It was to late to go to the hospital when they got back to Ponyville. So Twilight brought Scootaloo back to the library,
and the filly fell asleep almost immediately when they arrived. Twilight brought her up to her bedroom, laid her down on the bed, and lay down beside her. She looked at the little filly and smiled. She gave her a gentle nuzzle and said."Good night Scootaloo."
The next morning came and Twilight was putting some books that recently been returned to the library back into the shelves while Scootaloo was eating a big portion of oatmeal as breakfast. The little filly looked up from the bowl when she was finished and asked."Can i have some more?"
Twilight chuckled and shook her head in amusement."This will be your third bowl Scootaloo. How long has it been since you ate something?" She gave the filly a curious look.
Scootaloo looked a little uncomfortable and said."Eh, the sandwich while we waited on the hospital." She gave the unicorn a sheepish smile.
Twilight gave her a shocked expression and the grabbed the bowl with her magic. She walked out into the kitchen and poured some more oatmeal into it and and walked out with it to the little filly. She smiled and said."Well, then it's best you eat then." She put down the bowl at the table in front of Scootaloo.
She went back to shelving the books. But just as she had gotten started again she heard a knocking on the door.
She looked up at the door and said. "Huh, who could that be, i'm not expecting anypony and everypony knows that you can walk in into the library without knocking."
She went to open it while the little filly ate her food.
She opened the door and on the front porch stood Ditzy Doo, the local mail mare. She smiled and her right eye wandered off on it's own as usual. "Hello Twilight, i've got some mail for you." She reached back to her saddle bags and grabbed a couple of letters.
Twilight smiled and took them in her magic."Thank you Ditzy." She levitated out a couple of bits and gave to the grey pegasus. Ditzy took them and placed them in her saddle bags.
She was just about to fly away when she remembered one thing. She turned to Twilight and said."Twilight, how is Rainbow doing?" Her eyes focused for a little while and she had a concerned look at her face.
Twilight's smiled faded and she looked down at the ground."Well, her wounds are healing, but she is sad and depressed over the fact that she will not be able too fly anymore."
Ditzy gave her a hug and then took a step back."Ok, can you say hi to her from me? And say that i'm sorry i haven't been able to visit yet. I will probably come by tomorrow with Dinky." She gave her a little smile.
Twilight looked up at the pegasus and smile a little."Yeah, i will do that. I think that Rainbow will be happy too see both you and Dinky."
Ditzy nodded and said."I need to go, still got some mail to be delivered."
Twilight nodded and gave her a hug. She then watched as the gray pegasus flew away.
When she got back in she looked on the letters and saw that two of the letters were Rainbow's while the third was for herself. She opened up the letter and read.
Hi there Twiley.
I heard about the accident.
I don't know how bad it is. But i want you to know that if there is anything that I can do, I gladly will.
Your sister-in-law Cadence
PS: Spike is on his way back home, he jumped on the train the moment he heard about the accident. He should be in Ponyville around 5pm on Thursday.
She looked at the letter and then read it over again. She sighed and levitated it over to the desk.
Scootaloo who had been looking at her while she read the letter noticed the change in the unicorns mood. She asked."What did the letter say?" She tilted her head a little.
Twilight looked at the little filly and smiled."Oh, just said that Spike is coming home tomorrow. And i can't really say that the library is any good shape right now." She chuckled a little to try to take the little filly's thoughts away from the bad things that recently had happened.
Inwardly she was a mix of feelings. She didn't really want Spike to see how heartbroken Rainbow was right now. But on the other hoof Spike deserved to see Rainbow, she was one of his closest friend after all, and since she had started to date her. Rainbow had become like another bigger sister for him.
She went to put the last books back into the shelves and then turned towards Scootaloo who just had finished her bowl of oatmeal."Alright, now let's see if we can do anything about that mane of yours."
Scootaloo jumped up and walked to a mirror. She looked at her reflection."It doesn't look that bad."
Twilight chuckled and said."If you just wait here i will be back soon." She walked upstairs and left the little filly alone in the library.
Scootaloo looked around the big room and saw a row of books that looked familiar. She walked up to them and slowly took out the first one. She sat down at her haunches and stared at the book in her front hooves. She didn't notice that Twilight came down and walked up to her. She jumped a little when Twilight poked her on the shoulder. She dropped the book.
The unicorn gave a soft chuckle."Didn't mean to scare you Scootaloo." Twilight saw the book laying on the floor and picked it up, she read on the cover, Daring Doo and the Sapphire Stone."I didn't know you liked the Daring Doo serie."
Scootaloo looked down at the floor."My father used to read it for me.." A single tear fell from her eyes down at the floor.
Twilight gave the little filly a hug."Oh, Scootaloo, i didn't know. I'm sorry." She nuzzled her cheek.
The filly hugged her tightly around the neck while she cried.
Twilight just sat there letting the filly hug her while slowly stroking her mane. She suddenly remembered something. A song her mother used to sing for her when she was a little filly and was sad. She looked at Scootaloo and started to sing.
After she had finished the song Twilight said."How about we get your mane combed and then go to the hospital?"
Scootaloo just nodded and sat down so Twilight could comb her mane.
The unicorn levitated the comb she had brought from her room and started to slowly comb out the filly's mane.
She levitated away the comb and put it down on a desk, and levitated over a mirror she put in front of Scootaloo. She gave the little filly a smile and said."There we go. That's much better."
Scootaloo looked at her reflection and said."I guess it is." She gave her a weak smile.
Twilight gave her a gentle nuzzle and levitated the mirror over to the desk."Then let's go to the hospital. Don't want to keep Rainbow waiting."
Scootaloo nodded and together they walked out of the library and towards the hospital.