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New Life

Scootaloo's POV.

I was in Rainbow's Cloud Mansion, it was the day after Rainbow had adopted me and brought me home. I took a deep breath, I had finally run out of time to work on this paper, but now I had an idea of exactly what to write.

I took the pen and paper and started to write.

My Family
By Scootaloo Dash
When I was given this paper, I wasn't sure exactly what to think about it, I didn't know who my parents were, or anything about my family really. When I was just a little foal, I was left on the steps of the Manehattan Orphanage by somepony. I never knew who my parents were or where I had come from. I had sometimes felt like whoever my parents were, they didn't want me. I never understood why nopony would want to adopt me, and the other Ponies in the orphanage didn't help, Manehattan was a nightmare.
Eventually I left Manehattan and came here to Ponyville, that's when I met Rainbow Dash. I always felt she was the coolest Pony I had ever met, especially when she agreed to be my honorary big sister. She was always like the family I never had before and always wanted. She helped me practice flying, when I felt down she was always there for me, she was even there when I got my cutie mark. She was my family, I didn't care what anypony thought, she was exactly who I had always wanted to be like.
When I was given this assignment, I set out to find out who my family was, knowing who they were was something at least. She told me the truth after I had asked Twilight to find out for me, and I admit that it wasn't what I had expected to learn, my mother this whole time, is Rainbow Dash. I couldn't believe it, she had been both my mentor and my honorary big sister, but she had never told me the truth about our relationship.
I admit, I was angry at her for not being honest with me, she had a lot of chances to tell me the truth after all. I ran away, planning to leave Ponyville forever, but I got attacked by some... thing in the Everfree Forest. I was terrified, I was almost killed by that, thing but Rainbow Dash saved me. I hated her, but she still saved me, I guess she cared about me after all.
When we talked on our way back to Ponyville, she told me why she had given me up, that she wanted me to have a better life than she could've given me. I guess I started to understand why she had done it, but I wished that she could've given it a try. Well, she did at least, she wanted one more chance to be the mom she always could've been, and now we're a family.
Family, its kind of a funny thing really, I had always wanted a family of some sort, but now that I have one, I wasn't quite sure what I expected. When that, thing was reaching out to me, I came to a realization that family isn't about who you're related to, its about the ponies that you're closest to. My friends are just as much my family as anypony else, so Rainbow Dash and others have always been my family, I was just too blind to realize it.
Now though, I have a family, I've got a mom, and she's the coolest mom a pony could ask for. I don't know whatever happened to my dad, but now Rainbow Dash is my mom again. Maybe in a way, she always was, after all she was there for me like I said before, and because of that she was always my mom in her own way.

I felt a soft tickle as Rainbow, no, mom wrapped her wing around me as I finished writing. I looked up to look into her eyes, and she smiled.

"Are you done now, squirt?" She asked.

"Yeah," I said with a nod. "Do you think Ms. Cheerilee will like it?"

"Of course she will, you did a great job," Rainbow said with a nod. "You need to get to bed now though."

"Okay mom," I said as I got to my hooves and headed for my room. I had a new cloud bed that mom had set up for me and laid down, looking up at the ceiling.

"Good night, Scootaloo," Rainbow said as she tucked me in.

"Good night," I said, closing my eyes with a smile.

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"Keep it up Scootaloo, you're doing great!" Mom called out to me, but I couldn't see her, I was flying, I was actually flying, doing loops through the sky, moving as fast as I could.

I knew it was a dream, but it felt so real, I couldn't help but wish it was real, even if it was a dream, it was still enjoyable at least. I came in for a landing on a cloud when the world around me froze again and Luna appeared out of a portal.

"Princess Luna," I said, bowing politely.

"Scootaloo, I am glad you are okay after your encounter in the Castle," Luna said with a smile. "And I heard you and Rainbow Dash have reconciled."

"Yeah, we did!" I said happily. "I mean, its not going to be easy, but still, I felt like she deserved a chance, you know?"

"Of course," Luna said with a nod. "I am glad you both were able to make up."

"That, thing that attacked me, what was it?" I asked, Luna tensed up briefly.

"That is, something you shouldn't worry about," Luna answered. "You must understand, there are, depths to this world. Horrors from before myself and Celestia took the throne that terrorized the world, the being locked under the Castle is one such creature. You should not worry about it, it will not bother you again."

"Okay," I said. "She, really does care right?"

"There is something you should see, Scootaloo," Luna said and her horn glowed and the dream world around us changed.

"Hey Squirt!" My mom's familiar voice called out, I thought she was talking to me before somepony's voice called out.

"Mommy, you came!" A voice called out, I looked to see, myself, I was younger, we were in Ponyville park.

"This was a dream she had many times since she had to leave you," Luna said, and I turned to look at her. "Watch on."

"Of course, did you really think I'd miss my filly's big day?" Dream mom said as she hugged the dream me. "Are you going to be okay out there?"

"Are you kidding, I'll be fine!" I said with a grin as Dream mom nuzzled the other me.

"Racers, to the starting line," an announcer said, I watched as dream me hopped on my scooter and took off to get to the starting line.

"Be safe Scootaloo... I can't lose you again," dream mom said, trying not to cry as she went to her seat.

"You know, she gave you that scooter," Luna said, I blinked, I didn't know that. "I cannot tell you why, she wanted to do something to make up for her mistake perhaps."

I sighed and nodded with a smile, she really had cared about me all these years, that's all I needed to know.

00000

Rainbow Dash's POV.

After I took Scootaloo to school the next day, I spent most of the day working with the Weather Team. I had to take a deep breath, I had never really thought I'd be a mom, but I wanted to do it now, Scootaloo needed me to be there for her.

Finally it was time to pick her up from school, I couldn't help but smile as Scootaloo ran up and hugged me.

"Hey Scoots, how was your day at school?" I asked.

"Great, I turned my paper in and got an A," Scootaloo said with a big smile. "You know, we really should thank Ms. Cheerilee, it was the assignment that gave us a chance to be a family again."

A family... I couldn't help but smile at that, we were a family again just like she said. After 10 years, I finally had my daughter, and the mistake I had made, I had finally been able to make up for it.

And I couldn't be happier.

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???'s POV.

Scootaloo... that was her name...

The filly, I had been so close to finally ending my solitude, until that, Rainbow maned mare broke my hold.

I had been alone, so alone for so long, the seal on me was weakening which was how I could reach out to her like I had. Scootaloo, she was so alone, so afraid like I had been for centuries.

I'd find her, I would break out and find her... my loneliness would soon come to an end.

Very, very soon.

Author's Note:

And that's finally the end to Please Forgive Me, I hope everyone and everypony enjoyed it, I certainly enjoyed writing it.

But its not quite over yet is it? There's still the matter of that, creature to attend to, but that is another story.

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