I'll Prove That I'm Special!

Scootaloo ran as fast as she could to school, but wasn't in the best condition ever. She had mud covering her hooves and face thanks to the gardener spraying the dirt road in front of the orphanage with water and she lived a long way from school so she was pretty tired. It didn't seem to bother her when she had her scooter, though. When she rides on her scooter she goes 10x as fast as she would go on ground.

I don't care what it takes! I'm getting my scooter back from those two! I HATE THEM!

Scootaloo ran even faster as she neared the school. She was ready to pound those two bullies silly. After a couple of minutes, she finally reached school. She ran through the door not caring if she interrupted class.

"What did you do to my scooter?" Scootaloo asked as she walked up to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"What are you talking about Scootaloo? We're your bestest friends. Why would we steal from you?" Diamond Tiara said with as much innocence as possible.

"Maybe because you aren't my 'bestest friend' and you always want to pick on me because I can't fly and I don't have my cutiemark." said Scootaloo, letting some anger show.

"Girls! What are you two talking about?" asked a concerned Cherilee.

"Were just talking about how Scootaloo is going to bring in pizza for everypony tomorrow!" exclaimed Silver Spoon.

"What I didn-" Scootaloo was cut off by Cherilee.

"That's not what it sounded like." said a confused Cherilee.

"That's because they sto-" Scootaloo was cut off again by Diamond Tiara.

"It's our secret code. Do you know what else she said?" Diamond Tiara whispered something in Cherilee's ear. Cherilee gasped loudly.

"Scootaloo! How dare you say such a thing! Detention for the rest of the school year!" yelled Cherilee.

"WHAT! I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT DIAMOND TIARA TOLD YOU! SHE'S THE ONE MAKING UP STORIES! SHE'S THE ONE WHO STOLE MY SCOOTER! SHE'S ALSO THE ONE WHO BULLIES ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO CUTIEMARK AND I CAN'T FLY! WHAT KIND OF TEACHER ARE YOU TO LET THIS HAPPEN?!?!" yelled a very angry Scootaloo.

"Scootaloo! Lower your voice when you speak to me!" exclaimed Cherilee. Then she turned to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "I'm sorry girls. She's probably just having a bad day. Don't worry. She won't bother you anymore." Cherilee said calmly.

WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU MS. CHERILEE?! thought Scootaloo.

"Go on back to your seats Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. I'll deal with Scootaloo. When Cherilee turned around she saw Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle rush to Scootaloo's side.

"Ms. Cherilee, Ah'm sorry, but we have ta side with Scootaloo on this." said Apple Bloom.

"Yeah, we're the only ones who know what she has to through with those two." Sweetie Belle pointed to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, I know that your her friends, but this conversation doesn't concern you." said Cherilee sternly.

"Yes it does! It concerns them as much as it concerns me! In fact, it doesn't concern you so get out of this problem since YOU AREN'T ANY HELP AT ALL!" Scootaloo yelled at Cherilee.

"Scootaloo you don't understand the-" Cherilee was cut off by Scootaloo.

"NO! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MY SCOOTER WAS! DO YOU KNOW WHY I WAS LATE FOR SCHOOL? I WAS LOOKING FOR MY SCOOTER! DO YOU KNOW WHY I HAVE MY HELMET STRAPPED TO MY HEAD? IT'S THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING LEFT THAT I HAVE! DON'T YOU WATCH US AT LUNCHTIME? DON'T YOU SEE THE BULLYING? THE STEALING? THE BROKEN HEARTS? THE STORM CLOUDS THAT HANG ABOVE OUR HEADS EVERY DAY? DO YOU KNOW WHO DOES THIS ALL? DIAMOND TIARA AND SILVER SPOON! Then again, you probably won't listen to me. You'll probably try to defend them for whatever reason. Well you know what?" said Scootaloo.

"W-What?" said Cherilee.

"I'm done." said Scootaloo.

"What do you mean?" said Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.

"I'm done with school. If nobody wants to believe me then I'm done. I'm never coming back to school again. EVER!" said Scootaloo as she started to walk out of the door. "Oh! By the way, 'bestest friends' where's my scooter?"

Diamond Tiara was enjoying every minute of this.

"Where is it?" Scootaloo asked again.

"Let me get it." Diamond Tiara said innocently.

Diamond reached into her saddlebag and took out her scooter.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SCOOTER?!?!" exclaimed Scootaloo.

"I might've scratched it up a bit." said Diamond Tiara, preparing for an outburst. The scooter was worse than 'scratched up'. It was broken up and burned by fire.  Scootaloo chuckled.

