To Disappear

by ImpossibleReflection


To contemplate


Scootaloo huddled in a large wooden box hidden in a dark alleyway of Ponyville. If they can't find me, they can't hurt me. A few splotches of moisture dotted the wooden floor of her makeshift shelter. She sniffled as the events flowed back to the foreground of her mind.

_-~/|\~-_

She waved goodbye to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom as they made their way home. Then she proceeded to make her own way to the Ponyville Orphanage. She was the only foal there, and because nopony ever thought of there being foals there, ponies never visited.

Suddenly something felt off to her. A small tingling down her spine through her mane and tail. A sensation that she only felt if something terrible was about to happen. This could only mean one thing. . .

"Hey Blank flank!" Chorused a pair of fillies.

"Ponyfeathers," Scootaloo muttered under her breath.

"Where are your other worthless friends? huh?" Diamond Tiara sneered, Silver spoon mimicking her expression.

"Go Away!" Scootaloo shouted, at wits end.

"Fine, we'll go, off to our loving families!"

They had never commented on that before. The young pegasus sat there in shock as the two bullies walked away. Silver Spoon had lost her smirk after that last comment, "Diamond, you went too far. That was mean, even for you."

"Whatever."

_-~/|\~-_

She wiped a hoof against the side of her face, which had become matted with tears. They were right, all I have are the crusaders. Rainbow Dash said she would be my sister, but I still rarely see her, does she even care? . "Would they notice if I were gone, if I just disappeared?"

"Well what if I told you, you could?" Spoke an eerily familiar disembodied male voice.

"What do you mean? Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm just the Friendly neighborhood spirit of chaos. As for what do I mean, I can make you disappear!"

"Discord! Why should I trust you, and how would you make me disappear?"

"Oh I would simply make you invisible, then you could see if ponies would notice if you disappeared. I can only imagine it would be a great show."

"But, why would you do that?" Scootaloo questioned.

Discord Grunted, "Didn't you pay any attention? I said it will probably be entertaining to watch. So, do you really want to see if ponies would notice if you went missing?"

Scootaloo thought about this, she didn't have a home, only the orphanage, but that wasn't a home, it was a building with the guise of a home. I bet dash wouldn't notice. The crusaders might notice, but no one would ever listen to them. At least I won't be bullied by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. And for that matter, what the heck are they good at? Wearing tiaras and eating cereal. Focus. The orphanage might notice, but they probably wouldn't care. Cheerilee probably would just think I'm ditching. Who would really notice? I guess there is only one way to find out.

"Yes," Scootaloo answered.

"Hmmm?"

"Make me invisible."

With a flash of light Scootaloo vanished, but didn't go anywhere. She looked down, not seeing her own legs, "Whoa," she mumbled. She lifted up a foreleg and didn't see it, she booped herself on her nose to see if it was real. A sight that probably would have been adorable, if she wasn't invisible.

"Now what?" Scootaloo asked.

"Now is the most boring part, waiting to see what ponies will do."

"Oh." Scootaloo didn't like waiting.

"But feel free to pull some pranks while you're like this. You may never get this opportunity again."

Scootaloo thought about that for a moment, when a grin spread across her face, a brilliant, malevolent, wonderful grin. She had just the prank in mind.

_-~/|\~-_

Night had fallen on the residence of Diamond Tiara. Diamond walked into her room leaving the door open to let light in. she then went to her nightstands, and she turned on the lamps on either side of her bed.

"Diamond Tiara," was heard in a creepy sounding voice with excessive vibrato.

"What, who's there?" Diamond spoke with unease.

The door to her room slowly closed, and the lock engaged. "You killed me Diamond Tiara. I froze to death because I didn't have a home. You killed me."

Diamond was in utter terror at this point. "Sc--sco-sc-scoot-t Scotaloo?" She asked unable to control the tremors encompassing her body.

"YES! I died because of you!" She said moving stuff around the room for the added affect of objects moving on their own, "Your heartlessness caused me to die!" she shouted still in a mock ghostly voice. Though if her face was visible it would have been the biggest smile you had ever seen. She went over to one of the lights, "Now I want my revenge!" Scootaloo mashed the button on one of Tiara's lamps to create a flickering effect, leaving it turned off. As she walked over to the next lamp she purposely brushed against Diamond Tiara, "And now," she paused to flicker the next lamp off, "I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU WITH ME!" Scootaloo shouted tackling Tiara, causing her to scream at the top of her lungs and flail helplessly.

While Diamond Tiara was in stupor Scootaloo decided to make her escape, while holding back laughter till she could get out of the house.

_-~/|\~-_

Scootaloo was lying down in a patch of grass. Laughing herself to tears, soon to be joined by a more baritone peal of laughter, "Oh how cliché, but that never grows old. They always do the ghost gag. It's just too easy, but works so well. Keep up good work like that and you might be a spirit of chaos one day kid," Discord commented.

"Thanks."