The sound of her pen rubbing off against the paper was loud and grating, the ticking of the clock was the worst thing to hear as the sound of the wind bash against her windows just added to the boredom she brought herself into. With a pile of paper beside her left and right it felt like no escape whatsoever.
She put down her pen on the wooden surface and gripped onto her glasses and placed them down on her desk, with a few blinks she proceeded to rub her eyes and let out a sigh. After she was done, she put her glasses back on and yawned.
The Mayor closed her eyes and slowly stretched her arms up into the air and leaned back into her office chair which resulted in it going backwards slightly. As she yawned the sound of giggling and laughter could be heard in her office, quickly, she leaned forward and opened her eyes in a small panic.
As she recollected herself she saw Cheerilee, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy standing by the office door all giving her unique looks. Cheerilee looked confused at what the Mayor was doing, Rainbow Dash had a smirk that she didn't even bother to hide and Fluttershy looked a little scared now that she was back in the office.
"Oh... Hello, sorry about that..." The Mayor blushed and picked up her pen and clicked the top. "I just felt like I needed to stretch a little."
"Looks like someone didn't get their coffee this morning." Rainbow Dash chuckled. "You been tryin' to work out this adoption stuff or what?"
"No Rainbow Dash..." The Mayor cupped her hand and placed it over her mouth and proceeded to yawn again. "...I just had trouble sleeping last night, this adoption process is the least of my concerns as of now. Its just trying to contact the foster parents... They aren't answering their phones or even responding to my letters."
"Forget 'em Mayor, we gotta do this adoption stuff then lets do it already." Rainbow Dash yelled out. She rolled her eyes and walked over to the office desk the Mayor was stationed at and rested her hands on the edge of the work desk.
"What's gotten into your diaper?" The Mayor chuckled.
"Nothing yet." Rainbow retorted.
"I'm sure we all don't want to know what goes in a diaper Rainbow Dash, just keep the potty-mouth humor to yourself." The Mayor smiled.
"Oh gee, why not mention I'm a really cranky baby and make the moment?" Rainbow Dash laughed to herself over her own joke, without looking behind herself, she took a step back from the desk an lowered herself onto the seat behind her and felt something dig up into her backside.
"Ooh, careful." The Mayor laughed.
Her cheeks started to blush a bright red as she felt something go up her backside, feeling as if she landed on a soft fluffy pillow. Her head turned to see that she had sat on top on Fluttershy without looking at her surroundings. Both of them blushed a bright red as the Mayor and Cheerilee lightly giggled at the sight of them.
Taking advantage of the situation with some excellent quick thinking, Rainbow Dash readjusted herself and wrapped her arms round Fluttershy in an attempt to hug her. Making it seem that this was done on purpose.
"How adorable, the baby is sitting down on mommies lap." The Mayor playfully announced.
Even Cheerilee herself found this to be quite amusing, taking her own seat opposite Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash she started to laugh under her breath at the sight of them sitting together.
"Heh, I'm not wearing a diaper yet. I'm wearin' my big girl undies until I get home."
"Okay, okay." The Mayor nodded. "Now that we have all the jokes out of the way, we can begin. Now, are we all ready to start?"
"I'm ready." Cheerilee said.
"Me too." Rainbow Dash smiled.
"Uh Y-Yes..." Fluttershy whispered.
Before the Mayor spoke to her audience, she picked up a few sheets of papers and rearranged them into the correct places and laid them back down onto the desk. Her throat was clear and her head was tipsy from her fatigue but she wanted to continue.
"Now I don't want to mention the previous meeting, I really don't, but I feel that since yesterday after coming round to your house Fluttershy and giving you the all-clear to this. I just want to go over a few things that weren't mentioned or discussed in the first meeting."
"Oh... S-Sure..." Fluttershy began to listen in, nodding her head to show that she was paying attention.
"These papers..." The Mayor started to pick up and push the papers to the edge of the desktop hung right over. Rainbow Dash grabbed one of the papers and took a quick read before handing it to Fluttershy. "These papers are for you Fluttershy."
"Oh um... Thank you Mayor..."
"Now. Onto actual business." The Mayor smiled and pushed her seat forward, digging her legs under the desktop and sitting upright to take a good look at the three adults before her. "Cheerilee is here with us today so we can finalize all forms of child support for Scootaloo. What I mean by this is that she shall be your legal guardian, say, if something bad happens to her then she will try and help you."
"Th-That sounds l-lovely..."
