//------------------------------// // Lost // Story: Please Forgive Me // by RuinQueenofOblivion //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash's POV. "YER HER WHAT?" Apple Bloom practically screamed when she finally got over the initial shock. "Why didn't you tell her?" Sweetie Belle demanded. "No wonder she ran off." Great, just what I needed, more reason to feel terrible. "Look, that's not important right now," Twilight said. "How long ago did you see her go into the Everfree Forest?" "Almost thirty minutes ago," Apple Bloom answered, having calmed down. "Is she goin' ta be okay?" "We'll find her," I said definitively, no matter what she thought of me, I still cared about that filly, I guess that was never going to change. "Twilight, take Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and start gathering Ponies for a search." "What are you going to do?" Twilight asked as we started out the door. "I'm going to find my daughter," I said defiantly and took out, flying off towards the Everfree Forest. 00000 Scootaloo's POV. Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap! Yeah, those things were still after me, why did it feel like all of Equestria was suddenly out to get me? I swerved around another tree, using my wings to maneuver, there had to be someplace safe here in the Forest. That's when I saw it looming ahead of me, the ruins of the old Castle of the Two Sisters. I gulped, I didn't exactly want to go in there, but it sure beat being ripped to shreds by whatever was chasing me. I wasn't looking where I was going, I crashed, badly. Thankfully I wasn't too badly hurt, but my scooter wasn't exactly going to scoot again. I shivered and gathered up the pieces and headed deeper into the castle. I hated it here, it was cold, eerie, and felt like something was going to jump out at me at any minute, but it at least gave me somewhere to hide before I continued on my way. I wiggled my wings with a sigh, I had never been able to do more than just hover for a few seconds. If only I could fly, I'll bet I'd be the fastest Pony ever, beating all the records, I could imagine the look on Rainbow Dash's face, she'd be so... No, I couldn't think like that anymore, Rainbow Dash had lied to me, I was trying to put my life in Ponyville behind me. I didn't know where I was going now, but I just wanted to put as much distance between me and Ponyville as I could. I let out a yawn, it wouldn't hurt to close my eyes for just a little bit, right? I slowly drifted off to sleep, I'd be rested and ready to go out again. 00000 Rainbow's POV. I wasn't much of a tracker, that much was true, I had never really tried at least. I was a great flier, but this kind of tracking required me to stay closer to the ground, especially in the forest. Okay, I had to think, where would Scootaloo run off to? Zecora's hut maybe? That was my first guess but the rough trail I had found seemed to be heading past her hut and deeper into the forest. I found something that worried me though, while I had found a trail that looked like it was left by her scooter, it was being followed by something large. "Timberwolves..." I said with a shudder, Scootaloo was in danger, I just hoped that she had gotten somewhere safe. Celestia, this was all my fault, I shouldn't have kept the truth from her. If something happened to her because of me, I would never forgive myself. "Scootaloo, I'm going to find you, I promise," I said out loud, I knew the odds were against her being able to hear me, but just being able to say it helped me feel better. After all, sister, mother, or just friend, I cared about Scootaloo. I had driven her away, I didn't care what she did afterward, right now I just wanted to make sure she made it out of this forest alive. I took off at a full gallop, following the trail through the woods. I just hoped that I wasn't too late. 00000 Scootaloo's POV. I blinked, it took me a few seconds to realize that I was back in the orphanage in Ponyville, but nopony was around. How did I get back here? I had just been in the Castle of the Two sisters and... Oh, I was dreaming, well that figured, well, at least it wasn't an unpleasant one so far. "Hey there Squirt," I heard a familiar voice and turned to look up at Rainbow Dash. "Are you ready to go?" "Go where?" I asked softly. "I've got nowhere to go, and you never wanted me..." "Are you kidding?" Rainbow asked. "I never said I didn't want you, you're the coolest filly in Equestria. I made a mistake, and I'm here to make up for it." I wanted to believe her, I really did, I tried to speak up again when the world around me seemed to freeze. "What bothers you, Scootaloo?" A familiar voice said from behind me, I turned to see Luna standing before me. "Its, a long story," I said, trying not to look at the Princess. "Someone close to me, betrayed me trust and I found out today..." I told Luna everything, she listened intently as I told her about Rainbow Dash being my mother, me running away, and everything else. Luna looked at me sympathetically before letting out a sigh. "I see," she said. "You feel betrayed, I understand." "After all the times we had together..." I said. "Did she ever love me?" "She did," Luna said soothingly as she placed a wing over me caringly. "And she still does, maybe you should ask her yourself." I paused, maybe Luna was right, I had been so angry that I didn't even give Rainbow a chance to explain herself. I sighed, I just wished that I could have another chance... maybe it wasn't too late, I could go back to Ponyville and... "Scootaloo, you need to wake up!" Luna said suddenly. "Wait, what?" I said. "What's wrong?" "Something's coming," Luna said. "Something ancient, and dangerous." Before I could question her again, she went through a portal and I woke up. 00000 It felt like the very ground around me was shaking as I woke up, it felt like something was shaking the very foundation of the castle. I screamed, trying to get to my hooves as there was another shake. "What the heck is going on?" I cried out, flapping my wings as fast as I could, trying to take off, but failing miserably. Why couldn't I fly... I can't even fly when my life depends on it. Child... a soft but cold voice echoed around me as a black see through tentacle snaked its way up towards me. Come to me child... "Leave me alone!" I cried out, recoiling in horror from the tentacle as more started to appear around me. I feel your pain, your anger, I can give you peace, the voice continued. I can give you what you've always wanted, a family. "A, family..." I started to say, but shook my head. "No, I have a family! My friends, the other ponies, they're my family... not you." I just wish I had realized that earlier, now I was going to die in this castle and nopony was going to know what happened to me. "I'm coming Scootaloo!" I looked up to see a flash of rainbow hitting the tentacle. 00000 Rainbow Dash's POV. Something was wrong, I had followed the path all the way to the edge of the forest, to the Castle of the Two Sisters. That's when I stopped, something was shaking the castle, it was like something was attacking it... from the inside? "Oh Celestia, please be okay..." I said and spread my wings and flew into the castle as fast as I could. There she was, Scootaloo was terrified, surrounded by... weird black tentacle things. They were going after her. "I'm coming Scootaloo!" I shouted and dove down, slamming into the closest of the tentacles, causing the ground to shake again as I heard something scream out in pain. One of the tentacles reached out and wrapped itself around me, throwing me against the wall, sending a sharp pain through my wings. I got up and charged at the tentacle again, breaking as many as I could. The remaining tentacles retracted back to wherever they came from. I landed next to Scootaloo, breathing heavily. "Scootaloo, are you okay?" I asked. "Rainbow Dash... I'm sorry..." Scootaloo said. "I shouldn't have run." "Its okay, you'll be okay I promise," I said, kneeling down. "Here, get on my back, I'll fly us out of here. "Okay," Scootaloo said with a weak smile as she got onto my back. I spread my wings and flapped them, only to cringe as a sharp pain went through my right wing. "Are you okay, Rainbow?" "I must've broken my wing on that impact..." I cringed. "We're going to have to make it out of here on hoof." "Are you going to be okay?" Scootaloo asked as she got off my back. "I'll be fine, Squirt," I said with a weak smile. "Lets get going." We started walking out of the castle, hoping that whatever had attacked us back there would never bother us again.