After a huge airshow in Cloudsdale Soarin meets a young fan of his and decided to get to know her better. This leads him to discover that her family is much like his... cold... mean... and heartless
After a huge airshow in Cloudsdale Soarin meets a young fan of his and decided to get to know her better. This leads him to discover that her family is much like his... cold... mean... and heartless. So soarin decides to do some thing about it which leads to new priorities in his life.
This is mainly a Scootadoption fic but it has some Soarindash moments in it Anyways i have wanted to write this for a while and i have no idea how long this fic will be. So lets get to it.
”Good job guys.” Spitfire told her team mates as they walked back in to the stadium’s locker room. “Another awesome show done. Get ready for the vip after party… that includes you too Soarin.” She said and looked at Soarin who was taking a sip out of his water bottle.
“Yeah don’t worry I’ll come there.” He said and smiled. “I wound never miss a boring vip event with our sponsors.” He said and chuckled.
“Whatever Soarin.” Spitfire said and walked off. Soarin hated these vip parties. He always thought that it was just a bunch of stuck up ponies talking business and other boring stuff like that. They weren’t fans of the wonderbolts they were business ponies who didn’t care about anything else but money and he hated hanging out with them.
“Hey Soar!” He heard a raspy voice coming from behind his back.
“Dashie!” He Turned around and smiled widely as his marefriend walked up to him. “You did awesome job during that show.”
“Thanks…” She said and continued. “I Kinda wanted to talk about something.”
“What is… you know you can tell anything to me Dashie.” Soarin said in a serious tone.
“Well… you see… our date for tonight isn’t gonna happen… sorry.”
“Why?”
“Spitfire is telling me to do a sponsor event at a local orphanage… we can go out later this week… right?” She said and smiled.
“Yeah… I understand.” He sighed.
“Thanks see you later.” She said and gave him a kiss and then she was gone… Soarin knew that being a wonderbolt meant you had to do a lot of events but still… She never takes a break for him and for that reason their relationship was kinda cold at the moment… Of course he loved her but sometimes it was hard.
He picked up his saddle bag and a note that was his schedule for today. And next was the boring party with Spitfire… Yeah like he was going to go there…
“Sorry Spits… Not today.” He said to himself and teared the paper in to two and threw it to the ground. He knew Spitfire would be annoyed that he didn’t show up but he also knew she wouldn't give him the boot for missing a stupid party… After all they had known each other since they were foals and he had screwed up a lot in his early years of being a wonderbolt and still Spitfire never even threated to kick him out of the team.
Soarin left the locker room and walked in to the hall way which was almost empty of other ponies. Only the backstage personnel for the wonderbolts were there doing their jobs.
“HEY SOMEPONY STOP HER!” Soarin heard a yell coming from behind him and turned around to see a orange filly running away from two security guard that were running after her. Soarin quickly stepped in and tackled the young filly.
“Oops. sorry about that.” He said and picked up the young filly as the guards got to him. “It’s okay she is with me.”
“Oh.. well in that case have a nice day.” The security guard said and left.
“Let me go!” The small Pegasus filly said while trying to get away from Soarin’s grasp.
“I’ll let you go when you tell me why are you here. Because I thought you needed a backstage pass to get here and if you trespass without one you could get banned from future events… so if I were you I would start talking.” Soarin said and smiled warmly.
“Fine…” The filly gave up on the fighting and explained herself. “I just wanted to see if I could spot any of you guys here… and I might have stumbled on to those guards without a pass…please don’t ban me from future events please.” She said with almost teary eyes.
“Relax kid.” Soarin said and put her on to the ground. “I’m not like that. What’s your name.”
“Scootaloo… and I know you name… The great Soarin Skies of the wonderbolts. Two time wonderbolt derby winner and second best wonderbolt.” She said in excitement.
“Yeah I’m pretty great… wait… Second best?” Soarin said and raised an eyebrow.
“That new mare with the rainbow mane was awesome. I cant believe that I don’t know who she is…”
“Well it take some courage to tell the truth and say that I’m not the greatest wonderbolt when I can actually get you banned from future events…” Soarin joked but Scootaloo cut him off.
“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings… I still like you… And she isn’t that good actually…” She said in panick thinking that Soarin was about to threw her out.
“Relax kid… I’m not like that… And that mare you were talking about is my marefriend.”
“Really? Oh you two are so perfect for each other… You must have like the happiest relationship ever…” Scootaloo said while thinking about her idols.
“Yeah…” Soarin sighed and continued. “Anyways where are you from Scoots?” Soarin tried to change the subject.
“I’m from Canterlot.”
“And what are you doing here in Cloudsdale without your parents?”
“Well… I might have come here alone because I wanted to see you guys so badly.” She told him.
“Well you should probably get flying back because it’s a long flight.” Soarin told her.
“Umm… I can’t.” She said and looked down to the ground. “I can’t fly.”
“Why can’t you fly?”
“I dunno… my dad says that I’m just a failed Pegasus and I should just stop dreaming about flying.” She said with teary eyes.
“Let me see those wings…” Soarin said and grabbed one of her wings. “Hmm… it seems like you have a bad case of stunned wings.” Soarin said and rubbed his chin. “Have you talked to the doctors about this?”
“No my family doesn’t have money to go to the doctor.” She said in a sad tone. “What does it mean to have stunned wings?”
“Well it just means your wings grow slowly and they are weak…” Soarin said and saw her expression go from slightly sad to devastated in a second. “But I wouldn’t worry about it.”
“Why not?” She asked hoping for him to say that she would fly some day.
“I too had a slight case of stunned wings but with a lot of work and a lot of dedication I got them to be like this.” He said and spread his large light blue wings and looked as the little filly looked at them in amazement. “But Spitfire had a serious case of stunned wings… or actually her right wing had a serious case of sunned wing.” Soarin said and laughed a bit. “She used to fly with only one wing in school.” Soarin said and both of them bursted out in laughter thinking of Spitfire trying to fly with one wing. “But she too worked hard to get her wings to work and I think you can two with some work.”
“Really? You think so.” Scootaloo asked
“Of course. But maybe you should see a doctor and just confirm my diagnose… Anyways do you have any ride back home?”
“I guess not since the rail line is closed for tonight.”
“I’ll fly you home.” Soarin said and picked the filly up to his back.
“Really?” She asked in excitement realizing her dream of flying with a wonderbolt was coming true.
“No I will just drop you to a ditch and fly off.” Soarin said in a goofy tone. “Of course I’ll get you home. I have to get an excuse to get out of a stupid party anyways and I do like you attitude kid.”
“Oh my gosh this is gonna be so awesome!” Scootaloo Said in excitement as they walked .out and took flight to the night sky. As they were flying towards Canterlot Soarin looked at the filly on his back and saw her trying to flap her wings while looking down at the ground. Soarin had decided to fly at slight speed giving the filly a sense of speed but still slow enough that the trip took a while. Soarin was looking at Scootaloo and saw her excitement on her face. It reminded him of himself when he took flight first time… of course after he’s first flight he got his cutie mark but then… something else happen with his father…
“You are a pathetic waste of oxygen and my dna!”
“But dad…”
“No buts! You aren’t flying while living in my house!”
“Ever flown before?” Soarin asked and broke away from his flashback.
“No… This is my first time in the air,” Scootaloo said in a sad but hopeful tone.
“How do you like it?” Soarin asked as Canterlot came into his vision with it’s bright lights.
“This is awesome… The speed… The height… The danger… it’s so cool!” She happily said and smiled. “Thank you so much Soarin!”
“It’s nothing…” Soarin said as he was lowering his altitude. “Where do you live?”
“10 Trotting street.” Scootaloo said in a much less excited tone. “You can drop me of where ever you want I can walk home.”
“Nah… I know where that place is. I grew up here too and still live here.” He said and flew to the northern side of the city. It wasn’t like the rest of Canterlot with all the posh buildings and fancy ponies. North side of Canterlot was… Well it was a borderline slum for the poor. Not as bad as in some other cities but still… Soarin grew up on the southern side of Canterlot which was very rich, Posh, and populated by the rich aristocratic unicorns…
“You are nothing but a disgrace for our family name!”
“But dad I can’t change who I am.”
“Unfortunately… You just had to ruin our family name with your stupid wings.”
“Down there!” Scootaloo pointed at an old house which was in bad shape. “That’s my place.” Soarin saw it and landed on the front door. Scootaloo jumped to the ground and knocked on the door… No response… like usually.
“Umm… Soarin… Could you kick the door in.” Scotaloo asked.
“Why? It’s gonna break the frame and the lock.”
“Don’t worry those are already broken.” Scotaloo smiled.
“If you say so.” Soarin gave the door a strong kick with his back hooves which caused the door to fly open and Soarin look and saw the inside of the house. It was completely dark but Soarin saw that the house was just as bad in the inside as it was on the outside… and that smell… Soarin had never smelled anything like it.
Scootaloo walked in and for some reason Soarin decided to follow her in.
“Mom! Dad! I’m home!” She yelled but no response.
“Are they even here?” Soarin asked he walked next to Scootaloo in the hall way.
“Mom probably isn’t… she is always somewhere else but dad usually is here.” Scootaloo said and walked to a large room that seemed to be a living room. It was full of thrash and empty hard cider battles and… well Soarin hoped that was flower on the coffee table. “Still where I left him.” Scootaloo said and looked at the couch.
“Please say that isn’t your father…” Soarin said and pointed at the stallion who smelled of alcohol and was lying on the couch while being blacked out from the alcohol.
"So this your dad…” Soarin said and gave a gentle poke to the stallion’s side.
“Yeah… Don’t wake him up… please.” Scootaloo said and looked at the stallion.
“Why? I probably should wake him up to let him know that his daughter is home.” Soarin was about to shake the stallion so he would wake up but then Scootaloo stepped between them.
“Please don’t… When he is drunk and awake he is…” Scootaloo said and looked at the stallion.
“Is what?” Soarin questioned the filly who was looking sadder every passing second.
“He… he hits me.” Soarin saw how Scootaloo let out a single tear as she said that. He knew what she was feeling… He knew what was life with an abusive father…
“For Celestia’s sake Soarin! I told to never to fly again!”
“I’m Sorry father.”
“No! No you aren’t… yet!”
“No! Please stop! Dad your hurting me!”
“That’s the point you little pest!”
Scootaloo saw how Soarin was staying silent. She looked at him and saw how he was looking like he had seen a ghost. The she saw the teary eyes of his.
“Soarin?” She asked and Soarin got away from his flashback.
“Umm… Sorry Scootaloo…” He stumbled and quickly wiped off the small tears that had formed in his eyes.
“Are you okay?” Scootaloo asked her idol seeing how something was clearly bothering him.
“I’m fine… Anyways I guess we should let him sleep his troubles away…” Soarin looked at the stallion. He was angry at him for some reason… maybe it was anger he felt for his own father or maybe it was something else. “Where do you exactly sleep in this mess of an house?” He asked and looked around at the house which looked like it was about to fall apart.
Scootaloo giggled slightly. “You know that I’m a minor.” She said and bursted out in laughter.
“Oh come on! Get your head out of the gutter!” Soarin said and rolled his eyes.
Between her giggles Scootaloo said. “I’m sorry… I know you didn’t mean it like that.” Then she walked towards a room that was completely black. “This here is my room… I know it’s not great but… we don’t really have money for anything else.”
Soarin walked in after her and saw that the room didn’t have a bed or a bookshelf. There wasn’t even a closet in the room. Only things in the room were a mattress without any sheets, Two wonderbolt posters on the wall and a small tissue box in the far right corner of the empty room… That tissue box reminded him of his room…
“Sniff.”
“Soarin… psst… Soarin are you crying?”
"Who is that… please don’t hurt me too.”
“Relax Soarin it’s me Spitfire.”
“Oh… You shouldn’t be here… if he sees you here he is gonna pull your feathers out too.”
“Soarin… you can’t stay here with your parents… Please go and get help.”
“No… I can’t.”
“Why not they are hurting you.”
“I… I just can’t.”
“No…” He said quietly.
“What? did you say something?” Scootaloo turned to face him as he looked at the box of tissues.
“I’m not letting this to happen to you too.” He said and turned around to face her. He knew it wasn’t his decision to make… it wasn’t Spitfire’s decision to make back then and now it wasn’t his…
“What do you mean Soarin?” The filly asked.
“I was thinking… maybe you should stay the night at my house.” He said and smiled warmly. This wasn’t the moment to talk about social services and the help they could provide to her… it was her decision that she had to make but at the moment it wasn’t priority number one. priority number one was to get her a place to sleep where she could have a warm bed and clean sheets.
“Really?" She said in excitement. “Are you asking me to stay in the wonderbolt compound for a night!”
“I was thinking about staying at my house over here… but if you want you can stay in the Canterlot's wonderbolt barracks where the beds are made out of steel and the pillows are concrete.” Soarin chuckled remembering the days when he had to sleep in the barracks because he didn’t have money for a house. But now he had a huge house on the south side of Canterlot.
“At your place!” Scootaloo screamed in excitement. “Your house must be huge and fancy!”
“It’s pretty cool… not as cool as some of the other ‘bolt’s houses but it’s good enough for me.” Soarin said knowing that for Scootaloo his house was going to be like a palace even though it was quite moderate house for a wonderbolt who was known all around Equestria. “So what do you say? Wanna live like a true wonderbolt for a day.”
“Of course! Let’s go!” She jumped on Soarin’s back and Soarin walked out of the house giving a small glance over to the stallion who was still sleeping even thou her daughter had just screamed louder than a dragon.
Two of them flew through Canterlot. Soarin didn’t fly as fast as before giving Scootaloo a chance to admire the richer part of the city where the less fortunate rarely got to go. She was dumbfounded by the huge mansions and the tall towers. The unicorns were the majority of the population in this part of the town and all of them were wearing fancy clothes that Scootaloo never could have understood. Why would a pony decide to wear clothes when not even the royals wore any clothes usually? Scootaloo also noticed that some of the ponies and especially the unicorns were giving her quite a cold looks as they walked by.
“Why are they looking at us like that?” Scootaloo asked while Soarin landed in a neighbourhood which was full of quite large mansions.
“Don’t let them bother you. They are like that to me too.” Soarin dodged the bullet with that. He didn’t want Scootaloo to know the truth about Canterlot’s unicorn elite and their opinions about pegasai… and don’t even get me started on how they felt about earth ponies… or like they were called in Canterlot… dirt ponies. Soarin had accepted this class system during his years of living in Canterlot… he never understood why it was a thing in this town. It had never been a law and even the royals were criticising this close minded way thinking that was only present in the upper class of the Canterlot elite… which included his parents…
“Why you just couldn’t have grown a horn like every pony else!”
“Dad I…”
“I’m So embarrassed that I didn’t know my great grandfather was a Pegasus.”
“But Mom… I…”
“Shut it Soarin!”
“Is this your place?” Sootaloo looked at a large two story mansion with a large front yard.
“Oh… Umm… yeah this is my place.” Soarin said and came back from his flashback. He walked up to the door and opened it. “After you.” He said and let Scootaloo walk in first.
“OH MY GOSH! THIS IS SO AWESOME!” She screamed as she saw the inside of the house…
”Your place is so cool!” Scootaloo looked around the large house and saw the oil paintings of pegasai on the walls and the medals and trophies on the shelfs. This was like a museum of wonderbolt related items and at the same time a home.
“You can sleep in the guest room.” Soarin started and looked at Scootaloo who was jumping in excitement. “It’s on the second floor, first room to the right. Also once you wake up come down here i'm gonna try to make something eatable for breakfast.”
“Okay…” Scootaloo said and started to walk to the stairs which led to the second floor of the large house. “Are you gonna sleep at all?”
“Later… I’ve got some business calls to make… good night Scootaloo” Soarin smiled to her from the lower end of the stairs.
“Good night.” Scootaloo said and turned to the right at the top of the stairs. Soarin waited until he heard the guest room door shut and then he walked to the telephone. Canterlot was one of the few cities in Equestria that had a land line. Of course it was expensive and most ponies couldn’t afford it but Soarin had the money. He picked up the phone and called the number he called on a daily base.
“Captain Spitfire of the wonderbolts.”
“Hey Spitfire it’s Soarin.” He stated but Spitfire cut him off.
“What the hay Soarin! You were supposed to be at this party with me!” Spitfire said. She was clearly annoyed but Soarin already guessed that.
“I’m sorry Spitfire but I’ve got something else going on right now… and I will not be attending practice tomorrow.” He said in a serious tone.
“What! Why? You can’t skip practice without a reason… What is it Soarin? Is it Rainbow Dash again?” Spitfire asked. She was worried about her best friend and wanted to help Soarin.
“No… She and i… everything is fine between us…” Soarin lied. Their relationship was going through some hard times right now… Both of them loved each other but they just didn’t have any time for each others and the distance between their home towns was brutal. “It’s… just… please Spitfire, can we just drop this subject.”
“It’s about them… isn’t it.” She lowered her voice and calmed down.
“…”
Soarin didn’t want to respond to that.
“Soarin… you never dealt with the things they did to you…” She said in a sisterly tone.
“Shut up and never bring them up again!” Soarin almost shouted to the phone. “I’m sorry… I…”
“It’s okay Soarin… take your time. I’m giving you a week off to deal with your personal problems… just tell me if there is anything that I can do.”
“Actually… There is a couple of things you could do.” Soarin said in a much less depressed tone.
“Okay name it.” Spitfire said cheerfully.
“Firstly tell Dash we need to have a talk at some point during this week… and do you know if doctor symptom is busy tomorrow?” Soarin asked.
“Let me see… he is treating Fleetfoot’s wings in the morning but he is free at 1 pm. Do you need me to do a reservation for you?” Spitfire asked back.
“Please do… oh and put it for Scootaloo.” Soarin said back cheerfully.
“Scoota-who? You know that the wonderbolt medical team is not supposed to be used to treat your secret lover.” Spitfire giggled. “Maybe I should tell Dash about this.”
“Firstly she is not a secret lover and secondly I’m going to talk to Dash about her.”
“Okay… well is that all you want me to do?” Spitfire said and stopped giggling.
“Yeah that’s all. See you around Spitty.”
“Yeah whatever… bye.” She said and hang up. Soarin knew she hated that nickname but it she had already stopped years ago with trying to get Soarin to stop calling her that. After all they had been friends for all their lives and they were like sister and brother.
Soarin set down the phone and walked up to the second floor. He decided to check up on Scootaloo before going to sleep himself. He slowly opened the door to the quest room and saw Scootaloo Sleeping calmly on the bed. She had kicked her blanket out of the bed. Soarin walked next to the bed and picked up the blanked and wrapped it around the sleeping filly. He saw how calmly she was sleeping.
“Everything is gonna be fine tomorrow Scootaloo… I promise you don’t have to go through the things I went through…” Soarin said and walked back to the door. “Sleep well little angel.” he whispered back in to the room and then he closed the door.
“Soarin Skies!” Soarin saw a white unicorn stallion yelling at him. All around him was just darkness and only one else he could see was the stallion. “You pathetic pest!” He said and walked in front of Soarin. He had angry expression on his face and he was furious.
“Father… I.” Soarin said and looked down to the back floor.
“You and your great grandfather are shameful dots in our family three.” He heard a female voice in front of him and looked up. The stallion was gone and a blue unicorn mare had taken his place. “Why couldn’t you just been like us.” She said and collapsed in to dust.
“Mother… I… I never…” Soarin said and looked at the pile of dust… it was moving… it was starting to form into something… to somepony….
“Rainbow Dash?” Soarin said and smiled seeing his marefriend.
“Why did you do it?” She asked angrily.
“What? I don’t understand Dashie?”
“Why did you adopt a pest like her… She can’t even fly! She doesn’t deserve to be your daughter!” And then she collapsed in to dust too…
“What the hay is going on in here!” Soarin yelled into the darkness.
“You!” He heard an angry voice. He looked at the pile of dust that had formed into somepony again.
“Spitfire…I…”
“Soarin! You skipped practice for her! For a pegasus who can’t even fly!” She yelled angrily
“But she…”
“No more Soarin! You are out of my team! For good!” He yelled and collapsed into dust again.
