The Cutie Pox

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Apple Bloom: Today's the day, Cutie Mark Crusaders! I can just feel it! Today's the day we are all gonna get our cutie marks in... bowlin'!

Scootaloo: Whoo-hoo!

Sweetie Belle: [muffled] Whooo! [spits out bag] I mean, yaay!

Coconut Harvest: Why, after today, we won't even be the Cutie Mark Crusaders anymore! We'll be the... the Four Strikes!

Scootaloo: That makes us sound like we've struck out.

Apple Bloom: Mmm. How 'bout the Pin Twins?

Sweetie Belle: But there are four of us.

Coconut Harvest: Okay then... Um... the Bowlin' Dolls!

Sweetie Belle: The Bowling Dolls! That's it!

Scootaloo: Perfect!

Apple Bloom: All righty then! Let's bowl 'em over!

Scootaloo: [laughs nervously]

Coconut Harvest: Phpoo!

[ponies cheering]

Sea Swirl: Cool! A bowling cutie mark!

Apple Bloom: I did it! I did it! Blank?

[more cheering]

Coconut Harvest: But... but... what about my ball?

Sweetie Belle: That bowling sure was fun, even if all I got was gutter balls.

Scootaloo: Yeah, at least you were able to keep your ball in your lane. I don't think Mr. Kingpin is ever gonna let me play again! Hey, maybe I could get my cutie mark in demolition!

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle: [laughs]

Scootaloo: Aw, come on, Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest.

Sweetie Belle: I know just what you need to put the bloom back on your apple.

Sweetie Belle: A treat from Sugarcube Corner will cheer you up.

Apple Bloom: No, it won't.

[kazoos blow]

Pinkie Pie: A party will cheer you up!

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle: [blow party whistles]

[kazoos blow]

Coconut Harvest: No, it won't.

[honk]

[crash]

Rarity: A lovely new chapeau will cheer you up.

Apple Bloom: No, it won't.

Scootaloo: Come on, Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest, it's just a cutie mark!

Sweetie Belle: Or lack of a cutie mark!

Scootaloo: Shh! That's not helping! Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest! Where are you going?! Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest, come back!

Coconut Harvest: Whoa! Ah! Ooh! Ow! Nnnn...

Zecora: Well, who is it that we have here? Why, it's Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest, my dears!

Apple Bloom: Ow...

Zecora: What has happened to you, youth? Ah, you've gone and chipped your tooth. Come with me, I have just the trick that will fix you up quite quick.

Coconut Harvest: [with a lisp] I've tried everything, Zecora, and still no cutie mark! Well, I'm gonna be as old as Granny Smith and still have a blank flank!

Zecora: Your frustration is well understood, but one must be patient for all things good.

Apple Bloom: [with a lisp] Ugh, I've heard that from every pony I know! And now from every zebra I know! I'm just too impatient to be patient. I just want my cutie mark and I want it now!

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