_________*one month later Rainbow Dash's cloud home*_________
Within the past month Surprise had been allowed to stay at the cloud home on a few conditions.
One that she clean up after herself which Surpirse understood perfectly.
Two the she did an equal share of the work also understandable.
And three that she not touch anything that was not hers without permission, that she not break anything, and Surprise did so, she did not cause any trouble at all, in fact she sometimes did a little too much without realizing it.
Rainbow Dash and Storm Blitz were currently out of the house working on Ponyville's weather.......how did Storm get that job anyway?
Scootaloo was at School right now so she did not have her best friend and snuggle buddy, one and a half weeks ago Scootaloo and Surprise had started to develop a relationship but Storm had suggested that they should keep it small for now......they both saw the reasoning in that and agreed.
Even though Surprise had no idea why he would suggest that but Scootaloo said she did know why, when Surprise asked, Scootaloo had told her that it was complicated but she should not worry about it right now.
And so Surprise lay on the couch, just wanting some company, she then looked over at the bookcase, she was told that she could read any books on it as long as she put them back, so she walked over to the bookcase and looked through the books.
"Hmm lets see.....the entire Daring Do series published, somepony is a fan, hmm, Marelock Holmes, hello what's this?" Surprise said to herself as she found a big black book with a leather wrapping, she read the title and the description.
"The operatives of the Artic, this book contains the names and basic information of the operatives of the Artic, assassin's, spy's and sabatour's." Surprise read off.
Surprise shrugged and carried the book over to the couch and began looking through the profiles of the operatives, she quickly got bored of the spy's section considering they were all dead....she then reached the assassin's section and began to look through them.
Surprise found an interesting page. "The Stalliongrad division, the Ritual team, containing seven members, this team instilled terror throughout the northern griffon empire for two years under the command of Crack Shot, this team almost destroyed the entire northern griffon empire before the Artic called a truce with the three griffon kingdoms."
Surprise turned the page.
"Crack Shot, age forty nine, status deceased, code name Cultist, this earth pony was an honored war hero even before the war with the three griffon kingdoms, like all members of the Ritual team Crack Shot had a unique ability, the ability to turn himself into stone at will, he also survived many fatal wounds and had almost died at the battle of the 'Shrai'hurk' fortress due to a bastila bolt, he had superior intelligence and was capable of making calm and rational choices even in times of chaos, he also had on him the runes of the champion, which allowed him to become nearly untouchable by magic....while giving him increased strength." The page ended.
Crack Shot was a dirt brown earth pony with a charcoal black mane and tail and an arrow cutie mark and yellow eyes.
Surprise turned the page and saw something she was not expecting in this book, a pegasus filly.
"Sift Wave, age eleven, status deceased, code name shaman, this pegasus was the youngest operative to ever serve in the Artic special ops, like all members of the Ritual team Sift Wave had a unique ability, she could manipulate any form of liquid to her will, Sift Wave was the only member of the Ritual team to be able to calm down her partner and knew exactly how to incapacitate him without violence, Sift Wave was also the Ritual teams first casualty, before that she alone had killed three battalions of griffon soldiers with relative ease, she carried the runes of the mystic which gave her more understanding and made her immune to magic, she had a respectable intelligence and could easily maneuver within many situations, it is also rumored that she lived in Equestria for a time before joining the Ritual team." The page ended.
Sift Wave was a gray pegasus with a swirling wave cutie mark, cyan eyes and a light blue mane and tail with a blue streak.
Surprise turned the page.
"Warp Arka, age twenty seven, status alive, code name fanatic, this earth pony is not well known outside of Stalliongrad, like all members of the Ritual team, Warp Arka has a unique ability, she can summon runes on the ground in a pentagram pattern and then teleport to them at any given time, Warp Arka was the Ritual teams primary spy because of her ability, she also had a knack for making firework bombs which would have the power of ten implosion spells combined, with this she destroyed many convoy's of griffon troops and supplies during the war, she had a hatred of one of her pegasus teammates and because of this she carried the runes of anger, these runes will empower her whenever she chooses giving her massive amounts of strength and speed.....but her intelligence fades away the longer she uses it." The page ended.
Warp Arka was a white earth pony with a pentagram cutie mark brown eyes and a black mane and tail.
