Bots of time: the scoots saga

Scoots was on fire. She wasn't sure why or how she was but she was definitely on fire. The odd thing about the fire was that she couldn't feel any burning and the fire was white and purple. They were swirling around her body. Through the flames she could see two figures talking. One was about the same size as bloom, The other one was tall and didn't look like a pony. Just then the flames disappeared, and she could see the figures more clearly, but she didn't have time to see anymore than a pair of glowing red eyes before the floor gave way and she fell down all she could see was black nothingness. Suddenly down below she saw a swirling red glowing circle, inside she saw black swirled shadows, but she couldn't make them out. The circle got closer and closer, she could hear faint screams coming from inside. She tried to fly up but her wings wouldn't work, she braced herself for impact. She could see the circle, she was going into it wether she liked it or not. It was getting closer and closer. And then-

Scoots found herself lying on the cave floor. Scoots sighed with relief, it was just a dream! There was no screaming shadow circle or purple flames. But those eyes were still burning in the back of scoots mind. She could still here the faint screams. They sounded oddly familiar.

"Good morning sleepy head"

Scoots turned around. Sweetie was standing right behind her. "G-good morning"

"Oh you look terrible" said sweetie "did you have a bad dream?"

"Y-yes" scoots replied. She didn't know why she felt so shy around sweetie. There was just something about her that made her feel nervous.

"Oh that's too bad." Sweetie replied, she sat down next to scoots "do you want to talk about it? I love talking about dreams"

"Ummm sure I guess..." Said scoots uneasily. She was worried her dream would scare away sweetie.
Scoots told sweetie about the dream.

After about 30 seconds of silence sweetie said, "wooooow.... That sounds scary. What do you think it meant?"

"I don't know." Scoots replied. Sweetie took it A lot better than expected. "So where's bloom?" Said scoots in an attempt to change the subject. She felt uncomfortable talking about her dream for so long.

"Oh she's out side building traps." Sweetie replied apparently forgetting about the dream. Or she was just dropping the subject. With sweetie scoots was unsure.
"Traps?" Asked scoots. "Why would we need traps?"
"Well bloom and I decided to turn this cave into a base" replied sweetie "bloom said you could stay with us too." "I mean if you want too"

"Well I don't have anywhere else to go" said scoots. Which was true. She didn't know anypony besides bloom and sweetie. And the forest could be dangerous if lived in it alone. "I'd love to stay with you." A-and bloom!" Scoots added hastily.

"Yaaaaaay!" Said sweetie and she gave scoots a hug.

"Well all the traps are set y'all" said bloom. She had just entered the cave. Scoots quickly pulled away from sweetie.

"Hey bloom!" Said sweetie getting up from the cave floor. "How was setting up the traps?"

"Well it went pretty good" replied bloom. "I'm pretty good with tools."

"Yeah you are!" Said sweetie "why don't you sit down and rest a while? You've earned it."

"Well I still need to find us some food" replied bloom

"It's ok!" Said sweetie "scoots and I could do it! Right scoots?"

"Of course!" Replied scoots. "It'll be easy"

"Well ok" said bloom "if ya want" she lied down on the cave floor and closed her eyes.

"Well come on scoots! Lets go find us some food" she grabbed scoots hoof and pulled her out the door.

"Better watch out" said scoots "we don't want to set off any of bloom's traps"

"Yeah that would be pretty embarrassing" said sweetie.

They walked through the forest in silence for a while looking for food.
"So" said scoots trying to start a conversation "how was the lab? I mean before it exploded"

"Oh it was a pretty nice place" sweetie replied "we got three meals a day and everyone was pretty nice" bloom and I always snuck into the basement and explored around."

"Did you ever have any friends besides bloom there?" Asked scoots.

"I had one. Her name was seed" sweetie replied "she was built about two days before you were." She was always pretty shy and didn't talk much"

"What happened to her?" Asked scoots

"I don't know. She disappeared when the base was attacked" said sweetie

"You don't think she's-" asked scoots "you know...."

"Dead?" Asked sweetie "I hope not. She was pretty nice"

They walked in silence for about five minutes but couldn't find any food. But, Right when they decided that they were just going to eat tree bark, scoots saw a building in the horizon. "Look sweetie!" Said scoots "I think it's a town!"

Sweetie turned to look "I bet there's food there!" She said, excitedly "lets go!"

They ran towards the building, and stopped at a hill. They could see the town in plain view. It was a small village with a lot of food stands and shops. There were ponies walking through the streets doing their shopping. "Well what are we waiting for?" Said scoots and she started running down the hill. She was starving and the smells coming from the various food stands were making her feel even more famished.

"Scoots wait!" Shouted sweeetie. But it was too late. Scoots was already sliding down the hill. Sweetie went sliding by and fell in a heap at the bottom of the hill scoots followed her shortly afterwards.

"What did you want to say to me?" Said scoots, who was panting from the running

"I was gonna ask if you wanted to race" said sweetie "but I won anyways so it's ok"

"Well I could have won if I knew we were racing" said scoots defensively.

"Suuuuure" replied sweetie

"Lets just get some food" said scoots

"Good Idea" agreed scoots. She helped scoots up and they started walking through the town.

