~ {Third Pony Point of View} ~
AppleJack is seen leading his brother and his friends to a location that is on the apple family farm. "Where are you takin' us?" Apple Buck asks his older brother. "We're almost there, young'uns." AppleJack tells them. "I've never been here before." Silver Bell says looking at his surroundings.
AppleJack ducks under a large leaf Apple Buck goes right through it and accidentally flinging the leaf into Scooteroll's face. "Ouch!" Scooteroll says as the leaf hits him in the face. "Oh. Sorry." Apple Buck apologizes to his friend and he moves the leaf out of his way.
"Are we there yet?" Scooteroll asks. "There? Where? What? I don't even know what we're doing." Silver Bell says in confusion as he has no idea what is going on. "Here we are." AppleJack announces as they arrive at their destination.
"What are we lookin' at?" Apple Buck asks staring at what is in front of him and his friends in confusion. "I have no idea." Scooteroll replies to him. "What is that thing?" Silver Bell asks as well. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, welcome to your new clubhouse." AppleJack says to his brother and his friends as he shows them their new clubhouse.
the crusaders look at the rundown clubhouse in complete silence. "Well, don't thank me all at once. 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." AppleJack says to the group.
"TLC as in Tender Loving Care or Totally Lost Cause?" Scooteroll says in a mildly irritated tone of voice. "AppleJack! We're supposed to turn this into our new clubhouse?" Apple Buck asks his brother in complete disbelief.
"Well, maybe y'all will get your cutie marks when you discover your talent for... waaah!" AppleJack screams as he puts a hole inside the clubhouse accidentally by leaning on the wall. "Uh... house cleanin'?" AppleJack says slightly dazed.
~ Later ~
Scooteroll looks at the library and draws it on a piece of paper he looks at the map he made nods in satisfaction rolls it up and puts it inside his saddle bag. He puts on his helmet and gets on to his scooter flapping his small wings extremely fast making him zoom throughout Ponyville.
He zooms past two ponies having a conversation he looks to his left and sees a makeshift ramp and gives a grin he goes to jump off of it spinning around us he jumps off of the makeshift ramp making ponies around him gasp. He then zooms past Granny Smith well she's walking with her walker making her spin around rapidly and land on top of her walker somehow she shakes her hoof at the young pegasus.
He continues zooming through sweet apple acres and finally reaching his destination the new cutie mark crusader clubhouse that his friend Apple Buck has been working on nearly running into the yellow earth pony with a scooter till he skids to a stop.
"Whoa! Hi, Scooteroll! Back already? You're amazin' on that scooter." Apple Buck compliments the orange pegasus. "Thanks! Wow, Apple Buck. You did all of this?" Scooteroll asks the yellow earth pony. "Yep! I've fixed the broken shutters, sanded off the splinters, rebuilt the roof, painted..." Apple Buck tells his friend all that he did. "That's so cool. What's Silver Bell up to?" Scooteroll asks and the two go in search for their Unicorn friend.
~With Silver Bell~
" We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders... [humming]
…Never stop the journey... [humming] " Silver Bell sings his song as he cleans dust off with his tail. "There you are, Silver Bell! See? I told you we could find his by following his totally awesome voice." Apple Buck tells Scooteroll as they find their friend by listening to his beautiful singing voice.
"What's that sweet tune you're singing?" Scooteroll asks his Unicorn friend. "Oh. I was just working on our new Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song." Silver Bell tells his friends with a shy smile on his face. "Cool!" The earth pony and Pegasus say amazed. "Teach us?" Scooteroll asks him. "Well, I've only come up with one part... but okay!" Silver Bell says to his friends.
~At the CMC new clubhouse~
" They all say that you will get your mark
When the time is really right " Silver Bell sings sweetly.
" And you know just what you're supposed to do " Apple Buck sings after the unicorn.
" And your talent comes to light! " Scooteroll sings loud and off-key after the earth pony.
"Well, uh... I'll be, Cutie Mark Crusaders. You've done one fine job with this place. So, what's next?" AppleJack asks the CMC. "Well, now that we have a real life clubhouse..." Apple Buck says. "...and a map of Ponyville..." Scooteroll tells the older apple brother. "...and a Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song..." Silver Bell chimes in. "Theme song?" AppleJack asks confused.
