Cutie Mark Crusaders!
We're at my house!
I got my cutiemark!
You did?
That's great, Skedaddle!
Yeah!
What's it for?
Knot tying.
And I never would've got it without all of you!
Did we suggest knot tying?
First I tried sailing, like you said,
next I tried fishing, like you said,
then I tried rowing, like you said.
But my oar broke,
so I used my fishing line to tie it back together
and I got my cutiemark!
I can't wait to tell everypony!
How exciting!
You three truly have a gift for helping ponies.
Thanks, Aunt Holiday,
but I'm not sure if we can take credit for this one.
Of course, you can.
You encouraged that colt to try on new things.
And because you all believed in him,
he succeeded.
I could use that kind of help.
Come on, Auntie Lofty,
you already have your cutiemark.
Lot of good it does me.
I can't decide what theme to give this quilt.
I've ran out of inspiration.
How about apples?
Puppies? Kites?
Or cotton candy, or ballet?
What about a Wonderbolt quilt?
See? Leave it to you three to come up with more ideas than I thought in a year.
Now that's talent!
Goodness.
We'd better get going or miss our train home.
I left you plenty of healthy food for the weekend.
And I left you cookies.
The Cakes will stay with you tonight.
Then Rarity, and Rainbow Dash after that.
Remember, we're just a few stops from Ponyville if you need us.
She knows, Holiday.
See you next week, slugger.
Bye aunt Holiday! Bye Auntie Lofty!
Your aunts are so nice!
Yeah!
It's really cool they watch you while your parents are gone.
I know!
I just wish they lived closer.
Nopony bakes like Auntie Lofty.
They're coming home today!
Who?
My parents!
Today we're going to learn about the Pegasus Weather Factory.
Once everypony is in their sits.
The factory specializes in snow, rain, sunshine, and...
Scootaloo, may I help you?
I… just noticed your erasers needed dusting.
And why don't we hold off on the lesson until after lunch?
How about show and tell?
Does anypony have any…
My parents are coming home to Ponyville today!
Wait… They don't live here?
Nope.
Their jobs are way too important for that.
They travel to the farthest, most dangerous places in Equestria
to study unknown plants and fierce creatures.
What they learn helps pony science and medicine.
I'd go with them, but it's too dangerous!
Once, my mom had to wing-wrestle a wyvern,
and my dad got trapped in a chimera's cave for three moons.
He still has the scars to prove it.
You're making that up.
Nopony has that kind of job.
It's a cragadile!
Easy there, Marshmallow.
Time you were in your crate for your nap!
And that means now, mister!
Mom!
Dad!
Still think she's making it all up?
Na-ah!
Everypony, meet my parents!
Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood.
Sorry to make such an entrance.
Just brought back a few mates from our last adventure.
We couldn't wait another moment to see Scootaloo.
I hope we didn't interrupt anything.
No, I… think… classes dismissed.
Crikey!
You're nearly as tall as me now, Scoot!
Come on, dad.
Oh, Scootaloo, we missed you.
Me too, mom.
Did you get all my letters?
And read them twenty times.
But they're never as good as the real thing.
It's so good to see you.
I say, we celebrate with ice cream sundaes.
They don't have those in the jungle, that's for sure.
Why don't you all come?
Our treat.
And Princess Twilight said we're such good friendship tutors
she might even let us teach a class.
Good on you, Scoot!
What an honor!
I can give you a tour of the school if you want.
I mean, if you're staying for a while this time.
You'll be seeing plenty of us.
Really?
Because we've taken a new job assignment that will let all of us live together.
I can't believe it!
That's awesome!
Alright, Scootaloo!
We never planned to be away for so long in the first place.
We just kept discovering things that could help Equestria
and nopony else had the experience to finish our job.
But with all that's happened lately:
Sombra's return, the destruction of the Tree of Harmony,
we decided our family should be together.
This is the best day of my life!
We'll stay in town for the weekend,
so you can pack your things.
Wait… What?!
We're all moving to Shire Lanka.
That's where our new job is.
