Scootaloo
"Here comes the pegasus!" Twilight said, levitating the protein supplement pouch towards Rollypolly's armor hatch. "Open wide!"
"Twilight... that is really creepy," Spike said as he nibbled on his emerald.
It had been little over a day since Twilight had learned from Princess Celestia about Scootaloo's violent past. While the unicorn was horrified by the actions the pegasus filly had taken to survive the brutal game, the fact that Twilight now knew the truth helped ease her soul. Truth-knowing always helped ease the burden of pain (like finding out her grandma hadn’t really died but had been shipped north to live on a farm where she could frolic and play). She had been able to return to her studies and avoided crazy stories since then. Best of all, no tables had been harmed in nearly 24 hours.
"Hey, you didn't find it creepy when I did this for you." Twilight tapped her chin. "Maybe I should get out those baby pictures-"
"NO!" Spike cried out in an utter panic.
"Rollypolly wishes to see baby pictures of big brother Spike Dragon!"
"I will short-circuit your armor so fast..." Spike threatened, waving a spoon at the alien.
"Mama Sparkle! Mama Sparkle!" the dalek cried in fear, trying to roll behind the unicorn and hide from the enraged baby dragon.
KNOCK KNOCK!
"Spike, play nice." Twilight said, heading towards the door. Throwing it open, she blinked then looked down, staring in surprise at her visitor.
"Hi Miss Sparkle!" Scootaloo said happily. "I came to see if you had the new Where's Wandero book."
Twilight wrapped her front legs around Scootaloo and gave her a tight hug. "Oh Celestia, you have no idea how great it is to see you!"
"... I need an adult."
The unicorn frowned. "Why? I'm an adult." She set the pegasus filly down and began to ramble. "Listen, I am really sorry that everypony in Equestria made you fight and kill other little ponies for our own twisted enjoyment but I swear I am going to get them to outlaw the Starving Games so you don’t have to train other ponies to murder each other and I can tell from the way you are looking at me that you don't understand a word I just said."
"... I need an adult."
Twilight lowered her head, tears stinging her eyes. "Even the Princess was screwing with me."
Scootaloo frowned. "I thought you were dating Rainbow Dash."
The unicorn looked longingly at her table.
~Twenty Minutes Later...~
"Wow," Scootaloo said in surprise, glancing over at Twilight, who had just laid out all the trauma she had gone through over the course of the last few days. "I can't believe everypony thinks I am that awesome. This is so cool!"
"Cool isn't the word I would use for it," Twilight complained. The librarian sighed in frustration, kicking a rock down the dirt path the two of them were walking down (Twilight had realized pretty quickly that she would never be able to have a peaceful conversation with Scootaloo in the library, what with Rollypolly and Spike 'playing' loudly in the background). "I can't believe Princess Celestia pranked me too! I mean, we always had a good relationship, built on trust!"
~2 Years Ago~
Celestia looked at her faithful student’s letter. “Hmm… so Twilight found out that Nightmare Moon is being released… I could offer her support, maybe some of my guards to help her through the Everfree… or I could just send her off to Equestria Asylum, aka Ponyville…”
~MC~MC~MC~
“Dear sister, should thee not give Twilight Sparkle a gift for freeing…uh…we?”
“You’re right Luna… how about a ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala?”
“The what now?”
Celestia frowned. “Oh, that’s right, you were on the moon when I created that. The Gala is the most boring event ever and Twilight will hate it! Oooo, and I will give her one spare ticket and make her friends fight over it!”
“Why would you do that?”
“Because I’m bored.”
“…we will accept thy answer.”
~MC~MC~MC~
Shining Armor removed his helmet, setting it down by his hooves. “Far be it from me to question your decisions, Princess… but why are you sending my sister to fight a dragon when the entire Equestrian Army is at your beck and call?”
“…Shining, have you met my nymphomaniac niece Cadence? She’s double jointed.”
“I retract my previous question.”
~MC~MC~MC~
Celestia carefully held up her tweezers. “Hold still Philamena… you need to look really pathetic when Twilight and her friends see you!”
The phoniex wheezed in pain.
~MC~MC~MC~
“…ok, so maybe we don’t have the greatest relationship…”
Scootaloo frowned. “I think you are missing a bunch of them.”