"We're gonna go out in the world and discover our talents." Apple Buck says. "A new adventure!" Scooteroll says as he gets excited. "And earn our cutie marks!" Silver Bell he says excited.
"We'll leave no stone unturned!" Apple Buck declares. "No mountain unclimbed!" Scooteroll declares. "No meal uncooked!" Silver Bell declares as he joins in with his friends. "No sock unworn!" Apple Buck declares just as they were going to continue AppleJack cuts them off before their declarations go for too long
"Well okay then! Sounds like you have a plan. I gotta, uh... leave no apple unpicked! See y'all later!" AppleJack says as he goes to leave to do his job. "Are we ready to get our cutie marks, ponies?" Scooteroll asks his friends as they get hyped up to earn their cutie marks. "Ready!" The CMC say as they bump hoofs with each other.
~CMC Stint~
The CMC started at Sweet Apple Acres taking care of the pigs. After they fed the pigs they looked at their flanks to find no cutie mark Sweet Apple Acres crossed off and they went to their next location.
The went to Sugarcube Corner to earn their cutie marks in candy making. Scooteroll tosses taffy into a taffy puller and Apple Buck starts the machine. Scooteroll and Silver Bell high hoof at their success but the taffy sticks on it too Scooteroll's tail pulling him into the machine both Apple Buck and Silver Bell try to pull their friend out but is but they are unable to do so as they all get dragged into the candy machine as it continues going.
Later they managed to get out of the candy mess that they were in with taffy stuck on them and they are also stuck together they look at their flanks and then look and disappointment as they had not earned their cutie mark yet. Sugarcube Corner crossed off and they head to their next location.
At the Carousel Boutique Apple Buck is sitting outside ringing a bell to advertise that the CMC were doing mane styling. A pony was lying in a chair with foil on her mane while Scooteroll and Silver Bell were mixing dye for her mane. Later that mare runs out of the Carousel Boutique crying because of the clown hairdo that the CMC have done to her.
The CMC meets outside the boutique and check their flanks but to their disappointment no cutie mark has appeared. The Carousel Boutique crossed off and they head off to their next location.
Back at Sweet Apple Acres the three are playing a shape guessing game Silver Bell picking the cards while Apple Buck tries to guess what he had flipped over and Scooteroll just watching.
Silver Bell flips over the first card to reveal a red heart. Apple Buck thinks real hard about the card that his friend flipped over and presses the yellow circle button. Silver Bell and Scooteroll shake their heads now to signify that he had not got it right.
Silver Bell flips over the second card to reveal a light blue star. Apple Buck tries again and hits a act blue square he gets it wrong as the other two shake their heads. the third card is a green four leafed clover. Apple Buck then gets the bright idea to press all six of the buttons at the same time this causes all of the cards inside to go flying out at his friend's faces.
They look at their flanks again in disappointment as they had not found they're special talent Sweet Apple Acres is crossed off once again and they head off to their next location.
The CMC go to the mountain to try and get their cutie marks by mountain climbing they are all tied together as wind is whipping at their bodies they pull each other to hold each other close but they end up falling off of the small mountain that is nearby. They look at their flanks and once again are disappointed by the lack of cutie mark and they head to their next location as the mountain was crossed off.
The three ponies we're scuba diving in one of the lakes in Ponyville. Apple Buck wearing blue and orange snorkeling mask with blue flippers. Silver Bell wearing a magenta and orange snorkeling mask with magenta flippers. Scooteroll wearing a blue sniffling mask with black flippers.
Things were going well until they all got chased out of the water buy a giant squid. the lake being crossed off and they head off to their final location the golden oak library AKA Dusk and Cupid's home.
Dusk and Cupid were walking back to the library with Mr. Cheerilee when Barbara said to them. "I had nothing to do with this." Said in defense to the three ponies walking in. "What is going on here?" Dusk asks the three colts incomplete disbelief of what happened in their library.
