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// Chapter 2 
// Story: A New Adventure 
// by Phxntxm 
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"So let me get this straight. You go to a therapist for fifteen minutes, he tells you to adopt a kid, and you're going to do it....just like that?"

A day after Rainbow Dash and Applejack visited the therapist they decided to tell the rest of the girls the news, and everypony had gathered at Twilight's to listen. Applejack had gone through the story rather quickly due to excitement and Twilight believed they were rushing things.

"Ah've been wantin' a kid for a while now, it's not rushin' anything for me. And Rainbow is...well Rainbow, that's what she does." Everypony looked over to Rainbow to see if she had a response but found that she wasn't even paying attention, she had a book open titled "Advanced Flying for Advanced Pegasi" and was paying no mind to the rest of the group. She looked up when she noticed it had gone silent and saw everypony looking at her.

"What?"

Applejack got up, walked over to Rainbow, and grabbed the book from her and told her to pay attention as the discussion was about her as well. Rainbow crossed her hooves across her chest and looked at Applejack with indignation, claiming that she saw no problem with reading while Applejack explained everything. 

"Ya have ta pay attention ta give your opinion on the matter. Now Twilight was sayin' that we're 'rushing things' and Ah told her that Ah've wanted a kid for a while, and ya rush everythin' so that wasn't anythin' new."

"I don't rush things, I just see no point in delaying something that we could get done now....so I can take a nap later."

Applejack was going to make a comment after that saying that technically she could nap now and put things off till later, but she knew that would increase Rainbow's procrastination which wouldn't really be a good thing to do. So she just let Rainbow continue.

"Besides, I've assured myself that it's no big deal, I can raise a kid easy-peasy. Can I have my book back now?"

Twilight's jaw literally dropped open and it took her a second to figure out what she wanted to respond, "It's no big deal?! That's a kid you have to raise! You two have to be the ponies that they look up to, you control the rest of their lives! You could screw up and ruin that pony's life if you treat it as if it were 'no big deal'! You can't seriously think something that big is just...'no big deal.' Do you even know what you're getting into? You can't just turn around in a week or so, decide you don't like raising a kid, and kick them out. You have to make a commitment."

Everypony watched as Twilight calmed down after her little outburst, after which an embarrassed apology came. Rainbow shook her head, "You really know how to not put pressure on somepony, don't you Twi?" Twilight blushed and bowed her head, "Applejack and I talked about this before and I wasn't disagreeing with her then, I just thought we should wait because I didn't know if I'd be paying attention to a kid too much because of how busy work was at that time. It's slowed down now, and of course I've put a lot more thought into it after Applejack brought it up. You know, I'm not as stupid as you think Twi."

Twilight apologized again after which an uncomfortable silence came, eventually it was broken by a not so surprising outburst  by Pinkie Pie, "You know what this calls for everypony? Cake! And no need to worry, I keep cake everywhere just in case of a cake emergency! In fact I left one right in here!" She lifted up a statue of a horse and pulled out an platter. "Oops! Silly me! I forgot I ate this one I already, I'll be right back girls!"

They all watched as Pinkie sped out of the house, Twilight spoke up after a couple seconds of confused stares, "Okay seriously, when would she have been in my house eating cake without me being there? That makes no sense whatsoever!"

Rainbow laughed and responded with the saying they all now knew as really the only way to describe their friend, "Pinkie Pie is just so random! I just don't understand how we can all keep getting surprised by it." Everypony laughed and the awkward tension that was in the air dissapated. Twilight apologized again for her outburst, and said that if Rainbow was sure that she had thought about it and made up her mind, she trusted her.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash had an appointment at the orphanage they had to make, so the said goodbye to the others and left and began the way to the orphanage. They saw no point in putting off adopting a child when they both knew full well that Rainbow wasn't going to change her mind now that she thought it was a good idea. So they had made the appointment for the very next day.

When they got closer to the orphanage Rainbow's converstational tone started to shift into one of nervousness, she tried to hide it but Applejack knew her too well to not notice the shift. "Ah know it's goin' ta be a bit of a change Rainbow, but trust me when Ah say that ya'll do just fine. Ah ain't the element of Honesty fer nothin'." She gave Rainbow a playful nudge forward and they continued in the door the meet the director for their appointment. 

They were told that they would be placed in a room and each child would be brought in for half an hour, and they could just keep it simple and talk to the child about whatever they wanted. It kept things neat and easy, all they would have to do is pick the child they liked best at the end.

They spent the alloted time with each child until they got to the end of the list, when the second to last child left the room the director came back in, "There's only one more left, her name is Scootaloo and she-"

Rainbow shouted in surprise, "Scootaloo is an orphan?!"

The director nodded, "I assume you know her?"

"Yeah she's like, my biggest fan ever!"

The director raised an eyebrow, "She's your...fan? I'm sorry but I haven't heard of you before, are you supposed to be famous?"

