It was a warm summer day going into the evening, and everypony had things to do. Even a certain dragon.
“Spike I need you to get a certain plant by Everfree. It's related to the poison joke, but only affects somepony when eaten.” Twilight said.
“Ok, but why, Twilight? It's getting dark out.”
“It is because I'm trying to make a vaccine for poison joke. The blue flower version is to hard to handle, and comes out in the day, while the green one has a more potent version of the poison, and it’s nocturnal. Don’t worry, it won't hurt you unless you eat it.”
Spike simply noded and walked out. When he opened the door he saw the sun resting on the horizon. He had been working with Twilight all day, so the sun was low, and the air was getting noticeably cooler as he walked. Passing Rarity's boutique. he saw Sweetie Belle heading home. They waved at each other but kept walking, so Spike assumed that the CMC had just been getting home for the day. The sun was nearly gone when as he walked past the CMC’s club house. As he got closer to the house he heard something inside. At first he thought it was a timber wolf or something, so he quietly walked up to the door and peered inside, only to see Scootaloo. Curiosity struck him, so he decided to watch for a few moments. Scootaloo walked over to the podium and pushed it to the side, revealing a hidden hole. Reaching in, the small pegasus pulled out a wooden box with a lock, before she reached back in and pulled out the key. Spike watched as she opened the box, and noticed automatically that it was filled to the brim with the green poison joke, as she pulled out some of the toxic plant. Spike knew he had to say something, but before he worked up the courage she walked over to the window ledge and placed the flower into the moonlight. The flower began to bloom in the light, and it started to take on a sparkling effect; making it look as beautiful as a emerald. It was then Spike walked through the door, but he didn’t catch his friend in time, as she ate it whole. Scootaloos’ face crunched up, because it had a sour taste. Spike jumped in front of her and that was when Scootaloo saw him.
“buck” she whispered.
“WHY DID YOU EAT THAT, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS!” Spike shouted, more concerned then mad
Scootaloo opened her mouth to retort, but she found out quickly that couldn't talk. Stomping her hoof on the floor, she turned and looked for a piece of paper, finding one on top of the podium. She grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled something down. Turned around, she saw nopony else in the room. As the filly mouthed the word ‘buck’, it was then she gritted her teeth in pain, as she could feel her her tiny wings were growing, but feeling a sharp burning pain at the same time. By the time it was over they were bigger, but not by too much. She took the letter in her mouth and ran to the door and flew up, a small grin appearing on her face. Looking through the trees for a purple dot, she relaxed slightly. The cool evening air felt really good against her wings and face. After a few moments her eyes locked onto Spike and flew down like an eagle striking its prey. Tackling the unexpecting dragon, they rolled ending with her on top of him. Spike stared in shock as he was looked up at his attacker. She was mad, but handed him the letter.
“Spike, I know that was poison joke, but when I eat it, my wings grow. It hurts but I can finally fly. The one problem is that I lose my voice. Please all I want to do is fly, and when I do this I can have my one dream come true. Please don't take this away from me.”
Spiked looked up to her, and saw straight into her large pleading eyes.
“Fine, but I don’t like it”
Scootaloo smiled as wide as possible as she tried to say “thank you”, but settled on wrapping her small hooves around his neck. As she sat up, it was then she realized how she was sitting on Spike, and he caught on almost immediately. They both looking at each other, with a small blush on both of their faces, and scootaloo's wings started to stiffen. She jumped off of him as fast as she could and mouthed “sorry” repeatedly.
“it's fine Scoots.” He insisted with a wave of his claw. “I 'm just wondering why aren't you at your parents house doing this.”
Her face changed instantly as her wings softened and her blush faded. She grabbed under his arms and flew.
“Hey Scoots, where are we go-.”
he stopped talking as he saw tears in her eyes, that were being pushed back by the wind. When they landed they were back at the club house, and she nudged him inside with her head. Shutting the door behind them, she flew up to the corner and she pushed aside a board, pulling out a small box. She flew down and hesitated for a moment before she handed it to a very curious Spike. Staring at it, his mind raced as he opened the box. Inside it was filled with newspaper clippings and other various objects. Pulled out the clipping, he noticed that on heading and it said.
“Two dead and one injured in carriage accident.”
