"Blank flank! Hehehehe!"
Scootaloo was used to this. She heard it every recess. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon would always mock her for something. One week, it's her cutie mark (or lack there of), the next it's her mane style. What annoyed Scootaloo more than being mocked for being a "blank flank," was Diamond Tiara's hypocrisy. She had, after all, only gotten hers fairly recently. Scootaloo tried to tune it out, but she never could. She was always able to not let it affect her. That was usually when she had her friends around to help her, but today, she was alone (for the moment being). Her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders were stuck inside for recess talking to Miss Cheerilee. Today had to be the day they passed a note to one another.
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"It must be so sad," Diamond Tiara said as she passed Scootaloo , "to know that you're not special in any way. You haven't found your special talent. No, you don't have any talents at all! You can't do anything right."
"Good one, Diamond Tiara," Silver Spoon added. They shared a high hoof. Scootaloo always saw Silver Spoon as more of a henchman or a lackey. She never came up with anything on her own. The only times she ever spoke were to praise Diamond Tiara with her two-bits-worth or to do their stupid secret hoofshake thing. How did that go again? "Bump, bump, sugar lump, rump!" Yeah, that was it.
Scootaloo looked up in disgust, and continued to lean up against the school house.
"Well, it's true," Diamond Tiara continued. "Just look at her. Heh, pitiful. A pegasus that can't even fly. I know baby pegasi who can fly better than you."
That stung a little. The flightless pegasus looked back at her underdeveloped wings. This was the first time they brought that up. Scootaloo felt tears coming up, she forced them back. She couldn't, she wouldn't give them the satisfaction. It was no use, even though there were no tears, the look on her face was enough to show how she felt. Diamond Tiara saw an opportunity, a window of it, and she took it.
"I mean, look at these wings," she said. "So flimsy. And so disproportionate to her body. Not aerodynamic in the slightest. Such a useless waste of matter."
Scootaloo tried as hard as she could to force back the depression, because she knew it only meant more was to come. If she could hold them back, maybe they'd stop. It was a false hope though, as the mean words just got worse and worse. At this point, Scootaloo made no more attempts to hide her tears. There was no point anymore. They won. Scootaloo lost. But Diamond Tiara wasn't finished. She looked down at Scootaloo and laughed. It was a cold, icy laugh.
"That's it. Cry. Why don't you run home and cry to your mommy? Oh, you can't, can you? Where is your mom, Scootaloo? Is she dead? Why don't you go run and cry over her cold, shallow grave?"
Nopony could have expected what happened next. What Diamond Tiara just said struck a nerve with Scootaloo. If there was a line, she just crossed it. She not only crossed it, she obliterated the thing. At once all the pent up rage and aggression for her life spilled out.
Scootaloo leaped forward tackling Diamond Tiara to the ground. Landing on top of her, Scootaloo dug her knees in the other ones chest. Without thinking the former member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders rose her hoof and started to pummel the snobby purple filly in the face.
Diamond Tiara tried to fight back but to no avail, every move she made was combatively rejected with another hit. As this went on Scootaloo kept yelling insults to put a topper on the whole experience.
“You no good, spoiled rotten foal.’’ Scootaloo screamed, it felt good to say it. “You would be more appreciated dead than alive.”
The only noise that came from Diamond tiara was sobbing and the occasional scream
“Everyone hates you.” Scootaloo yelled through her own tears of anger. “ Never ever say anything about my mother again you no brained, scum.”
As the blood and dirt started to covered them, a crowd gathered as they fought. Diamond struggled to try to defend her self. When Diamond finally got a hoof up and turned herself around enough to hit Scootaloo, just once, just enough to leave a gash just above the brow. This gave the orange pegasus more fuel to be able to pick her up in a headlock and proceed to throw her to the ground.
Again Scootaloo was on top, hitting anywhere she could find. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom heard the commotion and came running out with Cheerilee in toe. Breaking through the crowd, all three stunned pony tried to separate Scootaloo from the well beaten Diamond Tiara .... just to be bucked back. Cheerilee even tried, but there was no stopping her.
“Scootaloo get off of her!!!” yelled Miss Cheerilee
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No one had ever seen this much anger come out of the young filly, she had always had some issues controlling it but her friends had always stopped her from doing anything stupid.. nothing like this at least. Luckily at that moment Rainbow Dash was flying over head from her shift at weather patrol, now looking for a particularly fluffy cloud to nap on. What she saw she instead she definitely did not expect. The sight of her #1 fan pummeling the life out of another and she was winning. she felt a bit proud but she took a sudden B-line towards the earth. Slamming into the ground next to them. She grabbed Scootaloo by the shoulder, and yanking her off of Diamond Tiara before any more damage could be done. Blood and tears dripped down her face. The shear look of fear, pain and anger painted a clear picture of what had happened.
Diamond Tiara sprung up and proceeded to attack but was held there by Miss Cheerilee. Held in the air by Rainbow dash, Scootaloo's legs flared trying to get some more of the little snot that she had been bullied by since she was little.
“WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!” Rainbow dash yelled, striking fear into the young fillies hearts and in to anyone in the vicinity
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With a couple of moans and some hesitation all the fillies reluctantly went inside after a redirect from Miss Cheerilee, besides Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara of course.
