Flight of the Flightless

Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Chapter 1

***Flight of the Flightless

Chapter 1***

The sound of rumbling thunder wakes me from my dreams of endless creations, I just wanted to sleep, endless nights after getting home from work and playing on Destiny was taking it toll on me now and a sleep in on a day off work from McDs was what I really needed.

Instead alone in the house I get a wake up call from the broadcasted thunder storm that BBC News reported would happen around 7 to 9 in the morning around that bloody time.

Well my name is Wayne Osman eldest sibling in the family around 29 years and still stuck at home, not as bad is it is since my brother and sister all above 20 living at home too. It just with prices always going up and with a job that you don't get much out of it, you just have to make do in life, cartoons, games, fanfiction stories and such is my way of cooping I guess.

About to go to sleep when another strike of lightning right near the house explodes with thunder in a instant. I gasped loudly covering my ears sitting up instantly from the thunderous bang, all the car alarms going off around in the carpark and neighbouring housing estates for quite some distance.

“Sweet Celestia that was loud!” I spoke to myself and instantly I froze as everything in my body ran cold, the voice wasn't mine and something was off with where my hands was, more strange was the lack of feeling of fingers or toes, I even felt three new movement of limbs that I never felt before, my brain was racing.

Having the disability asperger's syndrome had it perks and misadventures, this was one of those in-between moments.

Taking a deep breath and lowering my arms well should be arms below my shoulder level I noticed a feeling without looking down or around with my eyes shout at this moment, the feeling of my t-shirt slipping over them a little and barely hanging onto my frame.

Three things I noticed instantly without opening my eyes, millions of tiny hears being brushed by the cotton from my t-shirt, the two new limbs I felt with the shift of the clothing down my body and finally the movement of my third new limb around my backside shifting inside my night shorts leg and against my leg million of hairs too, well that what it felt like with the feeling I was getting making me shiver with the new sense going through my brain.

I finally decided to open my eyes, the room was dark with the sound of rain beating against the window right next to my bed loud and clear, the view I was getting wasn't normal there was a orange object in my line of sight as well the purple above my line of sight.

I raised my arm up and pulling it free from my oversized t-shirt I came face to face with a hoof. “Ah ponyfeathers...” I muttered, that solves it, what I was seeing and feeling. I turn to my TV beside my bed and there in the reflection was Scootaloo inside my clothes. “Perfect...”

With that I lay back down staring at the ceiling taking hold of the now one quarter of my size soarin plushy that I got from BUCK over a year ago against my chest closing my eyes hoping it was just a dream.

The sound of the rain and thunder slowly drains away as all the things I felt just consumed me into the lands of dreams... Hoping this was just one of those dreams that felt real but wasn't.

“Wayne!” I open my eyes hearing the sound of my mum calling out, I looked across to the time on my land before time clock, it said 4:19. I looked at the TV and back at me holding onto the plushy was that same reflection.

My eyes shrunk as I heard footsteps. “Oh no! I can't let my mum see me like this! I got- Gah!” I got up trying to figure out what to do and got caught up in all the covers unable to use these four legs for mine I tumbled out of the bed.

Thud!

Followed by a...

Crack!

The door flew open with my mum rushing in and now staring at me lying semi upside down with my hind legs tangled in shorts, t-shirt and bed covers on top of my collection of MLP and other plushes. “Hehe... Erm... Hi mum?”

Being my mother she crossed her arms staring right down at me. “Care to explain?”

“Could I be dreaming still?” I gave a big sheepish smile to my mum.

She gave me that all important deadpan look with one word. “No!”

“Ponyfeathers...” I grumbled crossing my forelegs losing the smile.

A short time later after fighting to free myself and embarrassingly tripping over these four hooves as well having to figure out how to go to the loo in this blasted body. We finally sat in the living room with a cup of tea between my hooves sipping a little of it with my snout, just glad that I didn't lose my taste for tea.

