My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Show Stoppers

A/N: Dede42 here and I'm happy to say that I'm feeling much better, thanks to that soup that Granny Smith made for me.

Applejack: Happy to have helped.

Dede42: Yup, and be sure to thank Granny Smith for me when you get a chance, AJ.

Applejack: I'm be sure to, sugarcube.

Apple Bloom: Enough chatting! Ya got a chapter to put up!

Applejack: Now just calm down there, Apple Bloom. The chapter will go up soon.

Sweetie Belle: How soon? How soon?

Dede42: Soon.

Scootaloo: Where's the chapter? I'll post it. (she hurries to the computer with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle)

Dede42: Gah! No touchy the computer! (chases after them)

Applejack: (sighs) This is going to be a long day.

Read, review, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER ONE: CLUBHOUSE AND TALENT SEARCH

It was a sunny day and Applejack was leading Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle through the orchard to a location that was some distance from the farmhouse and the barn.

"Where are you takin' us?" Apple Bloom asked her big sister.

Applejack just smiled. "We're almost there, young'uns."

Sweetie Belle looked around a little nervously, not having spent that much time in the orchards. "I've never been here before."

Applejack and Apple Bloom both brushed past a large leaf, which ended up hitting Scootaloo in the face. "Ouch!"

"Oh. Sorry," said Apple Bloom, going back and moving the leaf to let her friend past.

Scootaloo gingerly rubbed her nose and they resumed walking. "Are we there yet?" she asked, annoyed.

"There? Where? What? I don't even know what we're doing," Sweetie Belle complained, still following them.

Chuckling, Applejack lead them out of the orchard and into a clearing that had a single tree in the center with what had once been a treehouse built onto the branches. "Here we are," she said with a big smile.

"What are we lookin' at?" Apple Bloom asked.

"I have no idea," said Scootaloo.

"What is that thing?" Sweetie Belle wondered.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders, welcome to your new clubhouse," Applejack announced proudly and sighed when she was met with silence from the three fillies. "Well, don't thank me all at once," she muttered, leading them up a ramp to the porch lining the treehouse. "This was my clubhouse when I was your age. Sure it hasn't been used in a while, but it's empty and on a secluded, private part of the farm. And it's all yours. It just needs a little, uh… TLC." She then winced when a section of the roof fell off.

Scootaloo looked at the treehouse skeptically. "TLC as in Tender Loving Care or Totally Lost Cause?"

"Applejack! We're supposed to turn this into our new clubhouse?" Apple Bloom asked, disappointed.

Applejack sighed and leaned against the nearest wall. "Well, maybe y'all will get your cutie marks when you discover your talent for… Waaah!" she yelped when a section of the wall collapsed, and she fell inside, getting buried by rubble. She dug herself out with a slight dazed expression as the three fillies poked their heads inside to check on her. "Uh… house cleanin'?" And the three fillies all snickered.

Some hours later, Scootaloo was back in Ponyville, where she was finishing making a map of the area, and was putting the finishing touches on a picture of the library. Finished, she rolled up the map, stuck it in her backpack, and then she zoomed off on her scooter with her wings flapping as fast as they could.

The small orange pegasus zipped through the town, startling the ponies and she nearly ran Granny Smith over, who yelled after her. She did a number of tricks on her way back to the treehouse, which included terrorizing birds.

Meanwhile, Apple Bloom was finishing up painting the ramp that lead to the newly restored treehouse when she heard her friend coming and cringed, expecting to be hit, but it never happened, and she was glad. "Whoa! Hi, Scootaloo! Back already? You're amazin' on that scooter," she commented.

Scootaloo hopped off her scooter and removed her helmet while her mane sprang back into shape. "Thanks!" she replied and she stared in amazement at the treehouse, which was now a 100% better then it had been that morning. "Wow, Apple Bloom. You did all of this?" she asked, impressed.

"Yep!" Apple Bloom confirmed happily and pointed out all the improvement. "I've fixed the broken shutters, sanded off the splinters, rebuilt the roof, painted…" she trailed off happily.

"That's so cool," Scootaloo complimented. "What's Sweetie Belle up to?" she wondered, looking around for their friend.

A short distance away, Sweetie Belle was singing and dusting off a picnic table with her tail. "We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders…" she hummed. "…Never stop the journey…" She was still humming and dusting off a tree when her two friends came out of the bushes.

"There you are, Sweetie Belle!" said Apple Bloom. "See? I told you we could find her by following her totally awesome voice."

"What's that sweet tune you're singing?" Scootaloo asked.

Sweetie Belle flushed a little. "Oh. I was just working on our new Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song."

"Cool!" said her friends, impressed.

"Teach us?" Scootaloo requested.

"Well, I've only come up with one part… but okay!" Sweetie Belle agreed after hesitating for a moment, and they went back to the treehouse.

