It was a normal day, with the Crusaders all coated in paint, Scootaloo in red, Sweetie Belle in blue, Applebloom in yellow, Timid in orange, Quirky in a mix of pink and purple, Dawn in green and Amethyst in white.
"Eheh… sorry girls. I… thought we could get our Cutie Marks in painting," Quirky chuckled sheepishly.
"Th...this paint is starting to itch…" Timid informed, trying to scratch her back a bit before Dawn star used her magic to levitate a stick and scratch the shy filly's back, "A..arigatou, Dawn-chan."
"Remind me how we all got covered in paint…" Sweetie Belle inquired.
"No time! I got to go and see Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo shouted as she ran off as fast as her legs could carry her, "See ya girls later!"
"...Is Rainbow Dash her sister?" Amethyst inquired.
"No… but Scootaloo looks up to her like a big sister," Dawn Star replied as the six all sighed about the paint, "Though I wish she would've waited until we got this paint off."
"Yeah. Ah'd even take a quick rain sho…" Applebloom began before all 6 fillies were deluged in water, the paint completely being washed away.
"Wh..what was that?!" Sweetie Belle gawked, moving some of her wet mane away from her face.
"That would be my doing," a voice chuckled, making the six fillies look up to see Mischief resting on a tree branch, the dragon taking the form of a raccoon as he held a huge bucket, "Hello ladies."
"Mischief… a rather fitting name that thine annoyance contains," Amethyst said in a way similar to how Princess Luna would speak.
"Thank you," Mischief grinned as he poofed off the branch and reappeared before the wet fillies, "So where's your orange pegasus friend? Went to hang out with that 'big sis' of hers?"
The group gave a nod, with Amethyst simply giving a small nod, giving him a frown as she was still annoyed by what Mischief did.
"Hey… be lucky I didn't pour ice water on you. Did that with Sweetie Belle's sister last week, and let me tell ya, that unicorn has a set of lungs on her," Mischief stated, cleaning his ear a bit before he teleported away from the group, leaving the fillies all confused for a minute.
"...Does he always do stuff like that?" Amethyst asked her fellow fillies.
"You have no ahdea, Amethyst. He once caused such a mess, we had to get Princess Cadence involved," Applebloom informed.
"Really?"
"H… Hai…" Timid nodded in response.
---
'Hmm..let's see..what to do to these two?' Mischief pondered, hiding inside a cloud as he watched Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo (the pegasus filly completely paint free) interact with each other.
"Tag, you're it!" Scootaloo laughed as she tapped Rainbow Dash's left side before she began to run..but Rainbow Dash was already in front of the pegasus filly before lightly tapping her on her nose.
"Tag. You're it," Rainbow Dash grinned.
'Tag? Lame… ugh… what to do… what to do… what to do?' Mischief pondered mentally before an idea popped into his head, but he continued to follow the two pegasi so he could set his idea in motion.
"Ya doin' alright, Scoots?" Rainbow Dash asked the panting filly, "We can stop if ya want."
"Yea…" Scootaloo nodded, trying to catch her breath, before the two noticed that the sun was setting, "It's getting late… I should head back home."
Dash gave a nod, before they noticed a shooting star pass by, "Oh, squirt, shooting star! Make a wish!"
The two both closed their eyes and looked up to the sky.
'I wish I could always hang with my friend...especially Twilight,' Rainbow Dash thought as she looked at the night sky.
'I wish Rainbow Dash was really my big sister,' Scootaloo mentally wished.
From a distance, Mischief was reading something, whatever he had allowing him to know what the two were wishing.
'Hmm… Rainbow Dash wants to hang with her friend, especially Twilight, and Scootaloo wants RD to really be her big sis… oh this is going to be good,' the son of Discord thought with a grin before doing something to make the shooting star disappear.
"Huh? Where'd the star go?" Scootaloo blinked.
"I guess it's gone. I really hope your dream will come true," Dash smiled.
"Same here," Scootaloo responded, as they both walked to Scootaloo's home.
'If only...' the two mentally sighed, knowing their wishes were almost impossible to be reality… as far as they knew.
