Scarecrow: The story of a hero.

by Broken Notes

Practice makes injuries before perfection.

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~days later~

Scootaloo blinked awake, a warm ray of morning light hitting her face though her window. It was a Sunday, and most of the town was either asleep or busy. She hopped out of bed and walked to her window, opening it as her alarm clock rang loudly. She sighed and looked toward the buzzing electric alarm clock. She soon hit the snooze button and, of course, the clock wouldnt stop. She hit the button again, harder this time, only to receive the same reaction from the clock. She slammed her hoof into the clock, the buzzing stopping suddenly.

She looked out the window, seeing Applejack selling apple pies at a vending cart. She thought, making a plan in her head for the day. She walked over to her mirror tried to fix her mane with a hoof. As she looked on, she heard her alarm clock start again, aggravation filling her mind. Suddenly, a loud bang was heard as something solid impacted the wall behind her. She spun around quickly in reaction, to see her alarm clock in pieces on the floor. The was a mark on the wall where it had impacted, as well.

She stared at the broken clock, blinking in surprise. She looked on as she started to brush her mane with her black brush. As she felt the bristled rub against of head, massaging her scalp a bit, she noticed something. She was only thinking of brushing her mane. She wasn't moving a hoof as the brush continued. Her concentration broke as realization struck her, the brush hitting the wooden floor as it fell from its position. She jumped as it landed near her hoof, looking at the brush. A knock sounded on her door as a cyan mare entered. Scootaloo looked toward her door, seeing her guardian and idol, Rainbow Dash, at the door.

"Oh, hey Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo said, a nervous smile smacked onto her face and her hoof on the back of her head. Rainbow Dash looked over to where the clock had collided with the solid wall, then to Scootaloo.

"What...happened in here?" She stepped in further, looking at the broken clock, glancing at Scootaloo few times. As she glot closer, Scootaloo spoke up again.

"Oh, uhhhh...I wasn't looking where I was swinging my legs and I accidently flung it into a wall" It was an obvious lie to Scootaloo. Rainbow Dash gave Scootaloo a quick look before shrugging.

"Alright then...You've done crazier, so I guess believe you..." Dash said, remembering the multiple times she had found her young apprentice in weirder situations. She sighed and left the room, leaving the orange filly alone in her room. Scootaloo shook her head in slight disbelief, looking back to the manebrush. She stared at it a bit, getting a slight idea. She closed her eyes and thought, picturing the image of the manebrush flinging across the room. Suddenly, another loud bang was heard, followed by a shatter of glass. Her eyes shot open as she looked to the sounce of the sound. She blinked at the sight, in pure amazement and disbelief.

The manebrush had indeed flown across the room....straight into her glass lamp. She blinked a few more times, in pure disbelief that it had done that, let alone that she did it by thought. She looked at her hoof and back to the lamp. She looked at the shards and thought. She wanted them to lift off the ground, and as she thought of such....the did so. As if on command, they twisted and pointed their sharpest edge towards a wall. She got an idea, and pointed her hoof towards the levitating glass. She suddenly moved her hoof sideways quickly. As she thought so, the glass shot into the wall, stabbing into the wall and getting stuck.

As Scootaloo looked on, she could hear hoofsteps outside her room, in the creaky floored hallway. Of course, being Scootaloo after all...She panics. She quickly grabs a blanket and covers the mess, proceeding to throw random items to hide the glass in the wall and shattered lamp. Soon, it looked like a pile of dirty clothes and old items of hers. As she turned to see the door open, her face, and side of her head, collided with that of Sweetie Belle's, a clunk heard through the air as the two skulls collided. The door swung open slowly, revealing a confused and exhausted Apple Bloom. Scootaloo looked up to her, holding her head.

"Apple Bloom? Sweetie belle?" She said as she looked to her other friend "Wha..What are you guys doing here?" Apple Bloom spoke, trying to catch whatever breath she had left, panting slightly.

"Babs...here...clubhouse..." She panted as Scootaloo could only look on, Confused. Bloom managed to catch her breath after a bit, able to finish her words. "Babs is here! She's at the clubhouse waitin' for us!" She was now nearly jumping with excitement, energy now pulsating though her body. With a smile, Scootaloo buzzed into the the air for a second, before landing hard onto the ground again. Sweetie Belle wasn't as excited, oddly enough.

"Come on! Lets get going!"

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