“So let me get this straight, you've been turned into a filly.”

“Yes”

“The character of this filly is Scootaloo?”

“Yes...”

“And from six foot four your now about two feet four?”

I rolled my eyes. “Yes mum. Please stop looking at me like that! I just woke up like this in the morning and thought I was just dreaming because I was up till four playing Destiny!” I replied back thinking back to the time between Destiny and waking up due to the thunder storm.

I felt a little embarrassed not wearing anything as well, so I decided that covering myself in the blanket mum made all those years ago that sat downstairs in the corner. It wrapped around me perfectly but I still just wished it was a dream or nightmare and by the time it over I be back to normal, but feeling the hot liquad running down your throat told me other wise.

Mum holding her cup placed it down. “Strange as it sound around the time you did go to sleep, I did feel something was off...”

I just drunk some more of the tea not saying a word. The voice of Scootaloo coming out of me was distracting enough. “This is just a bunch of ponyfeathers, why the hay did this have to happen to me!? I always working hard, stressing out and yeah I play too much games, so what!?”

“Wayne. I am talking to you...”

“Huh? What?”

I didn't even hear anything she said, I zoned out again. “Guess somethings still the same with you son, I was saying, how are we going to explain this to your brother and sister.”

I shrugged. “The truth I guess. Because I been turned into a blank flank filly Scootaloo doesn't mean we keep the truth from them mum.”

She glanced over to the black Alsation with her head resting over the basket edge. “Indeed, but I guess the dog wasn't taken out?”

I just stared at her. “What the hay mum!? Look at me! I am a flightless pegasus filly! I can't walk Shera looking like this! And I was asleep till you came home!” I protested then I realised when smiling at me, I fell for it again hook line and sinker. “MUM!” She burst out laughing as I squeed out her name making her laugh even harder.

I turn a deep shade of red in the cheeks trying not to laugh as well with my lips on my snout quivering then I burst out laughing as well finding it just as amusing.

That when my brother and sister came in. “Mum what so...” My sister Alanna stopped in mid-sentence turning directly at me with a clonk on the wooden surface my brother stood behind her with a open mouth.

Mum got up taking my cup out of my hooves and taking hers. “Sit down you two and we will work out why your older brother is now a orange Pegasus filly. I got a dog to walk, since someone decided to not only stay up till the early hours of the morning but get themselves turned into a filly.” With that she left to get the lead and the dog bolted up and out of the room.

I groaned placing my hoof on my head. “Mum...” I hissed under my breath leaving me in the direct line of fire for my brother Nigel and sister Alanna to throw the world of questions at me.

In the space of just 30 minutes I was thrown so many questions and even got their hands touching me on the head, back, forelegs and the wings. That reaction from that made they flutter and me very uncomfortable when my sister touch them as she sat next to me, I refusing to remove myself from the blankets.

“And your a girl right?” Nigel asked me.

I felt my face burn at that question. “YES! Why do you have to keep asking me that stupid question! For the name of Celestia once was enough!”

Alanna touch the tip of my wing and I felt a ping and turn around to her. “Wow that just came right out...”

I stared at the feather then back at her. “Okay... Sis that just plain creepy. What in the hay made you pull one of my feathers out? They part of me you know!” I was close to boiling point with them both.

“Can I keep it?”

I slap my hoof into my forehead hoofpalming myself. “Yes Alanna you can keep it, since ya know! You did pull it out of my wing and it isn't just going to fit back in!” I said sharply with sarcasm.

Nigel chuckled. “You look cute when you get anger bro.”

I just screamed out at me thrusting my front hooves into the air. “I am not cute!”

“Guess that solves it.” I saw him holding up his phone with a devilishly grin.

My eyes shrunk. “NIGEL!!!!” I screamed out and lunch myself out of the blanket flapping my wings rapidly aiming for him, the jump and rapid beating sent me flying right into him.

