Episode Retelling S2 E6

    We begin our current retelling with the Cutie Mark Crusaders near a bowling alley, and Cosmic is still missing from my sight, meaning he's still somewhere beyond Equestria. I guess that we can find ways of going along through this fic without him in it. How are you girls doing? "Well, for our most recent attempt at getting Cutie Marks, we are going to try our hooves at bowling." Apple Bloom said. "We decided to try this out, as we've already tried various other things before this, and we didn't get our Cutie Marks." Scootaloo said. "I'm mostly trying this out for fun." ThrackerBotBelle said. "Maximum enjoyment capacity shall be acquired." ThrackerBotBelle said. "I honestly have no desire to do this, but I agree it might be enjoyable." ThrackerBotBelle said. They all then go into the bowling alley. ThrackerBotBelle goes up to bowl, rolls it down the lane, and ends up getting it in the gutter. "Well, that sucked." ThrackerBotBelle said. Scootaloo than comes up, kicks the ball, causing it to go flying and bouncing all over the alley over fifty times, before also getting a gutterball. She laughs nervously as the others stare at her. Apple Bloom comes up, tries to lift the ball with her mouth, wobbles a bit, than spits the ball out, sending it down the lane. Our perspective shifts to a strike. Various ponies cheer. "Awesome! A bowling Cutie Mark!" one pony said. Apple Bloom perks up. "Did I really do it?" she asked. No, Apple Bloom. You didn't. "Huh?" she said. She then looked and saw that she still had a blank flank. Our view than switches to the ACTUAL pony who got a bowling Cutie Mark. Sorry Apple Bloom. "But, what about my ball?" she asked. We then switch to the view of her ball slowly going down the lane, coming to a stop at a pin. She then droops down and walks away depressedly.

    *"My Little Pony Theme-Italian Version 1" plays*

    We then go to the Cutie Mark Crusaders walking, or, in the case of Scootaloo, riding, through town. "I'm amazed at how well I did back there!" ThrackerBotBelle said. "Our efficiency at bowling was achieved through sufficient knowledge and calculations." ThrackerBotBelle said. "I also aided through the use of arcane powers granted by the Great Old Ones. Now that I think about it, that might have been a dumb thing to use them for." ThrackerBotBelle said. "While you managed to get a near-perfect game , I was barely able to keep my ball in the lane. I doubt Mr. Kingpin will ever let me play again." Scootaloo said. "Play again? I doubt you will be able to VISIT again, considering that, during your last round, your ball managed to go bouncing around and flying through just about every single support beam, window, and lane, causing the whole place to collapse. The only reason nopony died is because everypony is extremely magically resistant to injury, which 99% of the time is used as an excuse for the writers of the show and many fanworks to cause heavy amounts of injury to us, yet we still come out fine." ThrackerBotBelle said. "Hehe, yeah. Hey, maybe I could get my Cutie Mark in demolition! I succeeded without trying with the alley." Scootaloo said. While they were talking, Apple Bloom was walking depressedly. "Come on, Apple Bloom." Scootaloo said. "We know what you need to cheer up." ThrackerBotBelle said. With Apple Bloom in center view, we transition to her in Suger Cube Corner. Her friends give her a treat from there to cheer her up, and she declines. We then transition to Pinkie Pie throwing her a party. It fails to do anything to cheer her up. We then transition to Carousel Boutique, with Rarity trying to cheer her up with a new hat. It works as well as the previous two. We lastly go back to the three walking. Apple Bloom continues walking toward the Everfree Forest. "Apple Bloom, where are you going?" Scootaloo asked, shouting to Apple Bloom. After Apple Bloom goes into the forest, the other two go back to town.