“Can anypony hear me!” Soarin yelled and turned around… nothing…
“Soarin?”
“Scootaloo!” Soarin turned around and saw Scootaloo in front of him. “What is it?”
“You don’t love me…” She said and a sudden blow of wind blew her in to small dusk particles that floated away.
“NO… I…”
“Soarin…” He heard a clear voice form behind him. He turned around and saw her.
“Princess Luna.” Soarin said and bowed down.
“Rise my subject…” She said and looked at him. “Do you know what you saw?”
“N-no… I have no idea.” He said and thought about what he had just seen.
“That is your future if you don’t play your cards right… you will face your parents anger… you will see your love abandon you… you will lose your job… and the one thing you truly cared about…” She explained in a soft tone.
“What do you mean?” Soarin asked while thinking about what he had just heard.
“There will be a time when you have to make choices… choice that will not only effect your life but hers too… So think before you do decisions. Because if you do the wrong decision… well this is what will happen…” She said and all the sudden they were standing behind a window on the other side of the window he could see Scootaloo sitting in a chair while a police officer was talking to her.
“Scootaloo!” Soarin yelled and hit the window with his hoof… nothing.
“This is her dream… you cannot impact the events that will happen in her dream.” Luna said and walked through the wall. Soarin followed and walked in after her. He heard Scootaloo cry and he saw the newspaper on the police officers desk. “Ex-top wonderbolt loses his foal to the social services his wife leaves him then commits a suicide.”
Soarin was in complete shock… he didn’t know what to do… and why this was Scootaloo nightmare… He had no idea what was happening.
“Your choices will be hard but I will guarantee that if you do them right you will have get what you have always wanted.” Princess Luna said and looked at Soarin who was now crying with Scootaloo even though he knew she couldn’t hear or see him in her dream. “You have a bright future ahead of you if you do the right thing even though it might feel wrong…” Luna said and stood up. “But we need to get you back to reality… she need you right now.”
“AAHHH!” Soarin yelled as he woke up sweating and rapidly breathing. He saw the sunlight coming through the window and he heard crying. coming from the guest room…
Soarin galloped in to the guest room and saw Scootaloo crying in her sleep. He quickly walked next to the bed and picked the little filly.
“Scootaloo don’t worry…” He whispered into her ear and gave her fore head a light kiss. “I’ll never leave you.” And with that said he knew he had to make sure Scootaloo didn’t have to go back to her abusive family. Seconds turned in to minutes as he kept the filly close to him and slowly he could hear her sobbing end. He put her back to the bed and walked downs stairs and opened the fridge.
“I guess it’s pancakes then.” He said and picked up all the stuff he needed to make breakfast.
“Soarin…” He heard Scootaloo’s voice coming from the kitchen door. He turned around and saw her standing there. She was still sleepy. “What are you doing?”
“I’m making some breakfast for us… We got a busy day coming.” He said cheerfully.
“Oh what are we gonna do?” Scootaloo walked next to him and looked at him.
“I’ll tell you later. I’m gonna need a minute or two to make these things so take a tour around the house. I know you didn’t have time to do that yesterday.” Soarin said and ruffled her mane.
“Really! You’ll let me just take a look at your house alone.” She jumped up and down in excitement.
“Of course. Make yourself at home… Just try not to break anything.” Soarin said and looked as Scootaloo just ran off in excitement. “Well that will keep her busy for a while” Soarin though and went back to making pancakes.
Scootaloo was walking in the huge house. She was looking at the oil paintings on the walls that had several different wonderbolts on them. She knew most of them… Spitfire, Misty Fly, Fleetfoot, The Streak twins, High Winds… they all had a painting for themselves… But then she saw a bigger painting of two ponies… It was Soarin and a mare in their flying suits and Soarin had his wing over the mare’s back and he was pulling her toward his chest. Both of them were smiling and clearly in love… But Scootaloo had taken a sneak peak into Soarin bed room before going to her room and saw that he was clearly sleeping alone…
“Who are you?” Scootaloo asked herself while looking at the rainbow maned pegasai who was in the painting with Soarin.
After that she walked into a large room that had a lot of bookshelves and a fireplace in it. She took a look around the room and saw a large painting on top of the fireplace… Two unicorns. One white stallion and one blue mare… She didn’t recognize either of them. For all she knew they could have been royals with their fancy clothes and make up… She decided to move on and kept looking through the large house’s rooms. Most of them were full of art or medals but every now and then she saw a personal item… Like a book…
“I really shouldn’t…” She said and looked at the book that was clearly his diary or something like that. “But then again…” She said and opened the book. First thing she saw was picture of that rainbow mare again…
“Rainbow Dash… you have no idea how much I love you. I want to show you how much I love you… but you never have time for that… you never have time for me...” She read Soarin’s handwriting and turned on to the next page. On there was a picture of captain Spitfire. Scootaloo recognized her right away.
“Spits… You are truly a sister I never got… you were always there for me… you pushed me to try harder when I gave up… but you couldn’t get me away from them... It isn't your fault... its my fault.” Scootaloo knew she should have stopped reading this book right now because this was getting really personal… but she had to learn more.
On the next page there was only one word.
“failure.”
She turned to the next page and saw it again.
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
She kept turning the pages.
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
All of them had the same word on them.
“failure.”
“failure.”
“failure.”
Then there was a picture… Those same unicorns… they were looking slightly displeased. Between them was a young light blue Pegasus colt… and below that had text.
“Why couldn’t I be what they wanted me to be…” The page was wrinkly… it was like it was at one point been under a rain cloud… or under a pair of crying eyes. “Why I’m I a failure… Why I’m a Pegasus.”
Scootaloo quickly closed the book. She couldn’t believe what she had just read… it couldn’t be true… why would a wonderbolt want to be something else? She decided to leave the book on to the desk where she found it and left the room. This was clearly something she wasn’t meant to know… and she didn’t want to think about it either. So she kept going through the rooms one by one looking at them and tying to find something interesting…
“And there’s the last one.” Soarin said as he finished doing the pancakes. He put them on to two plates and got some apple juice from the fridge for them. Then he was about to yell for Scootaloo he heard her walking towards the kitchen.
“Soarin…” She started and walked next to him. He wasn’t looking at her as he was cleaning the flower off the table he used for cooking.
“What is it Scoots.” He said and threw away the extra flowers but he still wasn’t looking at her.
“Why do you have rubber gloves in your room...” Scootaloo asked.
“What? I don’t understand your question Scoots.” He said and poured some coffee for himself.
“And why are they so slippery.” Scootaloo said and Soarin realised what she had said.
“Put them back where you found them!” Soarin said in panic while nearly dropping his coffee mug to the floor. He clearly had to do some house cleaning before even could even start thinking about bringing a young filly into his life…
As Sorin and Scootaloo were finishing their breakfast Soarin decided to tell her about today’s plan.
“So Scootaloo I have decided to organize us something.”
“Really…” Scootaloo said in excitement but then reality hit her. “But I probably should go back home before my dad awakes.”
“Don’t worry about him. We’ll talk about your family later… But first jump on.” Soarin said and kneeled down so that Scootaloo could easily get on to his back.
“Where are we going?” She asked as they left the house.
“You’ll see soon.” Soarin said cheerfully knowing that he would be making her dreams come true. They took flight to the clear skies of Canterlot and flew to the outskirts of the city where Soarin went on a daily… the wonderbolt compound.
As Scootaloo noticed the compound coming into view with it’s runways and training facilities she smiled widely knowing that she was about to get a tour of the compound. Two of them landed on the front door of the main building that housed most of the training gyms, offices and personal rooms.
“Now Scootaloo be on your best behaviour… Or Spitfire will throw you out. Okay.” Soarin said as he was looking at the filly who was about to explode in excitement.
“Understood!” She said and Soarin picked her back to his back and they walked into the lobby.
“Stay on my back at all times. And try not to offend any of the ‘bolts.” Soarin said while walking towards the door that led to the administrative wing of the building.
“Where are we going?” Scootaloo asked as she was looking at the blue corridors that led to different parts of the compound.
“We are gonna have a little chat with Spitty first then we have an appointment with doctor symptom and he will take a look at your wings.” Soarin said and they stopped next to a door at the end of the corridor.
“Really! Thanks!” Scootaloo said and hugged Soarin’s neck from his back. Then he opened the door and walked in. Scootaloo saw a yellow mare sitting and doing some paper work while grunting.
“Hey!” Soarin got her attention and sat down to the chair that was in front of her table. He also picked up Scootaloo to his lap as she was looking at the mare in awe… She was so cool.
“Ahh Soarin. I thought you wanted to have a little holiday…” Spitfire noticed the little filly in his lap. “And is she the Scootaboo.” Spitfire giggled.
“Its Scootaloo Spit-tire.” Soarin said and chuckled.
“Yeah yeah whatever boring-soarin. What can I do for you.” She asked and got a bit more serious.
"I just wanted to know if you talked to Dash.” Soarin asked.
“Yeah. She said that She will be at your house later today.” Spitfire answered and looked at the filly. “Well Scootaboo… how did you do it?”
Scootaloo was still starstrucked but managed to answer. “Do what ma’am?” She had no idea what she meant with her question.
“No need for ma’ams here. after all were all friends.” Spitfire chuckled and Scootaloo saw Soarin smiling too.
“Really we’re friends?” Scootaloo asked in excitement realizing that she was friends with two of her biggest idols.
“Of course kiddo. If your Soarin’s friend you are my friend too… But how did you do it...” She said and smiled. “How did you manage to sneak past the security during the show?”
“What! I don’t know what your talking about!” Scootaloo said in panic thinking that Spitfire was angry with her but both Soarin and Spitfire bursted out in laughter.
“Kid…” Spitfire tried to stop laughing. “I’m not mad at you… it’s just that no pony before has gotten past our security team.”
“Well I just sneaked past them while they were trying to get the media away from the back door.” Scootaloo admitted.
“Soarin, I’m kinda disappointed at our security…” Spitfire said in a rather serious tone. “But anyways. Scootaloo I need to talk with Soarin for a moment so… but we’ll get somepony to give you a tour of the compound… I think Surprise is already done with her workout so she could show you around.” Spitfire said and picked up the PA system’s mic and asked Surprise to report at her office in twelve seconds and somehow she managed to get there in time.
“Hey Spitfire… Soarin you're back already! And who is she?” Surprise said as she walked into the office.
“Her name is Scootaloo and I need you to give her a tour of the compound.” Spitfire said and saw Surprise’s excitement. It wasn’t a secret that Surprise loved kids.
“Oh yes we are gonna have so much fun Scootaloo. Come on this is a big place and we don’t have all day.” urprise picked up Scootaloo and was about to leave but then Scootaloo said.
“I’ll see you later… Right Soarin?” Scootaloo asked. Soarin noticed the slightly worried tone so he decided to give her a warm smile and answered back.
“I’ll see you in 15 minutes Scoot.”
“15 mins! Okay we need to hurry up!” Surprise said and zoomed off with Scootaloo on her back.
“So?” Soarin asked Spitfire as they were alone.
“You can’t deal with your foalhood problems by fixing hers.” Spitfire said in a serious tone.
“I know that.”
“You need to face them someday… you can’t run away from them forever.” Spitfire said and walked next to Soarin. “And by trying to fix her problems you might create new problems.”
“I know… I just want to help her… She’s a good kid and doesn’t deserve parents like them…” Soarin said and sighed.
“So… what are you gonna do?” Spitfire asked and put a hoof to his shoulder.
“I’m gonna do what’s right… but first I need to get her to the doctors office and then I need to fix things with Dash.”
“Okay… just remember that you can’t force her into anything. It’s her choice just like it was your choice back then.”
“And I did the wrong decision... even though you were telling me to do the right thing.” Soarin said and a tear ran through his face.
“It’s okay Soarin.” Spitfire said and pulled her friend into a hug. “Just remember that you can’t fix your problems by fixing her problems.”
“I know… Anyways I need to find her and take her to the doc.” Soarin said and wiped his tears off. Spitfire was about to pick up the PA systems mic again but then the door flew open and Surprise shot in with Scootaloo.
“Tour over!” Surprise said smiled.
“Already?... Anyways Scootaloo we need to get going.” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo again.
“Where are we going now?” She asked.
“We are gonna go and see the doc and talk about your wings.” As Soarin said wing both Spitfire and Surprise took a quick look at Scootaloo’s wings and cringed behind her back. Spitfire leaned into Soarin’s ear and whispered.
“Are you sure you want to break her dreams?” She sounded worried.
“She has to realize the truth at some point.” Soarin whispered back and looked at Scootaloo’s wings. He still hoped he was wrong and the things he told her yesterday would be true…
Soarin and Scootaloo walked into the doctor’s office and a greyish stallion greeted them happily.
“Soarin its great to see you. Is this Scootaloo.” He said and pointed at the little filly.
“Yes and I need you to check her wings.” Soarin said and the doctor walked up to Scootaloo and looked at her wings. He touched them and twisted them and then looked at Soarin.
“She will fly someday right?” Soarin said in an almost threatening voice and gave him a cold stare.
“oh yes of course she will fly…” The doctor nervously chuckled and looked at the little filly. “Could I have a moment with Soarin…”
“Okay.” Scootaloo said happily not realizing what was happening. As she closed the door the two stallions looked at each other in silence.
“You know that she will never fly.” The doctor said in a serious tone and sat down to his chair.
“You don’t know that.” Soarin said keeping his eyes locked on to him. “She could someday fly.”
“No…” The doc shook his head and continued. “If I’m honest with you I don’t know why those wings weren’t cut off when she was born. They are just as strong as a newborn’s wings. I know you can see it too and you have to accept the facts. She will never fly.” The doc said and looked at Soarin who was now looking at the ground. “I’m sorry but her wings are not developing at all. It’s a rare condition called pegasai non fugiendo. Usually if a Pegasus has it his or her wings will be removed after birth to avoid low self esteem in later parts of his or her life. I have no idea why her wings haven’t been removed… but if you can get her parent’s permission we can remove them now.”
“Is there any danger if we leave them alone?” Soarin asked while he was holding back tears realizing his worst case scenario was coming true. How was he supposed to tell her that she will never fly.
“Well pegasai non fugiendo only causes wings to not develop she should be able to live a completely healthy life with or without her wings. But only treatment i can give to her is cutting her wings off.” The doctor explained and was slowly starting to realize that there was something between Soarin and this random filly he had brought to his office. “Are you two somehow related?”
“No... I guess I have to tell her the news…” Soarin said and left the office and saw Scootaloo on the other end of the long hall way looking at something that was on the wall. Soarin trotted next to her and looked at the poster she was looking at.
“Who is she?” Scootaloo asked as she looked up to Soarin who was now looking at the poster. “I saw you and her together in a painting at you house.”
“Her name is Rainbow Dash…” Soarin calmly said and looked down to Scootaloo. “And she is the most amazing mare in all of Equestria.” Soarin said while smiling
“Are you two dating or something?” Scootaloo asked as Soarin picked up her to his lap.
“Well… yeah… Both of us are just so busy and don’t have time for each other.” Soarin sighed and looked down to Scootaloo. He had to tell her the news now or later… “Scootaloo… I’m so sorry to tell you this but…” Soarin was saying but then Scootaloo cut him off.
“I will never fly?” She said with teary eyes.
“I’m Sorry Scootaloo…” Soarin said and hugged her tightly. He too was starting to tear up. He knew what flying meant to a Pegasus. To a Pegasus flying was everything. It was their way of life… And to lose the ability to fly was something nopony wanted to happen. Soarin kept hugging Scootaloo until he heard her crying slowly end. “It’s okay Scootaloo…”
“No it’s not okay! Only thing I have ever wanted was to be able to fly in the wonderbolts…” She said and hugged Soarin tightly. His heart was broken seeing her dreams fly away from her. He knew he had to do it… Maybe she would never fly but she deserved more than a abusive family… She deserved a family that would accept her as what she was… a family that wasn’t like his…
“You are the worst son I could have ever gotten!”
“Please stop! dad you are hurting me!”
“Shut up! You don’t deserve to talk to me you pest!”
“AHHH!”
“Scootaloo?” Soarin softly said and saw her teary eyes looking at him. “Your family…” Soarin was about to say it but then Scootaloo cut him off.
“Help me… please.” Soarin was taken back by those words… “Please take me away from them.” Scootaloo said and hugged Soarin. Soarin quickly wrapped his wings and hooves around her small body. “Please don’t leave me with them.”
“Scootaloo I will never leave you.” Soarin whispered into her ear and hugged her even harder. He wanted to protect her from everything… Nopony was going to hurt her ever again. “You don’t have to worry about them… you don’t have to worry about anything. I’ll keep you safe and I will make sure everything is right in your life.” Soarin finished and gave her fore head a light kiss.
“Are you sure you want to take me under your wing… I know that a wonderbolt like you would want a pony that can actually fly… and I can’t do that.” Scootaloo said and Soarin felt her tears drop down to his chest. He wasn’t like his parents who couldn’t accept a Pegasus into their family… he wasn’t like them…
“Scootaloo… you are perfect in your own way. If somepony can accept you as who you are then it’s their own fault. And to me you are perfect.” Soarin smiled and looked at Scootaloo whose expression had went from devastated to happy as you can imagine.
“Thank you… thank you so much Soarin.” She said and smiled widely knowing he was going to take care of her… She would never have to feel the pain of her abusive father or the coldness of her mother. She knew that there was going to be a legal battle ahead but she didn’t care. She knew Soarin would get her the best lawyers he could get and soon she would be able to call his house her home.
“It’s okay Scoots… It’s okay.” Soarin said and patted her on the head. He too knew that there was a legal nightmare ahead of them but he didn’t care… this moment was perfect… nothing could ruin it.
“Well that’s sweet.” Soarin heard a familiar female voice coming from behind him. He just now realized that they were still in the corridor. “But I kinda would like you to talk to me before taking a little filly under your wing.” Soarin nervously turned around and saw her.
“Oh... hello Rainbow Dash…” He said in a nervous tone and chuckled…
”Soarin please explain.” Rainbow Dash said and pointed at Scootaloo.
“Well… um… you see I kinda have decided to take her under my wing.” Soarin struggled to answer. Scootaloo was just standing between his legs and looking at the mare who was clearly a bit annoyed that her coltfriend had taken her in without asking her opinion.
“Soarin…” Rainbow Dash sighed. “I can’t tell you what you should or shouldn’t do… but I really would like you to talk to me about these things… even though our relationship is…”
“Cold.” Soarin finished her sentence for her.
“Yeah… you know I really miss the early days of our relationship… but I guess we have grown apart.” Rainbow Dash said while remembering all the dates and nights they had shared with each other. She didn’t regret them. She still loved him… but sometimes these things happen. Soarin also realized what she meant and decided to walk up to her and hug her tightly. She returned the embrace and he felt her tears drop down to his shoulders.
“Rainbow Dash… I love you but…”
“We both know this isn’t gonna work.” She said and kissed him. “Maybe once we have more time for each other we can do this but…”
“Not now.” Soarin said and kissed her. Scootaloo was looking at them. She knew they were breaking up but it wasn’t like they hated each other… even thou she was young she knew what two ponies who were in love looked like.
“Soarin… I love you.”
“I love you too Dashie… can you promise me one thing?”
“What is it Soarin?”
“Once our schedule calms down we will get back together and do all the things we talked about during the last six months.” Soarin said and smiled.
“Our house…” Rainbow Dash started and smiled. “our wedding…” She said and kissed him lightly. “And our family… I'll promise you i will come back once i've got more time... but I think that you have somepony to look after and I’ve got my job.” And with that she backed off a bit leaving him with one last kiss and a smile.
Scootaloo walked up to Soarin as the Rainbow maned Pegasus walked away happily. “Did you just to just break up?”
“Yep… it’s for the best right now. it’s not like I don’t love her anymore but I haven’t got the time that she deserves… and talking about time…” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo and smiled widely. “I need to give you most of my time.” He said and hugged her.
