Chapter 6
After Pony Joe's trial, he was sentenced to three years in jail. Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity were pleased that their culprit was caught red-handed. Walking past them, Joe gave them the evil eye. He still remembers how smart Rainbow was for knocking the sack over. Her wits and bravery turned her to a nationwide celebrity, not like she wasn't already. She became even more popular than before, but she didn't let it get to her head. Rainbow still has a family to attend to, both Scootaloo and her friends. After all of them received their badges of heroism, the four walked off stage and to the train. Fluttershy stayed back a bit, afraid to move a muscle. Applejack ran back, and gave her some words of encouragement.
"What gotcha down sugarcube?"
"I don't know. I'm just too happy to move."
"I understand, but we gotta get t' our little sisters. Don't cha have t' take care of Angel and the other critters?"
"Oh my gosh, I forgot about Angel! I got to go, NOW." she dashed at full speed to her section of the train.. Applejack hasn't seen Fluttershy go this fast, since ever. The four hour train ride wasn't to much for the group to handle. They loved to be on it, especially since the big sisters get to see their little sisters again. At the train station, Applejack started to trot to her barn at Sweet Apple Acres. Rarity and Rainbow walked home together. This has been the first time that they were alone together, kind of awkward for them both.
"So darling, what do you think Scootaloo is doing?" Rarity said with her exquisite accent.
"I don't know. I'm not a psychic." Obviously, Rarity already knew that she wasn't a psychic.
"I hope that my little pony is doing all right."
"You can say that again." Rainbow flew out her wings, in preparation for flight. Once she got her ground, she flew up. It didn't take her to long to get to her house. There, she dusted off her wings, and opened the door. Scootaloo looked up to see her big sister again.
"Rainbow!"
"Hey champ." In an instant, Scootaloo ran towards Rainbow, and gave her a big bear hug. Dash thought it was nice that Scootaloo missed her this much.
"So Rainbow, how was the case?"
"It was okay, nothing too much for me to handle." That kind of attitude is what Scootaloo always loved about Rainbow Dash. Her cockiness was a trait that stood Rainbow out from a crowd.
"I'm so glad to see you here!"
"You too, squirt."
"Hey Rainbow, don't you remember?"
"Remember what?"
"That today was the Sisterhooves Social!" The Sisterhooves Social would always come and leave Rainbow Dash's head. That time, she forgot all about it.
"Yeah your right, it is today."
"I'm so excited, and by the way, the Social will be at five." Scootaloo said as she walked over to her room. Rainbow started to think about how important the Social is to Scootaloo. She cocked her head to the left to see that it was only three. Two hours. Two hours to practice. It kept running through her head, like a train on tracks. Her awesomeness and agility is way to good for the Social, but is Scootaloo's? She didn't seem to exercise as much as Rainbow Dash does. Exercising was one thing Rainbow wanted Scootaloo to do, so she decided to let her.
"Hey Scootaloo!" Rainbow said in a seemingly angry voice. Scootaloo immediately ran out, with a worried expression on her face.
"Yeah?"
"Ya ready?"
"For what?"
"To practice for the Sisterhooves Social?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" That is just what they did, for one whole hour. They ran together, ate pies together, jumped together, and made grape juice together. It was a true moment of bonding for the two. Rainbow always enjoyed exercising, for it's in her blood. Scootaloo didn't think that exercising could be this fun, at any given time. Only an hour away, and the two were finished with all the needed training. The two overachievers then flew up to their house. Scootaloo kept thinking about how wonderful it will be to finally go to the Sisterhooves Social with someone, while Rainbow was thinking about all the different positions that they could possibly get. She thought about how disappointing it would be to get last or second. Her reputation is at stake for Scootaloo, true appreciation. Rainbow kept thinking about her little sister, the way she gets excited for everything. This competition seemed very important to Scootaloo, might as well not let her down. When they arrived home, Scootaloo jumped on the couch, and bounced up and down. She was doing this to channel her emotions for the Social. For a filly, that girl has a lot of energy. After about five minutes of bouncing, the eager pony started to grow tiresome. The last moments she was awake, she said goodnight to Rainbow.
"Night Rainbow!"
"But its only four."
"So? I am really tired, meaning I will take a nap. You should understand." she closed her eyes, and drifted away to her world. The rainbow pony smiled at Scootaloo, and covered her in a cloud blanket. She turned around, and started to play some P-BOX. She felt kinda guilty that Scootaloo was napping and she wasn't. After an fifty minutes of continuous video gaming, Rainbow looked at the time to see that the Social was starting very soon. She shrieked, waking up Scootaloo in the process. "What the heck, Rainbow?"
"It's time, get up!" Scootaloo looked at the clock, and shrieked as well. Rainbow and she perked up, spread their wings, and took flight. They'd occasionally bump into other pegasi, mainly Derpy.
"Sorry Derpy, didn't mean it!"
"It's okay Rainbow Dash!" They got to Sweet Apple Acres, just to see Applejack, Applebloom, Rarity, and Sweetiebelle already there.
"Wow, you made it! We thought you two weren't coming!" Sweetiebelle hollered.
"Yeah, we thought that ya two weren't comin'." Applebloom agreed. Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack walked away, and started to talk about "mare things". Scootaloo walked up to Sweetiebelle and Applebloom.
"I'm glad ya here! It wouldn't be th' same without ya!" Applebloom stated.
"But it's my first time." Scootaloo also stated.
"It doesn't matter, because we're here together!" Sweetiebelle finished the conversation in such a away, Applebloom and Scootaloo couldn't resist giving her a hug. A sudden whistle went off, and an announcement was made.
"Listen up! The Social is fer sisters, and only sisters! Ya'll will be doin' different events as ya progress through the Social. Understand?" Granny Smith said. Everypony cheered on her, confusing her a bit. She then looked over to Big Macintosh, and nodded her head. He banged on the starting gong, and everypony was off. First off was the mud pit, which Rainbow and Scootaloo's wings helped them jump over. The next part were the stepping barrels. Easy-peasy one-two-threesy. Rainbow thought. She looked over at the ambitious pegasus, while continuing the Social. At the part of making grape juice, Rainbow Dash noticed that they were behind Applebloom and Applejack. She grabbed Scootaloo's collar, and ran forward. She threw the apples, the next part of the competition, in the air, and Scootaloo caught them. All they have to do now is get an egg from the chicken coop, and that is exactly what they did. Applejack, Applebloom, Sweetiebelle, Rarity and the winners, from last years Social, were now tied up with Rainbow and Scootaloo. There were only two hurdles left in front of them. After the first hurdle, the Apples were in the lead. The second, the winners were in the lead. They all dove for the finish line, and it was...Sweetiebelle's team!
"YYYEESSSS! WE DID IT, RARITY!" Sweetiebelle shrieked.
"We sure did, darling!" The other leaders dusted themselves off, as Rarity's team was being lifted by the crowd.
"Good run!" Applejack announced.
"It sure was!" Scootaloo agreed.
"Th' best thing about it is how we get t' have fun!" Applebloom stated.
"Yup!" Scootaloo replied. The all laughed together, and started to talk about next year's Social. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo sat there in patience, looking at each other every now and then. We were there, we almost did it! We almost won the Social on our first try! Scootaloo happily thought, though Rainbow Dash thought differently. Scootaloo is happy, that is all that matters. In the future, we need to do more of these.