"My main role here in this meeting is to ask you whether your home has the appropriate living standards for a child such as Scootaloo. Myself, I personally know that you have a wonderful home. You have a nursery, clean kitchen, living room and two bedrooms that are both equipped with the right stuff. All I want you to do is write down a few details on this government slip and write down where provided."
"Uh-huh."
"I'll hand you the sheet and a pen, I don't want to impose anything too stressful upon you so you are allowed to take your time. And do feel free to ask questions on the parts your stuck on."
"Y-Yes..."
"Right.." The Mayor pulled out one of the sheets of paper and clicked the top of her pen. "Just before we start, are you feeling alright? Do you need a minute to collect your thoughts or anything like that? I can happily let you take a break if you feel a little bit panicked or worried."
"I f-feel okay Mayor..."
"Okay. I'm just concerned for your well-being Fluttershy. These are very tough moments to get through, but I assure you that once we've all finished here you can go home and relax."
"Okay..."
"Here you go."
The Mayor picked up the paper and handed it over to Fluttershy who picked up the pen, breathed in and then concentrated at the questions at hand. She started to write her name and got busy into filling the sheet despite Rainbow Dash still sitting on the edge of her lap.
"Now Rainbow Dash, what are you doing to do after all of this is finished."
"I dunno." Rainbow Dash shrugged. "I feel like goin' back to my apartment, strippin' off my clothes and sitting down on the couch with some beer in my hand."
"Are you just going to sit around in your diapers?"
"Yep." Rainbow Dash smirked. "Me and Fluttershy had some good time yesterday after you left. We snuggled up in bed watchin' TV."
"How adorable." The Mayor chuckled. "It still seems unreal to go through this adoption, back in my day, which is exactly thirty years ago there was a massive strive and need for us women to get pregnant and have children. As much as men needing to go out and purchase a house and support a family. Well, that was before all of this pop music and these silly fashion trends came in and changed everyone for what I say the better."
"Man, I wouldn't wanna live around you when you were younger."
"Well to be honest I was a bit of a bookworm. I guess you could say that I was like Twilight in some cases. I remember when all you of were actual children going to school together and then moving up into college, it is quite a sight to behold as time goes by."
"I don't remember that much about my old school, just college and all the wacky things we did."
"But its still remarkable to see the three of you starting out as little children with no clue of how the world works and then slowly climbing those ladders until you are fully blossomed women who are ready to take everything by the ropes. I wonder when all three of you find a man worthy of your standards and settle down with them."
"I don't think that'll happen for a while Mayor." Cheerilee added.
"On the contrary Cheerilee, by the time you hit your thirties then you'll see that it isn't always about the flashing lights and the alcohol. You've had your adult fun in your twenties and then there is a period where you grow tired of having that type of fun when you get to middle age. Ideas about having a family and a loved one come to mind and then you prepare for what comes next."
"I have a few years to go until I get to thirty so that shouldn't really be a problem."
"Most of the people in town who left college a few years ago are in their twenties, though this shouldn't worry any of you, I just wanted to talk about what comes after."
"I understand Mayor."
"And besides, we have the current generation, the little tykes that are currently in your school. I think its appropriate to say that Scootaloo's future should be discussed as this meeting is all about her."
"I'd like to know a few things about Scootaloo. Especially in these little diaper activities that she does, I'm just concerned about how far this is being taken."
Fluttershy paused for a moment and sighed, she leaned forward and passed the papers back to the Mayor along with the pen at the side. After doing so she turned her head and looked at Cheerilee.
"Fluttershy, I understand that you've been giving Scootaloo a lot of attention and so forth and that she is very receiving to this. But are these babying activities affecting her at all? I mean, it must be really weird for a growing child like her to regress back and merely act back into the state of a toddler. Are you handling this really well at all?"
"Uh... I think I am..."
The Mayor cleared her throat.
"Cheerilee, I can also add to this, I went round Fluttershy's cottage to see how Scootaloo was being looked after. I actually ran into the three of them in one of their little 'activities' and I must say: It was truly adorable. Little Scootaloo was dressed up in some dungarees with a little orange pacifier clipped to the edge of her shirt in the nursery. She looked so innocent playing with those baby toys and it was so nice to see a smile on her pretty little face."
Cheerilee turned back to look at Fluttershy.
"Uh-huh... Is this going to be a daily thing or a weekly thing? I mean, I'm sure that Scootaloo would love to be treated like an infant everyday. But are you going to do it every day with her or is there certain times and days that you are going to treat her like this."