Surprise turned the page.
"Jagged Edge, age forty four, status alive, code name heretic, this earth pony was once mighty in the kingdom of Equestria in fact he was Equestrian so he had a more passive ability, he was able to find pressure points easily which made him an effective assassin and an exceptional medic, Jagged Edge prefers the quiet life instead of the war life, but he continues because he does not wish his teammates to fall, Jagged Edge was responsible for the deaths of many griffon officers before the war ended and he was chosen to be given the runes of caution, these runes made his footsteps make no sound and he was also giving the ability to make himself invisible but has a chance to never become visible again." The page ended.
Jagged Edge was a brown earth pony with turquoise eyes, a bone cutie mark and a light brown mane and tail.
Surprise turned the page.
"Quartz Ember, age thirty, status alive, code name priest, this pegasus was Equestrian at birth but found herself more at home in the Artic, like all members of the Riutal team Quartz Ember had a unique ability, she could set herself on fire without pain, she was immune to any form of blinding spell, not much is known about Quartz exept she was born in Cloudsdale, Quartz also led a small army of prisoners from the northern griffon empire into Equestria so they could live their lives, it is clear that Quartz still cares for Equestria even though she is its enemy, for this Quartz was given the runes of the matriarch giving her enhanced intelligence and also gave her the ability to gain massive amounts of strength speed agility and wisdom." The page ended.
Quartz Ember shared a striking resemblance to Fluttershy if only through color, she was a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail and had a flame bee cutie mark, she also had soft blue eyes.
Surprise turned the page.
"Partial Dark, age twenty six, status alive, code name demon, this earth pony was once a citizen of Stalliongrad before he was forced underground, like all members of the Ritual team Partial Dark had a unique ability, he could bend the shadows to his will and even become a shadow should he choose, Partial Dark was more of a pacifist however and took no part in the combat, he chose to become the Ritual teams medic, but should the need arise he will fight, these actions gave him the runes of insight, he could then see everything with his very own eyes, but if channeled correctly they could destroy anything, though he used it for medical purposes." The page ended.
Partial Dark was a black earth pony with a black mane and tail he had black eyes and had an eye for a cutie mark.
Surprise turned the page.
Surprise was completely shocked by this new information.....Storm was in the book.
"Storm Blitz, age twelve, status alive, code name psycho, this Pegasus is the strongest fighter in the entire Ritual team, like all members of the Ritual team Storm has a unique ability, except he has two, Storm is a werewolf which means that whenever a full moon rises he transforms into a wolf, he also has three diferent forms of ocular abilitys, the green eye which allows him to become a living lie detector and can see anything within a mile radius if he uses one but with two these abilitys are doubled, the red eye which allows him to read his opponents moves and adjust accordingly, it also gives him great strength, when he uses two these abilitys are doubled, the black eye, there is no information on this eye as of yet, he defeated one thousand griffon soldiers by himself by flaying them all from the inside out, his 'art' he called it, these actions awarded him with the runes of the psychopath, it allows him to become invulnerable to magic and gain strength and agility while making his sanity disappear, it is rumored that Equestrian royal apothecaries experimented on him making him permanently insane." The page ended.
Storm Blitz is a discolored blood red pegasus with an apocalyptic color mane and tail, he has a firecloud cutie mark and his eyes change, forest green, discolored blood red, purple and possibly black.
Surprise closed the book.
"I can't believe it." Surprise said to herself.
Surprise picked the book up and then she walked over to the bookcase and put the book back, she then grabbed the Marelock Holmes book and then began to read that.
No matter how hard she focused on the book Surprise could not stop thinking about Storm.
"What happened to you?" She said to herself.
Surprise managed to push Storm out of her mind as she read the book.
__________*meanwhile the ponyville sky above the post office*________
Storm was clearing out the clouds in the area when he heard someone behind him he turned to face whoever it was.
There was a Pegasus mare behind him, gray coat blonde mane and tail, bubble mark and gold eyes, except one was normal while the other was a lazy eye.
"Can I help you?" Storm asked the mare.
The pegasus smiled and pulled a small package out of her saddlebags. "Is your name Storm Blitz?" She asked politely.
Storm nodded and soon decided to answer. "Yea that's me, what's the package?" Storm asked.
