Scootaloo was just traveling around Ponyville on her scooter. It’s been a few days ever since the events of the gala happened and since then things were getting back to normal. The filly couldn’t help but to think about that night out in the Canterlot Garden when she danced with Spike. She enjoyed the moment in the garden with great feeling. Speaking of which there’s Spike right now.
Spike is here? Well maybe I could just talk to him for a little bit. She thought. She rides her scooter over to Spike to talk with him. The purple dragon notices Scootaloo and waves as she gets closer to him for approach.
"Hey, Scootaloo. What are you doing around here?" Spike asks.
"Oh... well... you know just going around town on my scooter I guess. I was gonna meet up with Rainbow Dash soon," she answers as she giggles nervously. "How about you?"
"Well I was just waltzing around pretty much," he says. "Honestly I was getting a little bit bored now that I think about it."
Scootaloo isn't sure where this is going but the back of her mind tells her to go for it and ask Spike if he wants to hang out with her. She doesn't want to do it now since she's nervous. What is she feeling right now? She is literally a filly, she's too young to understand anything about this emotion. Then again she's just about the same age as the purple dragon, but what does he know about this?
Just ask him if he wants to hang out... but I can't just say it out of the blue and besides I have to meet Rainbow. Scootaloo and her mind argue as to whether or not to ask out Spike. Come Oooooon... JUST DO IT!!!
“Well... uh, Spike?” the filly asks.
“Yes?” he gets ready to listen to whatever Scootaloo has to say.
COME ON DO IT!!!!!!! Scootaloo’s head yells at her.
“I just want..... to thank you,” she says.
“For what exactly?” he asks.
“For... that dance!... I really had a great time there in the garden,” Scootaloo blurts out a little. Meanwhile her mind just wanted to smack her upside the head while shouting, WHY??!!
“Uh, you’re welcome I guess. Thought why are you mentioning the dance we had a week ago at the wedding?” Spike says as he looks away for a bit and Scootaloo frustratingly smacks her hand on her face.
“Well... no reason... I mean other than the reason we had fun that night so,” a nervous Scootaloo says.
“...ok. Well I did have fun back there so I guess I should thank you for that dance too, Scoots.”
“wait... Scoots?” she says in confusion.
“Oh uh... well I thought that ever since that one night that... you and I are friends maybe so I thought I could give you a nickname,” he explains.
“Oh... ok.”
“Yep...”
"Well it was nice meeting you but I'll have to skedaddle," Scootaloo rides off on her scooter.
"Oh. Well ok then... See ya!" Spike waves goodbye as the filly rides away.
...you’re hopeless... gotta skedaddle really?
“I don’t see you coming up with ideas.”
Hard to do when you say stuff randomly. Scootaloo and her mind argue with each other.
Meanwhile Spike was standing there watching Scootaloo leave until she’s out of his vision. Then he walks away as well and continues on with the rest of his day.
Later on Scootaloo would soon meet up with her friends so they can use the slingshot they made to get her to Cloudsdale. They prepare the big slingshot, which is wrapped around the trees, with Scootaloo in front of it getting ready for lift off. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle pull the slingshot and stretch it out as long as they can. As they stretch it out long enough so it can send the orange fully flying they say their goodbyes for now as they get ready to let go. The two fillies finally take their hands off of the slingshot and Scootaloo is now flying all the way up to Cloudsdale on her scooter.
The little stud makes it to the floating area and lands on the soft clouds.
“And she sticks the landing!” some random pony calls out to Scootaloo. The young filly looks around only to see that it was Rainbow Dash cheering her on.
“Hey, Dash,” she greets.
“Ready to have some fun with the one and only?” she brags about herself.
“Of course!!!” Scootaloo says excitedly. “Everyday is awesome cause you make it awesome Dash.”
“I just make things 20 percent cooler myself,” Rainbow further brags. “Anyways come on, we’re gonna go flying in the air. You’re favorite thing to do with me.”