“No, I’m not.”
“Yes you are… what about-”
“-leaving Discord out even though a bunch of fillies and colts were going to be around him and could break his seal?” Twilight snapped.
Scootaloo grimaced. “Ok, never mind.” The two of them continued on in silence for a few more minutes before the pegasus filly spoke up. "It isn't that bad, Twilight. I think towards the end everypony just wanted to take part in the fun. Heck, they probably thought you were in on it."
"But I wasn't... that's the problem."
The orange filly remained upbeat even in the face of Twilight’s depression. "Hey, at least you got to hear some cool stories! I'm gonna go visit Rainbow Dash after this... do you know where I can buy some wash-away green paint?'
"Quills and Sofas. They are running a special."
"Why are they selling paint now?"
"Why did they decide to sell sofas and quills?" Twilight shot back.
The two of them walked along in silence for a while. Twilight was wondering just why fate had decided to make her its whipping pony while Scootaloo was already planning on buying a Mare-Do-Well costume for Nightmare Night. They continued down the dirt road but, instead of forking left towards Ponyville's main street, Scootaloo turned right.
"Uh, Scootaloo? Where are we going?"
The filly grinned. "I figured since you went to so much trouble to find out about me that you deserved to know the truth."
"Really?" Twilight whispered in awe. "You're really going to show me all your secrets? Where you live? Your secret powers? You're real name? I get to finally know all of it?"
"...might want to lower your expectations a tad."
(Author's Note: That goes for you readers too)
After another 20 minutes of walking Scootaloo had stopped and turned to face Twilight. "Well... this is my house!"
Twilight had been living in Ponyville for over 2 years and had come to expect certain oddities when it came to houses. After all, her friends lived in an old barn house, a boutique that looked like a circus tent, a rustic cottage filled with animals, a pink bakery, and a cloud mansion. She herself lived in a hollowed out tree. She'd also stayed in a royal castle, seen ponies who lived in houses shaped like different sweets, and even been to the giant sandcastle that Lord Tydal and the capricorns of the Mareatine Bay called home (of course, most sandcastles didn’t have the heads of Door-to-door salesponies mounted on spikes out front…).
But nothing had prepared her for Scootaloo's house.
It was a two-story log cabin, built from trees gathered from the Everfree. There was a small bed of wild flowers out front and a porch swing sitting next to the door. A short sidewalk curved away from the house and led to the side of the road, where a plain red mailbox sat.
In a word... it was ordinary.
"Pretty cool, huh!" Scootaloo said with pride.
Twilight blinked. "Wait... is this just a front house?"
"Uh, all houses have fronts and backs. How else would the roof stay up?"
Twilight shook her head. "No, I mean the house is a fake, right? You walk up to the door, press a secret button and it takes you down to your hidden sub-terrainian base with spy gadgets and fast cars and doomsday weapons... right?"
"Nope," Scootaloo said with a smile. "But I'll mention that to my dad! I bet her could whip something up!" Before Twilight could response the filly was racing towards the house. "Mom! I'm home!"
"Scootaloo?" A pegasus the color of fine red wine stepped out of the house, her large wings twitching slightly as she made her way towards her daughter. Scootaloo's mom looked to Twilight like a blend of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy: her long powder blue mane hung down nearly to her hooves and her slim, sleek body spoke of a mare who worked hard to keep herself at her peak. Scootaloo's mom turned to hug her daughter, revealing her flank to Twilight, which was adorn with a cutie mark in the shape of a black cocktail dress with several cameras around it.
"Hi mom!" Scootaloo said, shrugging off the saddle bag she wore. "I got my book and Twilight Sparkle, that's the librarian and the unicorn that is looking at us like she expects you to be a robot or something, wanted to meet you!"
The mare blinked before flashing a smile that rivaled Celestia's sun. "Well, it is great to meet you. You're Sweetie Belle's mother, right?"
Twilight shook her head. "Uh no..." (her genealogy was screwed up enough without making her Sweetie Belle’s mother).
"Moooommmm!" Scootaloo whined. "You're thinking of Rarity and she is Sweetie's sister!"
The maroon mare laughed softly, her lyrical voice bouncing about the trees. "Oh, I am so sorry! Scootaloo tells me so much about her friends but I get confused all the time, what with all the names." The mare held out her hoof. "My name is Graceful Wind. Nice to meet you, Twilight."
