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// Opening up 
// Story: I'm not worth it... 
// by KaylaBlues 
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Scootaloo slowly crept into the attic, hoping not to get noticed by her parents. She made sure that she was focused, there were lots of abandoned rusty objects in the attic.

Most of them were fossils of dangerous creatures her parents hunted down and captured. Some were just personal folders of important information about those creatures. Among all of the things, one of them was her scooter and helmet.

Scootaloo can't remember how long it has been since she's gotten the scooter and the helmet. Three years? Two years? Six months? She didn't care. She wore the helmet and used all her strength to hold the scooter and go.

She went outside and looked around and took a deep, slow breath. She settled the scooter down and stretched, ready to try out this thing. She didn't know how to scoot so she just hoped for the best and readied herself.

She first tried the method her aunt used to tell her. Make sure you're in perfect position. Remember to balance your legs. Don't think too much of falling, it'll only take you down. 

She checked to see wether her legs were in position. Once she was all set, she took a whirl with it. It was a breeze! "Woohoo!" She shouted at the air. She felt the rushing flowing through her ears. Her mane and tail flying towards the back of her head. She never felt anything like it. She then saw a flash of colours appearing and vanishing in the sky. She took a guess about who that pony was.

She saw Rainbow Dash make a few more flashes of rainbows. Scootaloo slowly stopped just to see the pegasus fly like an eagle. She noticed a white streak forming in front of Dash's hooves. It wasn't clear, so she decided not to question it. Rainbow Dash was flying even faster than the speed of light, an a fascinating phenomenon happened. It was unlike anything Scootaloo had seen.

Rainbow Dash landed smoothly on the ground and said "Ha! I knew you had it in ya!". Rainbow Dash then hugged Scootaloo. Scootaloo felt appreciated and smiled and hugged Rainbow back. She wanted to ask her about the explosion earlier but it just came out of the blue pony's mouth instead.

"Oh yeah. That rainbow blast I did earlier. That's called a Sonic Rainboom. It's the second time I pulled it off." 

Scootaloo just said "Cool..."

Rainbow Dash then continued, "So..., how was the scooter ride?"

Scootaloo responded. "Oh, it was amazing! It felt like I was flying..." She dropped down sadly.

Rainbow Dash was confused. Was it a memory that triggered the filly? She wanted to ask Scootaloo, but decided not to. She was afraid that she might upset the filly even more.

Rainbow then remembered that she never once saw Scootaloo fly, not even for a second. She asked Scootaloo, "No offense but, can you... fly?" She was careful of her word choices. She knew the word fly was enough to break down that filly.

fly

Scootaloo blinked. She never reacted so badly against a word before. She shooked her head sightly. "How am I supposed to know? I haven't really tried flying when I was a filly. I never even got the chance to fly..." Rainbow didn't say anything, so Scootaloo continued. "My parents never really cared for my interests. They only cared for their work and adventures. Whenever I ask them to teach me how to fly or do the things I wanted to do, they always say that they will someday but they always NEVER do!" Scootaloo clearly needed to emphasize on the word 'never'.

Rainbow Dash was still quiet. She wasn't really the best with words, so she only put a wing on Scootaloo's back as how she comforts her other friends.