"Oh my gosh Scootaloo, is that really you?"
Scootaloo turned to look at the voice and smiled when she saw Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom approaching her. They galloped over and hugged her tightly and she hugged back with a smile. She was glad to be able to see her friends again.
"When did you get here?" Scootaloo asks as she loosens up on the hug a little.
"Just a few minutes ago," Apple Bloom said. "Princess Celestia sent a carriage ta come pick us and our sisters up. How did yah become an Alicorn?"
"Uh, well, its a long story," Scootaloo admitted as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "See, Discord found out that I won't ever be able to fly..."
"You won't be able to fly?" Sweetie Belle asked and hugged her friend again. "That's terrible, that's been your dream for as long as we've known you!"
"Yeah, I know... which is why Discord made me an Alicorn, in hopes that it would help me be able to fly," Scootaloo said with a shrug. "Crazy isn't it? Apparently he felt he owed me since we freed him from stone."
"Wow, that's crazy," Apple Bloom said and blinked a little in surprise. "Ah wonder what he'd do ta repay me and Sweetie Belle."
"Probably not make us Alicorns, I don't think Celestia would allow that again," Sweetie Belle pointed out and Scootaloo nodded. "So, what's it feel like?"
"Well, other than trying to figure out how to use magic and controlling occasional magical surges, I feel, really about the same," Scootaloo admitted as she rubbed her horn a little. "I haven't even been able to do much magic, I've managed to explode a ball and levitate a fork, and that's about it."
"Hey, that's something at least," Sweetie Belle said with a smile. "Is Twilight helping you out?"
"Yeah, though she said she'd see about getting Princess Cadance to come help me since she was originally a Pegasus too," Scootaloo says with a shrug. "So I kinda have the day off I guess, I'm just glad they sent for you two."
"So does this mean you're going to be a princess?" Sweetie Belle asked and Scootaloo nodded. "Cool, I wonder what you'll be princess of, this is going to be great!"
"Yeah, we're still kind of figuring that out, or I am at least," Scootaloo said with a shrug. "Celestia said that I was going to have to discover that for myself, so, honestly I have no idea."
"Heh, maybe yah will be tha princess of adventure," Apple Bloom says.
"Or Cutie Marks maybe," Sweetie Belle suggested.
"Destiny?" Apple Bloom continued.
"Okay, that's enough speculating on what I'll be princess of, can we just have some fun?" Scootaloo asked with a laugh, she was happy to have her friends here. "Come on, I'm still me."
Her friends smile and nod before they go to play.
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"So how are yah handlin' this, Rainbow?" Applejack asked as she and Rarity came over to where the Pegasi were sitting. "Ah know that if Ah was in yer situation Ah'd be goin' crazy."
"I won't lie, its been crazy, but we've been working through it," Rainbow said with a shrug. "Really, Twilight and Celestia have been a lot of help, but its really a matter of making sure that Scootaloo is okay."
"Well I'm glad that everything is fine," Rarity said with a smile. "Is there any word on the adoption process? Though, this probably won't make things much easier."
"Well, we're still kind of figuring it out, but Celestia said that it shouldn't delay the process," Rainbow said with a shrug. "I'm glad really, its been a good month, I just want to make sure she's safe and happy, Pegasus or Alicorn."
Fluttershy smiled and gave Rainbow dash a hug. "So, Pinkie Pie didn't come?"
"Oh she had to watch the twins again," Rarity said. "She sends her best, knowing our luck she probably knew this was going to happen."
Rainbow just laughed at that, while she was Pinkie's friend she couldn't help but admit that the pink mare was, crazy sometimes... okay a lot of the time. She did however have an uncanny ability to know what was going on before she was told. Honestly she had no idea how she did it, but she wouldn't put it past her to know what was going on.
"Which means of course she's probably plannin' ta throw Scootaloo a party ta celebrate her becomin' an Alicorn," Applejack added with a shake of her head. "Maybe ya'll should get ready fer that when yah head back ta Ponyville. Unless yah want ta get Pinkie here, although that might not be a bad idea."
"Yeah, might be fun to have a Pinkie Party, beats hanging around with a bunch of stuffy nobles," Rainbow said with a chuckle. "Might even get them to stop being so stuffy. Its something to consider at least, and honestly I think it would be good for Scootaloo to have some more fun."
Fluttershy smiled and nuzzled her gently.
