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// The field trip. 
// Story: It's alright to be scared Scootaloo. 
// by elue1234 
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	Scootaloo didn't get much sleep that night. She had a nightmare about Colgate and what will happen through the rest of the week. Soarin busted through the door. galloping towards her bed. He quickly started to shake her awake. When she woke up, she started to cry. Soarin pulled her close, letting her cry into him. 
"It's alright Scoots. Nothing is gonna  hurt you. Whats wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Soarin asked. He felt Scootaloo nod her head. Soarin pulled her in tighter, reassuring the filly.
"I-I don't think I can make it through the week d-dad. I-it was scary. I was-made fun of for being a-afraid. An-and then you and mom l-left me b-b-because I was afraid. You aren't gonna leave me, ri-right?" Scootaloo asked. 
"We won't ever leave you alone I promise. Unless we have a good reason like a date. But we won't leave you alone. I promise. On another note, miss Cheerilee called and said you had a field trip, and sent home a permission slip for it. Do you know where you are going? Do you wan to even go?"Soarin wanted to ask now, so he wouldn't forget. 
"I really don't want to go, but I'm afraid that if I don't, my friends will leave me and Diamond Tiara will make fun of me more than she is already... but if I do go, I worry that I will freeze up and shake nervously. I feel like t's a lose-lose situation for me..." Scootaloo said. Soarin felt sad for her. He then, got an idea.
"If it's alright with mom, we will let you stay home tomorrow so you don't have to go.But that's only if mom says it's alright." Soarin said, making Scootaloo calm down the slightest. Rainbow Dash entered the room, taking a spot on the other side of Scootaloo.
"Is everything alright Scoots?" Rainbow asked. Scootaloo looked at Soarin, then back at Dash.
"Now I am. Dad told me a great plan, but we need your permission first." Scootaloo answered.Dash got an expression the almost asked: 'do I even wand to know?' Soarin nodded his head.
"I'll explain later." The stallion answered. Rainbow nodded her head,  then yawned.
"We should probably get back to sleep, you sure you will be alright Scoots?" Rainbow asked. Scootaloo nodded her head and got back under her blanket. Her adoptive parents kissed her on her head and slowly walked out, closing the door behind them, letting the filly get back to sleep. When the adoptive parents were a little ways away from the filly's bedroom, Rainbow spoke up, careful not to wake Scootaloo.
"Alright, so whats this plan you and Scootaloo came up with that you need me to say "yes" too?" Soarin then -explained everything from the nightmare,to the time when the elder mare walked in.Rainbow listened carefully, impressed on how fast they came up with this plan. "I think that if she wants to miss the day they go on the field trip to doctor Colgate's office, then I say go for it. As long as somepony is here to watch her, or she is somewhere safe." Soain looked pleased with this, and nodded.
"I will be here to make sure nothing happens. But the thought just occurred to me, what happens if Cheerilee, or her friends come by to see why she was gone?"
"We could tell them that Scoots is sick and she will be back tomorrow. But that means she can't miss the rest of the week, and according to the schedule, the last two days are where every filly and colt in the class get a check-up from Colgate for  free. If anything happenes like it did last night, when Colgate came over, then things will turn out bad..." Dash stated.  Soarin seemed to like the idea so they decided to go with it. 
 The Next Day
The next day, Scootaloo woke up, scared that she had to go to school and face her worst nightmare. When she walked down for breakfast. When she walked down, she only saw her dad at the table, her mom was not yet there.
"Hey dad. Where's mom? Did she leave for work early?" Scootaloo asked.
"She went to talk to your teacher. We talked last night after we put you back to sleep and we decided to let you stay home today. But that means that you have to go to school the rest of the week and get your check-up from the school. It's all up to you though." Soarin said.
"Why can't I stay home the rest of the week? This week has been the one I fear most." Scootaloo hesitated to say. Soarin came up with an idea just then.
"Do you know what day your check-up? Do you know?" Soarin asked the young filly.
"Well, we are going to take volunteers first, then go in order by name. But that means I will have to get mine on Friday."
"We should talk to mom and see what she says. But you might just have to go anyway. It all depends. on what she says." Soarin stated. Scootaloo just nodded. 
"Okay, but what are we supposed to do today though? I am staying home today right?" A hopeful Scootaloo asked.
"Of course you are. Mom and I felt really bad for you and that you had a nightmare last night. As for the agenda, we have to do some grocery shopping and then we need to make lunch. After that we are going to go see the Apples because they said they needed to talk to me. After we talk to them, Twilight said she needed to talk to all of us. Then we will head home and cook dinner. Then Rarity asked to see us, then depending on how long we are there, we will come home and get you ready for bed, or we will talk more about these nightmares you've had. That is, if you want too. Mom and I do so we can see if there's a pattern going on. Does that sound like a plan?" Soarin explained. Scootaloo nodded. Just then, her mother figure walked in. Scootaloo gave her a big hug.
"Cheerilee says shes sorry that you have a cold.I'm sorry that I couldn't come up with anything better." Rainbow apologized. 
"It's fine. Thank you for letting me stay home. I can't thank you enough." Scootaloo said, hugging Rainbows front left leg. 
"It's alright. But there's one problem..." Rainbow said
"What is it? Dad already told me one." Scootaloo hesitated.
"The problem I have is that... miss Cheerilee wants to come see you."