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Apple Bloom [Tier 1, Final]


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Name: Apple Bloom

Sex: Female

Age: Filly

Species: Earth Pony

Pelt Color: Light, almost pale yellow.

Mane/Tail Color & Style: A bright, apple-shined red mane paired off with her extra-long and striking mane held out of her face by a large

pink bow that ties it down atop her mane.

Eye Color: Luminous, vivid amber eyes.

Cutie Mark: None, which is the cause of the greatest(and perhaps cutest) wailing this side of Equestria.

Physique: Extremely fit and healthy for her age owing to a near lifetime of labor at Sweet Apple Acres accentuated by the Apple Family's large, but healthy meals.

Residence: Sweet Apple Acres

Occupation: Student, though that is secondary in her mind to the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

Motivation: The search for her Cutie Mark is perhaps the single most overwhelming motivation, but it is likely truly secondary to helping her family and friends.

Likes: Crusadin', Kung-Fu, Fixing stuff, the farm, her family, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, most ponies she ever meets, Cutie Marks, Apples, Discussions about Crusading, Cutie Mark Crusader Sleepovers, her hoof-built by Applejack clubhouse, Planning Crusades for the Cutie Mark Crusaders in after discussions about crusading in the Cutie Mark Crusader Clubhouse.

Dislikes: Being made to feel like she ain't a big pony when she very clearly is a big pony, mean well-to-do ponies, not finding her cutie mark, repairing damage after a crusade has failed, getting in trouble after a crusade has failed, getting in trouble for starting a new crusader before repairing the damage from her previous failed crusade.

History:

Apple Bloom's birth was marked by great elation, another filly added to a loving fold. Born in the season of spring where all things are as beautiful as the little filly would turn out to be in both body and spirit, her name came about as her mother looked out over the vastness of the orchard and saw both tree and flower in bloom.

Growing up under the care of her siblings and grandmother worked out rather well for the filly. Hardworking farm ponies the whole lot of them, they instilled in her a sense of loyalty and dedication to getting the job done that few others could have. Of course, the hardest part is getting her to choose the same job they have since her excitable hooves are always itching to satisfy the rapid-fired commands of her amped up, excited, yearning-for-adventure filly soul. Just as often as this ends with her heading off to join her friends, this ends up with her not paying attention to her work and getting beaned in the face with an apple. She was homeschooled by Granny Smith for the earliest part of her schooling years, but eventually even Apple Bloom started to wonder why her lessons trailed off into apple harvesting discussions every time and she was enrolled in public school.

Her hardworking demeanor, ability to listen, and earnestness resulted in excellent grades. She would gather a small cadre of friends and for a while everything was turning up apples. However, as her friends started to get their cutie marks and drift away, she became somewhat isolated and more focused on her on blank flank, her schoolwork suffering as a result. This came to a head when her last close friend in class, Twist, received her cutie mark, leaving her alone amongst her classmates. While she had learned this was common for members of fine Apple stock, it did little to help her. After several failed attempts to get her mark, she made the decision not to attend Diamond Tiara's party, only to walk in to it anyway. (She isn't very good with directions, truth be told)

While she expected the party to be a disaster, it instead turned into a pivot for her life. She met Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, two other blank flanks, and they would form the Cutie mark Crusaders. After this meeting, the trio would become nigh inseparable, and it became apparent to everypony in town that they were not just partners in an adventure, but truly best friends. Their search for their cutie marks has come to define them, but that tells little of who they are.

Apple Bloom can be blunt and would dearly like to emulate her older sister in the realm of honesty, but her earnest desire to do good and make ponies happy will see her lie through her teeth if she thinks it will be for the best. More often than not, this results in a lie to cover up a lie until the lies become crossed and she finds it impossible to go further. She is in many ways more street smart than her friends, but this comes right up against her own curious, excitable nature that will see her discard warnings almost as quickly as she receives them. She works hard and sees no reason to sit still when you could be cantering about trying to find your cutie mark, but will often direct that work into some sort of sillyness that doesn't do much to aid her.

She has great skill with tools, being able to build props and repair things with the adeptness of a tradesman many years her elder. However, she doesn't find much about it exciting, and considers it just another facet of work. This creates no end of consternation to those around her, who want to beat her over the head and tell her exactly what her cutie mark is. She has a brave and outgoing nature, but feels as though she has never truly faced something frightening alone. She wants to test herself someday and see if she really is a big pony like her bother and sister, or if she's just some little filly.

She gets along well with Zecora, being the first pony to toss out her hoof in friendship. She is obviously dearly devoted to her family, wishing to emulate her sister in all the ways that don't conflict with the need to see that everypony is happy all the time. In other words that whole honesty bit is a little hard to emulate.

She has started rebounding in school, her natural desire to root out answers, hardworking demeanor, and ability to listen to her teacher giving her the natural ability to excel. If she were to apply herself fully to her classwork instead of having her mind bounce around questions regarding the cutie mark crusaders and the apple harvest, she may very well become an exceptional student. Tragic that there is finite space in the mind of a filly, and Apple Bloom has yet to devote the space and effort needed to establish herself as one of Ponyville's best and brightest. Instead, her farm mannerisms and at times disappointing grades reflect poorly on the nature of Apple Bloom's intelligence. It doesn't help that her curious and excitable personality can result in foolish and impulsive actions.

She is the de-facto leader of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, though she would never say so and they are about as democratic an institution as possible. From the clubhouse on Sweet Apple Acres, she helps plan and plot not only the crusades that are their namesake, but any manner of tomfillery suited for them. To describe her day as busy would be a gross understatement: From dawn until dusk, she is at school, completing chores, and around her Cutie Mark Crusader friends. Some wonder how one little filly can do so much.

Apple Bloom wonders why others do so little!

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Inside the barn, Applejack had just finished snacking on some of Granny's apple pie she had made earlier that day. Applejack would have felt relaxed if only the piece of pie she had left out for her sister wasn't still there. She was worried. She hadn't seen her since she told her to feed the chickens. Apple Bloom was never out this late, especially on a night when pie is ready to eat. Suddenly, Apple Bloom slammed the door open, smiling but breathing heavily. Applejack ran over to her. "Where in tarnation have you been!?" Applejack examined the filly's body. "And why are so muddied up?"

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Apple Bloom shook herself, water flying off of her in near comical amounts as she started bopping her head with a hoof to the side. She gave a nervous smile as she looked back at Applejack.

"Well ya see sis, I was takin' the chickin' to their coop like ya said, t'en ah noticed that one of the little chicks missin'. I followed the smallest little tracks ya ever did see and found this here chick was al' wanderin' about all lost like." She says with a sense of pride, the tiny little chick poking its out from Apple Bloom's drenched mane.

"I knew i'was ours, so I started leadin' her back home and decided ta call 'er Marebeline, like that make-up that Sweetie Belle got from Rarity, on account of her little dots under 'er eyes. Anywho, ah was takin' her back but she didn't wanna come back just yet and was jumpin' and leapin' away. I decided ta follow her and see if chickin' escortin' was mah special talent, but it isn't. It started rainin' and we were near tha river and all, and ah thought that maybe ah could try rafting. That wasn't mah special talent neither! We swam back to shore and walked home. It was tons of fun!" Apple Bloom finished as she cantered up to the table for supper, still wet. Marebeline chirped in her hair, and Apple Bloom beamed.

"I'm gonna let 'er sleep in mah room tonight!"

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I'm pretty excited! Yay! Yay! Yay!

Alison had a really great app and Lux gave it his all, so really, the winner is Apple Bloom because no matter who won, she was gonna get a good 'home' as it were.

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