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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Growing up 
// by aham50 
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"That was awesome!" yelled Pinkie Pie.
"Oh Rainbow Dash, I knew you could do it," Fluttershy admitted.
"It was simply marvelous!" announced Rarity.
"That was fantastic," shared Applejack.
"Well done Rainbow Dash," complimented Twilight.

It was after the performance, and everypony was gathered at Twilight's library, for an after performance party Pinkie was hosting.
Rainbow Dash blushed at everypony's compliments.  She had heard them before, from fans, but hearing them from her best friends, was always better than her fans.
"Gosh guys, I don't know what to say, but thank you,"  Rainbow Dash galloped over to her friends and gathered them together for a group hug.  She loved them more than anything in the world.
Suddenly somepony knocked on the door.
"I got it," Twilight responded to the knocking instinctively.  She opened the door to find a very cheery Scootaloo smiling looking inside.
"Hey Twilight, can I talk to Rainbow Dash?  Oh but away from everypony else," the small Pegasus asked ecstatically.  
"Sure, hang on."  Twilight entered and reappeared, at the door with, Rainbow Dash.
"Watcha want squirt?"  Rainbow asked as Twilight closed the door behind them.
"I just wanted to say, you did a really good job out there.  I'm sure you made it in!"
"Thanks Scoots, it means a lot coming from my number one fan!"
"Did you tell your parents?"  Scootaloo asked, and as immediately as she asked Rainbow Dash suddenly felt she was hit in the gut.  Scootaloo quickly retreated into her mind to ask herself why she asked such a question.
"Oh...  I'm so sorry Rainbow Dash!"  Scootaloo pleaded for acceptance of her apology.  She felt so stupid for asking.
"I-...  Its... Okay," Rainbow Dash replied with tears welling up in her eyes.  She hadn't thought of her parents in years, and what had happened.  Memories started to flood her mind and she flew off to her cloud made house.
"I'm sorry Scootaloo," she yelled as she flew away.  Scootaloo suddenly filled herself with tears.  She didn't mean to make her idol cry.  She felt overwhelmed with feelings as she remembered her own parents.  She hung her head and began to cry. 
"How could I be so stupid?" she asked herself.
"Why did I ask that?" she questioned again.  Soon her feelings turned into sobs, as she sat, remembering the terrible moment.  The one terrible moment that still haunts her.