//------------------------------// // Working together // Story: Scootaloo's Crush // by RainbowdashieCloudsdale //------------------------------// Scootaloo’s Crush chapter 2 Scootaloo entered the house. In the hallway, there were pictures of Rumble, his older brother, and his parents hanging on the wall. Now, they both entered the living room. Scootaloo noticed Rumble’s brother sitting on the sofa. She greeted him, “Hello, you must be Rumble’s brother. I saw you flying, you're so good at the tricks you do while flying!” Rumble’s brother smiled. “Well, Thanks. You’re one of Rumble’s classmates, aren't you?’’ Scootaloo nodded her head.‘’Yes I am.’’ ‘’Are you coming to the party next week?” He asked. Scootaloo brightly smiled. ‘’Yeah! Of course I’ll be there!’’ ‘’Okay, nice. I guess I’ll see you then! I need to go practice for the Wonderbolts exam now.” Scootaloo started smiling. “Are you a wonderbolt?” she asked. He shook his head. “Well, not yet. I'm still a trainee. But, if I pass the exam, I’m a Wonderbolt.” “That is soooo awesome,” she replied admiringly. Then Rumble spoke up, “Come On Scootaloo, lets start on the assignment; otherwise we can't finish it in time. But can you first tell me what the assignment is about?” Scootaloo nodded before explaining. “It's about the history of Cloudsdale, so this must be easy for us. I mean... we are both… pegasi, and my sister lives in Cloudsdale. And I think that your brother needs to study the history of Cloudsdale for the exam, doesn't he?” Rumble nodded. “Yeah, this must be easy for us both. But who is that ‘sister’ of yours?” Scootaloo proudly smiled. “Well, she's not my ‘real sister’ like we have the same parents. She kinda takes care of me as a big sister would do. But my ‘big sister’ is Rainbow Dash.” Rumble gawked. “Are you serious? Rainbow Dash is one of the best flyers ever! You are sooo lucky to have Rainbow Dash as your big sister!” Scootaloo blushed. “Thanks. I think she could give us some help with our assignment, I mean… she lives in Cloudsdale.” “Yeah, that's a good idea!” After having talked for a while, Scootaloo said, “we must start working on the assignment now, otherwise we'll never finish it.” Rumble nodded in agreement. “Yup, Good idea. But where do we start?” “Lets try to find Rainbow Dash first. She can tell us a lot about the history of Cloudsdale,” Scootaloo suggested. Just as Scootaloo said, they went out looking for Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo never felt better in her life. She thought to herself,”I'm just walking with the coolest and most handsome colt in our class! Just look at his wild gray mane and his athletic body...” Scootaloo knew Rumble trained for the Young Flyer exam every day. “He is probably the best flyer in our class, but i can hardly levitate myself above the floor...” Then, Rumble suddenly said, “Well, I think she is up in Cloudsdale, considering we can't find her anywhere around here. So, let's fly up to Cloudsdale and see if she’s there.“ Scootaloo hoped this moment would never come. She thought to herself, “What do I say to him? I can't even fly!” “Uhhm… Rumble...i.. uhm.. i.. My wing is injured, so i can't fly.” Rumble slowly nodded. “Ohh, okay. That's okay. We'll find someone else who can tell us something about the history of Cloudsdale.” After a second, Scootaloo brightly smiled.“I’m sure Twilight can tell us more. She’s studied about everything there is to know!” “Wow, are you also friends with the princess? How many ‘famous’ friends do you actually have?” Scootaloo blushed. “I don't have that many popular or famous friends.” Rumble gave her a smile. “Well, okay. Let's go to Twilight then.” They both started walking in the direction of Twilight’s castle. The weather was beautiful outside, and the sun was shining with a soft breeze. While they were close to the castle, they saw Pinkie Pie hopping towards them. “Hey, you two! “ Pinkie smiled like she always did. They responded simultaneously with a happy, “Hi, Pinkie!“ Pinkie glanced between the two, her smile growing larger. “Ahww, you two look so cute together!” Rumble and Scootaloo both started to blush. “You both should come by at Sugarcube Corner this afternoon! I have some delicious cupcakes for you both!” Scootaloo blushed as she replied, “Uhmm…. Thanks Pinkie… I'll keep that in mind.