Rainbow Dash fell down on her side with a thud, successfully breaking the ponies out of their frozen state.
"Rainbow!!" Windy said rushing forward. "What's wrong?! What's happening?!"
The father quickly rushed into the kitchen and grabbed some water while Spitfire ordered the Wonderbolts outside to fetch a medic.
"The....the spell," the pegasus said weakly. "Has....natural disadvantages." Buff grabbed a water bottle that he had, for some reason, stashed underneath his armor and popped the lid, pouring it into her mouth.
While they were waiting, everyone was looking over the supposedly deceased daughter. She did not look good at all. She was frail, her mane was messy, her eyes were red and wet, and there were bags under them.
"What happened to you?" Scootaloo whispered, coming closer.
"Natural....repercussions....of....spell used," she said breathlessly. "Two ponies.....one body....one pony.....uses energy.......other..... doesn't."
Before they could question what she meant, two ponies in uniform rushed into the house to take her to a nearby hospital.
Rainbow was hooked up to an IV while resting at a hospital in Cloudsdale, regaining her strength after being extremely malnourished, according to the doctor. Her parents, Spitfire, Buff, and Scootaloo were all in the room, watching her as she slept.
"Where....where has she been all this time?" Her father whispered.
"She was painting," Scootaloo answered. "Rainbow Dash is Pencil Sketch."
"So she somehow merged with a pony?" Spitfire assumed.
"Not quite." They looked towards the big bodyguard still clad in his armor. "Pencil Sketch was created by Rainbow Dash. I'm not sure on how, but she did. Whenever Rainbow couldn't do something, they'd switch out and Pencil would take over."
"So Rainbow Dash used magic," Bow assumed without taking his eyes off his daughter. "How can a Pegasus use magic?"
"I don't know, but she did."
"I don't care what she did as long as my filly's alive," the mother cried, nuzzling her sleeping daughter. The color maned pegasus shifted at the contact without waking.
"I knew she was alive," Scootaloo called, attracting their attention. "I went to her mansion in Manehattan and-"
"Oh my gosh, that reminds me...." Windy turned back to her daughter. "Rainbow's a millionaire and the most influential pony in Equestria."
"Yeah, and her mansion when you walk in is really awesome," the filly told them.
"But why did she leave?" Spitfire asked, walking closer.
"The elements." They looked back towards Scootaloo, who was clearly angry. "The Elements of Harmony. They drove her away. She was already really really REALLY affected from the bullying in Flight Camp. Like REALLY bad. And they all lashed out at her. So I need to give them all a piece of my mind. I need to give them all a piece of my mind. Buff? Can you take me to the ground?"
"Uhhh...." The stallion that could rival Big Mac in size stared at her unsure before shrugging. "I guess. You are a friend of my girlfriend. Where do you need to go?"
"Center of ponyville," she said as they walked out the room. "I'll take over from there." After a few more minutes of walking, they walked out of the hospital. Buff picked up the filly, set her on her back, and took off flying towards the destination.
Scootaloo was clearly upset with these Elements of Harmony. Especially Fluttershy and Applejack, who, from what Pencil said, were the most aggressive. She was going to let them have it. This wasn't like when Diamond Tiara was bullying them in the past. Using simple name-calling. Insults.
This was pure hate that made her idol dig herself a hole that she crawled into, which was covered up by a legendary painter. Not to mention the richest pony in Equestria. That spat out what they felt in their so-called hearts. There was probably nothing but rocks in there. What they did to her was unacceptable. And she was going to return the favor in kind. Rainbow was there for her as much as a big sister would be. And she was going to defend her honor.
"Alright kid, we're here," Buff said, landing on the ground in the middle of the square. There were still ponies out and about obviously shopping.
"Try not to do anything drastic," he warned her as she jumped down. "I don't think Rainbow would approve."
"No promises, Buff," she responded, looking around. "Could you stay here and wait for me?"
"I guess." She thanked him and made her way towards the Apple stand that Applejack was currently manning. She groaned in anger before putting up a fake smile.
"Hey, Applejack!" The farmer looked up and gave her a smile.
"Well, howdy there, Scootaloo! How can I help ya'?"
"I need you to round up the rest of tbe elements and meet me in the library. And tell them to bring something very important to them."
"Uhhhh....can I ask why?" She asked looking at her very suspiciously.
"It's for a personal project, just meet me there." Before Applejack could ask, she turned around and walked away, leaving her confused.
"Ummm....alright." The farm pony left to fulfill the request while Scootaloo made her way to the library, casually walking inside.
Spike was sitting at the table, reading a comic book with his feet kicked up. He barely acknowledged her. Giving her a bland greeting. "Welcome to Golden Oaks Library," he said nonchalantly, not taking his eyes off the book. "How may I help you?"
"Where's Twilight?" Spike looked up at the filly as she made her way to the desk, grabbing a lot of inkwells from one of the drawers.
"Uhhh....with Rarity. What are you doing?"
"Counting her inkwells," she lied. Spike seemed to buy it because he shrugged, turned around, and went back to reading.
Scootaloo shook her head after grabbing the last one and setting it on the floor. She counted thirty eight. Why would she need.....you know what, it didn't even matter. She quickly ran back into the kitchen and grabbed a water bucket, a lot of paper towels, and a large spoon, bringing them back into the library. Spike was still busy reading, not even realizing what she was doing.
Grabbing the inkwells, she emptied them all into the bucket, making a huge and thick puddle. Satisfied, she nodded and put all the empty inkwells back in the drawer. Spike barely moved from his position, making her shake her head. He was the worst assistant ever.
