Scootaloo opened her sleepy eyes. As she rubbed her eyes, her first thought was: “Yeah! Only one more school day before it's the weekend!”
It was sunny and warm outside and Scootaloo felt great. As of right now, her day couldn’t get any better.. She ate her favorite breakfast: pancakes. She felt like she could handle the whole world on her own now. Nothing could ruin this beautiful day.
Scoots got to school just in time. She sat down and got her stuff out of her bag.
Miss Cheerilee said, “Today we will have a new student in our class. Everypony, please say hello to: Rumble.“
Rumble was a young, light grey pegasus colt with a wild, dark blue mane.
“Hello, I'm Rumble,” Rumble greeted, waving a hoof.
The class replied, “Hello, Rumble!“
“Please tell us some of the things you like, Rumble.”
Rumble did not hesitate to answer.“Well, I like flying! I'm actually doing my young flyer exam next week!“ He boasted, puffing out his chest.
Throughout his introduction, Scootaloo found that she couldn’t take her eyes off the young colt. She really liked his wild mane. It reminded her of her own mane in a way.
She thought to herself, “He must be a good flyer to do the exam on such a young age! I wouldn't even qualify for the young flyer’s school… Yet. “
Cheerilee smiled at the new student. “Okay Rumble, thanks for sharing your interests with us. There is an empty seat next to Scootaloo. You can sit there.”
Rumble smiled at Scootaloo, causing Scootaloo’s cheeks to turn red. She was desperately hoping Rumble wouldn't notice.
Rumble sat down, and Scoots found herself staring at him. She never wanted to look away.
The day passed, and Scootaloo had never felt so good as she did now.
During lunch break Scootaloo approached her friends: Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.
“Hey, what do you think of Rumble?” Scootaloo asked, her wings spread.
Sweetie Belle answering, “I think he is very nice and cool!”
“Yeah, me too!“ Apple Bloom added on.
“He must be a really good flyer if he's doing the young flyer exam at his age. I wouldn’t even qualify for that exam,“ said Scootaloo.
Suddenly, they heard somepony behind them.
“Hey!“
When they looked around they saw the new Pegasus colt standing there. As soon as Scootaloo set eyes on him, she started to blush. Luckily, Rumble did not notice. Sweetie Belle did, however.
“I was wondering if you would all want to come to my party next week. Since I'm new here, I thought that it would be fun to have a party to get to know everypony here.”
After looking at each other, they replied: “Yeah… uhh… cool!“
Rumble smiled at them. “Nice! It’s next Friday at 8 in the evening. I’ll see ya there!”
Scootaloo bit her lip. “Uhmmm… I may not be able to make it next Friday.”
Rumble sadly replied: “Oh... Okay... I’ll see you all next Monday.“ After he said this, he walked away, leaving the three friends alone.
After watching him leave, Sweetie Belle said: “ Why were you blushing, Scoots? I think you are perfectly able to make it to the party!”
Scootaloo blushed before she replied replied: “I think …. Uhh… I might be… slightly attracted to Rumble.”
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle both gasped.
Apple Bloom then replied, “Ahw… That’s why you were acting so strange near Rumble. “
Scootaloo blushed. “I'm worried that I may do dumb things near Rumble. You know… you get a lot more clumsy when you see your crush. Or, who you’re attracted to, at the very least.”
Sweetie Belle answering her, “ Don't worry Scoots, its completely normal that you sometimes say 'dumb' things when you're near your crush or do things you consider dumb. But those things shouldn't stop you from going to a party. “
“Okay… okay… I’ll think about it.”
Lunch break was over and everypony returned to their lessons.
Scootaloo sat down next to Rumble, who was already in his chair.
“Hey Rumble, I am able to make it to your party next week.“
Rumble happily replied, “Nice! You know what day and time it is, right?”
Scootaloo nodded. “Yep!”
Rumble smiled. “Alright! I’ll see you there!” He said before looking back to his desk.
