A/N: Edit: Yay! 100 Reveiws! All Right! Congrats to ShiningShadow1965 for getting reveiw 100! Any ways...

The first chapter of what will be an ongoing plot. I meant to introduce it in a later chapter BUT then I realized it was the perfect chapter to hint at the plot... it's more of a hint than actually getting into it. But yeah... Anyways enjoy!

Chapter 18: Cutie Marks Stories

Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle had all become known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, deciding to get their cutie marks and find themselves.

They've done quite a few things to do it and even had their own club house.

It hasn't been doing well and a lot of time they ended up covered in tree sap.

It's probably best not to know why that was common, only that it was common.

They had just tried out zip lining, but not only was it a failure but they also crashed in a tree…

Which was why they were covered in tree sap again.

"See anything!" said Apple Bloom.

"Just pine needles and tree sap." Sighed Scootaloo.

"So plan B?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Do you know where we can get a cannon at this hour?" asked Scootaloo.

The other two flinched as they looked at each other.

"Oh this is hopeless." Said Scootaloo upon realizing that her friends wouldn't agree on her plan, "We always end up without our cutie marks and surprisingly covered in tree sap."

"Why doesn't we try something safe like pillow testing or flower sniffing." Said Sweetie Belle.

"This town is fully of ponies who have their cutie marks, maybe we can ask them." Suggested Apple Bloom.

"And I know the most awesome pony in Ponyville and we should ask him!" said Scootaloo.

"Big Macintosh!" said Apple Bloom.

"Izuku Midoriya!" cheered Sweetie Belle blushing.

"You got it Sweetie Belle!" cheered Scootaloo then she looked at Apple Bloom, "Really Apple Bloom?"

"I realized it was stupid after saying it." Said Apple Bloom blushing.

As her brother was a stallion of few words it made sense it would be a bad idea to ask him.

"Wait a second… since when are you a big fan of Deku?" asked Scootaloo to Sweetie Belle.

"Well." Said Sweetie Belle.

(Flashback)

Sweetie Belle was walking through town when suddenly there was a shout.

"Derpy! Watch out for that!" yelled a random pony.

But the pony didn't finish the sentence, as Sweetie Belle heard a crash and saw a cart was headed right for her.

That was when a green blur ran over and saved her.

Sweetie Belle looked up and it was Izuku who saved her.

"Are you okay?" asked Izuku smiling at her.

Sweetie Belle nodded.

That was when they heard another crash. Izuku let go of her so he could go see what Derpy had done now.

"Thank you!" said Sweetie.

Izuku nodded and gave her another smile.

(End of Flashback).

Sweetie Belle was blushing.

"You know he's really popular with the mares right?" asked Apple Bloom.

"I know…" said sweetie Belle, "And I know I don't stand a chance but he's so nice and sweet and cute…"

"And really dense." Said Scootaloo.

Durring the time since meeting him, she got to spend time with him. And a couple of times some mares did look at him like they were in love with him, but he didn't notice at all.

"I heard." Said Sweetie Belle.

"He's still amazing! And I do want to know how he got his cutie mark!" said Scootaloo.

"Well you do have a point." Said Apple Bloom.

"Let's go find Deku!" cheered Scootaloo.

And so they sped away with Scootaloo's scooter pulling a wagon.

They quickly found Izuku and sat with him at a café.

"You want to know how I got my cutie mark?" asked Izuku.

"Oh yeah! I'm sure it's an amazing story." Said Scootaloo.

Izuku began to sweat.

(Flashback)

It was a couple days after the fight with Nightmare Moon. They had all realized something during breakfast…

"I've been wondering what exactly are the symbols on our butts?" asked Ochaco.

"Oh we haven't explain cutie marks." Said Twilight, "Foals are born without them. When a pony discovers what their meant for in life it appears on their flank and it shows off that talent."

"Seriously?" asked Katsuki.

"But ours showed up when we were transformed." Said Momo.

"It could be with the exception of Izuku, all of our cutie marks is tied to our quirks." Said Tenya.

"Oh that makes sense." Said Ochaco.

"Wait… why isn't yours tied to your quirk?" asked Twilight.

"I don't know… maybe I see my quirk as second to me becoming a hero…" said Izuku.

This was long before he told them the truth about his quirk.

"Whatever." Muttered Katsuki.

When he told them the truth they all realized the real reason.

(End of Flashback)

However Izuku knew he really shouldn't tell them the truth about everything.

Thankfully there was a shout.