“But you are a wonderbolt… you’ve got shows and training sessions…” Scootaloo said but Soarin cut her off.
“Yeah but you can surely travel with me sometimes and I’ll talk to Spitfire about more relaxed training.” Soarin said and smiled. He knew he was doing the right thing. Scootaloo was his new priority number one and nopony was going to come between him and her. He also knew that Dash would stay loyal to him and sooner or later when both of them had time they could get back together. But for now Scootaloo was the thing he needed to focus.
“So Scoots, I think that we need to go and pay a visit to the social services and get you in to a foster home.” Soarin picked her up to his back and started to walk back to the lobby of the compound.
“But I thought I was going to be living with you Soarin.” Scootaloo said in disappointment.
“Of course you will be living with me. We just gotta get me to be your new foster parent and maybe someday I could adopt you.” Soarin said happily.
“Really? You would do that for me?” Scootaloo said in excitement. She saw how much Soarin was ready to do for her… Nopony had ever given so much for her or cared about her… maybe she had found somepony to call her dad…
Soarin and Scootaloo walked into the Canterlot social services office and saw it was mostly empty. There was only one worker present and she was reading a book at the reception desk. They walked towards her and Soarin asked her.
“Excuse me ma’am?” He said and she looked at him with a displeased look.
“What do you need?” She said and turned back to the book. In Equestria foal abuse was very uncommon and that was why the social services were seen as useless and even the Social service workers thought so…
Soarin looked at Scootaloo who looked at him. Neither of them had ever done this before and they didn’t know how to act.
“I would like to report a foal abuse case.” Soarin said and looked at the mare who was still reading and didn’t seem to care about them.
“Umm that’s nice.” She said and kept on reading. Soarin realized that she wasn’t paying any tension to them and looked at the mare… these were the ponies that were supposed to protect foals… at that point something snapped in Soarin’s head.
“I HAVE A FOAL HERE THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND I EXPECT THAT YOU ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!” Soarin yelled at the mare so loud that her book’s pages were blow backwards. Scootaloo looked at Soarin with a worried expression. She didn’t know what just happened… did Soarin just defend her?
“Oh sorry…” The mare snapped out of her book. “We don’t get much work these days… anyways what can I do?” She said and put the book away.
“Her parents are not able to take care of her…” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo and lifted her so that she could see the mare too. “And at least her father is abusive.” Soarin finished and looked at the mare who was making some notes.
“Is this true little one?” She asked Scootaloo and Scotaloo nodded.
“Okay well in that case could I have your name?”
“Scootaloo.”
“And your name mister…”
“Soarin.”
“Great. We will start investigating this immediately and hopefully get done in two or three days. You are the first case of foal abuse in months so we are gonna get this done fast.” The mare said and picked up two forms and handed one of them to Soarin and one to Scootaloo. “We are gonna interview you later this week but I need you to sing that so we can actually start the investigation and place you in a foster home…” The mare said and gave Scootaloo a pen. “And you mister Soarin will have to sing that since you are a witness and the pony who reported the case to us.”
Both of them quickly singed the forms and handed them back. Soarin saw Scootaloo’s smile and happiness knowing that she want going to her parent’s house anymore… talking of which.
“Ummm…. ma’am could I take her in?” Soarin asked her as she was putting the forms away.
“Well… no.” She said bluntly.
“What?!” Scootaloo yelled loudly. She had thought that she was going to stay at Soarin’s place during the investigation.
“Sorry hun but he isn’t cleared to be a foster parent.” The mare said and lifted Scootaloo away from Soarin with her magic.
“But couldn’t I just look after her during this investigation?” Soarin tried to argue.
“Sorry no regulations and rules are final.” The mare said while holding Scootaloo with her magic.
“Could I be cleared to be her foster parent?” Soarin said in almost panic knowing that Scootaloo was going to be taken away from him too.
“Well yes of course but you need to be able to spend time with the foal and you have to provide her with a loving home.” The mare said.
Loving home… check… time to spend with her… no… Soarin realized that he couldn’t spend every day with her because of his job… something had to be sacrificed… And it was going to be his job. She was worth it. She needed it. He needed it.
“Yeah. I can give her that.” Soarin said confidently. His mind was set. His was ready to give his job for her. He knew he had enough money to keep him and her happy for the rest of their lives.
“Great!” The mare said. “Now you just gotta go through the foster parent training.”
“What?”
“Its just a short training period for foster parents so they know how to take care of a foal.” The mare said happily.
Short… great so he could pass it quickly and get Sootaloo back.
“It’s only 200 class hours.” The mare said cheerfully and gave him a form.
“WHAT?!” He Yelled out. “I can’t do that and besides the investigation will be over before I have even done half of them.”
“Well in that case you just have to wait until the investigation is over and she is can be adopted.” The mare said and took back the form from him.
“Do I need to go to school for that too?” Soarin asked. He was really annoyed.
“No don’t be silly. anyone can adopt as long as they are suitable.” The mare said. “But I have to get her to her new foster parents.” She said and started to hover Scootaloo away.
“NO! I wanna Stay with Soarin!” She tried to fight out her magic but it was useless. “Soarin help me!”
“Scootaloo Don’t worry I’ll get this all cleared!” Soarin yelled at her as she and the mare walked to the back room. “I won’t leave you… ever.” Soarin muttered. His mind was set. He had to adopt Scootaloo once the investigation was over…
Hello dear readers! It is I Discord the god of chaos! Don’t worry your usual writer is fine. He is taking a little vacation in a nice corner of my oblivion and he will be back for the next chapter. But the reason why I have decided to take over for this chapter is simple. He hasn’t been honest to you… He hasn’t told you about the past that our hero Soarin has gone through. So I’m here to tell you the story of Soarin before he was a wonderbolt… enjoy…
“Mom! Dad!” Soarin yelled in excitement as he ran through the mansion.
“What is it son!” His father said in excitement. “Did you grow a horn or cut off your wings!” He smiled and looked at Soarin who was now looking depressed.
“no… but I got an A in my last flying test… I got a grade A classification so I can soon join to the wonderbolt’s junior training program!” He said in excitement as he gave his father the note. He looked at it and threw it to the fire place.
“You are never going to join them! Do you understand!” He yelled. “My son will not fly with those pests! No go to your room!” He pointed at the stairway to the second floor and Soarin obeyed his command.
Why did his parents hate pegasai? Why didn’t they love him like other parents? Why did he feel so alone? And who is knocking on his window? Soarin looked at the window and saw her.
“Spitty!” He said and galloped to the window where the young mare was trying to hover. It wasn’t easy for her since her wings were a bit… unbalanced. Soarin opened the window and let her in.
“So Soarin did you get your dad’s permission to join the junior training program?” The mare said cheerfully.
“No… he doesn’t want me to fly… at all.” Soarin said and looked at the ground. “He wants me to rip off my wings and grow a horn.”
“Soarin… They clearly don’t want you here… just please come with me and I will help you.” Spitfire said and hugged her friend. “you are 15 you can do your own decisions now…”
“I can’t leave. if I were to leave they would kill me.” Soarin said and broke off the hug.
“They are already killing you for what you are…” A long silence fell upon the two friends. “Has he hit you again…” Spitfire asked and Soarin looked away. “Soarin! Please…” Spitfire said and Soarin slowly opened his left wing. “Oh my… Did he do that?” Spitfire said as she saw the huge scar on his wing. It looked like somepony tried to rip it off for his body.
“It’s not that bad.”
“No it is! Show me your other wing.” Spitfire commanded. “Now!”
Soarin followed her command and opened his other wing… but there was not one big scar but many small ones…
“Soarin… have you…” Spitfire said and touched the small scars.
“He told me to… He said that I wasn’t worth his time and I should punish myself.” Soarin said as his eyes became teary. “I don’t wanna be a Pegasus Spitfire… I don’t want this.” He said and started crying.
“Soarin. I can’t force you to come with me… But you need to do something… you can’t live like this. You are a damn good flyer and a true friend… the kindest colt I have ever met… and the best kinda-but-not-really-a-brother-brother.” Spitfire said and hugged him tightly. “Don’t throw it all away by staying here.”
“Spitty… I’m sorry but I can’t leave… they might not be good parents but they are only ones I’ve got.” Soarin said and smiled.
“Well… I’m going to the training camp tomorrow…” Spitfire said and walked to the window. “I hope I’ll meet you some day in the wonderbolt academy… after all we promised to each other that we would be there on our 18th birthday.” Spitfire said and smiled warmly.
“Yeah don’t worry I’ll be there once I’m old enough… have fun in the camp and please write me.”
“Sure thing bro. See you in a year. goodbye!” Spitfire said and flew off.
“Goodbye!” Soarin said and looked as she flew away from his window… He knew that they were destined to be great wonderbolts but he knew that he couldn’t leave his parents…
“Soarin! Who were you talking to!” He heard his father’s voice. “Was that the little orange pest that you hang out with!”
“oh no…” Soarin said as his father entered the room… he was not happy…
“AHHH!” Soarin yelled and jumped out of his bed… a nightmare… like usually. He stepped out of the bed and walked down stairs to get the mail. He usually only got fan mail which he loved and usually even wrote back to them but today he was looking for a pacific letter…
“Ah here!” He said to himself as he found a letter from the social services. He opened it fast and read it.
“The investigation is ongoing but we have found out that Scootaloo’s father Lightning spark cannot look after her. Also we couldn’t contact her mother Lightning Dust. We are still trying to find her but we have decided to end the investigation soon if we cannot find her. If you want you can visit Scootaloo. She is staying at the Everfree orphanage outside of Canterlot since we could find a foster home for her.”
Soarin dropped the letter and was about to leave for the orphanage but then he realised that he had to go and tell spitfire about what was going on… After all she was technically his sister and she deserved to know. He had to keep her informed because she was going to stay with him always… Rainbow Dash he could inform later since they weren’t together at the moment. He quickly tossed an uniform on and took his saddle bag to his back and took flight to the clear skies of Canterlot…
“Darn Spitfire.” Soarin muttered as he was flying away from the wonderbolt compound. Spitfire had again left to oversee some recruits at the academy. After all that was mostly her job at this point. She only flew in the big shows where it was a tradition for the captain to lead the team but other vice she would be training the next generation of wonderbolts.
Soarin picked up speed as he flew a cross Canterlot’s clear sky. He saw the ponies of southern districts enjoying the sunny day while the less fortunate were working. He could see the little colts and fillies looking up to the skies as he zoomed past them leaving behind a blue trail. He always enjoyed spending time with his young fans but right now there was one fan who really needed him. And she was probably crying in a dark corner of the orphanage she was taken to.
The orphanage came into Soarin’s vision. It was an old house near the everfree forest. It wasn’t bad looking but it was definitely old. Soarin landed to the front yard and walked up to the door. He walked up to the door and he could hear a couple of kids inside playing. He knocked on the door and soon an old mare opened the door.
“Hello mister how can I help.” She said and looked at him.
“Umm… I’m here to see Scootaloo miss…” Soarin said and offered his hoof.
“My name is Carefree. But you can call me miss free. I believe your name is Soarin...” The old mare said and let Soarin enter in to the house.
“Yes… how did you know?”
“Scootaloo have been talking about you a lot… I must say she thinks quite highly of you.” The mare said and walked into a room which seemed to be an office. “She is upstairs… After you are done meeting her come here because I’ve got some paper work for you to sing.” She said and smiled.
Soarin quickly walked up stairs and saw a long hall way. He could hear voice coming from a room at the end of it and he decided to follow them. He opened the double doors slightly to see that it was a large room that had all kinds of toys and beds in it. He also saw some younglings in the middle of the room.
“So Scoots what do you think about that.” A young unicorn colt said as he was showing his magic tricks to the other younglings who were looking at him in awe.
“Well… I must say that your tricks are pretty good Flush… but once my dad teaches me to fly and do some tricks your magic tricks will seem like nothing.” Scootaloo said to him. Soarin was taken back by the usage of the word dad… did she mean him… or her actual dad? Only thing Soarin knew was that none of them had yet spotted him so he decided to continue listening.
“Oh really Scoots.” The blue unicorn colt said. “You are in an orphanage. Your dad is probably a loser and you will never see him again. And you are like what 12 years old and still can’t fly.” The colt said and the other ponies around them chuckled a bit. “It seems that either your dad has a really funny definition of flying or something is wrong with you…” He said and pointed at Scootaloo’s chest.
A that moment Soarin was about to jump in and defend Scootaloo but then he saw another colt stood up. “Hey!” A grayish pegasus colt said and walked between them. “You know what Flush?”
“What?” The unicorn asked and took a step back.
“It’s funny how you talk crap about her parents when we don’t even know anything about them… but we know a lot about your parents.” He said and smiled victoriously. The unicorn colt was clearly surprised with that and sat down while giving the grayish colt an angry look.
“You win this round Rumble… But don’t trust your luck too much.” He said and looked at the grey colt.
“Whatever you say Royal Flush… or should I say Toilet Flush.” The colt said and everyone in the room bursted out in laughter.
“Shut up!” The Unicorn colt yelled at the crowd. “I’m the great and powerful Royal Flush and I could send you all to the gates of Tartarus is I wanted to!” He said but every pony kept laughing at him.
“I think it’s more likely that you will send us to the gates of the canterlot sewage treatment plant.” The grey colt said while the others kept laughing.
“Rumble… I will have my revenge!” The unicorn said and threw some powder to the ground that made a small smoke cloud. Of course the smoke wasn’t enough to conceal his escape but it was close enough for him.
“Let’s hear it for rumble for blowing up his massive ego again!” A colt said and the others clapped for the grey colt.
“Thank you, thank you…” He said and bowed. “But I only did it to defend our newest friend… Scootaloo!”
Scootaloo blushed a bit but she was a master at hiding it. “Oh you are so kind but I could have handled his ego all alone.” Scootaloo said with confidence.
“Are you sure…” The colt said and did an action roll on the floor towards a cardboard sword and a shield which he picked up. “His ego is more dangerous that the hounds of Tartarus or the massive dragons of the east!” He said and posed like some brave hero with his cardboard equipment which made the others chuckle a bit in amusement.
“Yeah whatever sir Tumble-a-lot.” Scootaloo said and took his sword away from him. Both of them laughed at that and Soarin saw that Scootaloo was clearly enjoying her new friends.
“Yeah… But Scoots you haven’t told us a lot about your parents…” The colt asked her. She wasn’t ready to talk about her parents or about Soarin… at least not yet.
“Well… Umm… They… you know…” Soarin saw how Scootaloo was stalling out and Decided that this was his time to shine.
“Scootaloo!” He said and cheerfully and walked into the room. “How have you been champ?” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo who couldn’t believe that he was there.
“You know him Scootaloo?” The colt asked and Scootaloo simply nodded because she was still in shock. “You know a wonderbolt….”
Wait how did he know he was a wonderbolt? Most ponies couldn’t recognize him without his flight suit which he… was wearing…
”So… are you gonna tell me who is this?” Soarin asked Scootaloo who was still hugging his leg tightly.
“Umm… right. This is Rumble my friend and this is Soarin.” Scootaloo said and smiled at both of them.
“Your dad is a wonderbolt?” Rumble said while looking at Soarin who he admired. “And I thought you couldn’t be any cooler”
“Actually he isn’t my dad… he just takes care of me.” Scootaloo said and looked up to Soarin who was smiling at him.
“Okay you are officially the coolest pony in the world.” Rumble said and smiled.
Soarin was amused by Rumble’s reaction but he needed to talk to Scootaloo alone right now. “Scoots could you come with me for a moment.”
“Yeah Sure… See you in a bit Rumble.”
“Okay.” Rumble said and left them alone.
“Scootaloo…” Soarin said and picked up the little filly. “The social services couldn’t find your mom and your dad… was like we left him.”
“So?” Scootaloo asked wondering where this was going.
“I’m gonna be able to take you with me… hopefully today.” Soarin said and smiled widely. He saw how Scootaloo’s eyes became huge and full of happiness.
“Oh my gosh!” Scootaloo yelled in happiness and hugged Soarin. This was going to be a new start for her… And she finally had somepony to be call her family. “Thank you so much d… Soarin.” Scootaloo said while tears of joy were starting to come out.
Soarin noticed her accidental usage of the d word… She clearly wasn’t yet ready to call him dad but hopefully soon… hopefully soon he could say that he had a wonderful daughter.
Their moment of happiness lasted for several minutes until Soarin said. “I think we should go downstairs and take care of the paperwork.” And with that said the two of them made their way to the office were the old mare was waiting for them.
“I already got the forms ready for you too.” She said and passed them a piece of paper… An adoption form. Both Scootaloo and Soarin quickly wrote their names down and gave it back to the old mare.
“Now I must tell you that since we weren’t able to find her mother she can try to get her back if she wants to but the courts don’t usually give foals back to their parents if the family was deemed unfit to take care of a foal.” The mare said to Soarin with a serious tone. He wasn’t going to ever let Scootaloo go back to her family... because he was now her family.
“Are you leaving Scoots?” They heard Rumble’s voice coming from the door way.
“Y-yeah… I’m sorry Rumble.” Scootaloo Said and walked up to him. Soarin decided to Stay back and let the two friends have their moment.
“It’s okay… after all we all want to get a family… and it seems you got the best dad in the world now.” Rumble said and chuckled a bit.
“Oh I’m sure you are gonna find a great family too Rumble.” Scootaloo said to her friend.
“Yeah… are you gonna come and visit here some day?” Rumble asked. He wanted so badly to see her again someday. After all she was the most awesome pony he had ever met.
“Maybe but I’ll be sure to write to you.” Scootaloo said and smiled. She too wished to see the friendly colt again someday. “But I think I should go now…” She said and leaned in towards the colt… Rumble soon realized what she was going to do…
Soarin simply looked as Scootaloo gave rumble a light kiss on the cheek which made both of them blush… “Well then I think we should go Scootaloo.” Soarin said as the two had ended their moment.
“Yeah let’s go!” Scootaloo said and jumped on to Soarin’s back for the flight back to Canterlot. They walked out of the orphanage and Soarin was about to take flight but Scootaloo stopped him by saying. “Look!” She said and pointed at the skies… snow… beautiful white snow falling from the sky.
“I guess Celestia and her students were fast this year.” Soarin said and looked at the sky.
“They are so beautiful.” Scootaloo said and looked at the snowflakes.
“Each one of them are different but still beautiful in their own way…” Soarin said and looked at Scootaloo. “Just like ponies.” And then he took flight to the sky. The air wasn’t warm anymore it was cool like the winds of the crystal empire. Soarin always loved winter and the cool air it reminded him of the western highlands were he used to practice flying. To Scootaloo winter had no importance. She hadn’t spent hearts warming with family or gotten gifts… But Soarin wanted her to have the best hearts warming… Maybe even Rainbow Dash could come and Spent some time with them… He knew he had to figure out something for Scootaloo. He still had time before hearts warming so he didn’t stress about it but he still wanted to be the best father to Scootaloo…
Two of them landed on the front door of Soarin house and Scootaloo waited for him to open the door.
“Scootaloo I think we need to talk about something.” Soarin said as two of them entered the house.
“If it’s about Rumble he isn’t m…” Scootaloo was saying but Soarin cut her off.
“No I didn’t mean him. I wanted to talk about school.”
“Oh… My old family didn’t have money for school.”
“Okay Don’t worry I’ll get you to the Canterlot academy. It’s the best School in Canterlot and yours truly also went thre when he was a foal.” Soarin said proudly.
“Okay… When do I start school?”
“In a few days… I need to do some paper work to get you into the school but don’t worry I’m sure you will do great in there.” Soarin said and hugged her. “But I think we should go and get the quest room to fit your needs better.”
“You are giving me my own room.” Scootaloo said in excitement. “Thank you so much.”
The sun hit Scootaloo’s face. She opened her eyes and took a good long look around her room. This was what she always wanted. A place to call home and somepony to call a parent… a somepony who to tell all her troubles… somepony who cared for her… somepony whose name is Soarin.
She jumped out of the bed and walked downstairs where Soarin was already making some breakfast for them. “Good morning Soarin.”