"Nice to meet you too," Twilight said, giving the pegasus a weak smile. When the two pegasi shot her a confused look Twilight rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry, you're... just not what I expected."
"And what were you expected?" Grace asked politely.
"Aliens, superheroes, time travelers..." Twilight noticed the looks she was getting and lowered her head, a blush nearly as red as Grace's coat coloring her cheeks. "Sorry... your family is kind of the talk of the town right now."
Grace nodded. "That doesn't surprise me." She led Twilight into the house, which was decorated to reflect the forest that sat near by. The chairs and couches were made of fine oak with soft cushions on them that made a pony want to curl up and read a good book in front of the fireplace, lit or not. The walls were decorated with paints of ducks in flight and a bear trying to grab a fish from a river. "I don't suppose you recognize me."
"Sorry; should I?"
Grace laid down on the couch, Scootaloo joining her and playfully rubbing her head against her mother's large wings. "Depends on what circles you are a part of. Back in the day I was quite the talk of Canterlot and Manehattan, thanks to Photo Finish."
Something clicked in Twilight's head. "Wait a minute... I do remember you! You're that model... the one that was was the face of Sweet Scents' line of perfumes! My mom loved those!"
Grace chuckled. "Yes, that was me. And before that I was a model." The mare looked up, a slight smile forming as she looked back upon her past. "Oh, you would not believe the places I went or the ponies I saw. I must have traveled from one edge of Equestria to the other."
"Wow... I can't believe I am meeting a famous model. I mean, my friend Fluttershy was one for a while but..." Twilight shook her head, cutting off her own ramble. "Do you mind if I asked how you ended up living out here?"
Grace shrugged, tickling Scootaloo with her wing and making the filly squeal. "I'm sure your friend Fluttershy could tell you that being a model isn't all fun. Even those of us who have it as a special talent can find it rather boring. About 14 years ago, after a show in Canterlot, I decided to take a walk and got all turned around-"
"-when a big ugly stallion bumped into her." The three turned as an earth pony who was just a few inches taller than Twilight and Grace walked into the room. His coat was gold and adorned with a saw and hammer cutie mark. His crimson mane was cut so short that it barely stuck up past his ears and his tail was tied up with hemp rope much the same way Applejack's was.
"He was not ugly," Grace protested, reaching up to plant a kiss on the stallion's cheek. "And even if he was, I'd still love him anyway."
"Lucky me," the stallion said.
"Come on, no mushy stuff!" Scootaloo complained.
Grace turned back to the lavender mare. "Twilight Sparkle, this is my husband, Quick Cut."
"Nice to meet you," Quick said. His accent had traces of the drawl the Apple Family all possessed, but was tempered by years spent living with Grace. In fact, while Quick was more talkative and not as big as Applejack's brother, there was the dependability Big Mac had about this stallion that instantly made Twilight comfortable. "Honey?" Quick sniffed the air. "I think the oven is about ready to ding."
"Oh!" Grace quickly took the air, Scootaloo rolling off the couch and landing on her hooves. "Twilight, I'll be right back!"
Scootaloo, despite having been displaced by her mother's getaway, was no worse for wear and seemed to be bubbling with excitement. "Hey Twilight, you want to see my dad's workshop?"
"If it's ok with him," Twilight said.
"Perfectly fine," Quick Cut said, leading Twilight through the house towards the back door.
"So Scootaloo, I didn't realize you were half earth pony."
"Half nothing!" Quick said with utter pride, leaning down and letting his little girl scramble onto his head and slide down to ride on his back. "Scootaloo is all earth pony!"
Twilight blinked. "But... the wings..."
Scootaloo beamed. "Aren't they just too cool? I get all the strength and endurance of an earth pony but I also get little wings so I can move really fast and hover!"
"Huh," Twilight said, realizing that being an earth pony would explain how Scootaloo had managed to survive the CMC. "Mr. Cut, I have to ask... why haven't we seen either you or Graceful Wind in Ponyville?"
Quick chuckled. "Mostly because we are home bodies. Grace got tired of traveling after the days as a model and I've never been one for big city living." Twilight's brow furrowed; no pony had ever called Ponyville a 'big city'. "Besides, Grace and I are busy with our jobs, so we rarely have a chance to get out of the house even if we want too."