Looked closely at the picture, and saw a earth pony and pegasus next to a clip of a upside down carriage. He slowly picked up another clipping and saw a very young Scootaloo. Only her entire back was shredded. Putting a claw over his mouth, he couldn’t help but stare at the picture. Scootaloo reached in and pulled out a locket; it had a gold chain with a very detailed heart at the bottom that reminded him of Princess Cadences’ cutie mark. As she opened it, he saw pictures of her with her parents. He gently took it and put it back in the box before he closed it, and set it on the ground. At a loss for words, he wrapped his arms around her as she started to cry.
“I'm so sorry Scootaloo.” He hugged her tighter and closed his eyes as he felt tears starting to fall. “I had no idea.”
Scootaloo just kept crying, as he let some tears slip out himself. After a few hours, they eventually fell asleep in each other's arms. They slept peacefully that night, which was rare for Scootaloo. The morning the sun's light slipped in through the window and hit Scootaloo's eyes. She opened them slightly but quickly closed them as she was blinded by white light. She looked away and when she opened her eyes, she saw Spike's face looking staring right at her. Their arms were wrapped around each other, and he had a big smile on his face. She started to blush again.
“Buck”
She exclaimed not realizing that the poison joke had wore off.
“Scootaloo, I’m glad your happy here with me” He mumbled in his sleep with a smile, shifting slightly
She instantly blushed twice as hard, as she tried to wiggle out of the embrace; but he pulled her to him and her head was nuzzled under his chin. She was about to push away, but she felt his magical flame. She immediately felt safer, it was so warm and cozy like a blanket. It was then she started to feel tired again. She started closing her eyes, but opened them as Spike slightly pulled away and she instinctively she pulled him closer.
“You awake Scoots?”
she blushed hard. “y-yea.”
“Di-did we sleep like this?”
“y-yea”
“Y-you wanna let go so we can get up? It’s n-not that i'm saying I don't like it but-”
“Y-yea yea we should.” they both unwrapped their arms and stood up. Looked at each other, they were both blushing madly.
“Hey, do you think I can borrow one of the green poison joke for Twilight? That the whole reason why I came, but I sorta forgot after, ya know”
“Yeah, just please don't tell her or anypony about this. Ok?”
“Your secrets safe with me, Scoots.”
she wrapped her hooves around him.
“Thanks Spike, I needed that, last night.”
he did the same.
“It’s ok, everypony needs a break, even me. You know I don’t know my parents either.”
“Oh, I'm so sorry spike. I shouldn't have even brought this up.” She looked down and backed away slightly. “It was stupid for me to dump my family matters on you, and you don't even have parents.”
“It’s ok. In a way Celestia is my mom. She practically raised me and Twilight.”
“Ha thats kinda a funny. Ok well “prince spike” you should go before you get in more trouble.”
“Yea, Twis’ probably worried”
He got up and started walking to the door.
“See ya Scoots.”
“Bye Spike.”
Scootaloo looked behind her, and noticed the poison joke and her box of memories was still on the ground, and that she had forgotten to give Spike a flower.
“Buck”
She knew it was risky, but she didn't want him to get into trouble because of her. She grabbed a flower and ate it after a slight hesitation. The effects started to show after a second or two, her back started to burn. She quickly grabbed another flower before locking the box, and setting her box of memories and the remaining poison joke in their hiding places. After pushing the podium over the hole so nopony would know about her hiding place, she walked over to the door, flapped her wings and took off after Spike. Unfortunately, unknown to her, there was an early Applebloom standing there; jaw agape.
Scootaloo was flying as fast as she could, sweat was streaming down her face by the time she finally saw Spike. He was almost to the library as she dived down on him, knocking him into a bush. Spike started to scream, but found his mouth covered with a small hoof. Scootaloo tried to shush him, but he wasn't stopping. Thinking quickly she took the poison joke and shoved it into his mouth. His eyes went wide as he chewed on the flower before swallowing it and Scootaloo picked him up. Twilight burst threw the door and looked left and right for Spike. Twilight saw Scootaloo carrying him, but knowing that Scootaloo couldn't fly, her mind raced as she assumed the worst…..
- Changeling-
“DROP HIM!”
