This story is a sequel to Rainbow Factory

Cloudsdale Weather Corporation has been running without incident for over twenty years. That is, until two foals manage to avoid being processed and find themselves in the haunted bowels of the massive facility. Can they make it out of the abandoned factory with their sanity intact? Will they uncover the secrets even a company as dark as the CWC is ashamed to keep? And what of the workers who help ensure that, in the end, not a single soul gets through...

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—[TVTropes Article]—[Plagen Shiki's Reading]—[The Song Inspired by the Story]—

A loud boom ringing across Canterlot one month before the Summer Sun Celebration brings about six surprise guests to Equestria with rough pasts of varying degrees and tales of dangerous creatures, emotional struggles and battle for life and death.

After initial shock Princess Celestia allows them to stay at the castle for as long as they like and the strangers give one condition before agreeing: to keep them secret from the public and let them reveal themselves when they wish, Celestia agreeing to the conditions keeps them hidden only her guards and other servants knowing of their existence. The day Twilight is sent to Ponyville they are assigned as a backup plan in case the Elements fail with only one simple task…

KEEP A LOW PROFILE!

That shouldn’t be so difficult rig-

BANG

“HEY NIGHTMARE MOON, DO US ALL A FAVOR AND SHUT THE HELL UP!”

Aww come on seriously .

WARNINGS: May contain foul language, violence, implied rape, long periods without updates due to lack of Wi-Fi, etc.

And since I don’t want to do this all the time…ahem…

DISCLAIMER: I NEITHER OWN THE ORIGINAL MY LITTLE PONY EPISODES THESE CHAPTERS ARE BASED ON NOR DO I CLAIM TO.

By the way I really am horrible at summarising anything .

When the forces of nature come crashing down on a cold night, Scootaloo takes refuge in the only place she can call home: The Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse.

Frightened and alone, only the arrival of a young mare with a mane and tail of rainbows can settle the filly. Scootaloo will soon discover that sometimes the pony who means the most to you as an aspiration, can also be the pony whom you take refuge with at the end of the day.

This story is a prequel to, My Sister, Scootaloo

* Featured on 06/23/2012!
* Edited by Double R Forrest
* Was written prior to Sleepless in Ponyville

A glimpse of Sunset's final thoughts as she stands at the edge of Caterlot High's rooftop.