Chapter 2
Therapy
“Hello Scootaloo, how are you feeling today?” Asked Dr. Sunny
“Bad,” Scootaloo’s head was hanging, her ears laid back as she stared at the floor.
“Oh? Why bad?”
“My Mom sent me a letter. She said it was all my fault. That everything was my fault.”
“I see, do you think it’s your fault?” Scootaloo shrugged, looking uncertain. “Look at me Scootaloo.” Slowly the little Pegasus obeyed. Dr. Sunny looked at her seriously. “Now how exactly could any of this be your fault?”
“I could’ve been a better daughter, so Mom didn’t have to punish me so much.”
“Ah, but what your mother did wasn’t punishment, it was abuse. Do you know the difference?” Scootaloo’s brow furrowed, and she slowly shook her head. “Punishment, real punishment, is to help teach you right from wrong. When your mother hit you or spanked you, did you learn anything?”
“Yeah…”
“What did you learn?”
“To stay away from her when she was mad.”
“Now you see, that’s not what a punishment is supposed to teach. Did she ever tell you what you were being punished for?”
“A few times, but usually it was for something that wasn’t my fault, like the plumbing backing up.”
“I see, and the rest of the time?”
“She’d just grab me, hit me, yell at me, then send me to my room.”
“And the only thing you learned was to stay away from her when she was angry, correct?” Scootaloo nodded. “Well that’s not how a punishment is supposed to work at all.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, did you ever get into trouble at school?”
“A few times,” she nodded.
“Tell me about one time you got into trouble.”
“I hit Diamond Tiara in the mouth.”
“Oh my, why did you do that?”
“She was making fun of me and my friends.”
“And you got in trouble?”
“Yeah, but she did too.”
“What happened?”
“We had to stay after school and write lines. I had to write I will not hit other ponies a hundred times. Diamond Tiara had to write I will not make fun of other ponies a hundred times.”
“Did your teacher tell you why you were being punished?”
“Yeah, she said hitting others is wrong, even if they’re being mean to me. She said I should have come told her that Diamond Tiara was bothering us and she would’ve stopped her.”
“So then what did you learn?”
“That fighting is bad.”
“So you learned something when you were punished is that right? Because your teacher explained to you what you did wrong? Correct?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, so can you tell me how your mother and your teacher punished you differently?”
“Be-because when Miss Cheerilee punished me she told me what I’d done wrong, and it really was my fault, and when Mom punished me she usually didn’t tell me what I did wrong, and when she did… it wasn’t my fault?”
“Very good Scootaloo, that’s exactly right. How do you feel now?”
“Mad.”
“At your mother?”
“Yes.”
“That’s okay, it’s okay to be angry, just as long as you don’t take it out on other living ponies.” Dr. Sunny got up and took down a stuffed Pegasus and set it in front of Scootaloo. “Why don’t you pretend that this is your mother? You can say or do whatever you want to it.”
“I don’t know…”
“Go ahead dear, it’s all right.”
For a moment, Scootaloo felt silly, but then she really focused on the doll, and she could almost see her mother’s smug face in front of her.
“I… I hate her.”
“Tell her Scootaloo. Why do you hate her?”
“I hate you because you’re so mean to me. You were always mean to me.” She gave the plushie a little shove.
“Very good Scootaloo, keep going.”
“You shouldn’t have killed Peaches puppies! You should’ve let me say goodbye to her like you promised! It wasn’t my fault the plumbing backed up! Why didn’t you love me! Mom’s are supposed to love their children! I hate you! I hate you!” Scootaloo started punching the doll over and over before breaking down into sobs. She could feel someone holding her and after a few minutes she started to calm down, looking up at the Doctor.
“Feel better?” Dr. Sunny asked as she gave her a tissue.
Scootaloo wiped her face and blew her nose.
“Y-yeah, some.”
“You have a lot of anger and pain inside of you. Feelings that you weren’t allowed to express, but you can express them here, or at home. You can pound your pillow or scream into it, or talk to Rainbow Dash. Does that sound good?”
“Yeah, Mom never let me do anything like that. She’d punish me if I tried.”
“And was that the right kind of punishment or the wrong kind?”
“The wrong kind.”
“And what is the wrong kind of punishment called?”
“Abuse.”
“And was it your fault?”
“No… no it wasn’t.”
“That’s right, it wasn’t.”
“Dr Sunny? Why did Mom hurt me?”
“Because she decided to take her problems out on you instead of facing them herself.”
“That’s not very nice.”
“No, no it’s not. Well I see our time is up. I’ll see you on Thursday Scootaloo.”
