“Oh, hey!” said Scootaloo suddenly.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, who were walking slightly ahead of her, stopped, looked back at her, and raised their eyebrows. “Umm, yes?” said Sweetie Belle slowly.
“Isn’t today that Running of the Leaves thing?” Scootaloo asked, her eyes wide with excitement.
Apple Bloom nodded. “Yup, that’s today. Applejack said she was gonna outrun Rainbow Dash if her life depended on it. Something about preserving the family honor, or whatever.”
“When I asked Rarity if she was going to run, she just laughed and laughed until I left,” said Sweetie Belle with a shrug.
“Yeah, but who cares about that? You said Rainbow Dash was running, right?” Scootaloo looked expectantly at Apple Bloom.
“That’s what Applejack told me,” said Apple Bloom.
Scootaloo’s wings fluttered unconsciously as her face lit up. “Awesome! Why aren’t we going to go watch right now?”
“Uhh… well, we are,” Sweetie Belle pointed out, indicating the haphazardly-placed sign that showed quite clearly they were headed towards the starting position for the competition. “Remember? We all agreed to go watch the race since Applejack was in it.”
“I thought that was a joke…”
Apple Bloom’s face scrunched up. “Why would that be a joke?”
“Well, I mean,” said Scootaloo, awkwardly rubbing the back of her neck. “It’s Applejack. But since Rainbow Dash is gonna be there. Well, that changes everything.”
Apple Bloom cocked her head to the side. “I still don’t see how—”
“Nevermind that,” said Scootaloo, waving her hoof dismissively. “I’ve got an idea for how we can watch the race.”
“Yeah, so do I,” said Sweetie Belle in sweet, yet sarcastic, tone. “All we have to do is go to the starting line.”
“But then we’ll only see the beginning of the race, and that’s lame.” Scootaloo smirked confidently. She jabbed a hoof over her shoulder towards Whitetail Woods. “See that? They’re gonna pass through there at some point, right? So, I say we go find a place to hang out and wait for them to pass.”
Apple Bloom shrugged. “I don’t think we’re supposed to, but forget the rules. They’re dumb anyway.”
“That’s the spirit!” Scootaloo gave Apple Bloom a rough pat on the back. “Let’s go break some rules!”
As Scootaloo and Apple Bloom jumped in the air, clapping their hooves together, Sweetie Belle just sighed and shook her head. “Simpletons.”
“I still don’t get why we’re hiding, though.”
Scootaloo groaned. “For the bajillionth time, Bloom, we’re hiding because we’re breaking the rules by being here, remember?” Leaning herself against the tree trunk that was hidden behind a bush they’d found a little while ago, Scootaloo took a moment to look around at the autumn leaves as they fell lazily to the ground. “Huh, I didn’t expect it to be so pretty out here,” she said.
“Why not?” asked Sweetie Belle. She lay in a pile of leaves on her back, hooves outstretched as she watched clouds pass by. “It’s always like this during fall.”
“I guess I just never really noticed…” Scootaloo trailed off, her gaze wandering around the woods.
“Okay, but still though,” said Apple Bloom, her head poking through the bush as she watched for the racers coming down the path. “Why here? It’s kinda hard to see.”
Scootaloo sighed. “Look, from here, we can watch them up close as they pass. It doesn’t get much more awesome than that. Just trust me, all right?”
“What did you mean you never noticed?” asked Sweetie Belle, suddenly sitting up.
Glancing over at her friend, Scootaloo shrugged. “I’ve never really had a reason to come up here before. None of my friends ever wanted to do this kind of stuff.” She chuckled. “I guess it’s kinda nice having friends like—”
“Oh! Here they come!” Apple Bloom cried in her loudest whisper.
Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle quickly scrambled to join Apple Bloom at the bush. Peering through it, they saw dust being kicked up into the air as some racers came down the track.
“I bet AJ’s gonna be in first place,” said Apple Bloom.
“Nah, it’s totally gonna be Rainbow Dash. She’s way faster,” Scootaloo retorted.
However, it was neither of them. The first few ponies that passed were neither Applejack, nor Rainbow Dash, and neither were the few after them. After waiting a bit longer, the group had passed, and a single pony could be seen making her way down the track. Scootaloo recognized her immediately.
“There’s Rainbow!” she whispered loudly. “Wait… why’s she stopping?”
“And where the heck’s Applejack?” asked Apple Bloom. “I don’t see her anywhere.”
Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow. “Uhh, looks like Rainbow Dash is about to cheat.” She pointed her hoof towards where Rainbow had taken a branch from a tree and bent it away from the track. “Here comes Applejack. She’s definitely about to cheat.”
Before anyone else could say anything, Scootaloo burst from the bush and ran towards Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow, wait!” she yelled. “Let me hit Applejack!”
