//------------------------------// // I...Failed... // Story: Fall of a Rainbow // by xXNeonShadowXx //------------------------------// Hey guys and gals, my name is Rainbow Dash, and I'm gonna tell you about somthin' that happened to me. A travesty with my little sis. She was gonna be an awesome little sis. Her name was Scootaloo. Scootaloo was an orphan for years, but none of us ever new. When we found out, her birthday was in a few weeks so I decided to surprise her with the news of me adopting her on her birthday... *sigh* Let's get on with the story shall we? It was a normal day in Ponyville as far as anypony could tell. There were no clouds in the sky thanks to the weather team. Twilight was probably reading books or doing other eggheady stuff. Pinkie Pie was planning the surprise party for Scootaloo. Yeah it was birthday that day! Anywho, Rarity was making more dresses for a...somepony...I think? Uh......Oh right! Applejack was making the treats for the party or bucking apples, and Fluttershy was at her house caring for the animals. And I was being awesome! Like usual. Scoots was off with her her friends, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle doing crusading. Now before you say anything like "Oh this is so boring!" or "This is 20% less cool!" I'm just giving you the layout. K? Now, I knew this day was gonna be awesome! Or I thought I new...I zipped down to Pinkie, who was in the Ponyville Bakery. "Hey Pinks what's up?" I asked as the smell of a fresh batch of cupcakes filled my nose. She turned around and smiled to me. "The sky silly! The sky is up! You seriously didn't know that?" She asked while bringing the cupcakes out of the oven. "No I knew that...I said what's u- never mind... have you seen Scoots?" "Uh no I haven't. Sorry. Do you wanna taste a new batch of cupcakes?" She offered me. "No thanks, I gotta find Scoots. My birthday present for her is..." I leaned in and whispered to Pinkie, "I'm gonna adopt her." "Oooh! She's gonna love that! That's so sweet!" She said popping a cupcake into her mouth. "I know!" I bragged. "Ever since I found out she was an orphan I've thought about filling out the paperwork and I finally did it and it's done in an hour! So I should probably get back to searching." "Okie Dokie Lokie Dashie! You sure you don't want a cupcake?" She offered once more waving a Blue Raspberry cupcake in my face. "Eh why not." I said popping it in my mouth. "Fhanks Fhinkie!" I shouted as I flew out the door into the crisp morning air. I swallowed the rest of the cupcake as I continued to search for Scootaloo. Maybe Applejack knew where the CMC were crusading. I turned my course to Sweet Apple Acres. As I neared I saw Applejack bucking some trees with Big Mac. I swooped down and tackled Applejack mid buck. We tumbled and rolled for a bit before we stopped, me on top of her! You could hear Big Mac chuckling from behind us. "What the hay Dash!" Applejack yelled at me. "Sorry AJ. I saw the moment and...couldn't resist." I laughed. That was a good one. I looked up and saw her Stetson lying in the grass. I smirked and hopped off of AJ quickly snatching her Stetson and placing it on my head. Applejack rose from the ground dusting herself off. She looked around for a bit obviously looking for her Stetson only to find it had...vanished! Ok ok sorry. She placed a hoof on her head and gasped, before realizing what had happened, and facehoofing herself. I laughed just before she pounced on me grabbing her Stetson back also knocking me off balance. "What'd ya want Dash?" Applejack asked me irritably. I landed next to her and smiled. She just sighed. "Do you know where Scoots is?" I asked. "Do you know if she's off crusading with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle? I'm trying to find her so I can give her her birthday present." "Haven't seen her since yesterday. Sorry." She answered before continuing bucking. I sighed. "It's okay, do you know where Appleboom is?" "She's in the house with Granny." "Thanks." I said before heading to their house. When I neared I smelled fresh apple pie. "Mmm...looks like they have been baking!" I said to myself before stopping at the door and knocking. "C'mon in!" Applebloom shouted from inside. I opened the door and was hit with a wave of sweetness! I saw Applebloom stirring a batch of cookie dough next to her sleeping granny. Jeez That mare always slept. And snored... "Hey Applebloom." "Hey Rainbow Dash! What bring ya 'round?" She asked plopping little balls