"That can't be Applebloom doing this...She must be being forced!" Babs screamed. The CMC were having a meeting, and she was the only pony talking. The rest were slouching, scared, and depressed. Even Sweetie and Scootaloo weren't happy. But then, Sweetie Belle suddenly yelled. She smacked her hoof across the table (which was round, because you can't have a meeting with a RECTANGLE table. That's just weird).

   "OBJECTION! Why would she be forced? I mean, I know bullies are mean, but not that mean...right...?" She said, starting confident, but sounding unsure as her voice faded away in the room. She opened her mouth, but closed it with a frown. She had nothing else to say.  She was scared. Scared a best friend was now bullying her and her other best friends. She was scared the leader and first of the CMC was gone. She was scared Applebloom was no longer a crusader.

Everypony sat there for a moment in silence. Then Babs pushed her chair away from the table. The other ponies watched as she leaves. One other crusader saw something wet hit the floor. She needed to do something, anything.

"HOLD IT!" A high voice called. "The only way to figure this out is to spy on them! Some of the pegasi that can fly will spy on them from the clouds, and the earth ponies will hide. The unicorns will help the earth ponies and themselves with hiding places." The filly stepped up as she speaked.

  She had a pure white coat, a polychromatic mane with black, yellow, and cyan. She was a pegasus and had sky blue eyes. Her expression held determination, and her confidence was high. Some ponies gasped, some ponies stared, some ponies nodded and agreed, some ponies guffawed and hated the idea, there were even ponies giggling. There were many different expressions about the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but the one that seemed everlasting was the filly who had made the idea.

  "My name's Snow Storm, and I think we can save Applebloom and get our leader back. Who's with me!" She raised her hoof high in the air and smiled. At first, it was silent, but her smile and hoof would never waver. Finally, a navy blue hoof came up. It was followed by a deep pink. Soon more hooves of other colors came up, and finally two more. One was orange, and the other was a very light grey. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle kept their hooves up. Babs stayed there the whole time, and another hoof was added to the bunch. That's funny She thought. It seems I always find a way to smile in these bad times.