//------------------------------// // Chapter One: Let the games begin // Story: Scootaloo meets the Rainbow Factory // by moench123 //------------------------------// It’s Scootaloo’s birthday, the little filly is so excited because she thinks her idol, Rainbow Dash, will be at her party. She jumps around ponyville happily thinking but not really paying attention on where she is. She doesn’t care, she hops around and around like twilight when she got her cutie mark. She passes by sugar cube corner and of course, pinkie pie had to come out and bounce with her. They bounce and bounce together and then Scootaloo remembers. The party. She forgot to make one. The little filly has stopped bouncing and is then lost in thought. Pinkie pie, still bouncing around, looks at her and sings the happy birthday song she sang to pound cake and pumpkin cake when they were born and starts dancing frolicly then stops, noticing scootaloo’s problem. “Oh, don’t worry scootaloo because good ol’ pinkie pie is here to turn you problems into cupcakes,” she says as she shivers and backs away. Then a cupcake falls out of nowhere giving scootaloo a slight giggle but is still lost in thought. “Hey pinkie, you think there is a surprise party waiting for me somewhere?” asks the little filly with confused eyes. Pinkie Pie smiles and says, “of course there would be one,” she continues bouncing and singing then Rainbow Dash walks towards them. She takes a look at Pinkie pie bouncing and singing and dancing, normal Pinkie Pie stuff. Then at scootaloo. “Hey kid, I got something for you. It is your birthday and all. Follow me.” Pinkie pie follows Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo to Sweet apple acres and into a pitch-black barn. The door shuts and things are impossible to see. Then a small noise comes out, it’s Fluttershy! Scootaloo thinks in her head. She is scared and sort of amused by the surprise party that is about to happen. She waits and waits then a loud WHOOSH breaks the silence and scares the hell out of Flutter shy and Scootaloo. All of the mane 6 and the CMCs were there. They lit the candles of the cake and all sing Happy Birthday cheerfully. Scootaloo smiles widely and blows out the candles. “Make a wish! Make a Wish!” they all yell. Scootaloo whispers her wish and opens her eyes. Rainbow Dash was listening and smiles at the wish. Rainbow Dash goes over to the punch bowl and whispers to herself. “Hehe, I knew it. Scoots wants to learn how to fly with me as a teacher. Heh, maybe I can get her to pass flight school.” She pauses for a moment then remembers her night job. The Rainbow Factory. She continues to whisper. “If she fails flight school, I need to do my job myself. Heh, what am I saying. She’ll pass. She has me as a teacher. I’ll let her know about the class later in the party.” She pours a cup of punch and walks back over to the cake, taking a piece and sitting next to scootaloo. She whispers again, quietly so scootaloo can’t hear it. “She will make it.” - - - The party is over, the sun is going down. Someponies are still there chatting it up but not dancing. They talk and talk filling the barn with words and words. Then, Rainbow Dash stands up and walks into the center. “Scootaloo? Where’s the birthday filly?” scootaloo walks out into the center with Rainbow Dash. “Ok, scootaloo, do you want your wish from earlier to be told to everypony?” scootaloo tilts her head into an “I don’t care” angle. “Ok, scootaloo, I will fulfill your wish. Do you want to learn how to fly with me as your teacher?” Scootaloo’s tired eyes shoot open and she nods very fast. She hugs Rainbow Dash as tight as she can. “thankyouthankyouthankyou…” she goes on and on with thank yous. Then she lets go and says, “When can we start? Huh? I wanna get flying asap!” Rainbow dash giggles then replies. “We will start tomorrow, this will be your birthday present from me.” The party goes on and on then at midnight, they all head home. - - - Scootaloo can’t sleep. She is just overwhelmed with excitement. She rustles around in her bed trying to calm down. Eventually she does and sleeps until noon. Still waking up before Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo slowly gets out of bed and brushes her teeth. She eats breakfast of just some carrots and watching the other ponies running around outside her window. She then finishes her carrots and heads out side. She finds Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. “Hey girls. What’s the CMCs doing today?” asks scootaloo, still tired. “Oh, we are gunna watch you an’ Rainbow fly aroun’ for a bit. You know, just relaxin” replies Applebloom. Scootaloo nods and flicks her head to tell her friends to follow her. They look and look until they see a rainbowed tail hanging from a cloud. Scootaloo thought of a prank and they were looking. She grabs a bar of soap, wets it so it gets foamy, the throws it at Rainbow’s cloud, going through it and hitting her in the back. It pokes a hole in it. Rainbow Dash falls through the hole and starts falling down to the ground. She quickly flips around and lands on her hooves. She has a face full of scare and a bed head. She shakes her head to reality and looks at the CMCs all trying to hold in their laughs. Rainbow rolls her eyes and finally speaks up. “Ok girls, yeah you got me. But you better be able to give it your all kid if you wanna survive a fall like that. Now, lets head over to sweet apple acres and see where you are at with flying so far.” They all walk to the farm and talk about some recent stories then finally they reach the farm. “Ok kid, lets head to the open field next to your clubhouse.” They all yell in agreement and start running to the clubhouse. “Hehe, you got mah’ girl all wild up now didn’t ya? Hehe, take it easy on the filly. We aren’t making a hurricane again.” Says Applejack, walking out of the barn from cleaning up. Rainbow Dash nods and flies to catch up thinking to herself what she’d have to do if she failed the flying test. She pushes it out of her mind and keeps flying.