---
The next morning, Scootaloo yawned as she began to wake up, the pegasus filly rubbing her eyes as she got off of her bed. She had a small bit of a gold dust around her eyes, but rubbed it off.
"I hope Dash isn't busy today…" the pegasus filly yawned a bit as she walked over to a nearby mirror, seeing she had quite the bed head. She sighed annoyed before trying to get her mane under control, but it fell over her eyes, when this occured, her eyes turned into a magenta and gold spiral, but they turned back to normal, with a bit of a gold hue being in her eyes, "..That was odd…" she then began to leave her room before heading downstairs to the kitchen. But before she could open the fridge, she heard somepony knocking on her front door, "Huh?"
Scootaloo headed to the door, but in her mind, she was wondering why she was where she was at the moment before she was at the front door.
"...Uh...yes? Who is it?"
"Hey sis! There ya are," Dash's voice said happily behind the door, making Scootaloo blink a bit.
"Huh? Dash? Wh-woah!" Scootaloo began as she managed to open the front door a bit before she was suddenly scooped up into a hug by Rainbow Dash, "...Uh ...Sis? What're you doing up this early?"
"I was looking for you," Dash informed as she put the filly down, "I figured we could hang out for the rest of the day. You know, as sisters should."
"Yea!" Scootaloo beamed before her stomach rumbled, "But I haven't eaten anything…"
"No worries. We can stop by Sugar Cube Corner for breakfast," Rainbow Dash replied.
"..Sweet!" Scootaloo beamed, really excited to hang with her big sister. From nearby, Mischeif was watching with a smirk on his face.
'Part one...complete. Once those two reach the library, part two can begin,' the son of Discord thought as he poofed out of the area once more.
---
"Morning Dawn Star, Amethyst," Twilight greeted the two filly's as she walked downstairs from her room, "Did you both sleep well last night?"
"We did a…" Dawn Star began before she felt something different about Twilight, "...Twilight? Are… you okay?"
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
"Well…it's just…you look a bit… different today," Dawn noted, seeing a small hue of gold in Twilight's eyes.
"...Really? I haven't noticed," Twilight blinked.
"She's right… something's off," Amethyst added, walking down, as they were joined by Spike and Trixie, "M…morning Spike, M… miss Trixie."
"Morning/ Mor..*yawns*ing…" Spike and Trixie greeted, the latter yawning as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"Does something look… off about Twilight?" Dawn inquired.
"Huh? What're you talking about? She looks normal to me," Spike replied.
"Something… just looks… off," Amethyst added.
"...Trixie doesn't even know what you're talking about," Trixie replied.
"...Something's weird here," Dawn Star whispered to Amethyst.
"You're right… wonder what's up?" Amethyst whispered back.
"I don't know..but…" Dawn began.
"By the way Twilight, are you still going to meet up with Rainbow Dash?" Spike asked the violet Alicorn.
"Of course. I promised I hang out with her and her little sister today after all," Twilight replied, making both Dawn Star and Amethyst blink in confusion and surprise, neither noticing a tiny bit of a blush on Twilight's muzzle.
"...'little sister'?" they both said in confusion.
"Ugh… honestly Sparkle. Ever since you and Rainbow Dash started going out, you've been inseparable," Trixie groaned a bit.
"Well of course. She's my Marefriend after all," Twilight spoke up, making both Dawn Star and Amethyst gawk.
'M...Marefriend?!' both fillies mentally yelled in shock and surprise.
"Thoust think we may beth dreaming…" Amethyst told Dawn Star, before they exchanged a glance and bumped heads, "Nope… thisth real."
"I don't understand what's going on… since… wait…" Dawn began, "Remember what Mischief was doing yesterday?"
"Y… yeah… he went to… go…" Amethyst began before her eyes widened, "..You don't think…"
"We need to find Timid… and fast," Dawn Star said, before a knock came from the front door.
"Hey Twi! We're here!" Rainbow Dash's voice called out from the other side of the front door, "Ya ready yet?"
"Ready?" Amethyst and Dawn Star muttered.
"In a minute Dash! I just need to do something!" Twilight replied before looking at Dawn and Amethyst, "You two be careful and have a good day today, okay?"
