//------------------------------// // chapter 2: // Story: past regrets // by Talacapo 0903p //------------------------------// Starting a new day, Firefly woke up with only one motivation, to see his daughter, Scootaloo again, he knew he had to tell her the truth. "Okay, I'm going to go get the newspaper, especially the picture of Scootaloo," Firefly said as she took the saddlebag from him. As he took the newspaper clipping and put it in his saddlebags, he left his house glimpsing a beautiful day in Cloudsdale "Well first I have to find Rainbow Dash, I just hope Rainbow Dash doesn't get mad at me when I tell her I'm Scootaloo's birth mother", She thought sadly knowing that would probably happen. meanwhile with Rainbow Dash and Soarin "All set" Rainbow Dash said as she left her house with Soarin by her side "Be good squirt, derpy must come take care of you" Rainbow Dash said saying goodbye to her daughter as she gave her a goodbye hug . "Bye mommy, I'll see you after school," Scootaloo said goodbye to Rainbow Dash. "Do you really think Scootaloo's birth mother still loves her?" Sorian asked as he flew to Rainbow Dash's side. "I'm pretty sure she still loves her," Rainbow Dash replied looking at Sorian."And why are you so sure?" Sorian asked Rainbow Dash, "I know because her birth mother did the only thing she could do to protect Scootaloo and keep her birth father from finding her." Rainbow Dash answered. While both were heading to the academy, they both saw a pegasus mare with yellow fur and purple mane heading to the academy "um, I wonder who she is, I've never seen her" Rainbow Dash said looking at the mysterious mare. "Perhaps he is a newcomer looking to enroll in the academy," Soarin said as they continued on their way to the academy. Meanwhile with Firefly Firefly glimpsed the academy "finally, I just hope Rainbow Dash or Sorian have arrived", Firefly thought as she landed in one of the academy's entrances "does she have something miss?" Asked one of the guards who was sitting at a firefly stand, he approached and answered with a nod. "Yes, my name is Firefly, do you know if Rainbow Dash is here? I need to talk to her" asked Firefly with a small smile "I'm sorry ma'am, she hasn't arrived yet, but if you like you can wait for her to arrive", replied the guard . Hearing Firefly reply with a nod, she waited there minutes later. Firefly looked up when he saw that Rainbow Dash had arrived. "Hello, Golden Guard", said Rainbow greeting the guard "good morning, Miss Dash" Golden Guard returned the greeting "Um, Miss Dash, someone named Firefly who wants to speak with you" she said pointing to the mare that was behind her she his "Um hello, do you want to talk to me?" Rainbow asked the pegasus mare. "Well I don't know how to start, you don't know me but I saw in the newspaper that you became Scootaloo's mother" Firefly said looking at rainbow. "Yeah, what's up with that?" Rainbow asked curiously. "I know this would be hard to believe but..." Firefly's voice cut off suddenly "but what?" Rainbow asked as she looked at Firefly. "I'm Scootaloo's biological mother", Firefly answered, both Rainbow and Sorian remained silent. meanwhile at rainbow dash's house "Wow Derpy, your muffins are delicious", Scootaloo said congratulating Derpy on the delicious muffins she made. "Thanks, they're Dinky's favorites too", Derpy said as they ate lunch. looking at the clock he saw that it was time to take Scootaloo to school "It's time to go to school, Scootaloo" said Derpy going for Scootaloo's saddlebags "Yes, I'm coming", Scootaloo said accompanying Derpy while she put the saddlebags "ok let's go find Dinky and together we'll go to school, ok? agreement? "Okay," Scootaloo said as they both walked out of the house. meanwhile with rainbow dash "W-what?" She didn't expect Scootaloo's birth mother to show up like this out of the blue. She at first wanted to punch her for abandoning Scootaloo in that alley, but she decided against it. "Please don't think badly of me for showing up like this after 5 years," Firefly said with concern. "If you're telling the truth, is that stud who tried to take Scootaloo really his biological father?" Rainbow asked with some curiosity as they both sat down on a nearby bench. "But why? Why did you leave her in that alley?" Rainbow Dash curiously asked why Firefly left Scootaloo in that alley. "I did it to protect her," Firefly answered truthfully. "from her father, right?" Rainbow asked Firefly's answer. "Yes, his name was White Fang, he was an abusive and violent alcoholic, he also mistreated me," said Fyrefly, sadly remembering the suffering he had to live. "When I found out she was pregnant at first I was glad. I thought he would change and try to kick her habit", Firefly said with some anger, remembering her life of suffering