//------------------------------// // Choices // Story: Unexpected // by RuinQueenofOblivion //------------------------------// The next two days passed pretty normally, Scootaloo had hung out with her friends and Rainbow Dash, helped ponies whenever they needed it, and just did her usual thing. She wasn't going to let being pregnant get in the way of being who she was for as long as she could at least. The day after her suspension was up she sighed and looked up at the school, she honestly had no idea what she was going to do. How were other ponies going to react? Did they know by now or was it just her friends and Cirrus who knew about what had happened to her? "Are yah okay Scoots?" Apple Bloom asked as she and Sweetie Belle stood next to her. "I don't think anypony would blame yah if yah didn't want ta go ta school today." "I know, but I'll need to do it eventually," Scootaloo said with a sigh. "So, how many ponies know about it at this point?" "Honestly? Our classmates from Ms. Cheerilee's class know, and a few other ponies at this point," Sweetie said with a shake of her head. "Its not exactly a well kept secret when you practically shouted it at him the other day..." "What's the general response?" "Its, kinda mixed," Apple Bloom said with a shrug. "But tha good news is that most ponies are more angry at Cirrus than they are at yah, especially those that he's been with before." Scootaloo took a deep breath and headed into the school with her friends close behind. She walked towards her first class, and frowned a little, there were a few ponies whispering to one another while she went past, and she didn't want to think about what they were talking about. She went past Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon who just gave her a reassuring smile, that was okay she figured, at least she had her friends on her side here. She smiled back and gave them a nod as she stopped by her locker and started to get it open to get her books out. "Well, looks like the little snitch decided to show up for school today," a familiar voice said from behind her and her ears flattened as she turned to see Cirrus looking at her. "You have a lot of nerve showing up for school today after the stunt you pulled." "What stunt are you talking about?" Scootaloo said with a growl. "All I did was tell the truth, you're the one who tried so hard to get under my tail. I don't want to talk to you ever again." She tried to go back to her locker but a hoof slammed it shut with Cirrus looking at her with a glare. "Your guardian and the principal talked to my parents, they said they're going to possibly send me away to some boarding school for this," Cirrus said with a glare. "You ruined my life, now I'm going to make yours a living Tartarus. Especially after what that blasted god of Chaos did to me yesterday." Scootaloo glared at him and tried to back away, she wasn't in a very good position to fight him again. As much as she hated to admit it, Cirrus would have the edge on her in a physical confrontation if she hadn't taken him off guard like before. "Hey, leave her alone!" A familiar voice shouted out, they turned to see Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom standing there with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon running off into the nearest classroom in order to get a teacher. "You ruined your own life when you decided to cheat on her like that." "Yeah, yah have nopony ta blame but yerself," Apple Bloom said as she and Sweetie moved forward and put their hooves around Scootaloo protectively. "If yah mess with Scootaloo, yah mess with all of us, right Sweetie?" "That's right," Sweetie said with a nod, Scootaloo smiled a little, she was glad that she had her friends to back her up. "You messed up Cirrus, and now you're going to pay if you're not careful." There was a long tense moment as they all waited to see what was going to happen next. Cirrus actually looked shaken as if he hadn't expected this much of a response, Scootaloo just smiled a little and put her wings around her two friends. "So you're going to have to deal with all three of us if you really want to start something," Scootaloo said with a smile. "We're Crusaders forever, I don't know what I ever saw in you, you're just a jerk who couldn't keep it in his pants. We're through Cirrus, and I don't ever want to see you again." "Is everything okay out here?" A teacher asked as she came out with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon close behind, she gave Cirrus a look. "Is there a problem here?" "No, he was just leaving," Scootaloo said as she looked at Cirrus who gulped and backed away before heading down the hall towards his first class. "Thank you for your help." "If he gives anypony trouble again let me know," the teacher said and headed out again. "Hey, are you okay?" Diamond asked as she and Silver Spoon headed up to the CMC and Scootaloo. "We heard about what happened, how are you doing?" "I've, been better," Scootaloo admits as she brushed her mane back and sighed a little. "Its a lot to take in of course, but I'm getting used to it. I'm just lucky I guess that I have such good friends who are willing to help me out when I need them." "Don't worry about it, I know everything's going to be hard for you, but a lot of us are here to back you up," Silver Spoon said with a nod. "We're going to help you out as best we can, right Di?" "That's right," Diamond said with a smile as she took a deep breath. "I'm sure that everything will be okay, but if you ever need anything just let me know." "Thank you," Scootaloo said and gave them both a nod as the bell rang. "We probably should get to class, but thank you again." "You're welcome," Diamond said and the two of them headed to their class. "Are you going to be okay Scoots?" Sweetie asked as they started to head towards the classroom. "I mean, you just told off your boyfriend, are you going to be okay?" "Well, my ex boyfriend now," Scootaloo said with a shake of her head, she wasn't going to miss having to deal with him at least. "But I'll be fine, honestly this is the best I've felt since this whole thing started. I just hope that everything would be okay, ,its not going to be easy sure, but I just have to hope that whatever is going to happen we'll be able to figure it out." "So, do yah want a filly or a colt?" Apple Bloom asked with a smirk as she looked at Scootaloo. "I think its a bit too early to be thinking about that right now," Scootaloo said with a groan as she opened the door to her classroom. "See you two in a bit?" "Of course, just be careful, I don't want anything to happen to you, again," Sweetie said with a smile as they went to their own classes. Scootaloo looked after them for a moment, she blushed a little when she realized her eyes rested on Sweetie's flanks. She was starting to think that Apple Bloom's teasing was starting to get to her if she was actually thinking about that kind of thing, what was she going to do now? "Don't let it get to you Scoots... what am I going to do now..." she said to herself