[Classic] The Scootaloo Diaries
Entry: Friends With Secrets
Previous ChapterNext ChapterRainbow Dash let out a mild yawn as she finished her usual mid-afternoon nap on the cloud she fell asleep on. She looked over the edge of the cloud she was so comfortably perched upon. School was letting out, and dozens of young fillies and colts scurried across the school grounds. Among them, she spotted Scootaloo and her two closest friends trotting down the road. Rainbow was certain that her little friend was aware of the missing diary by now - but she knew there was no way that she would ever be suspected.
With a quick stretch, she bit down on the diary and jumped over the edge of the cloud. She fluttered her wings near the ground and fell into a graceful trot. Tucking the diary safely beneath her wing, she approached her little friend.
"Hey there Scoot, what's up?"
"Oh, hi Dash!" Scootaloo glanced over to her friends, then gave them a nod, urging them to continue walking. "Oh, nothing - actually, I'm looking for something. Have you seen a book with my name on it?" She gave a few glances around her, hoping that she would see it. "I can't find it."
Rainbow grinned. "You mean, like a diary?"
"No!" Scootaloo puffed her chest out, sure not to seem girly in front of her idol. "Like, a journal that I record my daily activities in."
"Whatever you say," Rainbow said waving it off, "And no, I haven't. I was just wondering about something. I saw you hanging out with Silver Spoon the other day. Is something . . . going on between you two?" The prying pegasus grinned wider.
"No, we're just, uh, friends." Scootaloo was getting incredibly nervous. She couldn't believe she was lying straight to the face of the pony she looked up to. "Sometimes, uh, when Diamond's not around, she wants to hang out because she's, uh, lonely and I can cheer her up." Scootaloo looked down and away. Worries of how Rainbow would respond if she knew the truth filled her mind.
"Oh, well that's cool too, I guess..." Rainbow was trying to push for a confession.
"What, you... Wait," Scootaloo had been taken aback by the tone in Rainbow's voice. "Do you want there to be something going on?"
"Well," Rainbow, pressed, a devious grin rising to her face. "If there was something going on, I'd definitely have to give you some props. I think that Silver Spoon is maturing into a pretty sexy little mare." Rainbow raised her eyebrows, waiting for the right response.
"You really think so?" Scootaloo looked around suspiciously, making sure the two were completely alone and no one was eavesdropping. "I'll let you in on a little secret... I hit that already."
Rainbow's eyes widened and she covered her mouth with a hoof, hardly containing her laughter. "You hit that?" She completely lost it. She fell over on her side in a fit of laughter at the little pegasus in front of her.
Scootaloo blushed and looked away, waiting for her idol to calm down. But, as Rainbow held on to her sides and laughed, the diary slipped out from beneath her wing. Scootaloo's eyes widened in disbelief. She darted forward and grabbed the journal off the ground with her teeth before the cyan pony could react.
She held it between her hooves. "You took it?! You already knew!" Her eyes were misty, yet narrowed with rage.
Rainbow suddenly stopped laughing when she realized what just happened. She gulped nervously, quickly thinking ahead. With a quick lunge, she snatched the diary out of Scootaloo's mouth and flew a few meters into the air. "Sorry Scoot," Rainbow apologized, "But I still have quite a bit of reading to catch up on. This is good stuff."
"Give it back Rainbow... Or I'll... I'll..." Scootaloo was having a hard time thinking of a threat.
"You'll what, tell on me?" Rainbow teased. "Who're you gonna tell; Cheerilee?" Rainbow grinned as wide as ponily possible.
Scootaloo blushed and looked down. "Fine... You know..." The orange filly hesitated, trying to find the right words. "I would have let you read it if you just asked. You don't have to make fun of me about it. It's just... Not finished yet, okay?"
Rainbow felt her friend's words ring in her head as remorse touched her heart. She held the diary out in her front hoof, a strange combination of guilt and humility washing over her. "You would have?" She asked, her heart sinking as she fell gently to the ground.
"Well yeah. Honestly, I kind of had you in mind when writing it." Scootaloo gave a little bit of a smirk. "That's why it's so descriptive, unlike a regular diary. I figured I would let you read it eventually. Everything in there is true, except..." Scootaloo hesitated as her blush grew deeper.
"Except what?" Rainbow couldn't help but ask.
"Well, I think you have the nicest flank in all of Equestria." She froze, anxiously awaiting her friend's reaction.
