Seven months.

Then her father would return from his job and take her back to Cloudsdale.

To six year old Scootaloo it certainly seemed like a good deal; the Canterlot Orphanage had great food, warm rooms and lots of kids to play with. Sure, the mysterious director of the orphanage was rather big and funny-looking, but she was nice. And the cloaked ponies who stood guard at the gates every night were rather unnerving, but they did the kids no harm. Besides, Canterlot was a great city full of opportunities.

Sequel to "Be Right Back", and set in the same universe as my wildly popular, epic-length masterpiece Of The Last Millennium.