It was a hard day for Rarity at Carousel Boutique. She was busy working on a order. Her sister, Sweetie Belle, was waiting eagerly to want to help.

Rarity was rambling on to herself, whereas Sweetie Belle was giving confused looks.

"Are you sure I can't help?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I could" - Rarity interrupted Sweetie Belle - "No".

Sweetie Belle tried again. "I could" - Rarity interrupted her once again - "No, thanks".

"How about" - Rarity gave an angered look - "Just stand over there". Rarity pointed to a corner.

Sweetie Belle was on her way to the corner when suddenly, she heard Rarity's voice. "Where's the ribbon? Where's the ribbon?"

Sweetie Belle's mouth opened wide. She saw the blue ribbon on top of a cupboard. Sweetie Belle, always wanting to seem useful to her sister, sped fast, and tried climbing up to get it. "I got it".

"No!" Rarity screamed. Sweetie Belle's tiny hooves weren't enough. Sweetie Belle tried to reach it, but accidentally knocked the ribbon into a model which knocked that onto a table of yarn, which flied them into Rarity's designs, destroying just about everything in Rarity's workplace.

Rarity's was speechless. She didn't know what to say. Sweetie Belle blushed awkwardly, giving off an embarrassed smile. She pointed to a corner with one of her hooves. "I'll, just... stand over there, where I'll be, out of the way".

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Rarity was cleaning up Sweetie Belle's mess. Sweetie Belle was feeling a little guilty. "Won't you at least let me help you clean up?"

Rarity held in anger that she was expressing. "No. You've helped me quite enough".

Sweetie Belle wanted to apologize as much as she could. "I'm sorry, sis! I just thought that if I could help, I might find my special gift and finally earn my cutie mark".

"I understand. It's just that... I need this time to fill this order without any... complications". Rarity wanted to act nice and subtle to Sweetie Belle, but she was finding it extremely difficult to do so. Sweetie Belle felt ashamed of herself. "Okay, all done. Now, back to work. I've lost a lot of time, and I cannot have any more interruptions".

Just then, the bell at Rarity's store began to ring, damaging Rarity's eardrums from all of her stress. "Oh, what now?!"

It was Fluttershy, who slowly walked away in fear. "Oh, sorry. I thought the "open" sign meant you were open, but I must have been mistaken". Fluttershy slowly backed away.

Rarity gasped for a moment. "Fluttershy! Forgive me! I was so wrapped up in my work that I forgot you were bringing Opalescence back from her grooming!"

"No worries, Rarity", replied Fluttershy. "I've left her there in the basket".

Opalescence purred as she got out of her basket. She pecked her nose against Fluttershy in happiness.

"Oh, she looks great!" Rarity responded. "I just don't understand how you're able to do it! I can't get near her without getting a swipe from her claws". As Rarity leaned closer to Opalescence, the cat hissed at her in anger, causing Rarity to yelp.

Sweetie Belle jumped for joy. "Maybe I can be good with animals like Fluttershy too?!"

Opalescence responded by clawing off some of Sweetie Belle's mane. Sweetie Belle jumped in response. "Or not".

Fluttershy and Rarity laughed with each other. But the laughter soon turned to apologies from Rarity. " I'm sorry I can't invite you to stay and chat, Fluttershy. I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew with this order".

"But you're not eating anything". Sweetie Belle was confused.

"No, Sweetie, it's an expression", Rarity replied. "It means that I've taken on more work than I can handle. I've got twenty of these special robes to make tonight! They're due in Trottingham tomorrow morning".

Rarity bit on the special robes. They were lined with gold silk. Fluttershy gasped in delight at how beautiful they looked.

Rarity gave some insight. "See? I've lined them in a special gold silk. It took so long to make, but I think it adds just the right touch, don't you?"

Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "Yes I do. But twenty? By tonight? How will you get it all done?"

Sweetie Belle got an idea. "Ooh, ohh, maybe I could" - Rarity glared at Sweetie Belle - "just stand back in that corner, and uh, watch".

Rarity eyed back to Fluttershy. "I'll manage".

"Okay", answered Fluttershy. "Maybe I should get out of your mane so you can work".

Suddenly, a dash of smoke blasted past Fluttershy. It was Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. "Hi, Fluttershy". They blasted past Rarity next. "Hi, Rarity".