Rainbow Dash set down Scootaloo in the grass gently,after the 2 had both stopped lunging at each other. But when her hooves hit the ground Scootaloo immediately bolted. The scared little filly ran towards the town, Rainbow Dash instinctively went after her but was stopped by Cheerilee.“Let her go, I think she just needs some time. She won't go far. This is out of character, it will give us time to get Diamond Tiaras side of the story.” Cheerilee glared at the prissy filly, fidgeting with her bent and broken tiara.
Scootaloo ran faster than she had ever done before. Through all of Ponyville, and past Sweet Apple Acres. She had a destination, there was no stopping her.
A large oak tree that overlooked a river and the town. Not very many knew where this location was, under the tree was a well worn couple stones. They stood chest high on a adult pony (well over Scootaloos head). On those stones where names. Sonic Boom and Little Wing…. They were Scootaloo's parents.
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She arrived under the tree, at the foot of the the grave stones. Her achy, adrenalin filled body Collapsed into a ball of tears, She was out of breath and angry and scared.
A replay of all the events before, during, and after the fight raced through her brain. These thoughts went around her head, along with others. Like if any one would find her, or if she would be in trouble. Even if Diamond Tiara was ok?
Scootaloo had sat still most of the day, in a fetal position, crying. She now sit up now with her head between her legs, her face was swollen from crying and her body soar. A overwhelming amount of anger still rushed over her body. Tears still dripped down her face, she obviously needed stitches for the cut on her brow that Diamond Tiara managed to give her.
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With the sun setting, a cyan pegasus searched through the town for her #1 fan. She knew that something was wrong with Scootaloo, more than the obvious. RD had searched most of the day with no luck and was heading in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres to see if she was there. maybe she subsided there?
She landed on the ground in front of the Apple family home to see Big Mac bucking trees and Apple Bloom helping Granny Smith with a pie that Just came out of the oven.
“Hey Rainbow, what brings you here at this time of the night?” said Apple Jack walking up with a basket of juicy red apples.
“Hey AJ, Have you seen Scootaloo?”
“I saw her this mornin’, running past. I didn't think anything of it. Is there somethin’ wrong?” Apple Jack replied
“No… well yeah… not exactly, today I was flying past the school to see the kid beating the hell out of
Filthy Riches daughter and when we finally got them to break it up she ran away. Something is wrong with her, I need to find her.”
“Oh, wow… is Diamond... never mind, I saw her running that way.” Apple Jack said pointing towards the the direction in which the tree was '' Hey Apple Bloom, Can You come here for a sec?"
walking out the door, A yellow filly hopped down the steps.
"Yes, big sis?"
"Have you seen Scootaloo today?" Apple jack Questioned
"Uhh no, cant say i have. Not since i saw her beating the heck out of Diamond, she had what's commin' for her. " Apple Bloom Grinned " but i can tell you that she likes to sometimes go to some old oak tree down the road some ways, I've never been there but she likes it."
"Thanks Apple Jack " RD said as she darted off, already in the air.
With that information She flew along the road, frantically looking for her. Her heart nearly skipped a beat when she saw the little orange body curled up under the tree.
Rainbow picked up speed as she flew towards the little filly; she landed softly and came behind her. There was a very soft sobbing sound, it struck RD in the heart to hear her cry. Scootaloo must not had heard her because when Rainbow Dash reached the orange filly the little pegasus jumped. Wiping the tears on to her coat and trying to look strong for Rainbow Dash but to no avail, she could she how upset she was.
"Do you mind if i sit here?" Rainbow Dash said caringly
"um,*sniffle* go ahead" said Scootaloo almost inaudibly
RD sat down right next to Scootaloo and stared off into the distance. Not noticing the headstones.
They sat in silence until Rainbow Dash spoke.
“You know kid, you're a lot like me. I got in my share of fights too. A lot like that I reckon. I've got you figured out. I would have done the same thing when I was your age.” RD stated " you're a good kid,"
“Really?” a little voice spoke up
“Oh sure.” RD replied
Again awkward silence drifted upon them , then subsided when Rainbow Dash spoke up.
" You know you can tell me to leave." RD said
"No you're fine right there."
“So why did you do it? I can't wrap my mind around it. You have been picked on since you were little, why attack now?”
“She struck a nerve, she was bad mouthing my mom” Scootaloo said reluctantly
“Oh wow, well you two must have been close, seeing as you came here” RD finally noticed the headstones
“Nope, not at all. I really hated her, she was abusive and got so drunk on cider every night she didn't care for me.” Scootaloo
said with her head between her knees
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“Oh wow” Rainbow Dash studdard
“I don't know why I did it, I know how to fight because of my mom and all. I always had aggression, she just hit a nerve. And i just went off. and you saw, the one person i idol saw and that hurts bad.” now crying Scootaloo said
“I Know how you feel, I really, really do.” RD looked at the scar on her left leg.
RD embraced Scootaloo in a wing hug, Scootaloo buried her head in to Rainbow dashes chest and cried, harder than before. A multitude of criss-crossing scars on Scootaloos back showed her past. A tear drifted down RD face and on to Scootaloos purple hair. How could anypony hurt a pony so innocent.
The crying did subside but it drifted in to sleep. In Rainbow Dashes arms the sleeping filly lay. She knew then that she would never let anything happen to her again. The occasional uneasy, jump breath escaped from the little filly's body.
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Rainbow Dashed eyes grew heavy and she too fell in to slumber.