"Hmm... well, we sure aren't gettin' our cutie marks for bein' librarians." Apple Buck says as he and his friends are on a mountain of books that they had made. "Huh. I should think not. What?" Barbara said and asked when she saw the glare of the two unicorns.
"Boys, I think you're going about this the wrong way. Instead of trying to do things in areas you're not familiar with, why not try doing things in areas that you already like?" Dusk suggested to the three colts as he and the other two ponies follow slightly behind him. "And I have the perfect place to start." Mr. Cheerilee says as he pulls out a poster from his saddle bag.
"'Showcase your talents...'" Apple Buck starts reading out loud. "'...for all to see.'" Scooteroll continues off of his earth pony friend. "'Perform in the Ponyville school talent show!'" Silver Bell finishes reading the poster after his Pegasus friend.
"There'll be all sorts of awards. Best dramatic performance, best comedy act, best magic act... surely you can find your talent." Mr. Cheerilee says to the CMC.
"This would be the perfect place to discover our talents. Jugglin'!" Apple Buck says. "Acting!" Scooteroll says. "Magic tricks!" Silver Bell says. "Square dancin'!" Apple Buck says. "Tightrope walking!" Scooteroll says. "Tiger taming!" Silver Bell says.
"My little ponies! You're missing the point. Think about the things you already enjoy doing. Think about what you're already good at." Cupid tells the three colts. "Sure! We can do that." Scooteroll tells her. "Yeah! Sure we can." Silver Bell agrees with him. "Well, whatever we do, we'll do it as..." Apple Buck starts. "...The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" The three say in unison and they go to prepare for the talent show.
~ Later ~
the three Colts leave the carousel boutique with three wraps of fabric inside the wagon that Scooteroll is pulling along with his scooter. "Silver Bell! I told you not to touch my things. Come back with my supplies!" Elusive tells his little brother tell the CMC leave with his supplies. "We're just borrowing them for the talent show. Don't worry, bro. I promise we'll bring them back." Silver Bell promises his brother as he and his friends leave.
The CMC are the fan store talking to Mr. Breezy. "Thanks, Mr. Breezy. We'll return the fan to you real soon." Scooteroll tells Mr. Breezy as they all leave. "What do we need this fan for?" Apple Buck asks his Unicorn friend. "Trust me on this one." Silver Bell tells his friend.
The CMC are at the hardware store and Scooteroll loads the supplies in the wagon. "Okay, so that's six wooden planks, four-by-eight plywood, a box of nails, four cans of paint, and four brushes. Anything else?" Scooteroll asks his friends. "Yeah. Instructions on how to use six wooden planks, four-by-eight plywood, a box of nails, four cans of paint, and four brushes." Silver Bell says to him.
The CMCR back at the golden oak library with Dusk Barbara and Cupid. "'Ghosts, Goblins and Ghoulish Figures'? Good heavens, boys. What do you need a book like this for?" Dusk asks the colts. "You'll see. Thanks, Dusk and Cupid. We'll give it back as soon as we're done with it." Scooteroll says to the two unicorns. "What do you think they're up to?" Dusk asks the other unicorn and baby dragon. "I have no idea and I don't know if I should be excited or scared to find out." Barbara replies to him. "Same here." Cupid says agreeing with the dragon.
~ At the CMC clubhouse ~
"I'm glad we're doin' this as a team." Apple Buck says to his friends as they are at their clubhouse planning their performance for the talent show. "Me too. Um... so what are we doing again?" Silver Bell asks his friends. "A super awesome dramatic song for the talent show, of course." Scooteroll tells his unicorn friend.
"Right! With super-cool scenery. And amazing costumes!" Silver Bell says agreeing with his pegasus friend. "And mind-blowin' dance moves." Apple Buck says to his friends. "This is gonna be soo amazing!" Scooteroll says completely excited for the performance that they will put on.
"Silver Bell, I think you should be a singer." Apple Buck tells his unicorn friend. "What? No way I'm singing in front of a crowd. Dusk said to do something we like to do, and I'd like to be like my big brother, and he's a designer." Silver Bell tells Apple Buck.
