LOCATION: APPLE FAMILY HOUSE
PONIES INVOLVED: SCOOTALOO, APPLE FAMILY
Scootaloo lay inside the empty tree house. She, SweetieBell, and Applebloom had tried kayaking earlier today, Gosh, Why was it so cold??
Scootaloo knew it was the winter months, she wasn't stupid, but she was just irritated at this point. All of the other fillies were making snow angels with their mom and dads.
She didn't have a mom and dad. She envied those other kids who spended quality time with their parents. Because that was the life she had wanted.
In the harsh winter months, all Scootaloo had to keep her warm was a thin blanket. Her friends had begun to worry, and told her that they could come over anytime.
Scootaloo had always dismissed the idea, told her friends that she was fine, but, walking up to The Apples family home, Scootaloo grew tired of the harsh cold.
Immediately after she knocked on the door, Applejack swung her head open and said, "My, my! If it isn't Scootaloo.. Come in, Come in!"
Scootaloo was shivering when she had entered, and oddly enough, The Apples were eating.. some kind of soup?
Everyone looked up as Scootaloo entered the room. Applejack smiled as she introduced Scootaloo to her family. Applebloom's eyes lit up, out of both happiness and relief. Applejack escorted Scootaloo to a spare seat at the dinner table.
Scootaloo was huddled up some blankets The Apples gave her while Granny Smith was preparing her food. Everyone else at the dinner table was asking her questions, Applejack inquired "So, Scootaloo.. why were you outside at these times? and ..in that weather?"
Scootaloo was hesitant to reply. "Uh, I dunno.." she shifted nervously in the uncomfortable seat. She didn't like the topic brought up.
"But, Scootaloo, You told me you sleep every night at the clubhouse!" Applebloom pointed out.
Scootaloo wished she hadn't.
Applejack, after hearing that, looked quite concerned. "So, you've spent all of these winters.. in a wet, cold clubhouse, wrapped in a thin blanket?.."
Scootaloo blushed. "Y-yeah.." she had avoided eye contact with Applejack, not out of shame, but out of guilt.
Applejack's look of concern turned into horror. "Scootaloo. You could've died!! Im NOT letting you go back there. You'll be staying with us from now on. You're in the Apple family now"
An awkward moment passes, then Granny Smith comes back with a beaming smile on her face. "Here you go, dear! Don't let that go to waste!"
Scootaloo stared at it for a moment, poking the gloopy food with her fork.
Granny Smith smiled and chimed "It's apple soup!"
Huh? Did I mishear her? Did she just say apple soup ??
Scootaloo got tempted and tried it. Oddly enough, It tasted like Apple Sauce that had been warmed up. It warmed Scootaloo up, too, as she found herself no longer shivering and freezing.
Scootaloo actually quite liked the "apple soup" as she had found herself eating 3 full bowls of it.
Soon, though, after all the dinnertime chatter, Scootaloo had begun to get tired. She was shown her new bed, very comfy with thick wool blankets.
As Scootaloo laid down, she had one more thought before she drifted off to sleep; I love my new family.