//------------------------------// // The Big Test // Story: Scootaloo's Royal Adoption // by xd77 //------------------------------// It had been at least five months since Tirek was defeated, and the new Rainbow Kingdom was formed, Scootaloo was about to accomplish a big test, if she passed this test her horn would form and she would be a full alicorn filly and the first ever alicorn filly, but if she failed, she would have to wait another five years, the total points needed to pass this test was at least above 90. Scootaloo stood next to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, she stood in fright over this big event, but she suddenly felt a comforting hoof on her back, she turned and saw that it was Sweetie Belle smiling friendly to her. "Don't worry Scootaloo, we're still your friends no matter what." she said. "I know Sweetie Belle, I'm just so scared right now, I've been an apprentice to my mother for five months now, and after all this time, this is my one chance to actually approve of my greatness as the next princess of the night." Suddenly Apple Bloom came up to her, "Ah' bet it'll be fine Scoots." she said with a warm smile, suddenly the door that they were sitting in front of opened, and out came Princess Luna along with two royal guards. "Scootaloo, we're ready for you now." one guard said, Scootaloo suddenly shook in fear but managed to get out of the chair she had been sitting on and calmly yet fearfully followed her mother and the two guards into unknown parts of the castle. The first part of the test was a speed course. "Now for this part, you will have to go at least 120 miles an hour on this course, and you have to get to that speed in no less than 10 minutes, once the clock starts you will flap your wings and start, take your position." the coach said, Scootaloo nervously got into a position where the track was in full view once she was aligned and in position, the coach pulled out a timer with his hoof, and a clock that was mounted on a wall at the far end of the room was activated. "Ready Scootaloo?" the coach said "I'm ready." she answered back. "On your mark, get set, GO!" he said activating his timer, in no time Scootaloo was off the ground and flying around the track, for the past 4 minutes her speed quickly clocked like a speedometer in a car, she quickly went up her average speed of a typical Pegasus, before too long she was up to nearly 130 mph on the track, she was going so fast she nearly sparked the lights in the track room out, and she nearly caused the coach's hat to fly off from the speed of her flight. Suddenly the buzzer blew, reminding Scootaloo that this session was over, she then landed back on the ground and walked over to the coach who was frozen at how fast she went. "So how did I do coach?" she asked. The coach was still speechless. "Come on dear," Luna said, levitating her onto her back, "I'm sure you'll see it in the results." The second part of the test was an obstacle course to see if she can dodge sticks on the ground, fly through hoops, and target practice, similar to what they had in the Equestria games, only she had to complete this obstacle course under 90 minutes, the same coach that had instructed her in the flight speed test was there to time her again as well. "All right Scootaloo, you are to complete this course in less than 30 minutes, ready, set, go!" he said as the timer on the wall started, Scootaloo quickly got up off the ground and went through the first course which was she had to zigzag through 10 hoops not to miss one of them, the second course was to fly around 6 sticks three times, the third course was the target practice, in which she had to get a goal right on target under 5 minutes. The final course was the zoom target, in where she had to fly up through three targets mounted in the ceiling, Scootaloo shot up and hit the first target at ease, then the second, and then the third, all in about 10 minutes. The total time she completed for this course was approximately 50 minutes and 32 seconds. The final exam was a quiz on the history of the alicorns, which contained questions like.... Who was the very first alicorn princess? How long did she rule Equestria? What was her cutie mark? Scootaloo did her best on the answers for she knew that this would be part of the test and that she would need to get all the answers right in order to pass and become the first alicorn filly, but what she didn't know was that another big surprise would await her if she passed this test, her face was sweating and her eyes were starting to become bloodshot, yet she was determined to pass this test, she had studied all week for this part, with a little help from Twilight. Once she had reached the final question and had answered it, the timer had rung meaning that the test was over, Scootaloo spit the pencil that was in her mouth out and onto the desk, she then flopped back in her chair and sighed in relief it was finally over, but the bigger problem that awaited her were the test results, she was now trembling in fear that she might fail and would have to wait another five years to take this test over again. Suddenly the door opened and in came Luna and a guard. "Come on dear, I need to take you to Ponyville." she said picking her up, Scootaloo was puzzled. "Why mom, can't you just take me back to the castle?" she asked. "Sorry dear, but Aunt Celestia has things to do this afternoon, and I have to stay and help them collect your results, so Twilight is going to look after you for the day." "All right mom, I'm just glad all that's over." Scootaloo said, "But why can't I just fly there myself?" "Because you need a break." Luna answered. And thus they were off to Ponyville.