"Uh... I mean I don't want to... You know... Treat her like that all the time... As much as I would love to... But I think she is a big girl and you know... Uh... She can make her own choice."
"I see." Cheerilee nodded. "And what about you Rainbow Dash?"
"Oh, I just come to her cottage on every Saturday afternoon and we get into our roles for a couple of hours."
"So you made an agreement of some sort?"
"Yep." She nodded.
The Mayor cleared her throat and joined in.
"I didn't ask how you got this interest in babies for all of a sudden Fluttershy, if I may, where did you get this interest in looking after your own little one start?"
"Oh. I er, liked looking after my teddies when I was a little girl... I pretended they were little babies I had to l-look after from time to time a-and when I got the chance to look after animals in college I tried my best to look after them. I n-noticed how happy people were when they had their own children s-so I started to buy my own baby supplies and books."
"I see. So after you got the appropriate supplies you thought of having your own children?"
"Y-Yes... But uh... I didn't want to... Uh..." Fluttershy's face turned a bright red. "Be pregnant..."
"It's okay Fluttershy. We all understand, a lot of people aren't that interested in actual pregnancy nowadays, like I said before. I have always thought that you would do great with a man to support you."
"Hrm..." Fluttershy nervously nodded.
"I'm sure in a few years down the road you might find a hunky man like Big Macintosh who is willing to service and provide for a standard Equestrian family. I'm sure a man like him could really make you happy even when the kids aren't around. Te-he." The Mayor quickly put her hands up to her mouth and let out a weak chuckle. This comment strangely caused both Fluttershy and Cheerilee to slightly blush. Rainbow Dash on the other hand grinned a little and kept her eyesight on the Mayor for now.
The Mayor looked down at the written papers and quickly gave them a quick shuffle into the appropriate order, after doing so she placed them next to the her neatly stacked pencils and pens and cleared her throat.
"I just want to also mention that now you are the legal parent of Scootaloo due to the Foster Parents not presenting themselves at this meeting. I wish to say, and I personally think that if the whole town were in on this, they would all wish you with the best of luck in your future as a mother. With the Foster Parents not available at this time their voices and objections to this meeting are furthermore nulled. They have no say in what happens next."
"So? Everything is settled?" Fluttershy blinked.
"Yes indeed. If you have any questions then please ask away." The Mayor smiled and gave a reassuring nod and then widened her eyes and turned to Cheerilee. "Wait a minute. I have an idea, but it all depends on you Cheerilee dear."
"What's up?" Cheerilee asked.
The Mayor leaned back in her chair and smirked.
"Do you think it would be okay to give Scootaloo the day off? I have a lovely idea that will surely put a smile on the little tykes face."
"Woah, woah, woah!" Rainbow Dash quickly interrupted. "You gonna break the law for little Scoots? Awesome!"
"Well, to be exact, I wouldn't be Mayor if I just played by the rules, that's not how Government works. Let's head to the school, I have a wonderful idea that should make her happy for years to come."
The innocent noises were everywhere, no matter where you went they would always follow you inside the classroom. The children were all doing different things together. Some were sitting down all clumped together in their little groups, some were keeping their heads down not only to dodge the incoming paper planes, but to complete the school work given to them.
At the front of the classroom both presented Bon-Bon and Lyra, two women who had taken time out of their hands to keep the little ones at bay for a good chunk of the day. Lyra herself was in her usual mood, she sat at the teachers desk donning the familiar light purple vest that the regular teacher wears.
Bon-Bon on the other hand had brought something different to the table, despite being with her wife she also brought an innocent toddler with her in the brewing chaos of the classroom. Certain students sat together near the big desk in a circular pattern, legs crossed with their curiosity for the toddler all looking at Bon-Bon brought Tootsie Flute along for the ride.
Amongst the children all in a circle was Scootaloo. She inspected the toddler and took note of how confused the little one looked, the child's eyes idly darted round and looked at each of the children curiously. The only noise the toddler made was the adorable suckling noises she made using her purple pacifier that was in her mouth.
"Do you children have any questions about Tootsie Flute?" Bon-Bon smiled at the children and wrapped her arms around the infant. She shuffled Tootsie Flute back onto her lap and stroked her hair.
A few of the children threw their hands up excitedly, some of them loudly shouted to be picked and Bon-Bon laughed.
"Okay, you." She pointed at one of the children.
