Hi, this is my first fanfiction, so please go easy on it. I do not own anything, just my own story and OCs. Read and review, please! :3


Chapter 1: First Sight

Apple Bloom stood on a short stool, carefully cracking a raw egg, letting the yolk seep into a purple bowl on the counter. Other egg yolks were littered all over the once-clean Sugar Cube Corner floor. "Yes! Finally!" she exclaimed happily, raising up her hooves in triumph but because of this, she slipped and fell on the dirty floor. "Ow!"

"Great job, Apple Bloom!" Sweetie Belle complimented, grinning and offering a hoof to help her friend up. Apple Bloom accepted her help gratefully, beaming.

"Great, now let me try!" Scootaloo said. She grabbed an egg with her teeth, making her way towards the bowl. She paid no attention to the yolk-littered floor; her eyes were completely focused on the bowl, so it wasn't a big surprise that she slipped on some egg yolk in front of her. "Whoa!" She toppled backwards, losing her grip on the egg. The egg slipped out of her teeth and knocked into the purple bowl, flying up into the air, splattering egg yolk everywhere. It fell on the yolk-splattered floor, shattering into a thousand pieces. Finally, an egg landed on Scootaloo's head, cracking and spilling the yolk on her head.

Scootaloo groaned.

"Looks like we're not getting our cutie marks in cooking, either..." Sweetie Belle said sadly, absently kicking egg yolk across the floor.

The fillies got up and splashed the watery yolk off their coats. "Ugh..." Scootaloo trotted to the sink to wash her egg-splattered mane.

"I know what we're sure to get our cutie marks in, though!" cried Apple Bloom excitedly and abruptly, raising a hoof.

Scootaloo walked back to her friends, shaking her soaked mane and splashing water all over them, causing them to yelp. "Well, then tell us!" she demanded with a hint of anger in her tone.

"Cutie Mark Crusader fishin'!" she announced, grinning at the two of them.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle exchanged bewildered looks. "Fishing?!" they both exclaimed at once. Apple Bloom just eagerly nodded.

"We can go to the river tomorrow and see what we can catch," she said happily.

"Well, I guess it's worth a try..." Scootaloo muttered. "Nothing else worked."

"It's bound to work!" Apple Bloom said enthusiastically.

"In that case, how about we go right now?" Scootaloo suggested, beginning to lighten up.

"Yeah!" Sweetie Belle swiftly agreed.

"Sure! Let's go get some supplies and go!" Apple Bloom eagerly answered. The three fillies trotted out of the Sugar Cube Corner kitchen, right when Pinkie Pie came in.

"Hey guys, what was up with all the noi-" The pink pony froze and stared at the chaotic kitchen in shock. Her usually cheerful voice was replaced by a glum one. "Oh no..." She sighed, grabbed some cleaning supplies, and began to clean up, pouting slightly.


"Yay! Cutie Mark Crusader Fishing!"

The three determined little fillies ran up to the river with fishing supplies. Scootaloo baited her fishing hook, then she grabbed her rod and threw the line in the rushing water. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle mimicked her, laughing.

"I wonder what we'll catch," Sweetie Belle commented, glancing around. The weather was especially nice today, perfect weather for fishing.

"I bet I'll catch a fish bigger than you guys!" Scootaloo challenged, twisting her head to gaze at Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.

"No! I will!" Sweetie Belle protested playfully.

"Y'all are on!" Apple Bloom replied, smiling.

The three friends shared a laugh. Scootaloo turned and suddenly saw three other young colts fishing as well. She stared curiously, studying the three of them. One was light brown, with a chocolate-colored mane and brown eyes. He didn't have any wings or horn, so he was obviously an Earth pony. Another one was a light blue unicorn, with spiky dark blue hair. His eyes were a dark indigo, and seemed especially serious. The last one was a white pegasus, with a spiky black mane and deep blue eyes.

Unlike the Cutie Mark Crusaders, they all had their cutie marks. They were too faraway to tell what the cutie marks were, though. And for some reason, Scootaloo couldn't take her eyes off the white pegasus.

Scootaloo soon found herself staring at him. The pegasus colt glanced at her, and she turned away, her cheeks burning red.

"Look, Scootaloo! Ya got a bite!" said Apple Bloom, pointing her hoof to her fishing rod.

Scootaloo planted her hooves on her fishing rod and felt a strong tug. She tried to reel in her rod, but the fish was too powerful. It began pulling her in the flowing river. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle saw this and quickly dropped their own fishing rods to help their friend. The two fillies pulled on her tail to keep her from falling, but the fish suddenly let go and they dropped into the river with a large splash, ruining their manes and coats.

Scootaloo blushed again when she saw that the other group of fishing buddies were looking at them, grinning and nudging each other, saying things that she couldn't make out. The three fillies scrambled back to shore and shook their soaking wet coats and manes. "Aw man," Apple Bloom complained gloomily, poking at some pebbles. "I really thought we'd get our cutie marks in fishin'."

"I guess we should go home now," Scootaloo said. "Err - we'll meet again after school?" The other Crusaders bobbed their heads in agreement and walked off. Scootaloo took one last look at the place where the young colts were, but they seemed to have left, too. The orange pegasus trudged back home.

On the way, she kept thinking about the white colt she saw at the river. What was it about him that made him so...unique?