The mare shrugged and flew over to him and then pulled out a pen.
"I don't know that is not my business, ok then, I'll need you to sign here here and here, then we can both go on with our day." She replied.
"Ok then." He said, Storm grabbed the pen and signed his name on the package.
The mare smiled and gave Storm the package. "Thank you, goodbye." She said before flying off.
Storm just stared. "Oh crap, what was that mare's name?" He asked himself but shrugged, he then opened the package to see something he was expecting, pony anatomy, but in truth, Storm opened the book and saw his real prize, his favorite dagger, unlike most Pegasi who prefer to use hoofblades......Storm preferred the dagger.
This dagger had the runes of the bloodthirsty on one side and the runes of revenge on the other, the bloodthirsty runes gave the dagger immunity from magic and caused it to be stained with the blood of its victims, the more blood stained, the sharper and more sturdy it became, the runes of revenge gave it a faint black glow, it made the dagger extremely light and made it so you could stab yourself without any harm, Storm also made some modifications to the dagger which allowed him to hide it under his wing and draw it very quickly.
Storm smiled. "I've missed this dagger, did you miss me Demise?" He asked the dagger.
Storm had a brief flash of sanity and concealed the dagger and went back to work.
"Can't be lazy now that won't do at all." Storm said to himself as he started to sing quietly.
________*flashback*_______
Storm woke up with a jolt as he examined his surroundings, three solid walls and one wall that had iron bars on it, he knew it......he was a prisoner of war.
Storm sighed and took a closer look, gray sanitized walls, "I'm in a Laboratory, wonderful." He mused.
A door was opened and Storm looked outside it, a griffon was thrown into a seperate cell, Storm looked around it seemed like there was others, a changeling, an earth pony, a unicorn, a Pegasus......and now they had a werewolf.
"Wonderful, as if this could not get worse, might as well make the best of it." He said to himself and he kicked the bars making a slight dent.
"darn these are some tough bars......gonna have to keep at it though."
Storm continued to kick the bars until they were ready to collapse, but an apothecary walked in from of the bars and smiled evilly.
"Ah, the dog it's good to see that you are awake, and feisty by the looks of it, good good, but you are also exhausted, which means it's time for your first dissecting." He said.
The apothecary called some guards who proceded to drag Storm out of the cell, Storm would of fought back but he used too much energy attacking the bars.
_______*one minute later*______
Storm was pushed into a lab room and soon he found himself being strapped down to a table.
"You will pay for this, even If I have to wait three years, you and this country will pay." Storm said blankly.
The apothecary laughed. "And how do you plan to do that? we know what you are and it won't matter, I will perform my work and when I'm done with you, heh heh....lets just say you will fear me until you die." He stated.
Storm chuckled earning him a hard blow to his side. "A bold statement, and I'm afraid it will be you who cowers in fear of me, say what you will it won't change anything." He replied.
The apothecary hit Storm hard in the side again then pulled out a bonesaw. "Magic might be useless against you, but physical torture however.....well then let's find out." The apothecary said as he cut Storm open.
Storm screamed in pain as he felt various devices drill into him......and eventually he passed out from the pain.
_______*three hours later*______
Storm woke up due to him feeling a jolt in his side. "Huh who what?" He said randomly, he then looked up and saw a unicorn mare staring at him.
"Ow, ugh what happened to my head?" He asked himself.
The unicorn however just shook her head and sat down.
"They threw you into my cell after they saw what you did to yours, you landed on your head, but either way that is not what you should be worried about." She said.
Storm raised an eyebrow and stared at the unicorn who was now pointing at his side, Storm looked at his side and was shocked by what he saw, there was now metal fused to his body and was directed around the wingbone, he tapped it and felt it was real, he walked in circles and found that the metal was flexible enough that it acted like real skin, Storm was horrified, he turned around to look at his new 'cell mate', the unicorn mare had a white coat with an electric blue mane a music note mark and had bright red eyes.
"So uh, who are you?" Storm asked reaching his hoof out.
"Normaly I don't trust or like unicorns but now I have no choice."
The mare did not turn to face him but she did shake his hoof without saying anything.
"My name is Vinyl Scratch, and you?" She asked still not facing him.
Storm was annoyed by her not facing him but decided not to get mad. "Storm Blitz, and how come you won't face me?" He countered.