"Can Tootsie Flute walk?" One of the children asked.
"That's a very interesting question Rumble." Bon-Bon nodded. "Tootsie Flute is two years old now, she might still be a little toddler, but she is trying her best to stand up on her own two feet and walk as much as she can. Now does anyone else have another question?"
The children quickly raised their hands with the exception of Scootaloo, all of them quickly starting yelling and were competing for the chance to ask a question.
"Okay, you." She once again pointed at one of the children.
"How do you know when the baby is really hungry?" Another child asked.
"That's another interesting question SilverSpoon. You see, babies and toddlers aren't able to talk like us grown-ups yet, the only way they are able to tell their mommies and daddies that..."
Scootaloo honestly wasn't listening at this point, she hypnotically stared at the confused toddler. To see Tootsie Flute nicely bound and protected by her mother as Bon-Bon's arms wrapped around her to stop her from sliding off her lap was something she wanted. Scootaloo wanted the day to end so that she could see Fluttershy again. Her mommy, her protector. The one who did so much for her.
"Scootaloo..."
As she sat there looking at the toddler she wanted to be in her position again with two warm hand wrapped around her body to make sure that she was protected from danger or any other worries that she had.
Scootaloo..."
Her name was called, this immediately snapped her out of the trance and she looked up to see Bon-Bon looking at her. She didn't appear to look angry at all, in fact she was wearing a motherly smile similar to a way that Fluttershy would have done.
"Huh?"
"Scootaloo you're a little quiet today." Bon-Bon leaned forward and rested her hand on her shoulder. "Are you alright? Would you like to ask a question about Tootsie Flute? Its okay if you don't want to."
Now the pressure was mounted onto her rather quickly. Bon-Bon had leaned back a little and once again grabbed hold of Tootsie Flute.
"Um... Does Tootsie Flute... Uh... Still sleep in a crib and stuff?" Scootaloo looked down to the carpet and slightly blushed, despite not getting any reactions from her classmates, Bon-Bon cleared her throat and began to speak.
"Yes Scootaloo." Bon-Bon answered. "So that she doesn't fall out of bed we bought her a special crib that makes sure she is really comfortable. Every night I put her into bed, wrap her into her favorite blanket, give her a baby bottle full of delicious warm milk and she hugs her stuffed animals at the same time."
What followed was an adorable gasp coming from all the surrounding children, especially the girls save for Scootaloo.
As Bon-Bon continued on about Tootsie Flute. Scootaloo was headed back into her thoughts and went back to looking at the toddler and how she wanted to be in that position, images of Fluttershy and the times spent with her were passing by in her mind and she just couldn't help but smile at the sight of herself being treated this way.
As the questions and the demonstrations continued on, Scootaloo noticed something about the toddler that just didn't seem right. The infant was slightly squirming her arms and legs were shaking and she tried to break free of her mothers grip, Bon-Bon and the surrounding children quickly noticed the toddlers squirming and she spat out her pacifier.
"Ooh, calm down Tootsie, what's wrong?"
The toddler began to quietly sob and continued squirming, yet only at a much quicker and faster rate.
"Do you want your bottle?" Bon-Bon cooed. "Its okay kids, just go and play for a moment while I tend to Tootsie Flute."
The children quickly got up and walked away from Bon-Bon and the toddler and went over to their other friends on the other side of the room. But Scootaloo remained to watch the toddler being taken care of. Bon-Bon quickly looked up to see Scootaloo still sitting down watching her and Tootsie Flute with concern.
"You can go play with your friends now Scootaloo, I'll just take care of Tootsie Flute and we can get back onto asking questions in a minute."
"Miss Bon-Bon."
"Yes Scootaloo?"
A small knot twisted in her stomach for a second, she really wanted to help out the poor little toddler knowing what Fluttershy had told her about babies during her time as one. She got up and rested herself on her knees and smiled without giving direct eye-contact to the adult.
"Can I help you look after your baby?"
Bon-Bon thought this over and looked down to take a quick glance at her daughter. The toddler was seemingly agitated for what reason she couldn't make out. Her diaper didn't need changing, that was for sure. Her pacifier was dangling around on a thin necklace so it wasn't missing at all.
"Could you keep Tootsie Flute in your sights while I go through my handbag and get her bottle. I think that's what she needs."
