Dash eyes slowly opened as she became aware of her surroundings, she glanced out the window to see the sun just rising above the cloud window, 'why am I awake at this time?' she thought to herself confused.

It was then that the ear piercing cry of an infant reached Dash's ears, she quickly put her hooves to her ears as her head was racked with the vibrations of the screaming foal, she glanced over to the crib and saw an orange mare come down the spiral staircase to the crib, she leaned down and took the foal in her arms as she gently rocked him.

Scootaloo glanced a look over to Dash as the foal calmed down and smiled, "Its okay Dash I've got it" she said as she made her way over to the saddlebags she had taken with her last night and pulled out a pack of baby formula and some milk before she headed into the kitchen with the foal still snuggled to her chest as she rocked him gently.

Dash watched the mare go into the kitchen before lying back down on the couch as she tried to close her eyes and finish the rest of her sleep, however her brain denied her this and after a few moments of rolling around the cyan mare got up and looked towards the kitchen door, she sighed before she got up off the cloud couch and made her way towards the kitchen entrance.

Dash opened the door and peered round the side of the cloud layer to see her sister waiting by the cooker playing with Hope as she cradled him in her arms, Dash wandered over to the pair still slightly sleep drunk, she trotted up to her sister's side as she took the bottle of formula off the cooker and gave it a small test before giving it to the foal who eagerly grabbed it before chugging down the contents of the bottle, Scootaloo smiled as she watched the colt drink.

Dash leaned on the kitchen top as she spoke, "So you wanna start trainin today?" she asked in a hesitent tone.

Scootaloo nodded, but her expression changed when she looked down at the foal, "Well yeah but who's gonna take care of Hope?" she asked curiously.

Dash sighed, "Scoots I think now is the time that you gotta start letting ponies know so they can help you" she said knowingly.

Scootaloo though wasn't budging, "its just to early yet sis" she said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Dash was stuck, she had to think of something, "tell you what, lets just take the foal to Fluttershy, she can be the only other pony to know and that means I can go see Tank too" the cyan mare said happily as she waitied for a reply.

Scootaloo pondered for a few moments before responding, "Okay I'll do it" she said happily.

Dash smiled, "great! now lets get going we've got a lot of training to get through today" the mare said as she trotted out of the kitchen

Scootaloo sighed, she could already feel her wings aching as she put the empty milk bottle down on the counter before leaving the kitchen and following her sister out of the house.

-A Few Moments Later-

Dash and Scootaloo landed outside the peaceful cottage on the outskirts of town, some small creatures of all kinds surrounded the front garden as the two mares and foal walked through the small pathway to the front door of the humble home.

Dash knocked lightly on the door and waited for it to open, after a few moments the door unlocked and a shy pegasus peaked her eye out to scan the area in front of her to find a cyan mare accompanied by an orange mare holding a wrapped up bundle in her hooves. Fluttershy raised an eyebrow as she opened the door wider to greet the two ponies

Fluttershy smiled sheepishly, "h-hey um...Rainbow Dash and um.. S-Scootaloo?" said as she came to terms with the mare she saw standing on her doorstep.

Scootaloo grinned as she saw the shy pegasus, "Hey Fluttershy, its been awhile" she said happily.

The pale yellow mare nodded as she turned to Dash who had her trademark smirk plastered across her face, "hey Flutters, hows it hangin?" she asked the mare.

Fluttershy pondered for a moment as she thought, she shrugged, "not very much, its getting late in the year and most of the animals are hibernating now" the pegasus said with a sad tone.

Dash grinned, "well thats great cause me and Scoots need a favour from ya" the cyan mare said with excitement.

Fluttershy's curiosity peaked, "what kinda favour?" she asked.

Dash looked over to Scootaloo who hesitantly stepped forward with the tightly wrapped bundle, she motioned for Fluttershy to come over, when she did Scootaloo pulled down the blanket to reveal the foal.

Fluttershy gasped before taking the foal off the orange mare as she held the little pony tightly, "Aww he's so cute" she said happily as she stared down at the babbling foal.

Scootaloo smiled sheepishly as Dash continued, "Yeah well we need you to watch over him whilst I'm trainin Scoots for the day" she said as she rubbed the back of her neck hesitantly.

Fluttershy looked up to the two mares and nodded happily, "I guess I can watch over him for a few hours" she said as she rocked the foal gently, Scootaloo smiled as she stood next to Fluttershy as she too watched over the little colt.

Dash rolled her eyes, "Come on Scoots we need to go" she said motioning for the younger mare to follow.

Scootaloo looked up to the cyan mare and nodded, "yeah coming Dash" she said as she made her way to her, but just then a cry came from the foal behind her making Scootaloo stop dead in her tracks. The mare turned around and went back over to the foal who was reaching out at his mother.

It was then Scootaloo realised that she had never left Hope from the moment he was born, she sighed knowing he didn't want her to leave him and she felt the same way. The orange mare came back over to the foal to let him hold her hoof to which he held tightly to his chest, Dash sighed as she got slightly inpatient.

Scootaloo closed her eyes in annoyance, she knew Dash was going to never stop talking about this. The young mare turned to Dash, "I'll meet you there Dash, this is gonna get sappy" she said knowingly.

Dash was confused for a few moments before she worked out the situation, she smirked and nodded before taking off in the direction of the park.

Scootaloo smiled and turned back to her foal, she leaned down and picked him up as she held him tight. Scootaloo leaned down and whispered softly in his ear, "Mummy's gonna be gone for a little while sweetie I promise I'll be back soon okay, Mummy loves you" she said giving the foal a kiss on the forehead before giving him back to Fluttershy who cradled the foal.

Scoots turned to leave again when she heard a small whimper, she turned round to give her foal one last look, she smiled and winked at the foal, she was relieved when Hope smiled happily at the action and she turned round and began galloping off towards the park.

Fluttershy watched the orange mare leave down the dirt trail before looking down at the foal, the little cream coloured colt played with his small hooves as Fluttershy cradled him. The yellow mare smiled and turned around and trotted back into the cottage closing the door gently behind her.

Author's Note

Sorry guys I've been real busy as in neck high in study work so yeah its been hard writing recently and I'm afraid to tell ya that it will only get harder as the weeks progress. Of course as always I will try my best to get stuff published but for now I dunno when the next time I will get do another chapter.

Anyways onto the chapter and kinda on the adorable side there, trying to play as close to the real characters as possible so I hope im on the right lines and yeah thats pretty much it next chap we get onto flight training !

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