2: Discoveries
Shining Armor loved to read. Not as much as his sister of course, but still a lot more than the average pony. Today, like most of his days off, he sat in his study, reviewing old military history texts. Suddenly a knock came on the door, interrupting his studying. Shining got up with an annoyed expression on his face and opened the door to the study. One of Cadence’s personal guard stood there, holding a letter in one hoof.
“Sire, a letter from Princess Twilight,” He said, handing Shining the letter in question.
Shining gave a small smile, it was always nice to hear from his sister. “Thank you soldier,” He said, fighting the urge to salute. Years as a member of the guard left some instincts in him.
“You are welcome, sire.” The guard replied, bowing. Then he turned and walked away.
Watching the guard leave, Shining closed the door, sat down in his chair, opened the letter and began reading it’s contents.
Dear Prince Shining Armor,
An unusual set of circumstances has resulted in me sending you this letter, demanding that you come to Ponyville immediately for reasons that will become clear to you in a moment.
As you are certainly aware, during my stay in Ponyville, I have befriended many ponies, young and old. One such pony is a young Pegasus filly by the name of Scootaloo, who, I recently discovered, was abandoned at birth at the local Ponyville orphanage. During one of her class’s assignments on family history, I offered to use a spell I had discovered that could reveal a pony’s biological parents. Imagine my surprise when I cast the spell on the orphaned filly, only for my brother’s face to appear, alongside that of Spitfire.
For these reasons, I request your immediate presence at the Ponyville library in order to straighten out this mess regarding your daughter.
Sincerely,
Princess Twilight Sparkle
P.S. Spike here. Don’t worry, I’m as confused as you are.
Shining stared at the letter. What in Celestia’s name is she talking about?! Shining thought, I don’t have a daughter!
He read it over again to make sure he wasn’t going crazy, then twice, then thrice. Finally he gave up re-reading it and started thinking instead, Who is this ‘Spitfire’ she was talking about? He knew he recognized the name from somewhere so he dug further into his memory.
“Spitfire… Spitfire… Spitfire…” He muttered to himself. Suddenly the memory returned to him.
It wasn’t good.
“Oh buck.” Shining swore, slumping back in his chair.
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Captain Spitfire of the Wonderbolts sat in her office, reviewing performance papers for some of the recruits in the academy. The next recruitment session was coming up and Spitfire wanted to see the best of the best. A few ponies, including Rainbow Dash, had caught her eye with extremely impressive performance records.
A knock on the door interrupted her reading.
“Permission to enter?”
“Permission granted.” Spitfire replied, recognizing Soarin’s voice. “Come in Soarin.”
The door opened and Soarin stepped in, “I’ve got a letter for you.”
Spitfire gave Soarin a confused look. She didn’t often get personal letters. Most were addressed to just the wonderbolts. “Who sent it?” She asked as Soarin hoofed her the message.
“Rainbow Dash, all the way from Ponyville.” Soarin explained.
Spitfire opened the envelop with her teeth, then unfolded the letter inside and read it.
Dear Spitfire,
I know I don’t write to any one of you very often, but right now I have a good reason to.
I just found out that you are the mother of an orphan here in Ponyville, with Twilight’s brother, Shining Armor, being the father. Not only am I mad that you abandoned the poor filly, but she also happens to be one of my best friends, which makes this a little more personal! How could somepony as awesome as you abandon their kid at an orphanage like that? Especially one as cool as Scoots?
Unless of course, this is some sort of misunderstanding. You must have had a good reason, right? Either way, me and Princess Twilight want you to come to Ponyville immediately to explain yourself.
From Rainbow Dash
Spitfire stared at the letter, then slowly re-folded it and put it back in the envelope.
“Uh, Spitfire is something wrong?” Soarin asked, noticing a worried look on her face.
“No!” Spitfire snapped. “Now if you would excuse me I have some, uh, important business to attend to.”
“Listen Spitfire, if something is bothering you, you can tell me about it.” Soarin said in a comforting tone.
Spitfire fought the urge to facehoof. Soarin why do you always have to be too helpful?! “I just told you; nothing’s wrong.” Spitfire replied. Gritting her teeth, she got out of her chair and made her way to the door.
Soarin rolled his eyes and stepped in front of Spitfire. “Talking to somepony is the first way to solve a problem,” he explained.
Spitfire gave an angry grunt and pushed him out of her way, “You’re right. I just don’t want that pony to be you.” She huffed, walking out of her office.
Soarin, now even more willing to help, followed her. “Hey! I’m just trying to help!”
As she kept walking, Spitfire felt anger rising through her body. Remember what you were told Spitfire. Breath in, breath ou-
“Spitfire, this is not helping you.” Soarin said.
