As the other contestant left in came a young mare, her coat was a greyish colour similar to one of a rat... unfortunatly that is where her name derived from too. Ratpelt also had dark green eyes that her mates joked could 'glow in the dark' if she could just get a decent place in this competition maybe she could actually gain some respect in ponyville... maybe even a stalion to meet her at the podium? she sighed, like that was ever going to happen. She had a look at the judge, she had never been out much and as such never seen a griffon before, but this one looked so proud and capable of her abilities, Ratpelt had to be brave! she had to at least try! She stepped up to the designated shooting shooting area, the crowd seemed to stare her down... this was rather scary, she tried to picture the crowd in there pajamas, her mother had always told her that it helped but it only made her laugh hystericaly 'cmon Ratpelt... calm down...' she said in her head as she once again looked out into the crowd. She could see ponies whispering to one another, followed by giggles and laughter, hopefully it was not about her. She took the bright red peice of cloth she had tied round her left hind hoof and placed it on her eyes, tying it around her head. If she couldn't see them, then they didn't exist. She then picked up three of each round and volleyed one after the other in quick succession, not bothering to really aim, she couldn't with a blindfold and all. She had heard nothing from the crowd since she fired the first shot. Ratpelt didn't know weather to take that as a good thing or a bad thing, hopefully good of course. she was about to head away when she remembered 'i still have one more shot!' she told the judge to hold on for a sec as she rushed off and retrieved an apple, getting a stern look from Applejack and Big Mac, she could pay for it later. She rushed back to the platform and placed the blindfold back over her eyes. She put the apple into the sling and pulled it back, but it didn't go far. She then sat down and held the slingshot in her back hooves. Pulling on the elastic with both her front hooves and her mouth, just to get it back a decent way. She let fly with the apple which made a "ooh!" come from the crowd 'that was good right?' she asked herself. Not daring to look. she turned and headed back to the contestant area, giving AJ a couple of bits along the way and apologising for the rash decision. Had she done good? (44,69,93,40,62,58,54,80,78,44)