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"Bringing them here was a good idea," Twilight said as she and Celestia watched the two groups of ponies. "Cadance sent a message back, she says she'll be here in a couple of days."
"That is good, it is unusual for anypony to become an Alicorn, let alone a Pegasus," Celestia said with a nod. "Though there is still the matter of her flight. It is hard to tell whether or not Discord was actually successful based on the information we currently have."
"I don't see the problem about whether or not she can fly," Twilight commented. "Sure its rare, but its not unheard of, especially if its just a natural disability. Wouldn't it be a good thing if Discord's interference helped her?"
"Perhaps, but it is possible that doing so interfered with her natural destiny," Celestia said. "We do not know all the consequences of his actions yet. As strange as it is, it may actually be best if she can't fly, it may depend on what her sphere of influence winds up being."
Twilight paused at that, Celestia did have a point as much as she hated to admit it. It didn't help that they didn't know what it would be yet, and they didn't really know when they'd learn it.
"What do you suggest we do then?" Twilight asked. "She's got to be wondering about it."
"You are right of course, I will leave it up to your judgement, but it may be best to find out sooner rather than later," Celestia said with a slight nod. "She is your student more or less, give her the chance to at least try and fly, and decide where to go from there."
"I will later," Twilight said with a nod and a smile, she was glad that Celestia was trusting her judgment in this matter. "I think right now she needs time to just have fun with her friends."
"Yes of course," Celestia said with a nod and then she looked sad for a moment. "It is a shame that her parents didn't live to see this."
"You knew her parents?" Twilight asked and Celestia nodded slightly. "What were they like? What happened to them?"
"I knew them yes, they were important ponies in Cloudsdale many years ago and they visited Canterlot on several occasions," Celestia said with a tinge of regret in her voice. "They were good ponies who just wanted to help out, sadly they died in an accident. Scootaloo is fortunate that she found a pony kind enough to raise her, her parents would be proud of her."
Twilight smiled a little, she hadn't ever heard any stories about Scootaloo's birth parents, but she could recognize the respect in her mentor's voice. She wished that she could learn more about them, maybe she would ask more about them at some point. Though really, there was one pony that deserved to know about them more.
"Maybe you should tell Scootaloo about them sometime," she suggested, Celestia looked at her thoughtfully. "I mean, she never really got to know her parents did she? So, you'd be able to help her know more about were she came from."
"I know," Celestia said with a nod. "If you think it would help her, I will make it a point to speak with her about it soon. Is there anything else?"
"No, that's about it, I'd like to go see my friends," Twilight said and Celestia nodded as Twilight walked off to meet up with the others.
She wondered if she had been making the right choice by doing this, Scootaloo had a long way to go before she was really ready to become a Princess. Twilight had the right idea by wanting to get Cadance's help, but she just wished that things had been different. Maybe if this had happened when Scootaloo was older...
"Cruising, Wild Wind... I wish you could see her now, she's become a wonderful little pony," Celestia said with a sigh as she thought about the two Pegasi that she had known so long ago.
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It was getting close to dinner time, so the group headed towards the main dining hall. Things were pretty normal now, other than the surprise that Scootaloo was an Alicorn, everypony seemed to just accept that for the most part and just treated her like normal.
"So Scootaloo, have you had a chance to test your wings yet?" Rarity asked as Scootaloo took a bite of her food.
"Honestly, not yet, Twilight said I should just keep things as normal for now," Scootaloo said with a shrug. "Though to be honest, I really do want to try, I mean, this might be my only chance."
"Well, its ultimately up to Rainbow," Twilight said which made Rainbow pause a little. "Well you are her legal guardian Rainbow, your judgment is what matters to me. I think she's ready, but its up to you."
Rainbow looked at Scootaloo for a long moment. "Scootaloo, its up to you, do you think you're ready?"
Scootaloo looked thoughtful for a long moment, was she really ready? Heck was she ready for any of this? This was her chance to fly, to do what she had always wanted to do, but was she ready to take that chance? She looked at Rainbow, then at her friends who all gave her a reassuring smile.
"I'll, at least try," she said and got down from her chair, moving into a more open space of the room, she took a deep breath and started to flap her wings.
For a brief moment it felt like she was about to get lift, only to have herself fall to the floor unceremoniously once more. It was no use... she still couldn't fly.