Vinyl Scratch sighed and then blinked.
"Because it won't make a difference if I do or not, just so you know im temporarily blind, it's been happening for years of my life, on and off, that's what my sight is nowadays, heh....oh well." Vinyl said.
Storm looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Ok then so why are you here?" He asked.
Vinyl chuckled a bit. "Isn't it obvious?, I mean the only reason I'm here is because they want to know unicorn anatomy, and the fact that they want to know how to use my blindness to find a way of making blinded soldiers fight again." She replied.
Storm chuckled a little bit. "How do you know that?" He asked.
Vinyl looked at him and grinned like a madpony. "I have 'very' good hearing." She said.
Vinyl then blinked a few few times and sighed in relief. "Thank Celestia, I can see again!, now I just have to enjoy these next five months." She said to herself.
Storm shook his head in disbelief. "this mare is almost as insane as me.....almost." he thought.
"Hey did anypony ever tell you that you look like a demon?" Vinyl said randomly.
Storm looked up and chuckled. "Yea, but I prefer being called a demon over beast." He said wrapping his hooves around the bars.
"Hey i think we might be able to escape." Vinyl said out of nowhere.
Storm smirked with insanity. "Very well, I'm all ears, miss temp blinded." Storm teased receiving a death glare from Vinyl.
Vinyl sighed. "Ok look, you were almost able to break through the bars right?, well the thing is I can break them but I'm exhausted by the time I do, so what if we worked together to get out?" She suggested.
Storm sighed and agreed.
______*one minute later*_____
One of the guards ran through the cell block and reached the cell that Vinyl and Storm were being held, he noticed they were both exhausted and smiled evilly, he entered the cell.
Storm at that very moment moved as fast as he could and knocked the guard to the floor then he delivered a powerful kick to his neck ending the guards life.
Vinyl ran over and grabbed the guards keys and then charged out of the cell with Storm right behind her, they reached a hallway and ran down it.
"So where too?" Storm asked as they reached a fork in the hallway.
Vinyl grinned again. "The armory, we'll need weapons." She said turning right.
Storm followed Vinyl exactly making sure he did not lose her.
Vinyl and Storm eventually reached a large door which had two signs on it. "Armory, Confiscated items."
Storm went through the confiscated items attempting to find his dagger Demise and Vinyl followed.
As Storm and Vinyl walked through the many confiscated items boxes they looked around and Storm saw something interesting and walked over to it.
Storm read the label on the container, "experiment four." It read.
Storm opened it and chuckled evilly, inside the container was a pair of wing blades that could looked like they could cut steel and still allow flight, and a short cylindrical device with a wood handle and iron body, a trigger and a hole at the tip, Storm could not use this device for certain, he found a box that was full of metal casings and he could tell there was something inside of it, he closed the box and threw the device and the box to Vinyl after warning her which she caught in her magic, Storm proceded to equip the wing blades.
"Storm.....what is this thing?" Vinyl asked.
Storm shrugged at her. "How should I know? come on let's keep looking." He said continuing his search for his dagger.
Vinyl looked at the device with confusion and decided to hold onto it for now and examined the device, she saw the trigger in it and decided to pull it after pointing it at a nearby wooden panel.
BANG! Vinyl covered her ears as did Storm when they heard the loud bang, Vinyl looked at the wood and saw that whatever she did went right through the wood, Vinyl chuckled while grinning eagerly, she then looked at the device and saw it had a note and an engraving.
Vinyl read the note. "Hello whoever or whatever found this, I'm not expecting anypony to know what this is but listen, this device is called a 'gun' and I recommend caution, for good reason, I hope you use this for better purposes than I, also the engraving reads, C.I.A.S.P.R, aka Copper Industry's Adaptions Self Protection Revolver, mark two, this gun is the strongest of its class, also remember the bullets are 'NOT' reuseable so make your shots count, I left the instruction manual and ingredients list so you can repair and make more bullets, ps.the attachment on Bullet Bill's barrel will make its bullets more destructive upon leaving the pistol." The note ended.
"Bullet Bill huh?, I guess it makes sense, ok then gotta find Storm." Vinyl said gripping both the bullet box and Bullet Bill in her magic then walking off to find Storm.
