"Oh, man," said Scootaloo, bouncing on her hind legs, "I can't believe it's Nightmare Night already! It feels like just yesterday it was a random summer day, and here we are now in the middle of fall."
"I wouldn't read too much into it," said Sweetie Belle as she adjusted the hem of her robe. "Seasons kinda come and go willy-nilly here. Remember last year winter came and went in the same week, then we had, like, 9 months of spring?"
Apple Bloom brought a hoof to her chin. "It's almost like... like the seasons don't really matter," she said with quick tip of her hat.
Scootaloo shrugged. "Whatever. I just want to go out tonight and collect enough candy to give me type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I'm gonna be, like, the candy wolf, or something!" She gave a pretty pathetic howl through the mask of her wolfpony costume.
"So you're a 'candy wolf', huh?" asked Sweetie Belle. "All right, it's not the worst thing I've ever heard. What about you, Apple Bloom?"
Apple Bloom grinned, puffing out her chest. "I'm being my big sister Applejack!" She tipped her hat that was too large for her tiny head.
Rolling her eyes, Scootaloo said, "How original. What about you, Sweets? You've got some kinda dress thing there."
"Oh this?" said Sweetie, doing a little twirl to show off the long lace dress she was wearing. "I'm the Queen of the Underworld."
Scootaloo nodded slowly. "Cooooool. Anyway, let's get out there and get some freakin' candy!"
Scootaloo threw her hoof in the air like she was ending an 80's dramedy. However, just as her hoof peaked, lighting lit up the sky and a dark form appeared before them. Wrapped in shadows and obscured by the night, the figure took a step forward before lowering its hood. The face of a tall mare revealed itself, her booming voice echoing as she spoke.
"Yo, wassup?"
Everyone went silent. The mare cleared her throat.
"Excuse us. We had something in our throat. Anyway, we are Luna, and we have an offer for you."
"Umm... okay." Scootaloo glanced over at Sweetie Belle who merely shrugged in response.
"We heard your plan to collect candy, presumably so that you may offer it to us. We can help you with this. We can make two of you."
Apple Bloom held up her hoof. "Whoa there, pardner. That just ain't ethical. I'm gonna have to pass."
Sweetie Belle nodded. "Yeah, for once I'm with Apple Bloom on this one. This has bad idea written all over it."
"Psssh," said Scootaloo, waving her hoof dismissively. "I don't see anything wrong with this picture. You guys are just being a bunch of babies." She turned to Luna. "Zap me!"
Luna nodded. "As thou wishes." What little light there was in the area quickly faded as it was all sucked into Luna's horn. Once a great ball of energy had coalesced, Luna launched it at Scootaloo, knocking the filly on her back.
Groaning, Scootaloo rubbed her head as she pulled herself up. When the haze had finally cleared, she saw herself standing in front of her.
The other Scootaloo gave a little nod. "Sup?"
"Whoa, it worked!" shouted Scootaloo. She turned to thank Luna, but she had already left. So, instead she turned back to her clone. "I probably shoulda asked before, but... are you one of those evil clones?"
Scootaloo 2 shook her head. "Nope, I'm just like you. However evil or not you are."
"Well, that's a rel—"
"Although, I do have all your vital organs."
Scootaloo groaned. "Son of a—What kind of a hack is Luna anyway?"
"I hate to say I told you so," said Sweetie Belle, "buuuuuuuut... I told you so!"
"Yeah, yeah, yuck it up, Sweetie. You're not the one who's about to die." She paused. "Wait, I am gonna die, right?"
"To be honest, I'm not even sure how you're still talking right now," said Scootaloo 2. "You shoulda already be dead."
"Well, fine, I'll just go die then."
And then Scootaloo died.
"Sooooo," said Apple Bloom, rocking back and forth, "wanna go get some candy, New Scootaloo?"
Scootaloo 2 shrugged. "Sure. I'm not doing anything else."
As they turned to leave, Sweetie cast a glance back at Scootaloo's corpse. "I did warn you."
Yes, "wolfpony". I swear to Jupiter, if anyone says, "Shouldn't it be werepony?" me and my high school Latin teacher will come beat you up.
4400863 Shouldn't it be werepony?( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
4400863 Werepony, normal person most of the time, pony when there is a full Nightmare Moon!
4400863 Or maybe, she was a ponyman... But she was still TROGDOOOOOOOR!
Also, you just said "Me will come beat you up," ya caveman. Seems you liked your Latin teacher a lot more than your English teacher.
Perhaps Scootaloo 2 is free of the curse?
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Yeah I don't think so either.
4400863 Following the same pattern as werewolf, wouldn't it be horswolf or something?
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Actually, going strictly by Latin roots and whatnot, wouldn't it be "Eqwolf"? A contraction of "Eques", for horse, and "wolf"?
Or possibly, since Scootaloo is female, "Marewolf"?
4401105 It would, but "were" is Old English, not Latin.
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Hmm...
Then just say "Equ" is Olde Equesh for "pony".
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The 'were' isn't Latin, though, it's Old English. So you'd use the Old English for 'horse', but that's just 'hors', and that's boring. 'Marewolf' is probably the best option, IMO.
So now Scoots 1 is officially...
a gutless wonder.
Awwww, no vampony's for me to stake. I is a sad bloodthirsty monster slayer.
Evil Belle? Is that you? Probably not.
Of course.
Well then. That was quick and anticlimactic.
4400866 I think I see alexmagnet behind you...
Uh... someone should tell Scootaloo that acquiring type 1 diabetes has nothing to do with sugar, or lifestyle factors of any kind for that matter. And that you can't get both types: type 1 obsoletes type 2.
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With enough sugar, anything can happen. Think of pinkie and let your reason surrender
I did not see that one coming!
Well, when they're manually established, they are kind of arbitrary.
Anyway, this is an interesting case. A Scootaloo survives to the end of the chapter, yet she still died. You're mixing up the formula nicely. I look forward to more.
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You know that. Scootaloo probably just knows that there are two types of diabetes without understanding anything beyond that.
Scootaloo's theme song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcqc-Bb4i4
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These are both true, but considering the phrase 'zombie ponies', I'd be expecting something a little more.... blatant.
So, will "New Scootaloo" die off in a future chapter and be replaced with "Scootaloo Classic"?
4412689 no, scootaloo 2 died later that day by a stray bolt of lightning. Then Scootaloo classic spawned in her place, adding a "Ta da!"
4400985 If she is, it'll get boring kinda quickly.
: Three months of winter coolness...
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Wait... Latin? The "were-" prefix isn't Latin, it's Old English. Latin has nothing to do with it...
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If you want to be entirely honest with the translation, it should be "hross-wolf" or "hengst-wolf". Or "Eo-wolf". Old English was weird...
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Scootatwo.
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Of course it shouldn't be "werepony"; that would mean that a chicken turned into a pony.
Wait a second...
And then she died.
Her organs will regenerate in a little while, so adventures of 2 scootaloos, one a bit more lucky maybe.
Scootaloo doesn't have the guts to maintain a split personality.
Scootatwo!
Never trust Princess Luna.
Death by Scootaloo?
I've seen worse.
I'm guessing that the first will come back and when the clone dies she doesn't come back.