WRITE AND PUBLISH FRIENDSHIP VALLEY FIRST
The Cutie Mark Crusaders had to do a lot of cleaning up after Trouble Shoes' debut as a rodeo clown. And it just wasn't fair, because Applejack won a big shiny trophy, while they were stuck with bringing the same old blank flanks home.
...Or were they?
Written prior to Crusaders of the Lost Mark. Finished 84th out of 139 entries in the May 2015 writeoff, "I Regret Nothing".