“ Pinkie nodded and turned to walk away. “Okay, I gotta go now. I need to bake a big wedding cake.” “Okay, bye Pinkie!” They both replied. They continued their trip to Twilight’s castle. Scootaloo found herself constantly looking at the grey colt walking next to her. She thought to herself, “ he really is handsome, and he looks so great, he's nice to everyone and he has a brother who is becoming a Wonderbolt! He is soo AWESOME!!! And i'm doing an assignment with him!” They arrived at Twilight’s castle and knocked on the door. They heard somepony replying with: “Come in!” Scootaloo and Rumble entered the castle. Rumble’s eye’s widened when he saw the gigantic beautiful hallway. It was a gigantic hallway with a shining marble floor and big marble pillars. There also were big golden chandeliers on the ceiling. Rumble then said, “wow, this is the best looking place I’ve ever seen! It looks even cooler than Rainbow Dash’s house!” Twilight came out of the library, smiling at the two. “Well, it is kinda big. Actually, too big for my taste.” Scootaloo happily said, “Hi Twilight!” Twilight replied, “Hey you two! What brings you here?” Scootaloo replied, “we need to do an assignment about the history of Cloudsdale and we thought you would know a lot about it.” Rumble added on, “Yep, and we couldn't find Rainbow Dash here and we also can't go to Cloudsdale because Scootaloo has an injured wing.” Twilight raised an eyebrow when she looked at Scootaloo’s wings. “Uhm.. Okay. Please follow me to the library, and then I'll tell you everything you want to know.” Rumble and Scootaloo followed Twilight through the beautiful hallways of the castle. They were both amazed by the size of the castle, and of how many doors it has. “Don't you or others ever get lost in here?” Rumble asked. Twilight nodded. “Yeah, sometimes I even get lost in my own castle, and the worst is that I've been living here for a while now and I still get lost. The three arrived at a very big wooden door. Twilight opened it using her magic. Scootaloo and Rumble’s eye’s widened when they saw the enormous library. “Woooooooow…….. those are a lot of books!” Twilight replied, “yeah.. it is kinda big… I’m here every day while studying and I still haven't read all these books yet. You were looking for the history of Cloudsdale, weren't you?” “Yes.” “Uhmmm.. Ahh, here it is, i found it! Here is a very interesting book about Cloudsdale and its history. It’s full of facts and knowledge.” Scootaloo and Rumble looked at the book, It was a very thick and dusty book. “It must be about a thousand pages...” Scootaloo thought. Scootaloo wasn't the reading kind of pony. She liked hearing and seeing things instead of just looking at some letters on a page. At school, she learned so much better when Miss Cherilee told the class a story, instead of reading the same thing in a book. But little did she know that Rumble had the same thing. He liked hearing or seeing stuff instead of just reading it. Rumble and Scootaloo looked at each other and then back at the book. They saw the boredom into each other's eyes. “Uhm.. Thanks Twilight… we’ll read it as soon as possible,” Scootaloo said as she looked at the pages of the large book. “But may i ask….” “Ohh no, she's going to ask about what happened to my wing… and i cant lie to the princess...” Scootaloo thought. “Why don't you come here more often? I like visitors.” Scootaloo thought for a moment. “Ohh, I don't know. But i can stop by more often if you want.” Twilight brightly smiled. “That would be so nice, but do you two need to know anything more?” “No thank you, we’re fine,” Scootaloo replied, looking back at the book. “Okay, I’ll see you two next time!” Twilight said while she lifted the big book into Scootaloo’s bag. It was a very heavy book and it almost was to heavy for her to carry. “Ohh… I’ll carry the bag,” Rumble said. “Maybe your wing would get even more injured if you carry that big, heavy bag.” Scootaloo gave him a smile. “Thanks, Rumble.” They both left Twilight’s castle to go back to Rumble’s house.