//------------------------------// // 14. Wrath of Dash // Story: Scootaloo the Fugitive // by Kaidan //------------------------------// "But sis, ah already scrubbed the kitchen floor twice!" Applebloom held forward her wrinkly hooves and soapy mouth as proof. She had spent the last two hours washing the floors with a brush, by mouth, for her part in burning down half the day spa. "And ah reckon when you've done learned your lesson ah'll let you get back to your chores. Now what did you learn about not burning day spa's down? "Ah told you! That was Sweetie Belle! All ah did was sorta mix some cement and knock somepony into a washer." "When ya are ready to apologize for yer crusadin' and done moppin' the floor, let me know." "Mom and dad were absolutely livid! 'Why weren't you watching her Rarity? Why was your little sister off burning down a day spa? We told you to babysit her not ignore her!" Rarity stitched away at two dresses at once. When she got angry, she liked to make dresses. Quickly, with large angry strokes of the needles and thread. She could even send Sweetie Belle on a guilt trip at the same time, without taking her eyes off the mannequins and dresses. If she did take her eyes off the mannequins, she'd realize Sweetie had left the room nearly twenty minutes ago to play in her room. Wisps of cloud continued to be thrown in the air as Dash brought her hooves down. Thrashing about on the ground in a fit of laughter, she could hardly breathe. Breaths came rapidly between laughs. "And—and—haha—then—haha—what?" "Well after that, Pinkie says 'fine then I'll just leave you here.' She knocks over the cement thinner, takes the cucumbers off Twilight's eyes, and leaves." Laughter echoed off the cloud walls as Dash's diaphragm contracted, forcing out deep laughter. Her eyes were watering furiously, and she continued to roll around hitting the floor. "Hahahaha—haha—And—Aloe?" "So Applebloom says she fell into the washing machine and the door locked. But it didn't turn on, later her sister Lotus walked in and accidently turned it on. She ran to turn it off when a washer exploded with suds!" "Stop—haha—can't—hahaha—laugh—ha—anymore." Dash's laughter was starting to sound painful as her face flushed even redder. "Best—haha—pranks—hahaha—ever!" "That isn't even the best one, you should have seen how pruney Bon Bon was. Lotus says they found the sauna set to 16! It's only supposed to go up to 10." "hahaha—how on—haha—Equestria—hahaha—do you—haha—always—haha—cause so—haha—much chaos—haha—crusading?" Dash struggled to hold a coherent conversation with Scootaloo. "I don't know, but you'd think I'd at least have gotten a little Discord cutie mark by now. The amount of chaos those two get me caught up in…" "Even if—haha—it wasn't on purpose—ha—you're gonna be a great prankster!" Dash was finally settling down. —————————— 30 minutes earlier When Dash had been woken up from her nap, she looked down to see a half-burnt day spa and several ponies in various states of filth. Using her keen intuition, Dash deduced the Cutie Mark Crusaders had been in the day spa. Also thanks to her keen intuition, she knew by now they were as far away from the day spa as ponily possible. Heading over to Fluttershy's cottage, her suspicions were proved correct. Scootaloo was dragging a rake through hay, piling up animal droppings and scooping them into a bucket. Applebloom was inside a yellow shed, cleaning Dash hoped. Sweetie Belle was covered in mud as she tried to wash some pigs. Gliding down gently, Dash surprised Scootaloo "Hey Squirt, burn down any day spas lately?" "Gah!" Scootaloo jumped in the air and spread her wings. In their current tree-sap covered state, they proved useless for flying. "Heh, easy there Squirt. Mind telling me what happened?" "It was an honest mistake! I didn't know I was mixing cement into Twilight's mud bath." Dash cocked her head sideways before bursting out in laughter. Noticing Sweetie and Applebloom staring at her, she quickly composed herself. "Haha—Um. . . I mean, that's horrible Scootaloo you should be ashamed! Come on, we're going home." Dash grabbed Scootaloo by the tail and tossed the filly on her back. Taking off, the two flew to Dash's home. At first Dash wasn't even sure how to punish Scootaloo. As details of the story unfolded, she started laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of it. Even Dash, Gilda, and Pinkie together couldn't have pulled off a better set of pranks, and these three fillies did it by accident. —————————— Back in the present "Alright Squirt. I assume you've learned your lesson?" "Yes ma'am." "You catch on quick, and what will you tell Lotus and Aloe?" "I apologize for all the trouble I caused you ma'am." "And Applebloom and Sweetie?" "That you made me fluff every cloud in the house." "Good. And what will you say if anypony claims they heard loud laughter coming from my house for half an hour?" "That they're crazy!" Dash held out her hoof and Scootaloo quickly bumped hooves with her. "Good job Squirt. Be more careful in the future, and if you want to get a prank cutie mark just come to me. You've got potential kid." Dash smiled and hugged Scootaloo. "Oh, and go take a shower. You're getting tree sap all over my clouds." "Oh yeah Dash? You're getting clouds all over my tree sap!" The two began laughing again. It had been a good day.