Rarity nervously answered them. "Hello, uh, girls".

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo finally slowed down when they reached a cheerless Sweetie Belle. "Hi, Sweetie Belle".

Sweetie Belle jumped in excitement. "Scootaloo! Apple Bloom!"

Scootaloo had a confident look. "You ready for tonight?"

Sweetie Belle placed her hoof on her head in respect, showing the same kind of battle look a Royal guard would give. "Yep. Cutie mark planning session is a go".

"Tonight is the night we each try to find our own special talent", Apple Bloom noted. "I'm ready, you ready?" Apple Bloom winked at Scootaloo.

"I sure am". Scootaloo had a rather upbeat expression.

"And, look what I made us", suggested Sweetie Belle. She opened a drawer, and pulled out a cape, wrapping it around herself. The cape had a picture of a pony on it.

Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo were in awe at this cape.

Fluttershy was curious. "What does that patch on your cape mean?"

"Easy", replied Scootaloo.

"We're the cutie mark crusaders", noted Sweetie Belle.

"We're on a crusade ta find our cutie marks", added Apple Bloom.

Sweetie Belle nodded. "And look". She opened out her cape, and started to strangely sound like Rarity. "I lined them with this gold silk. It took so long to make, but I think that it adds just the right touch, don't you?"

Rarity's eyes started twitching in shock. She sped past the crusaders, and Fluttershy, and noticed her gold silk. It had holes in it. "Sweetie Belle? What have you done?!"

Sweetie Belle gave an embarassed smile, and then sighed. "Sorry, sis. I just wanted something to represent the cutie mark crusaders".

Rarity gave a slight glare but held it in. "It's... fine. But now, I have to start all over again. I'll have to work the entire night. Which means" - Rarity turned to Sweetie Belle and her friends - "sorry, girls, but I'm afraid the sleepover is cancelled".

"What?!" Sweetie Belle shrieked.

"I'm sorry, Sweetie Belle. But I'll be so busy with this order that I won't be able to take care of you and your friends. I need to work faster now more than ever".

"But!" - Sweetie Belle tried finishing, but Rarity interrupted her - "No buts this time, Sweetie Belle. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it has to be".

The Cutie Mark Crusaders groaned, and looked at the ground in depression. Fluttershy thought to herself for a moment, and then slowly trudged to the crusaders and Rarity.

"I suppose, uh... I could take care of them for the night", offered Fluttershy.

The crusaders lifted their heads up from the ground, and glanced over at Rarity for approval. Rarity was shocked. "Have you met my sister and her friends? A problem is all it would be".

The crusaders looked back at Fluttershy, who was giving a smirk. "Did I have a problem with Opal? You've seen how well I can handle small creatures".

The crusaders smiled at Rarity for approval, who was thinking to herself. "Hmm... I suppose that's true. And I do have a lot of work to do".

Fluttershy nodded. "C'mon, it'll be fun".

Rarity shook her head. "I assure you their quite a hoof-full".

Fluttershy lowered her head to reach the crusaders. "These sweet little angels?"

The crusaders' heads now had a halo above them, as they beamed in delight. Rarity turned her head to think. "Well" - she eyed back at the crusaders and Fluttershy - "alright".

The crusaders cheered, and ran off. Fluttershy smiled. "Aww, aren't they cute?"

Rarity was worried. "Uh... yes, to... some extent".

Fluttershy slowly followed behind the agile crusaders. "Oh, this will be fun", she said to herself. "We can read fairy tales, and braid each other's manes, stroke the animals, and have a hug war".

The crusaders trotted past Twilight fast. Twilight felt dizzy. "Fluttershy, those girls are out of control".

"I know", noted Fluttershy. "I'm sorry, Twilight. I'm taking care of them for Rarity".

Twilight was shocked. "Really? By yourself?"

"Oh, yes. Trust me, they will be just so cute".

"Well, good luck".

"So where are you headed, Twilight?" asked Fluttershy.

"I'm off to The Everfree Forest to Zecora's to get some of her delicious tea", Twilight replied.

Fluttershy was scared, and began stuttering. "T-t-the Everfree Forest. You be careful, won't you?"

"I will", replied Twilight. "Zecora told me a safe path to go to. Bye, Fluttershy".

