It was a sunny day like everyday else as the Pegasi where doing a wonderful job on the weather as
always.

Everypony was quite as busy as every other of these days. The Pegasi had done their job for the day and played with each other in the sky or took a nap on one of the few remaining clouds. Earth ponies and Unicorns alike were still busy getting their things done running their errands though taking a break at some of the wonderful cafes and bistros in Ponyville.

The three little mischievous fillies that were already known and feared as the Cutie Mark Crusaders throughout Ponyville however had just finished their latest misdeeds.
Smoke was ascending from Sweet Apple Acres making Ponyville's inhabitants wonder what might have happened although many could take an quite accurate guess. Their worries however soon faded as they saw the Fireponies running off to extinct the fire.

“How does one starts a fire on an attempt to obtain their Cutie Mark in apple bucking?” Rarity screamed at her sister Sweetie Belle over the noise of the Fireponies putting out the flames.
“Y'all in big trouble little sis” Applejack pointed out to Apple Bloom, not screaming but in a very disappointed voice “Y'all be grounded for quite a while”.
“But..” the little filly tried to defend herself being cut off by her bigger sister. “No buts just go to your room and stay there!”
“You too will be grounded for quite a while Sweetie Belle. Though I still cannot imagine how it came this far.”

Rarity went off towards Carousel Boutique a little white filly trotting after her in a depressed manner and with a lowered head.
Apple Bloom also started off towards her room that would hold her contained for quite a while as she knew that her sister could be ridiculously stubborn with pulling through the punishment.
She turned her head to give her friends a last look but quickly decided otherwise as Applejack cast her a crushing glare.

Wondering what punishment was waiting for Scootaloo looked at her two best friends that were walking away in turn. If someone was to blame for the incident it would be her although she had herself no idea of what had happened back there and why.

“Hey! What punishment do I get?” the orange filly asked puzzled as everyone started to walk away disregarding her. “Oh..”Applejack turned around and replied puzzled herself. “Ya know sugarcube we are not responsible for ya and all. We can't really punish you. But I reckon 't will be enough punishment for ya to be unable to see ya friends for some time”. With that the blond Mare turned around and walked home to see if her little sister was already where she would stay for the next few weeks.

It wasn't long before the fireponies had finally extinct all the flames and with the expiration of the last spark it suddenly came to Scootaloos' mind. The fireponies had heroically hasted to put out the fire and had done so very fast. So what could be a better Cutie Mark than whatever Cutie Mark you get for putting out fires.
Somehow she would have to get her two friends out of their temporary prisons. This idea was too good to wait with testing it, after all they had already spend what seemed like centuries but was actually only a couple of weeks on crusading for their Cutie Marks.

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