The Untold and Unforgettable Stories of Ponies

Scootaloo and Apple Bloom impatiently waited for Rainbow Dash. As Apple Bloom merrily "flew" on the swings, Scootaloo sat on her swing, barely swinging at all, with head facing the ground and a gloom expression on her face. The wind shook the trees and clouds covered the skies as Scootaloo waited. Her ears drooped low and her eyes were filled with dread.  It was almost one o'clock.

"When is Rainbow Dash ever going to show uuuup!" Scootaloo complained, dragging her  hooves on the ground as she swung a little higher.

"Relax, Scoot, she'll be here soon, she always come, no matter how late," Apple Bloom assured.

Scootaloo sighed and realized that Apple Bloom was probably true. Still, she was not very happy about Rainbow's lateness. Her absence did not please Scootaloo, who was very excited to start learning how to fly. While waiting for Rainbow Dash, she began very attentive of the ponies nearby. Two fillies were playing catch. A unicorn was having a picnic with her two friends. Fluttershy was counting the flowers, eyes on the petals, but it seemed that she was waiting for something to happen. The two fillie's ball ran past her and into the lake, where one of the fillies rushed past her and retrieved it.

A small rustling sound appeared in a nearby tree, and Scootaloo swore she heard the flapping of wings. The leaves trembled as a blue feather emerged from the dark foliage of the fully grown pine tree. Scootaloo quickly turned her head in that direction, noticing a cyan pegasus... napping?

Both anger and shock overwhelmed Scootaloo. She was waiting for Rainbow Dash so long, only to realize that her idol was already there. Napping.

Scootaloo gasped shortly, and then her frustration melted inside her... She was waiting for Rainbow Dash so long, only to realize that her idol was already there. But Scootaloo couldn't just yell at her idol, she was afraid she would not get taught to fly, and that she would have to go back to the orphanage. So she tried being excited instead of mad.

"Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo yelled excitedly, "I'm ready for the flying lesson!" Scootaloo said. She was tempted to add "are you?", but didn't, in fear of being called mean. She didn't want to be like the other orphans- they were very mean.

The blue pegasus looked down from the tree to the orange furred filly. Yawning, Rainbow shook the tree, stretched her wings, and flew done to Scootaloo. "Ok... I'm ready, squirt," Rainbow replied, not very enthusiastically. Scootaloo's flight coach then scanned the park, spotted Fluttershy, and yelled, "Hey Fluttershy, come here, we're starting the flight lesson!"

Fluttershy turned her head  from the interested gaze she held on the lilacs. She gently flew over to where Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash were standing, remembering when she, too, was a very weak flier. "Hi, Rainbow Dash, um, is it already time... to.." Fluttershy said, gulping, "fly...?" She was concerned that Scootaloo might fall and get hurt. Rainbow Dash was too assertive.

"Yep," Rainbow Dash replied. "Ok Scootaloo, let's see what you got!"

Scootaloo faced Rainbow Dash. She was determined to prove how great she was at flying. Sure, she couldn't stay in the sky for over two seconds, or carry her body weight, but Scootaloo had practice on her scooter and knew she was ready to learn from the master herself. "Ok!" Scootaloo yelled eagerly.

She pushed her weight into her hind legs like she was told to do before, and leaped into her air, desperately flapping her wings as she hovered 6 inches above the ground. Sweat rolled down her face as she tried to keep airborne, she worked hard to continuously keep her wings moving, but she moved them too fast and was instantly out of breath. She fell onto the hard-packed ground, her left side aching. She couldn't fly.

"Oh, not much... ok, we can fix that.." Rainbow Dash said thoughtfully. This would be a lot of hard work. She couldn't even stay airborne for over a minute. "Let's first work on staying above ground, and then we can work on technique and steering and stuff like that.. ok?"

Scootaloo was disappointed in herself, her willingness to impress her idol was crushed by her inability to fly. But Rainbow Dash was teaching her, and wasn't that enough to be happy? Besides, she should be grateful... the orphanage didn't teach flight or magic. This was her only chance to learn how to fly. "Ok!" Scootaloo agreed excitedly.

"Alright, first, remember to always put your weight into your hind legs when you kick off because then you will have a good start. So let's practice that." Rainbow Dash instructed. She walked over to Scootaloo and demonstrated, "Remember to have your forelegs bending forward and have just a little bend in your hind legs. Keep your eyes focused on where you are going, push you weight into the hind legs, jump, and take off!"

Scootaloo paid close attention to Rainbow Dash's instruction. She tried to replicate Rainbow Dash's model, and leaped into the air, joyfully flapping her wings as she hovered above the ground.  Glad in her successful ability to take off, Scootaloo smiled. She then carefully stopped moving her wings and floated to the ground like an autumn leaf.

As Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo continued practicing taking flight until Scootaloo was perfect at, Fluttershy watched attentively. Too frightened to help teach and then end up with the orange filly having a broken bone, she sat next to Apple Bloom on the swings, eyes wide open and ears alert. Fluttershy never let her guard down... she had too much experience when  treating her animal friends. Sometimes they were so silly...just like fillies.

Fluttershy continued watching Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. This time, Scootaloo kicked off the ground so forcefully she was ten feet above the ground. Fluttershy was shocked, Scootaloo couldn't possibly land unscathed when she was that high above the soil. She would break her wing, or bruise her entire side, at least. Seeing that Rainbow Dash didn't realize the predicament, Fluttershy flew up to Scootaloo, already noticing the fear in Scootaloo's eyes. Scootaloo was already sweating and losing breath. Fluttershy grabbed Scootaloo's tail with her teeth and tried flying down, but Scootaloo was really heavy and she hadn't experienced carrying anything heavier than a bunny or two before. She glided slowly to the ground, the extra weight was giving her excruciating amounts of pain, but Scootaloo was on the line, so she continued to flap her wings. Scootaloo's front hooves touched the ground and Fluttershy sighed in relief, knowing that both Scootaloo and her wings were not broken.

She then concluded that Rainbow Dash, was, in fact, a little too pushy. Would she ever realize that Scootaloo can't just be a natural in the first lesson.? Or that Scootaloo was no prodigy? Yes, indeed, Fluttershy thought. Rainbow Dash would learn...

Fluttershy groaned, unappreciative of Rainbow's don't-worry-you-got-this-even-though-you-don't attitude. But, she knew that Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were growing closer together. Their relationship was taking flight.