Chapter 6

CutiemarkFinders

Leslie decided to explore the area a bit while her mom was talking to some strange pony. She was looking for other little fillies like her. Leslie saw a group of fillies and started walking towards them. Leslie always wanted to meet young fillies like her. She never did interact well with the rest of the fillies in Fillydelphia.

"Hello there young fillies!My name is Leslie Clark,what's your name?"

The three looked at each other and all nodded

"WE ARE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!"

Leslie was spooked for a second.

"I'm Sweetie Bell!"Yelled the white unicorn.

"I'm Apple bloom!"Yelled the yellow earth pony.

"And I'm Scootaloo" Yelled the orange Pegasi.

Apple Bloom looked at Leslie's flank and noticed a cutie mark. The three walked up to the filly and started bombing her with question.

"How did you get the cutie mark?How long did it take ya to get it?What does it mean?Where did you get it?What did you do?Was it awesome when you got it?"

Leslie was slowly walking backward until she hit a wall a screamed

"STOP IT!"

The three stopped talking and looked back at her.

"Were sure are sorry,it's just that were blank flanks and we really want a cutie mark" said Apple Bloom.

"Yeah,so can ya please tell us about your cutie mark?"Scootaloo pleaded

"Yeah,the more fillies we ask about their cutie marks the greater the chance we have to get pur cutie mark!" Said Sweetie Bell with glee.

Leslie sighed and said "Okay..."

Leslie was the first in her kindergarten class to be able to read. She loved reading mystery books and books about nature. She would spend most of her days in her room playing point and click games. She held the record of beating every point and click games under an hour. One day in class,the class pets were missing and Leslie was determined to find out where they were. She interviewed every student that was near the school or in the school at the time at the escape. She came down to three ponies who could help her,Sam,a blue Pegasus,Owen a light green unicorn and Jake a red earth pony.

The teacher gave her about one hour before the school completely closes. They had to look for a hamster,a tarantula and a rat. The three have seen where the class pets were last seen. They volunteered to help for extra credit. Owen and Sam both saw Rat track in the sandbox and ending at a bunch of hoofprints. At first Leslie thought that the rat turned into a mutant pony but that's very unlikely because their school isn't near radiation...hopefully. The four decided to examine the sandbox and all the tracks were gone. Leslie looked into the sand and remembered this one time in this game she played,this guys stepped on soil and left a rare leaf only grown in one place.

"We have to dig inside the sandbox!To find clues!"

The three ponies started digging and found a piece of paper. Leslie examined it and it said

Right Tony?It's so boring here

Yep,we should do something else after school other than racing.

Like what?

How about some football in the field?I can invite my friends!

It was written in cursive and they were teaching cursive to the 3rd graders. They had to go to the football field to see if the letter was written today. Sam volunteered to go ahead to the field since she was the fastest.

Scootaloo raised her hand and asked "Can you cut to the chase because this is getting really boring..."

Leslie sighed and continued telling the story.

So as I was saying,we all had to walk and when we got there Sam was playing football with the colts. Jake,being such a rough houser,walked up and started asking detective like questions. Leslie pushed him aside and asked nicely "Did you write this note?"

The colt examined it and shook his head "Sorry but I didn't write this..."

The four ponies sighed and were disappointed

"But I know who wrote it!It looks like Cherry Blossom's hand writing."

"Let's go guys!"

They arrived at her home and were greeted by Cherry's mom,she let them in to see Cherry. Her room was locked but Owen knew how to pick lock it with his magic. The four entered the room quietly and were surprised by what they saw. A room full of animals,from cats to baby alligators. They slowly closed the door and turned around. They all ran down the stairs but they were blocked by Cherry.

"Hey guys!"

The four tried keeping their cool as much as possible.

"Hey Cherry,want to hang out later?"

"We wanted to hangout today but mom called and we had to leave..."

"Well see ya!"

"DON'T FEED US TO THOSE ANIMALS YOU CRAZY PONY!"

The three stared at Jake who completely blew their cover.

"Well we can hang out for a while now..." said Cherry with a sinister face.

They were all locked in her room until they promised not to tell. Leslie was trying to find the class pets while Sam was flying over the mess of animals. Jake was in the corner with his eyes twitching of horror. Owen was okay,he was holding and cuddling the animals.

"Come on guys,we have school on Monday and I need my sleep. Just don't tell..."

"But were detectives!"

"We are?"

"Yeah Owen,where have you been for the last hour?"

"OH PLEASE CELESTIA,GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

"Shut up Jake..."

"You can all shut up and not tell anyone..."

"NEVER!"

Leslie was examining the room,this situation was like an "Escape the room game".She had a system,find a problem and find the solution. Her problem,door is closed and the other side has a chair. She needed to find away to knock down the chair.

"Sam!"

"What?"

"Do you think you can use your wing to go under the door and knock down the chair?"

Owen laughed and said "Ha...Wingboner..."

Sam ignored his remark and asked "Can't Cherry just put it back up?"

"You're right...we need a distraction...Jake!"

"DON'T KILL ME!"

"ummm...okay?Anyways,I need you to use your strength and knock on that wall!"

"BUT THE ANIMALS!"

