Life is Depressing

by Effy Mani


Talent Prom Time! (Part 1)

Is it already the day before Talent Prom? Wow, that was fast! After school, I go to Carousel Boutique to pick out a new dress. I pick out a dress covered in orange, a little purple, and pink and white trim. The shoes are orange with purple trim. Rarity said she could style my mane, but to make sure my date, Rumble, doesn’t see it, or else it’ll ruin the surprise. Good thing tomorrow’s Saturday. I’m deciding to sing a song for the Talent part, and dance with Rumble on the Prom part. Rarity makes my hair something like a cyan Pegasus with rainbow hair, except with curls at each end. She adds a rainbow flower in my hair. She says she’ll give me the dress for free, because it’s my first prom. I thank her very kindly and run to the Orphanage so that Rumble doesn’t see me. I arrive at the Orphanage and go to my room. My room has blue walls, posters lf champion flyers, and my pink and purple blanket on my bed. I hang the dress and get into my bed. I fall asleep after reading one of my favorite books: Daring Do. I have the whole collection, even her latest one with the cyan Pegasus with the rainbow mane, with her Autograph! Rumors in Ponyville by that exact cyan Pegasus is that A.K. Yearling is Daring Do herself! I don’t know if I can trust that Pegasus or not. Oh well, doesn’t matter.

I wake up at around 11:00 AM. I turn off my alarm clock on the weekends. I see breakfast on the counter beside my bed. The ponies here are so nice. I eat up quickly and go take a shower, then go downstairs into the playroom. A pony visits the Orphanage. She says she’s not adopting, just visiting one of the orphans, which is of course me, ‘cuz I’m the last orphan left.

“Scootaloo? Where are you?” would ask the mare.

I stand up and greet her.

“Hi, you look familiar. Do I know you?”

“Not exactly, but I know you.”

“Then what’s your name?”

“I’m Fluttershy.”

There was sparks in my eyes. That name struck my thought. But I ignored it. I hardly even know this mare. Must be some popular name I’ve heard from around Ponyville.

I just walk away. Thoughts in my head, they all can’t be true. They aren’t true! I hate these thoughts I have. Fluttershy also walks out of the room and back to her cottage.

Finally, seven. An hour more and it’s Talent Prom time! I go to my room, put the dress on fast but cautiously. I go back in the playroom and start playing with the trains. Rumble’s the only one who knows my secret, about me being an orphan, ‘cuz he’s the only pony I can trust. I hear a knock at the door and go to answer it.

“Rumble!”

“Heya, Scoots.” There’s a weird-off face on him.

“Something wrong?”

“I’ll tell you on our way to the school.”

“Okay.”

We walk out the door and start off to the school.

“So, what’s wrong?” I ask.

“Well, it’s…..it’s…..it’s…”

“Just spit it out!”

“Diamond Tiara made me have sex with her!”

My heart collapsed. I knew she was gonna do something bad at some point.

“She…she didn’t.”

“She did.”

Tears came to my eyes. Rumble came to me and hugged me. I returned it.

“You’re the only one I love, and it’ll always be that way,” he’d whisper in my ear.

“I feel the same way.”

“Now, c’mon. We don’t wanna be late!”

We’re finally here. The room is crowded, ‘cuz for this, Mrs. Cheers moved the desks into corners of the room. It’s a good thing we’re gonna be dancing outside.

“You practiced our song, right?” I’d ask Rumble.

“Do cows eat hay?”

“Yes..”

“Then I did!”

“Okay, sweet!”