Hello again.

How about we give Summer and them a bit of a break from the spotlight, and bring in the CMC?

Don't own Fairy Tail or My Little Pony.

Team Crusader

Applebloom was resting under a plant she grew with her magic while eating lunch, calmly ignoring two of her classmates bragging about getting their Cutie Marks, her bags for her Plant Magic right beside her.

The first was an earth filly with a gray coat, a more silvery-gray braided mane and tail with a silver stripe through both, and had purple eyes behind blue glasses. On her flank was essentially her namesake, a silver spoon.

The other was another earth filly, only this time having a more purple-pink coat, a purple mane and tail with a white stripe in them, and blue eyes. She was also wearing a tiara just like the one on her flank, which is a diamond tiara like her own name.

She did, however, notice her friend Sweetie Belle coming up to join her. "Hello, Applebloom."

"Howdy, Belle." She returned. "Have you considered teh offer? Ah'm sure he won't mind."

She was referring to learning from Summer herself, but the mare has been a bit on the hesitant side.

"Um, well...you see..." Sweetie started, only to notice a pegasus filly with a more rustic orange coat and a marine/sea blue mane and tail. "Isn't that the new filly, Scootaloo?"

Applebloom looked, then looked back at Sweetie Belle. "Yeah, that's her."

"Maybe we should invite her to join us." Belle said. "She looks lonely."

"She's new, so she would be lonely anyways." Applebloom countered, a mite suspicious.

"That, and Tiara and Spoon are gonna expl-I mean, are most likely gonna use it against her." Sweetie said.

Subtle. Applebloom thought, but didn't argue as she finished up her lunch and moved over to the pegasus alongside her friend. They got there just as Tiara and Spoon started up. "There is one good thing about having parents, Spoon. They can help us find our Cutie Marks."

Scoot's an orphan? Applebloom thought as she faced them. "Are you sure it's that and not that teh two of you are just like your namesakes, only useful in a fancy setting or a costume party? It would explain why you're Marks are a diamond tiara and a silver spoon, after all."

Tiara rounded on her. "And what's so-"

"Applebloom hasn't actually found her Cutie Mark yet." Sweetie cut in to their shock. "That's actually the Fairy Guild Mark."

"And something much more useful than a Cutie Mark." Applebloom added, getting a round of gasps from the class. "Sure, a Cutie Mark represents what our calling is in life, but a Guild Mark gives you something much more useful. A bigger family than what you already got, which means more people to help not just get your Cutie Mark, but become something even more."

That caught Scootaloo's interest instantly. A family?

Tiara, however, wasn't happy with what Applebloom just said. "How dare you! Cutie Marks are-"

This time, however, the filly stopped as her eyes momentarily took on a glazed look before she quickly ran off, followed by Spoon.

Applebloom was confused until she noticed Sweetie Belle lower her hoof. "You already have Earthland Magic, don't you?"

Sweetie Belle chuckled nervously as she scratched the side of her head. "I...kind of snuck in once and accidentally found the notes on Telepathy Magic. I'm still working on it, so I can't do anything such as communicate mind-to-mind. Please don't turn me in."

"You still need to tell both Summer and your sister." Applebloom argued. "How do you think they are going to react if they find out from someone else, say Tiara?"

Sweetie looked down in sadness. "I know, okay? But-"

"But nothing! And besides," Applebloom turned gentler. "not only could you learn all of it now, with help, but it'll most likely be a lot more lenient a punishment you might get. After all, Rarity especially is your family, and as a Fairy, the rest of us are also her family. And family looks out for its own."

Sweetie turned her head with a blush. "Just one thing: I've already used it on Rarity and Dash. It's...how Dash and Rarity became friends with benefits."

"Wait, that was you?!" The three turned in shock to find Dash hovering a little ways off from them.

Sweetie chuckled nervously. "Uh...hehehe...bye."

"Oh no you don't!" But Sweetie was already gone, making Applebloom sweatdrop as she noticed Sweetie slip to the side as Dash flew straight. "Get back here!"

