::::::::::CHAPTER 3: Crusade for Christmas::::::::::

Sweetiebelle woke up the next morning refreshed and energetic as ever. She looked around curiously, the angel that had spoken to her last night was nowhere to be seen. "maybe it was all just a dream?" she inquired to herself. "Sweetiebelle...Breakfast!" Rarity called from downstairs "coming" Sweetiebelle swiftly replied before racing downstairs and into the kitchen. "My my,aren't we energetic this morning" Rarity smiled down at her sister. "sleep well?" "m hmm." Sweetiebelle nodded. "well then I suppose that makes two of us now doesn't it" Rarity continued. "Dreamt of the most lovely and blissful music.".

"Really!?" Sweetiebelle's eyes shot wide open. "so you saw him too.". "Saw who?" Rarity gave Sweetiebelle a puzzled look. "oh..nothing,never mind". "There's no way it could have been a dream if Rarity heard it too." Sweetiebelle thought to herself. After quickly eating breakfast, Sweetiebelle left for the Crusader's clubhouse.

:::::at the Clubhouse:::::

"You saw a what?" Scootaloo and Applebloom said in unison, giving her a look that was a mix of confusion and disbelief. "An Angel" Sweetiebelle repeated. "He appeared and talked to me last night, right after I heard that soft music." "wait a sec, yall heard that too?" Applebloom spoke up. "I knew that wasn't just me!" Sweetiebelle replied "Rarity heard it too" she continued "Everyone in Ponyvill must have heard it." "well I heard it too.." Scootaloo interjected "But I didn't see anyone as far as I remember." she continued "In fact...as soon as a heard it I fell asleep." "me too." Applebloom added. Sweetiebelle then went on to tell them all the things Gabriel had said to her.

"so yall are saying the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because somepony was born to make it so everypony els whould be forgiven for all the bad things they've done?" "pretty much" Sweetiebelle replied. "But he said that all this happend long before us ponies existed and that we where taught by something called Humans, but we had slowly forgotten about it." she continued "he asked me to help everypony remember again." "how are you supposed to do that?" Scootaloo said with a raised brow.

"he said that I needed to use my Special Tallent." "Wow! Do you think you might get your Cutie mark for this?" Scootaloo replied. "what kind of cutie mark would that be anyway?" "I'm not sure." swetiebelle said. "The only problem is finding out what your special talent is." aplebloom said scratching her chin. "he said it was something I used every day, and that I would realize it when I need too." "Well it is Christmas eve, id say this is as good a time as ever" "everypony has forgotten the meaning behind Christmas." "Sweetiebelle said. "but the Cutie mark crusaders are going to make them remember agein" they all smiled..

:::SONG:CHRISTMAS CRUSADE::: . (to the melody of "bad seed")

"yeah yeah yeah...yeah yeah yeah...yeah yeah yeah,yeah yeah"...

Sweetiebelle:"it alllll started last night when I was tucked into my bed...

when an Angel came before meee,and this is what he said..."

Scootaloo:"he said, the king of kings,all the ponies they forgot..."

"Its up to you make them remembeeer the son of God"

Applebloom:"we gotta help some how...we know well make him proud!

All:"Christmas! Christmas! he was Born on Christmas Day!

Jesus came to earth to say,he would wash our sins away!"

"Christmas! Christmas! The time has come today!

We'll spread the word of thee! we gotta hurry don't you see..."

"Christmas...Christmas...he was born on Christmas Day!"

"yeah yeah yeah...yeah yeah yeah...yeah yeah yeah,yeah yeah"...

Applebloom:"God looked apon creation, but what he saw, he didn't like...

"All his children,they were sinning...they knew not wrong from right."

All: "So sent them down a savior, so that they just might all be saved"

"and declared that the son of god shall be born on Christmas Day"

All:"we gotta help some how...we know well make him proud!

All:"Christmas! Christmas! he was Born on Christmas Day!

Jesus came to earth to say,he would wash our sins away!"

"Christmas! Christmas! The time has come today!

We'll spread the word of thee! we gotta hurry don't you see...

Sweetiebelle:"Every Pony...every Mule..."

Applebloom:"Every Stallion,Mare and Foal..."

Scootalloo:"How could we shun, how'd we forget"

All:"how could this be, this can't be how it all ends"

All:"Christmas Christmas...he was born on Christmas..

"Christmas Christmas...he was born on christmas..

Christmas Christmas...he was born on Christmas Day!"

(end song)

"I still don't know how were suposed to do it" scootaloo said. "hmmmm" they all thought for several moments. "how about we put on an awesome snow boarding show" Scootaloo coaxed "nooo" sweetiebelle and applebloom said, looking at scootaloo as if she were an idiot. "eh...it was worth a shot" Scootaloo shrugged. "Maby some sort of festival or parade?" Applebloom Suggested "I kind of like that idea" Scootaloo replied "me too" Sweetiebelle followed "but..." she trailed off "..we have festivals and parades here all the time" sweetiebelle Continued "this needs to be something specail, something that gabs everypony's attention." "well maby we should go to watch the tree in the center of town lit up tonight.." Scootaloo said "maybe that might give us an idea" "Well then we better hurry, itle be dark soon" Applebloom said as she peered out the window at the setting sun.

Sweetiebelle nodded "then let's go"