Spitfire clenched her teeth, Alright, I’ve put up with this oaf for long enough. At that exact moment the anger slowly rising in her burst like a dam and she violently turned towards Soarin and yelled, “In Celestia’s name, shut the hell up!” Soarin started to raise a hoof in protest but the enraged mare in front of him cut him off. “And if you even think of following me, I’ll kick you from the squadron! Do I make myself clear?!” Soarin slowly backed away in fear. “I asked you a question Cadet! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!”
"Y-yes ma'am!" the blue Pegasus stammered, giving a quick salute before turning tail and running off."
Spitfire gave a satisfied smirk, not paying attention to the worried glances cast her way, as she stormed out of the wonderbolts main office.
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Twilight paced around the centre of the library, her mind abuzz with thoughts about their findings. Rainbow Dash sat off to the side playing cards with Spike. The letters they wrote had been sent, so Shining and Spitfire should be coming here soon. Twilight was still wondering on how to confront them about the situation.
Suddenly Scootaloo, who had been sitting off to the side, spoke up. “Hey Twilight, if Shining is your brother then doesn’t that make you my aunt?” Twilight Immediately stopped pacing and both Spike and Rainbow looked over, the realization hitting all of them.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.” Twilight answered, her brain working even faster now. It was strange; she had always wanted a niece or nephew but now that she had one it felt… weird. And the more she thought about it the weirder it got. Scootaloo had been living in this town her entire life. Had Twilight not moved here all those years ago Scootaloo might have lived on without ever knowing her true parents and Twilight never would have met her niece.
Rainbow flew over and gave Twilight a nervous look, “Twilight, you find out Scootaloo is your niece an all you have to say is ‘Yeah, I guess you’re right’? Are you feeling okay?”
“Ugh, it’s just too much to take in.” Twilight complained, slumping to the floor.
“Hopefully Shining and Spitfire get here soon to clear up this mess.” Rainbow said, looking expectantly at the door.
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Ponyville Train Station wasn’t very large. It only held a small building for ticket buying and waiting on rainy days, but not much else. At the same time, however, it wasn’t a small station, the amount of ponies that commuted through the station daily was extremely high for the town’s small population. Stranger still, was the amount of important ponies that visited the farming village. Princes, Princesses and sometimes a Wonderbolt could be seen around the town. Rarely did two of these ponies visit on the same day, though, especially when no important events were happening. Shining Armour understood this well. Not wanting to attract attention to himself the prince had covered his face with a large scarf as he sulked behind large crowds, blending in with the other ponies. Shining navigated his way through Ponyville, searching for the library. After walking around for a few minutes he found his destination (which wasn’t hard considering it was a large tree in the middle of town) and walked up to the door. When the prince put his hoof on the doorknob, however, another hoof, this one bright orange-yellow, was blocking his path. Shining turned his head to see the pony in his way.
It was her.
“Hello, Shining Armor.” Spitfire greeted in a businesslike tone.
Shining gulped, “Hello Spitfire.”
“Did you get a letter too?” She asked him.
“Yes.”
The wonderbolt gave a heavy sigh, “Well, I guess it will be easier to explain things if we are both here.”
Shining simply nodded his head.
Spitfire gave the prince a confused look, “You’re a lot quieter than you were all those years ago.”
Shining's face went deep red, “I’d rather not talk about that at the moment.”
Spitfire nodded, “Agreed. Now let’s get this over with.” She said, opening the door.
When the door opened, Shining saw Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Spike and a small orange filly staring at them.
Twilight grimaced at the sight of her brother, but quickly shifted to a stern glare. "Take a seat," she ordered.
Shining almost didn’t hear her, he just kept staring at the small orange filly. Is… Is this my daughter? Shining had been secretly hoping that this entire thing had been some kind of misunderstanding, but now that he had seen the filly in question with his own eyes, he knew it to be true. Her coat was a darker orange than Spitfire’s, but the resemblance was still there. The young pegasus’s mane had a dark purple hue to it, most likely inherited from Shining.
The filly slowly stepped forward, “Are… are these my parents?” She asked, slightly in awe.
Rainbow Dash nodded grimly, “Yes.”
Suddenly, Shining felt two orange hooves cling onto his body as the filly embraced him. “Why did you leave me?” She asked, on the verge of tears.
Shining tried to say something but the words were stuck in his throat, instead he just hugged the filly back. When he let go of her, however, he saw Twilight standing behind them with a disgusted expression on her face.
“So, you think you can just abandon her and then waltz in here like it never happened?” Twilight spat, “You should be ashamed of yourself.”