“Gah!” He gasped feeling the impact and I standing on his legs with my hind legs, with both my forelegs either side of his body with my snout against his head.

“Delete it! NOW!”

“Make me!”

I lost my anger in seconds and just collapsed against his chest. “I won't...” I whimpered feeling that it wasn't worth the fight. “I just want this nightmare to end...” I started to cry into his chest.

I didn't realise when I started to break down my mum returned with our dog and saw me crying into him. He took a look at mum, she nods and with that the video was removed from the phone. “Can you get him off me please... I don't do this type of thing...” He raise his arms away from me as I continued to cry.

Mum pulled me off him and I just hugged her tightly. “Your heavier then you look son.”

“I'm sorry... I just want everything to be back to normal!” I continued to cry completely breaking down.

She rubbing my back of the head holding me in her other arm still. “Shh, it ok Wayne we here for you. Just let it all out ok?”

“O-okay...” After exploding all my anger out and the venting of it, I was just totally used up.

After that episode of just crying into my mum like that we sat in the living room in a more calmer setting then before even if my sister wasn't helping by wearing a orange feather behind her right ear. It just made shiver a little thinking that was my feather from my wings.

Mum started it off after about ten minutes of silence between us. “Let start with any references of this happening to anyone else.”

“Mum that just stupid, this couldn't happening before! It be all over the news! How long do you think we can keep this under wraps? Specially McDs.” I sighed when he said that. “You got to be kidding me. It has!?”

I turn to my sister who had her laptop out. “Look up two stories... Becoming 'Sweetie Belle' and 'An Apple Far From the Tree'. You will find two incomplete works both being one of Sweetie Belle and the other Apple Bloom of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but each ended up appearing one by teleport and the other by unknown means, but two different worlds completely.” I explained. This type of voice talking about it was just weird and disturbing.

Alanna did as I suggested and the other two gathered around reading some of each story. “Well that be simple enough, you just won't leave the house Wayne.”

“Mum I don't want to just sit around all day long!” I crossed my forelegs with a pout.

“We could bring out the old PS ONE, game and the dance mat mum, he could use that to keep in shape.” Alanna suggested.

“If that was still around I think he would of just gave me that always cold hard look he had.” I said thinking about when I got the game shortly before his passing.

Mum chuckled. “Most likely, that father of yours always looked like he was in a bad mood but he cared for all of you very much. And such he still would even if your a filly now.” I lower my head with a sigh recalling the day I discovered him on the sofa after he died from a heart attack something a 15 year old turning 16 at the time shouldn't go through.

Nigel crossed his arms sitting back against the sofa. “Not the birthday I had in mind you know?”

“Yeah I know.” I rolled my eyes. “Let just rewind the day and stay up all night so I make sure I don't turn into a filly and ruin your birthday!”

“I didn't say you did!”

“But you was implying it!”

“You know what! Do whatever you like!” Nigel got and left the room.

“Mule...” I muttered under my breath.

“Wayne...” Mum warned me.

I turn to her. “What?”

“Even as a talking filly from some cartoon show, it won't stop me from clouting you or your brother across the head.” She warned and I knew she really would.

I giggled nervously. “Yeah ya would.”

“Then behave or I will treat you like a little kid.”

I grumbled under my breath.

“What was that?”

I lower my head and looked her in the eyes. “Nothing mum...”

“Good. Now to make dinner.” Mum disappeared off to the kitchen.

Alanna sat beside me putting a hand through my mane. “Your mane really weird, it almost like hair.”

I looked up seeing her hand partly from the view. “I don't know! I just had it for a few short hours!” I waved my hooves over my head forcing her to stop. “And stop it! It really weird and not cool ok!”

She stared at me with a frown but laughed. “You hehe sound hehe like haha Scootaloo!” She laughing harder.

I just fell flat on my stomach with hooves over my head. “Just let this day end and when I wake up I am human again! This is just not as anywhere as awesome people in stories to make it to be! It damn right humiliating!”

