The morning sun flowed through the window of the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse. The light cast itself on to Scootaloo's eyes, causing hem to flutter open. Slowly, she rose to a sitting position, and observed her surroundings. She was the only one there.
'Was it all a dream?' she wondered. Did she just imagine the strange creature? She rose to her hooves, and proceeded to walk towards the door to go and get some breakfast before school. But, when she reached the door, she saw a folded piece of paper taped to the wood. She picked the paper off the door, and unfolded it. It read as such;
Scootaloo,
Thanks for letting me stay the night. It's a lot nicer
than sleeping in the everfree, which I will return to
tonight. Thanks, and maybe I'll see you again
sometime.
-Kyle
Scootaloo lowered the note. 'So, he was real,' thought Scootaloo. Scootaloo hoped she would see the human again. They were kindred spirits, they both lived less than optimal lives. Scootaloo opened the door, and walked down the ramp. She put the helmet on, and hopped on her scooter. She propelled her way to the nearest apple tree. She took her helmet off and threw it up into the tree, knocking a few apples down from the branches. She proceeded to eat all three, but kept the cores with her. She would throw them away later, away from the farm. She hopped back on her scooter, strapped her helmet on, and sped off towards Ponyville.
Kyle awoke two hours before Celestias sun rose. He was used to rising early. Living in a predator infested forest taught you to only sleep a few hours at a time. He looked down to the sleeping filly who had welcomed him into her shelter. Never during his time in Equestria had he been showed such kindness. A warm smile came to his face. He decided to leave a note for her. He looked over to a table in the clubhouse. There was a piece of paper, a pencil, and a roll of tape. He walked over to the table, and wrote his message, then ripped a piece of tape off the role. He walked to the door, and taped the paper to the wood. Then he opened the door and left. Once he was outside, he began sprinting towards the Everfree, using the darkness to hid him from hostile ponies. He had to get back to the forest before the ponies awoke.
Kyle arrived in Ponyville, but stopped when he came to the alley behind Sugar Cube Corner. He needed something to eat for breakfast before he returned to the forest. He went to the trash can and started rummaging for food.
'Let's see, some coffe grinds, those things you peel off of cupcakes, a banana peel, OH AWESOME!' Kyle reached in and pulled out a blueberry muffin with only one bite out of it. He scarfed it down, and was about to look for more when he heard hoof steps approaching. Quickly, he made a mad dash out of the alley, sprinting for the concealment of his forest. He didn't see the grey pegasus with the lazy eye walk to the trashcan, only to find it devoid of muffins.
When Kyle finally reached the forest, he was gasping for air. He was so scared that he dead sprinted from the alley to the forest, and he was pretty tired. He wiped the sweat from his brow, and then walked deeper into the forest. After a few minutes of walking, he finally reached it. A large hollowed out tree. This is where Kyle made his home. Kyle crawled into the tree, rested his head, and closed his eyes, ready to sleep.
The Ponyville school house bell rung, signaling the beginning of school. The students made their way inside. Applebloom and Sweetie bell walked side by side into the building.
"Hey, have you seen Scootaloo?" questioned Sweetie Bell. Applebloom shook her head.
"Nope. She must be late again," replied Applebloom. The two made their way to their seats and sat down. Ms.Cheerilee walked from her desk to the chalkboard.
"Alright class, now today we are going to learn about division." The class let out a group groan. "Now now, division is easy once you get the hang of it. Now then," Cheerilee said as she wrote on the board. "Now, who can tell me what five divided by two is?" No one raised thier hooves. Just then, the door slammed open to reveal an orange Pegasus with a purple mane. Scootaloo shut the door behind her, and nervously approached her teacher.
"S-sorry I'm late Ms. Cheerilee," said Scootaloo. Her teacher merely sighed with her eyes closed.
"This is the third time this week Scootaloo." said Cheerilee.
"I know, and I'm sorry."
"Arg. Just take your seat Scootaloo." Scootaloo quickly trotted over to her desk, and sat down. the students chuckled at Scootaloos minor embarrassment. "Alright now, class lets continue with our lesson." A few hours later, and Scootaloo found herself staring out the window, gazing into the forest. She wondered if thats where the human was now. Maybe he was right in front of her, staring back in her direction. She also thought about whether she should tell her friends about her discovery. Could she trust them not to blab about Kyle.
"Scootaloo, are you paying attention?" Scootaloo snapped out of her daydreaming to see Cheerilee, and the rest of the class staring at her.
"Y-yes, I was," replied Scootaloo.
"Well then, what did I just say?" asked Cheerilee.