Grabbing the twenty bottles of oil that Twilight had in another drawer for some reason, she emptied those in the bucket with the ink. It was looking good so far. Two things that don't come out of fabric and don't come off anything at all. And something magic definitely won't get rid of. She grabbed the spoon and quickly mixed the thick substance.
Once done, she threw away the spoon and the bottles. Twilight won't need those anymore. She then grabbed the towels and laid them down on the floor on the left side of the bucket. Next she grabbed a notepad, an inkwell, and a quill. She had to play this part out well.
Now....she waits. Five minutes later, the ponies walked through the door, holding the things they treasured the most. Twilight was holding some very old book, Rarity was holding a velvet dress, Pinkie was holding a photograph, Fluttershy was holding sheet music, and Applejack was holding her stetson.
"Okay, Scootaloo," the farmer said as she stood in a line with everyone else. "Everyone is here and they brought their things. Now what is this here project?"
"I'm trying to see the patterns that cause a pony to become so attached to their things."
Applejack looked at her suspiciously before she sighed. "Nothing mischievous?" Scootaloo shook her head.
"Okay, we're gonna trust you with our stuff," Twilight said. "Since everything looks legit. Now what do we do?"
"First set everything on these towels," she directed, motioning to the brown paper laid out horizontally in front of her. They did as asked and stepped back before she asked them some questions. None of them caught sight of the bucket she was hiding behind her back. "Now why is this important to you?"
Fluttershy went first and pointed to her sheet music. Turns out that was the first song she ever sung right before she got her cutie mark, which gave her the ability to control animals. Scootaloo wrote down some "notes", which was basically her criticising them. Next to Fluttershy, she wrote "Deceiving pegasus writes to boost her lying levels."
Once finished, she moved onto Rarity. Her red dress was the fist thing she ever created. Having only worn it once at a birthday party when she was a filly. Scootaloo wrote beside her name "Wannabe designer creates lies that she herself believes."
Applejack said her hat was sentimental. She was born a farm pony and that she'll always be a farm pony. Scootaloo wrote "Element of Honesty lying to herself. She's not a farm pony, she's a bully."
Pinkie said the picture of the party reminds her every day that she will always bring ponies happiness. Scootaloo wrote beside her name "Instead of bringing my idol happiness, you brought her into the hospital."
And finally, Twilight said that that was her first Starswirl the Bearded book. The first one that taught her the teleportation spell. Which she uses daily that helped her gain friends and become even more powerful each day.
Scootaloo wrote down "Mare who thinks she's so great."
"Okay!" She said, acting like she drew a check. "Now it's my turn!" She turned around, placed the notepad over the bucket and finally brought it into view. They couldn't see what was in it, but there was something in there. "In this bucket is something that I really REALLY care about that has made me so happy!" She cheered giving the ponies a wide smile, which they returned...........
Before it changed into a scowl. She swiped the notepad off, picked up the bucket, and poured the mixture all over their stuff. They gasped and stood stock still with their mouths wide open in shock, terror, and horror, their minds not fully registering what was going on. Spike looked over nonchalantly at the sound of splattering and dropped his mouth to the floor at the scene.
Scootaloo shook out the last dregs of the liquid onto the Starswirl book, then threw the bucket, landing it successfully over Twilight's head. "THIS-" She pointed to their ruined treasures without taking her angry eyes off of them. "WAS MY IDOL, MY SISTER, MY TEACHER, AND MY BEST FRIEND, RAINBOW DASH!! WHO YOU DECEIVED, LIED TO, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE TO FOR YEARS, AND THAT YOU THREW AWAY TO THE WIND! YOU EVEN HAD A FREAKING PARTY WHILE SHE WAS MISSING AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE!!!"
"Scootaloo!!" Applejack yelled, tears pouring down her face. "What did you do, WHAT DID YOU DO?!! We trusted you!!" She rushed forward and grabbed her ruined Stetson, hoping to save it by wiping off the ink, making it worse. Rarity's dress was completely drenched and everything that had paper was gone for good.
"And Rainbow trusted you!" She retorted. "She trusted you, all of you, the Elements of Harmony, the very symbol of friendship, to be her friends! To be there for her when times got tough! But instead, you took that honor, that TREASURE, and you poured ink and oil all over it!!!! She was already deeply discouraged you monsters!!!!!!"
Scootaloo started grabbing their already ruined things and started ripping and breaking them apart even worse. Even taking Twilight's book, which she opened, and smeared ink all over the pages.
"Scootaloo what are you doing?!!" Twilight yelled desperately, flinging the bucket off her head and rushing forward to try and save her stuff. "Stop, stop, please just stop!!"
She grabbed the book and took it back, analyzing it desperately. "I bet that's what Rainbow Dash said to you after you lashed out at her!" Scootaloo screamed. "After you lied to her! Made fun of her! Made her bury herself in a hole so deep without eating, drinking, barely taking care of herself that when she did climb out she had to be admitted to a hospital! Could barely stand and suffering from extreme malnutrition! You took that treasure, that beautiful, kind treasure, and you ruined it with ink and oil! On purpose!! And it will never return! Yeah, you can go out and get a copy, something that looks just like that treasure to replace it. But it will never be the same!" Scootaloo took Rarity's dress and smeared it before throwing it and making her way towards the the door, tracking ink all over the floor.
They all looked so devastated. There were waterfalls coming from their eyes as they picked up the remains. Completely ruined. Scootaloo turned back to them with fury and said one last thing. "Now clean up your mess."
She slammed the door hard, scaring the ponies outside and inside while she made her way towards Buff, who was looking at her curiously. "I'm guessing you broke something, huh?" He asked nonchalantly while he placed her on her back.
"Yeah. Their spirits. Let's go stay with my teacher."