Being a fellow Pegasus, Scootaloo thought it was her duty to head out and look around for Rainbow Dash while the other 2 crusaders were handing finding the others. Scootaloo was on her scooter zooming around to see if she saw any traces of Rainbow Dash anywhere.
“Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash!!! Man, where on Equestria could she be?”
She occasionally had to dodge a lot of weird stuff while zooming around; all the weird things that were being created by Discord’s chaos. Scootaloo admitted to herself that she did like some of the things that she witnessed in this chaotic plane, like the constant belching from her teacher; but after what she witnessed happen to Twilight and her friends, she didn’t wish to live with this for the rest of her life; and not seeing her fan-idol present when they to stop Discord worried her even more.
“I have to keep looking; she must be around here somewhere!”
Scootaloo wasn’t about to give up; she was determined to find Rainbow Dash if it was the last thing she did.
“Rainbow Dash; where are you Rainbow Dash?!!!”
Suddenly at one point as she was calling out for her, she heard a very familiar voice speak back, “Hey, whoever that is calling me, I’m up here! And also, could you cut it out and quiet it down; I’m trying to catch some Zs!”
A bright smile appeared on orange filly’s face as gasped and looked up above her only to see her number 1 idol, Rainbow Dash, lying and relaxing on a single cloud.
“Rainbow Dash, there you are!” Scootaloo shouted in happiness, “I’ve been looking all over for you!”
“That you have;” Rainbow Dash responded solemnly, “Good job.”
Scootaloo didn’t quite know what to say to Rainbow Dash after that; she was a bit nervous of continuing the conversation. But then, she became curious of something.
“Um… R-R-Rainbow Dash?”
“What is it?”
“Any… particular reason of why you’re just laying there on that cloud?”
“What does it look like, kid, I’m trying to sleep.”
Scootaloo was looking all around her and was continuing to see many weird and chaotic things; like a row of buffalo dancing around in ballerina tutus… weird.
“Rainbow Dash, are you even aware of what’s happening around you… or what’s happening in Ponyville?”
Rainbow just shrugged her shoulders while lying on her back, “Yeah, I am aware, but it’s not my problem anymore.”
Scootaloo thought she misheard what she said, “Huh, what are you talking about? Discord is out spreading chaos everywhere and only the Elements of Harmony can stop him! That means we need you, Rainbow Dash; who else is more loyal to Ponyville!”
She wasn’t quite sure of what was going on with Rainbow Dash, but she knew Discord had something to do with it. She was doing her best to get through to her by pleading as much as she could, but Rainbow Dash just turned over on her stomach as looked down at jabbering filly.
“Um… no offense kid, but Ponyville is no longer my concern.”
“Say what?” Scootaloo questioned.
“Yeah, that’s right; Ponyville can take care of itself. But for me, I need to stay here in Cloudsdale where it’s safe.”
“But… huh?”
Now Scootaloo thought that Rainbow was really losing it; she was just lying down on a single cloud. Why would she think that single cloud was a whole cloud city?
“Rainbow Dash, that’s not Cloudsdale, it’s just a single cloud that you’re relaxing on! Come on, stop being so… lazy; it’s not you at all! Ponyville is counting on you!”
Rainbow Dash looked at Scootaloo again and realized that she was showing some tears, “Why do you care so much anyway, kid?”
“W-w-well…” said Scootaloo as she quickly wiped away her tears trying to look tough, “first off, I’m Scootaloo, not kid! Second, I care because… I admire you; you inspire me to never give up on anything and always stay loyal to others! Plus, Ponyville is my home too, not just Cloudsdale… oh, which is by the way, somewhere else; not here!”
To Rainbow Dash, it seemed like this orange filly was trying to get something through to her. But in her little discorded mind, she just didn’t seem to care much about it anyway. For all she knew this filly was just trying to trick her out of her real duty. (Sarcasm again by the way)
“Listen ki… um, Scootaloo,” said Rainbow, “you seem nice and all, but I already told you that I can’t leave. I have to stay here… for the pegasi’s sake.”
