Keep Faith 2: Back Off!
Requested By: JourneyCatMLP
Written By: Cameron
Sugar Cube Corner
"A baker's dozen, Pinkie." Rainbow Dash laid the amount of bits she owed on the counter. "How fast can you make 'em?" She asked.
"I'll make 'em so fast that you wouldn't have seen me gone in the back." Pinkie Pie laid out a package that said "Sugar Cube Corner" in front of Rainbow Dash.
Dash looked repeatedly made eye contact with the package and Pinkie Pie. "How?" Was all that she could mutter.
"I told you, I was quick." Pinkie smiled.
Rainbow Dash lightly chuckled. "You did." She grabbed the box and opened up the package. Inside were several cupcakes with a rainbow colored frosting. Underneath the frosting, was chocolate cupcakes. Each cupcake also had one candle sticking out. She looked up at Pinkie with a huge grin plastered on her face. "Do you think she'll like it?" She asked.
"Of course." Pinkie happily nodded. "Chocolate is her favorite kind of cupcake and I'm sure she'll love the frosting. Because I already love the frosting. It reminds me of you and I like you. You're my best friend, Dashie." She quickly said.
"You caught my attention on that last part."
"The 'you're my best friend, Dashie' part?"
"No. The 'it reminds me of you' part." Rainbow Dash closed the box of cupcakes and packed them into her saddlebag. "Thanks, Pinkie. I'm sure she'll like it."
"I'm not sure she'll like it," Pinkie added.
Dash raised an eyebrow at Pinkie Pie and gave her a confused gaze. "But I thought you just said-"
Pinkie interrupted Dash. "I think she'll love 'em!" She cheered.
"Oh." With that said, Rainbow Dash felt relieved. Her confused look turned back into a happy grin. "Thank goodness you're just being Pinkie." She said with a sigh.
"Well, I'll see you around, Dashie." Pinkie waved her hoof goodbye.
"See you later, Pinkie." Rainbow waved her hoof as she walked out of the bakery.
Scooter Store
"Hmm." Dash thought to herself as she examined the scooter that Wheels presented her. She looked up at Wheels who had a small grin on his face. "How durable is it?"
"The durability is really good on this scooter. I should know, my son has had his for a couple of years now."
"Does it allow him to go fast?" Dash examined the scooter.
"The scooter allows him to go as fast as he wants."
She looked down at the brake of the scooter. "What about the brakes? I mean, what happens if he's about to scoot off of a cliff?"
Wheels lightly chuckled at the question. "Once he steps on the back of the scooter, it'll automatically lock the wheels in place. Making sure that nopony will be falling off of cliffs." He leaned himself onto the scooter. Looking at Rainbow Dash.
"Is there a warranty that comes with it?" Dash raised her brow at Wheels.
"Of course."
"How long does the warranty last and what does it guarantee?"
"It guarantees full refund if there's any problems found within the first thirty days."
Dash looked back at the scooter. The scooter she was looking at was a good scooter, but she needed to know the price, first. "How much?"
"Tell you what, since it's for Scootaloo's birthday, I'll give you half off." He got off of the scooter.
"Leaving us to?" She raised her brow.
Wheels' small grin turned into a sly smile. "sixty bits."
An expression of shock formed on Dash's face. "Huh?" Was all she said. She looked down at the scooter. A huge grin plastered itself on her face. "Well then, I'll take it."
"Excellent. If you're ready to pay, we can go up front if you want."
"Yeah." She took her eyes off of the scooter and looked at Wheels. "Yeah, let's do it right now."
Rainbow Dash and Wheels walked up to the front counter. Wheels walked behind the counter and opened the cash register. "So, doing anything special? I mean, besides buying the scooter and getting her cupcakes. What else are you doing?" Wheels asked.
"I'll take her out to lunch at the Hayburger Shack, after I pick her up from her school." Dash pulled out the amount of bits she owed for the scooter and laid them on the counter. "Then, I'll take her back to my place so she can open up her presents. Finally, I'll take her out to the park so she can try out her new scooter."