Scootaloo now thinking, “Let’s hope that I don’t do something stupid at that party.“
Scootaloo wasn't able to keep herself focused throughout the lesson. It was math. Oh, the dreaded math. Scootaloo has never acheived grades that she would want to share with anyone in math. She somehow can never get the theories to stay in her mind.
The lessons passed. But, instead of being focused on the lesson, she was focused on Rumble. She couldn’t get her eyes off of him.
“Scootaloo, please tell me the answer to this question,“ Miss Cheerilee asked.
Scootaloo internally panicked. She wasn’t listening to the lesson at all! She quickly came up with the answer off the top of her head. “Uhmmm…. I think it’s B.”
Cheerilee raised an eyebrow. “Uhmm... Scootaloo, this is math. And the answer is not B. You weren't paying attention, were you?”
Scootaloo’s ears fell back against her head as she replied, “Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to your lesson.“
Rumble smiled and quietly told the answer to Scootaloo. “it’s 74.“
Scootaloo blushed. “Thanks.“
Scootaloo then said, “It’s 74 Miss Cheerilee.“
“Well, thanks to Rumble for telling you the answer.” She then blinked at Scootaloo.
Scootaloo blushed. “I’m sorry Miss Cheerilee. I will pay attention now.”
The rest of the school day passed…
Soon, it was 3 o’clock.
“Okay I will see you all next Monday, and don’t forget your assignment!” Miss Cherilee said.
Scootaloo thought to herself, “Oh no! I forgot about the assignment, and I still don’t have someone to work with…”
She walked over to miss Cheerilee. “Uhm… I forgot about the assigment… and now i still don’t have anypony to work with me.”
Cheerilee gave Scootaloo a peculiar look. “Well, since Rumble joined our class today, you can work with Rumble.”
Scootaloo wanted to scream and cry at the same time. She could be together with her crush, but she was also afraid that she would do or say stupid things when near him.
“Okay Miss Cheerilee, but… uhm…. what was the assignment about?”
“You must make a project about the history of Cloudsdale.”
Scootaloo nodded, indicating that she understood. “Okay, thanks, Miss Cherilee! I will see you next Monday!”
Scootaloo was very happy about the subject of the project. “Yeah, the history of Cloudsdale! I’m a pegasus, and Rumble is, too. And my big sis is one of the best flyers that ever came out of Cloudsdale! But... now I need to tell Rumble about the project…” She thought to herself, now brainstorming ideas to present to Rumble about how to complete the project.
After she walked out of the school building, she asked the Mayor where Rumble lives, considering she knows who owns each house in Ponyville. The Mayor gave Scootaloo directions, and the young pegasus set off on her mission to reach her crush’s house.
Once she got to his house, she observed it for a second. It was a normal house, just like all the others in Ponyville. She knocked on the door, feeling both nervous and excited to see Rumble again.
After a couple of seconds, the grey colt opened the door.
“Hey Scootaloo, what are you doing here?”
“Hey Rumble.” Scootaloo’s cheeks turned red. “We have an assignment. Miss Cheerilee told me that you should be my partner.”
Rumble smiled. “Okay. If that’s the case, come on in!”
Scootaloo entered the house. In the hallway, there were pictures of Rumble, his older brother, and his parents hanging on the wall.
Scootaloo entered the house. In the hallway, there were pictures of Rumble, his older brother, and his parents hanging on the wall.
Now, they both entered the living room.
Scootaloo noticed Rumble’s brother sitting on the sofa. She greeted him, “Hello, you must be Rumble’s brother. I saw you flying, you're so good at the tricks you do while flying!”
Rumble’s brother smiled. “Well, Thanks. You’re one of Rumble’s classmates, aren't you?’’
Scootaloo nodded her head.‘’Yes I am.’’
‘’Are you coming to the party next week?” He asked.
Scootaloo brightly smiled. ‘’Yeah! Of course I’ll be there!’’
