//------------------------------// // Battle at the Manehatten base/explaining the predicament.....part two // Story: Remembering a grim past. // by Sylif Daring Doo //------------------------------// __________*Four minutes later Rainbow Dash's cloud home Scootaloo's room*_________ Scootaloo was in a world of confusion just a few hours ago......now?..........she felt alone now........so she got up off her chair and then went downstairs......Scootaloo.......Venom and Rainbow Dash already had a talk just a few minutes ago........Rainbow had taken it very well to be honest. Scootaloo walked down the stairs and caught Dash's attention. "Hey squirt......what's up?" Dash asked. "It's nothing I just want to go for a walk.........oh uh......hey Rainbow can you carry me down?" Scootaloo asked getting a nod from Dash. Scootaloo walked outside followed by Dash. ___________*Rainbow Dash's cloud home porch *_________ Scootaloo walked towards the edge and got a mischievous look in her eye. "Hey Dash.......I'm ready." She said. Dash nodded then walked over and told Scootaloo to get on her back so she could go down.........Scootaloo did so and climbed onto Dash's back.....accidentally digging her claws into Dash. "Ow ow ow......Scoot please retract the claws." She said painfully. Scoot gasped and did so......then told Dash she was ready. Dash smiled lightly then flew downwards from the house..........and then felt something on her back move.....so she turned around. "Scoot......what are you doing?" Dash asked then she slowed down as they neared the ground. Scootaloo's head shot up as she heard Dash ask her something. "Wha?....oh....sorry Dash I was just.....thinking about Storm.......do you know where he is?" He asked....Dash just shook her head. "Sorry Scoot.....I don't know......I had the weather team keep an eye out for him......I mean Seriously......he had a few dozen clouds to clear above town hall.....they sat there all day." Dash said sighing. "It's ok Scoot......if I see him I'll let you know alright?" Dash asked. Scootaloo nodded as she began walking towards town...........but she stopped and then turned around and started walked in the direction of the Everfree. Scootaloo kept walking...unaware that she was being followed. _______*the Everfree Forest.....ten minutes later.*_______ Scootaloo walked into a cave and saw a lake inside then walked up to it and sat down. When she was sure she was alone Scootaloo leaned over the pool and waited.......until the water shimmered.....and then looked up and saw a reflection of herself was standing on the water. "You have come here seeking answers to your questions......but know that these answers.......good or bad can have far reaching concenquenses......I ask you this......are you certain you must know?.....something's are better not known." The reflection asked. Scootaloo nodded then spoke. "I wish to know.......what happened to me......and why?" She asked. The reflection walked closer to Scootaloo and then stopped when it was two feet away. "Your question.....is a good one......you are curious but you wish to know if there is a way to return to your original body......but at the same time you don't want to leave the one you have now.......but if you really want to know this.....then listen." The reflection started. "The reason that you are in the form of a tiger is simple.......you had a desire.......a desire to change......the reason that you are a tiger now is this......you are a morphidike.......a rare Breed of pony.....that has the ability to change between....for example......your original body and a new kind......one that suits them the most.......unfortunately that is the only bodies you can become so you can switch between a tiger and a pegasus." The reflection continued. Scootaloo whistled a little bit......."wait a minute......then how do I change back?" She asked. The reflection chuckled. "You must open your mind......and think of yourself back in your pegasus body." It said plainly. Scootaloo looked down as she did so.......and sure enough in place of a tiger was a pegasus filly.......Scootaloo was overjoyed at the fact that her cutie mark was still there. Scootaloo thanked the reflection before turning around aiming to leave the cave when she heard the reflection speak again. "One moment.......before you go I want you to know this........next year one month before Nightmare night.......the world as you know it will be replaced by one of confusion.......find out as much as you can before then." The reflection said before fading. Scootaloo left the cave with a look of worry on her face but discarded it in favor of going into deep thought. "ok then......so I'm a rare pony who can turn into a tiger and one year later and one month before Nightmare night.......the world will change?........I'll figure this out but first I'm going to find Storm and then I'm going to give him a peice of my mind."Scootaloo thought. Scootaloo then walked towards Manehatten....still unaware that she was being followed. ________*thirty minutes later at the fields between Manehatten and Ponyville.