“Well at least you got us.” She pointed out and I glanced up at Alanna with a small smile knowing she was right. “So... Equestria Girls bro?”

I shrugged. “Sure why not, beats just sitting around doing nothing.”

“Well this is going to be one weird week off for ya bro.”

I looked up at her realising it was my week off from work. “Ah ponyfeathers...” Just great! My holiday is completely ruined! Please let me wake up in the morning and be one stupid dream!

For now we just sat and watched some of the movie in the living room while we waited for mum to make dinner.

Mum finished cooking dinner for us while she just microwaved the McDs food she brought home for herself, we sat around the table in the dinning room between the kitchen and living room. My brother and sister had gammon and chips while I had buttered bread and tomato soup. I took hold of the bread with both hooves trying to hold it, I dip it in and took a bite out of it.

“How the soup?"

“Heinz at it best mum.” I replied after swallowing and took another bite.

Alanna sighed. “Wayne, eat with your mouth closed! I don't want to see what your eating!”

I swallowed and glared at her. “Then you try eating with this mouth! Just trying to hold this bread with these hooves is annoying as heck! Why couldn't you be the one that turned into one!”

“Well I'm not and you will have to deal with it!”

“Oh yeah!? Well because I am a blank flank doesn't mean you have to pick on me!” I snapped back and they just stared at me with Nigel and mum frozen in mid chew. “What!?”

Mum just shook her head. “Nothing Wayne, just eat your dinner...”

The rest of it was uneventful for the most part, I had to drink the soup by holding the bowl with my hooves which was fun for them to watch a filly holding a bowl like that. I just ignored it since this was my first meal all day long.

After dinner came bath and that wasn't fun specially when you had your own mother helping you to clean your own body as well knowing far well the parts your use to no longer that and replaced, it was the next embarrassing for on the list of day one.

Afterwards came bed time, I looked at my clothes with a deep sigh, now of it would fit a small body I had now. I held up my Rainbow Dash T-shirt saying zero to awesome in ten seconds flat, I just thought about it and what I am now.

“Wayne are you ok?” Mum entered the room with me looking at the t-shirt still. “Wayne...”

“Yeah mum...” I didn't look at her kept staring at it.

She knelt down to me. “We will find a way turn you back to normal. I promise you.”

“Mum as Cortana says, don't make a girl a promise you can't keep.” I looked over to my mum with some tears falling.

Mum took the t-shirt off me placing it back down on the pile of clothing. “You know me better then that Wayne.” She picked me up and place me into bed pulling the covers over me. “No matter what it takes Wayne, no matter what happens I will do all in my power to help you.”

“I know mum...” I held onto the Soarin plushy as I yawned. “Do you think by tomorrow I be human again?”

“I don't know Wayne... I really don't. But I do know this, your always my son no matter what you look like inside or out.” With a kiss on the forehead mum left the bedroom leaving the wall light on for me.

I hugged tightly to the plushy turning over to my side. “Thanks mum.” I whispered and drifted off to sleep hoping that all this be over and back to my normal boring life.

Chapter 2

***Flight of the Flightless

Chapter 2***

Today marks two long months since I woke up as Scootaloo that very morning but also five weeks since I last saw my mum, brother or sister directly. I sat outside of a small building in the middle of no where, nothing for miles around and those that was staying in the same house was assigned officers the UK government had placed to keep me safe from multiple things.

I got up and took a walk toward the sound of waves, the only pleasant thing about this place was the sight of the North Sea on a nice clear day, wearing the blue shirt my sister made and the small key chain torch attached around my next kept my hopes up seeing them again one day.

“Another day far from home...” I whispered feeling the cool calm breeze through my mane and wings.

A heard the sound of foot steps, I turn to see it was the lady in red hair holding something in her hands. “Afternoon Wayne, a latter from your family.”

