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// Rainbow Dash 
// Story: My Friend Scootaloo 
// by BellChime 
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Rainbow Dash flew high above the clouds, then tucked her wings in for a dive, sinking closer and closer towards the grassy field below. Aw, yeah. This rocked.

“Hey, Rainbow Dash!” A familiar little voice called. 

Rainbow Dash expertly pulled out of her dive and pulled up. “Oh, hey Sweetie Bell.”  She called, looking down at the pony below. “What’s up?” 

Sweetie Bell answered cheerily, “Scootaloo and I were wondering if we could watch you do some neat tricks.” 

“Oh.” Rainbow Dash answered. “So...Scootaloo’s here?” 

“Yep.” 

“Uh, OK.” Rainbow Dash said, kicking herself mentally. She promised Rarity! But nothing in the promise said-

“Hey!” Sweetie Bell called. “We’re waiting!” 

“Oh, OK, sure.” Rainbow gave them the super-slick Rainbow Dash grin. “Eyes to the sky!” She took off, leaving a trail of rainbow as she loop-de-looped through the air.

On the ground, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell watched in awe. 

“She’s amazing!” Sweetie Bell gushed. “Look how high she is!”

“I know, right?” Scootaloo added. “I wish I could do stuff like that.” She said, with a sad look at her small wings, excellent for propelling her scooter through the streets, but of little use for the true flight she yearned for.

“Your wings will grow someday.” Sweetie Bell assured her. “At least you have wings.”

“Hey, your magic is cool too!” Scootaloo reassured. “I wouldn’t trade it for my wings though.” She added.

“Yeah.” Sweetie Bell mumbled.

Scootaloo, seeing that she’d made her friend sad, quickly changed the subject. “Um, so, was the homework hard?”

“Oh, I’ll say!” Sweetie Bell answered. “How’d you do?”

Scootaloo’s eyes snapped back to the sky. “Oh, look!” She cried. “Rainbow’s doing a back spin!”

“Scootaloo, you didn’t answer my question.” Sweetie Bell pressed.

Scootaloo hung her head. “Didn’t do it.” She mumbled.

“Oh, Scootaloo, not again!” Sweetie Bell groaned. “You’re gonna fail!”

“Miss Cheerilee never fusses over it.” Scootaloo defended herself.

“Well, that’s not normal of her.” Sweetie Bell insisted. “She’ll crack down on you soon enough, just you wait. She’s dealing with a very big class, and when she gets around to you-”

“I know.” Sighed Scootaloo. Her eyes lit up for real. “WHOO! Rainbow’s doing a Sonic Rainboom!”

“Go Rainbow!” Cried Sweetie Bell.

Rainbow Dash heard the soft shout and smiled. How could she have ever hesitated into doing this?

“Scootaloo thinks you’re amazing!”

Rainbow Dash’s smile turned into a frown in a blink.

Oh, right.