//------------------------------// // Ch. 2 Bad Day // Story: Hard To Handle // by Closer-To-The-Sun //------------------------------// Chapter 2: Bad Day The next day, Scootaloo was feeling good. The hanging out with Snips the day before put her in a good mood. The two young ponies went to Sugarcube Corner and enjoyed talking to each other about whatever little thing came to their minds. Afterwards, they trotted around Ponyville aimlessly, telling jokes and stories to one another. While Scootaloo would never admit it, she hadn't had that much fun in a long time. Trotting to the Cutie Mark Crusader tree fort, Scootaloo arrived to meet her friends with a smile on her face. Upon entering, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were surprised. "Howdy, Scootaloo!" Applebloom welcomed the pegasus, "What's got ya in such good spirits?" "Aw, nothing really. How are ya girls doing?" Scootaloo asked. Sweetie Belle was the first to reply, "We're both excited for the barn dance tomorrow!" The unicorn filly hopped up and down for a moment before calming herself. "You ponies are still worried about that?" Scootaloo raised an eyebrow. "Yeah! I mean, I did get Spike to agree to come along!" Applebloom's voice was extremely happy. "Poor dragon," the orange filly commented to herself. "What about you, Scootaloo? Are you going to dance with somepony?" Sweetie Belle asked. The pegasus laughed slightly, "I told you that I'm not going. Besides, who would I dance with?" Applebloom interjected, "Why not Snips? You were spendin' an awful lot of time with him yesterday." Scootaloo's face became red, "N-No!" Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looked at the pegasus's flustered face. "Scootaloo? Do you like Snips?" Applebloom asked curiously. "N-No! Not a ch-chance!" Scootaloo quickly blurted out, her face bright red. "Oh my Celestia, you do!" Sweetie Belle's hooves covered her mouth as she laughed. "I'm telling you that I don't!" the pegasus filly was trying to defend herself, but her friends were already too far gone to listen. "We should go tell him!" Applebloom said in mid-laugh. Scootaloo's face dropped in terror, "No!" "Totally! Let's go!" Sweetie Belle agreed with the yellow earth filly. The two quickly leaped out and down from the tree fort and headed toward the schoolhouse. "Wait! Don't!" Scootaloo shouted to her friends as they giggled and trotted away. Gritting her teeth, Scootaloo became angry and began her pursuit to stop them. At the schoolhouse, Snails and Snips were sitting at one of the tables, playing a card game. However, they looked up from their game as they heard a number hoofsteps in the distance. The sound grew louder and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were visible. "Snips! Snips!" Sweetie Belle called out, with a huge grin on her face. The blue unicorn looked at the three running fillies as they came closer, "Huh?" "We got a secret to tell you!" Applebloom called out before coming to a stop with her white unicorn friend. Both of the male unicorns were puzzled by Sweetie Belle and Applebloom's manner. "What is it?"" Snails asked, using a hoof to scratch his green mane atop of his yellow head. A loud, exhausted voice shouted, "Don't you dare say a thing!" Scootaloo was tired from her running. Just as the orange pegasus arrived to where the other four were, Sweetie Belle spoke, "Guess what, Snips?" Applebloom finished, "Scootaloo has a crush on you!" Scootaloo let out an angry yell. She trotted to Sweetie Belle and Applebloom, shoving each of them to the ground in anger. "What the hay was that for?" Applebloom asked in a surprised tone as she got back on her hooves. "Are you seriously asking me that? You just told Snips that I have a crush on him!" Scootaloo's voice was full of rage. "But don't you?" Sweetie Belle tilted her head as she got back on all four hooves. "No! I don't!" Scootaloo quickly replied. "Oh….why didn't you say so?" Sweetie Belle asked innocently. Scootaloo shouted again, "I did! You didn't listen!" "So you don't like Snips?" Applebloom asked. "Didn't you just hear me? No! Now get out of here before I really lose it!" Scootaloo pointed a hoof back towards the tree fort. "Goodness, you don't have to yell…." Sweetie Belle's voice was one of disdain as she and Applebloom turned around. "What? Are you kidding me? It seems the only way I can get you guys to listen!" Scootaloo had one of her hooves hit her face, "Just…please go back, I'm sorry for yelling…." The white unicorn and yellow earth fillies walked back in the direction that they came. Scootaloo took a deep sigh before turning to the unicorn colts who where puzzled of what they just witnessed, "Sorry about all of this." Turning around, Scootaloo followed after her friends, hoping to make some amends after that ordeal they just had. The orange pegasus muttered to herself about how things were going so great and how they turned for the worse. Snails and Snips watched the fillies trot away before they looked at each other. Snails broke the silence, "Fillies sure are weird."