“Morning Scootaloo here is your oatmeal.” Soarin handed her an bowl of oatmeal. Both of them sat down to the dinner table and started to eat their breakfast. “So I asked the Canterlot academy if you could atend school there and they said yes. You will be starting School in a few days after hearts warming.” Soarin said as he was eating.
“Okay what about you? When are you gonna go and do wonderbolt stuff?” Scootaloo asked.
“Yes aftter the holiday I have to go to the compound and attend practice. Don’t worry I will drop you at School but you have to get back here on your own after it.” Soarin said and threw Scootaloo a key. “Don’t lose it.”
“Your giving me a key to your home?” Scootaloo said and looked at the shining key which was laying in her hands.
Soarin only chuckled a bit and said. “It’s your home too now.” Scootaloo smiled knowing that he considered her as his own now. “But today I don’t have any…” Soarin couldn’t finish his sentence because somepony opened the front door and walked in. Soarin quickly Stood up and walked between Scootaloo and the kitchen’s door. Scootaloo could see how Soarin immediately took a protective stance when he felt that something threating was about to happen to her. Both of them waited in silence as they heard somepony walk in the corridor. Soon the door handle slowly moved down and somepony was about open it. Soarin opened his wings and was ready to charge at the intruder. To him there was nothing more important than Scootaloo in his life at the moment.
The door opened and Soarin charged at the intruder without looking who it was. Whit a loud thump he took down the intruder and laid on top of her. “Soarin what the heck?” He heard a familiar voice coming from under his body. “I Know that you are excited about seeing me but still.”
“I’m so sorry Rainbow Dash I didn’t mean to tackle you I just thought that…” Soarin was saying but Rainbow Dash quickly muted him with a small kiss.
“it’s okay. I heard from Spitfire that you actually adopted that kiddo.” Rainbow Dash said and walked into the kitchen.
“Yeah…” Soarin said and looked at Scootaloo who had finished her bowl of oatmeal. “Could you Scootaloo give us a moment.”
“Okay.” She said and left the two adults alone.
“So why are you here Dash?”
“Well I wanted to see if Spitfire was telling the truth and I also wanted to ask if you two had any plans for hearts warming.” Rainbow Dash said and took some oatmeal. “Do you mind if I steal some… The breakfast at the compound was crap like always.”
“Take as much as you want. And for hearts warming I was planing to invite a two special ponies here to spent it with me and Scootaloo.” Soarin said and sat down next to Rainbow Dash.
“Oh…” Disappointed Rainbow Dash said. “Well I hope you will have fun with them.” She said and started eating her food.
“Oh so you are not coming?” Soarin said and looked at her.
Rainbow Dash quickly spat out the oatmeal from her mouth and asked. “You are inviting me here even thou we aren’t… you know… Together anymore.”
“Of course I’m inviting you here for hearts warming. And didn’t we break up because we didn’t have time for each other.” Soarin said and looked at her.
“Well… yeah…” She said and blushed.
“So you are coming?” Soarin asked excitedly.
“Yeah I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” Rainbow Dash said and hugged Soarin. Both of them hoped that they could spent some time together during hearts warming. Of course Soarin was still putting Scootaloo before Dash but he liked her… NO! He loved her. But the reality was that they didn’t have time for each other but maybe that could change.
“But Soarin?” Dash asked. “Who is the other pony you are inviting?”
“It’s one of Scootaloo’s friends. His name is Rumble and what I have seen of him he is a good kid.” Soarin told her.
“Okay. I suppose we should go and get some presents for them.” Rainbow Dash said and stood up.
“Oh so you are not getting me a present.” Soarin said and looked at her.
“Don’t worry about you present Soar.” Rainbow Dash said with a seductive smile. “You are getting one but I’m giving it to you in private.” Rainbow Dash said and started to walk towards the door. Soarin could swear that her hips moved more than usual… “I think you should tell your little foal that you and I got some holiday shopping to do.”
“Yes ma’am!” Soarin said and rushed to Scootaloo’s room where she was reading some Daring Do books. “Scootaloo.” Soarin said and she turned to him.
“What’s up?”
“Me and Rainbow Dash are going out to do some holiday shopping. Do you think you can survive a couple of hours alone?” Soarin asked.
“Yeah you two have fun.” She said and waved at him knowing that he was going to go and buy her a hearts warming present. She couldn’t even imagine what she was going to get.
“Great you now where the fridge is.” Soarin said and gave her a light kiss on the fore head. “See you soon.”
“Yeah bye…” Scootaloo waited until she heard the door close shut. “Dad.”
Rainbow Dash and Soarin were flying towards Canterlot mall. They saw ponies below them all going to do their hearts warming shopping. After all hearts warming was in four days and the shops would close tomorrow.
Two of them landed near the mall and walked in. The mall was full of ponies doing their shopping. Soarin already had food and other stuff for hearts warming but he didn’t have a gift for Scootaloo… Well he had one… but he needed something else to give to her after all this was going to be her first hearts warming with a family. Soarin also knew he would have to buy Dash something… What would she like? Tickets to the next wonderbolt show?... No wait a second she is a wonderbolt dammit. Or maybe she would like some pie… No wait that’s him. He would like some pie. He looked at Rainbow Dash who was walking next to him and looking at the different stores. What was she thinking?
“I need to get something to Soarin and to Scootaloo… Something awesome…” Rainbow Dash pondered as they were walking through the mall. “Soarin?” Rainbow Dash asked. “What does Scootaloo like?”
“Well…” Soarin started but soon realised he didn’t really know what Scootaloo liked. She only told him the she adored the wonderbolts and him but she didn’t tell him anything else. “I dunno… What do you think we should get her?”
Rainbow Dash looked at him and smiled. “Oh it’s “we” all the sudden again.” She said and gave him a light kiss.
“Well… I just thought that it would be easier for us… and… you know…” Soarin awkwardly said and smiled.
“It’s okay.” Rainbow Dash said and they turned around the corner.
*THUMP* Soarin accidently walked right into another pony.
“Oh god I’m so sorry miss.” Soarin quickly said and looked at the turquoise Pegasus mare who had a messy blonde mane.
“Piss off dirt bag.” She angrily said and walked past him.
“Some ponies have no manners.” Rainbow Dash said and looked at the mare who was walking away. She didn’t know why but for some reason she looked familiar…
“What are you looking at?” Soarin asked Rainbow Dash as she was looking at the mare they had bumped into.
“I dunno… She seemed familiar. I know I have seen her somewhere…” Rainbow Dash said as she spotted something else. “And I just found the perfect gift for Scootaloo!” She said and smiled.
“Which is?”
“That!” She said and pointed at a red skateboard. “She is gonna love it trust me.”
“I think you might be right.” Soarin said and two of them walked into the store. “Hello.” Soarin said to the young stallion who was wearing a beanie and sitting on the counter.
“wazzup dude.” He greeted. “What do you need.”
“We would like to buy that skateboard.” Soarin said and pointed at the red skateboard on the store window.
“Okay dude. Anything else? maybe a helmet?” The store employee said as he picked up the skateboard.
“Yeah…” Soarin said and saw a black skateboard on the store wall… That reminded him that he had to get a gift for Rumble as well if he was going to spend the holiday with them. “And that black skateboard as well.”
“And a helmet to go with it too dude?” The stallion asked.
“Absolutely.” Soarin said and paid for the stuff. After that Rainbow Dash and Soarin were back out of the store.
“What was he calling me?”
“I dunno?”
“Dude… that’s a weird thing to call another pony.” Soarin said as they walked out of the mall and were about to fly away. “We need to pay a visit to the orphanage.”
“Oh okay take the lead then.” Rainbow Dash said as they started to fly towards the everfree forest.
As they got near the outskirts of the everfree sorest they saw all the snow that had piled on top of the forest’s trees. It looked like thousands of small hills. Soarin had always loved winter. The cool air and the peaceful scenery… It was perfect. Two of them landed near the orphanage and saw several young colts and fillies playing in the snow. As they walked closer one of them yelled out.
“SCOOTALOO’S DAD IS HERE!” All of the little ones looked at him and started running up to him. It seemed that all of them now knew that he was a wonderbolt.
“Rainbow Dash was taken back by the reaction of the little ones but she laughed a bit as the little ones ran up to them.
“Mister Soarin why are you here?” One of them asked.
“I’m here to speak to Rumble…” As he said that many of the little ones looked at each other and smiled. He didn’t know what exactly was going on but he decided to ignore it. “If you could get him for me…” Soarin asked but then a snow ball hit him to the face.
“No need I’m here.” Rumble said from a tree branch where he was sitting with some snow balls. Soarin quickly cleaned up the snow as the little ones and Rainbow Dash were laughing at Soarin who still had some snow on him.
“Rumble I have a something to ask of you.” Soarin said and Rumble glided next to him.
“What is it?”
“I was wondering if you would like to spent the hearts warming eve with me, Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash?” Soarin said that and a huge smile came up to Rumble’s face.
“Hearts warming eve with Scootaloo and with two wonderbolts! Of course I will be there!” HE said in excitement. This was every colt’s dream.
“Great I’ll pick you up in a few days… Also don’t tell Scootaloo. It would ruin the surprise.” Soarin said and smiled.
“Okay…” Rumble said and smiled. “Also could you give this to Scoots.” Rumble handed Soarin a letter.
“Of course. Well I will see you later Rumble.” Soarin said and saw that Rainbow Dash was walking up to him.
“Okay bye.” Rumble said as the two wonderbolts flew up to the blue sky.
Scootaloo woke up and opened her eyes and looked out of her bedroom window. It’s finally here... heart's warming. This was going to be her first heart's warming with an actual family. She really liked Soarin… He was the first pony in her life who showed her some kind of compassion and love. She knew that she had only lived a week with Soarin but he already was like an father to her.
Scootaloo jumped out of the bed and walked down stairs expecting seeing Soarin cooking in the kitchen. But he wasn’t there. But Rainbow Dash was making oatmeal… Or at least trying to make. Scootaloo liked Rainbow Dash but they really didn’t know each other. After all Soarin and Rainbow Dash weren’t living together. Scootaloo kinda hoped that Soarin and Rainbow Dash would start dating again but she too realized that they were two busy ponies. But she still wanted a mom…
“Rainbow Dash why are you here and where is Soarin.” Scootaloo asked her. She knew that Dash had a key to Soarin’s house too but she usually didn’t come by.
“Soarin asked me to look after you until he gets back from…” Rainbow Dash couldn’t tell her that Soarin went to pick up Rumble so she had to come up with something to cover him. “The wonderbolt compound.”
“Oh… Well did he say anything about why he went there?” Scootaloo asked.
“No…” But then Rainbow Dash remembered.
“Could you give Rumble’s letter to Scootaloo when she wakes up.”
“Sure thing Soar.”
“But he told me to give this to you.” Rainbow Dash said and gave Scootaloo a letter.
She opened the letter and read it in her mind while Dash continued her struggle with the oatmeal.
Dear Scootaloo
You asked me to write you and I could never break a promise I made to you. I really miss you, it’s quite lonely in here. Most of the other ones have left to spend the holiday with cousins or other family. I really hope that you have had fun with you new dad. I really would like to come and see you but I can so sorry. Maybe we can see each other at some point. I miss you… a lot.
Yours truly Rumble.
PS: Could you write me back and send cookies.
Scootaloo looked at the letter and remembered how she like being around Rumble. He was so funny and handsome… NO! Scootaloo doesn’t do sappy!
“Hey Scoot want some oatmeal.” Rainbow Dash said and gave her a bowl of oatmeal… If you could call it that. It looked like clue… And tasted like clue too. “Do you like it?” Rainbow Dash asked hopefully.
“Well…” Scootaloo didn’t dare to hurt her feelings by saying that it tasted like rotten apples mashed with some oats. “It’s fine. Not as good as Soarin’s oatmeal though.”
“Well he is the master of delicious food.” Rainbow Dash said.
All the sudden the door swung open and Soarin walked in. “Morning.” He said and swiped the snow off his face.
“D- Soarin!” Scootaloo said and ran up to him. He quickly picked her up and gave her a hug. Soarin noticed how Scootaloo again almost used the d-word… Maybe someday she would call him dad and he could call her daughter. There was no need to rush things. “Where were you?”
“Well I had to pick up your little friend so he could spend the eve with us.” Soarin said and Rumble walked in to the room.
“Rumble!”
“Scootaloo!”
They shared a small hug while Soarin and Dash looked at them. To them it was truly heart warming scene.
“You two want some oatmeal?” Rainbow Dash asked and gave both Soarin and Rumble bowls of oatmeal. Both of then took a spoonful of it to their moths and looked at each other in horror.
“Well do you like it?” Rainbow Dash asked them.
“Yep!” They said. Both of them tried to smile and eat their meals.
“I too might take a spoonful of it then…” Rainbow Dash said and stole a spoonful of Soarin’s oatmeal before he could act. “BHLELEBHEE! That tastes horrible!” Rainbow Dash said and spa out the oatmeal. Soarin, Scootaloo and Rumble chuckled a bit.
“I think it would be best if you would leave making food to me.” Soarin said and hugged Rainbow Dash.
“Sure…” She said and gave him a light kiss.
They day went on. Soarin and Rainbow Dash mainly stayed inside Soarin’s house while Scootaloo and Rumble played outside in the snow. Soarin was laying on the floor next to a fireplace. Rainbow Dash walked in to the room with to mugs of hot chocolate. She sat down next to Soarin and gave him the other mug. Soarin opened up his left wing and draped it over Dash’s back while Dash nuzzled next to Soarin’s warm body.
“I really like this.” Rainbow Dash said as they looked at the flames.
“Yeah… I really hope next year isn’t going to be so busy. So we could have more moments like this.” Soarin said as he finished his mug.
“We can always hope but with my new promotion to chief weather officer and your job as the second in command and your new little foal I don’t see it happening.” Rainbow Dash said in a disappointed tone.
“Yeah… But maybe…” Before Soarin could finish his sentence Scootaloo and Rumble ran in to the room completely wet from all the snow in their fur.
“I became dark so we decided to come inside.” Scootaloo said as they walked to the warmth of the fire.
“Well since we are all here I think we should open up some presents.” Soarin said and stood up.
“Aren’t we supposed to wait until morning?” Rumble asked. “We at the orphanage open our presents then.”
“Nah we have always opened our presents during the eve.” Rainbow Dash said and stood up too while Soarin walked out of the room to get the presents. “And we decided to get you two something that you can enjoy together.” Rainbow Dash said as Soarin walked back in with two presents.
“Here you go. these are for you” Soarin said and gave the two younglings their presents. “Happy hearts warming.” He said and looked as Scootaloo and Rumble teared the wrappings open.
“A new skateboard!” They screamed together. “This is so awesome!”
“Both of them ran to the Rainbow Dash and Soarin and hugged them.
“This is the best hearts warming ever!” Scootaloo said to Soarin. “Thank you so much… Dad.” Soarin looked at Scootaloo teary eyes and said. “It’s nothing Scootaloo… My daughter.” Two of them Hugged each other tightly. This is what they had always wanted… A family.
“Scootaloo…” Soarin said and picked up something from the table. “This has been my good luck charm since foalhood.” Soarin said and gave Scootaloo a small back object. It was a horn of some sort but it was clearly not an unicorn horn. It was sleek and black unlike unicorn's horn. And it was clearly snapped off of some thing since it's root was cracked. “I want you to have it.” Soarin said and gave Scootaloo’s forehead a kiss.
“Thanks… what is it?”
“I’ll tell you later.” Soarin said and hugged her
“I’m sorry to interrupt your moment but it’s quite late.” Rainbow Dash said.
“You two should get to bed. Scootaloo would you show Rumble the quest room.” Soarin said and wiped away his tears.
“Yeah… Good night to you two.” Scootaloo said and the two young ones walked up stairs while Soarin and Dash continued to lay on the ground next to the fire until they were sure that Scootaloo and Rumble were asleep.
“So…” Rainbow Dash said and kissed Soarin. “You ready for your Present.” She said in a seductive tone.
“I’m ready but I think that you might not be ready for your gift.” Soarin said and Stood up while Rainbow Dash turned to lay on her back.
“Well I think we should find out if we are ready.” She said and winked.
It had been a couple of days since heart’s warming. Rainbow Dash and Rumble had left to live their lives which left Scootaloo and Soarin alone to live their lives. Today was the first business day after heart’s warming which meat that Soarin had practice to attend to and Scootaloo had her first day of School today. Scootaloo and Soarin had just finished breakfast and were about to leave the house.
“Scootaloo do you have your saddle back with you?” Soarin asked as he pulled his wonderbolt uniform on.
“Yeah, I’ve got everything ready for school.” Scootaloo said and walked up to the door.
“Now remember to behave in school and after school is over come back here. I’ll be home soon after you get here but if Spitfire has a lot of paper work I have to help her.” Soarin said and opened the door.
“Okay.” Scootaloo said and climbed on to Soarin’s back.
“Ready?” Soarin asked her.
“Ready.” And with that said Soarin took off to the cold winter sky of Canterlot.
Soon Soarin landed near a huge building. There was many colts and fillies going into the building and their were a couple of grown-ups directing them to their classrooms. Scootaloo jumped down from Soarin’s back and said. “See you after School!”
“Have a nice day in school!” Soarin said and took off towards the wonderbolt compound. Before Scootaloo could even turn back to face the school she could hear a voice of an older mare.
“Excuse me but are you Scootaloo.” She said in a cold bureaucratic tone.
“Yeah.” Scootaloo said excitedly as she turned to face the older unicorn mare.
“I’m your teacher miss Nippy. Follow me I will escort you to your class since you are new here.” She said and they started to walk towards the school’s entrance. Scootaloo noticed the few teachers who were near the door were looking at her. She could feel the coldness from their stairs.
They entered the school and Scootaloo saw the rows of lockers and several classrooms. There was colts and fillies running to their classrooms and teachers trying to keep some kind of order in the hall way.
“This is your new classroom.” Miss Nippy said as they entered a classroom which was almost full with students. “You can sit in the back, There’s a free place there. we will start in five minutes.” Miss Nippy said and pointed at the back corner of the classroom.
Scootaloo walked to her table and sat down. She could see the other pupils looking at him and talking to themselves. This was her first day at School and she already felt alone.
“Soarin how was heart’s warming?” Fire Streak said as he entered the stallion’s locker room.
“It was great. I finally got to spend some time with Dashie and Scootaloo had a great time.” Soarin said as he took a sip from his water bottle.
“Oh yeah you adopted that filly. Where is she by the way I didn’t see her this morning when I dropped my colts at the wonderbolt juniors camp.” Fire Streak said as he finished putting on his flight suit.
“She isn’t going to school here since she can’t fly.” Soarin said and realized that he hadn’t told about Scootaloo’s condition to anyone except Spitfire and Rainbow Dash.
“Oh well that’s interesting…” Fire Streak said as he realized that there probably was something wrong with the filly. “So you send her to…?”
“Canterlot academy. It was the only school willing to take new students in the middle of the school year.” Soarin said to Fire Streak.
“A unicorn school…” Fire Streak said.
“Come on it’s not that bad. After all I graduated from there too.” Soarin said proudly.
“And did you have a great time with friends there…” Fire Streak said mockingly. “Or were you alone in a corner all the time.”
“Hey me and Spitfire had a great time over there.” Soarin defended knowing that most ponies going to that school were coming from rich and snobbish families.
“If you say so.” Fire Streak said and started to walk towards the door.
“I’m sure Scootaloo will have a great time going to school over there.” Soarin said in a hopeful tone.
Lunch break had just started. School had lasted for four hours now. During classes Scootaloo stayed quiet and tried to keep up with the but they were clearly a way ahead of her in all subjects. And during recess she stayed near the class room door since she had no idea how to get back if she got lost. Nopony had talked to her but she was the talk of everypony.
“Hey! New filly!” Scootaloo heard somepony call her. She turned and saw three unicorn fillies looking at her. Maybe they wanted to be friends?
“Yeah?” Scootaloo answered back cheerfully.