Fluttershy waved Twilight off.

Suddenly, Fluttershy lost the crusaders. They were standing atop a well. Due to their being three of them, they had to balance themselves.

"This is awesome", cheered Scootaloo.

"Cutie marks in balance, here we come", added Sweetie Belle.

The crusaders raised their hooves out for a hoofbump, but unfortunately, Sweetie Belle struggled to keep her balance, and started falling.

Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo looked down upon her. "Sweetie Belle, y'alright?" asked Apple Bloom.

Sweetie Belle was sitting on the brick wall of the well. "Yep. Just fell on some bricks". Sadly, Sweetie Belle was hanging off of the bricks. It was too much. Just then, she let go and started falling to the bottom of the well, screaming.

Fluttershy gasped. "Sweetie Belle!"

Fluttershy pushed the bucket on top of the well away. She was about to dive down, but remembered her fear of darkness. She grabbed the bucket, and lowered it for Sweetie Belle.

Fluttershy began speaking to Sweetie Belle as soon as the bucket reached the bottom of the well. "Sweetie, can you hear me?" she asked.

"I think so", Sweetie Belle replied.

"Jump into this bucket, and you'll be safe".

Immediately, Sweetie Belle hopped in. "Alright, I'm in".

Fluttershy raised the bucket up, and grabbed hold of Sweetie Belle, hugging her. "Sweetie Belle, you could've been stuck in there".

"Sorry, Fluttershy", Sweetie Belle apologized. "I guess I got carried away".

Fluttershy smiled. "It's alright. Now, let's go to my cottage". In seconds, the crusaders sped off away from Fluttershy, who let out a sigh of slight annoyance, before she restrained herself.

The crusaders were trotting through all of Ponyville until they could find Fluttershy's cottage. They galloped to the cottage and busted the door open with no trouble. Fluttershy, going as quick as she could, followed them inside.

As soon as Fluttershy entered, the crusaders were rampaging through everything in hopes of getting a cutie mark in something. Apple Bloom was bouncing on a chair, Sweetie Belle had her head in a birdhouse, and Scootaloo was bouncing on Angel's basket.

Fluttershy finally snapped. "Girls!" The crusaders suddenly halted to a stop. "How's about we have a nice, quiet, tea-party?"

The crusaders shook their heads. "Or, we could venture into The Everfree Forest?" suggested Scootaloo, brave as ever.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle nodded, and cheered.

Fluttershy screamed. "No. The Everfree Forest is far too dangerous for fillies your age. It has all sorts of strange beings. You don't know what they can do".

"But ya could come with us?" suggested Apple Bloom.

Sweetie Belle agreed. "Yeah. We could be creature catchers".

"No!" yelled Fluttershy. "Under no circumstances do the three of you enter that forest. Okay?!"

The crusaders were slightly scared. Fluttershy sighed. "Besides, there's other things you can do to get a cutie mark. How about getting one in tea making.

"That sounds boring", whined Scootaloo.

"Everything's worth a try", replied Fluttershy.

The cutie mark crusaders shrugged.

Three cups stood in front of the girls.

"So, how do you make tea?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Fluttershy grinned. "It's actually quite simple. First, you boil a kettle". Fluttershy pressed a switch on a kettle to start heating the boiling water. "Then you get a teabag. Why don't the three of you grab a teabag each?"

The crusaders galloped fast to a box that read TEA on it, and pulled out three teabags with their mouth. They threw the teabag onto the ground, nearly breaking it, and then stood in place.

"Now what?" asked Scootaloo in a muffled tone.

"I guess...drop the teabags in?" Fluttershy said, confused and worried.

The crusaders each dropped their teabags in. The kettle had finished boiling. Fluttershy flew over to the kettle to grab it, and then handed it to the crusaders.

"Alright, girls, now pour the right amount of boiling water into your cups", ordered Fluttershy.

The girls all poured boiling water into all of their cups until the cups were all full.

Fluttershy sighed. "Not... too much".

"What next?" asked Apple Bloom.

"Now, pour milk into the cups?"

"Fluttershy, how can we put two things in a cup?" Scootaloo asked.

Fluttershy groaned. "Here, just let me pour out some of that boiling water you all have in your cups".

Fluttershy did so, and poured about three quarters of the boiling water out from each cup.