_______*over by Storm*______
Storm finally found his precious dagger Demise, and a saddlebag for Vinyl so she could carry that box with ease, he also found a leather strap that had a short blade hidden inside, he equipped that, he also found a pair of purple shades and put them on. "If these are Vinyl's I'll give them back, but for now I better find more equipment, hmm oh that will do nicely." he said to himself walking over to another container, inside was a strange device that was attached to a leather strap, he looked it over to find a small tube that looked like a potato launcher but with a lever that could be activated through biting it, he saw the ammunition and saw that it was a bunch of cylinders and noticed a saddlebag.
"Well why not." He said to himself and equipped the device and stored the ammo in his new saddlebag, he also loaded the launcher.
Storm smirked. "well now that I'm fully equipped lets get out of here." he thought while charging through the confiscation section.
______*over at Vinyl*_____
Vinyl Scratch ran through the vast corridors with the 'gun' drawn for protection, she decided to call out for him. "STORM!" She shouted.
All of a Sudden she heard a loud thud behind her and she flipped around pointing the gun in that direction, only to see a makeshift commando looking Storm, she sighed lowering her gun in the process.
"Storm, what are you doing?" Vinyl asked.
Storm stood back up and Vinyl noticed that he was wearing her shades, and had her blade strapped onto his foreleg, she also noticed that he was now wearing two saddlebags and had what looked like a potato launcher strapped onto his other foreleg, as funny as it looked she wanted her stuff back.
"Storm can I have my shades and blade back?" Vinyl asked.
Storm nodded as the shades were pulled off his face and the blade was carefully pulled off. "Hey Scratch I got you something." Storm said taking the empty saddlebag off him and tossing it to Vinyl.
"By the way that blade of yours is awesome, I got three with it, also is it ok if I call it the hidden blade?" Storm rambled.
Vinyl was shocked and soon that turned into anger, "Storm! this blade is older than me! you have to be delicate, also yes you can call it that because that is what it is." Vinyl said calming down a little.
"Also thank you for the bag, at least I don't have to carry all of Bullet Bill's bullets with my magic now, so what did you find?" Vinyl asked.
Storm smirked. "I found my dagger Demise for one, and some form of launcher, by the way....Bullet Bill?" He asked teasingly.
"It's the gun's name, I did not name it.....also, Demise?" Vinyl countered.
Storm smiled proudly. "It's only the best dagger in all of the Artic! it got the name because all of its victims die when I use it, anyway let's see what this launcher does." He said facing the direction that was deserted, he raised his hoof and bit down on the lever, and a soft thud was heard followed by a louder bang then before followed by an explosion.
Storm grinned like a madpony and then rubbed his hooves together while chuckling evilly.
Vinyl sighed. "Ok that's enough we have to get going....before something else happens." She said receiving a nod from Storm.
_________*ten minutes later*_________
The riot from earlier had died down as the guards got it under control, all test subjects were accounted for exept for their most dangerous two.....who were now at the exit.
Storm and Vinyl walked onto an elevator and then Storm slammed the button to go up, also setting off the alarm.
Vinyl sighed as she got ready for battle. "Here we go again." She said.
Storm groaned in annoyance. "It was only twice! besides I had no choice." He replied.
Vinyl grinned. "Yea yea yea, just remember if we get out of this alive you owe me a drink." She stated.
"Fine." Storm replied.
As the alarm kept blaring guards started pouring in so Storm and Vinyl began fighting starting with Storm firing a 'grenade' as he called it.
Vinyl kept shooting her new gun using her magic to supply the gun with magic bullets.
Guard after guard they kept coming until Storm ran out of grenades.
"Oh yea!, time to have fun, heh heh.......and TO KILL!" He shouted charging forth shredding any guard foolish enough to be in his path.
Vinyl was shocked at this but quickly focused on the task at hand, and she ran out of bullets, so she too switched to fighting in close combat unleashing some strange energy while doing so.
______*three minutes later*______
Soon enough Vinyl and Storm stopped fighting as the guards stopped coming, and as if on cue the elevator arrived.....they both boarded.
Vinyl dropped to the floor and leaned up against the wall of the elevator panting heavily.
Storm leaned against the wall seemingly unfazed by these events and turned towards Vinyl, and chuckled.
