Daughter of Do: Parallel Paths

by PastelBacon


Part 3: Walking Alone

6:00 AM

Scootaloo slowly opened her eyes to see she was in the embrace of Trixie, and simply smiled, happy to feel something she's never had before, not looking up at Trixie's face however, she didn't know Trixie was already awake.

"How'd you sleep little one?" Trixie asked, smiling.
"Eep" Scootaloo squeaked.
"Aw, your adorable." Trixie said with a giggle.
"U-U-Um.. t-t-thanks..." Scootaloo said nervously.
"Don't be nervous around me, I will not harm you. It's time to get you cleaned up." Trixie said.
"O-Ok." Scootaloo replied.

Trixie took Scootaloo to the very small bathroom in her trailer

"Are you afraid of water?" Trixie asked.
"Y-Y-Yes..." Scootaloo admitted.

"Don't worry about It, I'll make sure your safe." Trixie said, before getting in the tub herself and running the water, then having Scootaloo held close to her side.

Scootaloo was still a bit scared, shaking just a little.

"Hey hey hey, it's alright, I promise you, I'm not going to let a thing hurt you." Trixie said with a smile, nuzzling Scootaloo.
"T-thank you..." Scootaloo said, slightly nuzzling back.

"Tell me a bit about yourself. How'd you end up like this?" Trixie asked.
"......" Scootaloo said nothing.

"Hard subject to talk about isn't it?" Trixie pondered.

Scootaloo simply nodded.

"Don't worry, I've been in that position before. It's hard for me to talk about my early time as a child too. All I ever had was my mother. My father was never there for us, and the times he was, he beat both my mother and me. ...I'd rather not say what it lead to. It's... not pretty." Trixie said, shuddering at the vision that come to her head.

"I-I-I won't tell anypony..." Scootaloo said.

"You can't, alright? This is really hard for me to admit... the reason I used to be a showmare was mostly to act and try to act tough yes.. but the side no one knew it was about was to avoid using powerful magic. I became scared of powerful magic after one day I'd had enough with my father, and my magic went out of control... killing both my parents." Trixie said, before continuing. "I wasn't as much torn about my father as I was my mother... I was really only sad because of my mother getting killed by the outburst... my father I didn't care about. I was glad he was dead..." Trixie finished.

Scootaloo could not muster any words to reply with, just looking up at Trixie before hugging the Azure Unicorn's neck tightly

"Do you think you can tell me a little about yourself now?" Trixie asked the young pegasus.

"I-I-I never knew my parents..." Scootaloo said.
"I-I-I grew up in the orphange for 7 years... b-b-before I ran away to Ponyville... t-t-they found me again recently a-a-and I ran away again... I-I-I miss my friends.... b-b-but I can't go back to Ponyville a-a-as l-l-long as t-t-the orphanage knows i-im there....." Scootaloo tearfully said.
"You don't have to go back to the orphanage... and I'll make sure you can go back to Ponyville one day... I won't let you be harmed any longer... I can't stand hearing a young filly being hurt... knowing how my own life was as a child...." Trixie said, also tearing up a bit herself.

"Y-Y-You really mean I can stay with you?" Scootaloo asked, with hope.
"Yes. I refuse to let you be stuck outside in the cold... you will stay with me and I will do my best to make sure you are properly taken care of, you will never have to worry about being beaten and threatened again... and when I get you back in Ponyville, you let me know when anypony is threatening you and I'll take care of it." Trixie boldly says, nuzzling Scootaloo again.

Scootaloo began to sob happily, burying her face in Trixie's side, thinking about how it will be to finally have a good life, and no longer one where she's beaten, threatened and so much more every day

"Lets get you washed now. Afterwards I'll fix you some breakfast and then we can walk around together." Trixie said, smiling.
"O-Ok!" Scootaloo said, excitedly.