"I made them restarted and blind,now just go over there..."

"FREEDOM!"

Cherry was sitting in the whole way and began hearing something on the wall. She ran immediately thinking it was her rats escaping through the walls. Sam knocked down the chair and they all ran out. Owen was carrying as many animals he could on his back while Jake was running and screaming outside. Leslie left the house disappointed that she failed and didn't find the class pets. Sam flew beside her and put wrapped her arm behind her.

"Hey Leslie..."

"Hey..."

"Look at what I have!"

She was carrying all three class pets on her hoof.

"But how?"

"I taught them a special call..."

"What Is it?"

Sam put her hoof in her mouth and screamed. The animals went right back to her.

"Also look at your flank"

Leslie started to squeal and started jumping around.

"I'm not a blank flank!"

"I guess you were destined to be a detective!"

And that's how I got this awesome cutie mark!Any questions?Scootaloo raised her hand and asked "Why was it boring?"

Apple Bloom pushed Scootaloo and told her to other questions?Apple Bloom raised her hand. "Do you think that you could use your detective skill to find our cutie mark?"

"Depends...Maybe if we hang out a bit I can see what your cutie mark will be..."

Cutie Mark Crusaders go!

After 3 hours of hanging out with her 3 new friends,Leslie remembered about her mom. She didn't want to worry her. She ran to where her mom was the last time she saw her. She was gone,Leslie was trying no to cry but then she started hearing music. She knew her mom would be there,she could never resist a concert. She followed the noise and it was coming from the bakery. She saw a green pony in front of the store. Leslie assumed that she was either dumped or just learned she was pregnant,but it wasn't her problem. The pony was staring at her as Leslie went in. She was greeted by an over excited pink pony. "Hey my names Pinkie Pie,when did you get here?I've never seen you around here in Ponyville!That means that you must be new!I'm sorry I didn't throw you a party but this other lady came and saved our whole town,but it's still in ruins but who care!Parties are more important!"

Leslie was getting a headache from this pony talking way too much. She just started looking around for Chili. She then started screaming her name and then the green pony came smashing trough the door. She was running toward her. Leslie started running and screaming "Stranger danger!".Leslie dashed through the crowd of ponies and went upstairs. She hid in a closet full of cupcakes and other sweets. She heard the pony mumbling and screaming "Come on kid,I don't have all day!" Leslie was peeking out the crack seeing if the insane pony left. She was still there but was just sitting there."Listen filly,I'm sorry if I looked a little crazy like 5 seconds ago but now I'm calmed down. Chili left to Appleloosa and now the only way to see her is by going with me,Snails and Snips to Appleloosa in 2 weeks. But if you don't come,it's your lost..."The little filly slowly walked out of the closet and walked to the pony.

"By the way the name's Lyra,Chili told me to keep you safe until she either returns or we go to her. So I'm guessing your going to stay with me and Bon-Bon,my 't worry,we don't have strict rules or anything."

"Do you have any books or point and click games?"

"We're very low tech in Ponyvile so sorry but Bon-Bon has a bunch of books!"

"Great!"

Lyra's House was beautiful,full of pictures of her with her friends and musical instruments everywhere.

"Do you play any instruments Lyra?"

"Oh I play the Lyre,just look at my cutie mark!I'm perfect at it!"

As they went to the kitchen Leslie saw Bon-Bon,Lyra's friend she talked about back at the bakery. She was cleaning the dishes and cooking what smelled like fried grass.

"Hey there little filly,I'm sorry about your mom but hey,it'll be like having a child for a while."

Bon-Bon patted Leslie's head messing up her mane.

"Let me show you your new room!"

Bon-Bon grabbed Leslie and they walked to her new room. A pink room filled with decorations and a bookcase.

"This was my old room,but it yours now!Just try not to break anything."

Lyra walked in tired and whined "Bon-Bon,where's my pain pills,I have a HUGE headache and I feel like I'm gonna die..."

Bon-Bon sighed and mumbled "Typical lazy Lyra..." and walked out of the room.

Leslie looked worried "Are you alright Lyra?"

"I'm fine,it's just that back there I went completely insane. I always lose my temper,especially when Chili Peps is around..."

Leslie ignored the remark about her mother "Sorry about that. I should really ask why there's an insane pony trying to catch me..."

Lyra laughed "That probably wasn't the best way to get ya,but it worked,right?"

Leslie giggled "Yep,it worked..."

"Well good night peepsqueek..."

Leslie opened her eyes and screamed,Apple Bloom was on top of her. It took her awhile to catch her breath.

"WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

"Oh,It was the cutie mark wake up call!I even brought Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell. Didn't we tell you about it?"

Leslie looked behind Apple Bloom,she was right. Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell were sitting behind her.

"No,and how did you get here!"

"Lyra let us in..."

"Well don't scare me like that!"

"We have a whole day ahead of us!So we can go cutie mark crusading!"

"I have to brush my mane..."

"No you don't!"

Leslie looked into the mirror and was surprised,her mane was perfectly groomed.

"But how?"

"We groomed it for ya!"

Leslie was torn between saying thank you or kicking them out.

"Thank you guys,so I guess we better go cutie mark finding!"

Chapter 7

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