"Oh come on you can't possibly be tired can you?" He asked.
Vinyl looked up at him and chuckled. "Yea says you, I just didn't expect to use up that much shadow energy that quickly......oh well." She said resting her head on the railing.
The elevator let out a ding noise as they reached their destination, and Storm and Vinyl walked out to discover they were in the Manehatten recruitment office, they raised their eyebrows in confusion and they walked out of the building.
To say that they stood out amongst the local populace would be the truth.
Storm looked at Vinyl and shrugged. "So you headed home?" Storm asked.
Vinyl sighed. "Not really but I would really like to get some rest." She replied.
Storm nodded. "Yea no kidding but still I could stay awake fo....." Storm was cut short however as he passed out.
Vinyl panicked and then checked his pulse.....alive. "Oh thank Celestia, ok, got to find shelter." She said to herself, throwing Storm onto her left shoulder.
Vinyl grunted at the added weight, and then she slowly started walking.
_______*two hours later a Manehatten hotel*_______
Vinyl set Storm down on one of the beds and sighed, she then went to the bathroom to wash up.
As Vinyl walked into the bathroom she took her shades off and turned the shower on and sighed.
"Why me?" She asked herself. Vinyl stepped into the shower and started to sing softly as to not wake Storm.
Vinyl did not know why but she could not help but sing when she showered, but she did not fight it.....it actually was relaxing for her.
"I'll never tell anypony my secret, not even him, he will find out though, that's good in a way, at least I know that he won't be easy to fool." she thought.
_____*two minutes later*_____
Vinyl entered the bedroom after drying off and then looked around the room.
The room was nothing special, wooden brown walls red carpet and white ceiling, an entrance to the bathroom and the door that led outside......and two beds.
Vinyl looked over at Storm and smiled a little before walking over to her bed and then trying to get some sleep.
"there is something I don't know though, how is he a werewolf? ugh no point in thinking on it now......gotta get some rest." she thought before drifting off to sleep.
_________*end of flashback*_______
Storm smiled a little and then continued with his work, he wasn't going to earn money just sitting there, he flew off clearing more clouds.
Storm also smiled at something else while working. "well what do you know, I'm still somewhat sane.....there's hope for me yet." he thought.
_______*Ponyville school*_______
Scootaloo was sitting on the roof of the school deep in thought. "how will I explain this to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle?, I don't know if they will hate me or ignore my existence, but if I don't tell them they will find out sooner or later.........gahhh I hate this so much!"
Scootaloo sighed as she flew off the school building and landed on the ground, the winter break was over and that ment her friends would have to deal with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's insults.
"Come on Scoots I avoided them for a whole month how bad could one day be?" She asked herself before walking out into the open.
And as if on cue Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle walked into the school playground at the same time as Scootaloo who then decided not to tell them.
Sweetie Belle noticed Scootaloo and waved her over.
Scootaloo walked over to her friends and saw that they still did not have their cutie marks, to Scootaloo's sadness.
"Hey Scootaloo." Sweetie Belle said happily.
Scootaloo smiled. "Hey Sweetie Belle, hey Apple Bloom." She replied.
Apple Bloom looked at her with annoyance. "Hey?, you don't see us for a whole month and you say hey?, why not hey Sweetie Belle how are you and hey Apple Bloom how are you huh?" She snapped.
Scootaloo was taken aback by this statement and looked at the ground in shame. "Sorry, I was thinking on something." She replied.
Sweetie Belle walked between her two friends as if to block more conflict.
"Ok hold on you two, Apple Bloom for one shame on you, you can't just yell at her when she didn't do anything, and Scootaloo shame on you for not at the least writing to us, don't you know how horrifing it is when one of your best friends just disappear?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Scootaloo gulped and looked at her friends. "Apple Bloom, I'm sorry ok it's just that....." Scootaloo sighed, "....i didn't know how to explain this to you but......look." She said showing her cutie mark to her friends who's jaws dropped.
Sweetie Belle quickly hugged Scootaloo. "Oh my gosh this is wonderful!" Sweetie Belle said happily.
Apple bloom walked over and stared at Sweetie Belle then looked at Scootaloo. "Is this real?" She asked.
Scootaloo nodded at Apple Bloom.
The school bang rang and signaled school was in session.