"Sounds fun." Wheels printed out a piece of paper. "This is the warrant. All you gotta do, is hold onto that for thirty days. Other than that, you're all set."
"Thanks Wheels."
"My pleasure." Wheels' horn started to glow and the scooter was wrapped around his aura of magic. It levitated off of the floor. Within a few seconds, the scooter flashed away. Leaving nothing behind. "It's back at your house waiting for you to wrap it."
"Once again, thanks."
"It's always my pleasure to help out. Now, go give her the best birthday ever."
A proud facial expression placed itself upon Dash's face. "I will." She said proudly.
"Have a good day." Wheels waved her farewell.
Dash returned the gesture. "You too." With that said, she left the store and started making her way towards her house.
Ponyville Elementary School
Rainbow Dash softly landed on the sidewalk, outside of the elementary school. She eagerly waited for the little filly to come out and see her favorite idol waiting for her. She couldn't wait to see the surprised look on Scoots' face when she came out. Dash had been preparing for this day, for weeks. She was very excited, when the day came. She knew that she probably outdid herself, but she didn't care. All she wanted, was for Scoots to have the best birthday ever.
*RING*
The school bell rang. A huge grin formed on Dash's face, excitement started to fill up in her heart, and all the fillies and colts started walking out of the school. Her eyes went left to right, trying to find her favorite sister.
But then, something hit Dash's ears, within seconds. Something that made her grin slowly change into a confused expression. Some fillies and colts stopped with what they were doing and started to head back to the school. What's going on, Dash asked herself.
With curiosity taking control, Dash started to trot towards the school. The noise that she heard kept on getting louder and louder, with every step. Finally, she could make out the noise. Crying? She thought to herself. Who would be crying on such a wonderful day?
Dash stopped at the entryway. Fillies and colts blocked the doorway, trying to figure out what was going on. She started to gently move each foal out of her way. Then, something unexpected hit her ears: laughing. The only reason why laughter surprised her, was because somepony was crying, and laughter isn't expected when somepony cries.
Dash stopped in the hallway, when she found the source. In the middle of the floor, was five ponies: Scootaloo lying on the ground crying, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle standing in front of her facing Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Take it back." Sweetie Belle said, angrily. Her facial expression gave off that she was about to kill somepony. Dash could tell that she was grinding her teeth. Her jaw line slowly moved from left to right.
"Oh what." Started Diamond Tiara. "Oh, I know. You want me to take back what I call her." She stuck her nose in the air and turned it to the right. "Well, I won't." Her and Silver Spoon giggled to themselves.
"What is wrong with you?" Apple Bloom asked, angrily. "Why do you get pleasure from this? What did she ever do to you?"
"It does not matter what she does," Silver Spoon added. "It matters about how to handle with things like.....her." She said with a disgusted tone.
"You're gonna take it back, whether you like it or not." Sweetie Belle took a step forward, ready to pounce the brats. "Right now."
"I'll do you something better." Diamond turned her head to face Sweetie Belle. "If you don't back off, I won't take it back."
Sweetie Belle turned her head to see Scootaloo, still crying. She turned back to Diamond Tiara. With a sigh, Sweetie Belle said, "fine." She took a couple steps to the side to allow Diamond to get a good look at Scootaloo.
Still dumbfounded to the situation, Dash decided to see what the filly was going to say to Scootaloo.
Diamond cleared her throat. "Scootaloo." Scootaloo looked up, tears stained her cheeks, and more welled up in her eyes. "I take back what I say. You're not a 'worthless blank flank.'"
A WHAT!? Dash yelled in her head.
Scootaloo slowly sat up on her haunches while wiping tears out of her eyes.
"Instead," Diamond added. "You're a worthless bitch." She said, coldly. Silver Spoon giggled at Diamond's comment.
"That's not what we told you to do." Sweetie Belle stepped forward.
"I know." Diamond smiled.