“Are you the flightless filly that Soarin the wonderbolt had adopted?” The unicorn filly in the middle asked. Scootaloo was taken back by the fact that they knew she was flightless. How did they know?
“Y-Yeah that’s me. How did you know that.” She said trying to stay positive.
“Oh please you have been the talk of the town. A wonderbolt adopts a pathetic flightless filly…” The unicorn filly said and the two others laughed. “That doesn’t even have a cutie mark.”
“What a loser.” The filly on the right said.
“I can’t believe that a wonderbolt would adopt such a disgrace for himself.” The filly on the left said.
“Anyways I guess we will be seeing you around here… Scootapoo.” They said and left while laughing. Was she really a disgrace for Soarin? Was she giving a bad name for Soarin?
Three painful hours later School finally ended and Scootaloo ran back to home. She just wanted to get away from the school and back to where somepony cared about her. She ran to the door and used her key to open it. She saw a pile of post on the floor. It was mostly fan mail but there was a newspaper in there too. The Canterlot giggler.
“Soarin the wonderbolt has adopted a flightless pegasus filly? Another disgrace for the Skies family.” Scootaloo read the front line from the front page. She couldn’t let Soarin see this. She wasn’t going to be a disgrace for him. She threw the newspaper to the thrash. She only hoped that Soarin hadn’t seen that paper anywhere or that he wouldn’t care what other ponies thought about him… Scootaloo didn’t want to be a disgrace for him. She didn’t want to lose the only pony who had ever cared about her.
She sat down next to the door and looked at the clock. just three hours and Soarin will be here… She closed her eyes and decided to take a nap next to the door so she would be awoken by Soarin when he came home.
“Scootaloo!” Soarin said as he opened the door. Scootaloo quickly stood up and ran up to him. He picked her up into a hug and continued.
“Did you have fun in school.”
She didn’t want to lie. But if she said that she hated that school she would seem ungrateful. “Yeah I had fun.” She lied knowing that was the best answer at the moment.
“Hey did you know that you are the front page news of the day.” Soarin said And picked up a newspaper from his saddle bag. Oh now he had seen the front line of the Canterlot giggler.
“Soarin’s new daughter! Isn’t she great!” Soarin read the front line and showed the paper to Scootaloo. “The Cloudsdale journal?” Scootaloo read the name of the paper.
“All the papers are full of stories like these… except the papers that only talk about scandals but who cares about them.” Soarin said and smiled at Scootaloo. “Anyways want some food?”
“Yeah what are we having?” Scootaloo asked.
“Vegetable stew. Is that okay for you.” Soarin asked.
“Yeah!” Scootaloo said happily.
“Well come on let’s make some food.” Soarin said and the two entered the kitchen to make themselves some dinner.
Another afternoon spent while waiting for Soarin to come home. Scootaloo was sitting near the front door and waiting for Soarin to come home. She had nothing else to do, She had no friends at school and Rumble lived outside of Canterlot. For two weeks Scootaloo’s afternoons consisted of siting on the cold floor next to the door waiting for Soarin.
She had picked up Soarin’s good luck charm to her hooves. She still had no idea what it was or what did it do. Every time she asked Soarin what it was he just said “I’ll tell you later.” She turned the broken black horn around and looked at the point where it had broken off. All the sudden it started to glow. Scootaloo saw dim green light coming from it. She had never seen it do this before. As she looked in to the green light she heard whispers. “No! Dad! Don’t! Ahhhhh! You broke it! It hurts Dad! Help me Dad!” she heard a voice of a young colt.
“No! You deserved that! Maybe now you are less of a pest!” an older stallion said. Scootaloo didn’t recognize whose voice it was. “Scootaloo.” Another voice said as she looked at the green light coming from the horn. She wanted to look away but… It was like looking into a black hole.... she had to know more.
“Scootaloo.” a new voice said quietly.
“SCOOTALOO! WAKE UP!”
“AAAHHHH!” Scootaloo yelled and woke up from her sleep.
“Scootaloo are you all right?” Soarin asked and looked at Scootaloo.
“Yeah I’m fine.” Scootaloo said and wondered if all of that was just a dream… she looked around and saw the small back horn on the floor. It wasn’t glowing or sparking anymore so maybe it was just a dream. Scootaloo picked up the horn fast before Soarin could notice it.
“Why were you sleeping next to the door?” Soarin asked her. He was slightly worried because something wasn’t all right with her clearly.
“I guess I just was tired after school.” Scootaloo mustered up an excuse. She didn’t want Soarin to know that she had waited for him to come home every day since she started school.
“And then you decided to sleep on the cold floor instead of you bed?” Soarin said. He knew she was hiding something. “Scootaloo please don’t lie to me.” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo and hugged her. “Tell me, What is bothering you. Tell me and we’ll deal with it together.”
“Well…” Scootaloo didn’t know if she should tell him that she hated school and that she was all alone all the time. “I… I don’t like School. The others just bully me and I feel like I’m alone all the time.” She said and tears started to flow down her face, Which broke down Soarin’s heart. When he was young and went to the some school Scootaloo was now going to he always had a friend… well… he and Spitfire were the only pegasai in the school so they kinda had to be friends… but still.
“Scootaloo… what about here. What do you do when I’m not here?” Soarin asked her.
“I… I wait for you to come home.” Soarin couldn’t believe that. Was he ignoring Scootaloo with his work… He loved Scootaloo too much to see her crying like this… but he loved being a wonderbolt… Something had to give. All the sudden Soarin remembered Luna and the dream he had…
“Scootaloo.” Soarin said and looked at her teary eyes. “I’m sorry. this is all my fault. I thought that you would be okay in that school and at home while I was training… This isn’t working.”
“Oh no he is gonna send me back” Scootaloo thought to herself as Soarin said that.
“So I think it’s time for us to move away from Canterlot.” Soarin said and smiled slightly.
“What do you mean?” Scootaloo asked. did he mean that both of them moved away from Canterlot or was he going to send her to some orphanage.
“I mean that we as a family will move to a nice little village which is a much better environment for a foal to grow. And since you can’t fly I think that it should be a village that is mostly populated by earth ponies… a village like Ponyville.” Soarin said and smiled widely and hugged Scootaloo.
“Ponyville? I have never heard of it.” Scootaloo said as Soarin lowered her to the ground.
“It’s a small village where Rainbow Dash used to live… or actually she lives there during the off-season.” Soarin said.
“But what about your job in the wonderbolts. are you gonna fly back here every day and train with them?” Scootaloo asked.
“No.” Soarin said. “I’m leaving the ‘bolts. You are much more important that them and i think it's my time to retire. After all Spitfire and i are the longest serving 'bolts so i think it's okay for me to start living a life that's more family friendly.” Soarin said and smiled. Scootaloo was taken back by this. He was ready to give up his dream for her…
“But how are you gonna make money?” Scootaloo asked.
“Scootaloo… I have enough money saved up for the rest of our lives and the ‘bolts have a pretty good retirement benefits. And I guess I could start my own flight school like some of the other retired ‘bolts.” Soarin said while smiling.
“What about my school?” Scootaloo asked.
“Don’t worry about it. I will figure all of this out.” Soarin said. “You don’t have to worry about anything, ever again. Scootaloo you are the most important thing in my life and from this point on if something is bothering you I want you to talk about it to me.” Soarin said and picked up Scootaloo.
“Okay dad. I promise.” Scootaloo said and hugged Soarin. Two of them knew that with these new revelations their lives would become perfect.
“So Scootaloo do you want some dinner?” Soarin asked as they broke off from their hug.
“Yeah let’s go and make something together!” Scootaloo said and ran to the kitchen. But she threw the small back horn to the fool as she and Soarin walked to the kitchen. And when both of them were inside the kitchen a dim green glow came from the horn…“Soarin… Scootaloo…”
As Scootaloo walked to the downstairs in the morning she saw Soarin packing things in to big cardboard boxes.
“Dad what are you doing?” Scootaloo asked Soarin as he turned to face her.
“Ah you are awake. Here’s a box back the things you want to take with you to Ponyville.” Soarin said and gave her a cardboard box. “Just pack the things you don’t want to leave here. I’m not selling this house so they are gonna be safe here.”
“We are moving already?” Scootaloo asked him. It had only been a day since they had their little talk. Scootaloo had thought they would be moving in a month or two but it was clear that Soarin wanted to move right away.
“Yep! I have already bought us a nice home that is big enough for two of us and there is some room for family expansion.” Soarin smiled while telling this to her.
“So you already quit your job as a wonderbolt?” Scootaloo asked and Soarin nodded. “How did Spitfire take it?”
“Well…”
“Hey Spitty.” Soarin said as he walked into her office.
“Oh hi Soarin. I need you to take care new recruits today because I’m busy with these reports.” Spitfire said as she was doing her paper work.
“Umm… actually I’m here to drop off my resignation letter.” Soarin said and gave her a letter.
“What?!” Spitfire asked as she opened the letter and quickly read it out. “Why? You have at least like ten years left in you.” Spitfire asked him. She didn’t want to lose her second in command.
“I guess I need to focus on some other things right now.” Soarin looked down as he said it.
“Scootaloo… I get it.” Spitfire said. “Well I guess each one of us have to leave someday.”
“Yeah… And I guess you are next to leave since we both have been here for over ten years now.” Soarin asked her.
“Ha I’m gonna die here.” Spitfire laughed. “Soarin we have been here for over ten years now, And I’m not going to leave now. When the other ‘bolts say that I’m too old to fly I’m gonna go and become a full time trainer at the academy.” Spitfire said. Soarin knew she wasn’t going to leave the ‘bolts behind. Because it was truly her family. She had rebuild the wonderbolts in to a household name and she wasn’t going to let anything ruin it. She cared way too much about the team and it’s members…
“Well we will see about that once you find a handsome stallion to call your own.” Soarin teased her.
“Just go. I’ll send you the honorable discharge papers and the retirement papers later.” Spitfire said and went back to work.
“Okay well see you whenever the off season starts.” Soarin said and left the office.
“Yeah sure thing.”
“Well… She probably didn’t want me to leave but she didn’t stop me either.” Soarin said and put some books and photo albums into a box. “Go on Scootaloo and back up the things you want to take with you.”
“Okay.” Scootaloo said and ran into her room. She took all the wonderbolt poster and other stuff with her. She also packed in her skateboard and her small collection of Daring do books.
Meanwhile Soarin had finished packing and was putting the boxes into a carriage that was soon going to leave for Ponyville. “Scootaloo have you done your packing already?” He asked and soon Scootaloo walked towards him with her box on top of her back. She easily carried it outside since almost all of her stuff was quite lightweight. Soarin picked it up and put it to the carriage and then it left.
“So are you ready to go Scootaloo.” Soarin asked and picked Scootaloo to his back.
“Yeah… just what are you gonna do for the stuff we left back there?” Scootaloo asked as she remembered that they left their beds and other furniture inside.
“Don’t worry. I’m not selling the house because someday you might need a place to live in Canterlot.” Soarin said and took light towards Ponyville. The skies were clear and the warm spring wind was running through Soarin’s and Scootaloo’s manes. Both of them were looking at the beautiful scenery of Equestrian country side. This was why pegasai loved to fly… The freedom and the wind. Scootaloo only could hope that someday she maybe could experience this without relaying on somepony else to carry her through the sky. Soon the fly over an huge apple farm. They was the thousands of apple trees and the large red barn. Also Soarin could smell freshly baked pie even though they were flying high above the farm. Soon after the farm they saw a small cottage that was build inside a small hill. There was a lot of animals outside of the house. All of them living in peace and harmony. After the cottage the rest of the village came in to their vision. They could see a huge crystal castle in the middle of the village. Soarin had seen it before but this was Scootaloo’s first time seeing the castle of friendship and she was in awe. She could see the sun reflect off the crystal surface making it shine like a diamond.
After flying around the town for a while Soarin landed next to a average looking house. It looked like every other house in the town but on the door step there was pile of cardboard boxes which contained their stuff in them. Soarin walked up to the door and opened it. Inside the house was some basic furniture but the house was largely empty. The house had two floor. On the first floor there was a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and one bed room. The second floor had three bed rooms and a bathroom.
“Well Do you like it.” Soarin asked. “I know it’s not as fancy as the house back in Canterlot but this is something we can really make in to our home.” Soarin said and smiled.
“I like it.” Scootaloo said. She knew this was a new start in a new town with her dad…
It had been a couple of days since Scootaloo and Soarin moved in to Ponyville. They had bought some furniture into their home and they had already met some of the locals. Soarin and Scootaloo had already met the infamous Pinkie Pie during their welcome to Ponyville party. Today was a warm spring day. Scootaloo’s first School day was about to start and Soarin had already packed her pack for her. “Scootaloo are you ready? we need to get you to school.”
“Yeah I’m coming!” Scootaloo yelled as she galloped downstairs. She was excited. Finally she would go to a regular school where ponies wouldn’t judge her because of her medical condition. During the couple days of being in Ponyville nopony had said anything about her wings which made her feel wanted in here. She also had met the towns mail mare who had a pair of “derpy” eyes and nopony really cared about that.
“Good let’s get going then.” Soarin said and Scootaloo climbed on to his back. Soarin took off towards the towns school which was located near the woods at the outskirts of the town.
As Soarin landed Scootaloo saw other parents drop their foals off. There were unicorns, earth ponies and pegasai all putting their foals to the same school. “Now go on you don’t wanna be late for school. I’ll be here to pick you up after school I have to go and help aunt Spitfire at the wonderbolt academy.”
“I thought you left the wonderbolts.” Scootaloo asked him.
“Well I’m not in the flying squadron anymore but Spitfire gave me yesterday something called a legends contract. She wants me to help her train the next generation of wonderbolts and she still wants me to fly during the biggest events of the year but I’m not touring with the other ‘bolts anymore and I don’t have to atend the daily practice sessions so I can spend more time with you.” Soarin explained and gave her a hug.
“Now go or else you will be late for class.”
“Yeah see you daddy.” Scootaloo yelled as she quickly galloped towards the school building. She saw how Soarin waved at her before shooting upwards towards the sky. As Scootaloo walked through the school yard she heard somepony behind her.
“Oh look at this a pony.” A grey filly said.
“I wouldn’t bother with her… She is a blank flank.” A pink filly laughed. These two were the first ones in the whole town who had called her names due to her flanks.
“Hey why don’t you to leave her alone.” A white unicorn filly said.
“Yeah. I’d leave her alone if I were ya Diamond Tiara.” A yellow earth pony said to the two bullies.
“Whatever Metal Belle and Apple Mold.” Diamond Tiara said. “You three blank flanks have fun together.” She said and left with her friend.
“Thanks for making them go away… not that I couldn’t have handled them alone.” Scootaloo said to them.
“Hey it’s cool sugar cube.” The yellow filly said and offered a hoof for a bump. “Names Apple Bloom And she’s Sweetie Belle.”
Scootaloo accepted the hoof bump and said. “Scootaloo. I’m new here.”
“Yeah I saw you at the Pinkie Pie’s party but I didn’t have time to talk to you.” Sweetie Belle said. “We should like totally hang out together since we don’t have cutie marks.”
“Yeah we could try to get them together.” Scootaloo said.
“Yeah but I think we should get to class or else miss Cheerilee will be angry.” Apple Bloom said and the three friends galloped to the class room.
“Soarin!” He heard Rainbow Dash’s voice coming from behind him.
“Yeah what do you need?” Soarin said as the other trainees trotted pass them towards the showers.
“I… nah I tell you later once we are alone. How is life in Ponyville Pinkie sent me a letter telling about the party.” Rainbow Dash asked.
“It’s nice. Really relaxing and calm.” Soarin said.
“I’ll come and visit you guys tomorrow. We can talk then.” Rainbow Dash said and walked off. Soarin knew something was wrong with her. Something was off with her… But Soarin knew she would tell him once she was ready to talk about it.
“See you guys tomorrow.” Scootaloo waved at her new friends as she sprinted towards Soarin who was waiting for her. She ran in to his hooves and hugged him.
“How was School?” Soarin asked.
“It was great I made two new friends and we are gonna get our cutie marks together.” Scootaloo said happily.
“That’s great sweetheart. I think we should get back home and cook some dinner. Also Dashie is coming to visit us tomorrow.” Soarin said as he lifted her up to his back.
“That’s awesome!” Scootaloo said as they took off.
Later that evening Scootaloo was laying in her bed. She was awake but even though Soarin had told her that she needed sleep to stay awake during school tomorrow. For some reason she couldn’t sleep. She saw the black horn that Soarin had given him on her nightstand… Every now and then it would blink green. Scootaloo picked it up and looked at it. She had asked Soarin several times about the horn but every time she asked him he just simply dropped the subject and moved on. He was clearly avoiding the subject for some reason.
She picked up the horn and decided to ask him again. She knew that it was really late at night but she also knew that Soarin would stay up late. She sneaked through the house to Soarin’s bedroom’s door and put her ear to the door. She hear him inside so she slowly opened the door a bit. Scootaloo could see him in front of a mirror. Soarin was just looking at his own reflection.
“I should tell her the truth.” Soarin said to himself. Scootaloo didn’t know what he was talking about so she decided to just listen silently from the door.
“Scootaloo loves me and doesn’t care that I’m one them…” Soarin said and looked at the mirror. "She knows i'm not like them... She knows i love her like my own daughter." Then a green flame surrounded his body and revealed true form. Scootaloo could see his block skin and blue eyes. She also could see his insect wings and his broken horn. He was a changeling. At the same moment the horn that was in Scootaloo’s hands glowed green which made Scootaloo drop it in panic. It hit the floor and made a hearable noise. Soarin quickly turned his head around and saw her at the door. He too panicked and quickly transformed back to his pony form. “Scootaloo.” He said with tears in his eyes.
“You are a changeling.” Scootaloo said and sprinted away from the room.
Scootaloo ran as fast as she could downstairs. She was scared… The only pony in the world who had ever cared about her turned out to be a changeling. She could her Soarin yelling something to her as she ran but she didn’t care. She ran up to the front door and tried to open it. Locked. She started to cry as she heard Soarin’s hoofsteps come closer. This was it. He was going to steal her love.
“Scootaloo.” Soarin said as he walked next to the scared filly who was crying. “Please don’t be afraid. I love you and I would never hurt you.” Soarin pleaded and Scootaloo turned to looked at him. He was in his pony form but Scootaloo knew better.
“You are a changeling.” Scootaloo said as tears ran down her face. “I thought you loved me… I loved you… I thought you were my dad.” Scootaloo cried out.
Soarin saw her tears and changed into his true form. He looked Scootaloo and saw his refection in her teary eyes. “Scootaloo… This is who I am. I’m a changeling but that doesn’t change how I feel about you… I love you and you are the only thing that matters to me.” Soarin said as his changeling eyes started to get watery. “Does it change how you feel about me?”
“I…” Scootaloo didn’t know how to answer. She knew Soarin loved her but at the same time it felt like she never knew the real Soarin… the changeling Soarin. “I don’t know.”
“Scootaloo… I’m sorry. I should have told you… but I was too scared. I couldn’t risk losing you.” Soarin said to her.
“Does other ponies know who you truly are.” Scootaloo asked.
“Spitfire knows… and my… parents.” Soarin said. Scootaloo could hear the pain as he said it.
“Were your parents too changelings?” She asked.
“No… they were unicorns… neither of them knew how and why I was a changeling.” Scootaloo could see him slowly tear up as he opened up about his parents. “That’s why they never treated me as their son. Neither of them saw me as their son… to them I was just a pest.” Soarin said.
“What about your horn? Why is it broken?” Scootaloo asked. She was slowly becoming relaxed as Soarin shared details about himself.
“My dad… he broke it when I was young… he used to beat me up daily. And because the horn is broken I can only change between my changeling form and my pony form” Soarin transformed in to his pony form which Scootaloo felt much more relaxed around.
“Do you really love me?” Scootaloo said as Soarin changed back to his true form. She could still she the same glimmer in his eyes…
“Yes. Scootaloo. To me you are a daughter. To me you are my true family.” Soarin said and all the sudden Scootaloo hugged his hole filled legs.
