Chapter 8: Trixie Lulamoon
"HOLD IT!"
"Uh, Trixie was shouting really necessary?" A second mare's voice asked.
"Yes, it was totally necessary!" The first mare said. "The dramatic entrance is very important, especially when you're trying to make sure that something is stopped!"
"Seraphim, I believe you're familiar with Miss. Bellatrix Lulamoon," Celestia said with a smirk, she hadn't quite expected to hear from Trixie when she did, but here she was. She trotted up to them with Starlight close behind.
"Yes, I am, familiar with her, hello Trixie," Seraphim said with a frown. "What's it been, 3 years?"
"4 years actually since you tried to pay me off to get the charges against your nephew dropped," Trixie said as she rolled her eyes, which got a confused look from Starlight. "I'll tell you later."
"Well, it doesn't matter, we were just wrapping something up here," Seraphim said and turned back to look at Celestia. "So as I was saying, I would like to see my granddaughter."
"I believe Trixie has something to say about that, Seraphim," Celestia said as she looked back at the Unicorn. "You sent a letter to that effect did you not?"
"Of course your majesty, I believe this will be of use," Trixie said and levitated some papers out of her bags and cleared her throat. "When I heard from your nephew who was visiting Ponyville at the same time I happened to be there, that you were here for your granddaughter, I looked into these old case files from my mother's days as Chief Prosecutor."
Seraphim's eyes narrowed, she knew exactly what Trixie had found and she didn't like it. This was going to make what she wanted to do a lot more difficult, that's for sure.
"I'm going to have to have a word with August when I get back to the mansion," Seraphim said with a groan, her nephew had given her all sorts of trouble, not the least of which being the incident a few years ago. "So what "evidence" does our illustrious former prosecutor have to present to us today?"
"Your majesty, around 6 years ago, following an accident that claimed the lives of the Countess' daughter and son in law, Seraphim here officially filed to have her granddaughter, one Scootaloo, to be completely stripped of any ties she has to House Cirrus," Trixie said and looked at Seraphim with a smirk. "So in effect, you relinquished any chance you had to serve as the child's guardian 6 years ago."
Seraphim snorted a little at that, she had hoped that nopony would remember that particular decision, no matter she would have the filly no matter what.
"No matter, I am here to..." Seraphim started to say.
"YOU WILL DO NO SUCH THING!" Celestia Said in the booming Royal Canterlot Voice, causing the elderly Pegasus to recoil. "Family Cirrus has given up any legal right to the child, and I find it suspicious that you happened to come just now after the recent events. I suggest that you drop the matter or bring it up in the courts. Now leave my court or I will have you thrown out!"
"Yes, your majesty..." Seraphim said and bowed, but she wasn't happy about it as she walked back out.
"She'll be back," Trixie said with a shake of her head before turning to Celestia. "Your majesty, thank you for your time."
"Of course Trixie, but I am afraid that it was only a temporary measure," Celestia said with a frown. "Seraphim and her family still pull a lot of weight, and there is now a good possibility that they may go public with what they know. For now, we will have to approach the situation with caution."
"We'll keep it quiet," Starlight said with a nod. "Is Scootaloo going to be okay?"
"I hope so," Celestia said with a nod.
"Well, legally Seraphim has no chance," Trixie said with a nod. "I'd be a lot more worried about what she'd try to do illegally, and if she goes public with this , its not going to go over well."
Celestia sighed, she knew that was true, they were keeping this secret, and even if the ponies weren't angry about the cover up, Seraphim might be able to rally the nobles to her cause.
Of course as long as Scootaloo was under the protection of herself, then there wasn't much Seraphim could do. At least not legally, which worried her a lot.
Ambition was a dangerous thing among nobles, and House Cirrus had it in spades.
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"Is everything okay, Princess?" Rainbow asked as Celestia re-entered the office.
"Honestly Rainbow Dash, I am not sure," Celestia admitted with a sigh as she looked at Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo who looked at her worriedly, she wasn't sure if she should tell them the truth or not. "I just had some issues with the nobility is all, do not worry about it."
"Its not related to me, is it?" Scootaloo asked, she wasn't sure if anypony in the nobility had found out about her being an Alicorn.
"Don not worry Scootaloo, you will be fine," Celestia said with a smile. "How about you go find your friends? I'd like to speak with Rainbow Dash for a moment."
"Okay," Scootaloo said as she trotted off to find her friends, two guards following her.
"I did not want worry her, but you should know what's going on," Celestia said to Rainbow once she was sure that the filly was out of hearing distance. "I believe that Scootaloo's grandmother Seraphim is the one behind the attempt to get you removed as her legal guardian. She was the one I had to go speak with earlier."
