Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash spent the rest of the day doing fun activities in an effort to both cheer Scootaloo up, and get her mind off of what happened at school. Rainbow Dash took her out flying across the town and together the two even engaged in a little pranking. It was mostly Scootaloo waiting on a cloud while Rainbow zipped in and did something, but Scootaloo still had a laugh and was still part of the festivities. Their first prank was simple enough; they spotted Lyra and Bon Bon doing their shopping together and laid in wait.
“What are we waiting around for?” Scootaloo asked. The pair were hiding on top of a cloud. Rainbow Dash occasionally gave a flap of her wings to make the cloud move. From below, it looked like an ordinary cloud that had been sent on it’s way by a weather pony.
“Just you wait Squirt. You’ll see” Rainbow Dash replied. She was a master prankster and knew when to strike and the time came soon enough. Lyra and Bon Bon decided to take a rest from all their shopping and, after taking some bits out of them, set down their saddlebags. Their saddlebags were personalised and had their cutie marks on them. For Bon Bon this was three wrapped sweets, and for Lyra it was a lyre. This was Rainbow Dash’s moment to strike. While the salespony was busy getting their drinks, and the two mares weren’t looking, Rainbow Dash zipped down and swapped their saddlebags around without anypony noticing. She was back above the cloud in less than ten seconds flat. Ten seconds would have been way too long to get something like this done, and she would probably have been ashamed of herself if it had taken her that long.
“So what was the point of that?” Scootaloo asked, confused. She couldn’t see any possible reason for just swapping saddlebags over. It seemed far too simple.
“Just you wait Scoots. Wait and watch.” Rainbow Dash replied. Scootaloo did as she was told and waited patiently for Lyra and Bon Bon to finish their drinks and move on again. Rainbow Dash’s smile grew as the pair didn’t notice the switch and saddled up the wrong bags. Scootaloo was beginning to see what might happen, but not all of it. That would come though as Lyra and Bon Bon continued their shopping trip. Doing something like wearing a bag with the Cutie Mark of somepony else on it spread a clear message and it was one that certainly earned the pair a few glances from the ponies that saw them together. There had been a lot of speculation about the nature of the relationship between Lyra and Bon Bon but nothing was truly known for certain. A lot of ponies seemed to get their answer that day.
“I still don’t get it...” Scootaloo admitted. She was perhaps still a little too young to understand what Rainbow Dash had done implied about the two mares.
“Don’t worry about it Squirt. Maybe you’ll get it one day.” Rainbow Dash replied, playing with Scootaloo’s mane. “In the meantime, is there anypony you’d like to get?” she asked. It was a pretty good offer for a pony like Rainbow Dash to make. Everypony knew what a prankster she was and when she offered to prank someone for you, you knew it was going to be good. Scootaloo hopped up on to Rainbow Dash’s head and looked around to try and find anypony they could prank.
“Daddy! Buy me that!” a shrill voice she recognised called out from nearby, cutting off her search. She slid back down Rainbow Dash’s neck and huddled up close to her.
“Never mind...I want to go home...” Scootaloo said. Rainbow Dash looked around, confused as to what had upset the filly. She spotted a small amount of pink outside a shop and she found her answer; Diamond Tiara. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo had been out so long that school had broken up and now Diamond Tiara was out shopping with her dad, Filthy Rich.
“I have a better idea...” Rainbow Dash said, taking off from the cloud.
“What are you doing?” Scootaloo asked as she held tight on to Rainbow Dash’s neck.
“Oh you’ll see. Just wait, I think you’ll like this one.” Rainbow Dash replied. Scootaloo was left just as confused. It didn’t help her confusion when Rainbow Dash settled herself down on top of a storm cloud. Standing under one might have been a little dangerous, but standing on top of one was safe as long as you didn’t jump or kick it so hard your hooves went through it. That tended to end badly for the pony who did it.
“Isn’t this a little dangerous? What are you going to do with a storm cloud?”
“Don’t worry about this. This is a small one, it won’t be much of a shock.”
“It’s still a storm cloud isn’t it?”
“Yeah but a really small one. This will barely hurt at all.”