"The inexplicable lions have returned!" yelled a pony.

Don't ask about the "inexplicable lions"… trying to make sense of them is just confusing.

"I should really help with that." Said Izuku.

"Wait!" said Scootaloo.

"Well I guess we can ask somepony else." Said Apple Bloom.

"What the fuck are doing Deku! I was here first!" they heard Katsuki yell.

"Not him." Said Scootaloo.

"No way!" said Sweetie Belle.

"Absolutely not." Agree Apple Bloom.

They decided to ask around, Apple Bloom, suggested they ask Mrs. Cake as they were close.

It ended in tears and hugs for Apple Bloom because it was a story that Mrs. Cake never told her before about her mother.

Then Sugar Belle as they were there and Scootaloo needed a break from the sappiness (at least that's what she claimed).

However that was when Momo and Ochaco entered.

"Oh hey!" said Scootaloo.

"You three haven't been causing problems have you?" joke Ochaco.

"Not at all." Said Scootaloo.

"What do you take us for." Said Apple Bloom.

"We were wondering, how did you get your cutie marks?" asked Sweetie Belle.

The two humans turned mares looked at each other unsure what to tell them.

But thankfully it was Ponyville and on a good day there's always multiple things that goes wrong.

"The spiders have gained sapience and are taking over the area around my house!" yelled Everlasting Imagination covered in spider web.

"Oh no not again!" said Sugar Belle.

"You should really clean your house." Said Mrs. Cake.

"This sounds like something we should help out with." Said Ochaco.

Momo created a flame thrower.

"Isn't that over kill?" asked Ochaco.

"You've never had to deal with the spiders like these ones." Said Everlasting Imagination.

"Sorry but we have to go." Said Ochaco.

The two left to deal with the spiders.

Meanwhile at the library, Izuku and Katsuki came back.

"so how was your day?" asked Starlight.

"Those damn lions came back." Muttered Katsuki.

"Of course they did." Said Twilight, "I've lived in Ponyville in two different timelines I never understood them."

"Uh… I might need your help with something." Said Izuku, "Scootaloo and the others wanted a cutie mark story out of me…"

"Don't you're a terrible liar." Said Katsuki.

"Wait that's today?" asked Twilight.

"I'll go find them." Said Sunburst.

Both Izuku and Katsuki looked at them confused.

"Oh sorry… this was an important day in the original timeline." Said Twilight, "Not because of any villain or anything like that…"

"What do you mean?" asked Izuku.

"Them asking us about how we got our cutie marks was how I found out how me and my friends were connected." Said Twilight sadly.

"Oh…" said Izuku.

"I didn't remember the exact day…" said Twilight.

"Anyways I'm going to talk to them and push them in the right direction." Said Sunburst.

"Good luck." Said Twilight.

"Don't wish me luck… we really shouldn't even be doing this." Said Sunburst.

"I know,… but I don't know if I'll change that day before then." Said Twilight.

"You'll figure something out." Said Sunburst leaving.

Izuku looked at Twilight.

"There's a pony I want to help a lot… I just don't know how I can help her right now…" said Twilight.

"What?" asked Izuku.

"It's extremely complicated…" said Twilight, "And I don't know if any of you could help her… But that's neither here or there…"

"Okay…" said Izuku unsure how to respond.

"Anyways it's not a good idea for you to say anything…" said Twilight, "Since you're a really bad liar."

"I'm not that bad of a liar…" said Izuku.

"You suck at it Deku." Said Katsuki.

"Wait… did they get their cutie marks in the original timeline?" asked Izuku.

"They did." Said Twilight, "I don't know if the circumstances will be the same and because of that I'm just lightly pointing them in the right direction."

"They're annoying…" said Katsuki, "I don't think anyone will mind."

"That's not the reason!" said Twilight.

Well it was a small part of it… but it wasn't the main part of it.

Meanwhile, with the Cutie Mark crusaders… they decided to ask a few more ponies.

They decided to ask Shoto how he got his.

And much like his fellow heroes turned ponies he didn't answer.

But thankfully something came up that needed his help.

"Shoto we need your help!" cried Ochaco flying towards him while holding on to Momo.

"What happened?" asked Shoto.

"Well…" said Momo.

"Wait… did the spiders steal the flame thrower you created?" asked Apple Bloom.

"Yeah…" said Momo blushing.

"What?" asked Shoto.

"We'll explain on the way." said Ochaco.

The cutie mark crusaders sighed.

