//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: A Sisters Promise // by GunsNRoses365 //------------------------------// The light of the morning sun began to shine through the windows of Rainbow Dash's soft cloud home. Rainbow Dash began to wake in her bed as she sat up in the bed and stretched for a moment. She then got out of the bed and stretched her entire body before leaving the room. In the hallway, Rainbow began to make her way to the guest room to wake Scootaloo only to see the Little filly leave the room on her own and meet her in the hallway. "Hey there Scoots, did you sleep well last night?" Rainbow asked with a smile on her face. Scootaloo returned the smile with one of her own before saying, "I sure did Rainbow Dash, how about you?" Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck nervously before responding, "Uh yeah, slept like a little filly. Now let's go have some breakfast before I take you to school." Scootaloo nodded her head before going downstairs. Rainbow followed her with a look of sadness. She didn't want to lie to her surrogate little sister, but she didn't want to worry her by saying she had cried herself to sleep last night. When she arrived at the kitchen she made herself and Scootaloo a bowl of cereal. The two ate quietly as Rainbow thought about she would do today. She decided to take Scootaloo to School first then quickly get done with weather duty and then go find her friends to talk with them about Scootaloo. When they were finished with their breakfast Rainbow took the bowls and washed them before returning to the little filly staying with her. "Alright, Scoots, let's get going." Rainbow said before bending down to let Scootaloo get onto her back. Scootaloo climbed onto Rainbow's back and grabbed her neck. Rainbow went outside and flew down to Ponyville. When they arrived at the School, Rainbow let Scootaloo off her back and smiled at her. "Alright, kiddo, I'll come and get you after School." Rainbow said to the little filly. Scootaloo smiled at her and waved goodbye before going into the schoolhouse. When she was out of sight, Rainbow took to the sky to quickly do her weather duty. It took a little while, but once she was finished, she began making her way to twilight's library to talk to the unicorn. As she flew, she couldn't help but feel something bothering her in the back of her mind. However she couldn't figure out what the thought was. She eventually forgot about the thought when she arrived at Twilight's library. She went inside and looked around only to see that the entire place was empty. "Twilight, are you here!?" Rainbow called out as her voice echoed across the walls. As the echo faded into silence, A young lavender unicorn mare came down the steps. It was the mare Rainbow was looking for, Twilight Sparkle. "Hi, Rainbow, are you here for the next story in the Daring Do series?" She asked sweetly and politely Rainbow shook her head in response before saying, "No, I came here because I didn't know who to talk to first." Twilight had a look of confusion on her face. "about what?" she asked curiously Rainbow let out a long sigh before saying, "I came to talk to you about Scootaloo. I just found out yesterday that her parents died." Twilight gasped in shock and let her mouth hang open as Rainbow began to tear up at the thought of Scootaloo's parents. She quickly brushed them away before continuing to speak. "Her parents died a few weeks ago and she's been living on her own. She's been staying in that clubhouse she and hr friend use and has occasionally stayed with either Applejack or Rarity for a night or two. Neither of them knows that she's homeless. I found her last night sitting in that clubhouse scared and alone while trying to weather out that storm we had." Twilight listened to Rainbows story intently before asking in a curious tone of voice, "What happened after you found her?" Rainbow gave her a sad smile and said, "She told me about her parents and I comforted her for a little while before taking her home with me. I then decided to let her stay with me so she didn't have to stay in that clubhouse anymore." Twilight smiled softly and said, "That's wonderful Rainbow, I'm proud of you." Rainbow blushed a little and said, "Thanks Twilight." The sweet moment however was quickly ended as Rainbow closed her eyes and looked down in sadness. Twilight noticed this and went over to her. She gently place a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder and asked gently, "What the matter?" Rainbow felt small tears form in her eyes as she let out a shaky sigh before speaking. "I was very close with Scootaloo's parents when I was a little filly. Even though my own parents were awesome, Scootaloo's parents took care of me when they weren't around and they treated me as if I was there own filly. When Scootaloo told me about them dying I went to my own room after putting her to bed and cried all night. I feel bad because I still want to cry but I shouldn't because Scootaloo is the one who deserves to cry. She was their daughter not me." Twilight wrapped a gentle foreleg around her friend and pulled her close. She gave her a soft smile and said, "Rainbow, don't feel bad. It's okay to cry about losing them. Even though they weren't your parents they still loved and cared about you like they were your own. It's okay to cry because you miss them like Scootaloo does." Rainbow couldn't hold it in anymore. She laid her head down on her friends shoulder and cried quietly for what felt like an hour. Twilight pulled her into a hug and gently rubbed her back as she cried. After a little while, Rainbow stopped crying and wiped her eyes with her hoof as Twilight levitated a tissue to her. "Thanks, Twilight, I needed to get that out." Rainbow sniffled as she blew her nose. "Your welcome, Rainbow," Twilight replied gently." I know you will do the same for Scootaloo when she needs to cry." Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck a little bit as she began to speak once more. "Actually Twilight that was another reason I came here. You see, I don't know what to do with Scootaloo. I have been thinking about adopting her and becoming her guardian, but I don't know if I can." Twilight looked at her and asked, "Why not?" "I don't know if I'll be good enough to raise a little filly. What if I screw up and something bad happens to her? It would be all my fault." Rainbow said sadly as fresh tears formed in her eyes. "Some big sister I am." Twilight had frown on her face as she gently lifted Rainbow's chin to look her in the eyes. She then began to speak to her in a gentle yet stern tone of voice. "Rainbow Dash, you listen to me now. I don't ever want to hear you doubt yourself like that again. That's not the Rainbow Dash that I know and love. You and I both know you can take care of Scootaloo. After it can't be easy for her to think about her parents right now. You and I both know that you are the one mare that would be there for her. You would be the one to comfort her and help her get through this terrible time in her young life? You've been her big sister figure for almost a year. Your just doubting yourself even though you know in your heart you want to do the right thing. You love and care for Scootaloo just as much as you love and cared for both your parents and hers. Yes taking care of her won't be easy, but I promise you, there's nothing that you wont be able to handle. Besides, myself and the rest of our friends will be there to help you when you need it." Twilight then gave Rainbow the softest of smiles before speaking again."Listen to your heart, Rainbow you know that your doing the right thing." Rainbow listened to Twilight's every word. However before she could say anything her mind was plagued with the thought from earlier. It was the one she had before she came to Twilight. The thought began to change and form into something else. It had became a memory, a very important memory that Rainbow had long forgotten. "You both wanted to see me?" A young filly Rainbow Dash asked a young mare and stallion. The couple smiled at the little filly and the stallion eventually said, "Yes we did Rainbow. We wanted to tell you some good news." Rainbow looked at them in curiosity as the mare smiled at her softly. " Rainbow, Dear, I'm going to have a baby." Rainbow cheered in excitement before hugging the young couple. "Yay! Where is it!?" She asked excitedly The couple chuckled as the mare said, "It's in my tummy Sweetie." Rainbow looked at her curiously before asking, "How did it get there, did you eat it?" The stallion couldn't help but let out a hearty roll of laughter at the innocence of the young filly. "No she didn't eat it Rainbow. Your parents will tell you why it's there when your a little older." Rainbow crossed her little forelgs and pouted. "I wanna know now!" She complained. "Sorry Kiddo." The stallion said with a chuckle before giving the young filly a gentle serious look "But I do want you to promise us one thing Rainbow." Rainbow looked at them with curiosity as the mare talked to her in the gentlest of voices. "Rainbow, sweetie, Your getting old enough to be able to take care of yourself like any young mare. You have become very close to us and we consider you family which is why we wanted you to promise us this. I want you to promise us that if anything ever happens to us you will take care of our baby as if she were your own little brother or sister. We know you two will be very close in the future and If anything ever did happen to us, I want to make sure our baby is being taken care of someone that we know and love." Rainbow remained silent for a moment as she let what she was told sink into her mind. After a minute, Rainbow finally smiled before flying into the air. "Alright, I promise!" she cheered before hugging the couple Rainbow stared at the wall of the library with a blank expression on her face as the memory began to fade. Tears of guilt began to form in her eyes. How could she have forgotten the most important promise she had ever made to Scootaloo's parents? How could she let that one memory slip away? Rainbow began to tremble as Twilight shook her. "Rainbow! Rainbow!" Twilight called out as Rainbow snapped out of her guilty state. "Are you alright, you've been staring like that since I stopped talking to you." Twilight asked in concern Rainbow shook her head and said, "Yeah I'm alright, just a little upset, but I know what I'm going to do now." "What are you going to do?" Twilight asked with a smile on her face. Rainbow finally smiled and said, "I'm going to do the right thing and become Scootaloo's guardian. Your right, Twilight, I'm her big sister and I shouldn't have doubted myself. I'm going to take care of her like any awesome big sister would." Twilight gave her a hug and said, "I know you will be a great big sister Rainbow." Rainbow returned the hug as the clock began to chime. "I had better go get Scootaloo and take her home. I'll go sign the adoption papers tomorrow. I'm gonna wait until tonight to tell her the big news." Rainbow flew out of the Library as Twilight followed her. "See ya, Twilight, and thank you." Rainbow said happily before flying off with Twilight waving goodbye in the distance. Rainbow flew to the school with a look of determination on her face as she spoke to herself while thinking about Scootaloo's parents. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna break my promise to you both."