Sweetie Belle and I rushed back to the Boutique, she held the key in her mouth. As we neared it, she looked at me,
"You get the bottom stairs doors and windows, I'll get the top."
Me on bottom, her on top, got it. We could see the boutique clearly now, it looked fine, phew.
We rushed through the doors, she immediately ran up the stairs while I got started on the bottom floor, I closed window after window, I shut the back door, and locked it, then I did the same ot the front door.
"Scootaloo! Help me!" Sweetie Belle yelled.
I ran upstairs and looked at me, she was trying to get a huge window closed, there were six in the room.
"Here!" I helped her push the pane closed, it screeched and came down with a thud.
The two of us did the same for the other five windows, the whole boutique was completely locked, now we had to keep safe and keep cool.
"So what do we do now?" she asked me.
"Well, turn on the fans, it's gonna get hot in here."
She ran downstairs, followed by me, to turn on the fans. The two of us, for extra precaution, did one more thing for safety.
In dead center of the main room, the two of us used all the pillows in the boutique to make a six hoof tall fort, it had three holes in it, one for me to climb on top, one for Sweetie Belle to look out of, and one for the two of us to exit the fort, which probably wouldn't happen.
"I'm hungry..." Sweetie Belle said, "Are you?"
"Kind of...." I said, I was actually kind of hungry myself.
"I can make some Macaroni and Cheese!" Sweetie Belle said excitedly.
"Sounds good." I said, standing on top of the fort.
Sweetie Belle could NOT make Macaroni and Cheese!
First of all, she burned the water, which i didn't know you could do, and then she added too much cheese, so we ended up eating a bunch of extra cheesy noodles, well...not that bad actually.
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Sweetie Belle and I sat inside the fort, waiting for anypony to break down the door, then we would attack and defend to boutique.
My eyes were drooping, I kept dozing off, I wouldn't be able to stay up much longer, we'd been up for.....a while, it was about seven now, so no sleep in 23 hours.
"Sweetie Belle...." I said slowly, "I'm getting really tired, I can't stay up anymore."
"C'mon then, come down here."
I jumped down into the pillow fort form its roof, Sweetie belle designed a good inside, there wasn't really anyhting, but it did have another hole going to the first floor, and a bed. The bed was really only a couple of bed pillows with a blanket, but a bed none the less.
"You can sleep there."
"Thanks Sweetie Belle."
"No problem," She yawned herself, "I might join you later, I'll be up for a little longer though."
"Okay..." I yawned.
I fell asleep, I had no dreams, but I slept amazingly. I felt myself getting more rested as I slept, and during that sleep, i felt some hits, not like punches, but some nudges.
I woke up to sunlight shining in my face, ow...wait, sunlight...Nightmare was defeated! YAY!
I looked over, and I saw Sweetie Belle next to me, she was all snuggled up in the blankets. I smiled and sat up on my haunches, the fort still stood strong, and the inside was still cool.
I looked back over at Sweetie belle, she reached her hoof out to where I was sleeping, and it moved, looking for me. I had no choice but to lay back down and let it find me. It hugged me tight once it did. I wanted to resist, but I was powerless against this foreleg.
"Morning." I said flatly, and then the foreleg relaxed.
"Mmmmmm." Sweetie belle moaned, and then rolled over.
"Wake up!" I poked her with my hoof.
"No!" she giggled.
"Fine, but I am!" I jumped out of bed.
I trotted into the kitchen, Rarity was in there.
"Hey Rarity!" I yelped with a voice crack.
"Oh hello Scootaloo, is Sweetie belle awake?"
"Yeah..." Sweetie Belle walked into the room slowly
"What happened, why is the sun back?" I asked, and Rarity sat us down at the table.
Rarity told us the story of her, and some ponies named Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie, defeated Nightmare. She told us about the serpent, about the manticore, about the Shadowbolts, and about the final battle.
"We finished the battle at the time the sun usually rises, and it turns out, Nightmare Moon was Princess Celestia's little sister, Luna." Rarity finished, I was amazed, this was the best story ever, and it was true...which made it better.
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For the next seven weeks, I ate lunch at Rarity's, I started to try and get to know all of the ponies she'd mentioned, all of them were happy to make a new friend, even if it was me. The only two ponies that I hadn't been able to meet were Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.
I walked up the narrow pathway, at the end of the path there was a small cottage. The cottage belonged to Fluttershy, I hoped she was home.
"Hello?" I asked when I reached the door.
"Go...go away, nopony is home!" I heard a frantic voice say from inside.
"Fluttershy?" I asked
I heard some locks buckle and a few latches remove, the door then opened, revealing a pale yellow mare with a pink mane and tail. She had three butterflies for a Cutie Mark, and she looked at me funny.
"Who are you?" she asked, her voice scared and hesitant.
"I'm Scootaloo, Rarity knows me." I said.
"Oh.." she pawed at the ground.
"Um, you really defeated a manticore?" I asked, and her cheeks went red.
"Well yes but..." she was studdering.
"That's awesome!" I jumped, and she ducked.
"Please...don't yell."
"Okay, so um, want to be friends?" I asked, putting on a big smile.
"Sure.." she smiled kindly.
"Yay, well I have to go..." I paused for a moment, "Know where I could find Rainbow Dash?"
"Try looking at the clouds, she's usually resting on one." Fluttershy giggled a bit.
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One more chapter until we reach the 4 years in the past mark! So Close!