Learning how to fly, Scootaloo can't help but sense something is missing from her life, a real family. Will she discover the home she always longed for, or will she learn that some secrets should be kept locked away?

***AUTHOR'S NOTE***
If you read this story on my FanFiction or Deviant Art page, please read again! I have made a dramatic number of improvements that greatly add to the depth and visual impact of the story. All comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated and I look forward to hearing what you all think of my first foray into storytelling. Enjoy!

In an effort to keep her mind occupied, Twilight Sparkle decides to delve once again into the grand mysteries of Pinkie Pie. This time, Twilight's focus is on her claims of growing up on a rock farm: like so many things related to Pinkie Pie, the idea that somepony could grow rocks as an agricultural product makes absolutely no sense. However, the investigation eventually leads Twilight to a rather... surprising discovery.

This is the first story in The Petriculture Cycle.

Artwork by Page Turner. Now with a TV Tropes page.

A story of how two ponies, both opposites in personality, formed a bond of friendship and love that lasted throughout an entire lifetime...

It's almost Mother's Day. Scootaloo comes to Rainbow Dash with a startling question, but then backs off, feeling ashamed she asked it. Rainbow Dash, taken off-guard by the question, starts to question both herself, how she feels about Scootaloo, and about her past...