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Ponyville Confidential

[bell rings]

[foals chattering]

Sweetie Belle: Can you believe Featherweight got his cutie mark? Featherweight! Before us!

[foals cheering]

Snips: Great cutie mark, Featherweight!

Snails: [chuckles] Looking good!

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle: [sigh]

Sweetie Belle: I give up...

Apple Bloom: I've got it! The answer to all our problems!

Sweetie Belle: The Foal Free Press? How's the school paper gonna get us our cutie marks?

Coconut Harvest: [takes deep breath]

Granny Smith: Move your caboose!

Apple Bloom: Uh-oh. That's Granny Smith. Gotta run!

Scootaloo: Maybe there's something to this newspaper idea.

Sweetie Belle: Guess it's worth a shot...

[paper ripping]

[bubbling]

Sweetie Belle: Apple Bloom and Coconut Harvest. Your newspaper idea was nothing but a big bust.

Scootaloo: We tried everything, from papier-mâché to making birds' nests, and nothing worked.

Coconut Harvest: [laughs]

Sweetie Belle: What's so funny?

Apple Bloom: What I meant was, we should write for the paper! We can get our cutie marks as journalists!

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle: [groan]

Cheerilee: Okay, class, see you tomorrow! Oh, for those of you who want to join the newspaper staff, stay here, because we're meeting right now!

Coconut Harvest: Cutie marks in journalism!

Scootaloo: Such a good idea.

Cheerilee: Welcome, everypony. Now, as you know, our editor-in-chief graduated last year–

Sweetie Belle: Oh, oh, oh, ohohohoh!

Cheerilee: Yes?

Sweetie Belle: What's an editor-in-chief?

Cheerilee: Good question, Sweetie Belle. I like those reporter's instincts. The Foal Free Press is a student-run paper. I'm only involved as an adviser, so the editor-in-chief is the pony in charge, from choosing the stories to making sure it gets to press on time. Now, as I said, we have a new editor this year!

[door opens]

Students: Diamond Tiara?!

Diamond Tiara: Hm.

Cheerilee: I'll leave you alone now to discuss everypony's assignments. Have fun!

[door closes]

Diamond Tiara: Alright, listen up. The Foal Free Press is a joke.

Students: Huh?

Diamond Tiara: Nopony at this school takes it seriously. Well I, the editor-in-chief in charge, am going to deliver us to newfound glory!

[pause]

Truffle: Yay!

Diamond Tiara: First things first. Where's the staff photographer? Get out there and document everything. I'll decide what's important.

[door closes]

Diamond Tiara: The rest of you, I want hard-hitting news and interesting think pieces. No more Namby-Pamby stories like last year's editor.