//------------------------------// // Chapter 16 black holes and revelations // Story: Family of two // by Flat spin //------------------------------// MLP: FiM Family of two By: flat spin Another afternoon spent while waiting for Soarin to come home. Scootaloo was sitting near the front door and waiting for Soarin to come home. She had nothing else to do, She had no friends at school and Rumble lived outside of Canterlot. For two weeks Scootaloo’s afternoons consisted of siting on the cold floor next to the door waiting for Soarin. She had picked up Soarin’s good luck charm to her hooves. She still had no idea what it was or what did it do. Every time she asked Soarin what it was he just said “I’ll tell you later.” She turned the broken black horn around and looked at the point where it had broken off. All the sudden it started to glow. Scootaloo saw dim green light coming from it. She had never seen it do this before. As she looked in to the green light she heard whispers. “No! Dad! Don’t! Ahhhhh! You broke it! It hurts Dad! Help me Dad!” she heard a voice of a young colt. “No! You deserved that! Maybe now you are less of a pest!” an older stallion said. Scootaloo didn’t recognize whose voice it was. “Scootaloo.” Another voice said as she looked at the green light coming from the horn. She wanted to look away but… It was like looking into a black hole.... she had to know more. “Scootaloo.” a new voice said quietly. “SCOOTALOO! WAKE UP!” “AAAHHHH!” Scootaloo yelled and woke up from her sleep. “Scootaloo are you all right?” Soarin asked and looked at Scootaloo. “Yeah I’m fine.” Scootaloo said and wondered if all of that was just a dream… she looked around and saw the small back horn on the floor. It wasn’t glowing or sparking anymore so maybe it was just a dream. Scootaloo picked up the horn fast before Soarin could notice it. “Why were you sleeping next to the door?” Soarin asked her. He was slightly worried because something wasn’t all right with her clearly. “I guess I just was tired after school.” Scootaloo mustered up an excuse. She didn’t want Soarin to know that she had waited for him to come home every day since she started school. “And then you decided to sleep on the cold floor instead of you bed?” Soarin said. He knew she was hiding something. “Scootaloo please don’t lie to me.” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo and hugged her. “Tell me, What is bothering you. Tell me and we’ll deal with it together.” “Well…” Scootaloo didn’t know if she should tell him that she hated school and that she was all alone all the time. “I… I don’t like School. The others just bully me and I feel like I’m alone all the time.” She said and tears started to flow down her face, Which broke down Soarin’s heart. When he was young and went to the some school Scootaloo was now going to he always had a friend… well… he and Spitfire were the only pegasai in the school so they kinda had to be friends… but still. “Scootaloo… what about here. What do you do when I’m not here?” Soarin asked her. “I… I wait for you to come home.” Soarin couldn’t believe that. Was he ignoring Scootaloo with his work… He loved Scootaloo too much to see her crying like this… but he loved being a wonderbolt… Something had to give. All the sudden Soarin remembered Luna and the dream he had… “Scootaloo.” Soarin said and looked at her teary eyes. “I’m sorry. this is all my fault. I thought that you would be okay in that school and at home while I was training… This isn’t working.” “Oh no he is gonna send me back” Scootaloo thought to herself as Soarin said that. “So I think it’s time for us to move away from Canterlot.” Soarin said and smiled slightly. “What do you mean?” Scootaloo asked. did he mean that both of them moved away from Canterlot or was he going to send her to some orphanage. “I mean that we as a family will move to a nice little village which is a much better environment for a foal to grow. And since you can’t fly I think that it should be a village that is mostly populated by earth ponies… a village like Ponyville.” Soarin said and smiled widely and hugged Scootaloo. “Ponyville? I have never heard of it.” Scootaloo said as Soarin lowered her to the ground. “It’s a small village where Rainbow Dash used to live… or actually she lives there during the off-season.” Soarin said. “But what about your job in the wonderbolts. are you gonna fly back here every day and train with them?” Scootaloo asked. “No.” Soarin said. “I’m leaving the ‘bolts. You are much more important that them and i think it's my time to retire. After all Spitfire and i are the longest serving 'bolts so i think it's okay for me to start living a life that's more family friendly.” Soarin said and smiled. Scootaloo was taken back by this. He was ready to give up his dream for her… “But how are you gonna make money?” Scootaloo asked. “Scootaloo… I have enough money saved up for the rest of our lives and the ‘bolts have a pretty good retirement benefits. And I guess I could start my own flight school like some of the other retired ‘bolts.” Soarin said while smiling. “What about my school?” Scootaloo asked. “Don’t worry about it. I will figure all of this out.” Soarin said. “You don’t have to worry about anything, ever again. Scootaloo you are the most important thing in my life and from this point on if something is bothering you I want you to talk about it to me.” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo. “Okay dad. I promise.” Scootaloo said and hugged Soarin. Two of them knew that with these new revelations their lives would become perfect. “So Scootaloo do you want some dinner?” Soarin asked as they broke off from their hug. “Yeah let’s go and make something together!” Scootaloo said and ran to the kitchen. But she threw the small back horn to the fool as she and Soarin walked to the kitchen. And when both of them were inside the kitchen a dim green glow came from the horn… “Soarin… Scootaloo…”