Once she handed it back, the crusaders tried snatching the milk to pour it in. Fluttershy stopped them. "Not too much now, girls".

The girls each tried pouring milk in, until it looked suitable.

"There, doesn't it look tasty?" asked Fluttershy.

Suddenly, yelling was starting. Scootaloo was yelling at Apple Bloom. "Why do you have more milk than me?"

"Why can't ya just deal with that, Scoots?"

Fights broke out. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom rambunctiously kicked each other. Sweetie Belle gasped. "Maybe we can get cutie marks in fighting". The crusaders were now all hurting each other, and hit against the three cups, breaking each one.

Fluttershy moaned. "Ugh... why don't the three of you just go to bed?"

The crusaders were all confused, and talked in unison. "How can we get a cutie mark in that?"

"Well, noponies gotten a cutie mark in it before, have they?" noted Fluttershy.

"Ah guess so", said Apple Bloom.

The three crusaders lay down on a big bed. Fluttershy had three cushions ready for them. Fluttershy pulled on the bed covers, and couldn't help but smile.

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Sweetie Belle's melody blared through the eardrums of Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Fluttershy. A sound could be heard from outside Fluttershy's window.

"What is that?" Scootaloo wondered.

Fluttershy picked up all of the belongings that had fallen from Sweetie Belle's singing. When she turned around to the crusader's beds, they were gone.

Fluttershy immediately opened her window to find the crusaders. "Girls?"

Apple Bloom smiled up at Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, yer chickens're on the loose".

"I wonder what could've caused that?" thought Sweetie Belle.

Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo turned their heads in annoyance. "Don't worry, Fluttershy. We'll catch them", promised Scootaloo. "The cutie mark crusaders will handle this".

Sweetie Belle gasped. "Cutie Mark Crusader Chicken Herders".

"Yay!" screamed Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

Fluttershy sighed in dissapointment and sped out her door as quick as she could to find the girls chasing the chickens all around Fluttershy's garden.

One chicken landed on Fluttershy's head, causing her to lost her temper. "Girls!"

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo turned their heads around in confusion. Fluttershy quickly calmed herself down, and led the chickens back to their pen.

Fluttershy gave a sigh of relief and tiredness. "Okay, isn't it about time you three got to bed?"

"But" - the crusaders wanted to continue their rant until Fluttershy interrupted them. "Please?"

The girls nodded, and followed Fluttershy back upstairs.

Fluttershy tucked the crusaders in once again. "Now, promise me that you won't do any more crusading for tonight".

The crusaders began closing their eyes. "We promise", they said in unison. "Goodnight, Fluttershy.

Fluttershy beamed. "Okay. Goodnight".

The minute Fluttershy walked downstairs, the crusaders rapidly opened their eyes.

"So, what kind of crusading should we do in here?" asked Scootaloo.

"There's not much we can do in this room", replied Apple Bloom. "Unless we become Cutie Mark Crusader Carpenters".

"No... thanks", answered Sweetie Belle.

Apple Bloom walked up to the window, and felt dissapointed. "Well we can't just sleep yet".

"What if we never find our special talent?" wondered Sweetie Belle.

Apple Bloom sighed, until she looked out to see a chicken's footprint. "Hey girls, look". Apple Bloom pointed her hoof to the footprints left by a chicken.

"Cutie Mark Crusader Chicken Savers", whispered Sweetie Belle with a cheer.

The crusaders slowly trudged downstairs wearing their capes, and sneaked past Fluttershy's couch.

Fluttershy was trying to sleep, but was talking to herself. "I really wasn't that hard on them. They've learned their lesson. Nopony can get past Fluttershy".

The girls slowly opened the door. Once they did this, they galloped as fast as their hooves could, and galloped into The Everfree Forest.

Fluttershy could feel a breeze. "What's that?" Fluttershy noticed the door wide open. "Oh no".

The crusaders edged further into the forest. Fluttershy could see them from far away. "Girls!" she yelled, now with all of her rage. Fluttershy's yell was so loud that the crusaders could hear her. They slowly walked over to her in guilt.

"I specifically told you three to not go into The Everfree Forest. What were you thinking?"

"We were trying to get our special tale"- Scootaloo tried speaking but Fluttershy interrupted her - "I know what the three of you are trying to do, but you can't be doing it so late at night".

