"Are you sure about this Scootaloo, I mean we can always come back tomorrow or something," Sweetie said as she held Scootaloo's hoof as they were getting ready to enter Rainbow Dash's cloud house, it was later that evening and by now Scootaloo had calmed down enough.
"Yeah, I'm sure, this is something I have to do," Scootaloo said and took a deep breath as she took out the key to the cloud house and opened the door. "Can you come with me Sweetie? I, just need somepony to be there with me is all."
"Of course Scootaloo," Sweetie said with a smile as she and Scootaloo headed into the house together.
Scootaloo took a deep breath and looked around for Rainbow or anypony else really. After a moment Rainbow came out of the kitchen and looked at Scootaloo a little worriedly.
"So, what do you think?" She asked as she looked at Scootaloo with a worried look on her face. "I know I messed up, and I'm going to do everything I can to make up for that mistake. Will you still have me as your mother?"
Scootaloo looked at her for a long moment and then over at Sweetie who just gave her a smile and a nod. "Rainbow... mom, I know its not going to be easy at times, especially to deal with me, but I know that you just wanted to give me the best chance you could. I guess its because I'm going through the same thing that I know what you were probably thinking at the time, and I forgive you for that. I may have done the same thing if I didn't have all these ponies helping me out."
Rainbow smiled and hugged Scootaloo tightly as the two started to cry a little, Sweetie just watched and smiled as the mother and daughter hugged each other.
"Thank you Scootaloo, you don't know how much that means to me," Rainbow said as she started to cry more, holding Scootaloo closer. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, every day I didn't tell you was painful to me."
"Its okay, I still love you," Scootaloo said as she released the hug. "Now, there aren't any more secrets you're hiding from me are there?"
"Oh, you mean like your two headed twin sister that we keep hidden in the attic?" Rainbow said with a straight face, which got a strange look from Scootaloo before she just broke down laughing.
"Very funny mom," Scootaloo said with a shake of her head, she had no idea what she was going to do with her mom at this point. "Seriously though, you're not hiding anything else from me are you? What about my father, he's not some evil count or something is he?"
"No, no... at least I don't think he is..." Rainbow said as she tried to think back. "We kind of lost touch before you were even born, but that's not important right now. No, there are no more secrets that I haven't told you about, I promise."
"Well, that's good, because we have something we want to tell you," Sweetie said as she moved up next to Scootaloo and gave Rainbow a smile. "Do you want to tell her or should I?"
"I'll tell her I guess," Scootaloo said and smiled at Rainbow as she placed a hoof on Sweetie's. "Mom, me and Sweetie are kinda, sorta, you know, a couple now."
"Really?" Rainbow asked as she looked between the two and looked at Sweetie with her magenta eyes feeling like they were going to pierce through the Unicorn's soul. "Is this true Sweetie Belle?"
"Umm, yes, I really love your... daughter I guess," Sweetie said, that was going to take some getting used to, but she wasn't going to stop just because Rainbow was trying to scare her.
"Are you sure about that, because you know what will happen if you hurt Scootaloo," Rainbow said. "This time, we won't leave it to Discord either, and a mother scorned will be much, much scarier than anything a God of Chaos can whip up."
Sweetie gulped and shivered, she had heard about what Discord had done to Cirrus, she didn't want to imagine what Rainbow would do to her if she hurt Scootaloo. Thankfully, Sweetie was not the kind of mare to back down just because the going was getting tough, she knew she loved Scootaloo and she wasn't going to be scared out of it.
"Yes, I love Scootaloo very much and I promise that I won't ever do anything to hurt her, you have my word as her friend and fellow crusader, I will love Scootaloo no matter what," Sweetie said in a determined tone, she looked back at Rainbow with an intensity in her green eyes that showed that she wasn't going to back down. "I love Scootaloo more than anything, and I will do everything I can to be the best marefriend I can be for her."
"Are you willing to help take care of her daughter?" Rainbow asked as she looked at her harshly. "Are you willing to change dirty diapers, help feed her with formula, help raise her, help Scootaloo be the mom she needs to be if necessary?"
"Yes."
Rainbow looked at her for a long moment and then smiled as she pulled Sweetie in close, the Unicorn let out an eep of surprise but smiled a little when she realized that Rainbow at least wasn't going to hurt her.
"Sweetie, I know you're going to do everything you can to help Scootaloo, she's lucky to have somepony like you," Rainbow said with a smile as she hugged them both.
"Then what was that all about?" Scootaloo asked, that was something she hadn't ever expected Rainbow to do and she was still processing what had just happened.
"Making sure that she really does love you of course," Rainbow said with a chuckle as she ruffled Scootaloo's mane. "I'm not going to let you get with just anypony, not after what happened with Cirrus."