"Excuse me!" Dash yelled. Every filly and colt turned their attention to the blue pegasus. She started to make her way towards the scene. Fillies and colts quickly moved out of the way. "What did you just call her?" She said, coldly.
Diamond opened her mouth, but the words got caught in her throat as she tried to speak. All she could make out was stuttering I's.
Soon, Rainbow Dash was right in between Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara. She looked down at Scootaloo. A smile of joy was plastered on her face. "Rainbow Dash." Scootaloo said. She ran up to the pegasus and wrapped her hooves around her favorite idol.
Rainbow Dash looked over at Diamond Tiara. "What is the meaning of this?" She asked.
"We were just messing around."
"No you weren't!" Apple Bloom yelled. "You just called her a 'worthless blank flank' and a 'worthless bitch' for no reason! That wasn't messing around, that was you picking on her for no reason at all!"
"So," Dash started. Her heart started pumping with anger. She wanted to teach this filly a thing or two about being a bully. "You think that she's worthless?" She asked.
"I....I....I" No words could come to Diamond's mind. She couldn't figure out anyway to slip out of this situation.
"Do you really think that, or, do you believe that?" Dash had the filly right where she wanted her. "Are you really laughing because she hasn't found her special talent yet!? Do you really think that she needs a cutiemark to be special?"
Nothing came out of Diamond's mouth.
"Well?" Dash started to get impatient.
"I....I."
"Answer me!" Dash yelled.
Diamond felt really scared of this pegasus. She never thought that she would be yelled at by Rainbow Dash.
"What is the meaning of this!?" A voice yelled.
"I should be asking the same thing," a second voice added.
Dash turned her head to the left to see Miss Cherilee and Filthy Rich. Both of their facial expressions showed that they weren't amused.
"Daddy!" Diamond cheered.
"Mr. Rich!" Silver Spoon cheered as well.
Both, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara, ran up to Filthy Rich and hid behind him.
"I want an explanation is to what is going on. Now!" Miss Cherilee said firmly.
"Oh. I'll give you explanations, if you give me answers." Dash said.
"What?" Both Filthy Rich and Miss Cherilee asked in unison.
"Miss Cherilee," Dash started. "Do you pay attention to what goes on in your classroom?"
"Of course I do." Cherilee replied. Dumbfounded to why she would ask such a question. "Why would you-"
Dash didn't let her finish, instead, she put her attention on Filthy Rich. "And you, Mr. Rich. Do you pay attention to what your daughter does in school?"
"Of course I do. But what does this have to do with what we saw you doing to my precious Tiara and her friend?" Filthy Rich asked.
"Everything." Dash said, coldly. "If you two do your part as a parent and as a teacher, then why am I catching your precious Tiara calling Scootaloo a-"
"Why is she calling her a 'worthless blank flank' and a 'worthless bitch' if you're so good at your jobs!?" Sweetie Belle yelled.
"Sweetie Belle." Dash said, not with angry, but because she is young for saying such a word.
"Sorry," Sweetie Belle apologized, slightly backing off.
"What!? My daughter would never dare to call anypony that." Filthy Rich said, firmly.
"Then, you don't know your daughter that well." Dash snapped.
"How dare you. Do you know who I am?"
"Of course I know who you are, but you still didn't answer my question."
Filthy Rich snorted angrily at Rainbow Dash. "Then, what is your question?"
"How well do you know your daughter?"
That question hit Filthy Rich harder than an arrow to the heart. It even started to ponder in his mind. All of his anger seemed to calm down as he asked himself: How well do I know my daughter? He asked himself. He started to remember that he hasn't been paying much attention to her, lately. He looked down at his daughter. "Diamond?"
Diamond looked up at her daddy. "Y-Yes, daddy?"
"Did you call that filly-"
"Scootaloo." Miss Cherilee interrupted.
Filthy Rich turned his head to face Miss Cherilee. "My apologies." He calmly said. He looked back down at his daughter. "Did you call Scootaloo such an awful word?"