“Then you are my dad. Then you are my family which I love.” Scootaloo said as the changeling hugged her back and at that moment they were surrounded by pink light which went in through Soarin’s chest into his heart.
“Did you just steal my love?” Scootaloo asked.
“No… I don’t steal love from others.” Soarin said. “You gave me love.” Soarin said and smiled warmly.
“If I were a changeling too would you give your love to me?” Scootaloo asked him even though she wasn’t a changeling.
“I’d give you all the love I could even if it would kill me.” Soarin said and Scootaloo could only smile back at him.
“How were you able to stay hidden from other ponies?” She asked.
“Well I told Spitfire that I was a changeling when we were young and she has helped me a lot. You remember when I told you that she was like a sister to me… well I meant it. She has given me love for the last 25 years. So I owe her everything.” Soarin said as tears escaped his eyes.
“Remember two months ago during Hearts warming I told you that I love you.”
“Yeah I remember.” Scootaloo answered to him.
“I meant it.” Soarin said as Scootaloo hugged him. Scootaloo knew Soarin had a good heart and the fact that he was a changeling wasn’t going to change that or the fact that he was her father. He was the pony who she could always trust.
“Dad… please don’t let this change things between us.” Scootaloo said. She didn’t want things to change now even though she knew he was a changeling.
“This doesn’t change a thing between us. I love you whatever happens.” Soarin said to her.
“Good…” Scootaloo said and looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost morning and she hadn’t slept at all. “I’m really tired…” Scootaloo said while yawning heavily.
“It’s okay come on let’s get you to bed.” Soarin said and carried the young flightless pegasai to her room and put her back in to her bed. Soarin could see that Scootaloo had already went to sleep as he was looking at her. “Good night Scootaloo.” Soarin said and gave her forehead a light kiss and left the room.
The next morning Scootaloo woke up to the smell of pie. She quickly rushed down stairs where she saw Soarin making some breakfast.
“Morning dad!” Scootaloo said as she walked in to the kitchen.
“Morning Scootaloo. Did you sleep well?” Soarin asked but before Scootaloo could answer the door bell rang.
“Don’t worry dad I got it!” Scootaloo yelled and ran to the front door. She opened it and saw Rainbow Dash. She looked a bit sick. “Oh hi Rainbow Dash What are you doing here?” Scootaloo asked her.
“I need to talk to Soarin could you get him.” Rainbow Dash asked Scootaloo.
“DAD! RAINBOW DASH WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!” She yelled loudly to the direction of the kitchen.
“Coming!” Soarin said and sprinted to the front door. “Your breakfast is ready Scootaloo go eat it while we talk.” Soarin said and Scootaloo walked back to the kitchen leaving the two adults alone. “So what do you want to talk about?” Soarin asked Rainbow Dash.
“BBBLLLLLAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!” Soarin watched in horror as Rainbow Dash vomited everything she had in her stomach to Soarin’s porch. “What the hell Dash?” Soarin said in a worried but annoyed tone.
“Sorry… morning sickness.” Rainbow Dash said as she spat out the last bits of vomit from her mouth.
“Morning sickness? you mean?” Soarin asked.
“I’m pregnant.” She said in a serious tone.
“Oh my god I’m gonna get another foal! This is the greatest day of my life!
Oh my god Dash doesn’t know I’m a changeling!
OH MY GOD SHE DOESN’T KNOW THAT SHE IS PREGNAT WITH A CHANGELING FOAL!” Soarin yelled in his mind.
“Could we talk inside.” he said while giving an awkward smile.
”Could you wait in the living room while I talk to Scootaloo.” Soarin said as he and Rainbow Dash walked in to the living room.
“Yeah sure.” Rainbow Dash said and Soarin gave her a quick kiss as he trotted back to the kitchen where Scootaloo were.
“Scootaloo help!” Soarin panicked as he entered the room.
“What’s wrong?” Scootaloo said and looked at Soarin who was panicking.
“RainbowDashispregnantwithmyfoalandihaventtoldherthati’machangeling!” Soarin said quickly in a panicked tone.
“What?” Scootaloo asked.
“Rainbow Dash is pregnant with my foals and I haven’t told her that I’m a changeling.” Soarin said. “What do I do? I can’t tell her she’ll leave me if she would know that I’m a changeling and that she is pregnant with changeling foal.” Soarin said while looking back at the living room where Rainbow Dash was reading a magazine.
“You two didn’t use protection when you two banged during heart’s warming?” Scootaloo asked.
“No…” Soarin said and looked down at the floor in embarrassment. “Wait how do you know that we…”
“You two aren’t the most quiet couple when it comes to being intimate with each other.” Scootaloo said bluntly to Soarin.
“Sorry…”
“It’s okay.” Scootaloo said. “Now. You need to tell her the truth.”
“What? No I can’t she’ll leave me!” Soarin said to Scootaloo.
“No she won’t. She is the element of loyalty. Do you really think she would leave you because what you look like.” Scootaloo said and looked Soarin who was still nervous. “She doesn’t love you because you are rich or good looking… she loves you because you are made for her.” Scootaloo said and hugged Soarin. “She loves because you have a good heart… So go and tell her the truth… She deserves to know.” Scootaloo said to Soarin who seemed a bit calmer now.
“Okay.” Soarin said and took a deep breath.
“I’ll need to get to school. See you later.” Scootaloo said and left the two adults alone with each other. Soarin walked to the living room where Rainbow Dash was laying on a couch and reading a magazine. The sun light that was coming through the large windows made her magenta eyes glimmer. Soarin walked next to the couch and gave Rainbow Dash a kiss. “I’m sorry I had to make sure Scootaloo was ready for school.”
“It’s okay.” Rainbow Dash said as she looked down to her stomach. “So… what are we gonna do with the foal?”
“We are gonna raise it as our own...” Soarin said and kissed her stomach that wasn’t yet that much bigger than normal. “Just like we always planned.” Soarin said and looked at Rainbow Dash who looked like she was about to cry.
“What about Scootaloo. Is she going to be okay with us having a foal? And how about my parents… we are not even married yet.” Rainbow Dash said.
“It’s okay Dashie. Scootaloo would love to have a little sister or a little brother. And we can fix that marriage issue really fast.” Soarin said and kissed her deeply. He knew he had to tell her the truth next. “Rainbow Dash. You know I love you. right?”
“Yes and I love you Soarin.” She said and looked at his green eyes which glimmered in the sun light.
“Would you love me even if I… was something else.” Soarin said in a worried tone.
“What do you mean…” Rainbow Dash said.
“I…” Soarin tried to pick the right words because the last thing he wanted to do was scare her away. “I haven’t… told you everything.” “Okay…” Rainbow Dash wasn’t sure what he meant.
“I... I’m changeling.” Soarin said bluntly.
“...” Rainbow Dash just stared at him in silence.
“I should have told you before but…” Soarin said and changed to his changeling form. “I was afraid you would leave me.” He said and looked at Rainbow Dash’s eyes. He could see the fear and disbelief in her eyes. “I’m sorry.”
“Who else knows?” She said as she looked at his huge bug eyes.
“I told Scootaloo yesterday and Spitfire has always known who I am.” Soarin said. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to keep you in the dark but…” Soarin was saying but Rainbow Dash stopped him by kissing him on the lips.
“Stop it.” She said. “I love you for who you are inside.”
“Really… you… you don’t care that I’m a changeling.”
“Soarin… honey… I’m the element of loyalty. Do you really think I would ever leave you because of your look.” Rainbow Dash said and smiled happily. “I love you. No matter what you look like.” She said and then they hugged each other. A pony and a changeling in love hugging each other.
“You Don’t have to tell me anything about how you became a changeling or what happened to your horn.” Rainbow Dash said and looked at Soarin’s broken horn. “But please promise me that you will be here for me and our foal.”
“Of course I will be here for you, Scootaloo and for our foal.” Soarin said and gently rubbed her belly. “Talking about foals you do realize that we can’t go to the hospital.” Soarin said in a worried tone.
“What? why not?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“If they see our foal they will realize that I’m a changeling… and they will realize that you are pregnant with a changeling foal… and… I think you know what they will do then.” Soarin said in a serious tone which made Rainbow Dash feel a bit uneasy.
“But if I can’t give birth in a hospital where am I going to give birth?” Rainbow Dash asked him.
“I dunno.” Soarin said and changed back to his familiar pony form. “I have a friend who might be able to help us but I think it’s way too early to talk about giving birth anyways. But we need to go and have a chat with Spitfire so we can get you out of the upcoming shows. Also I think we should look into moving your stuff here. Right?” Soarin asked her.
“Sounds like you got it all planned out for us.” Rainbow Dash said and hugged him.
“You don’t have to worry about anything Dashie.” Soarin said and hugged her back. “I wont let anything hurt my family.”
”You featherhead!” Spitfire said in anger and smashed her head to her office desk causing her coffee mug to spill its contents all over her paper work. “Soarin..” She said and looked at the stallion who was standing next to his mare friend. “I have been helping you since we were foals… I helped you when we got into the ‘bolts and I helped you to win Rainbow Dash’s heart and when you adopted Scoots… But! This is way too much for me.” She said and looked at the couple.
“Please Spitty.” Soarin pleaded.
“No! I can’t just drop Rainbow Dash out of our roster for over nine months without telling the press. And secondly how do you think the press will react when they hear your soon to be wife has given birth to a changeling!” Spitfire said and sighed. “I’m sorry but I don’t think we can hide this thing under a rug.”
“Well you could just say I had an accident and I damaged my and I have to be out of the team for some time until my wing recovers.” Rainbow Dash said and smiled.
“Okay…” Spitfire said. “But how about after you give birth? Are you just gonna hide the foal or what the hell are you gonna do?” Spitfire asked them.
“We’ll figure that out when time comes.” Soarin said and dragged a wing over Rainbow Dash’s back.
“Well I think that is a flawless plan.” Spitfire said and smiled widely.
“Really?” Soarin said in excitement.
“Of course NOT you featherbrain!” Spitfire said and slapped Soarin. “How are you gonna hide her belly once it gets bigger or how are you two gonna explain why are two grown up ponies buying baby products?” She had a good point. Neither Soarin nor Rainbow Dash had thought of that.
“Don’t worry we’ll figure all of that out once it becomes a problem.” Soarin said and looked at Rainbow Dash who smiled lightly. Spitfire sighed deeply… “Fine… Rainbow Dash I’m going to write you a fake injury BUT! If this thing blows up and the press find out what’s going on I’m not gonna come and save you two… I might save Scoots because she doesn’t need all this drama.” Spitfire said and started to write some fake medical papers.
“Don’t worry. I’m sure nothing that goes wrong and soon we have a lovely foal and you will be called aunt Spitfire.” Soarin said and hugged Spitfire.
“Sometimes I wonder why I keep troublemakers like you two in my team.” Spitfire said and handed Rainbow Dash a pair of fake medical documents.
“You know better than anyone that all the best ponies are troublemakers.” Rainbow Dash said and gave her a smuggish smile.
“Just get out. I Still have a day job.” Spitfire said and smiled as Soarin and Rainbow Dash made their way out of her office. Once they were in the corridor Rainbow Dash quickly slid the medical documents to her saddle pack and looked at Soarin. “She is right.” He said in a serious tone.
“About?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“About this being a really difficult road for us.” Soarin said and looked at Rainbow Dash. “But then dream don’t come true easily.” He said and smiled.
“Don’t worry. We’ll make this work.” Rainbow Dash said and smiled.
“Yeah… anyway let’s go and meet up with my…” Soarin struggled to find the right word. “…acquaintance”
“Well let’s get going.” Rainbow Dash said and soon the two were in flight towards Canterlot’s out skirts. The flew through the busy streets until they came to one of the poorer are of Canterlot.
Soarin and Rainbow Dash landed and looked around. All the houses were in terrible shape and ponies were giving then all kinds of passive-aggressive looks. “Follow me and stay close.” Soarin said and started to walk towards what seemed to be a bar.
“Hey I can totally handle myself.” Rainbow Dash said as they were walking.
“I know…” Soarin said and opened the bars door. “But they don’t.” Soarin said as they entered the bar.
The bar was full of rather unfriendly looking ponies. Most of them were either drinking or fighting with somepony else. Soarin and Rainbow Dash walked to the bartender who was busy serving drinks.
“Hey!” Soarin said as he and Rainbow Dash walked to the bartender.
“You need a drink?” The bartender rudely asked.
“No…” Soarin said and took a look behind his back to make sure nopony was eavesdropping on them. “We are here to meet Eridim.” Once Soarin said the name the bartender pulled him close.
“He isn’t expecting any visitors right now.” The bartender said in a serious tone.
“You are gonna take me to him or else I’m not only gonna blow my own cover but I’ll make sure to blow your cover as well… changeling.” Soarin said back to him.
“Shut it.” The bartender said and looked around them. “See that door.” He said and pointed at the door in the back of the bar. “The password is Chrysalis the victorious. Once you are in tell the guard I let you in.”
“Thank you.” Soarin said and started to walk towards the door with Rainbow Dash.
“How did you know he was a changeling.” Rainbow Dash whispered to him.
“We changelings can sense when another one of us is close by. Makes it easier to meet other in public without revealing our true form.” Soarin said as the arrived at the door.
“What about this Eridim? Is he your friend?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Friend? Not anymore… Or maybe he has forgotten it..” Soarin said and rubbed his chin.
“Forgotten what?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Nothing… Don’t worry about it. I’m sure he is willing to help us out.” Soarin said and knocked on the door. Soon he heard a voice coming from the other side.
“Who is it.”
“The bartender told me to come here. the password is Chrysalis the victorious.” Soarin whispered through the door and soon a large unicorn stallion opened it for them and let them inside. Once both of them were inside they hers the door close behind them. “Act cool.” Soarin said to Rainbow Dash and transformed to his true form.
“Through that Door.” The stallion said and pointed at the door at the end of the corridor. Soarin and Rainbow Dash walked to the door and opened it. On the other side was another bar but this was had a very different atmosphere… mainly because it was full of changelings. As Soarin and Rainbow Dash entered slowly more and more of the changelings noticed them and went quiet. Rainbow Dash didn’t want to admit it to herself but being locked in a room with easily over two hundred changelings was a bit scary.
“Soarin!” They heard a male voice through the crowd.
“Eridim!” Soarin said and saw a changeling walk up to them.
“Don’t worry boys. I know Soarin he is an old friend.” Eridim said and walked toward Soarin and Rainbow Dash.
“I told you he would have forgotten it.” Soarin whispered to Rainbow Dash as Eridim walked next to them.
“And the fuck I aint!” He said and hit Soarin with a strong hit causing Soarin to fall to the ground.
Soarin spat out blood as Eridim gave him several punches. All the other changelings in the room were simply watching two of them fighting. meanwhile Rainbow Dash was still in slight shock seeing some many changelings in a single room.
“You know what Soarin. I knew you were an idiot but I thought that you had the brains to stay away from here!” Eridim said as he stopped beating on Soarin who hadn’t even tried to fight back. Rainbow Dash immiatedly ran up to Soarin and helped him up.
“I need your help Eridim.” Soarin said as he leaned on to Rainbow Dash as Eridim back away.
“Yeah… remember back in Baltimare. I needed your help…” Eridim said angrily and glared at him. “And you didn’t show up.”
“I’m sorry. I tried to…” Soarin was saying but Eridim quickly cut him off.
“You tried to but didn’t come to help me and because of that she is dead!” Eridim said angrily.
“She knew what she signed up for when she came to fight with us!” Soarin yelled back at him. Meanwhile Rainbow Dash didn’t have any idea what they were talking about and the rest of the changelings seemed to be clueless too.
“BUT SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE!” Eridim yelled. Soarin was taken back by the outburst and simply stayed quiet. “She loved him… And because of us two he was forced to kill her…” Eridim said and looked at the ground.
“She decided to stand with us while he stayed loyal to Chrysalis…” Soarin said and walked up to Eridim and gave him a friendly hug. “Your sister died for the values she believed in… and he defended the values he believed in. You can’t blame yourself for a decision she made.” Soarin said as Eridim hugged him too. The other Changelings in the room slowly backed off as the two friends embraced leaving Rainbow Dash alone in the middle of the room.
“Come with me.” Eridim said as the two changelings broke off their hug. “We’ll talk in private.” And with that said Soarin changed back in to his pony form and gestured to Rainbow Dash to follow him. Eridim led them to a table at the corner of the room where they could talk in private.
“So Soarin… mind telling me why have you brought a pony to a changeling lair.” Eridim said as three of them sat down.
“Well… I need your help… WE need your help.” Soarin said and looked at Rainbow Dash.
“Of course I’ll help you and miss....” Eridim said and offered his Changeling hoof to Rainbow Dash
“Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow Dash said and gave him a hoof bump.
“Miss Rainbow Dash.” Eridim said and smiled. “How can I help?”
“We think that Rainbow Dash is pregnant with my foals.” Soarin said bluntly leaving Eridim speechless.
“You sure that the foal is yours?” Eridim asked.
“Yeah.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Soarin… how familiar are you with changeling breeding?” Eridim asked.
“…”
“How familiar are you with pony breeding?” Eridim asked.
“Well I know the basics.” Soarin said. He had no idea how changeling mating worked because he had never lived in a changeling hive.
“Okay… I have never heard of a changeling getting a foal with a pony.” Eridim said. “There a quite a lot of biological reasons why that should be impossible.”
“So you are saying it’s impossible?” Rainbow Dash asked. She felt like her dreams of having a family with Soarin had just been broken.
“No… I’m not saying it’s impossible… but…” Eridim struggled to find the right words to explain what he was thinking of. “But female changelings give birth to an egg. Which hatches once the queen’s magic has entered the egg. And if you haven't noticed we don't have a queen here” Eridim explained.
“I thought that changeling hive worked like bee hives…” Rainbow Dash said.
“You thought that Chrysalis lays changeling eggs all day?” Eridim asked and chuckled. “Chrysalis hasn’t laid a singled egg. That’s why we can’t get rid of her yet.” Eridim said and looked at Soarin who knew what he was talking about.
“I’m really confused.” Rainbow Dash said. “Why do you want to get rid of Chrysalis. I thought she is your queen.” Rainbow Dash asked but both Soarin and Eridim started to laugh.
“You really think that all changelings are loyal to Chrysalis?” Soarin asked Rainbow Dash.
“Well… yeah.” She said which made the two changelings laugh even harder.
“Miss Dash not all changelings are loyal to that evil witch.” Eridim said. “If we were loyal to her you would be dead.” Eridim said
“Dashie…” Soarin said and looked at her. “The reason why some changelings like us want to get rid of Chrysalis is that she rules with an iron fist. Only her opinions matter and her word is the law. Me, Eridim and his little rebellion want get rid of Chrysalis and destroy her absolute monarchy. We want a new monarch and a constitution.” Soarin told her.
“Chrysalis and her military policy against ponies has made changelings look like animals. We are not evil. You know it better than anyone else since you are in love with Soarin.” Eridim said. “We want to live with the ponies of Equestria. We too want a monarch who doesn’t abuse her position. We want democracy. We want a constitutional monarchy.” Eridim explained to her.
“If that is what you want why some changelings are loyal to Chrysalis?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Because some think that we need a strong ruler to protect us. And it’s not easy to try to rebel against her… Mainly because her military makes sure that no one inside the hive rebels against her.” Eridim said.
“Why not just kill her and pick a new queen?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Have you been listening?” Eridim asked. “The only way to hatch a changeling egg is through the queen’s magic. If we kill her before there is a legitimate heir we cannot reproduce which means that we would be the last generation of changelings… But… You two…" Eridim said and pointed at Rainbow Dash and Soarin. "If she really is pregnant with Soarin’s foal then there is a possibility that changelings could reproduce without the queens magic.” Eridim said.
“But you said it could be impossible.” Soarin said.
“Chrysalis has banned pony-changeling mating…” Eridim said. “She knew that pony-changeling foals maybe didn’t need her magic to hatch so she banned mating with ponies.” Eridim said smiling widely.