"Okay," Dawn Star nodded.
"You're not gonna be gone all day, are you?" Amethyst inquired.
"Of course she is Amethyst. She did promise them afterall," Spike stated to the filly as Twilight headed to the front door, opening it up to see Dash and Scootaloo.
"Hiya Bowy," Twilight giggled.
"Good to see ya Twil," Dash responded.
'...Bowy? Twil?' Amethyst and Dawn Star thought with raised eyebrows.
"So where are we going first?" Twilight asked the rainbow maned pegasus.
"We're heading to Sugar Cube Corner to get something for breakfast. And after that, we'll go wherever," Rainbow Dash replied.
"Who knows… maybe one day I'll have TWO big sisters," Scootaloo giggled.
"One day Scootaloo… One day," Twilight smiled gently at the filly.
---
"Okay, is everypony here?" Dawn Star asked as the rest of the CMC (minus Scootaloo) were at their clubhouse.
"Yea. Our main order of business is Twilight and Rainbow Dash," Amethyst informed.
"Are we gonna get Cutie Marks in Match-Making?" Quirky asked.
"NO!" two of the original three Crusaders shouted, "WE ARE NEVER DOING THAT!"
"Eep! Sorry sorry!" Quirky yelped.
"Why?" Dawn Star inquired.
"You don't wanna know. Trust me," Applebloom told them.
"..Uh...okay…" Dawn Star sweatdropped a bit before clearing her throat, "Anyways, I'm sure you all started to notice something strange happening today, right?"
"Ano… how so?" Timid inquired.
"W… well for one… R… Rainbow Dash and T… Twilight are apparently going out," Amethyst answered, making the other fillies look at her in surprise, "I'm serious… me and Dawn Star saw it ourselves."
"Hoo boy… when did they get together? While we were sleeping?" Quirky wondered. "Me and Pinkie should throw them a party!"
"...I'm not sure actually but… well… yesterday, when me and Amethyst came home, Twilight was just fine. But today… she's suddenly marefriends with Rainbow Dash," Dawn Star replied.
"...Now that I think about… Rarity has been acting strange this morning as well," Sweetie Belle spoke.
"How so?" Dawn Star asked.
"...Well… she seemed to be acting… greedy… she had some gems, and she was keeping them locked up in her room," Sweetie Belle answered.
"...Come ta think of it..mah sister did start acting strangely this morning as well…" Applebloom spoke, "Fer one..we had oranges instead of apples, and… she seemed to be actin' like Rarity."
"Again…?" Sweetie Belle sighed annoyed.
"Ooh ohh! Pinkie was acting strange too!" Quirky spoke, "When I asked her what we were going to do today, she replied… 'we're going to watch paint dry...on rocks.'"
"..."
"I'm honest here. She really did say that to me," Quirky stated.
"Timid, anything about Fluttershy or your brother?" Amethyst asked.
"Nope… both are fine. I...I hope..." Timid answered, saying that last part in worry.
They all exchanged a glance, starting to think a little bit.
"Let's scope this out," Dawn Star told them.
---
"...Okay… this is kinda…odd to see…" Applebloom noted as she and the rest of the CCM walked through Ponyville, seeing some of the resident ponies acting weird. Some of which were especially weird as they had encountered Vinyl and Octavia a few blokes down, the two having… somehow switched personalities.
"I know, but we gotta find out who caused all this," Dawn Star replied.
"There seems like there's a lot of chaos…" Amethyst noted.
"Chaos… Discord wouldn't do this since he's still on a small trip with his daughter, Screwball… so that leaves…" Dawn Star began.
"..Mischief," they all figured out.
"Ooh! He's so going to get it when we find him!" Quirky yelled, "Well, when Timid finds him that is."
"True but...the only question is…" Amethyst began as she looked around a bit, "Where can we find thy little annoyance?"
Dawn Star looked around before seeing Sugar Cube Corner, both Twilight and Dash simply looking at each-other with a romantic look in their eyes as they sat at a table outside while Scootaloo looked at the two nearby with a small smile on her face.
"...They look kinda cute… almost like a tiny family," Timid admitted.
"Yeah...It's really cute," Quirky added.
