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// Reading Aloud (Cyan Guardian 4) 
// Story: Guardians of Many Hues 
// by TadStone 
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Reading Aloud (Cyan Guardian 4)

A deep red sun shone through the windows, bathing the room in a romantic orange hue, highlighted by the shining bright gold and silver on the wall. Loud reading reverberated through the room, originating from a cyan mare with an orange filly cuddled up against her.

“Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone” was unquestionably the most astonishing book Scootaloo had ever read. Of course reading it together with Dash added even more awesomeness to it than it already possessed.

The filly had become very fond of her protector, not just because of the reading, but because of everything. While in the past she had viewed Dash as some kind of unreachable icon and had dearly hoped to get somehow closer to her and maybe even become her part-time sister, they now shared a deeper bond. It felt like how she had always imaged it to feel like to have family.

She wished for things to stay the way they were, but deep down she knew that it was not possible. They were searching for her. Rainbow was not her legal guardian. They would take her away, back to the orphanage. It was only a matter of time. Life wasn’t fair.

Even though Dash would never admit it to anypony, but Scootaloo could see that Rainbow was constantly worried about her. She was happy while her benefactor had troubles. That wasn’t how the things were supposed to be. More importantly, that wasn’t how she wanted them to be.

It was time to stop running. Time to take actions.  Time to trust an adult again.

“Rainbow.”

The older mare stopped mid-sentence into her performance of imitating Ahuizotl. If she was startled by the sudden request, she was very good at hiding it, only lowering the book a little to gain a better look on her reading partner.

“What’s up, kiddo?” They both looked into each other’s eyes. 

“We need to talk.”

“What about?”

“My past...”