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// To Fly With Dragons: Chapters 7-Epilogue 
// Story: To Fly With Dragons 
// by lunabrony 
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Chapter 7

Scootaloo had most certainly let the power of flight go to her head. She was zipping and darting around Ponyville as if she owned the place. She'd stopped to rest on a cloud, dizzy with excitement. "This is totally awesome, Dash!" She exclaimed to the blue mare keeping watch over her. "Maybe I'll get to be A Wonderbolt!"

Rainbow Dash started laughing. "Aim high, kid. But not that high. omething more realistic." She glanced down and frowned. "Whoa. Looks like we got a party."

Scootaloo glanced down as well, and noticed  both of her Crusader friends were below, and had brought their sisters. None of them looked particularly pleased. Scootaloo fluttered down, and landed before them.

"What's up guys?"

"You. You're up. And we want you to come down." Rarity said. "You're behavior is absolutely abhorrent."

"What do my abs have to do with anything?"

"Yer bein' rude, Scootaloo, ever since you got your wings supercharged. We just want our Crusader back."

"I'm still a Crusader, I just don't have my cutie mark in flight yet."

Applejack muttered. "Maybe y'll get yer cutie mark in bein' a total-"

Rarity shoved a (thankfully empty) pincushion into Applejacks mouth. "That's enough!"

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at her pleadingly. "Come on Scoots. Just have Twilight uncharge your wings, and come back and hang out with us."

"No! I like my wings!"

Rainbow Dash put her foreleg around the fillys neck. "I know you want to be awesome like me. But sometimes the most awesome thing to do is to listen to your friends."

Scootaloo cringed. "But then I won't be able to fly anymore and I won't get my cutie mark!"

Applejack shook her head. "All three of y'are gonna get yer cutie marks someday, but yer kids. Y'don't want to rush into growin' up. When yer grown up and older y'll want t'be kids again. Enjoy it while you can."

Scootaloo hung her head. "You guys really don't care if I can fly or not?"

"Of course not!"

Rarity tossed her mane back. "Now then. Go get this nonsense taken care of and go visit Fluttershy. She made cookies for you three and by the time she had them ready you were gone. She's spent the last hour trying to figure out what she did wrong."

Twilight ran over the hill, panting for breath. "Finally! I've been searching all over for you! Scootaloo, I know this is hard to hear, but-"

"I need to have my superflight stripped."

"You need to have your...flight... what?"

"It's okay. But I feel like a total jerk now. Come on! Back to the Library!" She said, racing her Crusaders over the hill.

"But... we just... came from..." Twilight groaned, collapsing upon the grass.

Chapter 8/Epilogue

Having donned proper sunglasses, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were prepared this time for the violent burst of light that accompanied the decharging flight spell.

Twilight looked affectionately down at the orange pegasus. "Scootaloo, do you have something you'd like to report?" She asked, Spike standing nearby with a quill.

"Uh huh. I learned that even though I really want grow up, and being patient is really really hard, sometimes you have to avoid taking shortcuts, even when it seems like a good idea." She glanced at her Crusaders. "Especially when you wind up thinking something else is more important than your friends."

She went over to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, and hung her head. "I'm really sorry guys."

They both hugged her. "We're just glad yer back."

"Yeah!"

All three of them stuck their hooves in the middle, chanting.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!"

They fell over laughing.

The E-

Pinkie Pie pushed the letters away, glaring. "Hey! I didn't get a line!"