Scootaloo's Life With Rainbow Dash

Twilight had sent the letter to Princess Celestia over an hour ago, and she was worried that the princess would not come soon enough. If she didn't, then Dash might able to get free, and if she did that, then she might kill Scootaloo. Twilight had been up all night watching over Scootaloo at the library, who was still snuggled up in her blankets in her bedroom. It was a quiet walk back to the library until Scootaloo began screaming.

“NO GET AWAY FROM ME! I -I SWEAR I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!” She was having a nightmare, and there was only one thing that Twilight thought to do: she put her forelegs around the filly and cradled her to help her sleep. Luckily, it worked. The filly had calmed down, however, before Scootaloo fell asleep, she whispered, “I love you, mommy.” Hearing this, Twilight shed a small tear, which then fell to the ground. She had never pictured herself as a mother before. Her thoughts were interrupted as she saw Spike running around in the library. He must have come back early from his visit to Pinkie's “Happy Kumquat Day” party.

Rainbow Dash had the courage to say something. ”Huh. Why would you risk your life to save   that worthless piece of--” Dash was unable to finish as her mouth was magically sealed shut. Looking up, Dash stared at her friend, pure anger evident in her expression.

“Shut up, Dash! She is not worthless!” Dash simply looked at her friend as tears began welling up in the corners of her eyes. “Twi-Twilight, please forgive me. If you let me go, I promise I'll tell her that I'm sorry.” Twilight picked Dash up and dragged her into the basement, putting her in the corner furthest from the door. “You can stay down there until the princess gets here.” Twilight slammed the door shut and locked it. After she did that, Twilight went back to lay down next to Scootaloo. She stroked the filly’s mane and whispered in her ear, “Don’t worry, she won't bother you ever again.” But what is going to happen to you once this is all over? Twilight wondered to herself as she laid her head down on the pillow next to Scootaloo and began to drift to sleep.

Five hours later...

Twilight awoke from her peaceful slumber. Slowly blinking the sleep from her eyes, she looked around for Scootaloo, however, she was nowhere in sight. Beginning to panic, she started frantically looking for the filly. “No no no no no! Where is she?!” Twilight asked herself. She ran into the kitchen and saw, to her surprise, that Scootaloo was sitting at the table, eating oatmeal. Breathing a sigh of relief, she spoke up and said, “Good morning, Scootaloo.”

Scootaloo whipped her head to look at Twilight and began shaking. “Twilight, I-I-I’m sorry. I got this food without asking. Please, don’t hit me.” she whimpered, tears streaming down her face. “Besides, Rainbow Dash only let me eat once in a day. I'm sure you don't care about me *sniff*.”

Twilight was utterly horrified that Scootaloo would even think that she'd do that. Twilight put her hoof lightly on Scootaloo’s shoulder and spoke softly, “Scootaloo, I'm not going to hit you. That was very wrong of Dash and she had no right to do it.” Twilight embraced Scootaloo in a loving hug, staying like that for a few minutes until Twilight let go. She looked back to Scootaloo and  said, “Are you going to be ok? I need to wait for the princess to arrive.” Twilight was tapping her hoof patiently waiting for Scootaloo’s answer.

Scootaloo was still slightly shaking, but she softly said, “S-sure, I’ll b-be ok.” She laid her head on the table as she was still tired from what Dash had done to her the other day.

Twilight walked to the living room and sat on her couch, stretching her forelegs out and thinking to herself, Ahh, let’s get to some reading. Twilight levitated a book to her and was about to begin reading when she heard a knock on the door. Twilight sighed and set the book down, her horn glowing as she opened the door with her magic. There, standing in the doorway, was Princess Celestia, disappointment evident on her expression.

“Twilight, where is Rainbow Dash?” Princess Celestia sternly asked as she stepped inside, two guards following her. She gave Twilight an angry look.

Twilight stepped next to her mentor. “She’s in the basement. I locked her down there so that she wouldn’t hurt Scootaloo.” Twilight answered as she opened the basement door. Rainbow Dash emerged and saw Scootaloo standing in the kitchen. She jumped in the air and tackled the filly to the ground.

“So, you wanted to tell Twilight everything I did to you, you little shi-” Dash was interrupted as a yellow magic aura surrounded her, sending her flying away from Scootaloo. When she came to a stop, she was face-to-face with the princess.

“You dare abuse a filly who didn’t even deserve it, and continue to do so even in the presence of others?” Celestia looked down and shook her head in disappointment. “I’m very sorry that I have to do this, but you give me no choice.” The elegant alicorn channeled her magic into her horn and released it upon Rainbow Dash, causing a blinding flash. When everypony could see again, a small flask filled with a red liquid was hovering in front of Celestia. “You are no longer the bearer of the Element of Loyalty. You,” she pointed a hoof at one of the guards, “take Rainbow Dash to the Canterlot dungeon,and you,” Celestia pointed her hoof at the other guard, “retrieve the element’s necklace and give it to Cloud Kicker. I think she will make an excellent Element of Loyalty.” She levitated the flask over to the guard, who snatched it out of the air, put it in his saddlebag, and saluted the princess, leaving the house. Celestia walked over to the crying filly and kneeled down, speaking softly in her ear, “Was there anypony you spoke to about this, Scootaloo?”

Scootaloo tilted her head up to look at the princess, tears streaming down her face. “I-I-I did tell my teacher, but she didn't believe m-me.” She looked away from Celestia. “M-maybe Dash was right. I’m just a worthless excuse for a pony.” Scootaloo began crying harder.

Celestia sighed and draped her foreleg around the crying filly. “You are not worthless, Scootaloo. It was very wrong of Dash to do what she did, and I promise it will never happen again.” She nuzzled the child before standing up and approaching Twilight. “But now, Twilight, I will give you a choice. I can get one of my guards to move Scootaloo to an orphanage or you can adopt her. The choice is yours, my faithful student.”

Twilight gasped when she heard this. “B-b-but I'm not good at being a mother. I mean, come on, look at me. Can I really take care of--” She stopped as she saw Spike hopping down from the upper level. He approached the lavender unicorn and spoke, “Twilight, you’ve taken great care of me ever since I hatched from my egg. You’re already a great mother, and I’m sure you can take care of Scootaloo.”

Twilight looked between Spike and Celestia, then back to Scootaloo, and said while pointing a hoof a Scootaloo, “I'll do it if she wants me to.”

Scootaloo looked at Twilight and started crying, however, she wasn’t crying out of sadness. She was crying due to how happy she was. The filly rushed over and buried her head in Twilight’s chest, repeatedly chanting, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!”

Celestia smiled and used her magic to make a piece of parchment appear, levitating it over to Twilight, who took it while hugging Scootaloo tight against her. “Here’s the form that you’ll need to fill out, Twilight.” She explained. Celestia began walking to the door, but just as she was about to leave, the princess turned back to the two mares and said, “I hope you two have a happy life together.”

Later that night...

Twilight finished filling out the adoption form and sent it to Princess Celestia. She began walking to her bedroom, where Scootaloo was going to be sleeping, calling out, “Ok, Scootsy, time for bed. I-” When she got there, she stopped talking and noted that Scootaloo was slightly shaking. Twilight lowered her head to the filly’s level and spoke softly to her, “Scoots, don't worry. I won’t hurt you. No matter what you do, I will not hurt you. I promise. The only thing I'll ever do is take your scooter away, but that’s only if you do something bad.” Scootaloo smiled wide and hugged the lavender unicorn, who happily returned it. Twilight got into her bed, Scootaloo snuggling up against her all the while, and they both gave themselves to the world of dreams.

This was the start of a happy new family.