“So… if our foals are born or hatched we have taken away Chrysalis’s last line defense… She will lose her insurance...” Soarin said “We don’t need her to reproduce.”
“Where do you two live?” Eridim asked Rainbow Dash.
“At Ponyville.” Rainbow Dash answered.
“Okay we need to keep this hidden. Chrysalis has spies everywhere. So do not tell anypony that you are pregnant. I will sent a division of my changelings to infiltrate Ponyville to make sure that you two are safe because if Chrysalis would find out you are pregnant with a changeling foal she will try to kill you… especially when the father is her little pet project.” Eridim said and looked at Soarin. “Once Chrysalis finds out your wife is pregnant she will sent him to kill Rainbow Dash.”
“We can get our revenge.” Soarin said.
“We could avenge my sister’s death.” Eridim said.
“He loved her… we don’t know if he has stopped being Chrysalis’s puppet… or maybe killing the love of his life was too much for him…” Soarin said.
“He deserves to die… I’ll make sure he dies for her if he hasn’t killed himself for her already.” Eridim said.
“Should I know what are you talking about?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“I’ll tell you later…” Soarin said. “Eridim I trust that you will make sure that we don’t get jumped by Chrysalis’s assassins.” Soarin said as he stood up.
“I’ll make sure you two can breath calmly.” Eridim said.
“Good… We’ll meet again soon right?” Soarin asked.
“Yeah I’ll come by your place soon. I'll do some research and tell you two if this is gonna work.” Eridim said as Soarin and Rainbow Dash left the table and headed towards the door.
As Rainbow Dash and Soarin left the bar and flew back towards Ponyville Rainobow Dash decided to ask Soarin about what happened before they met. “So… wanna tell me how exactly do you know him.” Rainbow Dash asked as they where high above Canterlot’s skies.
“Me and Eridim met soon after I joined the Wonderbolts. He was helping other changelings escape the hive and he needed my help.” Soarin explained to her.
“What about ‘she’. Who is she.” Rainbow Dash asked referring to the mare whose name neither Soarin or Eridim said.
“She’s name is Aevna. She was Eridim’s sister.” Soarin said with sadness in his tone.
“What happened.” Rainbow Dash asked him.
“She wanted to help us save her son from the hive. She had left her son and ran away from the hive a few months before.” Soarin said as his mind slowly drifted away from reality.
“You said she died.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Yeah… her husband and Eridim’s best friend since childhood killed her as me and Eridim where trying to get her son away from the fighting.” Soarin said as he tried to hide the sadness in his voice. “He loved her… But he also was one of Chrysalis’s top soldiers… and her policy on changelings who escape the hive is to kill them on site.” Soarin said as he remembered the scene of a heartbroken husband killing his wife. He still could see the sadness in his eyes as he was forced to kill his wife in front of their son.
“What about their son… what happened to him?” Rainbow Dash asked Soarin breaking him out of his thoughts.
“We had to hid him in an orphanage since neither Erdim or me couldn’t have taken care of him.” Soarin said as the two of them flew in to Ponyville.
“Well talking about orphans.” Rainbow Dash said as two of them glided down to their home. “I think we need to make some food for one.” Rainbow Dash said as she noticed that Scootaloo had already come home from School. Both of them entered their home and Soarin yelled.
“Scootaloo!”
“DAD!” Scootaloo yelled as she ran down the stairs almost falling down them. She quickly ran into Soarin’s arms and gave him a hug. “Where were you two?” She asked.
“We had some grownup business to take care of.” Soarin said and looked at Rainbow Dash who was standing next to him.
“Is Rainbow Dash gonna live here since you two are having foals.” Scootaloo asked bluntly which surprised Rainbow Dash.
“Yes. I will be living here with you two.” Rainbow Dash said as Scootaloo looked at her.
“This is so cool!” Scootaloo yelled in excitement. She couldn’t believe that she had not only a dad but maybe soon she could call Rainbow Dash mom as well.
*knock *knock
“Rainbow Dash! Darling are you there?” a familiar voice called from behind the front door. Rainbow Dash quickly turned around and opened the front door to reveal one of her friends and her soon-to-be husband.
“Oh Rarity and Thunderlane why are you here?” Rainbow Dash asked as she let them in.
“Oh I hate to invade your home but me and Thunderlane need some help from you and Soarin.” Rarity said and gave both of them an awkward smile.
“Okay Scootaloo could you go to your room.” Soarin said as Rainbow Dash lead Rarity and Thunderlane to the living room.
“Fineee.” Scootaloo said in an annoyed tone as she slowly walked up the stairs to her room. Then Soarin walked back to the living room where he saw Rarity and Thunderlane siting with Rainbow Dash.
“So what do you need help with?” Rainbow Dash asked Rarity as Soarin sat down next to her.
“Well…” Rarity said as she nervously fixed her mane. “We have been trying to get a me… you know.” Rarity said really awkwardly.
“What?” Rainbow Dash asked her.
“What she means is that we have tried to get her pregnant but it doesn’t seem to be happening… ever.” Thunderlane said as he wrapped his wing around Rarity who seemed to be ready to cry.
“Oh that’s terrible. I’m so sorry.” Rainbow Dash said as she realized that Rarity wasn't fertile.
“Oh it’s fine darling… just bit hard to accept these kinds of things.” Rarity said as she tried to smile.
“We were wondering…” Thunderlane said as she tried to calm Rarity down. “If you two could help us adopt a foal since you have one adopted foal.” Thunderlane finished.
“Of course just go to the orphanage outside of Canterlot and I’m sure they will help you get a foal.” Soarin said to them. “I’ll give you two the directions to there.” Soarin said as he rushed to get some paper.
“So is everything else okay Rarity?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Yes… It’s just kinda hard to give up on some dreams and move on.” Rarity said as Soarin came back to the room with a map and he handed it to Thunderlane. “Anyways Rainbow Dash how is life with you two?” Rarity asked.
“Its totally fine…” Rainbow Dash laughed out awkwardly due to the fact she didn’t want her friends yet knowing she was pregnant. “I decided to move in with Soarin and Scootaloo and it’s been great.” Rainbiw Dash said and smiled widely.
“Oh that’s nice.” Rarity said. “Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom have really started to like Scootaloo. She told me that they have some sort of club or something.” Rarity told them. “anyways I suppose me and Thuderlane should get going. Thank you for the advice.” Rarity said as she and Thunderlane stood up and Started to walk towards the door.
“You know me always willing to help.” Rainbow Dash chuckled as Rarity and Thunderlane left the house leaving Soarin and Rainbow Dash alone.
“You didn’t tell her about the pregnancy even though she is one of your best friends.” Soarin said.
“Yeah… they don’t need to know yet… I’ll tell them once the time is right.” Rainbow Dash said to Soarin.
“Okay… well I suppose we should get some dinner ready.” Soarin said and smiled as Rainbow Dash started to walk towards the kitchen. “Also… maybe I should take care of it.” Soarin said remembering Rainbow Dash’s cooking skills.
“Have it your way.” Rainbow Dash said and chuckled.
It had been about a week since Rarity and Thunderlane had visited Rainbow Dash and Soarin’s home. Today was a perfect day. The sky was blue and the sun was shining high. Scootaloo was happily running though Ponyville towards her home. She was supposed to hang out with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom today but she had to get home and tell Soarin and Rainbow Dash what happened today.
“DAD!” Scootaloo yelled as she opened the door and ran into the living room. “Rainbow Dash!”
“What’s wrong Scootaloo.” Scootaloo heard Soarin’s voice coming from the kitchen as Rainbow Dash walked into the living room.
“Yeah I thought you were supposed to hang out with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle today.” Rainbow Dash Said as Soarin joined them in the living room.
“Yeah I was supposed to but we got a new student to our class today.” Scootaloo said and jumped up and down in excitement.
“Oh well that’s nice.” Rainbow Dash said and smiled as she and Soarin sat down on the couch.
“You two will never guess who it is.” Scootaloo said and struggled to jump between the two of them on the couch but Soarin quickly picked her up and lifted her between them.
“Well tell us.” Soarin said as Scootaloo nuzzled between him and Rainbow Dash.
“Well….” Scootaloo said and started to tell them what happened earlier today.
“Hi Scoots!” Apple Bloom said as Scootaloo entered the class room.
“Hi Apple Bloom. Where is Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked as she sat down next to her.
“She is gonna be late because of her new cousin.” Apple Bloom said and smiled.
“New cousin?” Scootaloo asked. “Do you mean that Rarity and Thunderlane got a foal all the sudden?” Scootaloo asked.
“Well they adopted a foal.” Apple Bloom said. “She is gonna show him the town and then come to school.” Apple Bloom told Scootaloo.
“Oh it’s a he.” Scootaloo said and wiggled her eyebrows and gave Apple Bloom a friendly poke to the side.
“Stop it!” Apple Bloom said as her cheeks blushed a bit. “He is also a pegasus.” Apple Bloom said and smiled at Scootaloo.
“So…” Scootaloo said and looked away from her. “Just because he is a pegasus doesn’t make me any more interested in him.” Scootaloo said.
“Who do you even know that?” Scootaloo asked Apple Bloom who was smiling victoriously.
“Sweetie Belle told me…” She said and leaned towards Scootaloo and whispered into her ear. “And according to Sweetie Belle he is quite good looking.” Apple Bloom said in a seductive tone which made Scootaloo’s fur rise up as the class door opened up and Sweetie Belle walked in.
“And this is our class room.” She said as she marched in. “Over there are my best friends Scootaloo and Apple Bloom.” Sweetie Belle said as she and her new cousin walked in. Scootaloo could not believe her eyes… it couldn’t be… His purple eyes and grey fur… It was…
“RUMBLE!” Scootaloo screamed in happiness as she jumped out of her seat and tackled Rumble into a hug. “Two of them hugged each other on the cold classroom floor for a moment until Scootaloo stood up and asked him. “Why didn’t you tell me that Rarity and Thunderlane adopted you?”
“Well I was supposed to tell you but I simply didn’t have any time.” Rumble explained.
“So… you two know each other or something?” Sweetie Belle asked them which caused both of them to blush a bit.
“Don’t you see.” Apple Bloom said as she walked over to Sweetie Belle. “Scootaloo got the hots for him.” Apple Bloom teased Scootaloo which caused both her and Rumble to blush even more.
“No but seriously who do you two know each other?” Sweetie Belle asked as she and Apple Bloom had finished teasing their best friend.
“Well we met before Soarin adopted me.” Scootaloo told her best friends.
“Is that when you two got together.” Apple Bloom teased as she wiggled her eyebrows seductively while Sweetie Belle chuckled.
“Yes.” Rumble said and draped his wing over Scootaloo’s back which caused Scootaloo to lean on him.
“Awwwww!” Sweetie Belle said as she pushed her cheeks together. “You two are so sweet!” She said as miss Cheerilee walked in. Rumble sat next to Scootaloo as the class begin.
“Wait Rarity and Thunderlane adopted Rumble?!” Soarin asked with his mouth open.
“Yeah.” Scootaloo said excitedly as Rainbow Dash saw that something was on Soarin’s mind.
“Is something wrong Soarin?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“No… this is just…” He said as they heard somepony knock on the front door. “Come in it’s open.” Soarin yelled and a blue stallion stepped in. Soarin immediately sensed who he was. “Eridim.”
“Soarin.” Eridim said and changed quickly to his changeling form. “Miss Dash and Scootaloo I presume.” Eridim greeted.
“Who is he?” Scootaloo asked Soarin.
“He is… a friend.” Soarin said and looked at Eridim who was looking at Scootaloo.
“Could we talk with out the youngling.” Eridim said and Scootaloo quickly got out of the living room.
“Well what do you want to talk about?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Firstly I have managed to get some security around your home and around the town. Don’t worry we will keep you safe from Chrysalis.” Eridim said as he walked around the living room “Secondly I did some research to see if it was truly possible for a changeling to get a pony pregnant and well…” Eridim said and chuckled a bit.
“What?” Soarin said in a serious tone.
“Tell me about your parents Soarin.” Eridim said.
“Well my mom never acted like she was my mother and my dad…” Soarin stopped midsentence as he remembered all the horrible things his father did to him.
“Abused you.” Eridim finished for him. “I can’t explain why your father abused you when you were young but I can explain why your mother acted like she wasn’t your mother.” Eridim said to Soarin.
“Tell me.” Soarin demanded as Rainbow Dash leaned on to his side to calm him down.
“Your mother wasn’t your mother.” Eridim said. “Your father was a pony but your real mother was a changeling your father had an affair with. That’s why your mother never treated you like her own son.” Eridim said.
“Do you mean that I’m a…” Soarin tried to say it but couldn’t.
“You are a halfling. Not a pony nor a changeling.” Eridim said as he looked directly at Soarin whose world had just been thrown upside down.
“Who can you be sure?” Soarin asked as his heart was bounding faster and faster.
“I’m sure of that because you were born outside the hive without the queens magic and because of my spies got me some documents detailing an old military program that Chrysalis was doing.” Eridim said and gave Soarin a larger pile of papers that had the word “Classified” On the first page with red letters. “You are know to Chrysalis as subject 315… You were a government test to see if changelings could reproduce with ponies outside of the hive. The result of the test was that changelings could reproduce outside the hive with ponies without the queen’s magic. I recommend that you read that it’s quite interesting and it has quite a lot of information about what Rainbow Dash might have to go through during her pregnancy.” Eridim said as he watched the two looking at the pile of papers.
“Okay… I’ll read it through...” Soarin said as he was looking at it and trying to figure out what Eridim just told him. “I trust you and your changelings can see that Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and me are gonna be safe.” Soarin said and looked at Eridim who was about to leave.
“Don’t worry we got you three covered.” Eridim said as he changed back to his preferred pony form.
Soarin was sitting in the living room. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo had already went to bed but Soarin couldn’t sleep. He just kept thinking about the things Eridim told him. Soarin looked at the think dossier that was laying on the coffee table in front of him. Soarin grabbed the dossier and opened it.
“A quick read won’t hurt anyone…” Soarin said and started to read the papers.
Project glass colt
21 of Frostfall/996 ADW (after the 1st discordian war)
Queen Chrysalis has ordered us to start study the possibilities of changelings mating with ponies. She fears that her magic will not be needed to hatch a hybrid egg of a pony-changeling couple.
We will send one of our best infiltrators to find a pony couple which could be infiltrated and could take care of the foal once it has hatched…
5 of Sun’s dusk/996 ADW
We have found a pony couple and one of our infiltrators has already started an affair with the male pony. The operation is going as planned and on time…
9 of Sun’s dawn/998 ADW
Our infiltrator has given birth to a changeling egg. She has not yet informed the father. The egg has not yet hatched. It seems like it is not possible for the egg to hatch without the queen’s magic…
1 of First seed/998 ADW
The egg did not hatch without the queen’s magic. We had to bring the egg to the hive and let it hatch here. The project glass colt has been a failure. But our queen has given our us a new project to work on. The project Sapphire colt has been started. The projects goal is to see if the pony-changeling hybrid will be able to live in the pony society without being noticed. We will give it back to his father and keep an eye on him if he starts sees himself as a pony or as a changeling…
15 of Evening star/1002 ADW
The pony-changeling hybrid is now 4 years old. His parents have started to call him Soarin. Our spies tell us that he is rather lonely and doesn’t use his changeling form often. Also due to us his family is quite broken. The relationship between his parents seems to be only because of financial reasons.
Soarin or subject 315 as we call him seems to be quite lonely. He has made a friend who seems to be quite close to him. We did suspect that they might have romantic feelings for each other but it seems that subject 315 and the filly named Spitfire are more like siblings. He also has told her that he is a changeling. We thought that she might be scared of him after learning this from him but instead they are now closer that before since she has volunteered to feed him with her love so he doesn't have to steal it from others…
23 of Mid year/1003 ADW
Subject 315 seems to see himself as some sort of mix between a pony and a changeling. His relationship between the filly named Spitfire has grown extremely close but at home he is treated very poorly. Our spies also told us that his father has started to violently beat him. There is a change he might not survive in the house for long…
5 of Last seed/1003 ADW
Subject 315 lost his horn. His father snapped it right off. The subject has started to harm himself and seems to be depressed. His friend Spitfire seems to be trying to help him but he seems to think he is all alone. Also queen Chrysalis has cancelled project sapphire colt. She told us that we have no need for a changeling who doesn’t think himself as one and has no horn. We have decided to leave subject 315 with his family.
Name: Soarin
Pony form: Pegasus
Age:5 years
Soarin couldn’t believe what he was reading. He wiped off the tears from his eyes and turned to the next page.
27 of Heartfire/1015 ADW
Project sapphire colt was cancelled 12 years ago. But all the sudden subject 315 has decided to not only join the wonderbolts but he also has been in contact with the rebellion. Our spies have seen him meet with the leader of the rebellion Eridim. This is very dangerous since he might have realized our plans. We have been authorized to neutralize him.
Also subject 315's sister project "project ruby filly" has been put on hold. subject 316 has failed to notice her changeling abilities and we consider project a failure because of her disability. It seems that pony-changeling hybrids cannot live in pony society due to their low self esteem and failure to live as changelings.
12 of Frostfall/1015 ADW
Subject 315 and Eridim managed to infiltrate the hive. The came here to with lady Aevna. The came here to get her son… she was killed in the raid by Captain Cydrir. Eridim, Subject 315 and the foal managed to escape. Captain Cydrir seems to be taking his wife’s death quite hard…
Soarin quickly closed the dossier and wiped off the tears from his eyes. He couldn’t believe it. The changelings knew so much about his life… Soarin looked at the clock and saw it was already 2 am. He quickly threw the dossier to the coffee table and walked out of the living room and up the stairs.
He looked into Scootaloo’s room. She was sleeping in her bed quietly. Soarin could see her chest slowly rise up as she breathed in. “Good night Scootaloo.” Soarin whispered as he closed the door. Next he walked to his room. As he walked to the bed he saw that Rainbow Dash had already fallen asleep. Soarin laid down next to her and gave her a quick good night’s kiss on her fore head which made her squeal lightly. As Soarin laid down and closed his eyes he felt Rainbow Dash trying to snuggle close to his chest. He simply wrapped his large wings around her body and pressed her close to his warm chest which made her purr in her sleep.
“Good night Dashie.” Soarin whispered and kissed her fore head again as he smiled widely knowing she was sleeping comfortably in his embrace. “I love you.”
“I love you too Soarin.” Rainbow Dash whispered to him as she snuggled even closer to his warm chest.
Two of them simply smiled and closed their eyes knowing that the first thing they would see in the morning would be each other.
”psst dad…” Soarin heard a familiar voice next to him. He didn’t open his eyes but he knew who it was.
“What is it Scoots.” Soarin said as he pulled Rainbow Dash who was still sleeping closer to his side.
“It’s almost 9am I want breakfast.” Scootaloo said as she stood next to Soarin who simply yawned.
“Its Saturday… can’t you just wait a minute until Rainbow Dash wakes up.” Soarin said to her.
“But she will sleep until noon…” Scootaloo pouted and sat down next to Soarin.
“I won’t if you two keep arguing next to me.” Rainbow Dash said and opened her eyes and smiled.
“Sorry…” Scootaloo said. “Can we now have breakfast?” She asked Soarin who had his eyes open now too.
“No.” Soarin said and lifted Scootaloo between him and Rainbow Dash. “It’s Saturday and we aren’t in a hurry to anywhere.” Soarin said as he snuggled close to Scootaloo who was now stuck between her new parents… not that she was complaining. It was nice to have finally a family that showed affection towards each other.
She laid between Soarin and Rainbow Dash and smiled happily. “Fine… five minutes.” She said as she felt both of her parents hug her from both sides of her.
“Why not ten…” Soarin said and yawned. “I want to sleep.” after all he hadn’t slept that much last night
“Yeah me too.” Rainbow Dash agreed with him.
“But I was supposed to meet with Rumble today.” Scootaloo said which caused Soarin to flinch a bit.
“Oh well… I suppose then we have to get you some breakfast soon.” Soarin said and smiled.