The three just shared a laugh as they went to get dinner together. Sweetie smiled a little, she had been worried about how Rainbow Dash would react but she clearly didn't have anything to worry about given that everything seemed to be okay, she just hoped that everything would stay that way from now on.
Scootaloo was smiling, she finally was starting to feel like everything was looking up for her. She still had the question of how she was going to do as a mother of course, but she knew that she wasn't going to have to do it alone. Sweetie Belle was going to be there for her, all her friends were going to be there for her, all she had to do was hope that everything was going to be okay and that she wouldn't mess this up too badly.
"So what's for dinner? I'm starving!" Scootaloo said with a smile as they all sat down at the table and Rainbow passed out the take out she had picked up earlier.
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The next day Scootaloo headed over to the clubhouse with Sweetie, Sweetie had stayed over the night before and they were on their way to at least tell their friends about it. Since Scootaloo was pregnant she hadn't gotten to do much in terms of Crusading, but she had been there to at least consult.
"Hey Scootaloo, how's the baby doing?" the familiar voice of Diamond Tiara asked as they entered the clubhouse, she and Silver Spoon had been helping out recently and it was going pretty well all things considered.
"She's fine, just she's being a little bit of trouble as usual," Scootaloo said with a chuckle as she placed her hoof on her stomach where the foal gave a little kick.
"Have you thought about any names? I mean if its a Pegasus so I'm guessing some sort of weather or sky related name?" Silver Spoon asked as she looked over at Scootaloo curiously.
"Yeah, maybe, then again I don't exactly have a normal Pegasus name myself," Scootaloo said with a chuckle as she rubbed the back of her head. "I haven't really asked mom why she picked that name for me... Its kinda weird I guess, I might have to ask sometime."
"Yer mom?" Apple Bloom asked and Scootaloo facehooved when she realized she hadn't told her other friends about what she had learned from Rainbow Dash the day before. "Oh right, yah mean Rainbow Dash, Ah didn't think yah were already thinkin' of her as yer mom or anythin' yet."
"Well, umm..." Sweetie started to say as she rubbed the back of her head, she wasn't sure what to say to this either. "Scootaloo, do you want to tell them or should I?"
"Well, you see, as it turns out, Rainbow Dash is my mom..." Scootaloo said as her friends' ears perked up curiously at that news. "She just told me yesterday, and, well I told Sweetie because I needed somepony to talk to about it. Its been hard to accept I'll admit, but I'm starting to figure it out I guess."
"Okay, that's not what I expected at all," Diamond Tiara said with a tilt of her head as she looked at Scootaloo curiously. "I just hope that everything's going to be okay with you and Rainbow. Is everything going okay with you two?"
"Yeah, I guess everything has been going okay now that I know, even if it was kind of hard to understand why she didn't just tell me when I was younger," Scootaloo said with a sigh. "At least she finally told me, and, well, it gave me and Sweetie..."
"Oh mah gosh, are ya'll actually datin'?" Apple Bloom interrupted, which made the couple blush heavily. "Well that's great, Ah'm glad ya'll finally admitted yer feelings fer each other."
"Hey, I only really kinda figured it out in the last month or so," Scootaloo said as she blushed even more as she looked over at Sweetie and put her hoof on the Unicorn's. "But I'm glad that I do... Sweetie Belle is an amazing mare and I'm glad we're together..."
"Me too," Sweetie said as she kissed Scootaloo on the cheek. "I know that everything's going to be hard given what's been going on, but I don't care. I love Scootaloo more than anything and I'm happy that she's my fillyfriend now."
"Aww, you two are so cute!" Silver Spoon said with a smile as Scootaloo put her wing around Sweetie gently. "Does Rarity and Rainbow Dash know yet?"
"Yeah, we told them both yesterday," Scootaloo said with a chuckle as she shook her head at the memory of when they told Rarity. "Rarity was a bit, overly enthusiastic about it I'll admit."
"By which she means that Rarity went a little overboard with figuring out what we'd do for our first date, not to mention trying to overthink things with the whole idea of marriage," Sweetie said with a laugh. "I think Rarity is getting way too ahead of us right now, but she means well at least."
"Yeah, I mean I wouldn't mind marrying Sweetie someday..." Scootaloo said and blushed when she realized she had said that out loud. "When we're older of course, if she wants to... I mean, it really is too early to think about that... I mean she's cute and..."
"Scootaloo calm down," Sweetie said with a giggle as she nuzzled the flustered Pegasus gently. "Don't worry about it, you're going to be just fine, and maybe someday we will. Lets just not worry about that right now, okay?"
"Yeah, ya'll have bigger things ta worry about, like names," Apple Bloom said with a chuckle as she gave the couple a smile before she looked over at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "So what about ya'll, how are things goin' with yah?"
