Applebloom and Sweetie Belle had decided that they would go down to Rainbow Dash's house to see if the two pegisi where still there. "Hello, anypony home?" Called Applebloom from below Rainbow Dash's house.
The two fillies waited a couple of seconds before trying again. This time a very happy looking Rainbow Dash poked her head out of her front door and looked around. Upon seeing the little ponies looking up at her expectantly, Rainbow called out.
"Yeah, what do you need filly's?"
This time it was Sweetie Belle who called out. "We were just wondering if Scootaloo was still here?"
"Should I tell them?" thought Rainbow Dash to herself. I better ask Scoots first.
"Give me a sec." Replied Rainbow before going back inside and finding a very happy Scootaloo eating a bowl of cereal.
"Hey Scoots, your two friends are outside asking to see you. Do you want to tell them what's happening?"
Scootaloo was nodding even before Rainbow had finished, then Scootaloo responded hastily. "I mean only if you want to sis?"
Rainbow and Scootaloo had decided that Rainbow would adopt Scootaloo as a sister and not as a mother. Rainbow smiled warmly at her new sister. "Of course, I'd love to tell them."
Scootaloo quickly finished her breakfast and hurried down the cloud stairs that Rainbow had made for her. Rainbow simply jumped just down from her house and caught herself with her wings just before she hit the ground.
"Guess what! Guess what!" Yelled Scootaloo as she jumped down the last few steps landing a few metres away from her friends.
"YOU GOT YOUR CUTIE MARK!!!" Screamed a delighted Applebloom and Sweetie Belle at the same time.
"No, even better." Responded Scootaloo as she raced towards her friends. Her two friends looked at each other confused for a second before Applebloom piped up.
"What could be better than getting your cutie mark?"
"Getting a new sister!" Replied Scootaloo wearing the biggest grin that Rainbow thought she had ever seen.
It took a moment to sink in before Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked first at Scootaloo and then at Rainbow Dash, who were both wearing massive grins.
Before the two fillies could say anything, Rainbow said "Don't go telling anypony yet though, we want to tell them all ourselves." Applebloom looked like she was about to explode, while Sweetie Belle was a little bit annoyed that she wouldn't be able to tell her sister the good news but completely forgot almost straight away as she realised that Scootaloo now had a sister. Scootaloo had never had a single family member since she was just a little filly.
"Now run along, Scoots and I are going to tell everypony the good news." The fillies looked a little shut down but smiled again at the good news and started bouncing away.
"You ready Scoots?" Rainbow asked her little sister.
Scootaloo looked up at her big sister. "Ready when you are sis!"
So Rainbow Dash popped the little filly on her back and took off into the sky to look for their friends.
They went to Applejack's first as they thought that the little filly's might not keep their promise about not telling anypony. They landed in front of the barn and Rainbow knocked a few times while Scootaloo hopped off her back. Big Mac opened the door and looked at the two ponies expectantly.
"Is Applejack around here somewhere Big Mac?"
"Eeyep." Replied Big Mac before pointing down to the apple trees where they cold see Applejack bucking the trees and making all the apples fall into the baskets surrounding the tree.
"Thanks Big Mac." Rainbow Dash said before scooping the little filly onto her back and flying down to see Applejack.
"Hey AJ. What's happening?" Rainbow asked.
Applejack stopped bucking and looked at the two ponies coming towards her. "Hi there sugar cube." Applejack responded before she realised that there was a pony on Rainbow Dash's back.
"Whatcha' all doing out this aways'?"
Rainbow Dash landed in front of Applejack before looking over her shoulder and saying. "Do you want to tell her, or should I?"
Scootaloo hopped off her back before looking at her. "You should. She's your friend." Rainbow smiled before turning back to Applejack.
"What's goin' on?" Asked Applejack when she saw the exchange between the two ponies.
"What's going on is that I've got a new sister, that's what." Replied Rainbow.
Applejack had a look of surprise before she smiled at the two ponies. "We'll I'll be!" Was all Applejack could manage.
The ponies stood like that for a few moments before Applejack asked. "When did this happen?" "About two hours ago." Answered a smiling Rainbow Dash.
"We'll I'll be." Applejack said again. It seemed that was all she could manage to say at the moment. The ponies stood there for another few moments before Scootaloo broke the silence.
"Come on Rainbow lets go tell everypony else." Rainbow Dash looked at Scootaloo before she turned back to Applejack.
"Gotta' go, see ya later AJ." With that Scootaloo hoped up on Rainbows back and took off into the air.