"Fine then. You can do the costumes and the scenery." Scooteroll tells him making him nod in agreement. "And Scooteroll, you're great in maneuvers on your scooter. So you should do the choreography. Y'know, all those dance moves." Apple Buck says to Scooteroll.
"Nah. I'd rather sing a wicked rock ballad. Why don't you come up with the dance routine, Apple Buck?" Scooteroll asks Apple Buck. "Hm... I'm not much of a dancer... but I do like Kung-fu. That's kinda like dancin'. Hi-ya! Hah! Hah! Yah!" Apple Buck says as he does some Kung-Fu moves. "Then it's settled! Let's get started." Silver Bell says as the crusader's get to work on their performance.
~ Later ~
The cutie mark crusaders are working on their performance for the talent show outside of their clubhouse Apple Buck is working on the choreography for their song. "One... two... three... oh! Oh!" Apple Buck says as he clumsily trips over his own hooves and lands on Scooteroll's tail.
"Ow, Apple Buck! What are you doing?" Scooteroll asks him as he helps him up from the ground. "Oh, I feel like I have four left feet. I can't even spin right." Apple Buck says to him. "Don't be silly. You just gotta keep your head forward until the very last minute, like this." Scooteroll says to him as he flawlessly spins around. "See? Easy-peasy. You just gotta practice a bunch, that's all." Scooteroll says to him as Apple Buck looks at him in awe. "Wow! That does look easy. Thanks. Okay. Let's try this again. Oh! Ouch! Ow. I'm okay!" Apple Buck says as he tries again to spin but ends up falling over again. "Keep practicing!" Scooteroll encourages him. "Will do." Apple Buck replies.
Scooteroll tries to come up with lyrics for their song. " We fight the fight, walk the walk. Talk the talk, eat the... uh... food like a celery stalk? Ugh! I'll never come up with anything! Never, never, never!" Scooteroll says as he bangs his head on the piano.
And A roll of pink fabric goes over the piano that Scooteroll. is using for his songwriting as Silver Bell is seen chasing it. "Come back! Come back! Uh. Dumb fabric. Hey, Scoot! How's the song going?" Silver Bell asks him. "Pbbbt." Scooteroll replies to him. "Pbbbt? Oh my! Sounds serious." Silver Bell says to him.
"I'm just no good at lyrics. Coming up with words is, like... [pause] really hard." Scooteroll tells the unicorn. "Oh, it can't be that bad. "With our cutie marks we'll rock Equestria. We use our stomachs to... digestia"? Umm... well... these are... um... good, but... how about after "we fight the fight"...
There is nothing that we fear
We'll have to figure out what we'll do next
'Til our cutie marks are here " Silver Bell sings impressing his friend. "Wow! That's so awesome! Did you just come up with that now?" Scooteroll asks him. "Yeah... kind of." Silver Bell says to him. "Thanks, I'm totally using that." Scooteroll tells his friend and he writes down what Silver Bell had sang.
The two here are rustling and look towards the noise and sees the pink fabric that Silver Bell was chasing about to roll down the hill into the pond at the base. "Oh no!" Silver Bell says in horror as he hears a splash he runs down to the pond to see the fabric soaked.
The wet fabric is then put on lines to dry out as Silver Bell uses a sewing machine to attempt to make costumes for the group for their performance. He pulls the costume off of the sewing machine as he finishes. "One, two, three, four, five?" Silver Bell groans as he sees that he made one more leg hole than necessary for one of the costumes.
Apple Buck shows up trying to perfect the spin but falls right in front of Silver Bell and his failed costume. "Ouch!" Apple Buck exclaims in pain. "How's the spin coming along?" Silver Bell asks him. "I think I gotta just stick to punches and kicks." Apple Buck says to Silver Bell and he looks at the costume that he had made.
"You know, ponies only have four legs." Apple Buck tells him. "I'll never be a designer like my brother Elusive." Silver Bell says in dismay. "Hey, it's no big deal. Why don't you use the dress form? It'll help you with your patterns and help you put all the pieces in the right places." Apple Buck says as he points at the mannequin.
