____*Rainbow Dash's cloud house*____

"Scootaloo dinners done!" Dash called.

After a few moments a voice called down. "Ok sis I'm coming!" Scootaloo said.

Scootaloo ran down the stairs and into the kitchen where she found Dash eating dinner, she sat down and began eating.

After the sisters finished eating, Dash sighed and looked at Scootaloo after putting the dishes in the sink.

"Hey Scoots, can I ask you something?" Dash asked.

Scootaloo nodded. "Sure thing." She replied.

"How do you feel about going on a trip?" Dash asked.

Scootaloo raised an eyebrow at this. "What brought this on?" Scootaloo asked curiously.

Dash chuckled and leaned against the countertop. "The house is undergoing maintenance in three days, and we can't be here when they work so I decided it's time for a vacation.....get away from the craziness for a few days." Dash replied.

Scootaloo blinked and rested her hoof on the table. "So um, Dash where are we going to? unless it's a surprise." Scootaloo asked.

Dash rolled her eyes. "No it isn't a surprise Scoots, we're going to Stalliongrad, a neutral city to the north." Dash said.

Scootaloo tilted her head and looked at her sister. "Um....ok, what's so special about this place?" She asked.

"Well you see Scoots, Stalliongrad is an earth pony city, unicorns can't get in but Pegasi are allowed in on occasion, a friend of mine also lives there so it's an added bonus." Dash explained.

Scootaloo nodded and got up and out of the chair. "So Dash, um, when exactly do we leave?" She wondered.

Dash walked to the living room and looked at Scootaloo. "We leave tommorow, so go to bed early." She replied before heading upstairs.

Scootaloo nodded and looked around the house and sighed. "Maintenance?....on a cloud house?" She muttered quietly before heading up the nearby stairs.

____*the next day, 10:21 AM*____

Scootaloo groaned as she heard a voice. "Scootaloo! wake up we need to get going!" Dash called.

The Pegasus filly sighed and groggily sat up. "I'm up, I'll be down In a minute!" Scootaloo shouted down sleepily.

As Scootaloo put her saddlebags on, she heard Dash call her again. "Hurry up Scoots or we'll miss the train!" Dash called again.

Scootaloo rolled her eyes and walked to the door. "Ok ok I'm coming!" Scootaloo shouted before walking downstairs with her saddlebags on her back, when she walked up to the front door she heard Dash clear her throat, she looked back to see Dash walk up and open the door.

"Do you have everything Scoots?" Dash asked.

Scootaloo nodded. "Yea, I've got everything." She replied calmly.

Dash nodded and walked out the door with. "Come on then." She said.

Scootaloo waited as Dash locked the door and took flight, she soon flew up and followed her sister to the train station.

______*the train station, five minutes later*______

Dash and Scootaloo walked onto the platform and awaited their train, after a few moment Scootaloo decided to break the silence.

Scootaloo looked at Dash. "Hey Dash, what's Stalliongrad like?" She asked.

Dash chuckled and looked up. "It's nice enough, you got the rich district in the northern part of the city, the market is spread throughout the city, they have an assortment of entertainment methods there, from fire eating to music, the only part of the city you actully WANT to avoid is the eastern side." She explained.

Scootaloo raised an eyebrow at this. "What do you mean by that?" She wondered.

Dash sighed and looked at Scootaloo. "It's commonly known as 'the slums', but other than that?....it's filled with criminals, from con artists to murderers, most people actually just flat out avoid it." She replied quietly.

Scootaloo gulped and nearly jumped as she heard a train pull in, she looked at the train and immediately recognized it as unusual, the front of the train looked mostly like a rectangular black steel box, the train cars and caboose seemed to be the same way, but they were simply gray, she decided not to question it however as Dash practically dragged her to the train and handed over the tickets.

_____*in the train, ten minutes later.*_____

Dash sighed and looked out the window, she was getting impatient with the time it took for the train to leave, but they were almost to Stalliongrad.

Scootaloo however was bustling with questions, eventually, she looked at Dash and spoke. "Hey Dash, who do you know in Stalliongrad?" She asked.

Dash chuckled. "Applejack's cousin, Applefritter, she actually lives in the slums, but only because she doesn't want to deal with the upper class in that city." She explained.

Scootaloo half nodded, she questioned the safety of living there but she also knew how some of the upper class ponies acted.

A few more minutes later, and the train was almost at Stalliongrad, and by the, Scootaloo had another question. "Hey Dash, how does the city look and act?" She asked.

Dash raised an eyebrow but answered her sisters question. "The city itself looks decent enough, the walls are old however and haven't been replaced in ages, the culture however......it isn't something that you can find out through the tour guide.....these people are VERY secretive, if they don't want you to know about their culture, you will not find it out." She explained.

Scootaloo and Dash then sat in bare silence for about two minutes before the train came to a stop, signaling its arrival, Dash sighed in relief and stood up, Scootaloo pulled herself to her feet and followed Dash, who made her way to the exit.

Dash and Scootaloo eventually reached the exit and walked outside, Scootaloo looked around and took in the sight of the stone buildings, she also noted the stone pathways and the bustling streets.

Scootaloo only had one word to describe her current thoughts, and she uttered them quietly.

".....Whoa."

Author's Note

Now uh.....I did a MASSIVE edit to this chapter and you know what that means!?.....no?

It means that I am FINALLY coming back and fixing my past errors, and you will notice that there is little to no plot yet, but you might as well enjoy it while it lasts, just keep reading till the later chapters.

Anyways.....I hope you enjoy and i will see you next time!

Ps. I know I'm an idiot for this massive wait, but hey, I didn't have the drive to fix this till now.....sorry about that.