"Oh geez, what did she want?" Rainbow asked, though she really didn't want to know the answer.
"She wants Scootaloo now that she knows she's an Alicorn," Celestia said with a sigh. "Seraphim gave up all legal rights to Scootaloo years ago, so legally she does not stand a chance. However, if she was to go public with this information, then she could use it to her advantage in order to get at Scootaloo."
Rainbow started to get angry, she couldn't believe that Scootaloo's grandmother would do something like this. Scootaloo deserved better than that, even if Rainbow couldn't necessarily give it to her, she still wanted to make sure that she didn't get scum like her grandmother instead.
"What are we going to do?" Rainbow asked.
"We, might have to consider going public with the fact that Scootaloo is an Alicorn before House Cirrus does," Celestia said with a sigh. "And, there is one other thing, it may be the only way to ruin any chance Seraphim has to do this legally. Rainbow Dash, are you sure you are ready to be Scootaloo's adopted mother?"
Rainbow froze a little at that, the usually confident mare wasn't actually sure how to answer the question. She wanted to do it yes, but it wasn't something she had expected to come up so soon. She wanted to make sure that Scootaloo was happy and safe, and this was the best chance she had to do it.
She just had to hope that she wasn't going to get into trouble because of it.
"Whether or not I'm ready? I don't know..." Rainbow admitted with a sigh. "I've been trying to do my best to help Scootaloo ever since I became her Foster Mother, I've been trying to help her for a long time. While I'm not sure I'll ever be ready, I'll do it to make sure that she's safe from anypony that would want to use her."
"Alright Rainbow Dash, I will speed up the process for you," Celestia said. "In three days we will make the announcement, in two days the adoption should be formally complete. Do not worry, she will be safe, I give you my word as the princess of Equestria."
"Thank you Princess, I promise that I won't let you down," Rainbow said with a light bow.
"I know you won't Rainbow Dash, I believe in you and in Scootaloo," Celestia said. "You can go now, I will see you again at dinner."
Rainbow nodded and headed out of the office.
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Rainbow sighed a little as she walked into the dining room, she was surprised to see that just Fluttershy was waiting for her.
"Am I early or something?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, umm, Celestia said that she wanted to talk with Twilight and Rarity and Applejack wanted to take the CMC on a picnic in the courtyard," Fluttershy said. "I guess it's just the two of us tonight."
"Yeah, I guess it is," Rainbow said with a smile as she took a seat at the table next to Fluttershy and nuzzled her gently as the food was served for them. "This is, actually really nice... we haven't really had a chance to have a proper date in awhile."
"Yeah, it is," Fluttershy said with a smile as she kissed Rainbow.
Rainbow smiled lightly, it was hard to believe that she could've found such a wonderful marefriend. She and Fluttershy had started dating after Rainbow had taken Scootaloo in when she needed help, and the two had gotten close. Of course between her taking care of a filly and Fluttershy taking care of her animals, that meant they didn't get to date much.
"I love you Flutters," Rainbow said with a smile. "I'm just glad I have such a wonderful mare who loves me. I know Scootaloo would be too, maybe we should tell her."
"If she doesn't already know," Fluttershy said with a light giggle.
"Yeah, this does feel like a bit of a set up doesn't it?" Rainbow said with a chuckle. "Well then, we might as well not disappoint them right."
Rainbow kissed Fluttershy long and passionately, causing the shy Pegasus to let out an eep before she kissed back. The two Pegasi wrapped their wings and forelegs around each other, continuing the kiss and not caring who might be watching.
Scootaloo and Celestia smiled a little as they gently shut the door. "Well, that went better than I expected," Celestia said with a chuckle. "Lets leave them alone."
Scootaloo nodded and the two Alicorns headed off to get some dinner.
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"Oh hey Rainbow, how was dinner?" Scootaloo asked as she looked up from a comic book she was reading when Rainbow and Fluttershy arrived at their room.
"It was, nice, sorry you couldn't be there," Rainbow said with a light blush. "Scootaloo, we should probably tell you that we've been dating for a few weeks now."
Scootaloo smiled and chuckled lightly, she had figured it out after Rainbow sometimes came home smelling like Fluttershy's animals, but she didn't want to say anything. "That's great," she said with a smile before yawning a little.
Scootaloo laid back in the bed after getting ready and smiled at Rainbow Dash.
"I love you Scootaloo, I'm going to be the best mom I can for you, I promise," Rainbow said with a smile as she pulled the covers over her foster daughter gently. "Stay strong my little pony."
"I will," Scootaloo said with a smile as Rainbow sat down and took out Daring Do and the Sphere of the Gods again and began to read from it.