‘’Okay, nice. I guess I’ll see you then! I need to go practice for the Wonderbolts exam now.”
Scootaloo started smiling. “Are you a wonderbolt?” she asked.
He shook his head. “Well, not yet. I'm still a trainee. But, if I pass the exam, I’m a Wonderbolt.”
“That is soooo awesome,” she replied admiringly.
Then Rumble spoke up, “Come On Scootaloo, lets start on the assignment; otherwise we can't finish it in time. But can you first tell me what the assignment is about?”
Scootaloo nodded before explaining. “It's about the history of Cloudsdale, so this must be easy for us. I mean... we are both… pegasi, and my sister lives in Cloudsdale. And I think that your brother needs to study the history of Cloudsdale for the exam, doesn't he?”
Rumble nodded. “Yeah, this must be easy for us both. But who is that ‘sister’ of yours?”
Scootaloo proudly smiled. “Well, she's not my ‘real sister’ like we have the same parents. She kinda takes care of me as a big sister would do. But my ‘big sister’ is Rainbow Dash.”
Rumble gawked. “Are you serious? Rainbow Dash is one of the best flyers ever! You are sooo lucky to have Rainbow Dash as your big sister!”
Scootaloo blushed. “Thanks. I think she could give us some help with our assignment, I mean… she lives in Cloudsdale.”
“Yeah, that's a good idea!”
After having talked for a while, Scootaloo said, “we must start working on the assignment now, otherwise we'll never finish it.”
Rumble nodded in agreement. “Yup, Good idea. But where do we start?”
“Lets try to find Rainbow Dash first. She can tell us a lot about the history of Cloudsdale,” Scootaloo suggested.
Just as Scootaloo said, they went out looking for Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo never felt better in her life. She thought to herself,”I'm just walking with the coolest and most handsome colt in our class! Just look at his wild gray mane and his athletic body...” Scootaloo knew Rumble trained for the Young Flyer exam every day. “He is probably the best flyer in our class, but i can hardly levitate myself above the floor...”
Then, Rumble suddenly said, “Well, I think she is up in Cloudsdale, considering we can't find her anywhere around here. So, let's fly up to Cloudsdale and see if she’s there.“
Scootaloo hoped this moment would never come. She thought to herself, “What do I say to him? I can't even fly!”
“Uhhm… Rumble...i.. uhm.. i.. My wing is injured, so i can't fly.”
Rumble slowly nodded. “Ohh, okay. That's okay. We'll find someone else who can tell us something about the history of Cloudsdale.”
After a second, Scootaloo brightly smiled.“I’m sure Twilight can tell us more. She’s studied about everything there is to know!”
“Wow, are you also friends with the princess? How many ‘famous’ friends do you actually have?”
Scootaloo blushed. “I don't have that many popular or famous friends.”
Rumble gave her a smile. “Well, okay. Let's go to Twilight then.”
They both started walking in the direction of Twilight’s castle. The weather was beautiful outside, and the sun was shining with a soft breeze.
While they were close to the castle, they saw Pinkie Pie hopping towards them.
“Hey, you two! “ Pinkie smiled like she always did.
They responded simultaneously with a happy, “Hi, Pinkie!“
Pinkie glanced between the two, her smile growing larger. “Ahww, you two look so cute together!”
Rumble and Scootaloo both started to blush.
“You both should come by at Sugarcube Corner this afternoon! I have some delicious cupcakes for you both!”
Scootaloo blushed as she replied, “Uhmm…. Thanks Pinkie… I'll keep that in mind.“
Pinkie nodded and turned to walk away. “Okay, I gotta go now. I need to bake a big wedding cake.”
“Okay, bye Pinkie!” They both replied.
They continued their trip to Twilight’s castle. Scootaloo found herself constantly looking at the grey colt walking next to her. She thought to herself, “ he really is handsome, and he looks so great, he's nice to everyone and he has a brother who is becoming a Wonderbolt! He is soo AWESOME!!! And i'm doing an assignment with him!”