"What do you do?" Twilight asked as they stepped outside. The yard was large and spacious and Twilight spotted a jungle gym, a swing set, and several ramps for Scootaloo to practice her scooter tricks. The back of the yard was dominated by a large barn that was nearly the size of the house.
"Grace works as a consultant for modeling firms. They send her photos of potential models and she helps them figure out if the girls have the right look and which photographer would work best with them."
Twilight frowned. "Wait... get mail? Why doesn't Derpy Hooves know you then?"
"Derpy?" Quick asked.
Scootaloo fielded that question. "She's the mailmare for Ponyville, dad. Remember, I've told you about her daughter Dinky?"
"Oh, right!" Quick said cheerfully. "Technically our area code is in Trottingham, so we get our mail from there. A pain in the flank but what can you do? At least we are close enough to Ponyville to get Scootaloo into the elementary." Quick Cut opened the door to the barn and led Twilight inside. "Now, as for what I do, I think it should be pretty obvious: I'm a carpenter."
"You're more than that, dad!" Scootaloo said with pride. "My dad makes furniture for all the rich ponies in Canterlot and Manehattan."
"Well, not all of them, but a good number. My pieces are quite in demand, which is why I can't really take a day off." Quick glanced at his daughter. "Though, I think I will get spending more time in Ponyville soon."
"Really?" Scootaloo asked. "That is so sweet!" Scootaloo began to talk all about what she would show her dad when he came to town.
"Why is that?" Twilight asked.
Quick reached over to flick on the light. "Mayor Mare commissioned me to build a bunch of furniture. Darnedest thing... never had an order for the same piece before."
The lights came on and Twilight's pupils shrank to pinpricks as she gazed upon the workshop, filled from one wall to the next with her mortal enemies.
"Tables! Don't know why all of them are broken in Ponyville-"
BANG!
Scootaloo looked down at Twilight's unconscious form. "She fainted!"
Quick nudged Twilight's foreleg. "She did... something must have spooked her..."
"Ok everypony, who wants brownies?" Grace called out.
The End?
~In Another Place, Another Time, and Another Universe Entirely...~
"Gah!"
The mare sat up in bed, blinking her eyes as she adjusted to the darkness. Her husband grumbled and reached over, flicking on the light.
"Moonie, what's wrong?"
Nightmare Moon shook her head. "I had the strangest dream, Discord... Twilight was going around, wanting to find out the secret origin of Scootaloo."
"You don't say," Discord stated, snapping his fingers and summoning a pair of reading glasses.
"Yeah... all the origins were parodies of famous movies and TV shows... and Cadence was insane and you were a statue... your dad was hanging out with this gray mare with weird eyes... Celestia was ruling this kingdom and all any pony did was talk about friendship…I'd been trapped on the moon for a thousand years..."
Discord chuckled, wrapping an arm around the night goddess. "Sounds like some dream. I had one the other night that I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont.”
Nightmare just stared at him. "Go to sleep, Bob.”
“Discord.”
“Whatever.”
Nightmare clicked off her lamp, as did her husband, and the two settled back into bed.
"WAAA! WAAA!"
Discord and Nightmare Moon looked at each other.
"The baby's up," Discord said dryly.
"I got her." Nightmare said, pulling herself out of bed and trudging to the nursery. Stepping inside, the wicked alicorn rolled her eyes in good humor as her little foal sobbed. "It's ok, Twilight, mama's here."
Twilight Sparkle gurgled as her mother lifted her up, grabbing a bottle from the mini-fridge they kept in the room. The foal's little lips latched onto it and she happily suckled as her mother rocked her back and forth with her magic.
"Come on, let's have a bed time story!" Nightmare said sweetly, pulling a book out from the shelf. "This one is called 'The Amber Apple’." Nightmare cleared her throat but before she could begin she spotted something lying on the ground. "Oops..." Sending out a tendril of magic, the dark alicorn grasped the orange stuffed pegasus doll and gave it to Twilight, who promptly spat out her bottle and clutched her dolly tight to her chest. "Can't have a story without Scootaloo, can we?"
Twilight cooed in agreement.