while she headed into the classroom, she just had to hope that everything would be okay. 00000 "So, you're really going to go through with this Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked as Rainbow was working on filling out the paperwork for Scootaloo's adoption. "I know you've been thinking about this a lot." "Yeah, but I feel like its the right thing to do at this point," Rainbow admitted with a sigh. "Scootaloo has been through a lot and I should've done this a long time ago to be honest. I know this is hard to understand, but I just want to help Scootaloo as best I can, and maybe I can make up for being a failure as here mother before." "So, you want to try and make up for it by being her mother now and the grandmother you need to be," Fluttershy said with a nod of understanding and Rainbow nodded in agreement. "Do you really think that's the right thing to do?" "Honestly I have no idea, I just want to try and do what I can in order to help her at this point," Rainbow said with a sigh. "I just have to hope that its the right thing to do... I don't even think I can do this on my own." "Well, you're lucky that you don't have to do it alone," Fluttershy as she put her foreleg around Rainbow gently and gave her a hug. "I would do anything for my marefriend, you know that, I know you'd do the same for me." Rainbow smiled and nuzzled Fluttershy gently, she was lucky that she had a marefriend that was willing to help her out as much as Fluttershy was. It wasn't going to be easy to be able to figure this whole thing out given that she really did have a challenge ahead of her, but she wasn't going to let her daughter and grandfoal down, at least she hoped not. "Really, I'm just having a hard time believing that I'm going to actually be a grandmother," Rainbow admitted with a sigh as she looked down at the papers again. "I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do given that I don't know how to be a mother, let alone a grandmother. How am I going to do this?" "Not alone for one thing," Fluttershy said with a smile as she kissed Rainbow on the cheek. "Don't worry Rainbow, we're all going to be here for you. I know its not going to be easy, but you have to understand that we're not going to just leave you hanging, you're our friend and more. I love you Rainbow Dash, I just want to make sure that everything is going to be okay, we'll make sure that Scootaloo will be okay." "I still want to go and beat up Cirrus," Rainbow said with a shake of her head. "Yes, but you won't because you know that if you do, it'll ruin your chances of helping Scootaloo," Fluttershy said with a chuckle. "Besides, from what I've heard, Discord more than made up for it." "Was it worse than what he put me through when we started dating?" Rainbow asked with a chuckle. "I still have the mental scars from his little test." "Oh it was much, much worse, believe me," Fluttershy said with a chuckle. "Don't worry, Cirrus won't bother Scootaloo too much if he doesn't want to have to deal with Discord again." "Heh, maybe we should sic him on my Ex sometime," Rainbow said with a chuckle as she nuzzled Fluttershy. "But still, I'd rather not get on his bad side again." "Agreed, but hey when we started dating he said something weird about shipping us, I don't even understand what that means at this point," Fluttershy said with a shrug. "Don't worry Rainbow, I don't think he'd ever do something like that again, I promise." "Good, so what are we going to do now?" Rainbow asked as she finished up the paperwork, she paused and looked down at it once more. "Its weird, it just feels so, real now... I know that this is what I should do if I want to help Scootaloo, but I never really, thought about it before now. Do you really think I'm doing the right thing? Am I just doing this because I feel guilty about giving her up when she was a baby?" "Rainbow, you're one of the bravest, most loyal ponies in all of Equestria, you're doing this because you care about Scootaloo and want to help her and her unborn foal," Fluttershy said as she wrapped her forelegs around Rainbow again. "I know you, you would do this even if she wasn't your daughter because that's just what kind of pony you are deep down. You're not doing this because of guilt, you're doing this because you know its the right thing to do, and I love you for it Rainbow Dash." Rainbow smiled and nuzzled Fluttershy, that actually helped her a lot and made her worry less about what she was going to do. She still had a long way to go, but this was the first step she needed to take before she could be the mother Scootaloo needed her to be. "I've never been so nervous about anything in my entire life, but I'm glad I have you to help me Fluttershy," Rainbow said with a smile as she hugged Fluttershy and kissed her softly on the lips. "You're the best marefriend I could ask for." Fluttershy just smiled and held Rainbow close. 00000 "Hey Scootaloo, how was class today?" Sweetie Belle asked as they met up after school with Apple Bloom. "Nopony gave you any trouble did they?" "No, no, actually those that knew about it were pretty supportive," Scootaloo said. "I'm just, still kind of trying to process the whole thing. Its crazy to think about isn't it, me being a mother." "I know, but don't worry Scootaloo, we're going to be here for you every step of the way," Sweetie said as she hugged her friend gently. "I know that you want to do what you can do, and we're going to be here every step of the way." She then added so quietly that Scootaloo only barely made it out, "Especially me." "Yeah that's right, yer family, and family sticks together," Apple Bloom said with a smile as she hugged her tightly. "Friends are tha family that yah choose, and ya'll are family ta me." Scootaloo smiled at that, she knew that Apple Bloom considered family to be one of the most important things in Equestria to her, so it meant a lot that she considered her part of the family. Sometimes though she wished that she had an actual family, she wondered if maybe she still had parents out there somewhere, or maybe brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles. What kind of family did she come from? Why had her mother given her up for adoption? These thoughts had been going through her head ever since she was little and she wasn't sure what the answer might be anymore. Heck, maybe her mom had been in the same situation she found herself in now and didn't have the same support Scootaloo had. Maybe if that was the case she'd at least understand, but she still kinda wished that she had been able to be there for her when she really needed it. Still, it would be nice if she knew where she came from, but maybe someday she would. "Thanks Apple Bloom, that really means a lot to me," she said as she hugged her two best friends tightly. "You're the best friends I could ask for." "You're a great friend too Scootaloo," Sweetie said as she and Apple Bloom hugged back. "Come on, lets go have some fun before it gets to be too late." Scootaloo smiled and the three friends headed off.