But… my friends are in Poniville.
You can come back and visit 'em.
Or they can take a train to us.
There's one every month.
But Scootaloo can't leave!
We've been together our whole lifes.
It'll be a big change for everypony,
but it'll be a good change.
Give it time.
You'll see.
The only thing I see…
is the end of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
And now call our last ever Cutie Mark Crusader meeting to order.
First item of business:
Cry!
You can't let the blank flanks down just 'cause I'm gone.
You gotta keep being CMCs without me.
How?!
There's only two of us.
Maybe you can find a replacement for me.
No, we can't!
You're the only… you!
Nothing's gonna be the same!
Who's gonna ride their scooter ahead of us everywhere we go?
Or put on plays with us?
Or go camping with us?
Or just hang out with us?
Well, it's worse for me.
I have to say goodbye to both of..!
Guess who just got three first-row tickets to the Wonderbolts show next week?
That is not the reaction I was expecting.
Thanks for the tickets, Rainbow Dash, but I can't go.
Her parents are making her move super far away from Poniville.
What? No way!
Scootaloo belongs here!
And now we'll probably never see her again.
It's all hopeless!
I cannot believe you're giving up so easily.
You're the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Solving tough problems is what you do.
We are pretty good at coming up with ideas.
That's right.
When we work together, we're unstoppable.
I can't believe we didn't think of it before.
It's list time, y'all.
First question,
Why do Scootaloo's parents wanna move to Shire Lanka?
That's where their new job in.
What if we get them a job here instead?
Yeah! They like dangerous creatures, right?
We gotta have some of those around here.
Like, timber wolves.
Dad knows all about those.
And cockatries, and bugbears.
They only study super rare animals.
Then maybe we need to give them an animal nopony's ever heard of!
Then how do we hear about it?
Because we're making it up!
Come on!
So…
you want these tickets or…
This is what I wanted to show you.
The tracks of the mysterious Everfree banshee beast.
They're like nothing I've ever seen.
Legend says it has five paws
and three wings
and it's super dangerous if you get close.
If only somepony could prove it exists!
Easy enough. We'll follow the spoor.
I think I've heard something this way.
So the plan is, We let 'em get a picture, then we hide again, right?
Now the plan is
RUN!
Haha, guess he solved the mystery.
We'd better get back.
There's a lot to get ready before the house goes up for sale tomorrow.
Don't worry, Scootaloo.
We have a new plan to keep you in Ponyville.
We just gotta show your parents we're a set of three.
Then they'll have to let you stay here with us.
Scoot, are these yours?
Yeah, thanks, dad.
We're sending them to the Pony Book of Records.
We're the only three ponies in Equestria with the same cutiemark.
The chances of that are so rare.
That means we belong together forever.
Yeah, but you don't have the same cutiemark.
Sure we do.
Look!
Well, this part is the same,
but the picture inside each of these is different.
I think you may just stay best friends no matter where you go.
That's really special.
But… we…
How do you argue with that?
Alright, y'all…
Time to take things up a notch.
With prune juice?
It's a potion I mixed up from Zecora's book.
Prune is only one of the ingredients.
What's it do?
On this potion, please depend,
Any separation, mend,
Friends together, till the end.
We just gotta dab a little on our hooves.
Sounds perfect, right?
Better than perfect!
Is something supposed to happen?
Is this the something that's supposed to happen?
The book didn't really say.
Thanks for trying, Apple Bloom.
But I might as well face it.
I'm gonna have to leave Ponyville.
Don't give up, Scootaloo.
This just gave me an even better idea how to keep you here.
Come on!
Maybe we see Zecora about fixing this first.
We're running out of time.
This has to work!
Scootaloo! I know you're having fun with your friends,
but we need to get all our things to the station.
We can't miss tomorrow's train.
The only one for a month.
Then you'll just go without me!
I'm staying with the CMCs.
We are chained to this post.
And nothing and nopony is gonna move us!
No matter…
what?
We just sold the house, Scoot.
I know this is hard to accept, but ju…
It's more than hard!