They arrived at Twilight’s castle and knocked on the door. They heard somepony replying with: “Come in!”
Scootaloo and Rumble entered the castle.
Rumble’s eye’s widened when he saw the gigantic beautiful hallway. It was a gigantic hallway with a shining marble floor and big marble pillars. There also were big golden chandeliers on the ceiling.
Rumble then said, “wow, this is the best looking place I’ve ever seen! It looks even cooler than Rainbow Dash’s house!”
Twilight came out of the library, smiling at the two. “Well, it is kinda big. Actually, too big for my taste.”
Scootaloo happily said, “Hi Twilight!”
Twilight replied, “Hey you two! What brings you here?”
Scootaloo replied, “we need to do an assignment about the history of Cloudsdale and we thought you would know a lot about it.”
Rumble added on, “Yep, and we couldn't find Rainbow Dash here and we also can't go to Cloudsdale because Scootaloo has an injured wing.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow when she looked at Scootaloo’s wings. “Uhm.. Okay. Please follow me to the library, and then I'll tell you everything you want to know.”
Rumble and Scootaloo followed Twilight through the beautiful hallways of the castle. They were both amazed by the size of the castle, and of how many doors it has.
“Don't you or others ever get lost in here?” Rumble asked.
Twilight nodded. “Yeah, sometimes I even get lost in my own castle, and the worst is that I've been living here for a while now and I still get lost.
The three arrived at a very big wooden door. Twilight opened it using her magic.
Scootaloo and Rumble’s eye’s widened when they saw the enormous library. “Woooooooow…….. those are a lot of books!”
Twilight replied, “yeah.. it is kinda big… I’m here every day while studying and I still haven't read all these books yet. You were looking for the history of Cloudsdale, weren't you?”
“Yes.”
“Uhmmm.. Ahh, here it is, i found it! Here is a very interesting book about Cloudsdale and its history. It’s full of facts and knowledge.”
Scootaloo and Rumble looked at the book, It was a very thick and dusty book. “It must be about a thousand pages...” Scootaloo thought.
Scootaloo wasn't the reading kind of pony. She liked hearing and seeing things instead of just looking at some letters on a page. At school, she learned so much better when Miss Cherilee told the class a story, instead of reading the same thing in a book. But little did she know that Rumble had the same thing. He liked hearing or seeing stuff instead of just reading it.
Rumble and Scootaloo looked at each other and then back at the book. They saw the boredom into each other's eyes.
“Uhm.. Thanks Twilight… we’ll read it as soon as possible,” Scootaloo said as she looked at the pages of the large book.
“But may i ask….”
“Ohh no, she's going to ask about what happened to my wing… and i cant lie to the princess...” Scootaloo thought.
“Why don't you come here more often? I like visitors.”
Scootaloo thought for a moment. “Ohh, I don't know. But i can stop by more often if you want.”
Twilight brightly smiled. “That would be so nice, but do you two need to know anything more?”
“No thank you, we’re fine,” Scootaloo replied, looking back at the book.
“Okay, I’ll see you two next time!” Twilight said while she lifted the big book into Scootaloo’s bag. It was a very heavy book and it almost was to heavy for her to carry.
“Ohh… I’ll carry the bag,” Rumble said. “Maybe your wing would get even more injured if you carry that big, heavy bag.”
Scootaloo gave him a smile. “Thanks, Rumble.”
They both left Twilight’s castle to go back to Rumble’s house.
They both left Twilight’s castle to go back to Rumble’s house.
The weather was beautiful. The sun was beaming down on their backs, and a slight breeze was ruffling their manes. It was the perfect weather for being outside.
“Didn’t Pinkie want us to come by today?” Rumble asked as Scootaloo nodded her head, her expression harboring a look of uncertainty.
“Yeah… But Pinkie can wait.. First, we need to finish our project for school,” Scootaloo replied.