Later that day Scootaloo was laying below a apple tree on top of a hill near the Apple family farm. It was a sunny and warm day. She was supposed to meet Rumble below the tree today. She still couldn’t believe that Rumble had moved into live with Rarity and Thunderlane… it was like a dream come true to her and most likely for him too.
All the sudden Scootaloo heard as somepony landed on one of the tree branches above her. She looked up and saw Rumble smiling at her. “Hi Scootaloo.” He said cheerfully and smiled.
“Hi Rumble.” Scootaloo greeted him as he glided next to her and nuzzled her lightly. “So what do you wanna do?” Scootaloo asked him.
“Well I was thinking…” Rumble said and rubbed his chin. “Since you can't fly I thought I might give you a flight around the town.” Rumble said and stretched his wings. They weren’t much bigger than Scootaloo’s wings but he knew he could easily fly both of them around.
“Really?” Scootaloo asked excitedly. Of course this wasn’t her first time getting a flight from another pony but only ponies who had flown her around before were Soarin and Rainbow Dash.
“Of course Scoots.” Rumble said and laid down on the ground to let Scootaloo climb onto his back.
“Thanks… that means a lot.” Scootaloo said as she climb to his back. Once she was on his back she gave him a light kiss on the cheek which caused him to blush quite heavily.
“Hold on tight.” Rumble said and he extended his and Scootaloo brought her hooves around his neck. Soon both of them were flying through the clear spring sky above Ponyville.
Both of them were too focused on flying to notice the two ponies watching them…
“He wasn’t supposed to be living in this town.” One of them said.
“He isn’t important for our mission.” The other one said to his partner as they were looking at Scootaloo and Rumble who were flying away from them.
“So you think that the captain doesn’t want to know about him?” The first pony said.
“Of course we have to tell the captain about his presence near the filly… but you know how he get whenever anyone brings up the subject.” the other one said as he turned around to walk away. “Let’s get back to him and give him our report.” He said with authority to the other pony.
“Yeah I bet he is gonna be so happy with us when we give him only bad news.” The other one said sarcastically.
“Shut up and do your job or otherwise you are gonna lose your head like the bug who was assigned to me before.” He said and walked away.
“Yeah yeah. Do your duty, Long live Chrysalis and blablabla.” He said with even more sarcasm as he ran after his superior.
“Oh that was so cool!” Scootaloo said as she and Rumble walked into her home. Both of them walked to the living room where Soarin and Rainbow Dash both were simply laying on the sofa and snuggling each other. “Dad! Rainbow Dash!” Scootaoo yelled at them.
“What is it Scootaloo?” Soarin asked.
“Rumble is with me we are gonna go and hang out in my room.” Scootaloo yelled as she and Rumble walked up stairs towards her room.
“Fine. Don’t break anything or break house rules!” Soarin yelled as he heard the Scootaloo’s door close. “She is growing so fast… it feels like I only yesterday adopted her and now she is already bringing a coltfriend into our home.” Soarin said and he and Rainbow Dash were both laying on the couch. Rainbow Dash simply giggled at his statement.
“You know that she has only been living with you for a 6 months. And besides in my opinion she is allowed to bring a coltfriend here.” Rainbow Dash said and giggled.
“She doesn’t even have her cutie mark yet...” Soarin said in a serious tone “But now all the sudden she brings a coltfriend here.” Soarin said and shook his head.
“You are being over protective Soarin. She can easily take care of herself and you know it.” Rainbow Dash said to him. “And it’s not like we don’t know who Rumble is. The two of them have been sending letters back and forth since they first met. And don’t tell me you don’t like Rumble. He is a sweet colt and he likes Scootaloo very much.” Rainbow Dash said and sat up on the couch.
“I guess you are right… but still we have to be protective of her since Eridim told us that Chrysalis’s soldiers will target me because I’m a halfling and you because you are pregnant with my foals… they will target Scootaloo too… and…” Soarin was about to say something but decided to stay quiet.
“And what?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Nah nothing… let’s get some food for us and the kids.” Soarin said as he too stood up on the couch.
”Okay my little ponies.” Cherilee said to the foals. “Remember to do your homework, We will check them out after the weekend.” She finished as the foals started to run out of the classroom.
“Hey yah Scoots!” Apple Bloom said. “You wanna hang out today.” She asked.
“Yeah we could do your manes and stuff.” Sweetie Belle said.
“Sorry guys I’m going to hang out with Rumble today. But we can totally hang out tomorrow.” Scootaloo said as Rumble trotted up to her and smiled.
“Oh okay you two lover birds have fun.” Sweetie Belle said while winking at them as she and Apple Bloom walked away giggling.
“Are you ready to go Rumble?” Scootaloo asked as she picked up her saddle bag.
“You lead I follow.” Rumble said as they walked out of the school. It was relatively warm summer day, the wind was blowing and there were ponies outside enjoying their lives.
As Rumble and Scootoloo were walking on the main street of Ponyville they saw Soarin fly above them towards their home. He was clearly carry something in his saddle bags, most likely food for Rainbow Dash whose cravings had become quite regular lately.
“I see your dad’s busy.” Rumble said as he noticed Soarin too.
“Yeah… Rainbow Dash’s cravings and mood swings have gotten quite bad so Soarin has been quite stressed out lately.” Scootaloo said as they walked past the various shops of the town.
“So she is gonna give birth soon?” Rumble asked.
“Well…” Scootaloo didn’t want to tell Rumble about the fact that Rainbow Dash was going to give birth to a changeling for obvious reasons. She didn’t want to lose one of her best friends and besides nopony other than their family knew about Rainbow Dash’s pregnancy. Not even her friends knew about it. “She… yeah.” Scootaloo gave tried to dodge his question.
“Oh cool…” Rumble said as he looked behind him. Scootaloo saw his face immediately change as he saw two ponies walk quite far behind them. “We need to go.” He said and grabbed Scootaloo’s hoof. They started to trot away from them but the two stallions sped up after them too.
“Rumble what’s going on?” Scootaloo asked as Rumble lead her away through the crowded street.
“We need to get home now.” He said in a serious tone. “We’ll cut through here.” Rumble said as He and Scootaloo ran into a small alleyway. They kept running through the alley until their way was blocked by a wall. “Crap… we’ll fly over this wall, Jump on my back.” Rumble said but then,
“Not so fast.” They heard a voice coming from behind them. The two stallions who were following them had found them. “How about you two come with us and we’ll be nice to you.” The grey Pegasus stallion said as Rumble pushed Scootaloo behind him.
“How about you run away before something bad happens.” Rumble said as the two stallions slowly walked towards them.
“Oh come on Rumble don’t be like that.” The grey stallion said.
“Yeah if your father were here to hear you speak to us like that he would get so angry.” The dark blue pegasus stallion said.
“Rumble… what’s happening?” Scootaloo asked as the two stallions kept coming towards them.
“Yeah Rumble what’s going on with you helping those damn traitors you are helping?” The blue stallion said.
“Screw you!” Rumble yelled at them.
“Last change to be nice to us and do as we say.” The grey stallion said in a serious tone.
Rumble simply took a defensive stance and opened his wings.
“I take that as no…” The grey stallion sighed. “We’ll do it the hard way then.” He said and smiled.
“Which is fine by us.” The dark blue stallion said and all the sudden changed into a changeling. Soon the other stallion too changed into his true form.
“Scootaloo…” Rumble said as they backed into the wall. “Run I’ll try to give you enough time.” He said and stared at the two changeling who were slowly walking towards them.
“what?” Scootaloo asked.
“Now!” Rumble said and all the sudden he too changed in to a changeling and rushed forwards the two larger changelings. Scootaloo could not believe her eyes… Rumble had been a changeling all this time and he hadn’t told her.
Rumble used his magic and fired several bolts of magic towards the first changeling closing to catch him. Most of his bolts missed him and those which hit didn’t seem to do much damage because the changeling simply grunted as he took flight towards Rumble.
Meanwhile Scootaloo was backed to a corner by the other changeling. “Be a good girl and don’t fight.” He said and smiled as he grabbed Scootaloo but Scootaloo bit his hoof as he did it. “AHHH! You little ass wipe!” He said and kept trying to subdue Scootaloo to the ground which he was quite successful at since he was more than four times as big as Scootaloo, But Scootaloo didn’t go down without a fight she not only managed to bite his ear but she also had punched him with enough force to cause his muzzle to bleed.
“Rumble on the other hand was still fighting and he had taken a beating. The changeling who was attacking Scotaloo tried to be careful not to harm her too much but the changeling attacking Rumble didn’t care about Rumbles wellbeing. Another bolt of magic hit Rumble’s chest which knocked the wind out of him completely. He fell down from the air and hit the ground with a thump. “Rumble!” Scootaloo screamed as she struggled to get away from the changeling’s grip.
The other changeling picked up Rumble from his neck and pushed him against the wall. “Your daddy told us not to give you a too much of a beating but it’s clear that a little shit like you needs a good beating.” The changeling said and prepared to punch Rumbles bloody face, But then.
“How about you two run away before I decide to do more than just beat your asses!” Another changeling said but Scootaloo could recognize his voice.
“DAD! HELP!” Scootaloo screamed as Soarin shot down towards the changelings.
As Soarin started to dive towards the changeling who was about to hit Rumble he quickly looked at Scootaloo who still was struggling against the other changeling. He knew he had to first help Rumble since he had taken more than one punch.
The changeling noticed Soarin and released Rumble and his wounded body fell to the ground. The changeling tried to dodge Soarin but he was too slow.
Soarin rammed himself against the changeling smashing both of them against a wall.
“AHHH!” The changeling grunted in pain but quickly after the impact the Changeling tried to fire his magic towards Soarin.
Soarin saw the bolts of changeling magic flying towards him. He knew that a skilled changeling could paralyze a target with one hit so Soarin quickly casted a shield around him which blocked both of the bolts quite easily which gave Soarin the knowledge the changeling wasn’t quite as experienced as he himself was with magic. Soarin charged his horn and shot several bolts at the changeling, but the changeling quickly rolled away to avoid Soarin’s magic.
Soarin quickly took a look at Scootaloo who had somehow managed to escape the other changelings grip and was now taking care of Rumble who was clearly badly injured. Soarin also took a look at the changeling who Scootaloo had escaped from. He clearly had been bucked to fore head by Scootaloo. He also was spitting out blood but he clearly wasn’t out of the fight.
Soarin turned his gaze back to the changeling he was fighting and saw a punch coming his way. Soarin quickly blocked it and punched the changeling to the gut which clearly stunned him since the changeling dropped to the ground. This gave Soarin a change to focus on the other changeling who was back on his feet and slowly walking towards Scootaloo and Rumble.
“You little shit…” The changeling said and spit out blood as he walked next to Scootaloo and Rumble. Scootaloo simply hugged Rumble’s injured body and closed her eyes trying to prepare for the punch that was coming. But then Scootaloo heard something hitting the changeling. “AHHHHHH!” The changeling screamed. Scootaloo opened his eyes and saw that the changeling was laying on the ground frozen in place like a statue. She looked towards Soarin who was looking at her with his horn smoking. He nodded at her and turned around to face the other changeling who was alone now.
The changeling looked at his comrade who was now immobilized. He also saw the fury in Soarin’s eyes, He was on the losing side of this fight. Now way he could defeat Soarin alone. So he quickly casted a teleportation spell and disappeared and soon appeared next to his fallen comrade.
He and Soarin looked each other in the eyes and then the changeling teleported himself and his friend away.
Soarin galloped to Scootaloo and Rumble. “What did you do to that other changeling?” Scootaloo asked.
“I temporarily paralyzed him.” Soarin said while looking at Rumble who had taken a bad beating. “Rumble can you stand up?” Soarin asked him.
“Maybe.” he said and coughed out a bit of blood as he stood up with Scootaloo’s help.
“We need to get home now.” Soarin said and changed into his pony form. “We need to get you fixed up.” Soarin said to Rumble as he too changed into his pony form.
Rainbow Dash was laying on the couch eating a salad and waiting for Soarin to come back. She looked at the clock and hoped that he would soon be back.
“Dashie! we are back!” She heard Soarin’s voice. She turned her gaze to the door and saw Soarin, Scootaloo and badly injured Rumble walking in to the living room.
“Oh dear Celestia what happened you!” Rainbow Dash said and stood up from the couch.
“There was a small changeling incident on the way home.” Soarin said as Rumble changed into his changeling form so Soarin could easily see the woulds.
“Oh I see.” Rainbow Dash said. She had no idea that Rumble was a changeling too. “Did you know Rumble was a changeling before today’s events?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Yeah and how did you found us?” Scootaloo asked.
“Well…” Soarin said and looked at Rumble. “I’ve known Rumble since he was one… remember when I told you about the changeling foal I helped to save with Eridim… Rumble was that foal.” Soarin said as he cleaned Rumble’s wounds.
“Okay but how did you know we were in trouble?” Scootaloo asked.
“Changelings can sense when there are other changelings in their vicinity.” Rumble said. “That’s how I realised we were being tailed by those two.
“And that’s how I knew where to find you two.” Soarin said as he finished cleaning Rumble’s wounds. “There we go now please be careful with those wounds.” Soarin said as Rumble Changed back into his pony form.
“So what now?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“I dunno.” Soarin said. “Chrysalis clearly knows that you are pregnant and she seems to be willing to attack us in clear day light.” Soarin said in a serious tone. “This isn’t looking good. First off we need to tell other ponies about your pregnancy.” Soarin said and put his hoof on Rainbow Dash’s belly that had already grown quite a lot. “Chrysalis already knows about your pregnancy so there is no point trying to hide it anymore and also your belly has grown quite a bit already so I think we wouldn’t be able to hide it for too long anyways.”
“So I can finally tell my friends about this.” Rainbow Dash said and Soarin nodded.
“All though you might wanna keep the changeling part hidden for now.” Soarin said.
“I’m Sure they will understand.” Rainbow Dash said and kissed Soarin.
“And maybe Princess Twilight can help us too.” Scootaloo said in a excited tone.
“Maybe… I doubt it though.” Soarin said. “If I have understood correctly she hasn’t gotten most positive experiences with changelings in the past.” Soarin said remembering the Canterlot wedding incident which pretty much was the worst day of his life.
“Well there is only one way of finding out. right?” Rainbow Dash said and smiled hopefully.
Soarin and Rainbow Dash were walking through the endless corridors of Twilight’s castle. Soarin was looking around the castle as Rainbow Dash led them through the castle. As they were walking Soarin could have sworn to have seen a blue alicorn in the corner of his eyes but he simply dismissed it as a creation of his imagination… or maybe Princess Luna was visiting Twilight?
As Soarin and Rainbow Dash entered the room which housed the large round table they noticed that Princess Twilight and the rest of her friends were already seated and waiting for them. Both Soarin and Rainbow Dash bowed down as they entered.
“Rainbow Dash, Soarin, Why have you come to seek me?” Princess Twilight asked as her friends glared at the couple.
“Your highness.” Rainbow Dash started. “I have come to tell you that Soarin and I have moved to live together.” Rainbow Dash addressed the princess.
“Ain’t that a bit too fast… you too have only dated for a couple of moths.” Applejack said in a hostile tone.
“I agree.” Rarity said bluntly. “And besides most of what you two have called dating I would call friendship with benefits.” Rarity continued in her mean spirited voice.
“Yes but I do really think Soarin is the one for me.” Rainbow Dash said and leaned into Soarin. “And the circumstances are pushing us that way too.” Rainbow Dash said as Soarin draped a wing over her back.
“What do you mean Rainbow Dash?” Princess Twilight asked.
“I’m pregnant your highness.” Rainbow Dash said which caused all of the ponies who were siting on the table to stare angrily at her.
“You two are not even married!” Pinkie Pie yelled angrily at them. “The council will not accept this illegitimate foal!” She said and crossed her arms.
“w-what?” Soarin muttered.
“Silence!” Princess Twilight yelled at him. “I cannot accept this… I cannot accept your foal nor you living partnership.” She said in a stern voice.
“But we were going to get married after the birth of our foals.” Soarin said.
“I cannot give my blessing for your marriage.” Princess Twilight said in a bluntly.
“Please help us.” Soarin begged as Rainbow Dash was slowly starting to break down to tears. “There something you should also know about the foal.” Soarin said.
“And that is?” Princess Twilight asked.
“They… They are changelings.” Soarin said in fear as Princess Twilight’s gaze turned from dismissive to pure hatred.
“You mean you are a changeling.” She asked.
“Yes… and so are our foal.” Soarin said as all the ponies siting around the table looked like they were ready to kill him.
“Rainbow Dash you know my zero tolerance policy on changelings.” Princess Twilight said.
“Please no! don’t.” Rainbow Dash said as she started to cry.
“Soarin you are a vicious beast and for that you must die.” Princess Twilight said sternly. “Rainbow Dash you have entered a relationship with a changeling and for that the punishment is life in prison.”
“No!” Soarin said and stared at Princess Twilight.
“And for your foals. They will be killed since they are changelings!” Princess Twilight said as an evil grin appeared on her and her friends faces. “But I think we need to eliminate the immediate thread first.” She said and looked at Soarin as her horn started to glow…
“AAHHHH!” Soarin screamed as he found himself in his bed sweating heavily.
“Soarin are you okay?” Rainbow Dash asked him as she got awoken from her sleep.
“Yeah… just a nightmare.” Soarin said as he whipped away the sweat from his face.
“You wanna talk about it?” Rainbow Dash asked him with concern.
“Nah… lets just go back to sleep… we have to be ready for the meeting with Princess Twilight.” Soarin said.
“Okay… goodnight.” Rainbow Dash said and snuggled close to him.
Next morning Soarin and Rainbow Dash were walking through the endless corridors of Twilight’s castle. Soarin was looking around the castle as Rainbow Dash led them through the castle. As they were walking Soarin could have sworn to have seen a small dragon in the corner of his eyes but he simply dismissed it as a creation of his imagination…
As they entered the large room which housed the round table Soarin was more nervous than ever before in his life. His nightmare was still fresh in his head… what would he do if Princess Twilight said no?
“Rainbow Dash, Soarin, It is good to see you.” Twilight said as they entered the room. Twilight and her friends were sitting around the table eyeing the young couple.
Soarin bowed down to greet the princess.
“Soarin…” Rainbow Dash asked as Soarin was bowing to the Princess. “What the hell are you doing?” She asked.
“I’m supposed to bow down in when greeting a princess…” Soarin said as he noticed that all of the other ponies in the room were looking at him while holding their laughter.
“It’s fine Soarin.” Twilight said. “You can drop the manners.” She said and smiled.
“Oh.. I see.” Soarin said awkwardly.
“Anyways…” Rainbow Dash started. “I kinda have news for you guys.” She said and rubbed the back of her head.
“Well what is it?” Rarity asked.
“Me and Soarin have decided to move together.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Oh that’s great sugar cube. How bout Scoots she livin with ya.” Applejack asked.
“Yes…” Rainbow Dash said and looked at Soarin. He knew what she was about to say next. Soarin quickly draped a wing over Rainbow Dash back. “We are also soon getting married…” Rainbow Dash admitted.
“Oh that’s fantastic Rainbow Dash.” Rarity said. “How did he propose?” She asked.
“Well he hasn’t yet… due to the situation we are in.” Rainbow Dash said. “You see… I’m pregnant.” Rainbow Dash said which caused the other mares scream in happiness.
“Oh this is so great Dashie!” Pinkie Pie said.
“But that’s not all…” Rainbow Dash said. “I’m giving birth to Changeling.” She said.
“…”
Silence fell upon them.
“So… Soarin… is… a changeling?” Twilight asked.
“Yes. I’am.” Soarin said and changed into his changeling form which caused Fluttershy to dive under the table in fear.
“You two know this is not okay.” Twilight said in a serious but calm tone.
“I know…” Rainbow Dash said. “But Twilight please I love him. He is not a monster he is the most loving stallion I have ever met.” Rainbow Dash said with tears in her eyes.
“Well… it’s your decision to make… it’s not your job to judge you to.” Twilight said and smiled.
“Thank you.” Rainbow Dash said and wiped off tears from her eyes. “But there is another thing you should know…”
