A seventeen year old mare waits on the shore of Equestria knowing her loved ones would finally be coming home at last after a long summer. Scootaloo waits with her best friends Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and their sweethearts, Pip and Button Mash. Their sisters Applejack and Rarity are also present since their old friends will be part of the homecoming.
On a ship called the S.S SoarinDash that was heading to Equestria, a seventeen year old Rumble had just finished his training with his brother, Thunderlane and his mentor, Soarin. At the helm of the ship was Soarin's wife, Rainbow Dash as it was their job as privateers to help other countries in need of their services. After the battle for Equestria seven years ago Spitfire gifted them with this ship albeit humorously and offered them the position of privateers knowing they could do more good on the sea then staying at the Equestrian Navy Academy. The couple of course accepted and every summer they had done their job over the years but now that summer was ending they were anxious to get home and see their kids.
Thunderlane in the meanwhile had become a proud member of the academy but he was always happy to lend a hoof for Soarin and Rainbow especially where his brother, Rumble was concern.
Rumble had decided to complete his training his summer to fulfill his destiny of becoming a hero but he was anxious as well to see a special someone back home. He climbed the ship's ropes and looked out into the distance hoping to spot their homeland soon. His thoughts dwelled to the mare after his own heart, the girl whom he has become his best friend and lover for these last seven years. Scootaloo…
Suddenly the caller atop the mast shouted, "Land ho!"
Rumble shook out of his daze and sure enough, there it was… Equestria…
A smile played on his lips.
Scootaloo gasped when seeing the ship getting close and started running along the beach.
On the ship Rumble could see a familiar figure in the distance and without waiting for the boat to dock he let out a loud neigh and flew at the speed of light.
Scootaloo saw him coming and kept running toward him causing the two to be on the verge of a collision but from the lovesick looks on their faces anyone could see they didn't care. As they got closer they lifted their arms to each other and in one swift motion they landed together in the sand, rolling around and laughing all the way.
Then they stopped with her on bottom and him on top, they panted while staring at each other passionately then she moved his face to hers and they kissed for the longest time.
When they took a breath she uttered, "I missed you…"
He uttered back, "Not as much as I missed you…"
They kissed again not seeing the group of ponies coming their way.
Button Mash exclaimed, "Ugh! I knew it was going to be bad when they reunited but I didn't expect it to be this bad!"
Sweetie Belle giggled, "Come on, you know they been apart all summer so you know that they were going to be extra kissy when they got back together."
Apple Bloom pointed, "After all, they were the first of us to get together so it was kind of to be expected."
The ship had docked then and Dash, Soarin, and Thunderlane had to get between the teen lovers.
Dash declared while pulling Scootaloo away, "Okay-okay-okay, that's enough for today missy."
"But Mom!" she pouted before she smiled and turned around to hug her.
Dash welcomed the hug, saying, "It's great to see you too, kiddo."
Soarin joined them and Scootaloo embraced him, "Hi Daddy!"
He chuckled, "Hello, sweetheart." embracing her back fondly.
Applejack and Rarity came on to the scene with the earth pony joking, "Nice to have you two back in one piece, thought for sure you would have slip up in your old age and the sharks got to you."
RD rolled her eyes, "Ha-ha, AJ, you're so funny." but ended up smiling and put a hoof around her former first mate, "But it's great to be back to see your ugly mug again."
Applejack glared at her before she released a laugh and Rainbow did the same.
Rarity shook her head, "Honestly you two can be so crude… That I don't know why I decided to stay here with you when I could have traveled the world with Twilight and Flash finding new things to discover and research or with Pinkie and Cheese for that matter or gone back to the island with Fluttershy and Discord and perhaps be an advisor or more appropriately a fashion advisor to them since they are officially the king and queen there. But alas my talents were needed here and with Capper and I being married and are raising our beautiful daughter it was only fitting."
Applejack stated, "Better you have Capper then Spike," she told Soarin, "Sorry he couldn't be here but the Dragon Migration happened and we decided it was a good idea for the kids to explore their dragon heritage with him."
