//------------------------------// // chapter 11 - Birthday Party. // Story: You Will Never Be Alone // by Matt11 //------------------------------// Luna’s beautiful moon soon fell to be replaced by Celestia’s sun, shining across Equestria. In Twilight’s castle the only ponies awake were Twilight,Shining and Cadence. They wanted to let Scootaloo sleep in, it was her birthday after all, and everypony should be able to sleep in on a special day. Cadence and Shining were sitting at the table waiting for Twilight to get them some coffee. Cadence offered to get herself, but Twilight insisted she'd make it. Soon Twilight finished making the coffee. She added some cream and a bit of sugar in it, to make it sweeter. Setting the drinks on the table Twilight levitated a few pieces of paper over to Cadence; instructions on what Scootaloo would need for her party. “Twilight, I’m pretty sure I can handle this myself, besides I’ll be bringing Pinkie Pie along. After all she is the best party planner around,” she said taking a sip of her sweet coffee. Twilight sighed, “I’m sorry, I just want this to be perfect. It's a very special day for my little princess,” she said sipping her own coffee. Shining looked at the clock and saw it was time to leave. Saying their goodbyes they gave Twilight one last hug before moving on to ponyville train station. Once they left Twilight went to Spike’s room, she had a special task for him. Twilight opened Spike’s door and saw her little dragon sleeping snug in his bed. She shook him softly. “Spike wakey,wakey” she whispered. Her voice made Spike’s ears twitch, and he wiggled around, tugging at his blankets, until he finally opened his eyes, “Good morning Twilight,” he said rubbing his eyes. “Twilight,” he said as he shook his head  trying to get the blur out of his eyes. “What did you need?” Twilight levitated Spike on her back and brought the little dragon into the living room. She then went to her bookshelf and pulled out a stack of a paper; they looked an awful lot like party invitations. “Spike, I need you to hand these out to each of Scootaloo’s friends,” she said giving him the stack of invitations. “Bu...But Twilight, I’ve got important dragon sleep to catch up on. I was having a good dream too,” he said with a pout. Twilight rolled her eyes, “Spike, this is important. What if I promise you that if you do this I’ll get you a Rarity plushie next week?” That got his attention.Grabbing the invitations he left, though walking slowly. Scootaloo’s eyes began to open as she started to wake up. The clock on the wall said it was about ten am. She thought for a few moments about why didn’t Twilight wake her earlier, but she shrugged it off and got out of bed, made her bed and then put her scooter away. Once finished she walked down the stairs. “Morning mom,” she said as walked over to Twilight and gave her a big hug. “Good morning princess,” she said nuzzling Scootaloo. She walked into the kitchen and got breakfast ready. Hay and cereal wasn’t really a good birthday breakfast but Scootaloo would be getting everything she needed in Canterlot. Once the cereal was made she slid it over to Scootaloo. Scootaloo ate her food a little slower than usual, sad that Cadence and Shining weren’t here, but then she wondered where did they go off to. “Hey mom, where did Auntie Cadence and Uncle Shining go?” she asked wondering if they went to the store or something similarly innocuous. Twilight smiled down at Scootaloo, “Well they…” she stopped realizing she might spoil the surprise if she told the truth,so she tried coming up with something else. “They went back to run the Crystal Empire” she said, though Scootaloo could see though that lie. Scootaloo sighed, “It’s ok if you rather tell me later,” she said finishing her breakfast. She took her empty plate to the sink and brought a chair over to the sink so she could  reach. Usually Scootaloo didn’t do dishes but she wanted to help, it was the least she could do for Twilight after everything she did. Finished, Scootaloo she walked up to Twilight, “Is there anything else I can help with?” Twilight smiled, “I was thinking  you could go hang out with your friend Diamond Tiara for a while. I have some things I need to do, and this gives you time to have fun,” she said before walking out of the kitchen and onto her studies. Something felt strange to the young filly,Twilight seemed off. She shrugged it off, maybe Twilight was just getting a cold or maybe she was working too hard. She then walked out the room but when she got to the door she shouted low but loud enough for Twilight to hear. “Bye mom, I love you,” she said waving goodbye and walking out the door. She decided not to take her scooter, maybe a walk around town would be better. When Scootaloo got to the Rich’s mansion, she saw Silver Spoon who, from the looks of her red eyes, had been crying. Silver Spoon couldn’t take it anymore, it had been weeks since she and Diamond hung out and she missed it. Diamond Tiara was her only friend the because the other fillies and colts in her class hated her for all the awful things she was always saying. “Hi,Scootaloo,” Silver said cautiously. She pushed her glasses up her nose. Scootaloo glared at her ready to fight,  if Silver Spoon was here to make fun she was ready. Unknown to both ponies, Diamond Tiara hid behind her mansion wall waiting to hear how this would turn out. Silver Spoon smiled ever so slightly “Lisin Scootaloo I just came he-” before she could finish she was cut off by Scootaloo. “To came to make fun of me again? Well you can forget it. I’ve had enough of you, if you want to fight with me then let’s go! One on one, right here,” Scootaloo said, her nostrils flaring. “No...No, Scootaloo, I came here to apologize. I just….I just thought if I said all that to you I would be cool but I was wrong. It was a bad choice to make and I’m sorry, do you forgive me?” she asked sincerely. Scootaloo looked into Silver’s eyes they were  misty as if she truly meant it. Scootaloo calmed down and smiled offering her a hoof bump “I...I guess I can give you a chance…. but only one. If you EVER! do anything like that again, I won’t forgive you,” she said receiving a  