Growing Up...the Hard Way

Chapter 2: Firefly

  Scootaloo entered the school building, following Spitfire closely, ceiling was domed, a stained blue and yellow glass decorating the dome with the Wonderbolt's insignia. "Scootaloo, you sign up here, Starjumper will take your picture, measure you, and give you an examination to get your I.D. tag and flight suit ready. Afterwards you'll be assigned a roommate and a room, both of you will be given keys, don't lose them." Spitfire pushed Scootaloo towards Starjumper, a light blue unicorn mare with golden locks tied into a ponytail, her white coat and I.D. showed that she was a doctor.

  "Y-yes ma'am." Scootaloo gulped, following Starjumper nervously, she looked back to see Spitfire give her a wink before she was whisked behind into a room behind the orientation desk, that familiar doctor's office smell of rubbing alcohol filled her nostrils, making her blood run cold.

  "Ok, Scootaloo was it?" Starjumper began to take notes, putting on her glasses and clearing her throat, "I'll need you to sit on the chair." she motioned towards a small umber colored chair. Scootaloo nodded and sat in the chair, "Smile for the camera please." Starjumper pointed to the camera that sat in front of the chair, and Scootaloo put on her best pose, smiling casually and leaning back in the chair, looking comfortable and relaxed.

  "Very good, now can you come stand on the scale please?" Starjumper had snapped the photo and was now standing by a large scale, large rolls of measuring tape sat on the small shelf it carried. Scootaloo obliged, standing quite still on the scale while Starjumper recorded her weight on the notepad, "123 lbs, not bad, your going to be a fast flier if you keep this weight." Starjumper gave Scootaloo a small smile.

  "Really?" Scootaloo grinned.

  'Yes, now stand still, I need to measure you." Starjumper measured her neck, waist, wings, and legs before putting the tape away. "Now if you'll sit on this table please, time for the physical exam." Starjumper patted the cushioned table, Scootaloo climbed on, with help from her wings, and sat on her haunches.

  "No, no, stand please, I need to examine everything, lets get your rear over with." Starjumper turned red in the face, and so did Scootaloo, gulping as she stood and turned her rump towards the unicorn, who lifted her tail and peered at her private areas carefully.

  Scootaloo gasped as she felt something enter her sensitive marehood, "What the hell?" she exclaimed, looking back at Starjumper, who had a long swab.

  "Sorry, I usually just do it as fast as possible, makes it easier." Starjumper cut the swab in half, throwing the stick away and putting the wet swab in a vial. "Ok, last thing, are you sexually active at all?" she asked, readying to write the answer down on her pad.

  Scootaloo winced, "Does everypony have to know?"

  "No, its a private thing, only the coaches will know, and they don't tell without permission." Starjumper checked the "Yes" box, "I'll take that as a yes then." she said under her breathe, "Ok, now I need to see your hooves."

  Scootaloo was finally sent to her room after being probed mercilessly, she was paired with a particularly strong flier named Firefly, and her room was #14 on the second floor. "Hello?" Scootaloo called as she entered the room, there were two beds, each suspended on opposite sides of the room, since pegasi have a tendency to prefer sleeping high in the air.

  "Hi! I'm Firefly, and you are?" a deep blue filly with golden eyes approached her, her wild black and white mane was slicked back, Wonderbolt style, two winged yellow lightning bolts adorned her flanks.

  "Scootaloo, it's nice to meet you." Scootaloo smiled warmly, shaking the offered hoof.

  "Scootaloo huh? I like it, and I can tell we are going to be best friends." Firefly returned the smile, turning to point at the left side of the room, "I already unpacked and took this side, I hope you don't mind."

  Scootaloo shook her head, "No I don't mind, I didn't really have a preference." she flew up to the bed, placing her saddlebags down with a sigh and dumping the contents onto the blue covers. She didn't pack much, only her toothbrush, hairbrush, sweater, socks, some paper and ink, and gel for styling her mane.

  "I can't wait to get started, I just know we are going to be the best fliers out there! You know that they pair you with your roommate?" Firefly hovered behind her.

  "No I didn't know that, I thought they made teams after you passed the Dizzatron?" Scootaloo remembered what Rainbow Dash told her.

  "No that's the Wonderbolt's Academy, this is J.W.A. they pair you from the start, my special trait is strength." Firefly said, leaning back and putting her hooves behind her head.

  "Oh, they said mine is agility and speed." Scootaloo sat on the bed and let her hind legs dangle over the edge.

  "Nice, it makes a perfect triangle, if I fly in front, and you fly behind me, I can muscle my way through tough winds, and you give me a boost from behind, it makes us both formidable foes." Firefly reach a hoof towards Scootaloo, who hoof-bumped and giggled.

  "So when is the first lesson?" Scootaloo asked just as a bell rang loudly outside the door.

  "Tomorrow, that's lunch. Race you!" Firefly opened the door and bolted outside, Scootaloo reacted swiftly, dashing after her, nearly crashing into other pegasi who were filing out of the rooms, "Loser buys dessert!" Firefly laughed. Scootaloo folded her wings briefly to avoid a pegasus ahead, she ducked under the colt, who gave a startled cry, Scootaloo hardly noticed, flapping to gain height in the hallway, she had already nearly caught up to Firefly.

  "Bank!" Firefly called out, narrowly missing a lamp that dangled from the ceiling, Scootaloo let her tongue sit on the corner of her mouth, barrel-rolling to the side and pushing forwards with a strong flap, zooming past Firefly and down the hall.

  "Haha!" Scootaloo called triumphantly, looking back for a second to see Firefly was right behind her. The cafeteria was just ahead, Scootaloo banked hard to her left, turning right sharply and flying straight through the double doorway. She planted her hooves in the ground between the tables, sliding on the hardwood floor, her speed carried her clear across the cafeteria before the friction finally won and slowed her to a stop. "Whoo!" she exclaimed, tossing her purple mane and trotting over to the entryway, Firefly met her halfway, hoof-bumping again.

  "That was awesome!" Firefly chuckled, "Let's go get some grub."

  "You're buying dessert right?" Scootaloo nudged Firefly.

  "Yeah, yeah..." Firefly rolled her eyes as they approached the counter.

This is going to be better than I thought, I've only been here an hour and I already have a best friend! This is going to be a breeze! Scootaloo smiled as she thought to herself.