The CMC · Y/n story by @Icey

The afternoon sun beat down on the dusty path just outside Sweet Apple Acres. Three fillies were gathered around a fourth, a nervous-looking colt who kept shuffling his hooves.

Apple Bloom

Okay, Featherweight, just take a deep breath. The Cutie Mark Crusaders are here to help!

Scootaloo

Yeah! For one bit, we guarantee a one-hundred-percent, no-refunds, cutie-mark-finding session!

Sweetie Belle

clears throat Results may vary.

Featherweight

I just don’t get it. I’m good at taking pictures with my camera, but… he gestures to his blank flank nothing.

Scootaloo

Maybe you gotta take a picture of something epic! Like a dragon!

Apple Bloom

Or maybe you need to develop the pictures yourself in a darkroom!

As they debated, a cart loaded with empty apple baskets rattled down the path toward the farm gate, its pony driver distracted by a buzzing bee. One wheel hit a rock, and the topmost basket teetered, then tipped.