“But what about Ponyville?!” Scootaloo shouted.
Rainbow just sighed and laid back on her back to rest some more, “Don’t care.”
“But Twilight and the others need you; are you going to just laid there and ignore everything that’s going on?!”
That time Rainbow Dash didn’t even answer back; it seemed that she was now politely ignoring her cries. Scootaloo couldn’t believe how lazy and selfish her number 1 idol was being. She knew that she can be arrogant sometimes, but this was ridiculous.
“I… I-I-I can’t believe you;” shouted Scootaloo with tears in her eyes, “you used to be so… c-cool and awesome!”
“Excuse me,” Rainbow scoffed suddenly, “I still am.”
“No you’re not! Discord has made you a lazy sloth, and he’s making you think that single little cloud is Cloudsdale… in which it is not!”
“That’s nice,” Rainbow Dash solemnly as waved her hoof around, “now shoo would ya?”
“Ugh, just forget it!!!”
And just like that, Scootaloo hopped back on her scooter and went away from Rainbow and then started to sob a bit again once she was out of her view. She failed trying to convince the very mare she idolizes in coming back with the others and felt like she let her two friends down. Looked behind her down the path where Rainbow Dash was and just sighed to herself.
“What happened to you, Rainbow Dash?”
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Scootaloo was sadly scooting along on her scooter feeling a bit upset on her failure of getting through to Rainbow Dash. She was heading back to the main part of town where her crusader friends, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, would be waiting for her. Once she got there, she did see her other two friends... but nopony else; so much for hoping that they had succeeded.
"Scootaloo, you're back!" shouted Sweetie Belle as she and Apple Bloom saw her coming their way; but she quickly realized something, "Hey, where's Rainbow Dash?"
After stopping, Scootaloo stepped off her scooter and threw her helmet down on the ground before sighing, "She's... sh-she's not coming."
Both of her friends suddenly gasped.
"No way," said Apple Bloom, "not even she could be convinced?!"
“No,” said Scootaloo sadly, “and I’m guessing that you two didn’t have much luck either.”
“What are we going to do now girls?!” whined Apple Bloom, “Our chances to have friendship restorers as our cutiemarks has officially failed! And on top of that, without the Elements of Harmony, Equestria is doomed to be drowned forever in chaos!”
“I don’t want to live in a world of chaos anymore,” said Sweetie Belle, “it’ll be too… chaotic!”
“Well neither do I,” Scootaloo replied, “but unfortunately I think that we no longer have a choice anymore.”
“Whoo-hooo, you got that right!” shouted a cheery voice from behind.
“Oh no,” said Apple Bloom as she rolled her eyes, “here we go.”
The crusaders knew who that was but they weren’t exactly happy or amused to see her; in fact, they were kinda mad. It was Screwball who knew of their failure; she was coming back to them hoping that they would return to have some chaotic fun with her.
“Well you guys sure did your best, and the results were very amusing! But don’t worry, you’ll all get used to it eventually. Before you know it, all the lands will be covered in chaos! Just picture it; chaos, chaos everywhere, as far as the eye can see!”
“Oh just… shut up, Screwball!” Scootaloo suddenly shouted out of anger.
Screwball pulled back a second out of shock, and then scratch her head, “Wait, what was that?”
“Ah do believe that she just told ya to shut up, chrome dome,” Apple Bloom responded.
“Yeah, and that goes for the rest of us too!” Sweetie Belle added
Screwball just sat down on the ground feeling a bit upset and confused at the same time, “But… b-but I don’t… understand; you all still seem upset like you were before.”
“Well of course we’re still upset!” shouted Apple Bloom as she was getting her anger off her chest, “Yer stupid daddy has messed up the perfectly great friendship between Twilight and the others! Are you really that stupid to not know that?!”