hoof bump from her former enemy. Silver Spoon, let out a sigh of relief. “Ok, see ya later, Scootaloo,” Silver said, and with that she galloped away. With that done Scootaloo walked inside the mansion gate and saw Diamond Tiara leaning against the wall. “Were you listening?” Tiara jumped a bit hearing Scootaloo. “Yeah, I admit it, I was. But I only wanted to make sure it wasn’t going to turn into a fight,” she said flicking her mane a bit. Scootaloo smiled. “So hey want to hang out? Mom said I should come here for a while.” Diamond Tiara smiled back. “How about we have a tea party and then we could get our manes done oh and th-” she stopped realizing she might be boring Scootaloo. “How about just a tea party?” Scootaloo noded. “Yeah a tea party sounds fine, just make sure you never tell anypony.” Diamond Tiara got her butler to set a table inside Diamond’s room, which  of course was all pink. Once the table was set she let Scootaloo put one of her dresses on. “Are you sure I can’t just, ya know, not wear anything on at all?” she asked holding a pink gown. “Of course not. All guest must wear a dress at a tea party,” Diamond replied. Scootaloo rolled her eyes.Adding to her distaste was the fact that Diamond only had pink dresses, her least favorite color, but she put it on regardless. It wasn’t like anypony would see her. The two enjoyed their little tea party for two hours, sure it got a little boring for Scootaloo, but she actually enjoyed it after they started to talk about what colts they liked. After an hour it was time to leave. When she got outside, she found Twilight waiting for her. “Hey mom, why are you here?” “It's time to leave, we’re going to Canterlot,” Twilight said, nuzzling her daughter. Scootaloo beamed. She hadn't gone to Canterlot  since she visited Twilight’s parents, and that was two months ago, “Really mom, what for?” she asked. Twilight giggled. “I can’t tell you. It’s a surprise.” Scootaloo and Twilight walked towards the train station. When they got on they were silent, no one spoke mostly because the train was too noisy. When they arrived in Canterlot Twilight took Scootaloo to the castle immediately. As they walked inside they noticed all the lights were off. They walked into the castle's dining room and once they did the  lights popped on. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOOTALOO!” yelled Shining, Cadence, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Diamond Tiara, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Thunderlane and Rumble. “Thanks everypony, you sure got me,” Scootaloo said, blushing. Pinkie chimed in. “Happy tenth birthday Scootaloo. We planned so much stuff for you. We’ve got games, presents, and lots and lots of other stuff too,” she said excitedly giving Scootaloo a hug. She also stretched her hooves out bringing everypony else into it. When Pinkie Released them from the hug she brought Scootaloo over to her chair and they all began to eat.  Everypony made small talk but Celestias decided to say something more substantial. Celestia looked down at Scootaloo. “Might I ask, how has your life with Twilight been?” She had  received letters from Twilight regarding Scootaloo but she wanted to know how Scootaloo felt about everything, in her own words. Scootaloo finished eating her soup and  hay and daisy sandwich and smiled. “It’s been great Princess, she's really caring and kind. She can be overprotective at times, but I still love her, no matter what,” she said. A tear slide off Twilight’s cheek. She thought she was doing well but hearing those words from Scootaloo, made her smile. After they finished eating it was time for presents. Pinkie gave her candy, Rainbow Dash gave her a kite, Rarity had gotten her a purple dress, Applejack and her fellow crusaders  got her a framed picture of one of their many exploits. Fluttershy gave her a cute little kitty cat plushie, though she didn’t wrap it. The last present she opened was from Twilight. Scootaloo opened it, only to be awestruck by it’s contents, scratching at the ground as she stared at it. “A brand new scooter, why?” Twilight smiled. “I just thought you could use a new one. Your other one is kinda getting old and rusty.I hope you don’t mind this new one. Do you like it Scootaloo? “Like it?..... I LOVE IT!” she exclaimed rushing over to hug Twilight. This was truly one of her best birthdays ever. During the party Scootaloo got to hang out with Princess Luna and when the time came for dancing she decided to ask Rumble. “Hey Rumble, I was wondering, would you like to dance with...me?” she asked a little shyly. Rumble smiled brightly “Of course Scootaloo, let’s go,” he said pulling Scootaloo on the dance floor. Once the party was finished it was time to for everpony to leave. Scootaloo had stopped moving and looked to Twilight, with pleading eyes. “Ca...Can I go see my mom.” The last  time Scootaloo saw her mother was back at the hospital and seeing her today would make Scootaloo happy. Twilight smiled, “Anything for you. How about we get some flowers first?” she said walking off with Scootaloo. They decided to teleport back to ponyville because it  was faster.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Once there Twilight went into the castle and got a dress on then she pulled out a dress for Scootaloo. Appropriately attired, they walked to the castle's backyard where her mother was buried. When they got there Twilight gave a bouquet of red roses to Scootaloo, “Go on, I’ll be waiting right here for you” she said smiling softly. Scootaloo noded and slowly approached the grave, gently laying the flowers on top of it. “Hi mom, I’m sorry I haven’t visited you since...since you died but I just wanted to tell you my life...well, it’s been a lot different without you, but I still  miss you mommy. Twilight has been nice to me, and...well for an egghead she's pretty cool. She's been doing a really wonderful job taking care of me, mom, so you don’t have to worry,” a few tears welled up in Scootaloo’s eyes. “I love you mommy. I always will,” she whispered before walking back to Twilight. “So…. who’s ready for a special Twilight time?” Twilight asked. Scootaloo simply noded, hugging Twilight.