"Daring Do had made it back home from her trip to the jungles, but she was starting to come to the realization that her adventure was far from over. What she had found was nothing more than a piece to a much larger puzzle, one that would have greater implications for the world at large..."
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I would save the Daring Do story for when you finish this story.
I do wonder just what Scootaloo's fathers family is planning. They should realize that Celestia will tutor Scootaloo herself and if they refuse that they would look bad.
8017225 Probably a good idea, pepper some more details throughout the story, actually take the time to figure out the overall plot and all that.
I assume you meant mother or grandmother since Seraphim is related to her on her mother's side, but yeah, we'll see.
Huh, you know, this idea actually makes a lot of sense to me. I mean, in the original storyline for FiM Scootaloo's inability to fly is a birth defect, nothing short of altering her entire biology will allow her to fly. And before the whole 'Ti-wrecked' incident, the most sincere and believable part of Discord's 'reformation' was his friendship with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. I could easily seem him doing something like this, helping out a friend in the most acceptably chaotic way possible.
Haven't read the story yet, so I don't know how it's gonna go, but I'm already liking the premise.
8017308 Well I hope you like it.
She said it! She said it!
8017336 Yeah, she actually said it back in the prologue too.
Been a while since I've ready any of this. Good to see it still going. Odd to see Trixie as a lawyer, or at least being intimately familiar with Equestrian law, but it kind of makes sense given her profession.
House Cirrus will try again. No doubt.
8017407 Its actually a reference to the fan-made animation Turnabout Storm, which was a MLP/Phoenix Wright Crossover that had Trixie be the prosecutor.
Do the Daring Do
Write the story when u finish this one
8017417 Yeah, that's probably what I'm going to do.
That quick reply tho
I would LOVE to see that grandmother try something, and find out DISCORD is guarding Scootaloo!!!
Please tell me that is gonna happen!!!!
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Discord as the Godfather?!? Shit will hit the fan with that much chaos!
...I like it
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Heh yeah, I almost feel sorry for Seraphim... almost.
Spectacular performance! Trixie being used to blindside a (if not the) antagonist, Rainbow growing into her role as a mother, FlutterDash all over the shipping lanes, and a thickening of the plot!... other than Celestia's.
As a whole, it's a wonderful story with massive potential. However, it feels rather... rushed? Hmmm. Well, it feels like you're trying to fit a lot of development and depth, with barely enough words and detail to hold it. Does that make sense? I hope it makes sense. And I think I should go back to reading, and quit my babbling.
8019970 Sorry about rushing it a bit, I'll try and work on that in the future, but I'm glad you're enjoying it otherwise.
8019979 like I said, it's a wonderful story with massive amounts of potential. As is The Secret Heir. And, well, a great deal of your writings are rather good actually. But, in writing, one needs to take the scenic byways as often as possible, and take the expressways when it is apt or pertinent. Avoid traffic jams and potholes, for they make for a poor ride. Stay away from roads that are too slow, for they tend to lead to the middle of nowhere, as well as being quite lost.
A good story is like a good road trip; the end is in mind, but the journey is what it's all about.
8020010 I have a habit of rushing a bit, I promise I'll work on it more. I try to do my best at it, but I admit I'm not the best author in the world.
8020033 don't worry, many authors have their quirks.
Stephen King? Detail heavy.
Anne Rice? Tends to have a few too many plot holes and unanswered questions.
L. A. Banks? Tends to blindside the reader with something out of left field, and it won't make sense until the next book.
Jules Verne? Would have almost too much happening, in not quite enough time for it to fisably happen.
Stephanie Meyer? Wrote the Twilight saga.
You don't have to be perfect, and you can only get better. That's why I like sites such as this one; they allow future authors to flourish.
8020074 I admittedly sometimes am just as guilty of blindsiding readers, I did kind of bring Trixie in out of left field. As I mentioned to a previous commentor, much like the Snowdrop reference in chapter 6, that was actually a reference to one of my favorite fan made MLP animations Turnabout Storm where she was indeed a prosecutor. I just cut out Phoenix Wright coming to Equestria to defend Rainbow Dash when she was accused of murder.
I sometimes like slipping in Easter Eggs and references to things, I slipped one in to the last chapter of The Secret Heir actually, but it won't make sense for awhile.
8020097 some blindsiding is acceptable, just as long as it can be explained.
Easter eggs? In Hasbro related material? Why, that never happens! But honestly, I enjoy an Easter egg or a dozen in a story, it keeps one on their toes... provided one has toes.
All in all, you're doing well. So, keep up the good writing, and I'll see you next chapter.