Applejack snickered and Rainbow shot her a glare, "I'm the greatest flier in Equestria, I've saved the wonderbolts' lives, saved Equestria twice, gone to a super selective party invited by Celestia herself, am on 2 stained glass art thingies in Celestia's castle, and I'm the Element of Loyalty! Seriously, how is it that no one has heard of me?!" Applejack bust out laughing and Rainbow shot her another glare, the director just kept staring with an eyebrow raised at the two.

"Okay...so...I'll just bring her in now if you don't mind." She left the room and brought the little filly in the room back in with her, when Scootaloo saw who was in the room possibly about to adobt her she let out a very Fluttershy like squee. She bolted up the seat Rainbow was sitting in and bounced up and down with excitement and her eyes opened wide.

"Oh my gosh! You're looking to adopt! You have to pick me! I would be like, the best daughter ever! How could I not? I'm just like you! I think...I mean...I hope I am, and you're like the best pony ever!" She didn't stop bouncing and Applejack rolled her eyes at the two, but let the kid have her moment of excitement.

Rainbow laughed and put a hoof on top of Scootaloo's head to stop her from bouncing. When she stopped, the excitement spread to her grin which was almost as big as Pinkie Pie's biggest grins. "Calm down Scoots, yes we're obviously here because we're adopting somepony. We've seen everypony else, and personally I want to choose you over the rest of them." Scootaloo gasped in excitement and her grin grew impossibly larger, and not even Rainbow's hoof on top of her head could keep her from bouncing. "Of course, it's not just my choice, it's up to Applejack also."

At that Scootaloo bolted from Rainbow Dash over to Applejack and gave her the grin Rainbow had just been recieving, she just chuckled, "Well Ah'll look at it this way, Ah married Rainbow, yer pretty much her in filly form," again Scootaloo's grin grew, "of course Ah'd like ya as a child."

It looked as if Scootaloo's smile was going to outgrow her face at the pace it was growing, "Oh my gosh this can't be happening, ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh, I'll go pack my stuff!" She left the room with an astounded "Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh" following her.

Applejack looked over at Rainbow Dash who was just watching Scootaloo as she left the room, she had a big smile on her face and looked as if she was going enjoy having a child to look after. She turned and saw Applejack watching her with a smile and quickly flew over to envelop her in a hug. "I love you Applejack."

Applejack put her hooves around Rainbow in surprise, "That's the most affectionate ya've been in a long time, Ah like ya this way, you should do it more often." 

"Yeah yeah, you get what you get. You're lucky I even show any affection at all." 

"That's true, anyways, Ah think we know who the favorite parent is going to be."

Rainbow pulled back and rolled her eyes, "Well duh, I mean you are just absolutely amazing AJ."

Now that much Applejack would have never expected to happen, her mouth dropped open in shock, "Wow, Ah never would have thought you of all ponies would pass up a chance for an easy conceited moment."

Rainbow quickly responded by kissing her, "I'm just in a good mood."

Applejack pulled her into a hug and sighed, "We should keep it that way." Scootaloo returned to the room with the bounce and grin still with her, "We have to sign some papers first Scootaloo, then we can go home." Scootaloo just responded with a fast nod.

Applejack filled out all the necessary paperwork and left with their excited new daughter to return home, when they got outside Rainbow gave Scootaloo's bag of stuff to Applejack and put Scootaloo on her back to give her a flight home. Rainbow knew she would probably enjoy that, and Applejack didn't mind. She was just happy for her new daughter, Rainbow, and a hopeful future with all of them in it together.

When she got home she found that Rainbow had already showed Scootaloo all around the place and they were sitting in the living room talking. She took Scootaloo's suitcase to the guest room that they had just recently made in the house in case they ever needed it, it would become her room after that. They all spent the rest of the day laughing and talking, they all ate supper and went to their rooms when it was time to go to sleep. Scootaloo said a quick goodnight to both of them and started to walk off to her room before stopping, turning around, and bolting to Rainbow Dash for a hug. "Thanks for adopting me Rainbow Dash and Applejack, you have no idea how glad I am you did." Rainbow felt as if the Wonderbolts had just invited her to be a captain to their team, she didn't even know what to respond to Scootaloo so she just hugged her back.

"Goodnight Scoots." Scootaloo broke her hug with Rainbow Dash and gave an equal hug to Applejack before going off to her room and closing the door. The other two walked into their room and Rainbow flopped down on the bed and looked up at Applejack, "Ah'm plum tuckered!"

Applejack raised an eyebrow at Rainbow, "Yer 'plum tuckered'? Ya know ya don't just get an accent from living on a farm for a few years right?"

"Ah can if Ah want to!"

"No ya don't just 'want to' either! Whatever, do what ya want. Ah'm goin' ta sleep." She slinked into the bed, layed her head down on Rainbow Dash's chest, and placed her arms around her neck. "Ya should do tha same."

Rainbow closed her eyes and sighed, "I'm glad we did this AJ, I think we made a good decision."

"Of course we did, did ya see how happy we made her? It was just heartlifting."

Rainbow Dash smiled and held Applejack closer to her as she started to drift off into sleep, "Yeah, it was pretty awesome, I love you AJ."

"And Ah love you Rainbow."

That night went by nightmare-less.