This story is a sequel to Like Shattered Glass

When you take the blame, you'll take the pain. Scootaloo took the blame.

Rated for scenes of abuse and mild language.

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UPDATED 12/22/2014.

Scootaloo has become unusually distant of late, and Rainbow Dash is worried about her - not least because she never seems comfortable about the subject of her parents. But why doesn't she want to talk about them, even with her "honorary" big sister? Why does the mere mention of her parents bring tears to her eyes?

Back at the Wonderbolt Academy, Rainbow Dash confides her concerns to Soarin, and learns a terrible secret, not just about Scootaloo, but also Spitfire. The latter's sister, who was also Scootaloo's mother, had tragically lost her life some years ago, leaving Scootaloo to look after herself while her father slaves away from dawn till dusk. The two ponies head down to Ponyville to try and reason with him, but things get out of hoof, leading to an angry, lonesome Scootaloo running away from home. As the three adults try to find her along with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, they gradually learn that there is more to the situation surrounding Scootaloo and her father than meets the eye...

After years of trying, Scootaloo finally discovers her special talent.
It's the worst thing that ever happened to her. She'll have to leave Rainbow Dash and all her friends behind as she's forced to go off and learn about her new talent... and then it gets worse.

The sequel, Choices Legacy, is now available.

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Many thanks to my team. I couldn't have done it without them.
Pre-readers:
MailboxBomber
Kyaksa
tosety
IceBeerG

Dialog Consultants:
Jacob Ellinger
kidmurkury
markey58

Editors:
IRpony

Proofreaders:
OkemosBrony
Unimpressive Vagaries

Artwork:
Scootaloo Vector by MoongazePonies
Background and cutie mark by author
In-Chapter art by author

Princess Luna adopts Scootaloo. Set after "Sleepless in Ponyville." and about a month after "Magical Mystery Cure" which means she gets a mother in Princess Luna, an aunt in Princess Celestia, and a babysitter in Princess Twilight. Plus Scootaloo is chosen as the future Princess of the Night.

Scootaloo has a tough life, but every once in a while, she has a chance to shine.

Consider this an apology for the Scootabuse in One In A Million. It's time for a feel-good story about Scootaloo; a spiritual sequel if you will, though this story is in an entirely separate universe.

Proofreading by JohnPerry
Cover Image by mirapony

Scootaloo has been through a lot in her life, and no doubt this has been her worst experience.
It was her fault... What has she done?
She thinks to herself as the rain falls around her in the darkness.

Guardians come in many colours and personalities, protecting others or misusing their power. Rainbow Dash is just one of them. As she encounters her favourite filly Scootaloo alone after dark, she soon finds herself tangled up in a complicated network of protégés and presumed protectors, both from the present and the past.

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Proofreader(s): twilight-the-pony (also The11thWonder, Nonagon )

Sequel: Lonely Mountains
Trigger Warning: non-descriptive (sexual) abuse of a minor
Rated Teen for adult themes and violence.

The events are set somewhere after Sleepless in Ponyville, but before the coronation.

This is my very first fanfiction (in the hope that this doesn't scare you of).

Image by DavidMRyan

An unpredictable turn of events leaves Scootaloo blazing full-speed ahead through the turbulent skies above Cloudsdale.
What she finds there, in her darkest hour as she contemplates her death, is how much she appreciates her life, and all the ponies that help to color it.

Sometimes, in the midst of your worst pain, that is when your true light will shine the brightest...

Takes place a few years after season 4.

Credit, as always, to my Schnoopy-doo, OnyxTheGryphon, for editing, proof-reading, and helping me with the cover art. :D SO SHINY.
Credit to Kittamaru, for helping me with the title. :)

Scootaloo has a secret, and she's not telling anypony; not even her best friends. But as suspicion arises over the days following their last cutie mark attempt, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle make it their business to figure out what's going on.

A story written by Neutralbrony (deviantart link http://neutralbrony.deviantart.com/) in memory of Nathan Maddox. I have his written consent expressing the ability to post this story here on his behalf. Edited by Malicious-Badger.

Fluttershy hasn't been seen in public for a few days, and her friends are beginning to worry...