Chapter Three
Priority.
Walking was something Scootaloo secretly loved. The afternoon air was pleasant and she felt that she could relax.
Rumble seemed a bit worried about something and Scootaloo noticed. Normaly she wouldn't care but this was Rumble.
"What's on your mind Rumble?"
At this Rumble stopped, he had a slight blush on his cheeks. This was not apparently obvious to Scootaloo.
He turned towards Scootaloo and the sight before him made him gasp. The afternoon sun was shining at her coat and mane perfectly, awestruck he stood there with no words to speak.
After he saw that Scootaloo was starting to look annoyed he cleared his throat and said.
"Well... It's like this you see... I kinda."
The pause made her move closer.
"I like you... A lot!"
This was both a suprise and not a suprise at the same time, she was a bit startled but still managed to speak.
"I like you too."
The two blushing young ponies looked at each other for some time before something disturbed them.
"NEW COUPLE PARTY!!!!"
They both jumped into the air at the sound of the pink party pony, both looking down they gave the pony a stern look.
"Pinke please don't jump to conclusions"
Both settling down on the ground was greeted by a smile. They both sighed.
"Well lets get it offcial!" Rumble didn't have time to react before Scootaloo planted her lips on his. The smile on Pinkie Pie growing ever larger, Rumble's wings was slowly extending.
"Wow" they both said in unison. The Pink party pony was literally bouncing around the new couple.
No pony knew where she got all that energy from, probably all that sugar.
"WOWSIE! NEW COUPLE PARTY!!!" She disappeared only to leave a pony shaped cloud behind.
What she had planned was anypony's guess.
"Where did she go?" Asked Rumble.
Scootaloo chuckled. "Nopony knows, but expect a party soon, let's go to Sugarcube Corner."
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash parted from their kiss and looked at each other, the blushes on their faces was impossible hide.
Rainbow Dash was the first to speak up.
"I never knew it would feel so. Awesome!" She leaned against Soarin' With a smile.
Nopony said anything for sometime until Spitfire spoke up.
"Finally!"
Jumping into the air the Rainbow maned Pegasus let out sigh and landed.
The smile on Spitfire's face told Rainbow Dash that Spitfire knew about Soarin's Attraction to Rainbow Dash. Although she didn't mind there was someting on her mind.
"Is there any rules on Wonderbolt dating? And what about parental leave?"
Soarin' froze in an instant and Spitfire started laughing. Rainbow Dash was not concerned about their reactions, she has always been straightforward about things.
It took a little while before Spitfire stopped laughing. She wiped her eyes and said. "There is no problem at all, unless you count the frozen Soarin' over there."
They both laughed and Soarin' was just starting to come to his senses.
"A bit early to talk about that?"
The Rainbow maned pegasus laughed. "I was only kidding!" She brushed her tail againt Soarin'. "Maybe!"
"So where should i take you for our first date?" Soarin' asked.
Rainbow Dash thought for a second and let out a small grin.
"How about Sugarcube Corner?"
She knew that Pinke Pie would sense the new couple even from here and that this was the best way to properly introduce Soarin' to the party pony. Soarin' smiled and nodded not knowing what would hit him.
The inside of Sugarcube Corner was filled by a pink blur moving stuff around, the owners was looking at this. They could not understand how Pinke Pie could do this, even the children of the Cake family was confused by this and they where almost used by this seeing that they grew up with her. Still they where confused.
Panting the party pony stopped. "That's the last of it!"
As on cue a pair of ponies walked into the shop and was promptly assaulted with confetti.
"And they say you don't do anything small." Scootaloo said.
Pinkie Pie just smiled and disappeared only to reveal a cake with their names on it. The two young ponies just laughed and cut the cake.
The party went on as one would expect a Pinke Pie party would, but after some time the pink party pony started to buzz.
"Whats the matter?" asked rumble.
Pinke Pie didn't answer but instead ran to the door.
Outside Rainbow Dash and Soarin' landed and was sprayed with confetti. They both looked at each other and then on the smiling earth pony. Rainbow Dash smiled.
"How did you figure out?"
Soarin' did not understand anything.
"Well duh! I was buzzing!"
Rainbow Dash knew better than to question Pinke Pie's logic and simply hugged her.
"It's nice that you put this together for us."
Pinke Pie couldn't contain her laughter. When she was finished she told the new couple.
"It wasn't for you! It was for Scootaloo and Rumble. HAHAHA!!! You should see your faces!"
The two pegasi was standing in silence.
"What do you mean Scootaloo and Rumble?"
"Well a new couple party of course, but you are welcome in aswell seeing that you are a couple too!"
Soarin' was about to say something but Rainbow Dash stopped him.
"Best not to question Pinke Pie logic."
The couple walked in, immediately Rainbow Dash was spotted by Scootaloo.
"You are here! That's awesome!" Scootaloo went to grab her new coltfriend and bring him to the Wonderbolt couple.
Rumble was about to say something until he noticed Soarin', he simply stood there with his mouth wide open. Both Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo laughed, they where after all used to the Wonderbolts.
"Hey take it easy kid!, i may be famous but i am still a pony." Soarin' said with a smile.
The shocked grey pegasus returned to the real world and gave a look of apology. "Sorry."
The ponies near to him laughed a bit. "So you are Scootaloo's coltfriend?" Asked Rainbow Dash.
"Yeah he totally is!" Scootaloo said.