-gives you Celsetia's entire cake supply just for mentioning (I really don't care if I turn out to be right or wrong at this point) my original thought about what Scoot was going to be the princess of-
7799130 Yeah, all three of them where actual guesses made by readers that I felt where at least plausible guesses.
wild fire and soarin parents confirmed
7799211 Well, except that her parents are dead... that's just the names I made up for them.
Princess of airplanes
7799223 Airplanes? That's a new one, not sure how that would work.
7799218 ya, but they're so SIMILAR! Wild FIRE? Cruisin, SOARIN? see the unintentional relation?
7799223 how would that work? there are no such thing as airplanes in this universe.
7799250 Oh yeah I totally do now, it wasn't on purpose though.
And while it is now tempting to make her related to either of them, that would cause a plot hole because if she had any surviving family they could've taken her in.
7799287 Not a bad suggestion, and would make some sense, but nope.
7799255 That was kinda of the crux of my joke. Being as it is that she can't fly, she creates some way to and thusly becomes the princess of airplanes, or jetpacks, or hangliders, or what have you.
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What about Princess of Hope?
7799289 Damn. I thought I got it right. XD
7799413 I really don't see a logical need for a Princess of Scooters, sorry, I do have a plan already.
7799416 Okay, can't wait to find out!
7799504 You'll see, eventually, not sure when, but eventually, probably not until towards the end.
Hmm.... I am just going to throw these ideals at the wall and see what sticks.
1) Her flight will be like Starlight Glimmers and involve her unicorn magic and self leviation.
2) Given she is a Chaos Alicorn I am saying she is the Princess of Adptation meaning the ability to change, invent, and/or find a way around, over, under, or through a problem. This is an aspect of Chaos Discord rarely uses, but the CMC would excel at if you really think about it, i.e. 'Think outside of the box'.
3) Discord might not be aloud to make Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom Alicorns to repay them, but Celestia didn't say anyting about Draconequus or any other Alicorn level creatures
4) You just know some idiotic noble will screw with the adoption some how, but I think Blue Blood does have enough brains not to get involved in this one. I even think he might help out in his own snobbish way. Also he would be perfect for the natural disasster of trying to teach the CMC proper table manners and to teach Scootaloo how to behave like royality and the nobility.
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1. Maybe.
2. Actually that's a pretty good guess, I hadn't thought of that, but no, sorry.
3. Eh... I think it would be best to keep them ponies really.
4. Oh dear Luna YES, I can't believe I didn't think of that idea, I don't know if a noble will screw with the adoption (possibly), but I now love the idea of subjecting Blueblood to having to try and teach Scootaloo how to act like a princess.
I personally think Rainbow Dash will remain Scootaloo's legal guardian.
7799620 Of course she will, there's not much reason for her not to.
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True enough.
7799682 Admittedly its not really necessary for the story, but I love the idea.
7799709
Maybe.
Either, Scootaloo doesn't know that they are trying to find a suitable foster parent for her that isn't Rainbow, and it becomes a special moment for Rainbow Dash if she decided to be a full time parent.
Or, Scootaloo does know about them looking for another pony to be her parent and that become a special moment for both of them if that same thing happened.
7799772 Well Rainbow wants to get to it being permanent, but it is possible that someone in the nobility might try and interfere, which would be incredibly stupid, but they could.
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That in itself might be interesting to read.
7799802 Yeah, the thing is by this point Dashie has the support of three princesses, its more a formality at this point, they just don't want to look like they're showing favoritism. Now if something happens that forces their hoof, then yeah it'll probably be sped up.
Do you think anyone has done an Alicorn Big Mac story yet, after the Tantabus episode? Best Princess Ever.
7803532 I'm sure someone has
At the last part of this chapter it's sad but I sorta expected it, cause why just make her fly right off the bat. There will have to be some struggles to conquer/ resolve in the story. That what makes a story a good one. Gives the story character and it's good to see you have a plan for the up coming situations occurring her flight and other matters ahead. Love the story so far.
Starlight can simply teach her how to levitate herself with her magic.
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Finally, a use for Starlight!
It's actually kind of weird that Scootaloo would be with a foster family in Ponyville if her parents were grand poobahs in Cloudsdale, to be honest. I don't think they'd just let a daughter of important citizens go live in another town. I suppose Scoots not being able to fly would factor into that, anyways.
Also, Scootaloo should totally be the Princess of Tree Sap!