I took it with my mouth and place it before my front hooves keeping it from being blown away. “Thank you Max. I'll read it later ok?”

She sat down beside me. “Sure kid.”

I heard that said to me so many times that I just got use to it. “Why did we have to be burgled?”

“That I can't answer Wayne, events that unfolded from it was sort of your own doing in a way.” She put her hand on my back and removed it, Max got up and walked back to the house.

I look to the bracelet I had to wear, it was their way of making sure I didn't try and run away like I tried a few times within the few weeks of being here. “Yeah, not be discovered for the sake of my little sister. What would you of done?” I muttered, in this place I was alone... No family, no friends.

The only thing was the letters I had from home that kept me going. I picked up the envelope off the ground with my hooves ripping it with my mouth and pulled the letter out of the envelope. I opened it up and started to read it.

“Wayne it been six weeks since I saw the face you had now, I really wish we could be with you but no matter how much I try there is no end to the reasons they give to stop me from seeing you. I've had it with the government and their political...” I paused looking at the words seeing then bluntly shoved into the letter for anyone to see. “They keep giving.” I skip reading that part between the words.

“I know your well and safe but I wish I could be there for you son, all of us wish we could. Continue to have faith in seeing us again one day and no matter what rubbish they come up with, don't believe it.” I sighed looking over to my right then to my left seeing the armed guards with the sound of a chopper flying by.

“We always love you no matter what. Yours truly...”

I closed the letter up knowing that most of it was black inked again. I hardly get to know what mum really saying anymore. “Being a look alike to Scootaloo sucks. Hey... I bet Scootaloo not going through this kind of hell I been through.” I felt tears running down my face feeling so isolated and trapped.

I just wanted to be with my family again. Not alone…

The second week in all of it changed in a space of days for me.

All I was doing that evening was watching on my XBOX ONE of the Lost tv series with the time almost gone midnight lying on the bed with my head resting against my forelegs, I had adjusted being stuck in the house and waking up in Scootaloo's body, it was just strange acting as if nothing really happened.

I yawned feeling that I was about to drop off to sleep when suddenly a smash came from downstairs with my ears perking up instantly. “AH!” I heard my sister scream out.

“Alanna!” I quickly got up jumping off my bed quickly running to the door opening it up with my front hoof I rushed down the steps jumping almost five steps with each leap. I land on the wooden surface sliding into the door to the cupboard.

Dazed I heard another voice. “Shut up girl! Give me your laptop and everything valuable now!”

I got up shaking my head and stood in the door way seeing in the dark the man covered up with a gun to my sister Alanna. “Hey buster!” I yelled out.

He turn to me. “Little brat if you know better you will...” He look down at me with a shaking hand with the gun.

“You want to draw! DRAW THIS!” I took the keychain solar charged torch with my mouth and turned it on blinding him with the white LED bright lights.

“AH!” He screamed out dropping the gun with it discharging it, the man ran right into the double glazed window face planting it hard. He fell over out cold.

“Ha! That what you get for messing with a crusader!” I grinned.

Alanna turn to me with a shaking finger pointing to me. “W-Wayne...”

“Yeah sis? Are ya ok?”

She nods. “Y-yes but you've been shot!”

I look to my left top foreleg connecting to my body seeing where it hit with blood coming from it. “Oh look at that...” I wobbled and fell flat on my stomach with all legs giving up.

“MUM! NIGEL! GET DOWN HERE!” Alanna yelled out rushing over to me leaving the man still lying out cold in our living room. “Please stay with me!”

I chuckled. “Don't worry sis, a bullet can't stop this orange filly.” I wasn't sure what I was saying at the time, I was just taking in the internal shock and gone completely out of it being shot.

Not sure what happened not because when I came too I was in hospital with the sound of beeping, I knew the gig was up and discovered but worse thing I saw was mum fighting to get to see me. “Let me go you bastards! That my son! You can't stop me from seeing him!”

