Flowers rained from the sky like a cheesy Hearts and Hooves Day gesture. Trumpets blared and ponies cheered as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were paraded through the streets of Ponyville. They sat beside each other in a great chariot and waved and smiled as they rolled along.
Scootaloo, much to her dismay, was having difficulty seeing the princesses. She was stuck behind a crowd of ponies. No matter how high she jumped, she couldn't see over their heads.
"I can't... Just lemme... Gah!"
She threw her hooves up and groaned.
Beside her, someone took notice of her flailing and said, "Hey, weren't you that filly from before?"
Scootaloo glanced sidelong at the pony next to her. It was the white filly she'd seen earlier. She raised an eyebrow. "You were at the Summer Sun Celebration, right?"
The filly grinned. "Yep! That was my sister on the balcony."
"Huh... cool. Hey, do you think you could help me get closer to the front so I can see Celestia?"
The filly shrugged. "Sure." She waved her hoof. "C'mon, we'll squeeze through here."
Scootaloo followed her excitedly. "Sweet. By the way, what's your name?"
She glanced over her shoulder and said, "Sweetie Belle. You?"
"Scootaloo."
She smiled. "It's nice to meet you Scoot—Wait... didn't you get hit by that lightning bolt back at town hall?"
Scootaloo pursed her lips. "Uhh... Maybe? I don't really remember. I guess I got better."
"I thought you died?"
"Yeah, that sounds like me.” Scootaloo shrugged. “Anyway, that doesn't matter. I just gotta get up front so I can see Celestia. I've been waiting forever for this."
Sweetie Belle, shrugging in return, trudged on, and Scootaloo followed closely behind.
As they elbowed their way through the crowds, Scootaloo began to grow more and more excited. Her anticipation grew with every step, and when they finally reached the edge of the crowd where the street began, she couldn't stop herself from crying out, "Yes!" and clambering over Sweetie Belle to get out into the street.
From seemingly nowhere, she pulled out a pencil and paper and started looking around for the princess. She had a special spot in her trapper-keeper just for Celestia. Luna could suck it though.
She was looking around frantically, worried she had already missed Celestia passing by when she suddenly heard a heavy thudding sound. Glancing upwards, she noticed that she had managed to accidentally come flying out of the crowd right when Celestia was passing by and had landed beneath the chariot.
Oh well, now it was just a simple matter of crawling after the wheels had—CRUNCH.
On the chariot, Celestia felt an odd bump that caused her to bounce in her seat, interrupting her waving.
"Did you feel that?" she asked her sister sitting beside her.
Luna turned her head and looked over the back of the seat. "Looks like we hit a puppy or something."
"Ah, that would explain it." Celestia then went back to smiling and waving. "I love parades," she whispered to herself.