"I should've known that you would break and burn it. It doesn't matter now. I got your message. I'm useless. I'm a blank-flank. I can't fly. I have no family. I have only a three best friends and no more because nopony wants to hang out with me. But you know what? This useless flightless blank-flank orphan with only three best friends is done with all of the bullying. Time to get real. I'm going to prove to you that I am useful! That I can fly! That I do have my cutiemark! That I'm not an orphan! That I don't have only three best friends! I'm going to prove that I'm AWESOME! I'm going to prove that I'm NOT A PUSHOVER! I'LL PROVE THAT I'M SPECIAL!" exclaimed Scootaloo as she took the pieces of her scooter and took off.

"Did she just...quit school?" asked Cherilee.

Scootaloo rushed to the clubhouse to wait for Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle to get there.

She waited...

and waited...

and waited...

After an hour, she saw them running to the clubhouse.

"Finally! What took you two so long?" asked Scootaloo.

"Well after ya left, we explained everything we could that could help the situation and Ms. Cherilee was so angry at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon! She said that she was goin' ta punish them fer makin ya quit school and told us ta try ta get ya back in school so that she could help you." explained Apple Bloom.

"Don't even bother! I'm never going back in there. Anyway, can you fix my scooter?" said Scootaloo.

"Your not going to run away are you?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Don't worry! I'm just running away from the orphanage after I take a few things." said Scootaloo.

"What if ya get caught?" asked Apple Bloom.

"I doubt that I'll get caught. I've done this plenty of times before I went to the orphanage." said Scootaloo.

"Where will you go?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"I'll live with Rainbow Dash!" exclaimed Scootaloo.

"But ya can't fly." stated Apple Bloom.

"I'm going to learn." stated Scootaloo.

"Well, I don't have anymore questions so let's start crusading!" exclaimed Sweetie Belle.

Scootaloo entered the orphanage and went to her room. She had 'borrowed' a large saddlebag from a store because she lost hers. She stuffed two blankets and a pillow in one side of the saddlebag and snuck into the kitchen. Then she stuffed as much food as she could into the other side of the bag and strapped it on.

I might need a weapon.

Scootaloo took a knife from the kitchen and ran to her scooter and helmet outside. She attached the wagon to her scooter so that she wouldn't have to carry everything on her back. When she made sure everything was secure, she strapped on her helmet, hopped onto her scooter, and sped off.

Rainbow Dash is probably asleep in her cloud house and yelling will probably get me noticed, so I'll have to camp out in the clubhouse or something.

Scootaloo sped to Sweet Apple Acres and tried her best to stay as quiet as she could. Eventually, she reached the clubhouse. Scootaloo set up her blankets and pillow and put everything else in a corner. She finally slept after a very long night.

Scootaloo woke up at sunrise. She had a lot to do today, but she needed food first. She took a daisy and some bread from her bag and made a daisy sandwich.

What should I start with first? Hmm...maybe I'll ask Rainbow Dash if I could live with her. Then I'll work on flying and earning my cutiemark.

Scootaloo was about to take all of her stuff and leave, until she heard Applejack and Big Mac coming her way. She quickly climbed out of the clubhouse with all of her stuff and threw it into the wagon. She sped as fast as she could to a good hiding spot.

"Hey Big Mac? Do ya think Scootaloo is alright? RD told me about the fight at school that she had and how they couldn't find her at the orphanage. Ah hope that she's ok. Ah'm also concerned about Rainbow. As soon as she heard about Scoots, she went out ta go look fer the filly. Ah guess it makes sense, because they had to deal with the same exact hardships in fillyhood." said Applejack.

I didn't even know that Rainbow Dash cared so much. I just know that she'll be happy to see me or angry at me for running away, but it's better than seeing her worried! I have to find Rainbow Dash!

As soon as Applejack and Big Mac left to tend to the rest of the farm, Scootaloo bolted to Rainbow Dash's house.

Where could she be?! I've been looking everywhere! If Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon weren't so bratty, than I wouldn't have to look for her! I could just go to the orphanage and talk to her! I hate them! I feel bad for the filly. Fluttershy and I have dealt with the same thing in flight camp. I hope that she's ok. Rainbow Dash looked up at the sky. It's almost noon. I better get home and get ready for the picnic. Rainbow Dash flew home leaving a rainbow trail behind her.

Scootaloo waited until it was almost noon.

I don't think that she's coming home.

Scootaloo started to pack her things up, but then she felt a wave of wind.

When all hope seemed lost, Rainbow Dash appeared in the sky.

"RAINBOW DASH!!"

Rainbow Dash turned around to find who had called her name and spotted the filly she had been looking for.