“Ma'am! Your 'Son' is endangered, we got to get 'him' to a safe disclosed location.” The officer said.

“What!? You can't do that! I didn't agree to this!” I yelled out instantly kicking one with my right hind leg as I leap out of bed, I did another kick and bouncing off them, good thing I knew some moves since I been a pony. I using my good three legs ignoring the pain and just waking up, my aim was to get to mum.

“Get her!” One of the officers yelled.

“Stop her!” Another shouted but he got hit by me sending him flying into two others.

I landed right into mum's arms. “Run!” I yelled.

Mum turn and made a run for it with Nigel soon joining me and Alanna as we went down the stairs fast they could to get away. Everything was happening instantly and fast I listened to everything that was happening, police being called from all over as we reached my brothers car.

That when two cars pulled right up in the way. “Shit!” Nigel cursed seeing the men get out and pull out their guns to us.

“Hands up!”

Mum held onto me. “I am not going to let you take my son from me! You want him you going to have to kill me!”

I gasped looking up seeing the serious look in her eyes. “M-mum...”

“That won't be happening.” We look at a man in a suit step up to us. “You will be able to write him, but for your own and his safety we be taking both the family and him to disclosed locations in the UK. The press is already eating this up and the USA already trying to make moves to get your son set over because of Hasbro are the creators of MLP after all.” He had white hair and bread looking like he was in the mid 50s.

“Don't worry you will be able to keep in touch via letters, I promise you that.”

“Who are you to make that kind of statement!?”

“Child, I am the kind that the government placed to keep this country safe and her citizens even those that been changed into some strange talking orange pegasus filly like yourself.” He said calmly with hands behind his back.

I raised my right hoof up at him. “I'm 29 years old you old mule!”

“Yes you are.” He turns away.

“Hey I am talking to you mister!” I continued to yell at him.

He turn slightly looking at me with his right eye. “Yes indeed, but we will talk again soon. For now it not the time.” He raise a hand up. “Tranquilise them.”

“What!?” Nigel shouted and the guns fired hitting both my brother and sister.

“Nigel! Alanna!” I watched them fall over soon unconscious.

Mum turn her back to them with two hitting her in the back. “Run... Wayne...” She let go of me as she fell.

I landed on the ground quickly turning to them with fear. “L-lea-leave me alone!” I shouted at them backing away.

“This won't hurt a bit.” The man said pricking me with a needle, I felt my eyes fall heavy and I fell limp into his arm and that was the last time I saw my family.

I open my eyes staring out to the sea again seeing the moon shining in the night sky, I had fallen asleep and lying there I just looked at all the countless stars in the clear night sky the letter still under me.

“I believe that talk has finally came.” I heard the voice of that annoying man, turning with tears falling still I look up at him hurt. “I know pulling you away from your family seem unfair but it was for your and their protection.”

“Yeah right...” I turn away wiping my tears away. “You did it for the bettering of yourself and those you work for, nothing more, nothing less.”

The man sat down beside me with his legs hanging over the edge of the cliff, it looked temping to just push him after what he did to me, but I wouldn't go that low unless he made me. “That not exactly true Wayne Osman.”

“Whatever...” I turn away. “You and the stupid government took us apart!” I quickly turn around glaring at him. “I been suck in this stupid place for over five weeks! Poked by some random stupid doctor at all parts of my body! Think how I feel!”

“...”

“And worse of it all! Is I am a prisoner to your stupid politics! As they try to think of how to deal with a orange filly that talks!”

He just kept calm through out my out burst. “Are you done?”

“Not even close...” I grumbled.

He sighed. “In the last few days the USA won their case to get you and your family extradited back to the states.”

I raise a eye. “That why your here? To get me all packed up into some need little box to be sent to the USA? And my family getting 5 star treatment by the US government?” I gave an sarcastic replied.