8020163 Really I'm just glad a lot of people are enjoying this fic and my others... though I kinda wish my Fallout: Equestria fics would get more love.
8020173 I'm a bibliophile. I'm not much of a Fallout fan, but give me enough time, and I will read everything.
I also have a mild obsession with machinery. However, that comes with my profession.
8020185 Well you don't have to read it if you don't want to, was just saying that they tend to not get nearly as much love.
8020198 if nothing else, you could try signal boosting. It might help. For your Fallout: Equestria stories may be somebeings cup of preferred beverage.
8020213 I've had some attention through Discord.
If you like Scootaloo fics, you might like my story Fallout Equestria: Survivor's Guilt.
8020225 I have it in my 'read it later' list at the moment. Along with eight hundred and ninety other stories... I really need to put a dent in that list.
8020232 I know exactly how you feel.
8020240 I had seven thousand in it at one point. So, if I do say so myself, I'm doing better.
8022552 Fair enough, yeah, that's way more than me.
Although if you count all 3000 Fallout: Equestria based stories...
8022567... we have problems, don't we?
8022584 Yes, yes we do.
8022594 with books, we are like a fat kid with cookies. "Just one more, then I'm done... okay, maybe two."
8022641 This fandom has so many good stories.
8022831 agreed.
8022981 And some stinkers too of course.
8022993 yes, and I have read many of them. So much potential, simply wasted. Both in atrocious writing, lack of care, or utter abandonment. Its... sad, really. It's like being a ghost, walking through a children's graveyard, on your way to a run down orphanage. You see, you hear, but can do nothing more.
8023048 Tell me about it, I've tried with one of them (won't name names here, but I reviewed three of their fics once), they are, very slowly getting better.
8023083 that's wonderful to hear!
8023151 Its a very slow process but at least they're trying.
8023155 most improvement is slow. But, completely worth it in the end.
8023267 Yep.
I just realized I'm not following you Ruin. I have to change that.
Another enjoyable chapter to be sure.
8026985 Well I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, sorry it took so long.
Also thanks for the follow.
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Well, I already considered you a friend. Or at least, a friend of a friend. Which makes you a friend. And one that I think I'd enjoy hearing stories from and talking to from time to time.
8027053 That would be nice.
I have various other fics too of course if you're curious.
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Neat! All in good time.
8027082 Well I hope you enjoy them.
Alright, I'll say that I do like this story so far, but some of this is rather confusing and slightly aggravating to me.
Firstly with Scootaloo's inability to fly, shouldn't her magical growth far make up what was absent in order to fly? We have seen that Twilight can fly fairly well and can reach speeds faster than what we have seen from the average Pegasus. Even though she is older and far more experienced in channeling magic, I simply don't understand how Scootaloo still lacks the necessary magic for flight. Now perhaps the transformation from Pegasus it alicorn is still in effect magic wise, which makes much more sense to me, but so far I'm left kicking a bucket as to why not.
Second, why the Flutterdash? It seems random and thrown in for the cause I want to factor and just doesn't seem to fit. It detracts a bit from the focus, and just makes keeping everything in line more difficult when it comes to keeping the relationship stable and believable along with threats to Scootaloo's livelihood and her adapting from flightless pegasus to flightless alicorn. With hardship comes stress, and Fluttershy isn't the best with that sort of thing. With the threat of Scoots relocation back to her biological family, it could lead to arguments and opposing views, and its quite difficult to tie in all of those aspects into a single story whilst keeping the pacing and keeping it from being jumpy.
Overall, this is a pretty decent story with a few places were I think it could be drawn out to be a bit more believable and better paced. I think a good scene would be Scootaloo sitting alone on a bed and thinking about her life so far and all these new revelations, along with what her future now entails. She hasn't had much time to really think on her own, and I think it would help expand her as a character. But hey, I'm not the writer here. I'm just sharing some thoughts. I'll go back to lurking rather than posting.
8027840 Well the first suggestion of it being because of the transformation more than anything else might work. I do actually have a reason for keeping her flightless, I get what you mean and it was something I really struggled with whether or not to do before I finally made the decision to keep her flightless. That probably makes as much sense as anything else, and honestly I kinda lack an in universe explination yet... I'm still working that out, but I do have a reason and a way to compensate for it. I don't know, honestly at the moment I'm just gonna say "Blame Discord."
FlutterDash is one of my favorite ships so that was pretty much why I decided to include it. It's pretty much too late by this point to take it out, you do bring up some good points. I may consider using that to a degree, and probably arguments would rise up, yeah.
I actually like your suggestion of that scene with Scootaloo, I may just have to do that.