sorry for the late reply, I have just begun to write the chapter so maybe between 1-3 days time should be it.
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Thanks very much.