"Ooookay." she turned to Scootaloo. "What say we see Summer about getting you to join Fairy Tail, huh?"

"Are you sure it'll be okay?" The pegasus filly asked, nervous. "I mean, I'm an orphan, new around here, and..."

She trailed off at Applebloom's raised eyebrow. "For teh record, Fairy Tail has taken in escaped slaves, including Summer, demon containers, and former enemies, among others. An orphan filly is nothing compared to that."

Scoot blushed in embarrassment as they were called back into class, where Sweetie was already waiting with anxiety written all over her body about her sister. Rarity's gonna kill me once she finds out!

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Sweetie was still anxious when class finally let out, though by then it was turning to full-blown sweating. Of course, Applebloom was getting pretty annoyed by it.

"Dangnabbit, Sweetie Belle! Will you just QUIT IT?!"

...okay, very annoyed already.

"Seriously, teh most ya probably should expect is just a temporary increase in chores or something." Applebloom told her straight.

Or at least tried to. "You weren't the one whose been messing with private preferences and dodging future punishment by reading minds."

"That last one would actually be in your favor, genius." Applebloom retorted. "It just means that you already know what to do and what not to do."

Scootaloo then added a comment. "Until you bring in knowing how to hide things you don't want them to find out."

The earth filly sighed into her hoof. "Look, we can't hold this off forever. And teh sooner they know, teh sooner it's over."

A thought then struck her. "And with enough proper work with your magic, you would be teh fastest way to identifying potential problem ponies before they do cause problems. You have the fastest way to know if somebody needs help, but might be to scared to say anything."

"Really?" Sweetie looked surprised. "But I'm not a hero."

"But if somepony needed you...?" Applebloom trailed in implication as she started moving.

[Not sure of the exact song title, but it's from Bartok the Magnificent, when Bartok is getting talked into going to Baba Yaga]

"Somepony needs you, and that's how it starts. Somepony believes you'll come through." She sang, not immediately noticing that the other two weren't following. "If you're scared, so what? Ah bet you've got, a possible hero in you."

By then, she noticed the other two, and quickly moved behind them and started pushing. "It's more than courage, or just being strong. Those things are easy to do."

When their legs started working again, Applebloom moved back up beside them. "Have faith, take heart, they're kind, they're smart. The possible heroes in you."

She gestured to the both of them with that. "Close your eyes."

Scootaloo was the one who spoke after doing so. "I think I see it."

"You're unafraid."

"You might be right." Sweetie added, now smiling brightly.

"Ah can almost predict!" Right here, Scoot took over singing, at least for a couple of lines.

"No more boasts, no more over-the-top tricks, on the back of a scooter! Maybe we'll save a life someday."

Applebloom quickly took back over as she raised her front hooves to the sky. "We'll never be quitters!"

If any of them noticed her words, none showed it as all three started skipping/walking proudly as they moved to Fairy Hall.

Applebloom: "If somepony needs you,"

Sweetie: "what else can you do?"

Scootaloo: "Let's take our chances and see!"

All three sang "We're on our way!" before Sweetie suddenly stopped them.

[End Song]

Even though they realized that they were now in front of Fairy Hall, Sweetie wasn't letting them in. "Maybe we should wait a bit."

Both Scoot and Applebloom gave her looks, only to become momentarily confused when she said "Fluttershy and Summer are...preoccupied at the moment."

It was momentary because heard faint grunts coming from the building that got all three of them to blush.

"Fair enough." Applebloom said, only to stop when they heard from behind them "It also gives you the time to explain to us just why you did that, Sweetie Belle."

The three turned to find Dash and Rarity looking pointedly at them, particularly the unicorn filly.

"I am so dead."

I think you know exactly what Fluttershy and Summer were doing, but I'll be willing to give you a hint (at least for specifics): Rabbits.

I'm not entirely sure of what magic Scoot will have, but they will be the first official team in the story, focused around more support/rescue roles than combat.

If you don't mind, please R&R.