Chapter 5 - Facing the Boss

The weekend that followed the Derby went by quicker than Spitfire had expected, but now came the ultimate decision. She was now walking down the corridor in the Wonderbolt headquarters to face the only person that Spitfire completely disliked. It was her boss, his name was 'Broad Skies' but everyone called him Brian for short, not many people knew why, but Spitfire dared to tell him it was her that came up with the nickname.

Spitfire trotted up to the cloud door which had a small plaque saying 'Wonderbolts manager.' Spitfire breathed in a lung full of air before knocking on the door, she waited for a moment until a voice spoke from inside.

"Come in" the voice said, Spitfire opened the door to reveal a dark blue stallion with a black and white mane, he currently had eyes fixed on a sheet of paper. Spitfire guessed it was a contract for another set of shows, she sat down and the noise from it was enough to get Broad Skies to look up.

Broad smiled, "hay if it isn't my number one flyer, how are ya Spit" Broad Skies said, Spitfire fire resisted to roll her eyes, she knew that Broad Skies only cared about making money, he was just like the rest of the rich pegasi in Cloudsdale. Still Spitfire kept a straight face.

"Hello Brian" Spitfire said knowing full well that Broad Skies hated that nickname, she was quite surprised when Broad shook the name off and managed to keep smiling, she was soon given her answer.

Broad Skies leaned over and grabbed a sheet of paper, "Well I've just managed to get a contract for big bucks at the Manehattan and Fillydelphia Stadiums" Broad said proudly.

Spitfire smiled 'i knew there was a reason why he was happy' Spitfire thought to herself. Broad then pushed a piece of paper over to Spitfire, she read the index and found that it was her contract for the performances, Spitfire sighed and looked up to Broad who had a smile as if expecting for Spitfire to already have signed it.

"Um Broad i think there's something you should know." Spitfire said as she pushed the paper back in his direction whilst rubbing the back of her neck with a forehoof.

Broad Skies raised an eyebrow, "and that is?" he questioned.

"I'm adopting a foal." Spitfire said, as she watched Broad Skies expression changed to look like he had been slapped across the face.

"Spitfire you do realize that I'm going to have to request that you drop that idea" Broad Skies said plainly.

Spitfire though wasn't going to budge on her decision, "I've already made my choice Broad, I'm afraid you'll have to find a new leader for the team." Spitfire said getting up and making her way to the exit. She put her hoof on the door, but Broad Skies spoke up stopping her actions.

"You do realize if you walk out that door, your days of being a Wonderbolt are over" Broad Skies warned the yellow pegasus.

Spitfire turned her head to meet her now former boss, "It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" Spitfire said plainly, with that she opened the door and left the room leaving a very shocked and confused Broad Skies.

When Spitfire heard the door close behind her she sighed, she had lost the one job that meant everything for her, but she knew it was for the better and she also knew that Rainbow Dash or Firefly would have done the same thing. She smiled at that thought, but there was one more pony Spitfire needed to see before she headed for the Orphanage.

As spitfire made her way out of the building she thought more about the decision she had just made, though she wasn't happy with the rule book she had to except that, but she knew that she wanted this more now than she wanted to be a Wonderbolt. She smiled when she thought about Scootaloo becoming a Wonderbolt later on in life, even though it was only a dream she smiled proudly and trotted off towards her friends house.

                                              -Meanwhile at Rainbow's House-

Scootaloo was getting ready to go to school, she had just finished breakfast with Dash and was now waiting in the living room for Dash to finish cleaning the table. Her mind had been recently bogged up with what Spitfire had said to the filly at the Derby the words 'I'm going to make this right' didn't settle well in a panicked mind and Scootaloo was coming up with all sorts of idea's that only made her feel worse inside

Dash walked in not to long after to see Scootaloo looking down at the cloud floor, her small body shaking slightly ,she put a hoof on her back and leaned down to her level.

"Hey squir- I mean Scootaloo, whats wrong" Dash asked changing her tone, the filly looked up at her surrogate sister.

"It's nothing rainbow" Scootaloo said sighing again as she looked back down onto the floor

Dash frowned "Scoots please tell me whats wrong, your never down about anything" she said in a worried tone as she rubbed the filly's back calming her shaking body.

Scootaloo sniffed before speaking "It's just that I-I don't want to go back to the orphanage" she said truthfully as she let out a sad and worried sigh.

Dash smiled "Hey your not going to go back to the orphanage" she said reassuring the filly.

Scootaloo though still protested, "b-but what if Spitfire's trying to send me back" Scootaloo asked.

Rainbow shook her head, "Trust me squirt I know that Spitfire is doing the best she can for you right now" Rainbow replied as she embraced the filly.

"So have you got everything for school?" Rainbow asked, Scootaloo nodded, Rainbow was going to leave it there but decided to ask something that had been in the back of her mind since the Derby

"Scootaloo, can I ask why it was that you run away from your orphanage?" Rainbow asked hesitantly. She cautiously waited for a reply from the filly, when none came rather than dropping the question Dash found herself elaborating on it instead.

"you know did they ever.." Rainbow trialed of at the end. Dash was relieved when she felt Scootaloo shake her head as Scootaloo was currently buried in her fur so Dash couldn't see her eyes.

Scootaloo finally spoke, "no they never did anything like that it's just, I was really lonely." Scootaloo explained sadly as she started to return back to her depressive state, Rainbow resumed rubbing the filly's back again.

Dash raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?" Dash asked.

Scootaloo sighed "I-I was always lonely there, I was the only one who couldn't fly so I had to go to an earth pony school to be taught, no one really stayed in the orphanage for long either, it was always in one minute and gone the next, when I got moved to Ponyville's school I really like the town and everpony in it besides 'Diamond Tiara' and 'Silver Spoon.' So one day I just decided to stop going back there." Scootaloo explained.

Dash couldn't say she wasn't relieved to hear that nothing bad had happened to Scootaloo in the Orphanage but she still wasn't happy that Scootaloo had been staying on the streets as an alternative. However Dash kept a smile on her face knowing the filly was safe now and she kept the filly embraced in her arms a little while longer.

Dash looked over at the clock. Her eyes widened, "ooh no, you're gonna be late for school" Dash said as she Ran and got the filly's back pack, Scootaloo strapped it on before jumping on top of Dash's back and holding onto her neck as Dash bolted out of the doorway.