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Ladies and Gentlemen... the true origin of Scootaloo!
Well, at least according to me.
I knew the moment I started this story what most of this chapter would be about. Scootaloo's family living just far enough away from Ponyville that no one sees them but close enough that Scootaloo visits. The mail thing is real, by the way: my family was 10 minutes from one post office but due to zoning laws got our mail from a town 35 minutes away. But my brother and I went to the closer town's school.
The only thing I didn't see coming with this chapter was the final act, which suddenly dawned on me a week ago and was too good to pass up.
So... this is the end, right? No more chapters, no more origins.
WRONG
Look at you all, gasping for air from laughing... but you don't get to stop reading yet. When FIMfiction is ashes... then this story has my permission to die.
While not updating every other day, I have alot of plans for this anthology. Coming up first sometime next week will be HOW IT COULD HAVE ENDED. 24 mini sections that will detail what would have happened if I had made each of the chapters the true origin of Scootaloo.
This will be followed by The Deleted Scenes and The Post Credits, which will features new origin stories that didn't make it into the body of the story, including Vinyl Scratch, Prince Blueblood, Mayor Mare, and of course Thunderlane (because I want you all to read The Amber Apple and I am going to shove it down your throats until you do).
As for other stories, i of course have Faith and Doubt, The God Squad... and one other story idea...
Nightmare Moon and Discord have a problem. Their perfect little filly, Twilight Sparkle is rebelling against them! They instilled their believes and values and all she wants to do is be... GOOD! She is hanging out with Celestia, Nightmare's no-bad sister and whitesheep of the family, and now joined a gang called The Elements of Harmony, filled with ponies that want to be NICE TO EACH OTHER! How will the parents show Twilight that being bad is the place to be?
Well, I'm been mind-screwed completely now.
Shouldn't that be Scootaloo?
Way to go soap opera with that last bit.
I knew she'd turn out to be normal.
Called pretty much everything except Scootaloo having vestigial wings. Oh, lawd.
But I'll buy it.
A normal functional family? Brilliant! loved this story so far, hope it continues.
But will we ever find out the true mystery of this fic? Just how does Twilight eat brownies?
Was the entire thing a dream, or was it another universe entirely that can peer into others through dreams? Also, is Twilight REALLY Nightmare Moon's and Discord's daughter?
Ah well. No chapter about Scootaloo being a pony turned computer program, turned back into a pony. Still, pretty great ending.
That was one heck of a ride!
Defender2222, thank you
Well no more waiting excitedly for the next chapter of Scootaloo...im gonna miss that...it makes me sad
(Bonus chaptahz hmmmm?!)
But I hope to see more stories in the future and maybe we'll "meet again"
Onwards and upwards!
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I'm definitely looking forward to that last story idea. As for this one, very well done payoff. Figured it would be something like this, but the journey was a most enjoyable one. As for the last bit, my mind is officially screwed. Thank you for this.
I'm not so sure you should write more in this story. That was pretty much the perfect ending, even without the "alternate universe" view.
Meh, whatever. Good job, man, and I love how Scootaloo is perfectly normal—er, well, as normal as any one of those crazy ponies could be.
Good effin' job.
Can't say that I didn't enjoy this chapter. It was fun! However I am a little disheartened that I never got my appearance, unless it was really subtle in Celestia's chapter ("Crazy human? Which one?") but I've probably badgered you enough on everything relating to this story by now so I'm just going to let this go. Great story,I wich you luck on the Amber Apple.
(But seriously, was Celestia's comment directed toward me?)
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Yes. Celestia's comment was the nod to your story and that Twilight has met other humans.
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Ah. Well, good to know. Thanks and I look forward to the next chapters of your stories. And by the way, Tydal will have his share of appearances in the Lost Origins.
(And is it okay if you could link to the Lost Origins at some point in the future? Kind of like that little trick just there with the Amber Apple. In case you don't want to read what I just said, pesterpesterpester.)
Geez... I guess Celestia really doesn't like Twilight at all
I.... Did not see that origin coming. What I did see coming, however, was the Nightmare and Discord bit. Couldn't resist could you?
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"Twilight Sparkle, are you and your friends doing drugs in your room?"
"No mom, we're just reading books, leave us alone!"