“I… I was just asking,” said Screwball sadly, “Why are you guys so angry at me?”
“We would tell you Screwball,” said Scootaloo, “but knowing you, our information might go in one ear and out of the other. We’re no longer interested in your… chaotic foolishness!”
“Bu-bu-but think about it;” said Screwball as she was trying to convince the crusaders, “with all of this chaos, you three can do anything you want and not get in trouble! My daddy is in charge now, and he’ll let you get away with anything as long as you’re with me! Don’t you girls want that?!”
The crusaders just rolled their eyes; they couldn’t believe that Screwball was still trying to get them to return back to enjoy chaos making. But then again, she never did completely understood of how they really felt about this whole ordeal.
“That may seem like a good idea,” stated Sweetie Belle, “but it’s not!”
“We were better off with our normal life,” Apple Bloom protested, “Free from Discord… and you!”
Screwball was now becoming really upset from the way the crusaders were suddenly shunning her like they hardly knew her, “But… I just wanted to be your friend!”
“Sorry Screwball,” said Apple Bloom, “but unless you care about why we are really upset and not only care about your dad having fun, Ah’m afraid that we no longer want to be your friends.”
“We don’t like you anymore because you obviously don’t care about our true feelings,” shouted Scootaloo, “so go away and leave us alone!”
Screwball was pouting with her arms crossed and her cheeks puffed up feeling rejected as she scowled at the crusaders, “Hey, I just wanted you to like my daddy and be friends with me! So… s-s-so what if those… 6 ponies who can make my daddy go away by force aren’t friends anymore; big deal; it’s exactly what I want! Can’t you forget the little negative points of this and just accept it.”
The crusaders had their backs turned towards Screwball and they were completely ignoring her. Now she was awfully mad at them; she tried to be nice to them, but they kept doing nothing but insulting her and her dad. She finally had enough of them, and she was done being nice.
“Hmph, fine; don’t be my friends anymore then! You were all becoming a bit boring to me with your Cutiemark Crusader friendship restorers thing anyway!”
“Don’t care,” all three crusaders said out loud.
Suddenly, Screwball took off her hat and looks their way wearing a little mischievous smirk, “And since I can’t have fun with you, I’m just going to have fun at you!”
Screwball suddenly threw her hat at Apple Bloom and it landed right on the yellow filly’s head.
“Whoa, what the hay?!” Apple Bloom shouted as she was startled by the sudden action.
Then with the flick of her hoof, Screwball caused the propeller on her hat to start spinning really fast, and Apple Bloom was suddenly raised up in the air.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Apple Bloom was screaming at the top of her lungs as she was flying up high in the air uncontrollably; unable to do anything about it.
“Apple Bloom!!!” Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo both shouted out.
“Maybe this will teach you a lesson;” said Screwball with a smirk, “I won’t let you bad talk my Daddy anymore!”
Screwball was making Apple Bloom fly around fast in all kinds of weird movements with all four of her hooves wailing in the air.
“Put me down; put me down!!!”
She knew Apple Bloom wasn’t enjoying this, but that’s exactly why she was doing it.
“Time to put a little spin on things,” said Screwball while continuing to smile.
She started to spin her hoof around and it caused Apple Bloom to stop in mid-air and started to spin around rapidly in place. She did it for about a minute or so before slowly settling her down on the ground. When she did, Apple Bloom just slumped on her underside groaning with her eyes swirling in dizziness. Screwball was laughing at how Apple Bloom looked and thought that it served her right.
“Now you’re eyes are all swirly… just like mine,” Screwball chuckled.
“Hey,” Scootaloo shouted angrily, “knock it off before I come over there and slug ya!”
Screwball looked over at Scootaloo and chuckled again as she waved her hoof at her and literally turned her into a slug.
“Eeeek, holy celestia!” Sweetie Belle shouted as she became a little startled by Scootaloo’s transformation.