The stallion smiled, "That's okay, as long as he gets to spend time with his son and daughter." he wrapped a wing around Scootaloo bringing her closer, "Just like I will with this one and the boys."
Scoots giggled, "Dad!" then she told him, "Actually it's the boys you need to spend more time with, I'm used to being on my own at this point."
Soarin challenged playfully, "Oh is that so?"
She nodded, "It is."
Rainbow added, "That or… she just wants to spend time with a certain colt that she was just kissing with a couple of minutes ago." eying said colt next to her.
Rumble made a gulp and a cheesy grin while rubbing his neck.
Soarin eyed him too, "Should I be keeping an extra eye you two from now on?"
Scootaloo rolled her eyes, "Oh Dad, don't worry so much."
Dash faced her with a frown, "Except we should be because need I remind you…?" and subtly motioned to her stomach.
Scootaloo blushed then remembering what the Orb of Pythia showed her seven years ago, "Oh… right…"
Rumble was of course confused and asked, "What?"
"Nothing!" all three family members said.
The young pegasus was bewildered by that and looked to Rarity and Applejack for answers but they were averting their eyes from him and then looked at his brother but he was shrugging as he too was lost on what was going on.
Quickly changing the topic Scootaloo asked him, "So tell me everything you did during training."
Rumble smirked, "Well I was able to perfect my stance while moving on my hooves and am now the quickest blade there is."
Scoots laughed and nudged him, "Yeah right! You're making that up!"
Soarin pointed, "Actually he's not. He was able to best both me and your mother more than once."
Dash flushed and rubbed her neck, "Yeah that was a bit embarrassing especially when we ganged up on him and he was still able to beat us!"
Scootaloo gawked, "Oh my gosh! He was able to best you both at the same time?!"
Applejack was guffawing like mad making Dash glare at her and threaten, "I swear if you so much as breathe a word of this…"
AJ wiped a tear away as she took a deep breath, "Oh relax I'm not going to say anything to anyone, but I sure as heck gonna enjoy teasing you about it for years to come."
RD rolled her eyes again, "I was afraid of that." making everyone else laugh.
After some more catching up between the friends the group started to part ways with Rainbow, Soarin, and Scootaloo arriving to a house as Scootaloo entered it and called out, "Hey! Guess whose back!" on cue her seven-year-old twin brothers rushed down the stairs and she moved aside for their parents to reunite with them.
"Mom, Dad!" Whirl Wind shouted as he jumped into Soarin's arms.
Hail Storm did the same for Rainbow and together the five of them got into a warm and loving embrace, as Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles made their appearance and beamed at the sight.
Rainbow saw them and asked, "Hope they weren't too much trouble."
Windy replied, "Not at all! They were perfect angels!"
Both parents furrowed their brows with Soarin commenting, "Our boys? Perfect angels?"
"Yeah, I don't believe that." Dash stated.
Bow mentioned, "Well there was some rough housing but nothing was damaged." he winced then and crouched over like his back was in pain, "For the most part."
Hail told him, "We're still sorry about that Gramps."
"I know, and don't worry about it, your grandpa can handle himself very well." but his back said otherwise making him wince again.
Rainbow expressed, "You really should be taking it easy, Dad. You're not as young as you used to be."
"Nonsense! I'm still young enough to still be able to play with my grandchildren! Isn't that right kids?"
Hail and Whirl made sideways glances and went, "Um…"
Scootaloo jumped in and said, "It's not that we don't think you're not young enough, Grandpa it's just that… we feel that we should be doing things for you rather than you did things for us."
The boys exclaimed, "Right!"
Bow smiled at this and held his hooves out making the boys hug him and Scootaloo joined in.
Rainbow and Soarin exchanged smirks and when Windy announced that lunch was about to be ready; she, her husband, and their grandsons went into the dining room as Rainbow whispered to Scootaloo.
"Got quite the silver tongue there, did Rumble teach you that?"
Scoots blushed, "Maybe… we do tend to rub off on each other a lot…"
Soarin said, "That happens to a lot of couples, heck it's happen to me and your mother several times."
Dash shrugged, "Sometimes that's good sometimes that's bad but hey, as long as you're comfortable with your partner for life then that's all that matters."
