//------------------------------// // The beginning // Story: scootaloo`s struggle // by LDJbrony //------------------------------// "I'm so exited!" Scootaloo squeaked. "We'll calm down or else you will miss the bus" Scootaloo's mom said. They headed outside. It was an unusually cloudy day the bits of sun barely seeping through the clouds. There in the street was a long yellow bus with a black stripe going through it. Scootaloo's eyes opened in awe as the doors to the bus slowly opened. "We'll go on" Scootaloo's mother said with a satisfied smile. "Thanks mom" Scootaloo cheered as she entered the bus. Scootaloo looked and saw all the new faces either looking out the window or having a surprisingly loud conversation with a near by pony. She quietly took the seat closest to the door unable to hide her anxious smile. She jumped as the bus started to move and rock from side to side from the bumps on the road. The bus seamed to last forever, but she still smiled the hole way there. When the bus finally came to a stop at her new school she practically jumped out of her seat. Scootaloo was the first one off the bus. She walked down the sidewalk heading for the big entrance she was a little scared but she was so happy she didn't notice the butterflys in her stomach. She gently pushed on one of the two glass doors. The cool air of the building hit her like a wall. She walked down the narrow hallways. She watched the reflection of her body on the clean white tiles of the floor. She walked to the end of the hallway and there she found her class room. The number above the door said 103. She opened the small wooden door with a door handle she hasn't seen before. As she entered the room she saw a pony with blonde hair and dark pink fur her cutey Mark resembled a peace of paper being cut in half by a pair of scissors. She seemed like a nice pony so she walked up to her. "Hello. I'm the teacher" the pony introduced. "Hi" said Scootaloo excitedly. "Please take a seat with the rest of the class" the teacher said with a cruel tone. Scootaloo sat down and looked around at the puzzle pieces on the ground, and the toys the other ponies were playing with. Now she felt the fear in her stomach she was scared to mess up and hurt somepony unintentionally by taking there toy. Scootaloo said to the pony next to her "hi I'm Scootaloo". The other pony said sassily "um do I care." Then turned and continued talking to one of the ponys sitting next to her. Scootaloo turned to the pony on her other side and said again "hi I'm Scootaloo" The other pony kept talking to the other nearby ponies not Acknowledging her at all. Scootaloo slowly stood up and walked to a corner and sat there. No one notices the small Pegasus crying in the corner of the room. Even as she cried for her mother to be there with her nopony cared enough to ask what was wrong or try to make her feel better. Scootaloo's heart raced when the sound of the alarming bell broke into her mind. All the other ponies left including the teacher. She made sure evrypony was gone before she got up and walked out of the room. There she faced the wooden door with the awkward door handle again. She slowly opened the door makeing sure not to make noise as she entered the shiny white hallways. She walked down the tiled hallway till she came across the two doors she hade entered this terrible place through. She opened the two glass doors delicately with her hooves and walked out of the horror house her mother called school. Scootaloo made sure to stay on the sidewalk because her vision was blurry from the the minutes of crying she hade gone through during school and her terribly long walk home. She finally reached her street, but as she turned on the curve of the sidewalk she saw some smoke twirling in the air. At first she didn't think it was a big deal maybe it was a barbecue party, but as she got closer she saw that the smoke was coming from the area were her house was. She started to run to her house fearing the worst makeing sure she was wrong. Horror struck Scootaloo's face as she saw her beautiful house burning down. She started to ask the fire ponies were her parents were but nopony saw them leaving the house. She sat on the sidewalk waiting for her parents. The fire ponies finally put out the fire but there was nothing remaining of her house nothing but small pieces of black ash. She then over herd the fire ponies talking saying they found the body of two ponies burned in the house that they could not identify. She refused to believe that her parents were gone so she sat down on the sidewalk again and waited for her parents to come back. Night came and Scootaloo's parents still haven't arrived so she slowly walked over to the remains of her house. She walked over to were her room once was and laid in the dark ash of were her once so comfy and beautiful bed had been. She felt the uncomfortable ash on her fur it was still warm and when she moved her hoof she felt the black mush rub off on her hoof. Scootaloo laid down and imagined her mother and father coming in and singing her lullabies then hugging and kissing her goodnight. She slowly started to close her eyes and fall gently to sleep. Scootaloo's eyes shoot open as she gasped for air. She felt the sweet on her pillow and tasted the salt on her lips. She started to calm down and control her breath. She sat up the sweat still fresh on her forehead. Scootaloo said with a tear in her eye and sad expression on her face "I miss you mom and dad."