*_______ Scootaloo walked across the lengthy fields that ironically did not have any form of crop........and stopped. She got a look at her surroundings the sky was partially cloudy there was plenty of trees expansive green fields and a ripple of dirt coming right for her. "Whoa!" She yelled and flew up quickly. Scootaloo watched the ripple....and noticed it was following her.......she moved some to her left....it followed.....she continued to stare at it. She heard something move because when she moved.....the ripple did not follow. She watched it carefully and then flew down and slowly walked towards it. She heard something come from bellow and then made it out as a voice. "Come here." It said faintly making Scootaloo gulp. The ripple moved slightly and soon a rock with words carved on it flew out and landed in front of her. "Look up." It said. Scootaloo chuckled at this. "Yea right like I'll fall for...." "SURPRISE!" A voice said landing next to her causing a large cloud of dust to appear and making Scootaloo fall over. Scootaloo coughed and soon heard a voice giggling after her ears stopped ringing. "Hey did I surprise you huh huh huh?" The voice said. Scootaloo rubbed her eyes......the voice was definitely feminine....a filly's by the tone of it so she looked up to see who it was......she gasped at what she saw. "oh no not another one." she thought. The filly who startled Scootaloo shared a deep resemblance to Pinkie Pie.....only she was a pegasus filly with a White coat a yellow mane and tail that looked exactly like Pinkie's three purple balloons for a cutie mark in fact.....the only thing that she did not share with Pinkie was her bright red eyes. Scootaloo stood up and her bones creaked causing her some pain. "Ow......hey." Scootaloo said trying to get the filly's attention....she succeeded. "Yea?" The filly asked then turned her head in confusion.....either that or it felt good. Scootaloo checked her wings quick and found that they were fine. "What was that about?" Scootaloo replied. The filly sat down and looked at the ground sadly. "Sorry......i was just excited." She said. Scootaloo smiled lightly and walked over. "It's fine besides no harm done." She said holding her hoof out for the filly. "So....anyway My name is Scootaloo.....what's yours?" She asked. The filly beamed and shook Scootaloo's hoof rapidly. "My name is Surprise so......where are ya going?" Surprise asked letting go of Scootaloo's hoof. Scootaloo rubbed her hoof slowly. "I'm going to Manehatten........i have fealing that my friend is there.....besides he sort of is my brother.....if only because of my sister's relationship with him......so how about you?" She asked. Surprise opened her mouth like she was going to talk but closed it. "Actually I came out here to sulk.......so come on let's go find your brother......by the way do you feel like your being followed?" Surprise asked. "Not really why?" Scootaloo replied getting a mumble from the pegasus. "Oh it's nothing....come on let's go." Surprise said running off towards Manehatten. Scootaloo sighed and ran off after her. "What the buck did I get myself into?" She asked herself. __________*one hour later Manehatten outskirts...near the royal guard base*________ Surprise was happy......not just a mask of happiness but genuinely happy.....she found somepony who did not make some random excuse to run away....this one stayed. "So Scootaloo tell me about this brother of yours......you know what does he look like?" Surprise asked. Scootaloo seemed to tense up a bit at the question but answered it nonetheless. "He's a pegasus colt with a discolored blood red coat sort of a apocalypse theme mane and tail color.....a storm cloud with a fire around it cutie mark......by the way if you talk to him about his cutie mark just say mark......he hates the full name.....and he has one forest green eye and one discolored blood red eye." Scootaloo explained. Surprise continued walking and then suddenly she stopped. "Then we should make camp we won't be able to find him at night.......even if it is brighter on a full moon." She said then she pulled out a small folded