My Little Pony - The Legend of Friendship (MLP remake with male OC added)

96. Troublemakers

Appleloosa...

Another rodeo was going on in the town of Appleloosa and whenever that happens, Applejack is not too far away to participate in it. This time, however, she had company. The last rodeo she took part in ended up with some complications since she didn't win any competition and was too proud to return so it was probably better to have some kind of company this time around.

This company took shape in the form of her little sister Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Star Twinkle. Originally, only Apple Bloom was supposed to accompany her but she invited her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders to join in as well. Since Star Twinkle was part of this group as well, even though he already got his Cutie Mark, he was pretty much dragged along. He was appreciating to get invited though.

They were only there for roughly an hour but they could clearly tell that everypony in Appleloosa was pumped to take part in the rodeo. The whole town was practically taking part in it and practiced their routines. Star Twinkle and the three little fillies took a good look at everypony and watched in awe.

"Aren't you glad y'all came with me to see Applejack compete in the Appleloosa rodeo?" Apple Bloom asked excitedly.

"Totally!" Scootaloo said. "This place is a cutie mark gold mine!" She said while she pointed at every pony who practiced their rodeo routines. "There's barrel racing, roping contests, rodeo clowning, steeplechase...!"

This could have continued but Apple Bloom interrupted her friend. "If we can get into some of these events, we could all three walk off the train back in Ponyville with brand-spankin' new cutie marks!" She explained happily.

"Wouldn't a barrel look good here?" Scootaloo said while she looked at her flank.

"I want a lasso!" Apple Bloom said cheerfully.

Star Twinkle just smiled at the three fillies and how excited they were for this trip. "Always a one-tracked mind, huh?" He commented.

Scootaloo turned towards the stallion. "Unlike you, we still don't have our Cutie Marks so of course we're still gonna focus on that!" She explained.

"We also don't want to fall behind you," Sweetie Belle added.

"Right!" Apple Bloom added. "Don't worry, we will get out Cutie Marks in no time so that all of us have one!" She said cheerfully.

Again, Star Twinkle smiled. It was nice how nothing changed in the relationship between him and the three girls. He almost expected them to cast him out from the Cutie Mark Crusaders but they did not hold any grudge or felt bad or anything alike. In fact, they seemed rather happy for him and wanted to work even harder from this point on. The stallion felt bad to even consider that the girls would have done anything bad after he got his Cutie Mark.

But even though the three fillies were excited for all the opportunities in terms of Cutie Marks, Sweetie Belle took a closer look around and came to one conclusion. "I don't know... All these events look a little, well, dangerous," she said worriedly.

"No risk, no reward," Apple Bloom simply replied.

But Star Twinkle did not really want to hear something like this. He knew those three well enough by now to know that they would tend to do some really risky stuff to get their Cutie Marks. This only meant that he had to keep a close look at each of them, which again, was bothering him a little bit. He figured that this trip would be more exhausting now.

As the four were walking around in Appleloosa their attention was quickly drawn by the Sheriff Silverstar, who was giving orders to the town ponies. Judging from the serious tone in his voice, it sounded rather important so the group listened to what he was saying.