“Hurt? Hurt who?” Scootaloo asked. She was beginning to get a little bit scared at the prospect of what Rainbow Dash might do with a storm cloud.
“You’ll see...” Rainbow Dash said before giving her wings a flutter and moving the cloud. It was heading for one particular piece of pink fluff on the ground.
“Don’t tell me...” Scootaloo began.
“Sounds like you’re getting it Squirt. Don’t you want to get her back for this morning?”
“Well, yeah, but I didn’t have electrocuting her in mind!”
“I told you to relax. This’ll barely hurt her at all. It’s a trick I picked up in Flight Camp and nopony there ever got injured.” Rainbow Dash tried to reassure her.
“If you’re really, really sure.” Scootaloo relented.
“I am. Now I’m going to need your help.”
“WHAT?”
“Relax Scoots. Hear me out, I think you’re going to enjoy this.” Rainbow Dash said. Her plan was a simple one; She would fly the cloud over to where Diamond Tiara was and Scootaloo would lean down and snatch the tiara from atop her pretty little head. When Diamond Tiara turned around to see who grabbed her tiara, she would see the cloud, and then Rainbow Dash would give it a short, sharp kick to set off a tiny burst of lightning that would hit Diamond Tiara in the flank, giving her a small and (as Rainbow Dash stressed to the worried Scootaloo) not very painful shock. It was just a simple way to get back at her for what had happened at school and get a small measure of revenge for all the times that Diamond Tiara had hurt her. Rainbow Dash assured Scootaloo that as long as they stayed low to the cloud Diamond Tiara wouldn’t be able to see through it, and wouldn’t know it was them. Scootaloo was scared and worried, but she decided to go along with it.
Rainbow Dash moved the cloud to just above Diamond Tiara. The filly and her father were too occupied with looking at all the different stalls in the market and through the windows of the stores to notice the pair on their cloud. If anypony else saw them they stayed quiet. Rainbow Dash had stuck her tail in the air so anypony who saw it would know that it was her and so they kept quiet to see a good prank. It helped that not everypony was fond of Diamond Tiara. Filthy Rich was charismatic and well liked, but his daughter was seen as a spoiled brat by the majority of ponies. They kept quiet though on account of her rich and powerful father. Plus one of the best things that could happen to a store was a spoiled brat coming by who demanded everything, and her father who had the money to buy everything said little girl wanted. Keeping them happy was just being a savvy businesspony.
Rainbow Dash gave the signal and Scootaloo gulped in fear. Rainbow thought she might not go through with it but Scootaloo leaned down over the cloud and swiped Diamond Tiara’s signature and eponymous tiara.
“Hey!” Diamond Tiara shouted as she looked around for the perpetrator. She looked left, she looked right, and then she looked up. Much to her own regret. “What the...” she began before Rainbow Dash gave the cloud a kick and sent a small bolt of lightning in to her flank. Diamond Tiara gave a small squeal of pain as her mane and tail frizzed thanks to the electricity. Filthy Rich saw what happened and tried to jump up to the cloud. It was too late though as Rainbow Dash gave a great gust of her wings and flew away with it. It was probably for the best he missed. An Earth Pony would have just gone through the cloud, and it would have ended about as well for him as it would have for Rainbow Dash if her hoof had gone through the cloud.
“You’re right, that was so worth it!” Scootaloo said when her and Rainbow Dash had reached a safe enough distance. She was squealing and laughing with delight. It was the most Rainbow Dash had ever heard her laugh.
“You’re right, that was pretty awesome.” Rainbow Dash replied. She was laughing herself. Both at the prank and at seeing Scootaloo so happy. It really was a joy to see. “So, how do I look?” she asked, posing in the tiara.
“I think it looks better on you than it does her.” Scootaloo said before laughing again. Rainbow Dash was pulling various silly poses and it was hard not to laugh at her. They continued their ride on the cloud back to Rainbow Dash’s manor in this way; as Scootaloo continued to laugh and loosen up she even posed with the tiara a little herself. Perhaps if they weren’t so busy laughing and having fun they might have heard the occasional click coming from not so far away.