//------------------------------// // Ch. 15 A Proposal // Story: Scootaloo's Dreams // by Broneyofnoel //------------------------------// I flew up into the clouds, away from the noise of the bustling little town. I laid out on a nice and fluffy Cumulus. I looked over at Apple Acres, the trees were producing their finest apples at about now, Applebuck season would start any day, which AppleBloom wouldn’t have any free time for a month or so. I’m not sure why, but when I lay on a cloud, I feel more mellow, something that would be considered “Out-Of-Character” for me. Since the sleepover with Sweetie Belle last weekend, I’d been thinking about everything, including Star. I’d decided not to go for it, mainly because he was just too good of a friend to lose. I laid my head down on a small mound of the cloud, the sun was warm, but the cool breeze made me shiver slightly. I laid on my back, letting my wings encase themselves in the cloud. The sun was at it’s highest, the time around noon, maybe one. “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEErrrrrrrrrrrr!” somepony shouted as they flew into my cloud, dissipating it. “Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!” I screamed as I fell from my floating pedestal. I opened my wings and maneuvered them to pull me out of a dive. Once I recovered, I scanned the skies around me, nopony was there......except for a certain pegasi colt. “Star!!!” I yelled playfully, he was laughing so hard he was barely able to fly. “Yes?” he snickered. “I’m gonna get you!” With that, the two of us took off towards the skies above. I saw him directly in front of me; he was flying as fast as he could. Not fast enough. I pulled up beside him and looked him in the eye, and made a slashing motion with my hoof. He gulped and pulled backwards into a dive. I smiled, that’s just what I wanted him to do. I followed him movement down to the feather, except I was almost twice as fast. I saw the two of us approaching a cloud embankment, so I decided to make my move. With blazing speed, I tackled him, locking both our wings and sending us into the clouds. I held onto him until I felt the clouds under me, and then I let him go, which send him sliding along the cloud and leaving an impact area behind him. I shook a little bit and stood up; I opened my wings to check them for any damaged or torn feathers. After I found none, I proceeded to trot over to the moaning Star, who was upright, but very disoriented. “Had enough?” I breathed heavily. “Nope.” He joked. “You just can’t admit that I, Scootaloo, have bested you in sports.” I said proudly. “Oh yeah?” he raised his head to the sides. “Yeah.” I said victoriously. “Prove it!” He jumped and tackled me, taking the both of us down onto the cloud. “No problem.” I said whilst struggling to gain an advantage. We struggled, each of us trying to gain an advantage over the other, both of us wanted bragging rights to the friends we shared, and more importantly, I wanted to beat a colt at sports. “Come on, is that all you got/” I asked, my voice shaking from the pressure on my limbs. He half laughed, half breathed, the two of us were almost even, almost... I opened my wings and used them to put me on top and then hold his forelegs back behind his head. “One...” he struggled, “Two...” he pushed with all of his might, he wasn’t even breathing, “Three!” He let go of his struggle with a gigantic breath. His exhaled air hit me in the face and broke my concentration, which allowed him to knock me on my back and hold me down for a little while. “I win!” he joked. “You better be happy that I know you’re joking.” I smirked, he gulped. After a moment or two of silence, he finally spoke, “What’cha doing today?” “I’m just flying around, maybe beating up a colt or two.” I shot him a look. “Oh ha ha, I let you win.” “Rematch?” I asked, I wasn’t serious...unless he was. “No...No, it’s okay!” “Then follow me!” I spread my wings and jumped off of the cloud. I soared over the small town that I’d lived in for a few years, it had become much more friendly once I’d been adopted, I felt that if somepony found out, they’d send me back, but I was wrong...I was loved and accepted by most. I heard Star approaching me, so I slowed the pace at which I was flying. After he finally caught up with me, we started talking. “Star?” “Yeah Scoots?” “Could you help me with something?” “No problem,” he smiled, “What is it?” “Well, I think I know my special talent and all, but I need an audience to prove it...could you watch me....?” “Watch you do what?” he questioned warily. “Dance.” I said, embarrassed. “Oh, yeah...yeah, no problem!” “Really?!” I said excitedly, of all ponies, Star would be the one to see me through “Yeah!” “Then follow me!” I sped up tremendously, going almost as fast as I could, which still left Star behind, but still in visible range. I flew past the entire town, all the way over to Fluttershy’s cottage. I knocked on the door a couple of times before I opened. I ran to get the record player and a calm record to dance to. “Scootaloo?” Star said as he entered the cottage. “I’m coming!” I said, the record and its player on my back. “Where are we going to?” he asked, panting. “The meadow out back, I want you to see something.” “At least let me carry the record player.” he said, taking the player from me. I showed him to the large clearing in the woods behind the cottage, once we were there; I set the player on a tree stump and inserted the record. He sat on the log and I took my position in the short grass as the music started. ======================================================================= And alas, I have returned...and so have my associates and the story! Chapters should be coming out regularly now, maybe one every 3-4 days, maybe sooner ;D. To quote Thomas Fuller “A book that is shut is but a block” This isn’t a block....I’m just getting started.