*Starts after Scootaloo had been locked in her hotel suite*
The next day Scootaloo felt uneasy. She pondered around in the suite, waiting for someone to unlock the door. Would she face them? Could she face them? She could always turn invisible and wait for them to leave the door unguarded for long enough to sneak out, but she wasn’t sure if that was what she wanted. She wasn’t sure about anything anymore. Anything except she wanted everything to go back to the way it was just a week ago. The past few days had been kind of on autopilot, she didn’t fully decide what to do in every situation, sometimes she found herself doing something she would never even dream of.
Her actions could not be explained away and an “I’m sorry“ would not cover it. Far from. Time went by so slow that she wondered if they had forgotten her. She heard hoofsteps outside the door and she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, and they were seconds from entering the room. She thought of a quick escape plan but decided not to go with it as the door opened. In walked everypony from Ponyville and they all looked concerned.
“Are you okay?” Applebloom asked.
“I… think so.” Scootaloo answered, surprised by the question as she had imagined them storming in, holding her down and not letting her being able to escape.
“Look, I am terribly sorry for all trouble I’ve caused over the last few days, it was not my own will, I…” She was stopped by Rainbow Dash, who flew up in front of her.
“We know that Discord had a finger in this chaos-filled week. Don’t blame yourself.” Rainbow Dash said with a smile and a tilted head.
Scootaloo had definitely not expected this. She opened her mouth, but close it again as she did not know which words to use.
“I…” She started. “I had this dream, where Discord appeared, and he told me I was meant to cause chaos and… I don’t know what else to use my talent for, so I assumed it was my fate.” With those last words she let her voice die out slowly. She was using excuses for something she could not fully control. It made her look more suspicious, so why was she doing it? She didn’t have the answer herself, she just didn’t want the others to think of her as a bad pony.
“Just because your cutiemark gives you a power out of the ordinary, it doesn’t mean that you have to use it for bad deeds, it can also be used for good deeds or to prevent bad deeds to happen.” princess Celestia said as she trotted in through the door.
Scootaloo quickly kneeled as the princess appeared, out of reflexes.
Celestia continued.
“Even if it’s tempting to use your power for selfish advantages, it’s not right in any way, you have no right to abuse it!” She was using a commanding, warning voice to make sure no misunderstandings were made.
“If you promise me to never use this power of yours for bad deeds or to cause chaos and disorder, then you have my permission to try to live a normal life again. If you cannot promise me that, then you will stay in this room, until you can do so.”
It was deadly quiet in the room, and very tense. Birds were singing outside and you could hear the market as lively as usual. Well, lively with Canterlot standards. They were all looking at Scootaloo, who seemed to have a conversation with herself in her head. Nopony moved at all. She took a deep breath and finally said:
“I promise me to never use this power of yours for bad deeds or to cause chaos and disorder.” She looked at her friends, who were still standing there, not sure if it was a trick or not, until both Sweetie Belle and Applebloom ran up to her and hugged her. The warmth was pleasant, and she knew she had made the right decision.
“I hope we can try to go back to normal.” Applebloom said with comfort in her voice.
“I don’t know how normal things will be anymore, but we can always try.” Scootaloo responded.
“But now we have another problem on our hooves!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed, and everyone looked at her, wondering whatever the problem was.
“What will happen to our crusading?”
“We could start an adventure club, going on adventures instead, with other goals than getting our cutiemarks.” Applebloom suggested.
“That’s a great idea.” Scootaloo agreed, and so they started discussing adventures that they could go on, and everything was back to normal.
And they all joined in on a hearty laughter as they were all friends again.