Scootaloo sat on her bed, her head was spinning as she pondered those words ''you will never fly..'' she almost couldn't believe it. Ever since she was a filly, all Scootaloo ever wanted was to fly with her idol, Rainbow Dash, but now she was a full grown mare and her wings are still as small as ever. The Pegasus got of her bed as she walked to a small wooden chest on the other side of the room, her hooves were shaking when she opened the chest, after rummaging through her stuff she found what she was looking for, a picture of her and her best friends, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, back when they were young. Tears started to come from the orange mare's eyes as she stared at the picture, thinking back to the days when the CMC tried to earn their cutie marks, when they finally achived their goals...back when she had hope she would one day soar in the clouds next to her sister.
Scootaloo was walking through Ponyville, looking at the ground, not daring to look at the sky.. not even for one of Dash's airshows, she walked longer than she normally did, avoiding the busiest spots of town. Scootaloo was nearing the end of her walk when she heard somepony yell
''Look out BELOW!!'', without any time to react Scootaloo ducked, knowing full well that was not going to protect her. CRASH. The orange mare was in shock from the impact, when she opened her eyes she saw a certain rainbow maned pegasus on top of her, Scootaloo got up from under the other pony and questioned her.
''Rainbow, why did you crash into me?'', Rainbow Dash stood up with a guilty look on her face as she explained herself
''Sorry Scoot, but I totally messed up on a new trick I was working on'' she said as she brushed of her wings while she continued
''so, ya, what's up with you Scootaloo''. Scoot flinched, of all the questions Dash could have asked she chose the one she didn't want to answer, she responded as best she could.
''I'm-g-great R-Rainbow Dash'' no matter how hard she tried Scootaloo could not hide the stutter in her voice. Taking notice of the way Scootaloo was acting she gave her a sad look.
''Hey Scoot, are you ok?'', tears were pricking at the corner of Scootaloo's eyes, she was lying to the one pony who gave her the confidence to believe in herself and never give up. She started to back up as Scoot started to let the sadness flow through her, she couldn't keep it in any longer, she started to cry, the Pegasus collapsed on the ground, the weight of her legs grew too heavy for her to handle. Rainbow was startled for a few seconds before walking over and putting her hooves around her non blood sister, after a few minutes, Rainbow Dash whispered in Scootaloo's ear.
''What happened?''. Scootaloo stood up, her eyes still wet as she told her story to Rainbow.
''A few days ago I went to ponyville hospital to check out why my wings are still so small, the doctor told me that I had a rare disability in my wings that are stopping them from growing, n-now I-I am here'' Scootaloo concluded, her tears flowing freely once again.
Rainbow gave Scoot a sorry glance before speaking
''I am so so sorry Scootaloo'', turning around Scootaloo replied
''its ok, its not your fault Dash'' she said before running into a full gallop for home. Rainbow Dash yelled
''Scootaloo, WAIT!!'', it was too late, Scoot was long gone. Dash stood there before adding in a whisper
''oh, Scoot, don't worry, we will get through this.. together ''.Despite being not really in the mood for flight, the rainbow maned pony stretched out her cyan-blue wings and slowly lifted of into the clouds above.
Scootaloo ran, she needed to be at home so no pony could see her tears, Scoot could barely see her house through her hazy eyes, the orange pony busted through her door and closed it behind her. Scootaloo fell to her hooves, shaking from her sobs as she curled her tail around her body, also letting her small filly wings drape over the small space they took up as she lay there, crying until she finally fell asleep.
''Huh?'' Scootaloo opened her light purple eyes as she yawned, her eyes were still red from the night before, and her mane was a tangled mess, but the orange mare had other things in mind . KNOCK KNOCK Scoot slowly got up and opened the door for whoever it was at this time of day. As soon as she cracked it open she was dragged outside by a pony with a blue coat whom she knew immediately, Scoot shielded herself from the sun so she could meet the smiling face of Rainbow Dash.
''Hiya Scootaloo, so, are you ready to go on a little trip'' Dash said a little too excitedly, Scootaloo was still tired and very much still sad from the last few days, so, in the nicest voice she could muster, Scootaloo responded
'' Thanks for the offer, that, while it sounds cool, I will have to say no''. Rainbow pulled the other Pegasus off the ground and replied with a smirk on her face.
''Sorry, but this time you don't have a say'' with Scoot still in hoof she flew across Ponyville until the two ponies reached the local sweet shop, Sugarcube Corner. Rainbow Dash dropped the orange pony on the ground, holding her tail down so Scootaloo cant run away. Dash apologized to her.
''Listen Scoot, I really do care about you, that is why I gotta do what I gotta do'', Rainbow kicked open the doors to the shop and dragged Scootaloo inside. It was surprisingly dark, all the lights were off, Scootaloo looked at her sister and raised her eyebrow.
''Really Rainbow, you literality drag me all the way out here, to show me a dark room?''.
''SUPRISE SCOOTALOO!!!'' the orange mare yelped at the sudden shouting in the room, the lights blasted in her eyes as she fell to the floor. Scootaloo was helped up by a white unicorn, her friend, Sweetie Belle.
''Sorry is we scared you Scoot, but Rainbow Dash told me, Apple Bloom, and Pinkie Pie what happened, then Pinkie told us it was time for a party, so here it is''. Scootaloo looked around the room, there was orange confetti everywhere, streamers that were a dark shade of pink, and in the middle of everything was a big banner that had a picture of her on it, (drawn by her friends). Scootaloo was suddenly brought back to a different time, to a different party, the party that Pinkie had thrown for the Cutie Mark Crusaders after they were chosen to carry the Ponyville flag in the Eqestria Games.
Scootaloo was brought back to reality as Apple Bloom tried to get her attention.
''Scootaloo, can you hear me, Scoot''. Scootaloo sat down on the floor, her eyes starting to water as she remembers what else had happened that day, that was the day that she had lost total faith in herself just because she couldn't fly. Pinkie went over to her
'' Hey Scoot, you wanna have some cake?'' but the orange pony had completely blocked her out as she stood up and galloped out of Sugarcube corner, tears streaming down her cheeks.