"You said; Scootaloo, are you paying attention?" the class laughed at her smart remark.
"See me after class Scootaloo. Scootaloo hung her head in shame. This was going to be a long day.
The school bell rang, signaling the end of school. The class stormed out of the building, leaving just Scootaloo and Cheerilee. Scootaloo got up from her seat and walked over to Cheerilee. The teacher cleared her throat, and then began to speak.
"Scootaloo, you've been late three times this week, you're not paying attention, and your grades are slipping. What's going on?"
"N-nothing Ms. Cheerilee."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Alright, well I'm giving you this sheet for your parents to sign," said Cheerilee as she handed a slip of paper to Scootaloo.
'She just ASSUMES I have parents,' thought Scootaloo in a disgruntled way. "Why?" asked Scootaloo.
"Your parents need to know about whats going on with your education," replied Cheerilee. Scootaloo took the note and put it in her saddlebag.
"Can I go now?"
"*Sigh*. Yes go ahead." With that, Scootaloo left the schoolhouse. She met up with Sweetie Bell and Applebloom outside the school.
"What did Ms. Cheerilee want?" asked Sweetie.
"She just wanted to lecture me about being late and stuff," replied Scootaloo. After a few seconds of silence, Applebloom spoke up.
"So, what do y'all want ta' do today?"
"We should try to get our cutie marks in fencing!" squealed Sweetie.
"Maybe we should try to get our marks in creature catching again!" said Applebloom.
"Um, creature catching?" questioned Scootaloo.
"Yeah, ah heard about some weird two legged creature that lives in the Everfree!" suggested Sweetie.
"NO!" cried Scootaloo. The other two crusaders looked at Scootaloo surprised.
"Why not?" asked Applebloom. Scootaloo searched her mind quickly for an answer. She needed to come up with something quick.
"I, uh well...I thought we could try getting our cutie marks in, ah, WRITING! Yeah, writing!" said Scootaloo.
"Writing?" asked Sweetie.
"Yeah, we could write a story! I mean, its easy, something any idiot can do!" replied Scootaloo.
"Yeah, it IS easy!" said Applebloom.
"Uh, sure I guess that sounds all right," said Sweetie. The three nodded, than ran off to the clubhouse to start their story.
The howling of the timber wolves woke Kyle up with a start. He shot up to a sitting position, and frantically looked around. It was darker than normal, indicating that it was night time. Kyle stood up and started walking in the direction he thought Ponyville was in. He stopped when he heard the howling again. His eyes widened. That sounded close. He turned around to see a pair of glowing eyes staring at him through the bushes. Kyle turned and bolted as fast as he could. He could hear the wolves chasing behind him. He leaped over a log, and maneuvered through the trees. He looked behind him to see the wooden wolves chasing after him. There were three of them. He turned his head back forward, only to see a Timber Wolf standing right in front of him. He cried out in surprise and tried to stop, but during his attempt, the wolf brought its claws down on Kyle. The claws tore through the shirt, and the skin, leaving three large gashes in Kyles flesh. He cried out in pain, but didn't stop. He kept running as fast as he could, hoping to lose the predators that were pursuing him.
Scootaloo tossed and turned on the floor, trying to get to sleep. But she couldn't lose herself to slumber. She kept thinking about the human. He was out there in the forest somewhere, while she was safe in the clubhouse. She made up her mind. She was going to go find Kyle, and give him a place to stay. She left the clubhouse, put on her helmet, and then hopped on her scooter. She buzzed her wings, and propelled her way towards the Everfree forest.
Scootaloo finally came to the edge of the forest. She saw Fluttershys cottage in the distance. She dismounted from her scooter, and walked towards the forest, looking for the human.
"Kyle! Kyle are you there!?" she heard a rustling noise coming from the bushes. She readied herself to flee if it turned out to be a dangerous predator. But she was relieved to see a familiar figure walking, or rather. limping out of the forest. "Kyle, are you OK?!" asked Scootaloo as she rushed towards the human. She noticed he was bleeding from his torso.
"Oh...h-hi Scootaloo," said the boy between breaths.
"What happened?" asked Scootaloo.
"Tiimber wolves...I barely got away."
"What! Timber wolves!"
"Yeah."
"You look pretty hut," said Scootaloo with concern.
"It's fine,"
"No, it's not. You need to come with me back to the clubhouse. There's a first aid kit at the clubhouse."
"Uh, OK sure," said Kyle. Scootaloo got on her scooter.
"Get on!" Kyle got on the scooter, and grabbed a hold of Scootaloos withers. Scootaloo pushed off, and started accelerating, steering her scooter towards the clubhouse.