Growing Up...the Hard Way

Chapter 3: This is NOT going to be a breeze!

  Scootaloo panted heavily on her 30th wing-up, all her willpower went into keeping her body above the ground, her muscles shook violently as she lowered herself down, then back up. How did I ever think this would be easy? Scootaloo asked herself, nearly collapsing when the coach called for them to stop, all 24 pegasi in strength training sighed in relief. Any traits you lacked were made up for with training, Scootaloo was subjected to strength training, and Firefly to speed and agility classes.

  Scootaloo sighed and stretched her wings gently to relax them,  a cooling sensation sweeping through the hot and tired muscles as she did. "Alright kids, take a five minute break, then I want you right back here for some reps!" The coach called, blowing his whistle to signal the start of the break.

  Scootaloo stood wearily and headed to her locker, gulping down nearly her whole bottle of water. She looked forward to the next day's classes, the training sessions were only on Mondays and Thursdays. Tomorrow she was going to strut her stuff

on the flight course!

  "Break's over! Pair up, spot your partner, I don't want any accidents." Coach called loudly, blowing the whistle again. Scootaloo was almost immediately paired with a dark gray colt with bright blue hair.

  "Hi, I'm Scootaloo." Scootaloo offered a hoof, and he shook it half-heartedly.

  "Robin." he mumbled, hardly meeting her gaze.

Shy much? Scootaloo shrugged to herself, with a deep breath, she lifted the 20 lb weights, carefully using her legs instead of her back. "Nngh...spot..me.." Scootaloo panted, lifting the weights steadily up and down twenty times.

  At lunch, Scootaloo met up with Firefly, who looked just as exhausted as she was. "That...was...horrible.." Firefly grunted as she sat down, rubbing her sore wings.

  "How do you think I feel?" Scootaloo pointed to a deep purple bruise on her hind leg.

  "Ouch! How'd that happen?" Firefly winced at the sight.

  "Robin dropped a 20 lb weight on it." Scootaloo replied, gingerly caressing the bruise.

  "Oooh....." Firefly winced again, "Robin? Who's that?" she asked, suddenly becoming curious.

  "Just a colt in my class, he's not very social, or observant.." Scootaloo made the last remark at her leg, which still throbbed painfully.

  "I see." Firefly sat back with a sigh, she was hoping for a budding romance for her new friend, but Scootaloo didn't take much interest in the subject when she had talked about it the day before. She wondered if the orange filly was into mares, she was definitely a tomboy, but that didn't confirm anything about that, she supposed she would just have to wait and see.

  "So what about you? Did you meet anypony?" Scootaloo asked, leaning halfway across the table.

  "Uh.." Firefly' cheeks turned red.

  Scootaloo gasped, "You did! You so totally did!" she pointed a hoof at the ever-reddening pegasus, who blushed deeper and hid under her mane, or what she could hide under, it was still swept back with gel as usual.

  "Ok..maybe I did, but don't shout it to the world." Firefly chuckled, brushing a stray hair behind her ear in embarrassment.

  "Who is it?" Scootaloo pried, leaning farther across the table.

  "Heh...." Firefly giggled nervously, looking around the mess hall briefly, "Him." she pointed towards a dark brown colt, he looked very strong, no wonder he was in the agility class.

  "Oh...he's cute...but is he nice?" Scootaloo looked at the buff colt in disapproval, he didn't seem the type for her friend, he looked as though he was flirting with the fillies.

  "I d-didn't actually meet him...I just saw him.." Firefly blushed deeper, obviously Scootaloo's poor friend was the victim of a crush, an unhealthy one at that.

Oh Firefly... "I see." Scootaloo looked over at the colt again, Yep, he is definitely not for you. she noted to herself in the back of her mind when she saw the fillies fawning over him.

  Scootaloo sat on her haunches in the shower, letting the warm water simply spill over her back, thoughts of times that had past filled her mind. Memories of what a stallion's touch feels like, she could almost feel it happening right now, and the tenderness of his kiss on her neck...Scootaloo sighed and let her head fall to the side, as if he really were here. A hoof slid down her stomach, barely noticed by its owner as it began to gently stroke her nethers, she gasped quietly, but she did not stop. Her thoughts reminded her of how it felt to be rutted, oh what she wouldn't give for that feeling again.

  By now Scootaloo was moaning frequently, a hind leg kicking every here and there as her erotic mind took over. She arched her back and gasped as she climaxed, the pleasure she felt was hardly fitting after knowing what it felt like to be filled with a stallion's seed, but she accepted it as a small comfort in her loneliness. She stood, panting, and rinsed herself again, being sure to wash her hoof with soap before she turned the faucet off. Scootaloo climbed out of the shower with a sigh, feeling her racing heart calm as she dried herself off, I miss you so much... she whispered in her head, even though she knew he wouldn't hear her.

  When Scootaloo stepped outside, coat-brush in hoof, the darkened room met her eyes, "Firefly?" she called, flicking on the light, she wasn't here. Scootaloo shrugged to herself and spread her tired wings, gently flitting up to her bed, taking the brush to her orange coat and letting her mind drift back to the erotic thoughts, this time she refused her body's pleas to pleasure herself, knowing Firefly would be back anytime and she would be caught in the most embarrassing of situations.

  "Scootaloo! I'm back!" Firefly burst in just as Scootaloo had finished correcting herself, the startled filly nearly fell off the bed, causing Firefly to burst into laughter, "I'm sorry Scoots..." she chuckled.

  "It's ok, you only scared me, I'm fine." Scootaloo smiled half-heartedly, she had at least wanted a few minutes more to think about her stallions, but she brushed those thoughts away for now, it was time to be social.

  "I brought some treats." Firefly held up a small basket that had been filled with juice boxes, fruit, and a few chocolate energy bars.

  "Are you sure we're allowed to eat chocolate?" Scootaloo glided down, looking into the basket with interest.

  "Yeah it's fine, my agility teacher says we shouldn't eat them at night, just in the morning. She said its like a coffee, it has caffeine in it, and sugar, so you get a burst of energy in the morning. She also said it really helps with waking up." Firefly explained as she placed the stack of bars into the tiny refrigerator that came with the room, "Want an apple?"

  "Sure." Scootaloo gratefully took the fruit and bit into it, tomorrow was going to be a big day, that much she knew, and she was glad to have Firefly by her side. She was a little bit eccentric and hyper at times, but she was already proving to be a loyal and trustworthy friend. Perhaps I overthought that, she only brought me food... Scootaloo held back a giggle, Firefly is eccentric? I'm eccentric!