"So I heard you three were wanting to listen to stories about Ponies getting their cutie marks." Said Sunburst walking towards them.

"Yeah." Said Scootaloo.

"I think you should listen to mine. Because it's important." Said Sunburst.

"How is important?" asked Sweetie.

"Sometimes getting your cutie mark can go wrong." Said Sunburst.

The three fillies looked at each other.

"What happened?" asked Apple Bloom.

"One day I was playing with Starlight." Said Sunburst.

"Oh yeah you were best friends since you were foals!" said Sweetie Belle.

Sunburst nodded.

"Anyways she accidently knocked some books down and I used a powerful spell to save her from the books collapsing on her." Said Sunburst, "My cutie mark appeared right then and there…"

"What happened?" asked Scootaloo.

"Everypony celebrated and my parents decided to send me off to Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns. I got in but…" said Sunburst.

He took a breath.

"Everypony including myself misinterpreted my cutie mark." Said Sunburst, "My cutie mark didn't mean I could do powerful magic… it meant I was good at studying magic."

"How did you get it wrong?" asked Apple Bloom.

"My mentor believes I pushed the limits of my magic because Starlight was in danger." Said Sunburst, "That made us all believe that my talents was powerful magic… but it wasn't… I flunked out of the school because I didn't have that magical ability."

"Ponies can misinterpret their cutie marks?" asked Scootaloo surprised.

"That's so sad." Said Sweetie.

"It happens." Said Sunburst, "It's not rare either, it happens to many ponies."

"I can't believe it." Said Apple Bloom.

"Hmm… I wonder…" said Sunburst.

"What?" asked Scootaloo.

"Maybe while trying to find your cutie marks you can also help with finding theirs." Said Sunburst, "It could help figure out you're lot in life."

"That actually sounds pretty interesting." Said Apple Bloom.

"And we'll be helping ponies." Said Scootaloo.

"Also I doubt we'll be covered in tree sap." Said Sweetie Belle.

Sunburst looked at the three fillies hoping that the plan would work.

After all there was a chance that Twilight might end up butterfly away the event.

That was when, Shoto flew in.

"IS everything all right?" asked Sunburst.

"The spiders got their hands on some sort of mystical amulet that lets them copy elemental abilities." Said Shoto.

"Okay… did you see what it looks like?" asked Sunburst.

Shoto nodded.

"We should get back to the library." Said Sunburst.

"You three should hide." Said Shoto.

The cutie mark crusaders all nodded and headed to their club house.

A couple days later… the three decided to post some flyers about helping ponies figure out their cutie marks.

"Seriously trying to help ponies figure out their cutie marks?" asked Diamond Tiara.

"You don't 'have any… how can you help them?" asked Silver Spoon.

"It can't hurt to try." Said Scootaloo.

"My mom did something similar with Mrs. Cake! So it can't hurt to try." Said Apple Bloom.

"Oh your mom!" said Silver Spoon ready to make fun of her.

Diamond Tiara whispered something to Silver Spoon.

"Oh… I…" said Silver Spoon realizing that's something that shouldn't be made fun of.

"But still you're a blank flank and nothing will change that!" said Diamond Tiara.

"Hey! What's going on here!" said Twilight in her unicorn disguise.

"Oh nothing…" said Diamond Tiara, "Come on let's go."

As Twilight's eyes hadn't adjusted to natural sunlight they didn't see a sad look in her eyes while looking at Diamond Tiara.

"Thanks!" said Scootaloo.

"So a service to help Ponies having a hard time with their cutie marks." Said Twilight looking at the flyer, "What a wonderful idea."

"You really think so?" asked Apple Bloom.

"I heard about what you've been doing and I hope this will let you figure everything out." Said Twilight.

The three fillies smiled.

"All right! Let's go post these all over!" said Apple Bloom.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders Cutie Mark helpers are a go!" cheered all three.

Twilight smiled at the three.

Then looked nearby and saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon nearby.

She sighed… she hoped that she could help that pony before that day in the original timeline…

Because no foal should go through that…

Next Time: Izuku and Katsuki find themselves in a strange underground tunnel system. Can they figure out a way out without being tat each other throats? Uh... okay that's a stupid question... but still is someone behind it? Find out next time!

A/N: Fun fact about this chapter... I've been meaning to add a joke about Evy and spiders trying to take over the town for some reason... I don't know why... Also the lions are canon... They appear in The Cutie Pox... I still don't' know where they came from so I decided to make them a regular staple of the town.