“Alright” the young pegasus shows her enthusiasm.
“Ok. So are you ready to fly or do you need a second?” Rainbow Dash says.
“Please, I was born ready. Are you?” says a challenging filly.
“Alright, alright. Let’s get ready to lift off, hot shot,” she jokes.
Scootaloo gets behind the older Pegasus and jumps on behind her back. Rainbow then flaps her wings with enough to get herself off of the puffy ground made out of clouds. As she starts to hover, she prepares herself and gets ready to fly.
“You ready little stud?” she asks before she officially goes.
“More than ready,” she answers with no hesitation.
Rainbow Dash then blasts off and starts to fly at an acceleration of speed. Scootaloo screams out loud in excitement and joy as the two pegasus ponies start to fly around Cloudsdale.
“Jeez you didn’t have to shout in my ears we just started flying,” Rainbow chuckles.
“Tee hee. Sorry,” Scootaloo apologizes.
“No need. Might wanna hold on.”
“Do the barrel roll!!!”
“Alright, Scoots. Hold on!!!” Rainbow says as the filly holds on to Dash’s back. Sooner enough Rainbow stops using her wings to take a free fall and moves herself in a circular motion, indicating the attempt of a barrel roll. The light blue wing pony uses her wings again to catch herself and start flying properly again, completing the special move.
Rainbow does a couple more tricks while Scootaloo holds on to her back. The flying pegasus did a couple loops, even flying up and spins multiple times like a spinning top.
“Woooo!!! That was awesome!!!” Scootaloo says in excitement.
“You know it is,” Rainbow smiles. “What do ya say? Let’s fly around Ponyville for a bit.”
The pegasus flies down and goes above the town of Ponyville. Scoot also holds on as they hover over the town and gazed down on it. As the two look down on Ponyville they see small things in their vision. Within a closer line of sight, various ponies walking around parts of the community.
“Isn’t this a cool view?” she asks.
“It’s amazing Rainbow Dash,” Scootaloo says as she looks down on the normal, casual town full of different ponies. But then the filly couldn’t help but to spot out something purple in her vision that’s headed for Sugarcube Corner. She figures out that it was Spike who she talked to earlier.
All of the sudden the excitement disappeared from Scootaloo’s mind and instead was filled with an overwhelmed feeling. Now she couldn’t help but to think back to the night of the Canterlot wedding when she shared a dance with Spike.
“Hey. You ok?” a concerned Rainbow Dash asked.
“Oh um... yes I’m alright just... loving the view,” she lies.
RD sighs as she flies down on the roof of Sugarcube Corner. Both of the two pegasus sat there to have a little talk.
“Scootaloo, is something wrong?”
“No... Maybe...” she says. Rainbow cocks an eyebrow.
“...yes,” she says in a defeated tone.
“What’s going on?”
“Uh... I... can’t stop thinking about something,” Scootaloo hesitantly says.
“And that something is...”
“Uh... I shared a dance with another... um.”
“You shared a dance with another stallion? I never pegged you as a romantic type,” she says.
“Well... I can’t say who it is... it feels a bit weird,” Scootaloo replies.
“Hey... You can tell me anything. In fact, you can always come to me if you have any problems. Like.... a uh..... honorary step sister.”
“Honorary step sister?” she asks.
“It’s the best I can think of. You can always be honest to me, alright?”
“Ok...”
The two pegasus ponies give each other a hug as Rainbow’s wings wrap around them both for more embrace. After a minute, they let go of each other’s embrace and then the little filly jumps on Rainbow’s back again and they fly away.
“So... wanna go hang out for the day? Maybe play some games if you want,” she recommends.
“Sure,” Scootaloo grins.
The two pegasus ponies fly away and continue their activities for the rest of the day. Scootaloo still wonders about how she thinks about Spike. Maybe this could mean something in the future, maybe not. Only time can tell then.