"Oh, is that what that's for?" Silver Bell says as he looks at it. "Uh... maybe you should also clean your paintbrush between each color." Apple Buck tells him as he looks at the sets that Silver Bell created. "Oh, I was wondering why all the colors looked like mud." Silver Bell said with a realization. "You're not using power tools, are you?" Apple Buck said concerned for his friend.
~ Later ~
"The talent show is just around the corner. I wonder how the little colts are doin'." AppleJack said as he went to check on his little brother and his friends are doing. AppleJack looks in through the window of the clubhouse to see what the little colts are doing.
"Oh! Sorry, Scooteroll." Apple Buck apologizes to his friend has he accidentally bumped into him. "That's okay. Ugh!" Scooteroll says and he gets bumped by Silver Bell. "Oops! Sorry, Scooteroll. Ouch!" Silver Bell yelps as he gets bumped by Scooteroll. "Oh, my bad, Silver Bell. Let's sing the chorus again!" Scooteroll says his to his friends as they continue dancing.
"Well, gosh. Sure wasn't expectin' that." AppleJack says as he walks down the stairs of their clubhouse. "I think that sounded pretty good." Apple Buck said to his friends as they leave the clubhouse. "Me too. You think we're ready?" Silver Bell asked the others. "Ready as we'll ever be." Scooteroll said to them. "Hey! Did you see us practicing?" Scooteroll asked as the CMC saw AppleJack.
"Uh... yeah." AppleJack said. "Well? How'd we do? How'd we do?" Apple Buck asked his older brother. "Uh..." AppleJack said unsure on how to respond to the performance he had just saw by his brother and his friends. "Speechless! See, boys? I told you that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna leave them speechless." Scooteroll says as he took his lack of words as something else. "Yay!" The Crusaders cheer excitedly. "'Speechless' is right." AppleJack says slightly under his breath.
~ The night of the talent show ~
It is the night of the talent show the sky is setting showing the beautiful sunset and the stars to shine ponies are at the school house to watch the Ponyville talent show on stage currently are snips and snails performing a magic act.
"...And, on the count of three, this rabbit will disappear, and something tasty will reappear in its place. A one, a two, and a three! Hey! Where are they? Snails, where are the... carrots." Snips asks as he looks for the carrots that are supposed to be there seeing Snails eat eating them. "SNAILS!" Snips yells at him chasing his friend off of the stage.
"Uh, how about a round of applause for the S&S magic act? Now for our next act, we have Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie reciting their favorite poem... on roller skates!" Mr. Cheerilee says as he cues for the next act.
"Break a leg!" Silver Bell wishes the next act good luck. "Silver Bell! What a thing to say!" Apple Buck scolds his friend not knowing what he meant. "No, no, no. You see, in the theater it's considered bad luck to say "good luck". So you say "break a leg" instead." Silver Bell tells him.
"My little ponies! How are you doing?" Dusk and Cupid ask them. "Nervous..." the CMC say as the cower a bit. "Don't worry. You're gonna be amazing. Remember, just stick to what you know best." Dusk says to them. "I can't wait to hear you sing, Silver Bell." Cupid says to the unicorn colt.
"Why does everypony always think I'm gonna sing?" Silver Bell says a bit irritated. "Actually, Cupid, I'm the main singer tonight." Scooteroll says to the unicorn mare. "Oh?" Cupid says confused. "And I'm the main dancer. Hi-ya!" Apple Buck tells the two unicorns making a karate chopping motion.
"Oh?" Dusk says looking hesitant. "And I'm in charge of..." Silver Bell starts. "Costumes?" The two unicorns ask the young one. "And sets and props. How'd you know?" Silver Bell asks them. "Really, boys? Are you sure...?" Dusk tries to talk to them.
"Cutie Mark Crusaders, you're on next. Break a leg." Mr. Cheerilee says to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Break a le—" Dusk tries to wish them but Apple Buck trips and falls on his face. "Uh... good luck!" He tells them. "It'll be fine Dusky hopefully." Cupid tries to reassure him and herself as they hear music play for their performance.