“Okay, bye Dr. Sunny.” Scootaloo waved as she left the room and joined Rainbow Dash.
“Hey kiddo, want to get some ice cream before we go home?” Rainbow smiled.
“Yeah lets go!”
Dr. Sunny sighed as she prepared to meet with her next patient. Privately she thought ponies like Scootaloo’s mother should be sent to the moon.
TO THE MOON!!!
Very good so far, but chapters a bit... lacking. Hope to see more, longer chapters.
I agree
TO THE MOOOOOONNNA!!! BEYETCH!!
I say to another galaxy where she shall never return. I like Dr. Sunny, now that is a good therapist for you.
Bitch, please
TO THE MOON
TO THE MOON
TO THE MOON
TO THE MOON
Why wait?
Only issue with this was the dialogue wasn't fully clear on who was speaking. But, as usual, your chapters get straight to the point and handle it well!
MOAR! And yeah to the moon, just like the butterfly: th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/279/2/6/adorable_butterfly_by_flausch_katzerl-d4c1sb1.png
Or maybe Cold Heart should be forced to watch Scootaloo grow up to be a well-adjusted and successful adult who succeeded because her mother is no longer there to "punish" her, just to rub her face in how wrong she was.
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yeah, i like that idea. like, after we get through scootaloo getting better, the epilogue should be set a few years later when she's accepted into the wonderbolts with dash. scoots and all her friends and new team mates could be having a partyand her mom would show up after getting out of prison and start trying to abuse her and stuff again, but scootaloo wouldn't take it this time and she's tell her off and have all her friends back her up, then rainbow would hit her and kick her out of wherever they're having the party and scootaloo could finally have the closure she deserves. we could even have the dad at the party and have him refuse to back up his ex wife! oh it'd be so satisfying!
2562793 2562843 2563072 Why ruin the beautiful Moon with such garbage? Throw them in an active Volcano to get rid of them completely.
To the moon?
cocks shotgun
Not good enough.
I will send Scootaloo's mom a basket of bananas, which I hope she won't like .
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*Takes shotgun*
Not good enough
*Gives Vinyl's Bass Cannon*
2564940 or the Sun
I'd say send them to he'll but satan would be all like. "Your polluting my fucking home bitches" and spit them back out
I'm reading this on Mother's Day. WHY
yes to the moon, or in a pit with a pack of rabid dimond dog, or have all sootaloo's memorys replicated and have her be forced to relive them for 5 years strate,or all three at once....i like that idea
2564940 or Deep space, maybe they'll find some necromorphs floating around and get eaten.
Princess Celestia should ask Scootaloo's mother if she likes bananas!
im glad you decided to write it after all i was worried i wouldnt see the story again. great story so far. :
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*Takes bass cannon*
Still not good enough
*replaces with nuke*
Now you're set
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*takes nuke*
Too much collateral damage
*sets mane 6 up with EoH*
Magic of Friendship ladies
2627569 *Takes that Mane 6 away, trains them to be/makes them pilot of Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (with core drill)* there. GIIIIIIIGGGAAAAA..... FRIENDSHIP...... BREAAAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
2676767 *Removes the mane 6 and places them in a tank each with cannons that shoot nukes*
*places the m-6 squad in a circle and places the mother in the middle*
*gives out an fire at will command*
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I got an idea...
Trap Scoots' Mom in a never ending nightmare that has her fed moldy rotten bananas.
Kinda like how Sombra did his stuffs yet more punishment-y and less noreasonatall-y
I must be pretty crazy-y.
2790061 Or let's send them to the Rainbow Factory. Or let's let Pinkie "fix" them
Dr. Sunny sighed as she prepared to meet with her next patient. Privately she thought ponies like Scootaloo’s mother should be sent to the moon.
Really I vote for the sun
2996090 okay pinkie here's the key to the prison front gate and here's the one for Cold Heart's cell
Yo Sombra you still kinda retired? 'Cause I got somepony for ya.
If the moon is good enough for our princess, it certainly isn't good enough for THAT filth! I'd use my knife, but I don't want that mudblood on my blade! I reccomend sending her here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/38655/Pinkamena-X
Like one person said, if the moon is good enough for Luna, our Luna, then it's defo too good for... Her. I can't even say her name without puking with disgust If I was there with that evil abuser plushie... Well it wouldn't exist anymore. I'd buck that thing (No. Rape would be too good for her. I'm talking about the other kind.), turn into Nightmare Moon and bite her while laughing evily, rip her apart and finally banish her to... Uh... Give me some time to think about it.
7817690 The sun?
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Good idea