"We'll I'll be." Applejack said to herself as she watched the ponies fly away.
"Who next?" Asked Rainbow as they were flying to the town.
"Rarity of course. Sweetie Belle is probably on her way to tell her right now." Scootaloo replied.
"That's true." Said Rainbow Dash. "Rarity it is then."
They landed in front of Rarity's shop to find that they had beaten Sweetie Belle, or she had kept her promise, because they saw Rarity hanging out her washing out the front of her shop. Rarity turned to look at them and smiled when she saw Scootaloo on Rainbow's back.
"I swear you two are sisters some times." Said Rarity as she turned back around to keep pegging up her clothes.
"That's what we came here to tell you actually." Rarity spun around so fast, half the washing came off the line and landed in the dirt, but Rarity didn't even notice as her full attention was on Rainbow Dash.
"What did you just say?" Asked a very wide eyed looking Rarity.
"We're sisters now." Responded Rainbow. Before either of the ponies could do anything, they were tackled to the ground by a hug from Rarity.
"When did this happen? Why did you decide now? Why didn't you tell me straight away? Are you both living together yet? Is everything finalised?" Rarity bombarded the two ponies with questions so fast that between the two of them, they still couldn't answer all the questions before Rarity came up with a new one.
"Calm down Rarity, don't start going crazy." That comment from Rainbow Dash at least stopped Rarity's bombardment of questions, but she still had a crazy look in her eyes. The look slowly faded as Rarity took control of her emotions.
"I'm so sorry I got so carried away there." Apologised Rarity.
"That's quite ok, but would you mind getting off me, you're kind of hurting my wings." Replied Rainbow Dash.
Rarity blushed before hopping off the two ponies. Rarity opened her mouth to ask another question before Rainbow held up a hoof. "No more questions yet. Let's go inside and calm down a bit first."
The three ponies went inside Rarity's shop and Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo explained to Rarity everything that had happened. As they were explaining it Sweetie Belle arrived and sat down with them and listened intently. After they had explained what happened they said their goodbyes and left Rarity's shop.
When they were outside Scootaloo turned to Rainbow Dash. "Who now?" "Might as well go tell Twilight next. Her house is right near to Rarity's." Rainbow Dash replied.
"Ok." Was all Scootaloo said.
Since it was so close the two decided that they would walk. They started up a casual conversation about stuff like Scootaloo moving into Rainbow house and when. The responses were yes and now. Rainbow smiled at the younger pegisi's excitement. They were standing outside Twilight's house when they finished their conversation. This time it was Scootaloo who knocked on the door.
They heard a very frustrated Twilight. "Spike, get the door!"
Rainbow and Scootaloo looked at each other, and were about to leave when Spike opened the door. He smiled when he saw who it was and welcomed them inside and warned them about Twilight. He told them that she was in heat.
Rainbow mouthed "ohhhh" and Scootaloo looked at them both in confusion.
Rainbow leaned down next to Scootaloo and said. "I'll tell you later." Scootaloo nodded her agreement. Together they walked into the library and saw Twilight looking very flustered as she read though a book about Celestia knows what.
"Hey Twi." Rainbow said when they saw her. Upon hearing her good friend's voice she turned around to greet them.
"Hello Rainbow Dash, and hello Scootaloo. What brings you here?"
Rainbow exchanged a smile with Scootaloo and responded casually. "Not much Twi, just came here to see if you had a book on the steps involved in adopting somepony."
Twilight nodded and started looking though the shelves of books she had stacked around. "I'm sure I had one around her somewhere. Just give me a second to find it."
Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were both suppressing giggles as Twilight looked around for the book. "She's so easy to get." Thought Rainbow as she watched a completely oblivious Twilight look for the book.
"Ahhh, here it is." Said Twilight as she took a small book off the shelf and handed it to Rainbow Dash.
"Cool, thanks Twi." Rainbow Dash turned to leave before stopping upon hearing Twilight finally ask.
"Rainbow Dash. Why do you want a book on adopting pony's anyway?"
Rainbow Dash smirked but hid it before turning around to look at Twilight. "Oh, you know. I just adopted Scootaloo unofficially but I wanted to know what to do to make it official."
Twilight smiled, not realising what Rainbow had just said because of the casual manner she used. "Ok, then. I hope it all turns out for the best."
"Thanks Twi, I hope so as well. See ya later."
"Bye." Rainbow Dash quickly picked up Scootaloo and flew into the air before Twilight had a chance to stop them.
