

She had not expected an entrance exam, which required her to hatch an egg using magic, and could not do so.

A distant explosion shattered the rock, revealing it to be full of gems, which Rarity was able to use to further improve her costumes. That night, her unicorn horn dragged her across the landscape to a giant rock, leaving her to question why it did that. Rarity was preparing costumes for a school play but felt they were not her best work.After a distant explosion scared the animals, she found that she was also able to communicate and empathize with them, earning her cutie mark. She was caught by a flock of butterflies, and soon discovered that she loved being with the animals on the ground. Rainbow Dash stood up for her and challenged the bullies to a race, but at the start, their speed knocked Fluttershy off a cloud towards the ground. Fluttershy was a shy, clumsy pegasus in flight camp and teased by bullies.The high life did not suit her well, and after seeing a rainbow that pointed her back to Ponyville, she returned home, getting her cutie mark on arrival. Applejack had left her apple orchard in Ponyville to live in Manehattan with her Uncle and Aunt Orange.On the way into town to find Rainbow Dash, they encounter the other five main characters and learn of their cutie mark stories (each told in flashbacks when they were younger fillies), much to Scootaloo's impatience: While the Cutie Mark Crusaders fillies- Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle-continue to try to earn their cutie marks, they come up with an idea to try to learn how other ponies in town got theirs, with Scootaloo insisting they talk to her idol, Rainbow Dash, first. The episode has been praised as having a complex plot for a children's program that emphasizes the core values of the overall show. In this episode, the " Cutie Mark Crusaders", three fillies looking to earn their cutie marks, learn from the older mares of how they earned their own cutie marks in the process, the older mares realize they share a common destiny. Larson and directed by supervising director Jayson Thiessen. " The Cutie Mark Chronicles" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1)#Episodes
