//------------------------------//
// Chapter 8 
// Story: Broken wings and broken dreams 
// by Torroza 
//------------------------------//

Twilight peeked out from the kitchen when she heard voices from upstairs. From what she heard Spike hadn't come home yet. And it sounded like two female voices. One was easily recognized as Scootaloo. But she couldn't really hear who the other voice was.
She cried up towards the stair. "Scootaloo, who are you talking to?"
The voices died down and soon a response came. "Come and see for yourself Twi!" A really familiar voice cried back. A voice that to Twilight sounded like heavenly music played by angels.
She rushed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. But she trips on the last step. She screamed and started to fall. But there was no impact with the hard wooden floor. Instead something had catched her midair. She looked up and looked into a pair of magenta eyes. Her eyes teared up. "Rainbow?" A tear rolled down her cheek.
The cyan pegasi nodded. "The one and only." She gave her marefriend a beaming smile.
Twilight threw herself around Rainbow's neck in a big hug and began to cry.
"And i thought she would be happy that you woke up Rainbow." Scootaloo said from behind the cyan pegasi.
Both of the grown up mares started to chuckle. Scootaloo looked at them in confusion. "What's funny?"
Twilight looked at the filly with a smile on her face. "I'm happy honey. I'm so happy that i cry. You don't cry only when you're sad. You can cry when you are really really happy or releaved over something." She walked up to the filly and brought her into a hug. Seconds later Rainbow joined into the hug.
Suddenly they heard the voice of the outer door being opened and Spike called out. "I'm back!"
Twilight cried back. "We're upstairs Spike. Put the grocieries in the kitchen and come up!"
"Alright Twilight!" Were the response from him. They heard him go out to the kitchen and the sound of him putting the groceries where they should be. Then he walked up to the stair and looked upward it. He saw Twilight and Scootaloo standing up there with beaming smiles on their faces.
Spike got a little wary. "Girls, what are you up to?" He continued to walk up the stair but slowed down.
Twilight smirked. "Us two? Nothing."
Scootaloo's smile just got wider.
"It's not them you should be worried about little guy." A voice sounded from behind them.
Spike's eyes widened when he recognized the voice. "Rainbow Dash?" He reached the top of the stairs.
Twilight took a step aside so he could see Rainbow.
Rainbow gave him a confident smirk. "That's my name, don't wear it out."
His eyes teared up and he threw himself around her neck in a tight hug. "I was starting to think that you were never to snap out of it."
Rainbow padded his back softly. "Well, i might not had snapped out of it unless it were for Scoots."
All turned their gazes to the little filly who looked really confused. "Me, what did i do?"
Rainbow slowly put down Spike on the ground and went over to Scootaloo and nuzzled her. "You reminded me of that my life still has a meaning. That i still have to take care of you, twi and spike. Godness knows what would happened to you three if i just disappeared." She gave them a soft smile.
Scootaloo didn't answer and just hugged her adoptive sister tight. Twilight just shock her head before she joined in the hug. Spike wasn't late to join the hug either.