• Published 8th Dec 2012
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The Wind Beneath My Wings - WaitWhut



Scootaloo writes to her friends after a month away at Airforce Cadets

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Sappy Thoughts

Reading through all three letters, she realised she really couldn’t convey how much they meant to her. A pang of sorrow hit her as she realised they probably wouldn’t be able to hang out as much as they got on with their respective lives. However, that was soon smothered by an overwhelming sense of pride.

These truly are my friends. Ponies I owe a lot to. Who rose me up when I was down, and, without them, she wouldn’t be up in the sky now.

They truly were the wind beneath my wings.

A chuckle and snort escaped her. Man, she couldn’t let them know she was getting sappy. They’d make fun of her.
Folding up the letters and putting them in addressed envelopes, she put them back into the chest to send off later, and went to take that shower.

Comments ( 4 )

Thought I'd try something a little out of my comfort zone, and this sort of come to mind listening to the namesake song (Sonata Artica version).

Enjoy :twilightsmile:

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Call it late teens (16+), since AB is in college, Scoots is in Cadets (Army cadets you can join from the age of 12), rather than the main force, and it's not unheard of to have child stars.

I'll be honest, I didn't put much thought into ages:twilightblush:. I was thinking more along the lines of 'stages of their lives'.

It's not a bad idea, but to be frank, you really don't do much of anything with it. The letters sound genuine, but they all say the same thing ("Haven't seen you in a while, thanks for everything, I got my Cutie Mark, bye!"), which makes for repetitive reading. You hint at the lives and achievements of the characters, but leave them almost entirely unexplored.

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Ah, thank you for the feedback.

Yeah, it was a bit repetitive, but I wasn't really sure how to make them different (though in hindsight, the letters to Dash and the other two Crusaders could have been vastly different, given the nature of how they helped Scoots).

Chances are, I'll probably do a second draft of these too, to see if I can improve them.

But again, thanks for the critisism. Much appreciated :twilightsmile:

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