Scootaloo walked towards the door with her friends and she leaned in close to their ears.
"After school I can show you what my cutie mark means, if it's ok with you that is." Scootaloo said.
_______*inside the school*______
Scootaloo was sitting in between her friends with Diamand Tiara sitting in the front to the far left, and Silver Spoon was sitting right behind Apple Bloom.
Scootaloo was beyond bored, for one she knew everything that the teacher was talking about until the subject of Changelings came up.
"..now Changelings are thought of to be evil due to the fact that they eat emotions, but this might not be true, as far as we know this is the Changelings way of survival, not much is known about them exept that they usally take the form of a unicorn or pegasus so they can keep the ability of flight or magic, also their true form looks like that of a bug, they have a black carapace, fly like wings, a horn and many holes in their legs, they also have short fangs and hexagonal eyes, the royal guard and Princess Celestia refuse to answer questions about them in fact the only reason we have this knowledge is because of the earlier rage on them." The teacher finished.
Scootaloo thought on somthing as the teacher told the class that they would have to write down what they can learn about Changelings from their friends or family.
"its a good thing I know somepony with extensive knowledge on Changelings, I just hope that she will help me." she thought.
______*school playground two minutes later*______
Scootaloo walked up to her friends and asked them if they wanted to go with her to talk to her source.
"Sorry Scootaloo me and Apple Bloom are going to talk with Twilight, so hey can you show us what your cutie mark means?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Scootaloo nodded then motioned her friends to follow, they did so but Apple Bloom was skeptical.
________*ten minutes later behind the Ponyville post office.*_______
Scootaloo walked up to a stack of crates and to face her friends.
"Ok so....you ready?" Scootaloo asked.
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom nodded nervously.
Scootaloo sighed and went through the steps to switch into a tiger and soon changed.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle almost screamed before Scootaloo shushed them.
"Quiet I don't need everpony to know about this, look i swear it's me, let me prove it." Scootaloo requested.
Sweetie Belle carefully walked forward on put a hoof on Scootaloo's nose....and then hugged her.
Scootaloo was lost as she pulled Sweetie Belle of her.
"Uh Sweetie Belle, why did you do that?" Scootaloo asked.
Sweetie Belle smiled as she tapped Scootaloo's nose. "It's that scar....right there.....don't you remember the one time we were out in the everfree trying to get our cutie marks?" She asked.
Scootaloo nodded. "Yea and I ended up getting cut so deep a had a permanent scar on my nose......its a miracle I can breathe." She replied.
Apple Bloom however wanted more proof. "Ok then now it's my turn, i have a question only the three of us know, one day after we failed getting our cutie marks we decided to get advice on how to do this, who did you want to go ask but ended up talking to last?" She asked.
Scootaloo then raised an eyebrow. "Dash, but still Apple Bloom.......we are not the only ones who know that." Scootaloo replied.
Apple Bloom thought on something. "Hmm, ok then where did you and Dash go for a vacation?" She asked.
Scootaloo sighed and then smiled. "Stalliongrad up north where I met Storm and Applefritter." She replied.
Apple Bloom gave up. "Fine fine your her, and can you switch back because this is disturbing." She asked.
Scootaloo nodded and changed back into a Pegasus.
Sweetie Belle smiled and then walked up to Apple Bloom.
"Come on Apple Bloom let's go talk to Twilight." Sweetie Belle said leaving the alley.
Apple Bloom followed leaving Scootaloo by herself.
Scootaloo flew off towards Sound's house and then stopped.
"It probably would be a good idea to bring Storm, or maybe I could ask Dash...yea the second one sounds good." Scootaloo said to herself flying towards home....until it started raining heavily.
Scootaloo sighed and flew down to the ground and found herself in front of Sugercube Corner."might as well, good thing they're open today." she thought walking inside.
_______*inside Sugercube Corner*_______
Scootaloo entered the bakery and was immediately welcomed by the smell of sweets as she looked around, she saw some familiar faces.
Storm was having a drinking competition with an overconfident stallion, Rainbow Dash was having a conversation with Applejack, and Sound was ordering something at the counter.
A cheer was heard over by Storm as he laughed at the now unconcious stallion before him. "I knew it! I knew he was a lightweight." Storm said to nopony in particular.