cloth from her mane.....just like Pinkie. Surprise then unfolded the cloth to reveal it was a tent. Scootaloo decided to ask her about it....she probably knew how she did that. "Hey Surprise.....how did you do that?" She asked. Surprise looked at her with confusion. "Huh?" She replied. "How did you pull that tent from your mane?" Scootaloo asked. Surprise then realized what she was asking about. "Simple......it's bigger on the inside.......I don't know how but I do know that." She replied. Scootaloo shrugged and then sat down and looked up at the sky. "You know.....I heard stories....that the pony's that lived before Celestia's reign shunned the night......I don't know why....the night is beautiful.......and I went complete sap just now." She said. Surprise sat down next to her. "Yea I know......and don't you worry nopony will know about you having a sappy side on my life." She said. Scootaloo smiled. "You know Surprise there is something I want to show you but I'm not sure how you would take it." She said looking up at the moon. Surprise raised an eyebrow in confusion....then chuckled. "Nah....you don't have to worry about me.......besides.....if you are a changeling it won't bother me any......so come on what is it?" She prodded gently pushing Scootaloo's shoulder. Scootaloo sighed then looked at Surprise. "Ok fine......just please if you try to panic at least let me explain ok?" She asked getting a nod from Surprise. Scootaloo then emptied her mind and pictured herself as a tiger.....and sure enough in place of a Pegasus was a tiger. Both Scootaloo and Surprise stared at eachother silently for a moment before Surprise motioned Scootaloo to sit next to her. Scootaloo sat and then found Surprise poking her as is she was checking to see if she was real. "Ok....your real......but the question is.....what are you?" Surprise asked. Scootaloo knew this answer and then looked at Surprise with confidence. "I'm a morphidike.....I can change between my pony body....and this body....since apparently it's what my subconscious believes suits me.....and it does." She explained. _______*three minutes later inside the tent*_______ Scootaloo was sleeping and so was Surprise when a figure silently entered the tent and looked down on the two sleeping fillies...the moonlight revealed the figure to be a unicorn stallion..........who then levitated a knife over Scootaloo when suddenly....both Surprise and Scootaloo lunged at him and knocked him to the ground sending his knife through the tent. "Surprise quick." Scootaloo strained entering her tiger form for more strength. Surprise reached under her pillow and pulled out a brick......and then hit the intruder on the head with it. With a loud thud the stallion was out cold. "I don't suppose you have rope in your mane huh?" Scootaloo asked. Surprise shook her head. "But I do know where we can get some vines and a natural magic disprupter......if that helps." She said receiving a smile from Scootaloo. "Alright then......lets go get some." Scootaloo said walking out of the tent when she heard a terrible howl. Surprise rushed out. "Scoot.....did you hear that?" She asked knowing full well she did. Scootaloo gulped. "What the buck was that?" She asked to nopony in particular. Surprise walked over to Scootaloo and put her hoof on her shoulder. "Scootaloo we have to run.....now!" She said walking into the tent and came back out with the passed out stallion. Scootaloo switched back to her pegasus body and took off as well. "We have to find Storm as fast as possible." She called to Surprise. Surprise flew closer to Scootaloo. "Scoot......I'm afraid to say it but......your brother is actually what we are running from right now." She said sadly. Scootaloo looked at her new friend with surprise and confusion.....then she put it off as she spotted some thick roots and flew down quickly.....then she flew back up carrying them. "Surprise keep steady.....I'm going to bind the unicorn." Scootaloo said plainly. Surprise stopped and kept herself steady while Scootaloo tied up the stallion. Scootaloo tied up the stallion's forelegs and then his back legs and then told Surprise that he was tied up causing her to start moving. "Hey Surprise....I have a question." Scootaloo asked with genuine curiosity. Surprise looked at her and smiled. "I know what you are going to ask so say it already." Scootaloo's eyes widened at this and then she sighed. "Fine.....what makes you think it is Storm chasing us?" Scootaloo asked. Surprise smiled. "First hoof experience Scoot.....tomorrow I'll tell you after we disrupt the unicorns magic." She replied.