Chapter 9 - Waking up and Finding Out (edited)

Scootaloo's eyes cracked open slightly as the bright morning sun intruded into her sleeping bag. She yawned before unzipping the bag and seeing her two friends mimicking her tired out actions.

Scootaloo was first to break the silence in the room, "Good Morning" she said with a dull yawn.

Sweetie Belle was next to speak, "Good Morning, is there school today?" she asked curiously.

At that moment a set of hoofsteps could be heard from outside the room. The hooves stopped just before the door before a blue aura engulfed the frame and the door swung open revealing a white mare with a purple mane. She smiled at the three little ponies in the room.

"Rise and shine my little ponies, School is in an hour" Rarity said in a sing-song voice as she trotted back down the stairs.

Applebloom groaned before speaking, "Next time we're havin a sleepover at the weekend" she said as she stretched her small hooves out before getting out of her sleeping bag.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looked at each other's tired expressions before nodding in agreement.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle followed suit and made their own attempts to get out of their warm and comforting beds. Once they were out the three made their way to the bedroom's door before trudging slowly down the stairs of the house.

Applebloom was first to set foot in the lower level of the boutique. She scanned the room and found a set of pancakes on the house's dining room table.

Applebloom stared at the delectable breakfast, she didn't move an inch and was soon knocked over by two fillies who had come down the stairs unaware of their paralyzed friend.

Rubbing her head Scootaloo looked over to Apple Bloom with an apologetic face, "Sorry there AB" she said with a groan as her hoof made contact with the sore spot on her forehead.

Apple Bloom nodded in acceptance and trotted over with the two other fillies to the table in the house. Jumping up onto the three chairs they saw the delectable treats, the smell wafted through the air to reach their taste buds making their mouths water.

All three fillies reached for the treats at once fighting over every last piece, soon they all had equal amounts on their plates and the three fillies began to eat.

After a few moments all three fillies had finished off their breakfast's. Scootaloo leaned back on her chair as she inspected the rest of the house's kitchen. It was then that she noticed a familiar headline on the paper next to the kitchen's sink.

Scootaloo got off the chair and made her way over to the kitchen top, jumping onto the cabinet she glanced a look over the towns paper which read the words 'Gabby Gums has Returned'

Scootaloo's eyes widened at this as she read further down the page to see the article. She was even more shocked now.

Hello ponies !, its me Gabby Gums

Well actually its just Scootaloo today but lets get started. Today I found out about the latest couple in Ponyville courtesy of a good friend.

Spitfire and Rainbow Dash, yeah I know right my own Mother and Sister !, I can tell you've just choked on your morning coffee so I've got your attention.

So did they ask me if I was comfortable about this?

No they did not and if they had this is what I would have said-

Scootaloo closed her eyes shut tightly as she looked away from the paper, she couldn't read anymore. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looked over and saw their distressed friend and slowly got up and trotted over to her.

Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow, "Scoots are you okay ?" she asked curiously.

Scootaloo didn't respond, she felt like crying. Somepony had just taken away her chance to have Rainbow Dash as a mother or even the chance to have her happy again.

She felt the tears come to her eyelids but something else gripped her, it was fear.

Scootaloo thought about what Spitfire and Dash would say about this, she didn't write the article but anypony reading it would think otherwise. She had to act fast.

Scootaloo opened her eyes and rushed to the front door of the boutique, if she could get back to the cloud home in time, she could explain herself before her family got a chance to read it.

Sweetie Belle watched Scootaloo rush out the door and turned a quizzical look towards Applebloom, "Why's Scootaloo acting like that?" she questioned.

Applebloom shook her head, "I don't know y'all but I'd say its something bad" she answered as the pair then gazed up at the paper still sitting on the kitchen worktop.

                                                       -Meanwhile at Rainbow's Cloud Home

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes as she looked out the window to see Celestia's sun slowly rising into the morning sky. She then started to smell something cooking downstairs. The smell came through the cloud floor and into Dash's muzzle making her mouth begin to water.

Slowly rising out of bed She made her way downstairs to the cloud homes Kitchen.

Dash opened the door to the kitchen to see the love of her life just setting a plate of pancakes down on the dining table, she looked over at Dash and smiled happily as she trotted over to her. Dash smiled as Spitfire trotted over to her and the pair shared a nuzzle.

Spitfire smiled, "hey, I made you you're favrioute" she said happily as she gestured to the treat on the table.

Dash raised an eyebrow, "How did you know pancakes are my favrioute?" she asked.

Spitfire giggled and kissed Dash on the cheek, "come on Dash, who doesn't like pancakes?" she said with a smirk as she walked back to the table with her.

Dash sat down on one of the chairs whilst Spitfire sat next to her.

"So then I have a question" Spitfire said as she sat down.

Dash turned to look at her, "What is it?" she asked curiously.

Spitfire leaned in and whispered, "did you enjoy last night?" she asked quizically.

Dash blushed from her ears to cheeks as she recalled the memories, after a few moments she spoke, "maybe" she said in a sheepish tone.

Spitfire smiled and nuzzled her lover, "I'm glad then" she said as she leaned back on the chair and looked back down at her own meal.

Dash waited a few moments before asking a question that had been burning in the back of her mind since the day she had a crush on Spitfire, "S-Spit, since when did you start crushing on me?" she asked blushing slightly.

Spitfire thought for a moment before smiling, "remember the day when we had all our friends over for that dinner party?" she asked. Dash smiled as she remebered the day of antics and nodded, she was surprised at just how long ago that had been and looked over at Spitfire astonished.

Spitfire smiled, "So then, d-do you want to tell everyone now or ?" she asked curiously.

Dash thought for a moment before answering, "I think we should tell our friends, but the first pony to know should be your daughter" Dash said with a smile.

Spitfire smirked, "she's also your sister, and you never know she might be your daughter someday to" she said with a wink.

Dash smiled and went back to eating, but soon Spitfire spoke up again, "So Dash I never asked, why do you like me?" she said leaning closer to Dash again.

Rainbow thought for a few moments before replying, "I guess I just saw you and I just said...wow" she said with a slight blush.

Spitfire raised an eyebrow, "why wow ?" she asked with a slight giggle.

Dash smiled and leaned in cathing Spitfire of guard with a kiss, Spitfire stopped laughing as there lips met and silence fell over the room again as the pair sat there for a few moments locked in eachothers lips.

Soon though Dash retreated leaving the yellow pegasus slightly breathless. Dash smiled as she leaned back on her chair, "Because you are wow" She said before returning to eating her meal.

Spitfire smiled and got up off the chair as she made her way to the door, just before she left she leaned into whisper again, "that's very sweet Dash, your my wow too" giving her a kiss behind the ear she said, I'll see you tonight, I love you" she said

Dash smiled, "I love you too" she said wholeheartedly.

Spitfire smiled and winked at Dash before leaving the cyan mare in the kitchen and making her way towards the door

Spitfire opened the door and flared her wings ready to fly to work, it was then she saw the paper on the cloud floor just outside the front of the house, she leaned down and read the title. She was shocked at what she saw.