An icy Autumn wind whistled through the empty houses. It sounded just like when Sweetie Bell would whistle some song she heard that day. Oh, why did it have to happen?... Hmm? I didn't see you standing there. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Apple Bloom. I don't care who you are, you'll probably lie about it anyways. Just take a seat on that charred stump over there and let me tell you a tale of the infamous Great War.
Me, Sweetie Bell, and Scootaloo made up the club known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Every day, after school 'corse, we would do different activity to try to earn our cutie mark. Life was good. Equestria was peaceful. It seemed like nothing could go wrong, until that happened. Whats that? What happened?i'ma getting' to that part. One day, we were out of ideas for stuff to do. We decided we would go to Twilight Sparkle's place to ask her advice. Yes, I do know the famous Twilight Sparkle, so stop gawkin'. When we got there, she told us that she was goin' to Canterlot so she could look at that big library and catch up with the Princess. She said we were free to look at all her books while she was gone. I wish she hadn't said that. We thanked her, then Scootaloo said we should try to get a house keeping cutie mark. Twi thought it was a wonderful idea, and left us to our selves. Spike was over at Rarity's doin' her chores, per usual. I wish he had been there to warn us. We ran over to the Apple Farm to get everythin' we needed to clean Twi's tree house. Damp towels, feather dusters, and brooms. We ran back to her house, ready to go. At first, it was pretty uneventful, 'till we found that. I was dusting all Twilight's books, taking them out and giving them a good sweep with the duster. Then, I pulled out this one book titled, Manipulation: a Novel About Manipulation and Domination. I should have known that this book was not meant to be seen. It was slid behind the others, it looked like nobody had read it in years, and there were claw marks on it. I just wanted to do a good job and make sure everything got clean. Right then, Sweetie Bell let out an exited squeal! She had been taking a break, and had been singing a sad song about star crossed lovers. I dropped the book and didn't think anything about it. I should have picked it up. I could have helped prevent the biggest catastrophe in pony history. But, I didn't and ran over to see why Sweetie Bell had squealed. She looked at me and Scootaloo with a mixture of joy and sorrow at the same time. She turned around to show us her flank and we saw that on her flank was a picture of a microphone with musical notes around it. She had gotten her cutie mark! Then, Sweetie Bell screamed when she saw me! I turned around and saw that I had gotten my cutie mark to! It was a yellow pillow with a green lace trim and a shiny green apple on it. Scootaloo looked devastated. She hadn't gotten hers, and ran off with tears in her eyes. Me and Sweetie Bell ran after her, leaving that accursed book where I had dropped it. If only...
well, it looks like it's dark, though it's hard to tell through the heavy smog. You should go back to whatever dump you live in, or she'll get you. Me? I'm headin' to the Everfree Forest. Why do you look so surprised? Oh, that. Don't worry about me, I have a good hidin' place. Go find one of Twilight Sparkle's famous restoration houses why don't ya. Oh, too crowded for ya, huh? I hear there not as good as she says they are. I can't belive how much shes changed. Shes become such a bitch. If you want to hear more come here tomorrow and i'll be here. I'm always here.