The sight was like something in a dream there were shops and food stands everywhere. Different smells wafted through the air. All of them smelled good. Ponies walked around all through out the town happily talking to one another. Scoots and sweetie stopped at a stand that was selling various apple products such as pies, fritters, dumplings and cider. "These look delicious" said sweetie.

"Lets grab some" said scoots, her mouth watering. They grabbed all the pie, fritters and tarts they could grab and started to walk away.

"I hope ya have enough bits to pay for all that" said a gruff voice. They wheeled around and saw a big muscular gray stallion angrily glaring at them

"B-bits" said sweetie "what are those"

"It's what ya pay me with, kid." Said the stallion "if ya ain't got any bits. Ya ain't gettin any apples"

"Oh" said sweetie "we'll leave then." They started walking away sadly. That food looked so good.

"I'll pay for them" said a stallion in a black cloak. They couldn't see his face. He dropped a large bag of bits on table

He put all the pies they were carrying into a large bag. He looked directly at scoots and said, "the truth can be dangerous but sometimes danger is necessary for survival. Remember that"

"Um thanks" scoots said. But he already ran away.

"Hey kid" said the sales stallion "ya know that guy?"

"No" replied scoots still trying to figure out what just happened.

"Well your lucky he showed up" said the stallion. "Now scram! I think I see a PAYING customer"

Scoots and sweetie ran back up the hill and started walking up the hill still thinking about what just happened. "Are you sure you diddnt know that guy?" Said sweetie finally.

"Yeah" said scoots "I've never seen him before"

"Well that's weird why he acted like that" said sweetie

"Yeah" scoots replied " at least we got some food"

"I know!" Sweetie agreed "I'm starving!"

When they got back to the cave bloom was sleeping on the cave floor. Sweetie shook her awake. "Hey bloom!" She said "we got some food"

"Oh" bloom said groggily "what took y'all so long?"

"We couldn't find any food" said sweetie, opening the bag and handing bloom a pie.

"Where did ya get that?" Asked bloom

"A town about 20 miles from here" said scoots.

"How did y'all pay for that?" Asked bloom

Scoots and sweetie told her about the stallion in the cloak and what he said.

"The truth is dangerous" repeated bloom. "What do you think she meant by that?

"I don't know" replied scoots "but lets eat for now. Im starving"

They had a delicious dinner of pie and fritter. Scoots was reaching for another pie when she pulled out a tattered book.
"What's that?" Asked bloom

"I don't know" said scoots. Why would there be a random old book in their sack of food?

"Maybe that stallion put it in there." Said sweetie "lets open it"

Scoots opened the book and a piece of paper fell out of the book.

"What's that?" Scoots said. She picked up the paper and read aloud.

"Dear, number 12,9, and 10,

The book you hold in your hands is the journal of the creator of bots like us, his name is unknown. But this journal will give you very valuable information about your powers. But unfortunately a lot of the pages have been ripped out, it is my belief that CHAOS has stolen it. But we are unsure why. We have much to discuss. Expect me at your cave in about two weeks..

Sincerely, #00005"

"How does he know we live in a cave?" Asked sweetie. "And what does he want to discuss with us?""

"I'm not sure" scoots replied "I wonder what's in the book"

Bloom opened the journal "it looks like a bunch of blue prints for stuff he built." Said bloom "we could use this"

Bloom flipped through the book "here's a page about bots!"

She read it aloud, "the world is no longer safe. We need something to defend ourselves. I have created CHAOSDESTROYER#0000-A. He is equipped with ultimate alicorn magic as well as powerful armor. He is indestructible"

Bloom turned the page "SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH CHAOS. HE WON'T LISTEN TO ORDERS. HE HAS ESCAPED AND DESTROYED THE LAB. THE WORLD IS IN GRAVE DANGER! I have created plans for a large army of bots hopefully that will be enough. I've also managed to take back some of the alicorn magic inside of chaos. I have hidden it in-"

"The page is burned off there" said bloom.

"Maybe there's something in the back of the journal" said sweetie.

"I'll check" said bloom.

She turned to the last page which was covered entirely by ash. Bloom blew off the ash. The ash flew up and started swirling around. "What is that thing?!?" Shouted sweetie. "I don't know!" shouted scoots. The ash started forming into some kind of creature. It said in a raspy metallic voice. "Do not read that journal little bots. This matter does not concern you. It will just get you hurt!"

"Who are you?" Asked scoots. She was scared. Mysterious swirling talking ash clouds are never a good sign

"It does not matter who I am" the ash beast started advancing on them. "All that matters is that you give me the journal. If you don't. I will kill all three of you"

"Why do you want the journal so badly?" Asked sweetie "it's ours. It was given to us"

"By someone you don't even know!" Said the cloud "now this is your last chance! Give me the journal, or die!"

"You aren't getting it!" Said bloom "how do we know you aren't going to use it for evil?"

"What is evil?" Said the cloud "evil to one could be perfectly acceptable to another. But that is besides the point. If you wish to be difficult. I will just have to kill you!" The ash then rose up and consumed the entire cave. Scoots couldn't see anything, everything was black. Then the cloud started shaking and the entire cave exploded. Scoots couldn't hear or see anything. Everything was just black with specks of light. "This must be what death feels like" thought scoots. She saw a bright flash of light and then she was out........