Firing multiple destruction spells, she aimed left and right, attempting to shoot her down. Scootaloo had her wings for a good amount of time, but not nearly long enough to handle the attack. One of the bolts hit her wing causing the Pegasus to try to scream out in pain, but no noise was able to escape. She started to fly funny, barely able to use her left wing, when ponies started to come out of the woodwork, curious about what was happening. Before she had time to figure out what was going on, magic missiles were flying in every direction imaginable; while Scootaloo was getting hit left and right. Knowing that if she fell, Spike and her would die because she didn’t have the strength to provide a proper crash landing, so she kept flying.
She dove close to Everfree, and when they were out of sight, Spike began to feel heavier. Looking down, she saw Spike had grown, his arms and body and even tail were long, and slender again. No longer being able to hold him, she fell backwards so she landed on her back, taking the brunt of the fall and protecting the dragon. Before they could feel the ground, their worlds went black. Spike woke a few moments later; trying to stand up on legs that felt like jello, the memories started to flood in. Looking around he saw Scootaloo and he was about to pick her up when he noticed that he was larger. Thinking quickly, he picked her up and ran to the CMC tree house. As soon as he was inside, he put her on the ground and took the opportunity to look her over, and that is when he noticed how bad she was. Spike looked at her back and noticed her wings were shredded with the fur was was missing, she had burn marks all over her body, and she was breathing really heavy. Gagging, he was about to take her to the hospital, but stopped as she started to scream and convulse. Scootaloo's body was shrinking while her wings and screams were audible again.
“Hey Scoots, are you ok?”
“N-no ev-everything hurts.”
“I’m sorry about this, but this is gonna hurt.”
“W-what is, AHHHHH”
Spike picked her up, and his hands had to touch the burns and her back. She fainted from the pain as he ran to the door, stopping as he saw Sweetie belle and Apple bloom. He was about to say explain when they screamed and started backing away.
“Buck”.
He knew he couldn’t leave. These two would tell everypony that there's a dragon and he abducted Scootaloo. Spike looked down and saw blood everywhere, leaving him only one option. Zecora. He quickly wrote a note for the girls telling them not to tell anypony and that he everything would be explained later. He slowly started cradling Scootaloo like a foal before grabbing the frame of the door and jumping. The dragon hit the ground running, pushing trees out of his way. As he was passing Fluttershys house, she was tending to the animals when she saw him and she screamed. Spike stopped and looked at her in slight fear as Fluttershy's eyes locked onto Scootaloo.
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO THAT FILLY, YOU DUMB DRAGON.”
In an instant, Fluttershy was next to them. Spike had no choice, reason was out of the question when she was like this. He grabbed Fluttershy by the neck and held her to the ground she tried to push him off; to no avail until she passed out. He picked her up and put her by her garden where he knew she would be safe with her animals. He ran to Zecora's, arriving right as she was walking out.
“Spike what is it you are doing with that filly in your hands? What is it you’re are trying to plan?”
“No time to explain Zecora. Scootaloo needs your help. Please.”
“I understand, but to bring her here is quite radical. Why not just take her and go to the hospital?’
“Because I may have choked out Fluttershy, and left a petrified Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, and they might think that there is a changeling roaming around Ponyville. So if they see me there not gonna be happy. Wait, how did you know it was me.”
“Dragons each have characteristics. so please just stay optimistic.”
“So what have you two been up to, to allow these things to come true?”
“I don't know. The last thing I remember is her tackling me, and shoving something in my mouth and thats it.”
“I will take her to the hospital but you stay here. At least until things become more clear..”
“Thanks Zecora.”
He put Scootaloo on her back, just as Scootaloo woke up. Struggling for a few second until she fell off of Zecora.
“Z-zecora, do you have any poison joke?”
“I believe I do, yes, but what does that have to do with this mess?”
“Spike go get it.”
“Ok, why?
“Spike, just get it”
Spike ran in and saw the green flower on the table. He grabbed it and ran back outside.
“What are you doing with that flower, that oddly has a taste of sour?”
Spike's eyes shot opened.
“This”
and with that the filly ate the flower and Zecora jumped.
“Child why would you do that? The effects make some ponies go crazy as a bat.”
‘It will fix my back.”
Just then she started to scream in pain, but it died down as her back was being healed. The fur and muscles were reattaching themselves and weaving together as the feathers grew. Her spine and then the bristles started to poke out, the fractured bones were being repaired and soon enough she was completely healed aside from burns.
“I have never seen such a nuisance such as poison joke, actually help one of you pony folk.”