"Well everything is going pretty well," Diamond Tiara said with a shrug. "I've just been dealing with my mom as usual, she's trying to get me set up with some colts, but my Dad isn't having any of it, so that's something at least. Me and Silver Spoon have been..."
Scootaloo looked at them curiously, were Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon dating?
"Well, your mom sounds like she hasn't changed that much," Scootaloo said with a shake of her head. "So, what's the plan for today?"
"Well, a new family moved into Ponyville today, and they have a pair of twins who are both trying to get their cutie marks, so they've asked us to help out as best we can," Diamond Tiara said and nodded to the others. "Does that sound good?"
"Yeah, lets try it, Scootaloo are you going to be okay on the sidelines again?" Silver Spoon said and Scootaloo nodded a little.
"Better safe than sorry, I'll be fine," Scootaloo said with a nod as they got up and headed outside to meet with the foals.
Scootaloo smiled a little when she saw the two fillies who were both Unicorns that were waiting for them. She took a deep breath, she still had a long way to go before she was ready to be a mom. She had her friends there to support her, but this wasn't going to be easy still.
She smiled a little as she looked down at her stomach, she couldn't believe what all was ahead of her. Her daughter's first words, first steps, and of course when she got her cutie mark. It was going to be weird to think about it like that, but she was going to do the best she could do.
She smiled a little and watched the fillies start to work on getting their cutie marks, she just had to hope that everything would be okay in the future.
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"So, Scootaloo took it pretty well huh?" Twilight asked as Rainbow was waiting for her to give her some more books on parenting. "I know you were really worried about telling her about the whole thing..."
"Yeah, everything turned out to be pretty fine I guess," Rainbow said with a shrug as she brushed her mane back a little. "So, how many more books do you have on parenting anyway?"
"Probably too many," Twilight said with a chuckle as she put them all into a stack and levitated them down to Rainbow who put them all in her saddle bags. "I can't believe i'm actually going to be a grandmother, I feel way too young to be a grandmother."
"Well, I think you're going to do just fine," Twilight said with a smile as Spike came in with a few more books. "Besides, this should all be fine for you both. Did you get all the books I asked for Spike?"
"Yeah, I have them right here," Spike said as he gave the books over to Rainbow Dash. "Is Scootaloo doing okay?"
"Yeah, she's doing fine, apparently she's now dating Sweetie, I didn't really expect that," Rainbow said with a chuckle as she rubbed the back of her head. "I'm still kind of figuring out the mom thing to be honest, I guess me and Scootaloo are going to be learning at the same time."
"Yeah, but of course there's the whole age difference thing," Twilight said with a chuckle as she got down off the bookshelves. "These books should hopefully help you both, I just hope that you and Scootaloo are going to be okay given everything that's going on."
"Yeah, me too," Rainbow said with a nod as she looked down at her hooves. "I'm just glad that she doesn't hate me for what happened, but still I should've told her a long time ago. I guess I'm just lucky she was willing to forgive me all things considered."
"Yeah, I know you'll do fine Rainbow," Twilight said with a smile. "You just have to try your best and believe in your friends and you'll do fine."
"I hope you're right Twi, I really do," Rainbow said with a sigh as she looked at the books. "I've never been more nervous about something before in my life though."
"Don't worry about it Rainbow, you're going to do fine as both a mother and a grandmother," Twilight said as she hugged Rainbow. "Just be there for both of them and you'll do fine, I have faith in you."
Rainbow smiled and hugged her back gently as she looked down at Spike who nodded in agreement. "Thank you Twilight, lets just hope that everything really will be okay."
"Don't you still have to tell your parents about this?" Twilight asked as she looked at Rainbow and she flinched a little at that. "Oh, right, your parents are still a bit..."
"Over-enthusiastic?" Rainbow said with a shake of her head. "Yeah, I'm a bit worried about how they might react to that, but I guess I'll have to tell them eventually... preferably after the foal is born."
"Oh that reminds me, I have a book here of Pegasi names," Twilight said as she levitated a book down and gave it over to Rainbow. "I know that its up to Scootaloo, but I'm sure she'll find something awesome in there."
Rainbow chuckled a little and flipped through the book a little, there were some nice names in there. She was a bit surprised to see Scootaloo's name in it, she had almost forgotten what it had meant in the old Pegasus language, which made her smile a little.
Scootaloo: Strong and Brave of Heart.
She smiled and put the book away and looked at Twilight. "Thank you Twilight, this is going to be a lot of help," she said and gave the Princess one more hug before she headed out of the castle.
She had a lot to think about, and everything was going pretty well at least. She took a deep breath and looked up at the sky, a lot of things were going on right now, and it was just a matter of seeing what happened next.
"Well Scootaloo, lets see if Twilight's books are going to be useful," she said and headed to her cloud house to drop the books off.