After the second day of school Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle met up at the club house, Apple Bloom said she wanted to discuss something, so not long after Sweetie showed up.
"Glad you're here Sweetie Belle, Ah have been thinking about what has been bothering Scootaloo," Apple Bloom starts as she trotted over to one of the papers pinned to the wall.
"Alright, but is it wrong to do this without Scootaloo? I don't want to talk behind her back like this," Sweetie showed hesitation.
"Ah understand but we ain't talking bad, Ah just wanted to discuss theories with you," Apple Bloom looked to Sweetie.
"Alright, I guess that's okay," Sweetie nodded as she sat down.
"Good, first lets start with facts! Fact one; Scootaloo never turns in permission slips, fact two; we have never seen her home or anyone she is related too, fact three; she is orange." Apple Bloom read off the paper.
"True, so the two easiest theories is that she hides her family and home from us for some reason or she doesn't have parents and possibly a home," Sweetie Belle rested her chin on her hoof.
"There ain't no way she doesn't have parents and a home, if she didn't then she wouldn't be in school and Ah would be upset that she didn't ask us for help. Anyways, Ah also have a few other theories, one of them is that she is so oblivious that she doesn't even know where her home is," Apple Bloom said with confidence.
"I thought you said we weren't talking bad?" Sweetie looked skeptical.
"Sorry, um the other theory Ah have is that she is some unique creature that we just haven't seen in this setting yet and when they show up we will think, 'Nothing so far that we have seen disproves that she is this creature.'" Apple Bloom thought out loud.
"Right but that probably isn't right and would be disproven by future events," Sweetie added.
"That's why Ah put this theory under 'Noncanon'," Apple Bloom pointed to one of the papers pinned to the wall.
"Alright what the hay are yawl talking about?" Applejack intervened. "Also Apple Bloom you said that Ah am needed up here," she said annoyed.
"You are needed, without Scootaloo here there ain't a orange pony in the club house!" Apple Bloom shot back.
"Quick Applejack do something a tomboy would do!" Sweetie shouted.
Applejack raised her eyebrow at Sweetie Belle.
Sweetie looked unimpressed, "Scootaloo would have done it better."
"Darn it, why is Scootaloo the fan favorite CMC?" Apple Bloom complained.
"I don't mind it, the writer likes me the most!" Sweetie smirked.
"Yeah, but only as a robot," Apple Bloom smirked.
"Oh, you're dead!" Sweetie narrowed her eye's.
"YOU TWO! Stop breaking the fourth wall! Its overused and not that interesting! Also it doesn't matter who the writer likes more, Ah'd say the reader has more say over the story!" Applejack smirks.
"Does that mean that one of us has to kiss Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Scootaloo went home for the day, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle said they were busy so they couldn't go crusading today. Scootaloo did what she does when she is home, she was laying in the grass outside her cave in the form of a changeling.
"Do you guys think I'm weird? Like, I don't really know if I fit in at all with the rest of the fillies... I don't know if its because I am a changeling or something else," Scootaloo asked as she turned her gaze up to a cardboard box with poorly drawn faces of Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.
Scootaloo sighed as she threw her head into the grass below her, "Apple Bloom's right, Ah have been actin strange," Scootaloo's voice was muffled as she spoke into the ground. "I think I have just been stressed because of the field trip, and now I have to come up with something to tell you two, I don't think I can tell you guys I'm a changeling," Scootaloo looked up to her drawn friends.
There was no response.
"I think I need to talk to somepony else," Scootaloo got up. "Where is Rainbow Dash at this time?"
After taking the back way to get to Sweet Apple Acres Scootaloo finally found Rainbow Dash sleeping in one of the trees.
"Hey! Rainbow Dash! Can we talk, somethings been bugging me," Scootaloo barked up the tree.
"Hmm, oh, sure hold on," Rainbow woke up and flew down as she wiped her eyes of tiredness. "What's this about bugs?"
"Well, a lot of things have been on my mind recently and I was hoping I could talk to you about it," Scootaloo rubbed the back of her head.
After Rainbow opened her eyes her face was filled with utter bewilderment, "... Right..."
Scootaloo didn't notice Rainbow's expression, "Well my friends notice that somethings been upsetting me and I have to tell them something before next week but I don't know what to say. I can't tell them what's actually going on because they will never look at me the same," Scootaloo started to feel a lot better as though a weight began lifting off her shoulders.
"... Right... Like, um, that you have, like a shell, and a horn..." Rainbow said slowly as she continued to stare at the changeling in front of her.
"Well that's just it, its not like I don't want to tell them but they would have a similar expression to your face......" Scootaloo's eyes grew small.
Scootaloo sat down as she realized her mistake while Rainbow was still wrapping her head around what the hay is going on when suddenly they both heard a door open. Rainbow as fast as she could picked up Scootaloo and threw her in a nearby bush while she started to whistle.
"NONE OF YAWL ARE KISSING SCOOTALOO AND THAT IS FINAL!" Applejack threw the door closed and a loud Aww filled the air that sounded like it came from ten separate ponies.
Rainbow was now extremely confused as she looked at Applejack as she trotted down from the club house. Applejack noticed the pony staring at her in shock and came over.
"You saw and heard nothing..." Applejack said and Rainbow nodded. "Anyways.. Sounds like the Cutie Mark Crusaders are having a sleepover at the barn this weekend Ah was hoping that us six could hang out too, its been awhile."
"Umm, I don't... I don't swing that way Applejack..." Rainbow rubbed the back of her head.
"Wha- Rainbow Ah told yawl that you heard nothing, and that was about something else anyways... So are yawl coming?" Applejack's voice became tired.
"Yeah, I guess," Rainbow responded quietly.
"Alright, Ah'll see yawl later then," Applejack rubbed her eye's as she trotted away.
Rainbow watched Applejack until she was out of sight and then whispered to Scootaloo, "Alright you can come out now."
Rainbow saw as a green light flickered from within the bush and a pony Scootaloo came out.
"That was close, thanks Rainbow!" Scootaloo smiled.
Rainbow Dash picked up Scootaloo and flew into the sky, when they got high enough that Rainbow was sure no one could hear them she let Scootaloo onto a cloud.
"CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IN THE HAY IS GOING ON!" Rainbow shouted.
"Well I have no clue why a whole bunch of ponies want to kiss me but I can tell you about myself," Scootaloo felt bad that she caused so much stress for Rainbow.
"Anything works, I just need some answers right now... No more questions!" Rainbow pointed to Scootaloo.
Scootaloo explained everything to Rainbow Dash who was on the edge of short circuiting.