Curious to see how the Cutie Mark Crusaders were doing, Applejack went to the treehouse, which she was impressed to see was vastly improved, and then she heard Sweetie Belle singing. She went up the ramp to the nearest window and listened.

"They all say that you will get your mark," Sweetie Belle sang. "When the time is really right…"

"And you know just what you're supposed to do," Apple Bloom sang, joining in.

"And your talent comes to light!" Scootaloo sang both loudly and off-key.

Applejack cringed at that last bit and shook her head to clear her ears. "Well, uh… I'll be, Cutie Mark Crusaders," she remarked, resting her forelegs on the window seal and peered inside. "You've done one fine job with this place. So, what's next?" she inquired.

"Well, now that we have a real life clubhouse…" said Apple Bloom.

"…and a map of Ponyville…" said Scootaloo, nodding to the map she'd pinned to the nearest wall.

"…and a Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song…" Sweetie Belle added.

Applejack blinked. "Theme song?"

"We're gonna go out in the world and discover our talents," Apple Bloom announced.

"A new adventure!" Scootaloo declared.

"And earn our cutie marks," Sweetie Belle added.

"We'll leave no stone unturned!"

"No mountain unclimbed!"

"No meal uncooked!"

"No sock unworn!"

Applejack chuckled at their energy. "Well okay then! Sounds like you have a plan. I gotta, uh… Leave no apple unpicked! See y'all later!" she told them before leaving to get back to work on her chores.

"Are we ready to get our cutie marks, ponies?" Scootaloo asked.

"Ready!"

Their first stop was at the barn at Sweet Apple Acres, where they filled troughs with buckets filled with leftovers and liquid before Apple Bloom rang a bell, and they were run over by the pigs , who went squealing by to reach the troughs and eat the food. The three fillies dusted themselves off and then checked their flanks, but they were still blank.

So much for getting their cutie marks in pig feeding.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders then went to Carousel Boutique, where they set up a hair salon with Rarity's permission, and while Apple Bloom rang a bell to get ponies come in to have their hair styled and colored differently, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were busy mixing up colors, and their first customer was Frou Frou.

Moments later, Frou Frou ran out of the boutique wailing for she now had clown hair! The three fillies watched her run off and then checked their flanks, but they were still blank, and they sighed. So much for hair styling.

After failing at making taffy at Sugarcube Corner, making potions at the Apothecary, which left the three fillies looking very colorful until Sunrise Blossom restored them to normal, scuba diving, and many other things, the Cutie Mark Crusaders went to the library, which was the last stop on their map.

Cheerilee and Twilight Sparkle were chatting about their favorite books when they entered the library and Spike ran up to them with an alarmed expression on his face. "I had nothing to do with this."

Twilight Sparkle was confused until she saw the mess in the middle of the library: nearly all of the books were in a pile on the floor, along with pieces of papers. "What is going on here?" she asked, shocked.

Apple Bloom poked her head out of the pile with a sheepish expression on her face. "Hmm… Well, we sure aren't gettin' our cutie marks for bein' librarians," she admitted and both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo agreed as they poked their heads out of the pile too.

"Huh. I should think not," Spike grumbled and earned two sharp looks from Twilight Sparkle and Cheerilee. "What?"

Sighing, Twilight Sparkle went over to the book pile as the three fillies dug themselves out. "Girls, I think you're going about this the wrong way," she informed them, having heard from Sunrise Blossom and other ponies about their attempts to get their cutie marks, and how her twin had to track Frou Frou down in order to return her hair to normal. "Instead of trying to do things in areas you're not familiar with, why not try doing things in areas that you already like?" she suggested.

"And I have the perfect place to start," said the school teacher, taking a filer out of her bag and showed it to her students.

""Showcase your talents…"" Apple Bloom read.

""…for all to see,"" said Scootaloo.

""Perform in the Ponyville school talent show!"" Sweetie Belle finished reading and shared a excited look with her friends.

"There'll be all sorts of awards," Cheerilee explained. "Best dramatic performance, best comedy act, best magic act… Surely you can find your talent."

Apple Bloom was excited and she was already coming up with ideas. "This would be the perfect place to discover our talents," she agreed. "Jugglin'!"

"Acting!"

"Magic tricks!"

"Square dancin'!"

"Tightrope walking!"

"Tiger taming!"

"My little ponies!" Twilight Sparkle called out, getting the attention of the three fillies. "You're missing the point. Think about the things you already enjoy doing. Think about what you're already good at."

Scootaloo nodded. "Sure! We can do that."

"Yeah! Sure we can," Sweetie Belle agreed.

"Well, whatever we do, we'll do it as…" said Apple Bloom and she high-hoof her friends "…The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" And they hurried out of the library to get to work on their plan for the talent show.

Both Twilight Sparkle and Cheerilee chuckled before helping Spike put all the books and papers away in their proper places.

A/N: All kids are eager to find out what they're good at. ;) R&R everyone!