    Apple Bloom wanders through the forest. Wait, this is the Everfree Forest. "Yeah." Apple Bloom said. And Zecora lives here. "U-huh." she said. Which means... Aw ****. "What was that bleeping noise, Mr Narrator?" Apple Bloom asked. That, Apple Bloom, was the sound made when a swear is censored. Very rarely will there be any swears spoken here, as it is better to come up with a more intelligent word appropriate for the situation, than to fall back on swearing. "So, why did you swear? What's the reason you couldn't contemplate a greater term that would better fit the context of the situation that you have a problem with?" she asked. Well, we're about to go meet up with Zecora, who rhymes just about everything she says. You see, this fic's writer isn't as good at rhyming as others can be. So, there's either going to be slip-ups, or he might possibly succeed at changing the words from the actual episode, her words having the same or similar subject, and them rhyming as well. Apple Bloom looks up at the sky. "It'll probably work." Apple Bloom said. The moment after she said that, she trips over a root on the ground, causing her to tumble down, fall flat on her face, and chip a tooth. She lifts her head, and then holds her muzzle in pain. Right then, dreaded by the writer, Zecora shows up. "Now what do I see as I come around? Why, it's Apple Bloom on the ground!" Zecora said. "What has happened to our dear youth?" Apple Bloom reveals her chipped tooth. "Ah, you've happened to chip your tooth." Zecora said. "Come with me and I'll show you today how to make that chip go away." Zecora and Apple Bloom arrive at Zecora's hut. I'm amazed at how Zecora's rhyming has managed to work quite well, despite the difficulty of making rhymes that differ from that of the original dialogue while keeping the same meaning. "Yes, Mr. Narrator, I agree that my rhymes are coming about quite nicely." Zecora said. (Sigh) It's just too bad that there won't be able to be much deviation from the original plot, as we don't have Cosmic, just about no OCs have yet to be introduced, and we haven't even established any background characters yet. "We can get to that later. How about we ficth my teeth at the moment?" Apple Bloom said. Zecora then gives her a remedy she made while we were here. Apple Bloom gulps it down, and it repairs the chip. She smiles. "Worked like a charm." she said. How exactly did you know what it would do? "You should know, there are many things that could happen unscripted and offscreen." Zecora said. "In this case, I've spent alot of time with Zecora, learning a lot about mixing remedies and potions. Too bad I still haven't gotten my Cutie Mark [sigh], but, at least I know I'm talented at something besides what I'm likely to be best at." Apple Bloom said. "Well, I need to find an herbal ingredient, and must make my trip to get it immediate." Zecora said, before going out the door. After Zecora was gone, Apple Bloom stood around for a while, before making sinister grin, with some sort of deep evil laughter sounding out in the background as the screen fades to black.

    I'm amazed how well the writer handled the rhymes! <Yeah, I'm amazed how I was able to think them up. Though, it did take some effort>  Wait a minute. I feel like someone made a comment, but it wasn't officially scripted, so I don't know what was said. Since it wasn't officially scripted, the only explanation is that the writer of this fic made a comment about something. I know it's that because along with a personality, I was giving the ability to know when the author makes a comment, but I won't know what it is because those comments are unscripted. I'm guessing the author made it that way as a limit to the level of fourth wall breaking, where, as he writes the script, all medium awareness would be directed to the audience and things such as other mediums. Well, anyway. We appear in the middle of the schoolyard, with many fillies and colts playing around. Apple Bloom then comes around, and shows off her Cutie Mark: A twirling hoop, which she calls a loop-de-hoop. She then shows off some tricks to the crowd. Cheerilee comes out and tells her to show the class how to do it.  She puts Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon down, and praises Scootaloo and ThrackerBotBelle. She then performs a trick she calls "The Hoop-la", which consists of her spinning the hoop on her tail so fast, it switches from following the laws of physics to the laws of magic, completely defying the laws of physics, as it acts as a helicopter propeller, flying her high above the ground. Amidst her flight, she gained a second Cutie Mark: A plate and stick. This causes her to stop hovering. Snips and Snails then throw her plates and sticks, causing her to spin them perfectly on top of her muzzle. She then shows off during an unscheduled school trip into town, including doing things such as: Tossing the pates through the ring after tossing it upward, balancing the plates while riding the hoop like a barrel (both upside down and right-side up), and balancing the plates on the ground while touching them with her hoop spinning on her tail, tossing it up around a cloud Rainbow Dash was sleeping on, styling Twilight's mane into the style of Rarity's, hooping with Granny Smith, and slicing up and serving an apple pie. She then continues doing tricks the rest of the day.

