This time around, it was Rarity handling Scootaloo for the night. Of course, this would seem like an odd combination for Scootaloo to have. Scootaloo was active, loved physical activity, and was generally the most boisterous Crusader. Rarity was elegant and refined. Not exactly a pair you would expect to have together for the night, and yet here they were.
Unsurprisingly, Rarity was seated, knitting, while Scootaloo constructed a train set. Sometimes Rarity would bring Sweetie Belle along and the two fillies would run amok, but she was with her parents that night (a surprise, I know) and it thus fell to Scootaloo to build the rails herself. Scootaloo’s favorite train to use was actually a model of the Crystal Empire Express, given how different it looked from most other trains in Equestria. Rarity wondered how the toy manufacturers managed to get permission to make it, though she suspected they went through Shining Armor instead of Cadance.
Soon enough, the Crystal Express was chugging through a model of Ponyville, complete with sound effects from Scootaloo and the occasional “whoo whoo” from Rarity. After crashing through the barn at Sweet Apple Acres, it promptly ran over Lord Tirek, went straight through city hall, and then took an unexpected shortcut through Everfree Forest back to the Crystal Empire.
“What was Lord Tirek doing on the railroad anyway, darling?” Rarity asked. She had rather quietly observed the early departure of one Lord Tirek, who’s plastic model (nobody knows why they exist) met an unfortunate demise at the wheels of a train.
“He was planning something EVIL,” Scootaloo explained. “So I hit him with the train.”
“Yes, well, I suppose that’s one way to stop somepony from taking over Equestria. I shall have to bring it up to Twilight next time we have to save the world again,” Rarity remarked. Scootaloo snickered in response, before the Crystal Express proceeded to charge up the mountain to Canterlot. Thankfully, there were no figures in the path this time, though some might claim Queen Chrysalis was hit by the train somewhere in Everfree Forest. If anybody cares about her after what she tried to do to Fluttershy in the Season 6 finale.
Nobody messes with Fluttershy and gets away with it.
Rarity set aside her knitting for a while and magically floated a model of the Ponyville Express onto the board, joining the game. The game got far more intense by this point, as Rarity sought to keep schedules, collect passengers, and deliver goods properly while Scootaloo continued to act as a sentient battering ram crushing all in her path. The two would even engage in some competition, as Scootaloo attempted to ram Rarity off the rails, only for Rarity to magically add tracks at the last second and make an escape through a legally questionable shortcut that just happened to be “found.”
“Now, if the Crystal Empire keeps trying to destroy my train, all of my passengers are going to be late to their meeting at Canterlot. You don’t want that to happen, do you Scootaloo?”
Scootaloo grinned and launched another attack, only for Rarity to bore a hole through the mountain and escape again.
“How do you keep finding or making all these short-cuts, anyway?” Scootaloo asked. "I've never seen anypony come up with so many so quickly."
“Well, I have my ways. You might not believe this, but Sweetie Belle has the exact same set as you. She’s generally less destructive, but she has her moments. It pays to memorize the layout of the board and keep several back doors open.”
Scootaloo gasped. “Sweetie Belle plays with these?”
“Not as much as you do, of course. But every so often she’ll drag it out of her closet in the boutique and give it a run. I like to join her every so often.”
“That’s so cool! Next time she comes over, do you think we could all play?”
Rarity smiled. “I’m sure she would like that very much. Oh, but Scootaloo?”
“Yeah?”
“You forgot to keep your eyes on the game.”
True enough, Scootaloo had gotten distracted by Rarity’s discussion and took her eyes off of the game board.
Rookie mistake.
The Friendship Express pounded into the Crystal Express head on, bashing into the side of the crystal train and sending it rolling off the track and down a mountain in a destroyed heap. Right onto King Sombra, who now died for the millionth time. Turns out Rarity was a veteran train wrecker after all, and Scootaloo felt her wrath in locomotive form as her train paid the price.
“Wait, when did you get there?”
“I took that shortcut on the mountain when you weren’t looking, darling. I never pick fights with Sweetie Belle, but if she tries to ram me off the rails I will fight back. Just don’t tell her about that shortcut.”
Scootaloo paused to look at her destroyed train as Rarity set it back on the tracks to continue playing. Letting out a laugh, the Crystal Express continued on its way to probably destroy more real estate. “Your secret’s safe with me.”