It's not fair!
You're making me pick between my family and my friends.
Oh, Scootaloo,
moving away won't stop you three from caring about each other.
Why don't you sleep over with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom tonight.
It'll give you a chance to say a real goodbye.
But I don't want to say goodbye!
You're changing my whole life without even asking how I feel!
Scootaloo!
Where are you going?
To stay with my aunts.
You heard my parents.
There's another train to Shire Lanka over a month.
If I'm not on it, they'll have to go without me.
Then we're coming with ya!
You sure?
I don't wanna get you in trouble.
Rarity won't be mad.
Applejack neither.
I bet she'd do the same thing for friends.
You're best, you know that?
We are the best!
Together!
Scootaloo! What a nice surprise!
And I've got a surprise for you!
You three inspired me to finish my quilt.
See? It's Cutie Mark Crusaders themed?
We love hearing stories about all the ponies you've helped.
So Lofty decided to celebrate the special job you three do.
It's… still a work in progress.
It's not your quilt we're sad about, Auntie Lofty.
Mom and dad are back.
And they're making me move to Shire Lanka with them!
Snap and Mane are back?
They didn't tell me that.
Oh, I think that mailpony delivered your letter to my house.
I love my family.
But I love being with my friends too.
I don't wanna have to choose.
Then why don't your parents just stay in Ponyville?
Their job is too important.
That's it.
Is this another potion idea?
No.
Scootaloo's parents are the only ponies in Equestria that can do what they do, right?
Right.
Well, so are we.
Our cutiemarks prove it.
Yeah!
Our job is to help other ponies find their purpose.
And nopony else can do that.
So if my parents split us up,
we'll be just as bad as them quitting their jobs.
Now, how do we explain that to 'em?
You don't have to explain it.
They will.
Feeling better, Scootaloo?
A little.
I just wanna show you something before we go.
Alright.
Let's make it swift.
That train won't wait.
Sweet Celestia's slippers.
What is all of this?
It's Cutie Mark Crusader Appreciation Day.
But we couldn't start without all of them here.
CMCs!
These three ponies share a rare ability to help others find their true purpose.
It's a job only they can do.
And only together.
That sounds familiar.
In honour of all they have done
and continue to do for the ponies of this town,
I would like to present the Cutie Mark Crusaders with a three-handled key to the city!
A full Wonderbolt salute?
Oh, I'm not sure you know just how important Scootaloo and her friends are, little brother.
But you're about to find out.
The CMCs used their free time to set up a camp
to help us blank flanks find our cutiemarks.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders see the best in everypony.
Even when that pony can't see it themselves.
Well, I'll be a three tailed bandicoot,
I had no idea how important Scoot's club was.
Oh, it's way more than just a club.
The CMCs have made a difference for everypony here.
And not just ponies.
They help everycreature.
Whether it's encouraging others to discover their special talent
or inspiring them to do what's in their heart,
these three fillies offer the town something no other pony can.
No way!
After all that, you're still gonna make her leave?!
We just want what's best for Scootaloo.
And until now, we thought we knew what that was.
Turns out you're just like us, Scoot.
You have an important job that only you can do.
You love it, and it helps all of Equestria.
Sometimes that means missing out on other things you love,
like watching our daughter grow into a pony we're very proud of.
Which is a long way to say,
Scoot, if you want to stay, we understand.
Really?!
Thanks, Dad! Thanks, Mom!
Oh, sweetie, I'm just sorry we didn't realize it sooner.
Our work is our life's purpose.
We could never quit.
So there's no way we can ask you to do the same.
Maybe you should've thought of that before you sold the house.
Lofty, don't tease my brother.
We already have a solution worked out.
Since the CMCs make Ponyville such a nice place,
we've decided to move here.
You can live with us, Scootaloo.
If you'd like.
That would be amazing!
Will you… still come and visit?
Of course!
Rabid bugbears couldn't keep us away.
You get to stay here!
You are stayin' here, right?
Are you kidding?
CMCs forever!
SCHASTLIVY METKONEC
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