"But there's a chicken that we were looking for", argued Sweetie Belle.

"You mean that chicken?" Fluttershy pointed to a chicken that was poking at the ground. "Did you three honestly think that a chicken would've went far into The Everfree Forest?"

Apple Bloom thought to herself, and now had an idea. "Ah know, let's get that chicken back to its pen, and earn a cutie mark in that". The crusaders ran after the chicken around Fluttershy's garden, doing the same as they did before. This got the attention of other chickens, who ran out of their pen in fright.

Fluttershy looked around, noticing all of the trouble the crusaders were causing. Fluttershy was depressed, and couldn't look at what was happening. Tears formed in her eyes. She tried holding them in, but it was no use. Fluttershy began bursting out crying.

"Why? Why hasn't a message gotten through to you girls yet?" she asked in a sad tone. "I've tried my best, but it's as if you don't even want to believe me. No matter how hard I try, the three of you are always up to something".

Fluttershy dropped to the ground in tears. The crusaders looked at each other, and nodded in sympathy. They walked over to Fluttershy.

"We're sorry, Fluttershy", apologized Scootaloo..

"We shoulda listened to ya", added Apple Bloom.

"If you want, we could do what you want", offered Sweetie Belle.

Fluttershy began wiping her tears. "Really?"

The crusaders beamed at her, and nodded.

"Oh, good. Because I have all sorts of ideas. We can tell fairy tales, and have a cup of tea, and style and stroke each other's manes, and sing songs, and see the animals".

Scootaloo gagged a little, until Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle gave a slight nudge at her shoulder in annoyance. "I mean, uh, yeah, that sounds great, but uh, didn't you make us go to bed because it was late?"

Fluttershy laughed. "No. I only said that because I was stressed out".

"Oh yeah", the girls giggled in embarassment.

The crusaders and Fluttershy walked inside the house. Throughout the night, they did exactly what Fluttershy asked. Sweetie Belle toned down her singing, and had a wonderful duet with Fluttershy, Fluttershy shown the crusaders her animals, with the crusaders not galloping all over the place with them, and they also had a tea party, styled each other's manes, and finished the night with Fluttershy reading the three a fairy tale.

The next morning, Fluttershy was relaxing at her bench, waiting for Rarity, with the crusaders playing with each other while waiting. Fluttershy noticed Twilight walking up to her.

"Hi, Fluttershy. How were the crusaders?"

Fluttershy gave a sigh of relief. "I managed to take care of them".

Twilight was shocked. "Oh, really? I'm surprised". Twilight pulled out a blank letter. "This could make a great lesson to the princess. I was wrong about you. Maybe you can take care of those fillies?"

"I wouldn't go that far", noted Fluttershy. "They were, a bit of a problem".

Twilight was confused. "Oh?"

The crusaders walked over to Fluttershy and Twilight.

"We caused a tiny bit of a problem", admitted Scootaloo with a blush.

"But we managed to control ourselves before the night was done", added Sweetie Belle.

"Ah think we learned somethin' from this", said Apple Bloom.

"What?" wondered Fluttershy.

"We learned that you shouldn't take advantage of others", replied Sweetie Belle.

"Ya should never try to disobey orders", said Apple Bloom.

"No matter how fun the things around you might seem", added Scootaloo.

Twilight finished writing the letter. "Done. I'll go to Spike soon for him to send this".

Rarity walked up to Fluttershy's cottage. Twilight and Fluttershy greeted her.

"How did that order go, Rarity?" asked Fluttershy.

Rarity gave a sigh of relief. "Good. I finally got it done. How were the crusaders?"

Sweetie Belle gave a guilty look. Fluttershy grinned at them. "They were wonderful, Rarity". The crusaders quickly smiled once again. "How was Opal, Rarity?"

"She's... good. But I may need your help".

"Should I do it right now, Rarity?" asked Fluttershy.

Rarity quickly turned around, revealing Opal on her back with an angered look. "Um... yes".

Twilight, Fluttershy, and the crusaders laughed.

Author's Notes:

YES! The two Chris Savino episodes are done. Now I can finally do the ACTUALLY good chapters. Sorry that this took a long time. I was having trouble coming up with how to rewrite this worthless episode, even going so far as to change the title.