of cookie dough onto a tray. "Uh I was wondering if you knew where Scootaloo was?" I asked really wanting to find her before the paperwork was done. "She told me she was going to ghastly gorge till 3:00? She said she was gonna practice some flying." Finally I got an answer! Now I gotta travle 20 mins. out to that place. "Thanks Applebloom." I said before heading out. I decided to go get the paperwork first and surprise her there. I quickly flew to the orphanage and grabbed the paperwork. I then headed to ghastly gorge. When I first arrived I didn't see Scootaloo. I searched around for a bit but didn't find anything, or anypony. Then I heard some crying. I looked over a boulder and saw Scootaloo standing on the edge of the canyon...and she was crying. I stepped out from behind the boulder and said, "Hey Squi-" She jumped...I couldn't move...My whole body froze...she...jumped...my head started to spin and my vision got blurry as I fell flat on my face. I couldn't think. My throat felt clogged and I couldn't breath. I...I didn't...know what to do...I wanted to move but my limbs wouldn't work with me! She...was falling and I couldn't save her! The sun had started to set when I arrived and now...it was gone...then...It hit me. My limbs started to move as I darted to the edge of the gorge. Without hesitation, I flew vertically down the gorge as fast as I could. I didn't dare stop. So many thoughts were going through my head and there were butterflies in my stomach. I needed to save her. My saddlebag with the paperwork in it had fallen off. I saw her! She was still falling faster then me. So I sped up. I got closer...I was about a hoof away when she turned around and looked at me...and she was smiling...behind her I could see the ground appearing. "Squirt c'mon! Grab my hoof!" I shouted at her. She didn't move... "Scoots! C'mon!" She just...smiled...like she was at peace...happy almost...The ground was rapidly appearing and there wasn't much time left. "Sootaloo! What the hell are you doing!?!? Grab my hoof!" Tears were pouring out of my eyes and I couldn't see clearly. Few tears were falling out of her eyes. Just before she hit the ground...she looked me in the eyes and said, "Look Rainbow...I can finally...fly..." It was done. I almost hit the ground with her. A sickening splat could be heard before I took a sharp turn straight up also performing a sonic rainboom. Tears were pouring out of my eyes. I landed on a ledge and collapsed in a heap of tears. What just happened? I couldn't think again or breath or see through my tears. I just sat there and cried. For hours. I finally had collected myself enough to go get her. I slowly rose and took a deep breath. I looked to my right and saw my saddlebag. I grabbed my saddlebag and slowly flew down to Scoot's body. When I got there...I cried again. There was...blood...everywhere...bones were sticking out of her flesh...she was a bloody pile of...something...I walked over to her and looked at her face...she was smiling...why in the world is she smiling...I couldn't do this. I picked her up and flew out of the gorge. Her blood stained my blue coat, but I didn't care. As I flew her back to Ponyville, I thought about what happened. Or why she jumped. Then the thought struck me. She couldn't fly...she was probably so depressed that she couldn't fly...so she jumped. I doubt she saw me or heard me before she jumped. Didn't she know what pain she would cause for everypony? I guess I'll never know...I reached Ponyville before I knew it. I wasn't crying anymore, I couldn't. Not now. The first to see me was Twilight. She quickly galloped over to me, shock all over her face. "Dash! What happened?!?!" She yelled as she got closer now seeing Scootaloo in my arms. I couldn't hold it a tear escaped from my eye. Then another. I tried hard to hold the tears in. "S-she...j-jumped..." I muttered barely above a whisper. I couldn't look at Scoots or Twilight. I shut my eyes tightly, as more tears threatened to show. "What do you mean she jumped?!?!" Twilight yelled as she examined Scoots body. "S-she just...j-jumped...right off t-the c-cliff..." I said a little louder this time. Twilight used her magic and wrapped Scoots in a purple aura, taking her from my blood stained arms. "C'mon Dash! We need to get her to a hospital right now!" Twilight panicked. "A hospital won't help..." Twilight looked at me in horror hoping she didn't hear what she thought she heard. I took a deep breath and whispered..."She's dead Twilight."