Chapter 1
The office was silent. It was so silent, that the echoes from Princess Cadence's sobs were drowned in it.
" You mean..."
" I'm Sorry, Princess."
Shining Armour stood awkwardly behind Cadence, nuzzling against her gently, wondering what to do.
" Ummm... Doctor?"
" Yes Prince Shining Armor?"
" Can we... go outside for a minute?"
The Doctor opened the door, looking grave and worried. Shining Armour walked through it, feeling guilty.
" Will Cadence never get to have a baby then Doctor?"
" Well... She could..."
" Huh? How? You said we could never have one!"
" I didn't say that it was her who has the problem..."
" You mean.... It's me?"
The doctor gave a slight nod, afraid of what could happen next.
The Doctor walked back in on the Princess, who was still sobbing.
Shining armour was whispering comforting words in her ear, and she stopped crying suddenly.
"... Adoption?" she mumbled
"But... Alicorn!"
That night she cried tears of agony and confusion. Her life had been transformed in a day, plans for the future ruined. Tommorow she would be walking around an orphanage, deciding which orphan she would take on. Alicorn, she thought. It has to be an Alicorn. However her chances were odd, and she didn't know if there were any parents in this world tht would put an Alicorn up for adoption.
Shining Armour knocked gingerly on the door, his other hoof around Cadence's body, comforting her. He could hear footsteps approaching the door, and eventually the door was opened, by Flitter.
" Oh My Celestia! It's Princess Cadence!"
The couple were escorted straight in.
"Well, would you like to see the girls or the boys..."
She was interuppted by screams from what seemed to be the dormitary.
" SHE'S STOLEN MY TEDDY, MISS FLITTER! HELP!"
" NO I DID NOT! IT WAS JUST LYING AROUND!"
" Girls, Girls! Erroria, give Scootaloo back her toy!"
Princess Cadence gasped. Scootaloo? Orphan? But she should have a home! She was kind and sweet! What sort of parents didn't want SCOOTALOO?
" Sorry about that Princess, I guess you're wanting an Alicorn?"
Shining Armour looked at Princess Cadence.
"Umm... Maybe..."
"Well, we have Princess Erroria here! She is kind and loving and sweet!"
"And Evil..." Muttered Scootaloo.
Princess Erroria looked up at Cadence, a simpering fake smile on her face.
" Do you want to take her?"
" Ummm... Actually..."
"But Princess Cadence! She's an Alicorn! She's what you wanted!
" I said Maybe, Didn't I?" The princess smiled at the wild haired orphan.
" I want to take Scootaloo!"
The Filly gasped, along with Flitter.
"But she's not an Alicorn! She's wild and unreliable!"
" Are you arguing with me Flitter?"
" No, no... I'll bring you the papers for Scootaloo then..."
All the way home, Scootaloo told tales of her time at the orphanage, and how she had to do all of Erroria's chores so that Erroria wouldn't tell everypony her secret. She wanted others to like her, not think that she was an orphan that wasn't like everypony else.
" Hey, now Erroria will have to do her own chores! I can just imagine how the others will laugh when she can't even wash herself properly! Laughed Scootaloo.
"Scootaloo? You do know that you are a Princess now?"
" Ummm.. Well it feels a bit weird, but... Yeah?"
" So you do know that when me and your Daddy go to Heaven, you will rule the Crystal Empire?"
" Me? But I haven't even got my Cutie Mark yet! How do I know if I'll be a good ruler or not?"
" You will be, you're part of the Mi Amore Family!"
The End!