with White Fang. "But it didn't, he just got worse and he got more violent," Firefly said. "I was afraid he would do the same thing to Scootaloo after he was born. He wanted to file for a divorce, but if he did, White would get custody of Scootaloo," Firefly said as she began to sob. "But why didn't you run off with Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked as she tried to comfort Firefly. "Because I had nowhere to go besides if they found me, I would be jailed and White would get custody of Scootaloo," Firefly replied as she calmed down slowly. "When Scootaloo was born, I couldn't think of anything else but how adorable she was, I just didn't want her to suffer a life of mistreatment from a father an alcoholic," Firefly said. "But what happened to make you abandon Scootaloo?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, it was the same night you found Scootaloo. I was tucking Scootaloo in while she slept, so I went downstairs to the living room and saw that White, as usual, was reading the paper. Then I heard that Scootaloo had started crying By this time, White was fed up with Scootaloo's crying, so he got up from the couch and went to Scootaloo's room, he knew what he was going to do was not right." Firefly said as he continued to tell his story. "I followed him to Scootaloo's room, I could hear White scream as Scootaloo cried louder, when I saw that he was about to hit Scootaloo, that's when I yelled at him to throw Scootaloo and if he wanted to hit someone to hit me me," said Firefly remembering her terrible past. "It was there that he left Scootaloo in her crib and instead of hitting me he just grabbed his saddlebag and went to one of the many taverns in Cloudsdale, while I was trying to calm Scootaloo down, that's when a fear came into my mind." Firefly said as tears began to fall from her eyes. "So I took Scootaloo, didn't know what to do, I just didn't want her to suffer the mistreatment what I suffered she didn't deserve, she deserved to be happy and even if she gave her happiness her father. It would only cause her sadness and suffering, when I saw that there was a box in an alley, I went there, I slowly put Scootaloo there along with the monkey doll that I bought her that and she loved along with the note that you found", Firefly said remembering sadly that night and his past. As Rainbow listened to her story, tears began to fall from her eyes. Rainbow never thought that Firefly had suffered so much and that she didn't want Scootaloo to suffer too. "But why didn't you put Scootaloo in an orphanage instead of an alley?" Rainbow Dash asked. "To prevent White from finding Scootaloo," Firefly replied. "All these years I didn't look for Scootaloo for fear that my ex-husband would follow me and take Scootaloo," Firefly said. "But when I found out that White managed to get custody of Scootaloo temporarily, I was disappointed. I thought what I had done was useless since I had found Scootaloo, but when I found out at the second trial that White Fang had been sent to prison after they found bruises on Scootaloo's face," Firefly said. "That's when I knew someone had found Scootaloo before White. That's when I found out that it was you, you found her and took care of her and I will always thank you for doing so." Firefly said thanking Rainbow Dash for taking care of her. Scootaloo all these years. "You don't have to thank me, Firefly. I just did the right thing. When that stud showed up, I knew you abandoned Scootaloo to protect her from the abuse you had to go through," Rainbow Dash said. "I just couldn't believe it, Scootaloo was safe and that he also had a family that loved her and would take care of her, something that I couldn't do" said Firefly happily "That's when I decided to start my search, I wanted to see Scootaloo again, I wanted her to know the truth, I wanted her to know why I left her 5 years ago," Firefly enthused. "Of course, Firefly I understand that you abandoned her to protect her, I understand that you loved her, that's why you didn't want her to go through the same suffering you were experiencing" Rainbow Dash said comforting Firefly "Th-does that mean?" said firefly "Yes firefly, I forgive you I understand that you suffered a lot, you had to leave Scootaloo so that she wouldn't suffer the same as you were suffering" Rainbow said as she hugged fyrefly. "I'll let you see her and I'm sure she'll be very happy to know that her birth mother still loves her," Rainbow Dash said. "Thank you Rainbow, thank you very much," Firefly said thanking Raimbow Dash. "You're welcome" Rainbow replied. "If you want you can enter the academy and then we can go to my house" Rainbow suggested to Firefly she nodded and he accompanied her to the academy now with the feeling that she would really see her daughter again.