I came to a stop in the middle of a large meadow. My lungs were on fire from the long gallop, snapping my head back I made sure that a certain Apple Horse wasn’t on my tail.
“I should just go back to Ponyville!” I plopped down into the soft grass with a thud.
“I should just go…” I felt a two hooves wrap around my waist and tug, my eyes widened in fear as I was pulled high into the sky.
“HOME!” I screamed loudly seeing the world fade away below me, my eyes glancing up to see Dash holding me close with a smirk.
We pushed through the soft pillow like clouds in the sky, Dash giggling as she gently placed me down on the front step of her home. I sat there in silence doing my best to stop my heart from bursting through my ribcage.
“Sorry for the sneak attack kid! Just thought we could hang out today.” Dash trotted over to my side and rustled up my mane softly.
“It’s ok Dash. I’ve just had one hay of a day!” I flashed a weak smile to my big sister who opened the door to her home, a sly smirk upon her lips.
“I know of those days kid. But you know sometimes the worse days can end great!” She nudged my side as I smiled and nodded walking inside the house of clouds.
“Maybe you are right Dash, I can always…” I felt normal for a split second as it faded away swiftly.
What I saw inside was part of this never ending nightmare. A large red bow was tied to a new door I never saw before in this house, Dash quickly galloping over to it with a smile and swinging it open.
“Ta-da! Welcome to your new home!” She screamed out in excitement as I wanted to scream in horror.
I could see a whole new large add on to her home!
It was a huge room, not like my small one back home. With a large bed made of the softest clouds, a small Dashie plushie on the bed smiling happily. The walls had many posters of The Wonderbolts tacked on, even a large new dresser next to the bed had a signed photo of Dash herself on it.
I could see a huge closet slightly open near the side, within were lines and lines of brand new clothes and toys hidden away. My heart sank in my chest as I could see a huge balcony off to the corner, leading out to a breathtaking view of Equestria.
“What do you think Scoots? It took years of saving bits, but I’d like to ask if I may adopt…”
“I have a family.”
“You. Family-what-now?”
“I have a home Dash. A mom and a dad with a place to sleep and play, the whole combo.” I smacked my lips slowly, unsure really what to do.
“Oh! Phst I knew that!” Dash quickly flaunted her hoof towards me playfully.
“What?”
“Yeah! This is just a joke ha-ha!” Dash forced a laugh out of her muzzle.
“But this whole room…”
“Is fake! Pretty realistic though eh?” Dash flashed a small wink my way and trotted over to the closet and shut it quickly.
“But that bed alone Dash looks as if it costed a fortune!”
“It would seem so, but no it’s just a fake that can be disassembled and reassembled easily!” Dash laughed aloud and placed both hooves under the bed, yanking with all her might before snapping it completely in half.
“The posters and dresser?”
“Props! Scootaloo simply props! If it were real I wouldn’t do this!” She quickly lifted the small dresser and flung it against the wall hard.
The wall shattering in pieces as the dresser fell out of view, down to the world below. Dash smiling brightly while she quickly started tearing down the posters from the wall, the door to the room opening up as Derpy holding a cake fluttered in.
“I have a “Welcome Home.” cake delivery for Ms.Dash?” Derpy asked in a soft tone flashing me an ashamed gaze.
“Sorry Derpy! But she already figured out it was all a joke! Ha-ha I’ll see you at the casting party later!” Dash yanked the cake from her hooves and pushed the mail mare out the door.
“Cake?” I asked in a frightened tone of voice.
“Duh! This cake is my only regret! You see it’s a party...exploding joke cake!”
“Exploding joke cake?”
“Phst yeah! You see if you weren’t so clever and found out it was all a joke, I would’ve offered you some cake and it would have exploded in our faces ha-ha!” Dash quickly darted her eyes towards the cake and back to me.
“What’s that!” She screamed as I turned around, I could hear a loud hoof smashing sound behind me.
Turning back I could see Dash covered in the cake, smiling happily before she burst out into giggles.
“Whoa! See there it went!”
“Hehe yeah…”
“Good joke huh? Got you to believe I spent 100,000 bits on this hmm?” Dash smirked and winked to me once more.
“100,000 bits!?” My heart sank deep in my chest as I gazed down.
“No! You only think it did! As you can see the whole room is just made of breakaway walls and the such.” Dash rolled her eyes and walked over to the wall proudly.
“They just come right down!” She roughly punched the wall as it didn’t budge.
“Right.” She groaned and punched the wall over and over.
“On.” She spun around and began to buck at the cloud wall wildly.
“Down!” After a few more bucks the cloud wall gave way and exploded outward messily.
“See?” She gasped for air and walked over to my side.
“Are you ok Dash?” I asked in a very concerned tone of voice.
“Yeah! Never been better! Now let me take you home,which I totally knew you had of course!” Dash laughed in a very eerie tone as I climbed up on her backside.
Within seconds we flew out the large hole in the wall, as we left behind the home I looked back to see the add on room crumble and fall away. Leaving a large gap in the side of Dashes home, much like a injured open wound.
I wanted to believe it was all a joke.
But I just couldn’t force a laugh.