MLP: FiM
Rainbows and music
By: flat spin
“Ok guys good job. we’re done here” Dash said to her team and they flew off. She had set up the date with Soarin for five in the afternoon but before that there was a certain little filly she had to meet. Dash flew toward the Ponyville’s school and looked at the clock that was on the wall of the school.
“3.30 pm I’ve got plenty of time to spend with her before the date” She said to herself before she landed on the school yard and saw a orange little filly run toward her.
“Dash you remembered.” The little filly said as she hugged Dash.
“I wouldn’t be a much of a legal guardian if I would forget you here.” Dash said and hugged the little filly back. “so scootaloo did you have fun with Apple bloom and sweetie belle at the sleepover?”
“Yeah Granny smith and Big mack are awesome we backed pies and took care of the animals... Do you know why Applejack didn’t come back to the farm until morning?” Scootaloo asked Dash.
“Well… maybe you should ask her.” Dash tried to dodge the question about what happened last evening when the three big sisters went to have their night you and left the cutie mark crusaders to the Sweet apple acres for a sleepover so they could have their girls night too.
“We asked but she just turned red and said that she had to do some work and left to buck some apples.” Scootaloo said.
“Oh… um… well anyway we should get home and grab something to eat” Dash said and picked up Scootaloo to her back and flew back to her house.
Dash opened the door and two of them walked in and walked through the living room but Scootaloo stopped near the third book shelf and looked at the ground.
“Dash why is there two glasses of apple juice on the floor?” Scootaloo asked and picked up the two glasses that Dash left there during last night.
Dash turned red and said. “For no reason at all… now let’s get you something to eat. She took the glasses and flew into the kitchen and looked at the clock just as it hit 4.00 pm. She opened the fridge and picked a half-eaten pie and put it on the kitchen table and said. “eat up Scoots.”
“Aren’t you gonna eat at all Dash.”
“No I’ll eat later.” She said referring to her date with Soarin but before Scootaloo started eating the doorbell rang.
“Don’t worry sis I got it.” Scootaloo said and ran through the living room and stopped near the door. Dash looked at the clock again and saw that it was still 4.00 so she thought that it was probably Fluttershy at the door or maybe someone from the weather team since Soarin said that the practice would take an extra hour since he was late. Dash just went back to the kitchen and started doing some salad for herself so that she would have something to eat at work tomorrow.
Scootaloo opened the and looked at a blue stallion and said. “Who are you and what are you doing here.”
“Well my name is Soarin and I’m here to meet miss Rainbow Dash.” Soarin said politely while looking at the little filly.
“Soarin from the wonderbolts?” Scootaloo asked as her eyes became huge.
“Yes and your name is…”
“Scootaloo… but my big sister is a huge fan of yours she got all the posters and other merchandise and… why are you here again?” She stopped her fan mode and asked again.
“like already said I’m here to meet miss Rainbow Dash” Soarin said while smiling at the little filly.
“Dash... Soarin is here and he wants to meet you! I think you finally made it into the wonderbolts!” Scootaloo yelled from the top of her lungs which made Dash drop her salad which she just made.
“What already?” She said and quickly flew to the door.
“Hi I thought you said you would be here at five.” Dash said and gave Soarin a small hug not even realising that Scootaloo was right next to them.
“Yeah Spitfire let me off easy this time.”
“Well that’s awfully nice of her even thou you were late because of me.”
“I guess she was in extra good mood because she also gave me these.” Soarin said and gave Dash two VIP tickets to the show that was going to be tomorrow.
“Oh my Celestia... Soarin you got these for me?” Dash asked and looked at the tickets
“Yeah I even got you one extra thinking that you would have some friend to take with you… but I think that this ticket is gonna go to her.” Soarin said while smiling and looking at Scootaloo who was trying to understand what just happened.
“So you two know each other somehow” Scootaloo said.
“Yeah…” Dash said and blushed.
“And he is also the reason your gonna eat later?” Scoot asked her again.
“Yeah… I think that you should finish your pie Scoots.” Dash said to Scootaloo and Scootaloo nodded realising that Dash wanted to talk alone with Soarin.
“So… Scootaloo is her name” Soarin started.
“Yeah… she is my kinda little sister.”
“A kinda litle sister?”
“I kinda adopted her… but she treats me as her big sister.”
“That really nice of you to take her in. was she into orphanage or in the street”
“When she was a foal her mother left her at the orphanage but I adopted her couple of months ago. Why are you so interested?” Dash asked and watched as Soarin’s face turned serious.
“I was dumped by my parents in manehattan when I was about her aged. I lived in the street for couple of years before the social service took me in and sent me to the manehattan orphanage where I met the Streak twins. And in the orphanage three of us became best friend and we made a promise to each other to become the greatest stunt flyers in all of equestria and when three of us joined the wonderbolts we knew that we made it.” Soarin told Rainbow Dash.
“I never knew that you were left to the street by you own parents... that’s… heart breaking… did you ever met your parents again?”
“No… they weren’t good parents… they fought all the time and… most of the time I got caught in the crossfire.” Soarin said and Showed Dash his left arm.
“These are pretty much all I have left of them.” he said while showing long scars in his arm. nopony usually saw them because the were hard to see from the front and the side and when he was flying the flight suit covered them always.
“Soarin… why didn’t you tell me this earlier.”
“I usually don’t talk about this stuff to anyone. only the twins know fully what happened to me before I was sent to the orphanage. Their parents left them there right after they were born. three of us weren’t born with luck like the rest of the wonderbolts we had to make our own luck from the beginning.” Soarin said and looked into the eyes of The mere he loved.
“Both of us know why you aren’t a wonderbolt yet and why me and the twins had to work so hard to get there.”
“Connections” Dash said and looked at the ground.
“It sure is easy to succeed it the ‘bolts when your dad is the ex-capitain or your brother works in the administrative wing of the wonderbolts.”
“How did the three of you get in then?” Dash asked Soarin.
“Never give up. If your good enough and cause enough waves with your flying they can’t keep ignoring you forever. Twins go the job because they are the best synchronized flyers in the history of equestria and I got in because of skills with lightings.” Soarin said and said with confidence. “We worked harder that anyone else and got there in the end. now we fly in squad one and I’m the second in command… it wasn’t easy but after years of flying harder than anypony elese we made.” Soarin finished
“So… your parents do they know what happened to you?” Dash asked.
“I dunno only relative who has contacted me after all these years was my brother who is flying in the royal equestrian air force but he dosn’t know about our parent either he was a also abandoned when he was a foal. I didn’t even know about him before I joined the ‘bolts. Luckily i found out about him when they did the background check when i applied for the 'bolts” Soarin finished his story dropping down a small tear.
“Oh Soarin...” Dash said and hugged him. Two of the kept hugging each other until Dash said. “So do you wanna come in. I’m gonna have to make sure Scoots is ok before we leave.”
“Yeah sure.” Soarin answered and walked behind her into the house.