"Daddy. You know me." Diamond tried to pry herself out of this situation, but it did no use. Her daddy was not buying it.
"Diamond?" He asked, again.
Defeat finally struck her. She lowered her head in shame. "Yes." She said.
A gasp came from every filly and colt in the room, except for the four adults and the five foals.
"Everypony go home, now!" Miss Cherilee demanded. It was rare for the elementary teacher to get mad, but in this situation, she was mad. When that does happen, everypony better pay attention and try not to get on her nerves.
Within seconds, all of the fillies and colts left the school. "Silver Spoon." Filthy Rich said.
"Y-Yes Mr. Rich?" Silver Spoon asked, quietly.
"Go home. I'll be calling your mother and father."
She lowered her head, not in sorrow, but in shame. She knew what was going to happen when Filthy Rich called her parents. "Okay," was all she said. She slowly left the building.
Filthy Rich looked at Rainbow Dash. "Ms. Dash, is it?" Rainbow nodded her head. "I would like to thank you for bringing this to my attention." He looked back down at his daughter. Tears were now streaming from her face. "She will be dealt with, immediately."
"I would also like to thank you, Ms. Dash," Miss Cherilee added. "I do take full blame for slacking on my responsibilities as a teacher. I promise to you and Scootaloo: That I will never let that happen again."
"I hope so, for your sake." Rainbow Dash looked at Filthy Rich. "The same goes for you."
Filthy Rich nodded. "I understand."
Rainbow Dash turned her head to face Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom. "You two, go home. Tell your sisters about what happened. If they ask about Scootaloo, tell them that I'm taking her back to my place."
"We will, Rainbow Dash." Sweetie Belle said.
"You bet, Rainbow Dash," Apple Bloom added.
Both fillies left the school. Scootaloo gently tugged at Rainbow Dash's foreleg. Dash looked down to see a small grin plastered on Scootaloo's face. "Do you really mean it?"
Dash smiled. "Of course I do. It's your birthday, silly." She slowly started walking. "Come on, let's finish the day like it's supposed to be."
"Again, thank you, Ms. Dash." Miss Cherilee said.
"No problem."
Rainbow Dash's House
"Wow!" Scootaloo cheered as she opened up her gift from Rainbow Dash. "A new scooter!" She grabbed the scooter by the handles.
Rainbow Dash laid her hoof on Scootaloo's shoulder. "You like it?"
"Do I like it?" Scootaloo asked, dumbfounded to the question. "I love it!" She tightly hugged Rainbow Dash. "Thank you so much."
"It was no trouble at all, Scoots. It's your birthday." Dash returned the gesture.
"You even got me cupcakes with rainbow colored frosting and it was my favorite kind of cupcakes: chocolate." She looked up at her favorite idol. "This was the best birthday ever, Rainbow Dash."
Rainbow Dash smiled, feeling proud of herself. "Well, between you and me, Pinkie Pie is not the only one who can throw an awesome birthday." Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo laughed at the little comment. Then, something hit Rainbow Dash. Something that she had to tell Scootaloo. "Scootaloo?"
"Yes, Rainbow Dash?"
"You know that you're not worthless, right?" Dash asked.
"Of course." Scootaloo replied. "I'm especially not a b-"
"Watch your mouth."
"What? I was gonna say B-word."
"Good." Rainbow giggled to herself. "One more thing." Dash ruffled up Scootaloo's mane.
Scootaloo giggled at the friendly gesture. "What's that?"
"If they ever try to get to you again, you tell them to back off. Okay?"
"Okay. I promise." She squeezed Rainbow Dash a bit tighter.
THE END
Requested By: JourneyCatMLP
Written By: Cameron
Though some words may be harsh, there are some words that are kind. You just have to find them.
Author's Note
Hope you liked it JourneyCatMLP. I also hope that you other viewers like it as well. If not, that's okay. Have a good day or night everypony! And thank you all for 18 new followers! You're all awesome!
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