Rumble looked at the two Wonderbolts and said. "It looks like you are dating too."
Immediately a blush formed on Rainbow Dash's face.
"As of this afternoon he is mine." Soarin' looked over at his marefriend when she said "Mine.
The party went on for some time before it was decided that it was time to go home, the new couples waved to the guest leaving.
Rumble and Scootaloo said their goodbye's to the Wonderbolt couple, after this Rainbow Dash turned towards Soarin'
"Well since we are a couple now shall we go to my place? It is closer than the Wonderbolt HQ anyway."
Soarin' looked a little shocked at first but soon he sported a smile.
"Yeah let's."
Two weeks later.
Scootaloo was training with Rumble, he wasn't as good at teaching as Rainbow Dash but Scootaloo knew that she needed the training. The past two weeks had been wonderfull for the two, they had grown closer than ever and spent almost every second of their time with each other. Today Scootaloo was extra excited because Rainbow Dash had a month of free time and Scootaloo got a letter last week saying that she would meet her here.
But as the day ended she saw no sign of her hero, she even decided to train in the usual spot to make it easier for Rainbow Dash to find her.
"Why isn't she here?"
Rumble looked at the sad pegasus and answerd her question.
"Maybe something came up." He tried to comfort his marefriend as best as he could, but Scootaloo looked angry.
Suddenly she took off and started flying towards to the Wonderbolts HQ with tears in her eyes.
"YOU PROMISED!!!"
A shocked Rumble took after her and tried to keep up.
"Are you sure you aren't forgetting something?"
Rainbow Dash looked at her coltfriend.
"Hey i am Rainbow Dash the awsome, i don't forget!"
Soarin' looked at a small orange dot coming towards the and gestured to Rainbow Dash to turn around,
The look on her face turned from a warm smile to a look of shock. She was about to flee but she was grabbed by Soarin', this was something she needed to face. The orange pegasus landed infront of Rainbow Dash, her face was full of anger and she was panting hard.
"You promised... Why?"
Rainbow Dash was struggeling to find a good answer, but unable to find one she simply looked down and sighed.
"I am sorry scoots, i forg..."
She never got to finish her sentence when a crying Scootaloo shouted.
"You forgot? I don't mean anythin to you anymore. I am just something to cast away like garbage?"
Scootaloo took of in a blur and Rainbow Dash stood there unable to do anything. Soarin' put hoof on her shoulder only to have it shoved away. He understood that she was hurt and ashamed about what happend. Suddenly Rumble landed and looked at the two Wonderbolts.
"Where's Scootaloo?"
Rainbow Dash broke out in tears and Soarin' walked to Rumble.
"She took of, it seems that she was quite hurt. I am sorry about what happend."
Soarin' pointed to where Scootaloo was heading, Rumble knew that her special place was that way. She had taken Rumble there a couple of times before so he knew that she was there. He took of too.
Rainbow Dash looked at Soarin' and he knew that she had to do something.
At a small field a crying orange pony sat, she never cried but this time was different. She felt betrayed. Her hero. Her idol. Her inspiration. She could not belived it. The sound of a landing pegasus was enough to break her out of her train of thought. Expecting to see Rainbow Dash she was suprised to see Rumble.
"What!?"
The sound of Scootaloo made Rumble hesitate a bit.
"I am sorry about what happend."
She looked at him with eyes of pure anger.
"She told me that she would come. She told me that she would train me. SHE PROMISED!!"
Rumble moved closer and hugged Scootaloo, she accepted this. On a cloud nearby Rainbow Dash looked at the young ponies. She was unsure what to say to make it better, but she decided to confront the orange pegasus. After she landed Scootaloo was about to attack her but Rumble managed to hold Scootaloo.
"WHY DID YOU DO THIS!?"
Rainbow Dash knew that Scootaloo was hurt but she also knew that she needed to hear the truth.
"I forgot, i am sorry. I have been so busy with my Wonderbolt training that i wanted to spend some time alone with Soarin' and i forgot about my promise. Some element of loyalty i am huh? You have all the reason to hate me right now and i deserve it. but i want you to know that i will always be there for you. But sometimes i will be unable to help you or simply forget. I want you to know that i am truly sorry about this. If you want i will leave you alone, but if you can find it in your heart to forgive me i won't leave you behind again."
Scootaloo was still angry but she understood that misstakes happen and that she herself had neglected her friends because of Rumble. They had understood that Rumble was more important at the time. She wiped her eyes and looked at Rainbow Dash.
"Pinke promise"
Rainbow Dash made the gestures and said the little chant associated with the promise. With that Scootaloo jumped at Rainbow Dash and hugged her.
"You know Scoots? You flew really fast."
Scootaloo looked up at her idol with confusion.
Feeling that she needed to explain she backed away from Scootaloo.
"You flew faster than the average pegasus and considering that you have had problems with your flying. That is truly awesome."
"Well i have been training with Rumble the last two weeks."
It was at time that Rainbow Dash noticed that something had happend to Scootaloo's wings. They where bigger and stronger looking.
"Hey scoots your wings!"
Scootaloo looked at her wings with worry, thinking that they where damaged or something. Not seeing something out of the ordinary she looked over at Rumble who simply looked confused. What Scootaloo failed to notice was that her wings had grown stronger and slightly bigger over the two weeks. Rumble did not notice either because he had spent so much time with her.
"Your wings are bigger!"
When Rainbow Dash said this Scootaloo shouted.
"WHAT!?"