Stories Not Appearing Is This Fic

by SirNotAppearingInThisFic

Scootaloo Scene [Slice of Life]

“Hi, mom,” Scootaloo said, and closed the front door with a swipe of a rear leg.

The pale-amber pegasus mare that stood across the small room turned away from the carrots that she had been cutting. “Hey, Scootums. How was school?”

Scootaloo dodged the hoof that her mother extended to ruffle her mane as best she could. “Fine.”

Dizzy Twister mirrored her unenthused expression. “Sounds nasty. Did the other foals tease you again?”

“No.”

“Did Cheerilee give the class a lot of difficult homework?”

“No.”

“Are you upset that you don’t have your cutie mark yet?”

“N— uh...” Scootaloo turned away and hoped that her mom wouldn’t see her blush. “Maybe a bit.”

“Tell you what – there’s a few damp days scheduled over the weekend, and the Apples have asked for somepony to manage the fog so their sheep won’t get lost while grazing in the morning.” Dizzy Smiled, wrapped a leg around her, and ruffled her hair anyway. “You can come along and spend some time with Apple Bloom. I’ll be there until at least noon while the weather lasts.”

Scootaloo replied with as much enthusiasm and breath as she could muster through her mother’s tight embrace. “Can you let me go?”

Dizzy chuckled, and loosened the leg that was wrapped around her. “I’m sure you two will have a good weekend. The Apples are a really nice bunch. It’s hard to leave without a hoof-ful of homegrown produce, even if I am a paid weatherpony.” Dizzy let her go completely. “Go put your books away. We’re still eating away on the last batch of Apple Family carrots, so you’d better come back for a soup-er good meal.”

“Mom! It’s bad enough that dad likes bad puns.”

Author's Note:

Written sometime in 2016.

At the time, I was considering writing a whole series about the CMC ascending to become alicorns (based on my popular short story/joke about that). Scootaloo had no parents back then, so I consulted with FoME, who suggested Dizzy Twister, and decided that she was going to become a fog specialist as a reference to/inspiration from Kwakerjak's Flash Fog. At some point, I also settled on Crescent Moon as her dad.

That CMC ascension thing never panned out, mostly because I had no idea how to turn my ambitious grand plans (absent all details) into a real story back then.

Comments

[hawthornbunny]

Dizzy Twister

The one true Scootamom

[hawthornbunny]

Also, "Scootums" is far too adorable a diminutive. I bet Scootaloo hates it. (And secretly likes it).

[Bugsydor]

I thought this might be a reference to Flash Fog.

And I'd been wondering before I hit the A/N what it would have been like for this Scootaloo to come home to her mom after ascending to alicornhood. I suspect Dizzy would have projected an outward calm, even cracking a few jokes, while inside her mind is whirling.

[FanOfMostEverything]

10276473
I mean, I have nothing against Mane Allgood... Okay, that's not true, but I'm fine with having a canonical, living mother for Scootaloo. But I do still like using Dizzy as a Scootamom who actually cares about her daughter.

[SirNotAppearingInThisFic]

10276474
Correct on all counts.