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// A diamond reunion 
// Story: Wings Of A Mare 
// by mlplife 
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Scootaloo was running as fast as she could through Ponyville, three minutes later she finally made it home and kicked the door closed before running to her bed, collapsing from exhaustion. After about five hours, Scootaloo woke up and slowly trotted over to the mirror to brush her mane, afterwards, she walked out the door. 

Ponyville was weird today, not the town, but the ponies in the town. They were giving her pitying glances, and some ponies stopped her in the street just to look at her, it was really weird. She guessed that this was the work of Rainbow, Pinkie Pie, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle, telling everything to the rest of town. Sccootaloo knew their heart was in the right place, but she kind of wished the whole town didn't know that she will always be grounded.

Scootaloo was sitting on the bench in the park, when she saw a familiar shadow approach her. It was Diamond Tiara, like everypony else in this town, Diamond just stared at her with this look on her face, after a few seconds, the mare in front of her spoke.

'' Hey, Scootaloo, I'm sorry.'' out of nowhere, the earth pony looked hurt, sad, and.. regretful all at the same time. the Pegasus wasn't sure how to respond, except the only way she knew how.

'' Hi, Diamond Tiara, so I'm guessing you heard the news, who told you, I bet it was Sweetie.'' Scootaloo gave a knowing smile, only for Diamond Tiara to tell her otherwise.

''Actually, no, Sweetie didn't tell me anything. Silver Spoon and I were at Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie told us everything.'' Diamond Tiara explained, still having a hint of hurt in her voice. Scootaloo was about to say something when the earth pony continued.

'' When Pinkie Pie told us, we were shocked, I told Silver Spoon I was going to look for you to tell you something...'' Diamond went on, '' We're sorry, for everything, I know sorry wont fix it but I just wanted it to get out there''. Scootaloo was shocked to hear those words from her, after they first became friends, the CMCs heard sorry a lot, but it went away after a few months, so Scoot was surprised. By the way her friend was looking at her, Scootaloo guessed she was taking a little long to respond, so, to the purple pony's surprise, Scootaloo let out a weak laugh.

''Ha, he, he. I told you, Tiara, you don't need to apologize for your past actions anymore than you already have, you've made amends... as for my.. forever lack of flight, everypony has already said sorry, you don't have to, tell Silver Spoon that too''. Scootaloo ended with a small smile on her face, she looked up to see the dismayed look on Diamond Tiara's face, her eyes were shining with fresh tears as she put her front hooves around a very confused Scootaloo. It was quiet, but over the soft cries of Tiara, Scootaloo could make out a short question.

'' Scoot, do you remember the Ponyville flag carrying competition..'' Of coarse Scootaloo remembered that day, every detail, the images were still fresh in her mind. Scootaloo tried to respond, but the memories were replaying, more like a flood of images. 

Scootaloo ignored her thoughts so she could stay on the task at hoof, as an effort to comfort her friend, she asked.

"Ya, I remember, why?". Diamond Tiara released the orange mare, looking down at her hooves, she responded.

"If you remember, then you know what Silver and I said to you, after your routine"

Scootaloo thought back to that day, she thought about all the different things that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon said to her, like how they said that the CMCs routine would never ''take off'' if she couldn't fly. Scootaloo was mad at those two for a while after that, until she realised that if they hadn't made fun of her wings, she  would've learned a important lesson about who she is.

The orange mare wiped away her friend's tears before putting her hoof under her jaw, lifting it up to look in Tiara's eyes. Scootaloo gave a small smirk before she let herself tell the pink earth pony how much she remembered.

"I remember every detail of it, my regretful friend,  how you and your lacky told me that our routine would never, how did you word it, oh right!, "take off". How horrible I felt about my stupid small wings, how much I lost my self assteam, all because of you." Scootaloo let herself shed silent tears as she kept looking into Diamond's eyes, her friend had also started to cry, she tried to open her mouth to protest, but Scootaloo moved her hoof to her lips, shushing her as she continued.

"I was...so..mad, at you... for, for being so rude, for months, I wanted to confront you, but, I never could. After you became our friend, I forgot all about it, the sadness, the anger.. it was all gone, until..you know." Scootaloo lifted her hoof off of Diamond Tiara's mouth to let the other mare speak. The earth pony just stared at her sadly, after two minutes, she spoke in a soft, sad, tone.

"I never knew I hurt you..or anyone else that bad, I always thought that was the only way to fill that hole my mother made. No matter what mother said, it was no excuse  for how I... For how much I hurt you, for how much I teased you girls. I'm sorry". Diamond finished, wrapping her hooves around the orange mare, Scootaloo returned the favor.

As Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara parted ways, Scoot made sure this conversation did something for them both. After their history with eachother, having Tiara as a friend, even after all these years, still felt a little odd. Diamond still held a special place in Scootaloo's heart as a close friend, no matter what. Scootaloo walked away from the park with pride welling in her chest, knowing that she had just helped somepony feel better, it made her feel a little better herself.

Scootaloo walked home, in a good spirit, she trotted inside her house, gently closed the door, layed down  in bed, and fell into a peaceful sleep, ready for the next day.