Loyalty

She appeared sad. The filly. Rainbow Dash swooped down towards the ground and landed in front of the Pegasus. Why is she not in school? The orange filly's eyes looked upwards while her head remained towards the ground. She noticed that it was her biggest hero, but showed almost no reaction. The filly walked around the mare that she had always looked up to, and continued in the direction she was going in.

"Where ya goin', squirt?" the cyan mare asked. She cared deeply for Scootaloo, but she honestly could not ever show it. She had a reputation to keep up after all!

"Nowhere..." the filly responded, in a soft voice a la Fluttershy.

"Well, ya can't be goin' nowhere, because then you wouldn't be moving!" Rainbow Dash attempted to lighten her mood up with her very "clever" joke. "Now seriously Scoots, where are you heading off too in such a depressed mood?"

"I said nowhere Dash," the filly responded, a hint of contempt in her voice. Dash was taken aback by her stubbornness, as usually when she asked a question to Scoots, she was answered immediately, in a star-studded voice.

"Now come on squirt....what is the matter?" Rainbow Dash was trying her hardest now to get what was holding the filly down.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"You can tell good ol' Dashie. She's awesome remember?"

"I SAID I DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Here the filly turned around, raging with scarlet in her eyes. Dash had never seen Scootaloo like this. She always seemed to be in a good mood.....usually. Their eyes locked for what seemed like an eternity, ending only in the orange Pegasus turning around flying away. Flying a loose term of course. She appeared to be levitating, only to collapse after a couple of seconds. If it wasn't for Dash's genuine concern for the well being of Scootaloo, she would have burst out laughing. Instead, all she could do was stifle a giggle, the absolute worst sound ever to come out of a mouth from Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo turned around and stared at Dash until she stopped, then continued onward.

Dash didn't know what to say. She was just told by her biggest fan to not talk to her. What could have happened that would put her in this bad mood? Had she been bullied? Something must have happened at school while she was working if the filly was that angry and not in school. Rainbow Dash did not want to give in. She flew forward and landed directly in front of Scootaloo. Scootaloo looked up, furious.

"Squirt. I am going to give you five counts to tell me what is going on. 5......."

The filly continued staring, not tolerant of such games.

"4........"

Scootaloo knew that Dash would not stop until she found out what happened. She decided to give in....on one condition though.

"Dash!" She interuppted around 2. "I'll tell you what is going on but promise not to laugh okay?"

"Good. So what's up?" Dash seemed relieved.

"I....I......I......" Scootaloo looked nervous.

"Want to try that again squirt?"

"I......c-can't say it...." Without a beat, Scootaloo dashed off as fast as she could.

What has gotten into that pony? The only time she has ever seen a pony act like that was the day after her dad........No. That couldn't have happened to Scootaloo. I was the only one to have that happen to herself as a filly. As Rainbow Dash continued to contemplate this, she decided to fly over to Twilight. Maybe she could help her. Maybe Dash could finally find out why Scootaloo had never told her what is wrong with her.

The cyan Pegasus flew into the air towards the giant tree library. She knocked on the door.

"It's open!" Twilight called out in the midst of laughter. As Rainbow Dash walked into the tree library, she found her five other friends centered around a book, giggling. The rainbow mare stared in confusion. "Oh....hey Rainbow Dash! We just got this book of the Ponyville census. It shows all the homes and residents of ponies who lived in them. What is so cool about it is that it shows the history of the home too! We just saw that Rarity's own boutique was once a saloon!"

"Nice....um Dash....I need your.....HISTORY!" Just then, Rainbow Dash thought of something. That book could help her find the history of Scootaloo! Maybe it could show her what happened to her parents! "I have someone I want to look up Twi," she responded trying to calm herself down.

"Sure......who?" She seemed a bit flustered by Dash's random outburst, but decided to go with it.

"I need you to look up...." she took a deep breath. "Scootaloo."

"Alrighty then! I'll look under S!"

She cruised through the pages until she saw a picture of the orange filly. Twilight began to read each entry. She got to the bottom of the page and gasped.

"What is it Twi?"

"You might want to see this Rainbow," she replied shakily.

The mare moved forward and looked down at the page. She saw nothing unusual on there. When she got to the bottom, she let out a shriek.

On the page read this:

PARENTS: SILVER STUD (DECEASED)

  SUNNY DAY (DECEASED)

CURRENT RESIDENCE: UNKNOWN