Rumble nodded. “Yeah, that’s true. Let’s go to my house and finish that project!”
At that moment, they both saw a rainbow maned pegasus flying towards them. It was obvious to tell who it was: Rainbow Dash. Rainbow did a flip in the air before descending in front of the two, whipping her mane to the side.
Scootaloo brightly smiled at the sight of her honorary sister. “Hey Rainbow!”
Rainbow Dash smiled back at her before ruffling her mane. “Hey squirt! What are you two doing here?”
“We need to do a boring project for school,” Scootaloo said as she rolled her eyes.
“A project about what?” Rainbow asked, an eyebrow raised.
“About the history of Cloudsdale.”
Rainbow’s eyes widened. “Why didn’t you tell me about that?! I know everything about Cloudsdale!”
“Well, Scootaloo couldn't fly because of her wing injury so we couldn't go and visit you in your home in Cloudsdale,” Rumble said.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow. “Wing injury? When did you get that? It doesn't look injured to me!”
Scootaloo’s pupils shrunk.“Uhmm... yeah... it... uhhmm... it really hurts when i try to fl- uhm.. when i fly!”
Rainbow nodded, though her eyes exhibited a look of confusion. “Okay then.. well, what do you two want to know about Cloudsdale history?”
“As much as possible!” Rumble replied.
Rainbow nodded. “Okay then! But we better sit down somewhere because I'm going to tell you a lot! We can go to Sugarcube Corner, maybe Pinkie has some free seats!”
“NOOOO!!!!” Scootaloo replied.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow out of confusion “Why not?”
Scootaloo internally winced. She hated the idea of going to Sugarcube Corner with Rumble, considering Pinkie Pie likes to tease about the two being a couple.
“Uhm.. Pinkie.. uhmm.. must be… very busy right now!”
Still confused, Rainbow replied. “Okay.. let's go to Twilight then.”
“NOOOOOO!!!!” Scootaloo once again yelled, earning a confused look from Dash.
“Ahww. Come on, what’s wrong with Twilight?”
“She explains thing in the Twilight way,” Scootaloo replied, rolling her eyes.
“‘Twilight way’?” Rainbow asked, confused.
“Yeah, the Twilight way, that simply means: BORING!” Scootaloo replied.
“That's true… Twilight can be a little boring sometimes… “
“A little boring?” Rumble replied
“Okay then… She’s very boring….”
Rumble snickered before responding. “Well then… Let's just go to my home to sit down there.”
“Okay!”
Rainbow Dash took off with a huge amount of speed, leaving a trail of dust behind, but she quickly returned. “What are you two slowpokes doing? Give me a little bit of competition!”
Rainbow Dash playfully flew a couple of rounds around Rumble and Scootaloo.
“Yeah… we know you're the fastest Rainbow Dash,” said Scootaloo while she rolled her eyes.
“Okay… I’ll fly a bit slower…”
--- After a while they all arrived at Rumble’s house ---
As they entered the house Rainbow Dash noticed the pictures on the wall in the hallway.
“I know that Pegasus!” she said while looking at one of the pictures. She gawked over it before walking with the younger pegasi into the living room.
“Thunderlane? or should I say... Thunderlame?” Rainbow said to a certain dark pegasus, bouncing her eyebrows in a teasing manner.
“Ohh... Rainbow Crash…. My rival,” Thunderlane replied, glaring at Rainbow.
Scootaloo and Rumble looked at each other.
“Does your brother know my sister?”
“I think they do,” Rumble replied.
“We don't only know each other. We were in the same class in flight school!” Rainbow said, smiling at the memories.
“And we still haven't found out who is the fastest of us two!” Thunderlane added on.
“I still remember it… That last race I ever did in flight school. I was sure I was going to win it!” Rainbow said.
“But we finished on the exact same time.. and since then we still don’t know who's the fastest of us both!” Thunderlane exclaimed.