“Yea, she can fly also but she loses her ability to speak.”
“Losing the ability to speak is a new thing, of all the things to lose this one has got me thinking.”
“Oh, before I forget please don't tell anyone that scoots eat these. She wants to keep it a secret.”
“Alright, I’ll bite.”
Then Scootaloo started to draw something in the dirt. Spike and Zecora looked over, and when she was done she pushed over Spike.
“Go get some poison and head home. Twilight has to be worried sick.”
He looked up at Scootaloo.
“Thanks Scoots.”
Then he was ran off.
“Ahh young love, I remember when I had these feelings for one who flew above.”
Scootaloo blushed instantly as she tried to say something, but jokes on her. Then she wiped the floor erasing her message before she wrote a new one and walked off.
“Heading to the club house.”
Zecora just smiled.
While spike got a head start, he remembered that the flower was next to the CMC clubhouse, so he figured he would prank Scootaloo. On the way he would practice in his new longer body so he put his arms on the ground and walked forward. It was weird at first, but he got the hang of it so he decided to go a little faster, then faster, until he was almost at a full sprint. The clubhouse come into view, and he ran over and climbed it with ease, sneaking inside. Pressing his body against the wall, he waited for what seemed like hours until he heard a flapping of wings.
He prepared himself as the flapping sound could be heard right outside the door. He turned and closed his eyes, roaring as loud as he could, it was then he heard a loud scream. “Wait a scream?” It was then that he felt something hard knock him upside the head. Then another blow and another until he was knocked out cold. Scootaloo had been walking calmly up to the clubhouse when she heard the roar and then a scream. Flapping her wings and flew as fast as he could, and saw Fluttershy beating up Spike. Without hesitation, she slid her hooves under Fluttershy's arm and pulled her off of him.
“LET GO OF ME! THIS DRAGON KILLED SCOOTALOO!”
Scootaloo threw her against the wall, then with a loud crack as Fluttershy screamed. Scootaloo didn't have enough time to think, so she picked Spike up the best best way she thought possible and started to fly. When they were in the air, she started to fly faster and faster. Looking down to her hooves, she saw Spike had shrunk into his old self, much to her relief. Scootaloo looked up at the sky, and knew that it was going get dark soon and that she had two options. First she could either take Spike and run or second; bring him back to Twilight and meet up with him later. Figuring that Twilight would have half the police and if possible the royal guards on her by now, she decided to risk it. She looked back at the tree house, as Fluttershy managed to get up. Scootaloo felt really guilty as it looked as if Fluttershy broke her left wing, as it hung limply by her side. She carefully stood up and headed to Twilights. As Scootaloo reached Twilight's, she flew up to the window on the second floor, peeking inside, she sighed in relief when she couldn’t see anypony. She opened the window and flew inside, but the instant she closed it she could feel her heart drop.
“ok girls this is what we know. spike was last seen being carried away from here by a changeling disguised as scootaloo.”
everypony gasped. scootaloo placed spike on twilight's bed and moved over to the railing. she peered over it and saw five of the bearers minus fluttershy.
“and there has been a sighting of a teen dragon. who has been said to have killed a filly. and we believe it to have been scootaloo.”
“no not scoots, i was gonna teach her how to fly.”
“that's a darn shame, poor applebloom and sweetie belle.”
“i know darling, she devastated.”
just then spike groaned in his unconscious state. everypony shot there head at scootaloo.
“THERE IT IS GET THAT CHANGELING.”
just then rainbow flew up the to the second floor. as the rest ran up the steps. she turned and burst threw the window. she started to fly to the CMC clubhouse but an all familiar pain came. rainbow stopped as she stared at scootaloo. scoots had stopped flying and her wings were stiffened her mouth was open like she was screaming. then her voice came back. an ear piercing scream came out and rainbow cringed and so did the rest of the main six when they came except for fluttershy. rainbow saw in shock as her wings began to shrink and the screaming died down as scootaloo fell like a bullet. she caught her and flew gently down they all stood around the unconscious scootaloo. then fluttershy came into view with her broken wing and a big red ring around her neck. everypony ran to her side .
“fluttershy what happened to your wing.”twilight asked
she pointed her hoof at scootaloo.
“she threw me against the wall as i knocked out the dragon that killed scootaloo. then she picked him up and flew off.”