She loosened her grip on the toddler and slowly enough Tootsie Flute slid from her mothers lap and landed on her hands and knees. Wiggling her bottom from side to side the toddler began to mindlessly crawl towards Scootaloo, a wad of drool escaped her mouth and dripped onto the wooden flooring. Bon-Bon leaned over to her side and reached for her large handbag and dipped her hand into the top and started to rummage through her contents.
"Hello." Scootaloo tilted herself forwards and smiled at the toddler.
Tootsie Flute was making her way towards Scootaloo, her head was up and she let out random bursts of baby talk that no one could understand.
"Aww. You're so cute." Scootaloo cooed. She extended a hand and waved it infront of the toddlers face, the look of bedazzlement quickly came over Tootsie Flute.
"Ooh..." Tootsie stopped in place, her eyes widened and her crawling came to a stand still. With a little bit of trouble she lifted up one hand and reached for the big hand in front of her. She wrapped her fingers around the big hand and positioned herself upright on the knees.
Bon-Bon pulled out multiple items as she explored her handbag and placed them on the floor not caring whether the whole class could see them or not. She pulled out a baby bottle that was still half full with semi-warm milk, another pacifier, a bib, a little blue plastic spoon and a spare diaper.
She picked up the bottle and leaned forward and shook it in front of Scootaloo's face.
"Do you want to give her the bottle?"
Scootaloo looked up and stared at the bottle for a moment, feeling rather hypnotized by the swirling effects of the milk as it swashed against the plastic container. Quickly shaking her head out of the trance she lifted her arm and slowly grabbed the bottle off from Bon-Bon and quickly noticed that Tootsie Flute had let go of her hand and slumped back onto the floor.
With her thumb in her mouth and the random baby talk coming out of her, she whined and reached up for the bottle with her other hand. Scootaloo didn't want to prolong the baby from getting her drink so she gestured for the toddler to crawl forward and soon enough, she did.
Tootsie slowly climbed up on Scootaloo's lap not even thinking to care whether this made the other big girl uncomfortable or not, her eyes were set on the bottle and more precisely, the nipple protruding outwards. Her lips puckered despite her thumb still being tucked away in her mouth covered in vast amounts of dribble.
The bottle was lowered down and Scootaloo carefully aimed the nipple into the toddlers mouth, Tootsie pulled her thumb out and grabbed onto the bottle and hungrily suckled down the milk. Remembering what Fluttershy had taught her and even shown her, Scootaloo placed her hand on the back of Tootsie's head to keep her upright as she leaned back to get the milk out of the bottle.
"You're doing a great job Scootaloo." Bon-Bon quietly clapped and proceeded to put the rest of the baby supplies back into her handbag. She shuffled forward to get a closer look at the child and her daughter and noticed the perfect amount of care and respect for little Tootsie.
"Thanks Miss Bon-Bon." Scootaloo blushed, she mentally reminded herself to keep her arms wrapped around the toddler for all times sake and to keep a hand on the bottle for Tootsie Flute.
"No problem Scootaloo. What you should try and remember to do though is to make sure that you aren't shoving the tip of the baby bottle into her mouth."
Scootaloo was puzzled by this, she looked down at Tootsie Flute and then quickly understood what she was talking about. Tootsie, it seemed, had shoved the entire nipple into her mouth as she continued to drink her milk. Scootaloo readjusted the bottle quickly and pulled it outwards leaving the very top of the nipple to remain in her mouth.
"Like this?"
"That's it." Bon-Bon smiled. "See? Tootsie is smiling."
"Aww..."
Between the two of them as they took care of Tootsie Flute there was an odd silence that they picked up on, the voices of the classmates had died down and the sound of chatter was completely gone. Tootsie Flute slid down onto the floor with her thumb back in her mouth unaware of what was going on. Scootaloo turned her head and noticed that all of her friends had seemingly disappeared.
"Oops." Bon-Bon chuckled. "I'm sorry Scootaloo. Please excuse me for not checking the time, you can go outside and play for a while if you want to."
"Is it playtime?" Scootaloo turned back and looked at the adult.
"I think it is. I can hear the children outside."
"Uh... Is it okay if I stay in here? I don't wanna go outside."
"Is something wrong?"
"Nah. I just wanna watch you look after Tootsie Flute, 'cause shes so cute."
"I haven't got anything to do at the moment concerning Tootsie Flute, her diaper doesn't need changing, we just gave her some milk and she seems to be pretty happy. But if you want to, you can go outside and play in the sunshine with your friends."
"No thanks, I'll stay in here if that's okay with you."