    We then fade to Sweet Apple Acres, with the Apples arriving back home. "Wowwee, little sis! We're amazed you were able to get not just one, but two Cutie Marks! We're greatly proud of ya, right, Big Mcintosh?" Applejack said. "Eeyup." Big Mac said. "I've never experienced anything like it before. Have you, Big Mac?" Applejack said. "Nnnope." Big Mac said. "Why, the way you were moving about reminds me of when I was a spry young filly. [Granny Smith gets her back stuck after trying to act youthful again] Charley horse, charley horse!" Granny Smith said. Big Mac then kicks her in a specific area, fixing it. "I feel like hittin' the hay now. Good night, everypony." Apple Bloom said, then walked to her room. The rest of the Apple's exchange a few words, and then go to bed as well. We then come to Applejack waking up to a tapping noise. "What in tarnation is that?" Applejack asked. She goes to Apple Bloom's room, to find her tap dancing with a 3rd Cutie Marks. "Three Cutie Marks?" she said. "Help me!" Apple Bloom said. Applejack attempts to stop her, and then brings her to Twilight. Cosmic would be a quicker solution, but, well, you know. Twilight then searches for a book, which Spike locates. She opens it up to a certain page. "[gasp] Cutie pox. A disease that caused random Cutie Marks all over a pony's body, causing them to perform all the talents that came with them." Twilight said. Apple Bloom then gains Fleur de Lis Cutie Mark. "Attendez! plusieurs marques de cutie qui m'obligent à faire ce qu'ils affichent? Est-ce que le mélange fait pour moi? [gasp] Attendre? Qu'est-ce que c'est ça? Je parle français?" Apple Bloom said, speaking French (or whatever it's called in this world. Maybe Prench... I'm not explaining that joke.) "My sister's speakin' in fancy!" Applejack said. "She needs help!" Twilight said. How about we get Apple Bloom to tell us the cure. She seemed to be pretty knowledgable in potions. "Well, how do we get it out of her while she's speaking fancy!" Applejack asked. I could translate. "Je crois que je me souviens Zecora dire que ce genre de maladie nécessite une plante connue sous le nom semences de vérité pour la guérison." Apple Bloom said. She then proceeds to gain new Cutie Marks. She then gains the ability to sculpt. Then, skill at chimney sweeping. Then accordion playing, lion taming, chess playing, fencing, tightrope walking, hang-gliding, math, weightlifting, window-washing, spinning around fast, scootering (which upsets Scootaloo), wordless singing that can break glass, boxing, wrestling, flight and magic (through transparent wings and a horn), binding Great Old Ones to the mortal plane and bending them to her will (which upsets and angers ThrackerBotBelle), and vomiting at random with enough PSI to slice through solid steel. That last one makes many other ponies very sick. She needs the Seeds of Truth to cure this. "Where are we going to get those?" Applejack asked, before covering her mouth with her hoof, about to vomit herself from what she saw with Apple Bloom. Zecora then appears. "These are the Seeds of Truth you need. Telling the honest truth will make them grow at great speed." she said, dropped a bag on the ground, then galloped back to her hut.

    Applejack plants the seeds into the ground. "Okay, their planted. Now somepony, tell the truth!" she said. Apple Bloom sighed. "Alright, these Cutie Marks are all fake. I mixed a potion using various ingredients, including one called Hearts Desire, that gave them to me, because I thought it would give me what I desired most." she said, before another random bout of vomiting. The seeds then proceed to grow into a magnificient flower in seconds. After yet another bout of vomiting, Apple Bloom ingests the flower, which gets rid of the Cutie Marks, making her transparent wings and horn disappear, and freeing the Great Old Ones bound to her, who are surprisingly civil and don't mind, as she is friends with Thrackerzod. Her vomiting stopped as well. She them makes up with everypony, gives the lesson of the episode, and then runs off with ThrackerBotBelle and Scootaloo to Zecora's hut to teach the other two about potion-making. Well, that went rather well, though I still wonder where Cosmic went. It's been at least two episodes, and I haven't seen him. I wonder where he is. Eh, we'll find out sooner or later. I guess I'll end this her. See you next time.<I feel like, at the rate I'm going, that by the time I've reached the start of Season 3, the show will already be at Season 7. Hopefully I can get caught up.>