The words stung Shining right in the heart, mainly for the reason that they weren't true. “B-bu-” He started.
“And here I thought you were a good pony.” Rainbow seethed, interrupting him, “After all, you love your sister enough that most ponies would think you’d at least show the same love for your own child.”
Shining held up his forehooves in protest, “Hey! I never even knew I had a child!” He defended, then he pointed a hoof at Spitfire, “She never told me!”
Twilight expression changed from disappointment to apologetic in a split second, “S-sorry, I though-”
“It’s okay, Twilight. Believe me, you handled it better than most ponies would’ve.” The prince
reassured.
Rainbow’s face still held a look of anger though, “So, you abandoned Scootaloo?!” She accused, pointing at Spitfire.
The pony in question flinched, hanging her head in shame, “Yes, although before you get angry, let me tell you the story.”
Rainbow looked as if she wanted to say something but Twilight cut her off, “Alright fine. Some answers would be nice.” The alicorn admitted. “I was just making tea as you two came in. How about I pour everyone some and we have a nice civil discussion?” She suggested.
Rainbow crossed her hooves with a big harumph, “Fine. But you'd better have a good reason Spitfire. If not..” Rainbow slowly drew a hoof in front of her neck.
“Rainbow!” Twilight scolded, “I said civil.”
Shining looked at Spitfire, whose face was scrunched up as though Rainbow had just destroyed one of her prized possessions right in front of her. Spitfire took a deep breath and held it back. “I think that’s a good idea.” She said.
“It’s settled then.” Twilight said, giving a sigh of relief.
As I said in my blog, thanks to Templar22 and Bpkyle777 (who also wrote the letters) for editing! 
Rewrote the ending to this because I completely flipped chapter 3 on it's head and changed all my planning.
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*Reads the chapter*
... Screw you and your cliffhangers!
I think I'm going to go with Shining's "oh buck" assessment here...though this is one of the more unique origins. Nice job!
An artfully executed cliffhanger, if I do say so myself. I eagerly await the subsequent installment.
LET US JOIN THE DARK WRAITHS MY BROTHERS!
nice
Dude, if you are going to make a cliff hanger, make it a bit more fulfilling. As it is we are just waiting for the story of why she abandoned her. Whats next, after that making us wait to see her reaction? Although, the last one was effective.
PS. Amazing story, give me more, I NEED IT!
well Looks like Spitfire has to tell a really good Story to satisfy Twilight and Rainbow
Wait till Cadance hear this...
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UGH! I need moar! roundstable.com/forums/images/smilies/noooo.png
I like where this is going
Uh-oh.
3965778 This...
Fucking.
CLIFFHANGERS!!!
I really hate this damned cliffhangers you got going on here.. Great story though :p
no noNO!!!!!
WHY CHIFFHANGERS WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soooo who';; take her now?
Cadence will probably not enjoy that..
Curse you cliffhangers!~
Haha, niiiiiice, Shining. He threw Spitfire to the sharks just as quickly as he could.
Depending on how well Soarin and Spitfire know each other, I feel bad for him. And I thought Soarin's rank would have been higher than cadet? Anyway, I anxiously await the next chapter.
3966010 In Shining's defense, he just found out he has a daughter from someone he was with about ten years ago.
Princess Twilight and I...
This was AWESOME!
I want MOAR!!! 
Please?
May I suggest something? Re-write the letters slightly. Don't tell them what it's about, but make both letters a royal summon. They cannot refuse to show up if it is a letter of summon from one of Equestria's princesses, Twilight in this case.
Just a "You are called to Ponyville by Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria" or something, perhaps slightly longer.
Something like this, I think.
The same for Spitfire, albeit with her name instead of Shining's. It doesn't give away why they were summoned, but it is more formal, as it should given the circumstances and the fact that Twilight, a princess, is summoning them. Rainbow writing to Spitfire, and Spitfire then going to Ponyville as told by her doesn't make much sense. Rainbow is, for all intents and purposes, Spitfire's subordinate. She may have even been lying about Twilight waiting with her. She has no proof of it. Which is why I propose both letters being from Twilight, and giving only a minimal amount of information: that they are ordered to show up in Ponyville.
It would also require a bit of a re-write since a large amount of what you've written is dependent on them knowing why they were ordered down there.
3965992
Too be honest Cadance is normally considered to be super nice and such, so I'd figure she could handle it well.
3966097 I don't think Scootaloo would actually since that's alllll the way in the Arctic...that means no more CMC!
3965998 I AGREE WITH THIS PONY!!!!!!!!!!
*ahem* MOAR! NOW!