As they were flying away they heard Twilight scream. "WHAT?! WAIT, GET BACK HERE RAINBOW DASH!" Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo started to laugh so hard that their insides hurt.
"Where to next?" Asked Scootaloo.
"I vote Fluttershy, Pinkie will want to throw us a party and I'd rather tell everypony before she throws a party." Said Rainbow Dash.
"Agreed." Seconded Scootaloo. So the two pegisi went off to Fluttershy's cottage.
They landed outside Fluttershy's cottage just as the sun began to set. It was a beautiful sight, and it made it even better when they heard soft singing coming from within the cottage. Fluttershy had a beautiful voice but would only sing to her animals and when she was sure that no pony would hear her. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo waited just outside Fluttershy's cottage, listening to her beautiful soft singing while watching the sun set over a beautiful valley with a little hill just where the sun was setting, making the small valley glow a light red. It was a truly beautiful sight.
They heard Fluttershy stop singing and heard her open the front door. She gave a cute little "eeypp" when she saw that she wasn't alone. Instead of asking why they were here she went over and sat down next to Scootaloo and watched the sun set before finally asking what they were doing here.
"We came here to tell you that I'm going to adopt Scootaloo as my little sister." Said Rainbow Dash handing Fluttershy the book without taking her eyes off the last of the sunrise.
To their surprise Fluttershy didn't say anything, she just took the book and started looking through it. After a few minutes Fluttershy handed the book back and looked at the two ponies and smiled.
"I always knew that there was something bigger between the two of you than just friendship. When did you two decide to become sisters?" Fluttershy said warmly, still wearing a smile.
"Just this morning." Replied Scootaloo.
Rainbow unconsciously drew Scootaloo closer towards her and into a hug. Fluttershy smiled brightly when she saw Rainbow draw Scootaloo into a hug. Fluttershy plopped herself on the other side of Scootaloo and leaned against her as well. They stayed like that for an hour or two. The three of them just blankly starring ahead until Rainbow and Scootaloo heard Fluttershy begin to sing softly. Fluttershy continued to sing for another 20 or 30 minutes until they both heard the sound of Scootaloo's breathing begin to deepen and the sound of her soft snoring. Fluttershy quietly said her congratulations to Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Dash responded appropriately and thanked Fluttershy before taking Scootaloo to their house. When Scootaloo was sound asleep in her bed, Rainbow flew out once more, this time to see Pinkie Pie.
When Rainbow got to Sugar Cube Corner, she went into Mr and Mrs cakes shop and quietly rang the bell to see if anypony was awake. Mrs Cake came to the counter and smiled when she saw Rainbow. "What can I do for you, Rainbow?" Mrs Cake asked sweetly.
"I was just wondering if Pinkie Pie was still awake?" Asked Rainbow quietly, not sure if anypony else was awake.
Mrs Cake shook her head softly. "I'm sorry dear, Pinkie just went to bed." Rainbow was a little disappointed, as much a she found Pinkie annoying at times, she was still one of Dash's closest friends and Rainbow thought that she should know.
"Would you like me to give her a message when she wakes up?" This brightened up Rainbow a bit.
"Yes, thank you Mrs Cake. Could you please tell her that I'm going to adopt a certain filly by the name of Scootaloo."
Mrs Cake smiled at Rainbow. "That's lovely dear. I'll be sure to tell her. And congratulations."
Rainbow smiled. "Thank you Mrs Cake. I'm sorry for such a late visit by the way. I was busy telling everypony else."
Mrs Cake smiled again at Rainbow. "No trouble at all dear. I'm always happy to hear good news, no matter when it is."
Rainbow nodded. "I better be off, it's getting pretty late now, and I'm sure that you're as tired as I am."
Mrs Cake yawned at Rainbow's comment. "Yes, yes I am. I'll be sure to tell Pinkie as soon as she wakes up."
As Rainbow turned to leave she said. "Thank you again Mrs Cake. If you ever need any help around the shop I'm usually free." Mrs Cake nodded and turned to go upstairs to bed while Rainbow walked out of the shop and took off into the air.
Rainbow landed outside her front door and slowly opened it, not wanting to disturb the sleeping filly. As Rainbow Dash walked though the front door she could hear Scootaloo softly snoring. She walked down the hall and peered into her bedroom to find Scootaloo curled up into a filly ball with the blanket draped over the top of lower body. Rainbow Dash smiled to herself before quietly entering the room and lying down next to the little filly and draping one of her wings over Scootaloo's body before falling to sleep herself.