"Ha, you got that right. That Cheerilee's pretty damn hot, but not compared to this." Rainbow stated as she turned around and wiggled her flank.
Scootaloo resisted the urge to trot up to her and smack it. "I knew you'd get mad at that part. You're too easy, Dash."
Rainbow winked. "You wish I was easy. You haven't seen me yet."
Scootaloo simply shrugged. "So how far have you gotten?"
"Just to Silver Spoon. I found it in your saddle bag this morning and couldn't resist." Rainbow laughed and hoofed the diary over to her friend.
Scootaloo gave a small smile. "I was looking for it because I needed to write another entry," she explained. "I figured I'd fill it up and accidentally leave it somewhere for you to find, but this works too I guess." Scootaloo sighed as she realized Rainbow Dash, her idol, has been reading all about her private experiences. She sat down, really trying to think. "So, Dash, what do you think? Is it really a 'good read'?"
"Yeah," Dash answered, sitting down next to the filly. "It's really hot, but - I was worried about you and all of this. I know it happened a while ago, but it seems like a lot of trouble. I can ask you how things are going, or I can just... finish reading that, it's up to you. I just came down here to make sure you were doing okay still." Rainbow placed a hoof on Scootaloo's head and playfully messed with her mane.
"I'll be honest with you, balancing these secrets is getting really hard." Scootaloo rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "I think I'm running out of leeway with Cheerilee, and I'm definitely about to get confronted by someone. I'm pretty much living lie to lie between my friends lately, and I don't know how to fix this." Scootaloo let out a sigh, relieved to finally get some things off her chest.
"So you want me to help you fix your personal life, huh?" Rainbow though for a moment, before giving a firm nod. "I can probably do that." Rainbow tilted her head, a question arising. "So why did you write this diary for me anyway? Isn't that actually really weird?"
"Actually, I wrote it at first because I wanted to have a way to brag to you about Cheerilee without directly telling you... Then it sorta turned into what it is now." Scootaloo frowned and looked down the road towards Silver Spoon's house. "Tell ya what Dash... how about you keep this and read it, then maybe you can tell me what you think about what's going on. I'll talk to you later okay?" She hoofed the diary back over.
Her friend hesitantly took it. "Alright, I'll read this, then I'll save your social life. I'm pretty much the best friend a pony could ask for, aren't I?" Rainbow put on a smug grin and turned to trot away.
Scootaloo quickly jumped up and hugged her. Rainbow was surprised by the move; nevertheless she returned the hug. "Don't worry kiddo, I got your back in all this, you know that. And what you've been doing lately.... It's awesome, you're young, you should be having fun. I'll admit, from the sounds of things you may have gotten a little carried away, but hay, we all make mistakes right? It's the will to fix them that matters."
Scootaloo stared at her hooves and nodded. "Thanks, Dash." She trotted away towards home.
Rainbow felt joy and genuine happiness creep up from her chest as she watched her young friend trotting away. She then flew down the road towards Twilight's Library. It didn't take long to arrive, upon entering she was immediately greeted by her friend.
"Hello Rainbow," Twilight greeted. "What brings you here?" Already assuming the answer, she levitated the next Daring Do book off the shelf. "Ready for the next book quickly this time, aren't we?" Twilight asked rhetorically.
"No, actually." Rainbow responded. "I have a new book to read for now. It's really hot, so I figured I'd come here for a while. Is that cool?" Rainbow had already invited herself in; she was comfortably sitting down in a couch, taking out the diary.
"Don't mind me," Twilight said absentmindedly, as she simply sat back down and continued flipping through the pages of a book of her own. "I have quite a bit of reading to catch up on myself."
Rainbow nodded mindlessly as she opened up the book and skimmed through the pages. She flipped through the Silver Spoon entry and found her place. The entry after was regarding the test. Rainbow chuckled at the thought and began reading.
This was it, my big day. I knew I absolutely had to get an A on this test no matter what. Cheerilee slowly trotted from desk to desk, passing out paper tests. She paused at my desk to give me a wink before setting my test down. I blushed and gulped, feeling more pressured than ever. I looked down at my test, all the words and problems were blurring together. I had tried cramming as much information into my mind as I could before I went to sleep last night, but nothing seemed to be there now. I might as well have not studied at all.
To top it off, Silver Spoon kept glancing over at me from across the classroom. It couldn't have been more distracting. I let my face fall flat on my desk without thinking about it. I didn't know how much that would actually hurt until I actually did it. Ouch.