"I know, but focus girls. We need to find Mischief," Dawn Star stated.
They looked around before seeing somepony walking by, Applebloom immediately recognizing it as her sister.
"Oh mah stars, this heat today is almost a bit unbearable," Applejack groaned a bit dramatically, her hair styled into one similar to Rarity's.
"...You weren't kidding when you said your sister was acting like Rarity," Sweetie Belle sweatdropped.
"Ah know…" Applebloom sighed until…
"Ooh this is just too good," a familiar voice chuckled nearby.
The CMC all looked up to see a smiling cloud, said cloud chuckling as a familiar tail stuck out the end.
"...Mischief," Dawn Star frowned before she flew up a bit into the air and used a bit of her magic to send a small magic bolt at the cloud, hitting the spot the tail was sticking out.
"Ow!" the 'cloud' yelped as it suddenly vanished before Mischief popped up in front of Dawn Star, the Son of Discord taking the form of a Tanuki, " What the hay was that for?!"
"Hoo boy…" the other fillies sighed while Dawn Star gave Mischief an even glare.
"You're in a lot of trouble, Mischief," the Alicorn filly stated.
"..I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Liar!" Quirky yelled off screen.
"What were you thinking, you baka?!" Timid demanded.
"Again, I hav-oh lord no!" Mischief yelped when Timid began to give him the Stare, "No! No not the Stare! I can't take those disapproving eyes!"
"What. Were. You. THINKING?!" Timid demanded.
"I… I was bored okay! You try finding something fun to do while your pops is out in vacation with your sister!" Mischief yelled.
"...I can get some of these changes, with Applejack acting like Rarity, which BTW, I kinda like," Amethyst began, "Rarity acting greedy, Pinkie being boring… but where in Equestria did you come up with Twilight and Dash being a pair?"
"...Uh… They… had secret feelings for eachother?" Mischief replied, but getting no response, "...okay okay! I… may have overheard what Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were wishing for last night, So uh… I decided to give it to them and… well… I may have edited Rainbow's wish a tiny bit."
"How so?" Dawn Star inquired.
"...Well for one...she wanted to be with her friend forever...especially Twilight Sparkle...but..I kinda changed it to have her be with Twilight as a couple…." Mischief answered.
"Hoo boy…" Sweetie Belle sighed.
"How did you do this? Your magic is powerful, but not that powerful," Timid demanded to know.
"...uh….that's classified," Mischief quickly replied as he began to hightail it out of there...or was..would if Quicky wasn't standing on his tail, making him comically run in place, "...not funny."
"Tell us now Mischief, or you won't be seeing any rock candy for a month," Timid warned.
"No! please! Don't take my precious away!"
"Tell us how you did this!" Timid and Dawn Star demanded.
"OKAY! I borrowed some weird gold dust from Trixie's old wagon! It makes pony's act like their wish had finally came true!" Mischief yelled comically, "There, I told you! So please don't take my rock candy away!"
"Fix them. Now. Or else you will never ever, ever, ever, ever…ano...h-how many times have I said 'ever'?" Timid started.
"Four times," Amethyst informed.
"EVER, see rock candy again!" Timid threatened Mischief, increasing the power of her Stare.
"Five evers… that's serious…" Quirky noted.
"...uh...okay okay! I can't dispel it, but i can tell you how to get rid of it! Just..splash some water in their faces, and they'll go back to normal!" Mischief informed, but Timid kept her stare going. "OKAY! ...you need to ring a bell by them!"
They gave a nod before Dawn Star teleported in a small bell and handed it to Amethyst before the adopted daughter of Luna began parading around Ponyville with it, causing those who were under the effects of the gold dust to snap out of it.
"...Uh...Tavi?" Vinyl began as she and Octavia lost the gold hue in their eyes, "Why're you wearing my shades?"
"I'm… not sure… and why are you wearing my collar…" Octavia added.
"...I..don't know…" Vinyl responded nervously, before they swapped their items around.
"...let us never speak of this again," Octavia stated, setting her collar back in place.
"Speak of what again?" Vinyl replied, putting her glasses back on.
"Exactly."
