Scootaloo, knowing she was risking going to the Rainbow Factory, flew up to the judges. There, she told them that Aurora Dawn had missed a month in flight school and wasn’t properly prepared for the test. “Will you please give her a second chance?”
The judges stared at her. She hovered there in silence. Finally, one of the spoke, “You were very brave coming to us like this.” He said, “You risked failing, not to mention your life for her. You two must be really good friends. We'll let her try again after she has healed and had proper training.”
“Thank you guys sooooo much!” Scootaloo exclaimed.
“No, thank you for telling us that she was under trained.” Another one said, “We were about to send an innocent pony to exile. We’ll get some paramedics over there, and you can tell her the good news”
Scootaloo flew over to Aurora Dawn. Then, Scootaloo told her “You’re going to stay in Cloudsdale, Aurora Dawn. They are going to give you a second chance once you have healed.”
“Thanks for defending me. You risked your life so that I wouldn’t have to go.” Aurora Dawn replied.
“Just rest up and heal so that you can pass your next test.” Scootaloo said,
“And I’ll be there to cheer you on”. She noticed that the paramedics were coming
“I’ll leave you alone so the doctors can help you”.
She went back to Orion who was waiting for her. “That was very brave of you’” he said.
“I know” Scootaloo retorted, “How many ponies have to say that?”
“Let’s go home,” Orion suggested.
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Scootaloo went to Aurora Dawn’s second attempt, as she had promised. She was cheering the loudest when Aurora Dawn went. Even louder than Aurora Dawn’s mother. As it turned out, none of the fillies failed their tests this time. And that made Scootaloo happy.