Rainbow Dash sighed as she walked over to Storm and picked him up and carried him over to the table she and Applejack were sitting at.
"Hey Dash why ish the room shpinning?" Storm slurred.
Dash sighed again and set Storm down on the booth.
Scootaloo was unsure what to make of this so she decided to talk with Sound.
Sound walked over to a booth and waved Scootaloo over.
Scootaloo walked over to the booth and sat down with Sound.
Sound leaned back on the booth.
"Alright so what do you want?" Sound asked.
Scootaloo rubbed her forehead lightly.
"I wanted to talk to about Changelings, if its ok with you that is." Scootaloo asked.
Sound raised an eyebrow. "Why are you so curious all of a sudden?" he asked.
Scootaloo then leaned on the table. "Its for a test at school, apparently if I don't complete it I could get expelled." She replied.
Sound stared a moment before rubbing his forehead. "Fine but still, don't tell Rose or Minutte I told you this stuff or they will murder me, i'm supposed to be laying low remember?" he whispered.
Scootaloo nodded with understanding.
Sound began to explain facts about Changelings as Scootaloo listened carefully.
________-*twenty minutes later*_________
Sound had finally finished his explanation of Changeling culture to Scootaloo who was taking notes in her mind.
Just as Sound finished talking the door opened and two mares that Scootaloo recognized as Minutte and Rose walked through the door nearly making Sound choke on something
Minutte and Rose walked over to Sound and Scootaloo and gave Sound a scolding look.
Scootaloo decided not to get involved and quietly walked away and as she turned around she bumped into somepony.
"Come on Scoots, help me get this knucklehead home." Said a familiar voice.
Scootaloo looked up and saw Dash looking at her.
"You know that you sounded like a stalker there right?" Scootaloo replied before standing up.
Storm let out a weeeee sound as Dash turned towards the door.
Scootaloo sighed and followed Dash out.
Meanwhile Sound was getting yelled at by Rose for leaving her alone with Aurora and Ratchet while Minutte was just agreeing with her to tease him.
________*forty minutes later Rainbow Dash's cloud house*_________
Surprise opened her eyes as she woke up and then she got up from the couch and walked towards the kitchen.
When Surprise entered the kitchen she sighed.
She was lonely to be sure, she had a new family, a fresh start, and now she was alone.
The door had been opened and Surprise went to see who it was.
Surprise walked into the living room and saw Dash enter the room with a drunken Storm on her back saying that the world was spinning.
Then Scootaloo walked inside sighing at Storm's antics.
"Hey Surprise what's up?" Dash asked.
"Not much just passing time." Surprise replied.
Dash nodded and walked over to the couch then set Storm down on it.
Surprise walked over to Storm and put her hoof on his forehead to check if he was sick, to her surprise he was fine.
"What happened to him?" She asked.
Dash sat down on the chair and rubbed her forehead. "He drank to much alcohol and won a drinking contest, I told him not to do it but he swore he would be fine....apparently not." She replied.
Surprise sighed and then went into the kitchen to get the orange juice...she opened the fridge and found the orange juice and grabbed a cup.
"I don't know if it helps or not but its the only thing Storm will eat or drink after a hangover......ugh when will he learn." She thought.
Surprise poured the juice into the cup and put it all away then walked towards the living room.
Scootaloo sat at the bottom of the stairs in thought.
"At first it was just me, then it was me and Dash, then me Dash and Storm.......and now its me Dash Storm and Surprise." Scootaloo thought.
Scootaloo's look of concern turned into one of happiness a she looked at her family.
"Heh, the Pegasus, the Werewolf, the Morphidike, and the Surprise, we are one strange group." She said to herself quietly.
________*seven hours later Scootaloo's room*________
Scootaloo was currently lying in her bed, although she was not alone, she then flipped around and smiled, for a while now Scootaloo and Surprise had taken too sleeping together as an advancement in their relationship.
Surprise smiled back at Scootaloo and gave her a light peck on the cheek.
Scootaloo giggled a little and gave Surprise one in return.
Surprise smiled and turned around to go to sleep.
Scootaloo did the same and had a single thought before she went to sleep.
"I wonder who Surprise's parents are?.......and come to think of it.....who are Storm's real parents? Scootaloo wondered.