... I mean, if you don't mind...
Good story. But please, no more cliffhangers, I might have a heart attack because of that. You have earned a mustache. 
Also, good job, dude!
~Ever
3966108
I'd have to agree fully on that. No more cmc would be a crime!
(and save Ponyville a lot of property damage concerns)
OMG! Talk about a major cliffhanger, hanging on a fraying rope! Ok, I'm done venting. GREAT story, please oh please next chapter.
3966075 ....... no, I like the letters.
Wow, Cadence is going to be PISSED.
3966192
Do as you please, I just think it's weak, honestly. Wasted potential, and weak reasons for even doing as the letter says in Spitfire's case.
3966207 Ah, whatever I'll defend the letter. Spitfire came because she needs to quell this before it gets out of hand (or hoof), she is a celebrity after all. She knew that Rainbow wasn't lying because she was the one who named Scoots.... oops spoilers.
And this is where she sings off some sob story about how her career was imperiled or she "wasn't ready" to be a Mom. (but she was sure ready to MAKE a baby, wasn't she?) News flash, nobody is ready to be a parent. Ever. It's just a responsibility you find you have to take.
Zero sympathy for Spitfire. She's a damn WONDERBOLT. What's she gonna plead, poverty? Would the Wonderbolts or Celestia's military really have kicked her to the curb for being a mother? And how many mothers out there make do with little or nothing to begin with-- and still raise their own flesh and blood? No matter how you cut it, in the end she decided her personal convenience and comfort were more important than her own child. And Scootaloo has to live the rest of her life knowing that her own mother couldn't even bother to find an adopting family for her-- she just threw her away. But hey, at least Spitfire could live with the choice, right?
Little sympathy for Shining-- he was just as responsible, but at least has the excuse that Spitfire never told him. Damn fool.
3966227
Still, wasted potential, I think. It could be interesting to see how you would handle Spitfire and Shining being confronted by it directly, rather than with a letter.
You give a believable reason for why Spitfire goes to Ponyville, but an official summon by a Princess would still make more sense in my eyes. Eitherway, do as you please. It is not my story and I have no right to dictate how you should write it, I can only offer suggestions to certain parts that I think could've been done better.
Also, for future reference, please don't just brush it off with a "No. I like the way it is." It's somewhat rude. Try to add a little explanation to why you decline. The one you reply to won't feel like you're looking down on them, then
3966202 I like Cliffhangers!
LAWL!!! Oh wow She sounds so Pi$$3d!!!
3965876 Ten years ago in Fillydelphia. Raunchy sex.
(Shining + Spitfire + Baby) = Extremely Super Pissed Cadence
GOT IT?!
3966268
I can expect some punishment for the both of them...
Spitfire: Expelled as Captain (to Soarin)
Shining: Either a divorce or just a very loud verbal assault from Cadance
And both of them have to bond with Scootaloo (who I think will be very upset following the story's conclusion)
3966268 Right he couldn't tell that Spitty was getting fat.
3966355 Divorce? I wouldn't go that far. After all, they were married after her birth when she's like, 8 or something. Its possible that she might not have dated him. If he met with Spitfire before he was with Cadence, at least it wasn't cheating. Besides, a bit more sympathy being that he didn't know.
Yeah, lets all hate on Shining!! Spitfire essentially stole his daughter from him so lets fuckin' string him up!!!!
Can't wait for the notoriously foal hating Cadenza to tear him a new one for have sex years before their wedding!!!!!!!!!!
3966419
Well... okay, Shining gets it easier but Spitfire... I can't see how her excuses can be justified
3966437 There is no sympathy. Seriously. None.
3966195 I daresay she is going to be...
*puts on sunglasses*
"Royally" pissed!
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Wow, all the hate I suddenly see, though towards how the parents weren't ready to be parents but sure as heck were ready to do the making bit. Kind of unnecessary for that, for more often than not I'm sure that there's actually protection against conceive in MLP for until the to-be parents were ready to have a child. Things happen, and sometimes circumstances that we know nothing about forces new parent(s) to give up the child. I can actually see that the reason for Spitfire leaving Scootaloo could be due to family reasons; aka, pressured all through pregnancy that she shouldn't have that child by her own mother, and thus upon giving birth to the new filly, gave her up to give her a hopeful better future with a family that wouldn't show hatred toward her like Spitfire's mother had done before Scootaloo was even born...
That's just one reason, I'm sure there's a better reason than than. Can't wait to see more! :3
I think you meant "Fuck". "Buck" isn't a swear, it's what the Apple family is doing to their trees.
Looks like cadence is a step mom. Shinning Armour is a dead pony.