//------------------------------// // Ch 28 // Story: My Little Ball of Fire & Vengeance // by Scootaboom1 //------------------------------// Amber Wood As we were eating our lunch in the school yard Diamond Tiara commented, "Did any of you hear that Princess Candace and Shining Armor asked to put a clue to a scavenger hunt in the foal free press?" Curious Dinky asked, "What kind of scavenger hunt is it? And why in the foal free press of all places?" Diamond Tiara shrugged and replied, "All I know is that the clues all have some kind of over arching theme for Princess Twilight to figure out or something like that for a surprise of some kind. The first clue sends them here and the our clue sends them to find Applejacks' birth certificate." Raising my brow I questioned, "Is that even legal or is Applejack in on it?" Every pony at the table shrugged when Scootaloo asked, "So what do you think the surprise even is?" I started to think an suggested, "Well the two have been married for a while now so maybe they are expecting?" Confused Scootaloo asked, "Expecting what?" Sweetie Belle chimed in and filled in, "It means expecting a foal." Scootaloo rolled her eyes and said, "That's not possible the stork own delivers foals when it is unexpected remember!" Every pony at the table just looked at Scootaloo and I thought to myself, are we going to have to give Scootaloo the talk? Are we going to have to give Rainbow Dash the talk? If so hopefully some pony will think of an adult to pawn her off too. Rainbow Dash *sneeze* Waking up from my quick power nap I suddenly remembered when I jokingly told Scootaloo that foals came from the stork and chuckled to myself... ... ... ... ... ...did I ever actually correct her? Ohh well that's a problem for future me. Returns to sleep. Amber Wood After a few seconds Dinky asked, "You still think that foals come from the stork..?" Scootaloo smiled and responded, "I used to think that we came from cabbage patches but Rainbow Dash corrected me!" We all looked at each other and wondered what to do when Amethyst came by to tell us that Pinkie Pie had arrived to make balloon animals for us. And without hesitation Silver Spoon asked Amethyst, "HeycanyougiveScootaloothetalkRainbowDashgaveherthestorkstory!Thankyou!Bye!" She then ran off in the direction of Pinkie Pie and to others followed suite as Amethyst stood there frozen. Scootaloo stayed back for a minute before coming to join us saying that Amethyst was broken or something before Dinky explained what happened to her. Scootaloo rolled her eyes and said, "It's okay that none of you know where foals come from. We can all go ask Rainbow Dash later and she can tell you all about it. I'll even bet you on it, but I don't any extra bits from my allowance so loser has to do a punishment instead." Shaking on it I said she had a deal but we need to pick another pony to give the answer since Rainbow Dash would be biased and agreed on a punishment. Still unsure if Rainbow Dash actually knew what she was talking about I suggested, "Hey why don't we ask Pinkie Pie since she is right here?" Raising one of her eyebrows Apple Bloom asked, "You sure that's a good idea?" Shrugging I responded, "She's as good a pony as any of you ask me?" Reaching Pinkie Pie I asked if she could explain where foals came from to Scootaloo but her response was... ...unexpected to say the least. With fear I her eyes and a nervous smile she said, "Oh! Me! How should I know- Ohh! Hey, look it's Princess Luna ask her instead!" Sure enough to bed of The Princess of the Night was right there in the middle of the road. Looking back to where Pinkie Pie was standing was now a hyper realistic balloon animal Pinkie Pie with many other balloon animals behind it... ...and a foal bottle...? Scootaloo suggested that we just asked Princess Luna since she was right there, "Hey Princess Luna confirm for us where foals come from we were apparently told different things?" Groggily Luna raised from her pillow and asked, "How did you enter our room? Ahh wait, the pink one... Unfortunately while we would normally be more than happy to answer your inquiry, our sister specifically forbad us from performing such lessons with children for some reason. Apparently the teaching method for such has changed drastically in the last thousand years. For whatever reason would one of you require such a thing." My heart rate began to increase and I felt like I was about to sweat bullets. Slightly concerned for all our well being and less so for Rainbow Dash who caused this mess, "Rainbow Dash told Scootaloo that foals came from storks!" Luna nodded in acknowledgement and said, "Very well than, I'll be off." Princess Luna then teleported away and I suggested that we go to Sugar Cube Corner later since Pinkie Pie clearly knows what is going on with the scavenger hunt. *Later at Sugar Cube Corner* As I guessed Princess Candace and Shining Armor made the announcement to the element bearers at Sugar Cube Corner. Walking with Scootaloo up to Applejack who was also standing next to Rainbow Dash and I began to explain the situation. Applejack glared at Rainbow Dash who started laughing whole heartedly be it diminished to a nervous chuckle, "Ya... Scootaloo about that. I actually said it as a joke thinking that some pony else would correct you about it. Since AJ will probably not stop bothering me if I don't actually explain it to you I guess I have too, so follow me to another room and we can talk." Rainbow Dash *That Evening* Leaving Sugar Cube Corner I was a bit wobbly on my hooves from having to much cider. Suddenly a familiar royal voice came from behind me, "Ahh dame Rainbow Dash, just the mare we had been searching for. We were informed that you were in need of some academic assistance for which we can provide. So off we go!" And before I knew it we were teleported away. *The Next Morning* Celestia "What do you mean, 'Rainbow Dash is curled up in the shower and refuses to come out'!" Amber Wood The next morning at Sugar Cube Corner I along with the others were dressing up Scootaloo for a photo shoot. With permission we had her double diapered and with a pacifier in her mouth. Sweetie Belle was using ribbons to tie her mane into pigtails. Diamond Tiara had provided a frilly pink dress that was to small for her and did nothing to hide Scootaloos' padded rear. As Scootaloo waddled from each of the photo sites around the playroom some pony tapped my shoulder. As I turned around Apple Bloom grabbed me and with help from the others put me in a similar outfit to Scootaloo to join the remaining photo shoots.