We walked back to Ponyville after that startling event. Thank goodness we were all alive.
"Are you girls okay…?" I asked on our way back to Ponyville.
"Yeah we're okay." Applebloom insisted, and the rest nodded.
"Seriously? You're not scarred for life?" I asked shocked.
"Nah." Scootaloo answered.
"What?!"
"You got them anyway, what's there to worry about now?" Scootaloo asked, seeming unfazed.
Wow, tough cookies.
"Anyway, what do we do now to get our cutie marks?" Sweetie Belle continued, "We definitely didn't get them for monster hunting…" she stifled a giggle.
I thought of what we could do. Something NOT dangerous.
"It has to be something that isn't dangerous!" I protested.
"A stand-up comedy show!" Scootaloo interrupted my train of thought.
I gulped, "Stand-up comedy?"
"Yeah! CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, COMEDIANS!" They all screamed, slamming their hooves together, once again looking for me to slam mine into theirs.
I hesitated at first, but eventually slammed my hoof in.
"YAY!" They all cheered together.
"Haha, yay!.." I cheered with them.
"We'll do it on the stage in front of Town Hall!" Applebloom announced.
"Town Hall? Where everyone can see?" I gulped, feeling my face get hot.
"Yeah! So EVERYONE can hear our jokes!" Sweetie Belle joined in.
"This idea is sure to get us our cutie marks!" Scootaloo exclaimed, hopping around.
"Let's go, Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Sweetie Belle yelled, running to Town Hall. A microphone was already there, and Scootaloo went up to it, and announced, "STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW, RIGHT HERE IN 5 MINUTES! COME FOR A GOOD LAUGH!" She caught lots of ponies attentions, and they started crowding around.
Applebloom grabbed my tail and started dragging me up to the stage.
"Nononononononono I can't do thissss!" I whined, as she struggled getting me up the stairs.
"You're up first, Kate!" Sweetie Belle whispered to me, and I found myself up at the microphone, everypony staring at me. I didn't even have time to make up jokes! I saw Twilight and the rest of the gang in the front row, staring at me and cheering me on.
"Yeah! Go Kate!" They all yelled, while everypony else was stomping their hooves on the ground. I'm guessing that's applause here.
"Heh… um…" I slowly leaned in towards the microphone.
"Uh…" I stood there awkwardly while everypony else was staring quietly waiting for me to tell a joke. I heard some coughs and whispers in the back.
"Is she going to start?"
"When is she going to start?"
I spoke up, "Um… heh… why can't you hear a pterodactyl pee?" I asked, with a long silence in between. No one spoke up and looked at me weirdly.
I cleared my throat, "Because the 'p' is silent!"
I heard Scootaloo play drums in the back, going "BA DUM TSS."
No one laughed except Pinkie, who thought everything was hilarious. I felt my face getting redder than ever, sweat running down my face.
"Um… Knock knock!"
Pinkie Pie yelled, "WHO'S THERE?!"
"Yah."
"Yah WHO?"
"No thanks, I prefer google!" I said proudly, as that was one joke I think would have made ponies laugh… then I remembered they don't even know what computers are. Another "BA DUM TSS" followed shortly after. I heard ponies from the crowd whisper to others.
"I don't get it…"
"What's google?"
"Eh, heh…." I laughed awkwardly. I still had a few more in my mind, so I decided I would try.
"Knock knock!"
Someone else had answered this time, and it was Applejack.
"Who's there?" she asked, trying to help me out, from the awkward silence that ran through the crowd.
"Dumb bell."
"Dumb bell who?"
"Dumb bell doesn't work so I had to knock!"
"BA DUM TSS"
Once again, no pony laughed, or even giggled a little.
"Uh… heh, heh." I laughed nervously.
"Um, why did the turkey cross the road?"
"Why?" Twilight asked.
"To prove he wasn't chicken!"
Awkward silence. I could swear I heard some crickets. I mean really, doesn't that only happen in the movies?
"Annnnnnnnnnyway…." Applebloom pushed me out of the way and lowered down the microphone to her level, and started telling her jokes.
"What time does a duck wake up at?" she asked, with lots of excitement.
"When?" someone asked from the crowd.
"At the quack of dawn!"
"BA DUM TSS!" The drums rang.
She laughed at her own joke, as did the rest of the ponies.
Okay, I get it, that was a good one, but I think some of my jokes we're good too!
This was repeated for about 15 minutes, and it was Scootaloo's turn, then it went to Sweetie Belle.
All of their jokes were funny, and everypony laughed at them.
Apparently I wouldn't get my cutie mark in comedy.