" Look, here, are three little ponies,
Ready to sing for this crowd,
Listen up, 'cause here's our story
I'm gonna sing it. " Scooteroll sings very off key.
" Very loud! " The three sing together.
" When you're a younger pony
And your flank is very bare
Feels like the sun will never come
When your cutie mark's not there
So the three of us will fight the fight
There is nothing that we fear
We'll have to figure out what we'll do next. " Scooteroll continues to sing.
" 'Til our cutie marks are here!
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks. " The Crusaders sing together.
" They all say that you'll get your mark
When the time is really right
And you know just what you're supposed to do
And your talent comes to light
But it's not as easy as it sounds
And that waiting's hard to do
So we test our talents everywhere. " Scooteroll continues to sing.
" Until our face is blue
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks
We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks! " The Crusaders sing together as they finish their song as their set comes crashing down. The audience bursts out in laughter after their performance making the three colts look down embarrassed.
"Wow. That did not go as well as I expected." Scooteroll says as they walk off stage. "I can't believe they're laughin' at us." Apple Buck says in disbelief. "Was it that bad?" Silver Bell asks and Mr. Cheerilee and Barbara walk up to the trio. "Back on stage, boys. It's time for the awards." Mr. Cheerilee tells them.
"Back on stage? No." Silver Bell declines. "They'll just laugh some more." Apple Buck says. "Yeah, what's the point?" Scooteroll says sadly. "Now boys, let's be good sports. You made a great effort. You should be proud. Now come on!" Mr. Cheerilee tells them.
"Let's hear it for all our talented fillies and colts." Mr. Cheerilee says to the audience and they all stomp their hooves in applause. "Our first award goes to... Snips and Snails for best magic act." Mr. Cheerilee announces. "Hey! Mine's at least shinier." Snips says. "Well, mine's bigger." Snails says. "Oh yeah, well... well, mine is, um... heavier?" Snips says as they walk off with their medal's.
"The next award goes to... Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie for best dramatic performance." Mr. Cheerilee the two gasp happily as Barbara puts their medals on their necks.
"And finally, the last award of the night goes to... the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Mr. Cheerilee announces. "What?" The Crusaders say confused. "For best comedy act." Mr. Cheerilee announces as Barbara puts the medals around their necks the audience cheers for them and they bow.
"Can you believe it? We won!" Apple Buck says in disbelief. "I knew our act was awesome." Scooteroll says happily. "You know what would be the best? If we won and we got our cutie marks." Silver Bell says and the CMC take off their costumes to see if they got their cutie marks but to their disappointment they had not and they groan sadly.
"Congratulations, ponies! Job well done." Dusk said congratulating the three on their win. "You three did amazing! I haven't laughed like that since I met Bubble Berry." Cupid tells them. "Thanks Dusk, thanks Cupid." The three say sadly. "Hey, you don't sound too excited." Dusk says confused for their lack of excitement.
"[sigh] We worked really hard and won a prize, but we still don't have our cutie marks." Scooteroll said sad. "Which is the prize we really wanted." Silver Bell told the older unicorns. "Oh, boys..." Dusk and Cupid said understanding them.
"But we think we know why." Apple Buck says. "Yes. We know why." Silver Bell says and Scooteroll nods in agreement. "Oh? Tell me. I'd love to make a special report to the Prince." Dusk tells them. "Well, maybe we were trying too hard." Silver Bell starts. "Yes? And?" Cupid urges them to continue.
"And instead of forcing ourselves to do something that's not meant for us..." Scooteroll says. "Yes? Yes?" Dusk encourages them to continue. "We each should be embracing our true talent!" Apple Buck says. "And that is...?" The two unicorns ask them. "Comedy!" The crusaders answer them making the look at the trio is shock not expecting that answer.
"Apple Buck! You did it!" AppleJack says to his little brother as he Elusive and Rainbow Blitz stand by the edge of the stage waiting for the little colts. "Did you see our award? Weren't we funny?" They said together as they rush towards their older brothers/ brother figure.
Dusk and Cupid both blink a couple of times and shake their heads. "One day... [giggle] one day..." Dusk says as he and Cupid look at them with knowing looks.