If there was one thing the Cutie Mark Crusaders were known for, it would be making soul-searching fun. That's exactly what they had done since their inception, helping foals all over Equestria find their cutie marks, as well as the true meaning behind them, as they did the same for themselves.



After a busy day at Queen Twilight Sparkle's school, the Crusaders were having a sleepover at their clubhouse at Sweet Apple Acres. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were looking at a photo album. Cozy Glow was the first of many foals to join the party, arriving an hour before the likes of Button Mash, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Babs Seed, and even Spike. The four fillies were looking at a photo album.



"Awwwww!" Sweetie Belle cooed sweetly. "Apple Bloom! You were so, SO cute as a baby!"



"Awh, daggumit!" Apple Bloom moaned. "Ah didn't mean fer one of mah baby pictures to get mixed up in there... Can we... just ignore this un'? Please?"



"Ha! Not a chance, AB!" laughed Scootaloo.



"Don't be embarrassed, Apple Bloom," said Cozy Glow, bearing a welcoming smile. "Be proud! You were cute even in your earliest phases! You and Applejack really DO inherit your good looks from Mrs. Pear Butter! Tee-hee-hee!"



Apple Bloom blushed and covered her face. "Aw, shucks...~ Ah'm flattered... and still embarrassed."



The girls flipped a page, arriving at a rather large photo that dwarfed everything else on that page.



"Hey..." Scootaloo grabbed their attention. "I remember this! This is from the candy hunt we had! Y'know, at last year's Nightmare Night! We all made out like bandits, that's for sure! I've never had such a full bucket 'til then!"



Sweetie Belle couldn't help but giggle. "Oh, I agree! Heeheeheehee! We were the belles of the boneyard!"



"Uh-huh!" Cozy agreed. "Almost everypony was scared magic-less! You were smart to put me in charge of our costume ideas for our trip to New Dracul! Why, I remember the look on Mosina's face when she answered the door to us. For a while, I thought she'd turn us away."



"Eeyup," Apple Bloom added, "that sure was a year. Ah dressed like Lord Tirek, Sweetie took on Queen Chrysalis before she embraced love, Scootaloo resembled Nightmare Moon before we... uh... learned that she was, um... a lot more than just an alter-ego... A-Anyway! Ah also remember the other foals! Like Tender Taps pro dancer..."



"...Rumble the astronaut... Button Smash, masked wrestler" Scootaloo remembered.



"Diamond as a forest queen... Silver Spoon the chemist..." Sweetie Belle continued.



"Babs Seed's Valkyrie getup... Spike's outing as a Dark Knight..." Scootaloo mused.



"And sweet little me as myself!" Cozy finished. "Well... Back when I first enrolled in Queen Twilight's school, that is."



"Yeah. Ah 'member," Apple Bloom said. "You were wearin' yer curls again. It's too bad... They're awfully good on ya, Cozy. You look all fancy, and proper..."



"Thanks," Cozy laughed along, "but I still like the freestyle mane better. It took me three whole hours to get them to look like that, and after a while, it just gives me a headache. I only wear the curls, now, whenever I'm attending a fancy dinner, or, um, going to the cinema..."



"Do you plan on wearing it on dates, Cozy?" Scootaloo suddenly blurted out.



"Maybe. But... OH!!!" Cozy Glow began blushing, trying to dance around the subject. "W-W-Well... U-Ummmmmm… I might? Maybe? If I ever meet somepony who appeals to me... But I kind of prefer a style that... um... l-lets a special somepony… uh... sweep my mane aside to l-look me in the... eye...?"



"Ooooh… That's so romantic..." swooned Sweetie Belle. "Just like in that movie, 'When Harmony Met Magic."



For a good while, the conversation was stuck on the matter of love. Cozy Glow wasn't ready for the topic. She prayed that it would be over soon...



No such luck, as long as Sweetie Belle was involved!