---
Near Sugar Cube Corner, Twilight and Rainbow Dash continued to gaze at eachother lovingly as Scootaloo was watching still, eating some carrot cupcakes.
"You're so lovely Twil…" Dash giggled.
"Thank you Bowy," Twilight giggled, "Now kiss me."
"You got it, hot stuff," Dash grinned before turning to Scootaloo, "You may want to turn away, Scoots."
Scootaloo turned around as Amethyst began to parade around with the bell.
"Huh? What's Ameth…" the orange pegasus filly began before her eyes glowed for a sec, returning to normal, "...Twilight… Dash…"
"Rainbow… what's going on?" Twilight asked.
"...I got a better question," Rainbow Dash began, her face inches away from Twilight's, "Why does it look like we're about to kiss?"
"I...don't know…" Twilight responded before they heard the sound of dishes breaking.
Suddenly, Scootaloo began to tear up, before she ran out of Sugar Cube Corner.
"Scoots, wait!" Rainbow dash yelled as she ran after the filly, Twilight following behind her.
---
"Rainbow… I love you… and I could only dream of us being sisters…" Scootaloo said tearfully, getting on top of the bridges edge, glancing down at the water, "And… I don't deserve to keep going on… I can't fly… I don't have a Cutie Mark… and I don't have any family…"
She began to lean forward to fall in when suddenly, she felt someone grab her and pull her back.
"Scootaloo! What are you doing?" Twilight asked, being the one to be holding Scootaloo's tail with her magic.
"Leave me alone! you took Rainbow Dash away from me!" Scootaloo snapped, "I have nopony now, so I'm doing everypony a favor and disappear!"
"By jumping over the bridge?!"
"Yes! Nopony would miss me anyway! The only one I cared most about was Rainbow Dash! She…" Scootaloo paused as she began to tear up once more, "She's the best pony in the world… Sh… she sees me like a little sister… I.. I was so happy when she said that to me…"
"Scootaloo..I…"
"No! Shut up! It's your fault to begin with! You took her away from me! You… you took my big sister away!" Scootaloo yelled, tears of anger and sadness flowing from her eyes as she glared at Twilight.
"...she took me away from you?" Rainbow Dash's voice asked as she flew over, "Why do you think Twilight was taking me away?"
"Y… you two were about to… to…"
"...To kiss?" Twilight finished, both her and Rainbow Dash still blushing at the memory.
"You two keep your love! I don't want to live anymore without a family who really loves me!" Scootaloo shouted, the tears still flowing from her eyes.
"...You're wrong Scoots…" Rainbow dash spoke as she pulled out a folded piece of paper from her bag, "I was gonna surprise you with this on your birthday next week… but I think you deserve it now…"
"...wh… what is it?" Scootaloo asked, rubbing some of the tears away from her eyes.
"...Twi? Let her down so she can see it," Rainbow Dash said, earning a nod from the Alicorn as she levitated Scootaloo to the floor of the bridge, "Open it."
Scootaloo stayed silent as she took the piece of paper before opening it. She then began to read it's contents before her eyes began to slowly widen.
"Th… these are… adoption papers..." the pegasus filly whispered, "But… why…?"
"Twilight helped me fill them out last week," Rainbow Dash explained, "I figured since we see each other as sisters… well… why not make it official?"
"...Y… you mean… you mean…" Scootaloo began, tears forming in her eyes once more.
"Yes Scootaloo," Twilight spoke, "It means you and Rainbow Dash are family… you're really are sisters now."
Scootaloo didn't' know how to respond, her form shaking as the tears poured from her eyes once more.
"Uh hang on a second…" Twilight informed, before levitating the papers to check over what sort of family the two were, "...It really does check out…"
"What do you mean?" Scootaloo asked Twilight.
"Well… It says here you and Rainbow can be sisters or… be mother and daughter," Twilight stated.
"Huh?" Dash blinked as she looked over Twilight shoulder, "...she's right."
"SCOOTS!" they all heard Sweetie Belle and Applebloom shout as they arrived on Scootaloo's scooter, being moved forward by Amethyst, Dawn Star, and Timid with Quirky riding on teh back.
