Dash woke up the next morning. It was cold. Dash lifted the blanket to find the foal from yesterday missing. Dash began to panic. Did she escape? Did someone kidnap her? No... No one could have without waking Dash. Dash snapped into reality when she heard a whimper come from the side of the bed. Then she heard a sniffle. Then crying. Dash peered over the bed, and saw a sobbing Scootaloo.
Dash wondered why she was cryin-... Dash saw why. Her fore legs were scraped up. She must've fallen off of the bed and scraped her knees. This was the only explanation why Scootaloo was hurt. Dash scooped her up, put some bandages on her knees, and kissed them. Scootaloo had a smile on her face, and Dash did, too.
"Hey Scootaloo! Peek-aboo! Peek-aboo! Peek-aboo!" Dash continued to the foal, who continued to giggle and laugh. Dash put Scootaloo on the floor and let her roam around for a bit. Dash glanced around for something to do while Scoots played. Dash felt a tug on her leg. When Dash looked down, Scootaloo had her fore legs in front of her head.
"P-Pek-Achoo!" Scootaloo said. Dash sat there a-gasp. Scootaloo paused, cocked her head, and frowned with sad eyes. Scootaloo patted Dash on the left fore leg.
"M-mama? I hungwy." Scoots said. Dash looked even more surprised. Her first ACTUAL words. Dash nodded slowly, and went to get her bottle. She warmed her milk, and fed Scootaloo. Dash just sat on her couch, while Scootaloo watched the kids show: Stewart The Stallion. Scootaloo giggled, and clapped her hooves together occasionally. Dash couldn't handle it... Her first words!
It was the day after Scootaloo's first words. Dash now pushed it down, and came to accept it. Her Scootaloo was growing up. Dash lifted the blanket, and saw a shaking foal with a purple mane, and orange coat. Dash smiled, and woke up the foal. "M-Mammy... Cowd... Need cov-ees!" Said the shaking foal. Dash used her other wing to cover the foal. Tomorrow was going to be Scootaloo's first Hearths Warming. Even though it was cold, the snow was supposed to fall tomorrow. Perfect timing!