Chapter 1 - A New Day (edited)

Scootaloo slowly opened her eyes on a lazy Sunday morning. It took her groggy mind a few minutes to process where she was, and a happy smile came to her face as she felt the warm fabrics of her mattress. She let out a big yawn as her eyes travelled down her bed to the door of her bedroom.

Scootaloo's ears then perked up as she heard soft hoofsteps on the cloud surface as a certain pony came up to the top level of the cloud home. Scootaloo then heard a quiet knock on her cloud door as a voice made itself known.

"Is my little filly awake?" The voice asked in a curious tone.

Scootaloo giggled at the voice before speaking. "Yes mummy," she said in a soft tone as she let out another yawn. Just as she said that, the cloud door creaked open to reveal a yellow pegasus with a fiery orange mane who was smiling warmly at the filly with her gleaming amber irises.

Scootaloo smiled as she saw her mother. She had been adopted by Spitfire nearly a year ago and the pair had been inseparable ever since. Spitfire cantered over to the filly as she sat herself up on the bed.

Spitfire sat down next to the filly, her extra weight making a considerable dip in the mattress. Spitfire smiled again as she raised a hoof and began stroking her daughter’s mane as she continued to smile warmly.

Spitfire spoke, but with a quiet tone in her voice. "So, did you have a good sleep sweetie?" The mare asked. Scootaloo nodded.

The pair sat in silence for a little while longer before Scootaloo spoke up. "Mum, where's Dash, usually she would be here by now?" The filly asked in a confused tone as she waited for her mother to answer.

Spitfire smiled and leaned down to gently nuzzle her filly before speaking. "Dash had work this morning sweetie, something about Thunderlane fracturing his wing," she explained.

Spitfire smiled more broadly as she spoke a bit louder. "So, what do you want for breakfast sweetheart?" She asked kindly.

Scootaloo jumped up as her now slightly bigger wings buzzed in excitement. "Oh, can I have waffles!?" She asked curiously but with excitement in her voice.

Spitfire giggled as she shook her head playfully at her filly. "Come on sweetie, you've had them most of this week, I can't feed you them forever," she said, laughing.

Scootaloo sighed as her wings fell to her sides. "Pwease?" She asked, giving her adoptive mother a set of big, round, puppy-dog eyes.

Spitfire couldn't help but smile at her daughter’s adorableness and sighed. "Okay sweetie, you win," Spitfire said with a smile. Scootaloo's smile came back to life as the filly leaned up and hugged the older mare.

Spitfire giggled as she hugged her daughter tightly, lifting her up before the they made their way to the kitchen with Spitfire saying, "This is the last time for a week though, okay?"

Scootaloo looked up at her mother and nodded happily as they came to the bottom of the steps and into the cloud home’s living quarters, which consisted of a few extra items of furniture since the pair had moved in almost twelve months ago.

Scootaloo stared at her mother curiously as she spoke. "So what are we gonna do today mummy?" she asked in an innocent tone.

Spitfire shrugged. "I don't know sweetie, what would you like to do today?" She asked the little filly in her hooves.

Scootaloo pondered on the thought as the pair came into the kitchen. Spitfire let the orange pegasus down as she went over to the cupboard and opened it to reveal the ingredients she needed to make her daughter’s favorite meal.

Scootaloo jumped up onto the chair of the cloud home’s dinner table as she waited eagerly for her delectable breakfast. As

Spitfire poured the mixture into the pan, she turned the stove on and began to cook. The smell of the sweet treat began to waft through the air as Scootaloo sat there licking her lips to stop herself from drooling.

Spitfire glanced a look over to her daughter and giggled at the sight as the small filly leaned across the table to get as much of the smell as possible.

After what felt like forever to Scootaloo, the tasty treat finally made its way over to the table. Spitfire sat down and watched her daughter dig into the fluffy treat. She smiled happily as she thought about how much Scootaloo had grown since she had met her so many months ago, it was only a few inches at best, but it was certainly a change. She was also a lot happier now that she had her own family, giving Spitfire a warm feeling that always seemed to make her smile.