Scootaloo smiled, "Rumble and I are comfortable with each other, so much so that it's getting harder being separated from each other."
"We know." they wearily said.
"Aw come on, don't give me that. You know better than anyone what it feels to be separated from the one you love."
"Yes, but we were also able to stay focus on other things too," Rainbow gestured, "and that's what we're concerned about with you two."
Scootaloo countered, "I know that and he knows that. While you and he were away I was helping AB and Sweetie with young fillies and colts that were having trouble getting their cutie marks as it is our purpose to do so and at the beginning of summer Rumble wanted to complete his training but he wasn't sure if I was okay with that until I told him it was. So you see we haven't lost ourselves just because we're in a relationship together. We're constantly encouraging the other to find new goals in life it's just one of those goals happens for us to be a couple."
Her parents gawked at her statement and didn't say a word for the longest time. Scootaloo took that as a sign to go ahead and join the rest of the family.
Rainbow uttered, "Sometimes that girl scares me of how mature she can be."
Soarin nodded and mentioned, "Well we do need to remember that she always was mature for her age Dashie, it's just now she's even more mature than before even though she's still a teenager."
"I just hoped that while we were raising her she was still able be a child."
"Of course she was, remember all the times she got in trouble with her friends and Rumble? They kept having so many misadventures together that we were force to separate them for almost a month!"
"Except that didn't work because then they would always sneak out to see each other like Rumble and Scootaloo did during the battle with the Storm King."
"So see? They were still kids despite their traumatic pasts making them age quicker. We did good, Dashie."
That made her smile as she thought on how far she and Scootaloo had come since their first meeting to being the loving mother and daughter they are now. Then suddenly she teared up making her husband gape.
"Whoa, what brought this on?" he used his wing to wipe her eye.
"It's just… I'm losing my little girl, Soar… She's growing up so fast and I can't stop it." the tears grew and she started sniffling.
He shushed her and motioned her closer to embrace her letting her express her sorrows. When she finally calmed down they joined the others and had a bittersweet meal.
When it was nighttime, the twins got ready for bed with Rainbow and Soarin helping them, giving Scootaloo a chance to leave the house and went to an abandoned villa close by. Once inside she looked around until a fencing sword held by a masked stallion wearing a white shirt was almost to her face.
She then took out her own sword she had with her and together the two clashed. They kept at it while circling around. It was like they were performing a dance filled with heat and passion but with swords.
As time passed the stallion was able to slash a part of her tight dress away that was near her left thigh while she was able to slash at his right sleeve.
"You have gotten better." she muffled.
"What do you mean better? I was always the best sword fighter between the two of us!" he mumbled through.
"That remains to be seen since you've never once beaten me!"
With a determined look he then pulled a fast one by flipping around surprising her and it made her emotions go wild as she chased after him. She aimed her sword forward but he jumped out the way and she ended up puncturing a sofa. She tried to pull it out but by then the stallion held his sword tip close to her neck and she slowly turned to see his smug face.
"You were saying?" he cheekily said.
She didn't say anything instead she seductively went to him and leaned her face to his and started kissing. While lost in the passion he didn't keep his guard up and Scootaloo managed to disarm him then she broke the kiss to grab the sword and held it close to his face.
The stallion removed his mask in awe and Rumble said, "Touché my love. Verrry clever."
She winked and dropped the sword and chuckled darkly, "I knew it would work. I've been waiting to try it on you for a few years now."
"Ohhh really?" he smirked.
She smirked back, "Yes, because I know you cannot resist me."
Using his wings he got closer to her face and uttered out, "And you can?"
She stared deep into his eyes and it made her knees go weak. She tried to back away but she ended up hitting against the wall.
Rumble kept smirking knowing he had her cornered.
"It seems you are trapped, mi amor… how do you propose to get out?"
She uttered heavily, "I don't… for there is only one stallion I would surrender to and he's standing right in front of me…"
Slowly they smiled warmly at each other before wrapping their hooves around each other in bliss and kissed like there was no tomorrow as they ended up dropping to the floor.