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// Can we review? 
// Story: Switcharootaloo 
// by Leoshi 
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"How do you...?"

Rarity shivered throughout the few moments it took for them to review the plan for them all to convince Scootaloo to go back to the old and get rid of the new. She spasmed and cast her worrying eye to Rainbow Dash, still way up high. The plan would involve a steady supply of methods to scare, even terrify, a poor young filly who had only wished to get around quick. But she hadn't missed the urgency to make sure the pegasus switched back to the scooter. They had to insist.

"It's like this," Rainbow said while above the floor. "I challenge the kid to a game. You keep score and make sure she knows that she'll win much more if she goes back to the scooter that she had before."

"And what will happen if she doesn't comply?"

Twilight looked up from her map nearby. "Things will get too imbalanced! We'll try to fix all of this, but she can't learn why."

"Imbalanced? Because she got some new skates?"

"Yes! All of Ponyville is now at stake!"

"I don't get it," she said with a shake. "What difference would an old, dirty scooter make?"

With a groan of aggravation and shock, Twilight's hoof hit the table and knocked. She used her magic to pull out some chalk and her board, setting up next to a clock. "According to legends of ponies and things, back before wizards or dragons or kings, a balance was kept for creatures with wings," she explained, drawing a diagram with rings. "If that balance is shaken or gone for a day? The region would be thrown into disarray! Orchards and buildings and ponies at play would vanish, and that is not okay!"

Rarity looked at the board and her friend with suspicion. While she didn't intend to let anything bad happen while she could defend her hometown, this was something she couldn't comprehend. "But what does the scooter have to do with it? Are you saying that the skates are unfit for a filly to have?"

Dash decided to sit down next to Rarity. Her features were split. "It's a legend that goes back as far as magic, too. I admit that it's something I always knew might happen, even if I hoped it was untrue. But trust me, it's a legend we need to pursue!"

Spike walked in and ruined the rhyme. "Hey, everypony," he said.

"Spike, shut your mouth, and stay over there!" Pinkie cried out with a sudden glare. "We're discussing the future of Ponyville! Don't you care?"

Twilight walked up next to Pinkie's chair. "Be nice," she said while smoothing a knot. "He doesn't know enough to help, but it's not his fault. After all, there aren't a lot of ponies who know this legend. It's a mysterious plot."

Spike turned around and left with a huff. Twilight then turned to her friends. "But, enough. We need to save Ponyville, so we need to act tough, and we can't allow Scootaloo to say it's a bluff. Rainbow Dash, go back out and find her, all right? You can find her while you are in flight."

"Got it," she said. "I'll be back by tonight." Then she flew out the door with all of her might.