But, it was too late. By the time Scootaloo had reached Rainbow, she’d already released the branch, causing it to fling forward, smack Applejack in the face, and, simultaneously, hit Scootaloo who had tried to dive in front of the branch.
Sweetie Belle winced. “Ouch. Looks like Scootaloo’s blasting off ag—Wait, no, she was just impaled. Nevermind.”
“She’s gonna be okay, right?” asked Apple Bloom, a semi-worried look on her face.
“Yeah, she’ll shake it off. Right, Scootaloo?” Sweetie Belle called, now that Applejack and Rainbow Dash were gone.
Scootaloo’s limp body, hung out like a hotdog over a campfire, did not respond.
“She’ll be fine.”
I do so love gallows humor.
Okay, wasn't expecting that...
Godammit! Fuckyour sick mind! Why dose this story have to be like a tra... WAIT! STOP! Never mind rhat comment, not giving you any ideas. Except maby, cupcakes best patrant.
Lol
Yes
It's nice to see that Scoot's deaths are starting to...
branch out.
4102461 Puns like that cause people to want to make like a tree and get out of here.
4102479
A good pun is its own re-word, after all.
4102547 Too many people making bad puns will directly result in the Apuncalypse. That means you need to make sure your puns are good.
So when do we reach spontaneous combustion?
4102615 Perhaps during that one time Spike went to be around the other dragons? After all, dragons are highly resistant to the heat and lava of a volcano, but if Scootaloo comes along, she'll either spontaneously combust or get cooked before she's even close to the lava. The first sign of something wrong will be her hearing something (her brain) sizzling like bacon in a skillet. She may turn to run, but by then, it'll be too late. After her fur, feathers, and other fine features disappear, somedragon will probably eat her or something like that.
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4102973
There's a fried chicken joke in there somewhere.
LOLOLOL!!! XD XD XD
Why can't you like stories more than once?
Also, there meant to be an episode title here?
4102479 It's leave! It's "Make like a tree and leave. You sound like an idiot when you say it wrong." Sorry, BTTF quote.
: Oh my God... They killed Scootaloo!
: YOU BASTARDS!
Scootaloo is Kenny's long lost relative, it is now canon.
4102615
Well, there is a phoenix in the near future...
4103660 "Make like a tree and get outta here" is a bit better, even if it is incorrect.
In fact, I could say that people who don't say it like that can make like a tree and get outta here.
4102461 Oh, why don't you just leaf?
4102980 There is no fried chicken joke. It's baked chicken.
4105735
I would, but given the opportunity I just gotta plant a pun and get twiggy wid it!
4102461
You forgot the sunglasses part....And I'll do the next part...
YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
I'm waiting for the darker, more sinister narrative to emerge.
I have a feeling I'm going to be waiting a long time.
AS if her life depended on it. Just a tiny little typo.
That said I expected RD or AJ to be wearing Scoot's skull as a shoe. The hot dog analogy, however, was better.
Hang in there, Scootaloo!
I have no words.... I think I quit. I'm convinced you hate poor Scoots for some reason. Whatever it is, I no longer want any part in it. I will not down vote the story however, personal preference is a dumb reason for something like that. Rest in peace Scoots...
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Well, I'm sorry to hear that you're tapping out, but I do want to clarify that I don't hate Scootaloo, not even a bit. She's probably in my top 3 favorite characters, and easily my favorite of the CMC. I just thought this fic would be funny, and I picked Scootaloo because of a joke made on a podcast I do with some friends. It could've easily been anyone else.
4107295 Surprisingly enough, that does make me feel better. But still, I can't take the utter lack of care the the filly. I guess it doesn't help that Happy tree friends makes me cringe, and South park was never a show I got into. Whatever the case, sorry I don't enjoy your fic. I don't hate it though, to each their own after all.
Pokemon team rocket reference= WINNING!!! Then into a No wait nevermind....BONUS MULTIPLIER!!!
I'm rolling with laughter now!!! Great chapter keep up the good work!
lol
4106808 Because Scootaloo dying is like the sun rising, amazing/disturbing the first time you see, but much less so if it keeps happening till you eventually just kind of tune it out.
4106915
I'll be shocked if this doesn't get Cerebus Syndrome somewhere down the line.
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Based upon your GOOD GOD, THAT'S CREEPY avatar, I don't doubt that
4142556 I'm going to have nightmares about a dog, with an axe, dressed up in ancient battle armor trying to kill me.
4102446 Were you about to say "train wreck". No, that would kill too many others along with her.
Best. Scene. EVER!
I knew it was going to be that branch.
Hmmmmmmmm. I wonder where Scootaloo ends up after she dies. Does she wait around somewhere until someone notices then comes back in that spot? Or does she perhaps just end up coming back in her house?
4103463 Lyra Scissorhands?
It’s fun how the crusaders react when it’s their first time seeing scootaloo die
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They’ve seen her die plenty of other times though!
So THAT's how the "tree sap incident" happened!