Cheerilee came up to me and placed a hoof on my shoulder. I looked up at her and she was smiling but didn't say anything. I knew I could do this, I had to. I just took a deep breath to clear my head, and I started working.
Sure I skipped a few questions and just guessed off the top of my head on others. It all seemed to be going well enough. I went back through like twenty times and kept spotting mistakes after I filled in the blank answers. I'll admit it, I was sweating this test, I never cared so much before. I was definitely not used to this.
"Time's up, everypony. Place your tests on my desk on your way out and I'll see you all tomorrow." Those words came too quickly. I wasn't ready to pass my test in yet. ~ Heh, came too quickly... Sorry, oh Celestia, what's happening to my mind.
Anyway, I waited til everyone else left and placed my test on her desk last. "Can you grade mine now?" I knew I wouldn't get sleep tonight if she didn't. It was a question I just had to ask.
"Eager are we? You'll have to wait like everyone else, alright?" She stood up and came around the desk, then she wrapped her hooves around my head and pressed her lips against mine.
My heart exploded, her kiss was amazing. I let her tongue slip past my lips and I rubbed mine against her's. This was something else, something different than before... it felt so real, like she actually wanted me. Before it was just her trying to improve my grades, but I didn't really care that she's hot, but now... well, now I can't explain how I feel.
Rainbow sat the book down and swallowed a lump in her throat. She was caught somewhere between anger and pity. Scootaloo was clearly being taken advantage of and that didn't sit right with Rainbow. Loveless sex as a reward was exciting, toying with a young and sensitive filly's emotions just wasn't right. I wonder if she knows, Rainbow thought, glancing over to Twilight before continuing.
As she pulled away, I nearly died. My stomach felt like it was about to explode when I spotted Applebloom peeking in the window from outside. Her eyes were wide and her jaw was hanging open. I panicked, my heart was still racing after that kiss, but I knew I couldn't ask for more, especially not with stupid Applebloom about to ruin everything! I had to get out of there and make sure she didn't talk.
"That was great Cheerilee, thanks. I have to go now, I really hope I got an A. See you tomorrow!" I hoped I had covered everything and I cantered out of the classroom as quickly as I could.
"Uh, bye, Scootaloo." Cheerilee said. "See you tomorrow, I guess." She sounded strange. I really had no idea what was on her mind, but I'd love to be able to spend all day and night with her trying to figure it out.
I pushed through the doors and rushed around the corner of the building. Applebloom was heading in my direction as I rounded the corner and I crashed into her, tumbling across the grass.
"Scootaloo! Did I just see what I think I saw?!" She shouted, I needed to come up with something quick.
"Uh, yes and no. Follow me and I'll explain everything, not here though." I bought myself some time to think.
Applebloom of course didn't let up that easily, she slammed me with questions the entire time we were walking towards Sweet Apple Acres. I couldn't think, my mind was racing and all I wanted to do was tell her that I was falling for my teacher. I couldn't do that, there had to be something to get her to let this go, but what.
"So, are we friends Applebloom?" I knew we were, but I decided to ask anyways.
" 'Course we are, why would ya even ask that?"
"Can I trust you to keep a secret?" Sadly, I knew I couldn't.
She just nodded rapidly.
"Okay good, well the reason I was kissing Cheerilee is because..." I paused for a moment, quickly making a lie. "I asked her to help me practice kissing. She didn't want to but I begged her, that's why. Now you can't tell anyone or she'll get in trouble, you know that. Don't tell ANYONE, Applejack, not even Sweetie Belle can know, alright? I'm really trusting you with this." I hoped I was being stern enough Applebloom is a good friend, but she's a loud mouth. I needed to get something on her so that she'd keep my secret just to protect her own.
"Okay, Scootaloo, I promise I won't tell no one no how no way!"
"That's too many negatives Applebloom. I have no idea what you're saying. Are you trying to trick me into thinking you promised you won't tell my secret when you're actually promising you will tell it? Is that it?" I hated the thought of manipulating my friend this way, but I had to. Secrets must be protected at all costs.
"NO! You know that's just how I talk, I won't tell your secret. Promise." Applebloom proceeded the do the Pinkie swear.
I was still not convinced. "Well, maybe we should make a secret of our own. That way I can keep one for you too and we'll be even." This was it, I had her.
"Okay sure, what kinda secret?"