"Sweet Faust! What did we do wrong in raising our little filly!"
THE TRUTH! AHAHAHAHAHA THE TRUTH IS REVEALED AT LAST!...
...Oh, there's more to the story? Fiiiiiiiiiiine...
I see nothing wrong with this ending, nothing.
Well there is this line
“…Shining, have you my nymphomaniac niece Cadence. She’s double jointed.”
1423105 :| *multi-pestering* ... *fly-swatter!* *SWAT!*
The only question for the readers is, did you guys have fun?
Answer: Hell, yes!
Yeah, Scootaloo was actually very normal the whole time and her parents are just too busy with work.
This part was the one that made me laugh the most:
For making by far the most enjoyable comedies in fan fiction. here is a bunch of ponies on records
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This is the best chapter of the whole story! Scootaloo's dark secret --- she's an Earth Pony. Great!
And I love the last bit as well with Nighty and Dissey and Little Twilight. So cute!
dat ending
Why would NM read a story about death and crime to her foal???
I love your shameless self advertisement
So its done
? in the end scootaloo is just a mutated earth pony
For some strange reason I thought Scootalo was Wildfire daughter.
But the question is, does Pinkie Pie know them?
1422972 If I had to make an educated guess, I would say it is not unlike what happens when Louis gets his pills.
It was a great story
I have to say i expected it to end this way
one of Scootaloo's parents being an earth pony makes the most sense
...
Ya know what this fic was missing?
A Harry Potter story.
Also, I really didn't follow that bit with Scootaloo being "all earth pony". I thought that was implying the wings were somehow fake, but... oh whatever. I'm not even sure why I'm bothering with this.
I AM kind of surprised that Twilight was actually expecting the reality to be just as crazy as the stories she's been told though.
Dat ending...
mind = double blown
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be "have you met*" like someone else said, or an old-timey way of giving him Cadence as a wife/fiancée/relationship thingie as a bribe...
I would have aso accepted an "I don't have a home or a backstory because this is a cartoon and nobody's writtten one for me yet."
1423414 How would that work, after all this world is no stranger to magic and Pegasus ponies wouldn't even need brooms.
Awesome, just awesome!
Best part
Twilight lowered her head, tears stinging her eyes. "Even the Princess was screwing with me."
For me that sucked all the humor out of the end of the story. Twilight discovering that Celestia was willing to take advantage of Twilight's absolute trust in her just to pull a cruel prank.
The ending bit was funny and that spin-off you mentioned could be funny as well.
Nice Newhart reference, that's one I wouldn't have expected.
N...NO!! This can't end!! This is going to leave a void!!
Kudos to you dear writer. Thou art a comedic GOD.
Hehehehe, this works pretty well! Scootaloo's refreshingly normal, but her mom's previous career as a model still gives her a somewhat unconventional origin. That was fun! And then the table thing... absolutely brilliant!
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Just because magic is common doesn't mean she can't be hiding with horrible relatives from an evil unicorn that killed her parents.
I don't get the wing thing, but...
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Why wouldn't Nightmare Moon read a story about death and crime to her foal?
Fun story. I still want to know about the brownie thing, though.
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Wait for The Deleted Scenes/Post Credits
You really think just because she now knows the truth that will stop ponies from talking to her about Scootaloo?
Also, I am going to offically announce that the spin-off of this story, The God Squad, will come out by the end of October (whenever I get done with Faith and Doubt). Till then, I will continue to do little updates to this story. God Squad does have the first 2 chapters written but I want to get a few more set in stone before I begin posting.
The first major arc will be 'Road Trip' and feature:
Luna, The Leader
Celestia, The Brains
Tydal, The Muscle
Cadence, The Cheerleader
Shining Armor, The Voice of Reason
and will focus on The Hunt for Chrysalis and feature threats to the throne, the Griffon Empire, the capricorns of the Mareatine...and something I like to call "Crisis of Infinite Scootaloos'
1423704 good point
Great chapter, but my favorite bit is the alternate universe part.
Also, I now want a tiny scootaloo plush.
1423692 But what about Quidditch, if pegasus ponies can fly then they have no need for the sport and don't get me started on what use Earth ponies would have other than maybe being good potions and history teachers.
yes. Just yes. You have described reality for us all.