“My my, Scootaloo, you mean you’re really going to slug me like that?” said Screwball sarcastically, “How can you when you’re so slow?”
Scootaloo tried to go at her, but being a snail she was too small too even move 5 inches without getting tired, “Why… you little… change me back?!”
“Hmm, maybe I will,” said Screwball, “How about I give you much better wings than you had before.”
Before Scootaloo knew it, she changed back into a pegasus with her wings; but then her wings suddenly grew ten times their original size.
“Whoa, what the…” said Scootaloo in shock as she was wobbling all around, “Ugh, my wings… they’re t-too heavy!”
She eventually tripped over her oversized wings and fell over. Screwball was enjoying herself and was laughing at Scootaloo’s expense.
“Ha ha ha; oh, did I say much better, I meant to say much bigger.”
“Cut it out,” shouted Sweetie Belle suddenly, “you’re just being plain mean!”
“Well… I’m not your friend anymore; remember?” said Screwball with a little sneer, “So what do I care.”
Sweetie Belle stared her down while in a charging stance, “I said… cut it out!”
Screwball levitated the hat off of the still dizzy Apple Bloom and placed it back on her own head. She flew back up in the air and leered back at Sweetie, “make me.”
Sweetie Belle was so angry it caused her to whip out some of her magic; and it got a hold of Screwball who was caught off guard and then slammed her down on the ground. Sweetie gasped out of sudden shock seeing what she did.
“Whoa, did I… just… do that?”
“You sure did,” said Screwball as she got up and glared at Sweetie Belle, “and I didn’t like it.”
She suddenly used her power to get a hold of Sweetie Belle and the rest of the crusaders; and then she had them bash into each other flank first and then fell on the ground. Scootaloo’s wings were no longer huge and Apple Bloom was no longer dizzy, so they all got up, shook their heads and glared over at Screwball.
“Come on girls,” shouted Apple Bloom, “let’s go get her!”
They all went forward, but when they did, they felt a sudden tug behind them and all three tripped and fell flat on their faces. They looked behind them and noticed that their tails were tied together very tight; it must of happened when their flanks bumped together.
Screwball was on her back cracking up over seeing the crusaders trip themselves up, “Looks like you three are all tied up; you got your tails all up in a twist!”
All three of them calmly got up and looked at each other; and Apple Bloom smirk at the others and stated, “Teamwork time, girls!”
The other two smirked and nodded, and then they all worked together and ran forward towards Screwball in sync so they wouldn’t trip over each other again. Once Screwball noticed, they were almost at her already.
“Uh-oh.”
All three crusaders jumped up and grabbed a hold of Screwball and pulled her down on the ground and began getting into a little scuffle with her. They were nothing but a ball of dust going around with little hooves sticking out shouting and striking.
“Enough of your shenanigans!” Scootaloo shouted at Screwball.
“Never!”
Suddenly in the background, there was a large…
'BOOOOOOOOM!
The loud sound suddenly broke up the little scuffling of the crusaders against Screwball as they all looked up in an instant.
“Whoa, what was that?!” shouted Scootaloo.
Of all possible outcomes, Screwball looked in the direction of the blast with a curious glare, “Was that… Daddy?”
“What’s going on?” questioned Sweetie belle.
By this time, their tails were already untangled and Apple Bloom stood up and was trying to get a good distant view of what the huge noise could’ve been.
“Ah’m not quite sure of what that could be,” said Apple Bloom, “but Ah have a weird suspicion about it; let’s go check it out, girls!”
Suddenly ignoring Screwball and everything that she did to them, the crusaders just left her there as they ran off together towards where the loud sound came from. Screwball just sat there with her forearms crossed pouting a bit as she watched them run off from her again; although she wasn’t worried in the slightest.
“I cannot believe those three, ignoring me again and running off to somewhere that they think they need to be. Hmph, oh well; whatever that is, it won’t help them at all.”