Bon-Bon smiled.
"You don't have to worry Scootaloo, if you want to play with Tootsie Flute until the end of playtime then be my guest. Just make sure that she doesn't go out of your sight while I round up the kids outside. Lyra is probably having a hard time out there, I'll be right back in a minute or so."
Scootaloo didn't care much of how Bon-Bon quickly left the classroom, her mind was on Tootsie Flute, the toddler was sitting next to the handbag that her mother had left behind. She looked around the classroom rather confused, sometimes turning her head to look at Scootaloo herself and then back at where her mother used to sit.
Small whimpers came out of the toddlers mouth and soon tears fell down from her face and her arms began to swing from side to side in desperation. Scootaloo's smile quickly dropped as she shuffled over to the toddler and wrapped an arm around her, but this did not stop her crying.
"Hey, hey, hey. What's wrong? Your mommy just went outside for a minute, she'll be back in a minute." Her hand rubbed the toddlers back up and down ever so slowly in an attempt to calm her down but nothing was working.
Tootsie Flute cried and bawled to no end, her lips puckered ever so slightly and she leaned against the big girl beside her. Scootaloo took a closer inspection of the toddler and noticed that her lips were puckered, this was a sign, if knowing anything from her mothers knowledge on babies and especially toddlers. She leaned forward still keeping her arms wrapped around the toddler and grabbed the pacifier dangling round her neck and grabbed it by the handle. With some novice positioning she dipped the tip of the pacifier into the toddlers mouth.
Her whining and bawling soon came to an end as they died down into light muffles and soon sniffles, the sound of suckling soon replaced all of that entirely. Scootaloo wrapped both arms around the toddler and pulled her in close and lightly hugged her. Tootsie rested her head against Scootaloo's stomach and continued to idly suck on her pacifier.
"See?" Scootaloo smiled. "You just have to wait for mommy to come back..." Her smile quickly dropped. "Yeah... wait..."
But before she could continue, a quiet set of multiple footsteps dawned behind her, slowly getting louder and louder as it passed on which sent a deep chill down her spine. Scootaloo quickly turned her head to see what was coming from behind her and to her surprise was something that she didn't expect.
A familiar figure slowly walked amongst the rows of tables, half of them had their respective chairs tucked underneath but this was not the problem. The school doors were still wide open, yet there was no children, but the adult walking in the middle of the path donned a smile as she caught sight of Scootaloo.
"Cheerilee?" Scootaloo squeaked, she wanted to quickly stand up and explain herself, but the weight of a toddler was no match for her. Tootsie Flute had rested for too long and now her eyes were closed, all of Scootaloo's strength quickly fell knowing that waking up the toddler would mean another series of bawling and crying. Another thing that didn't help the situation was that she was surrounded by Tootsie's baby supplies.
"Oh, hello Scootaloo, shouldn't you be playing with your friends outside?" The teacher let out a warm smile and headed over towards her big desk, a handbag was wrapped around her arm and she headed over to the big desk to put it down.
"Ah..." Scootaloo blushed and looked at Tootsie Flute. "I was uh- Just looking after the baby... Miss Bon-Bon, s-she told me that I c-could look after her- yeah, that's it, look after her."
"You're looking after Tootsie Flute? How considerable of you Scootaloo. Are you having trouble looking after her? I can always ask Bon Bon to take her off your hands if you are having some trouble."
"Its okay Miss Cheerilee." Scootaloo quickly wrapped an arm around the toddler. "She's just sleeping."
Cheerilee put down her bag and placed her hands on her hips, she turned to look at Scootaloo and the surrounding baby supplies slightly flowing out of the other handbag. Knowing what she now knew about the child made her smile slightly and the image of someone her age using the pacifiers for their intended purpose was cute, yet somewhat weird.
The Teacher started to walk over to the toddler and the child and kneeled down slightly to get a closer look at the pair, she rested her hand on Scootaloo's head and slowly fussed with her hair a little.
"Now Scootaloo. In just a few minutes when all of the children are finished playing we are going to be saying goodbye to Bon Bon and Lyra since they are heading home soon now that I am back as Teacher. Tootsie Flute will be going home too, but I'm sure you will see her again soon."
Scootaloo looked back at the toddler sitting on her lap to see her slumber was entirely short-lived. Tootsie Flute idly squirmed around on Scootaloo's lap and babbled baby talk through her pacifier.
"Well, time to say goodbye to Tootsie Flute."