Spitfire leaned in as she spoke. "So sweetie, have you decided what it is you want to do today ?" She asked curiously.

Scootaloo stopped eating and nodded. "Yeah, I want to spend time with you and Dash, I never get to see you much over the week ‘cause of school," the filly said with a sigh.

Spitfire smiled as she leaned closer to the filly and lifted her chin up with a forehoof. She smiled softly before speaking. "Of course you can spend time with me and Dash sweetheart," she said, ruffling the filly's purple mane and eliciting a giggle.

Spitfire slumped back on the cloud chair with a smile as Scootaloo continued eating while she thought about the cyan mare in question.

Over the last few months, Spitfire had felt her feelings grow for the cyan mare. The more time she spent with the confident pegasus, the more of a feeling she got. It was something Spitfire had never experienced and couldn't really place a hoof on what it was that she was actually feeling. Her thoughts were interrupted when her daughter spoke up again.

"So when is Dash coming back?" Scootaloo asked curiously as she raised an eyebrow. Just then a loud thud could be heard from inside the living area of the household, not so long after, a familiar groan vibrated through the cloud layer.

Spitfire rolled her eyes playfully as she said, "I think right about now."

Just at that moment, the door to the kitchen was opened and a cyan mare with a rainbow mane and tail trudged into the room, holding a forehoof to a sore spot on her head.

Scootaloo smiled. "Hey Dash," she said excitedly as she ran over to meet the older mare.

Rainbow looked over to the pair and smiled. "Hey sis," she said as the little filly ran over and embraced her surrogate sister.

Rainbow’s smirk faded slightly as she spoke up. "Sorry I wasn't here this morning squirt, I had work," she explained as she squeezed the filly tighter.

Scootaloo looked up at the cyan mare. "It’s okay Dash," she said plainly as she snuggled into the pegasus’ chest. Spitfire smiled and got up to take the finished plate of waffles to the sink. Dash let Scootaloo down and the filly trotted happily into the living room through the kitchen door.

Dash then trotted over and leaned hesitantly on the kitchen worktop as Spitfire started washing the dishes. Spitfire looked up and smirked. "Hello miss Dash, is there something I can help you with?" She asked in a curious tone as she held back a giggle.

Dash smiled as she felt the blood rise in her cheeks. "Na, nothin much Spit, what's on the schedule today?" The blue pegasus asked.

Spitfire stopped washing the dishes and turned to look at Dash. "Well, Scootaloo wants to do something with us today, sound good ?" She asked hesitantly.

Spitfire was relieved when she saw Dash give a confident nod in response as she said, "Sure, so where are we headed?"

Spitfire pondered as she looked out of the window in the cloud kitchen. After a few moments she spoke. "How about the lake in Ponyville?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

Dash smiled approvingly at the idea. "Sounds good enough to me," she said happily as Spitfire turned back to the sink and continued to wash and clean the messy plates. Soon after, the two fast flyers made there way into the living room where Scootaloo was already waiting for the pair; sitting on the couch and playing with one of the many cushions.

Spitfire smiled. "Are you ready to go sweetheart?" She asked kindly.

Scootaloo nodded rapidly. "Yeah, where are we going mum?" She asked.

Spitfire opened her mouth to speak, but Dash silenced her as she trotted up to the orange filly and ruffled her mane. "You'll see when we get there," she said excitedly.

Scootaloo buzzed her wings happily as she followed the pair to the front door with excitement gleaming in her eyes. Spitfire leaned down so the filly could climb on top of her mother. Even though Scootaloo had bigger wings than before, she still couldn't fly as expertly as her family members and got tired out very easily from her newly developed wings.

Spitfire smiled when Scootaloo was securely on her back and gave the filly a light nuzzle before turning to Dash competitively as she flared her wings, ready for action.

"Race ya," Spitfire said plainly as she looked over at the cyan mare with a smirk.

Dash felt her heart flutter as she heard her idol ask her to race, she felt her cheeks burning again as she nodded, but she quickly regained her voice as she said, "You're so on!"

The two speedstars counted down before darting into the sky, speeding off towards their destination.