I grinned, "Let's kiss." I know her family would freak out if they knew she kissed anyone, much worse another mare. Just where I wanted her.
"Kiss, for real?" She looked hilariously shocked.
I didn't really want to kiss her, but considering everything I've done lately, kissing another friend was nothing. "Yeah, why not, we're friends, and it'll be our little secret."
"Well... I don't know." She was blushing and looking away now. I knew what she was thinking, and she was right.
I didn't feel like wasting any more time. I trotted up to her and put my hoof on her cheek, turning her head to face me. I saw her close her eyes right before I closed mine. At least this wasn't her first kiss, I'd hate to take something that special from her. I love that mine was with Cheerilee. She told me about kissing some colt in the grade ahead of us, not interested, but at least she was happy about it.
Our lips touched and it started out as a simple peck. Then I went back for more, I'm not sure why, I just did it without thinking. I kissed her again, and again. Each time was a bit more aggressive. I could feel her returning my kisses and before I knew it her hooves were around my neck. She pushed forward as our tongues made contact. I lost my balance and backed up for a while before falling into the grass off the side of the road. I knew there was a chance someone might spot us, but I didn't care.
She fell on top of me and swirled her tongue around behind my teeth while I massaged it with my own. Our eyes were closed, but I could see her face clearly in my mind, she was beautiful and I never imagined wanting her this way. Especially not this badly.
I think I'm starting to learn something interesting. There was a big difference between this kiss, the one I had with Cheerilee, and the one I had with Silver Spoon. They were all very very different. This time, I'll be honest with myself. I wanted to do Applebloom, that's all that was on my mind. With Silver Spoon, I felt bad for her and just wanted to make her feel good. With Cheerilee, I just want her to love me, I want her to want me around. More than anything I want her to teach me how to love her back, because I really don't know how to begin. There's lust, there's friendship, and then there's love.
At this point, Cheerilee was not on my mind, all I wanted was taste Applebloom. I think she wanted me back because she stood up and helped me to my hooves then led the way back home quickly. She guided me into the orchard where there were a bunch of apple trees with no apples in them. There was a big soft patch of grass and she assured me no one would be coming out this way since this area of the orchard had already been cleared.
I didn't care anyway. I felt like a different pony, I wasn't in my right mind. I pushed her over on her back and licked straight up her stomach to her neck. She giggled and my muzzle brushed across her cheek as I made my way up to her ear. I knew Silver Spoon liked it, surely Applebloom would as well. I licked it and bit it just like before, she shivered motioned the same way Silver did. Interestingly enough, it would seem all mares like the same things. I wonder if I'd like it too. I didn't want to do this the way I did before. I really didn't care so much about making Applebloom feel good, at least not today. I wanted to satisfy myself, so I skipped all the pointless kissing and touching and went straight between her legs.
She didn't seem to mind, her trembling body quivered beneath my tongue. I felt like some kind of expert while I did this, enjoying all the sweet tastes of a new mare while doing an awesome job making her cum. She pressed her hips up into my face and wrapped her hind legs around my head. I was getting used to this, the feeling of another mare having an orgasm. It was definitely something I was learning to love, and it made me feel accomplished. Everything was going just how I wanted it to, only way better. This was definitely a secret Applebloom wouldn't want out, so mine was safe for sure.
Just when I thought things couldn't get better, they didn't. She brought my world crashing to the ground with what she said next.
"Scootaloo, that, was... That was great. I, I think I love you." She smiled and her face was completely flushed. Then she hugged onto me, pressing her face into my chest while I laid next to her in the soft patch of grass.
I put my hoof on her head and brushed it through her mane. The sun was shining brightly overhead, but it wasn't nearly as hot today as it had been. I was comfortable, and relaxed. I didn't even feel aroused after what had happened, I just...
I don't know I just couldn't wrap my head around what was going on. I didn't love Applebloom, and I didn't want to hurt her. She's my best friend, and in that sense, I love her very much, but not the way she was talking about. I felt her light breathing warming my coat. I laid staring at the sky, comfortable, watching the birds over head between the trees. My best friend was asleep in my arms, and my life couldn't be more complicated right now.
~Scootaloo, out-
Rainbow Dash wore an awkward smile, her usual demeanor nowhere to be seen. Scootaloo was very important to her, nothing was more precious to her than that growing filly. With another painful lump in her throat and an empty pit in her stomach, she turned the page.
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