"Girls…" Scootaloo whispered as her fellow CMC members ran towards her.
"What were you doing out here?" Applebloom asked.
"Well… I was uh…" Scootaloo began.
"She was about to leave but we stopped her in time," Twilight replied, not wanting to tell Scootaloo's friends about her attempted suicide.
"...leave… again?" Dawn Star sighed.
"Again?" Amethyst asked.
"We'll explain later," Applebloom told her.
"...what's that paper Scootaloo's holding?" Quirky asked, pointing to the adoption papers Scootaloo was holding.
"...I'm going to be related to Rainbow Dash now… but… one question remains. Should I be her sister… or her daughter?" Scootaloo told them.
"So you may have two mothers!" Quirky giggled.
"..."
"...What? I got something on my face?" Quirky blinked at the looks they were giving her.
"Oh…" Dash soon realized, "That spell or whatever it was made us all lovey-dovey,"
"Yea…" Twilight nodded, "Me and Rainbow Dash don't' like each other in that way, right Dash?"
"Y… yeah," Rainbow Dash laughed a bit nervously and sheepishly, "Me and Twilight are friend, but not those kinds of friends."
'...are we?' both Dash and Twilight thought in unison, blushes appearing on their muzzles.
---
"Okay, we're here," Dash said as she and Scootaloo were at her house, the stars shining outside the window as it was night.
"Can I open my eyes now, Dash?" Scootaloo asked Dash.
"Eeyup," Rainbow Dash nodded.
Scootaloo opened up her eyes, before gasping with a big smile. The room she was looking at was a fairly large bedroom with some of the stuff from her old place, her scooter laying against a dresser. In the middle of the room was a medium sized bed with a nightstand next to it, a lamp right on it.
"Like it?" Rainbow dash asked before Scootaloo hugged her.
"...I love it!" Scootaloo giggled happily. "So… are we sisters or mother and daughter? I really am not sure…"
"Hmm… while I like the idea of us being sibs..." Rainbow Dash began as a soft smile formed on her face, "I think I'll have us be mother and daughter."
"...I love you… so, so much… mommy!" Scootaloo smiled happily as she buried her face into Rainbow Dash's chest, tears of joy dripping from her eyes.
"..I love ya too, Scoots…" Rainbow smiled as she returned the hug
---
"Surpri~se!" Quirky and Pinkie declared as they happily greeted Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, the two pegasi walking in to see Sugar Cube Corner was decorated to the brim.
"Congrats on making Scootaloo your daughter, Dashie!" Pinkie beamed.
"Congrats on being Dashie's daughter, Scootie!" Quirky added.
"Thanks Pinkie/Quirky," the two pegasi smiled as both Pinkie and Quirky placed party hats on the two.
"So… mom, do you think one day, I'll get my Cutie Mark?" Scootaloo asked.
"Yea… but as your mom, after this party… you're grounded,"
"What?! Why?"
Dash then leaned in forward and whispered loudly, "For your attempt at suicide!"
"N… nani?!" Timid gasped, having overheard that, "M… Misty-chan!"
"Yes?" Mischief's voice asked as he appeared from the punch bowl… until he started sweating nervously when Timid began to give him the Stare. "I didn't do anything! Why are you doing that?!"
"Because of what you did yesterday!" Timid scolded him, "Scootaloo-chan nearly d… ki… you know what yesterday, all because of your prank!"
"..In my defense, I…" Mischief began, before Timid increased her Stare.
"No! I want you to promise me you won't pull something like this ever again!" Timid almost shouted, as her voice turned rather serious, almost dark sounding, "Do I make myself clear?!"
"...I promise," Mischief whimpered, taking the form of a shaking dog with his tail between his legs, "I won't pull that ever again."
"...okay," Timid replied as she eased up on the Stare, "But if I hear you doing it again, you're going to be in bigger trouble."
Timid the walked off, while Mischief sighed.
"Well my mood is dead… ugh, what am I going to do now?" the son of Discord sighed, before he began to think,
'Good thing I had my fingers crossed… now who to prank next?'
He looked around for a moment, before setting his eyes on the trio of pink butterflies that made up Fluttershy's Cutie Mark…