He shook his head. “Not at all my young friend, in fact the government officially announced to do so but unofficially we are to do whatever in our power to protect you and your family, we made a promise and keeping to it.” He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. “This is from your mother, you are to be meeting her, Nigel and Alanna tonight. And getting you all out of the country before the police are sent in.”

I wasn't buying this for a second. “Police sent in? Seriously? You think I am going to believe you just like that?”

“Believe what you like Wayne Osman because as we speak they are on the way.” He replied. “Enjoy reading it my friend and be ready to move out in ten minutes. They coming.” The man got up. “Oh one more thing.” He reach down and undo the bracelet I been wearing. “Your free.” And he walked back to the house tossing it behind him and over the cliff edge.

I watched it fall down into the crashing waves below and back to him. “Who is this guy? Almost six weeks ago he was some creep and now want to be my savour? What in hay is going on around here?” I decided to open the letter up to see what it said.

It had a picture printed on it of me in my current appearance with the rest of my family on Halloween a week after my transformation. I saw the words written directly below it with a smile. “Words only can say so much.” And I knew what it meant and hugged the letter tightly with tears falling again.

Max came up to me. “Wayne...”

“Ok I am ready.” I folded it up and placed the picture in my pocket, it was hit or miss time, let see what these people really want. I got little choice in the matter any how.

We walking back to the house and saw lights coming up to it from behind. A black Land Rover slid right up to us with it lights off. “Get in! They here already!” The man spoke.

We quickly got into the Land Rover and slamming his foot on the accelerator we was on the move, I looked over the seat standing up on my hind legs with front hooves on the back rest seeing armed men moving in on the house with people getting out of it with arms in the air.

“What about the others!? We can't just leave them!” I turned to the elderly man driving the vehicle.

He look through the rear view mirror at me for a moment before focusing on the road we entered. “They buying us time to escape, they'll be fine I promise.”

“You make a lot of promises ya know?” I was very uneasy about trusting this jerk.

He just smiled from what I saw from the mirror. “And have I broken any of them?”

I shook my head. “Not at all, that kinda cool that you do but still I don't trust ya for a second.”

“I'm not surprised.” He checking the mirrors for anyone following as he turn the lights back on. “We in the clear, get some rest Wayne, it will be quite some time before we arrive at our destination.” I look over to Max, she just nods to me and I sighed sitting down into the seat.

I closed my eyes feeling the bumps from wheels as they ran through the pot holes in the amazing roads we brits had. I smirked slightly as I drifted to sleep with forelegs crossed thinking about it.

I dreamt of a crazy firefight stand off between the people that first was my captives and now rescuers fighting the US agents that want to take me and the family. It became something really crazy as I let my imgination run wide with war bots fighting now with spaces ships zooming in with beams, energy balls, pulses of lasers with missiles.

Huge explosions rip through the skies and a bright light came from the middle causing all forces to lose power and fall from the skies high above, I shielded my eyes from it seeing something in the light appearing flapping wings as it got closer.

Before I could see what it was the dream ended, I heard the breaks screech with me waking up instantly. I open my eyes looking around to see through the front window flashing lights, the old man staring at the armed police officers before them, they clearly blocked the road.

“Wh-what going on?” I asked feeling scared.

He turn to me and then to Max. “When you hear the signal run, Max get him out of here.”

“Sir...”

“Don't, I made a promise I tend to keep it.” With that said he undid the seat belt, opening the door and left the car. “Hello officers how can I help you tonight?”

One of them spoke up. “Hand over the little filly and put your hands behind your back! And lay on the floor!”

The man stood there with hands on his hips. “Really now? Why would you think I have that creature in my car?”

“We not going to tell you again! We have...”

BOOOM!

My ears pulled back and I flinched at the sound, in the hand of the old man was a Colt 45' and he just used it on the officer. My jaw just hung open, he just blew away a police officer without hesitating “Run you idiots!” He yelled out to us.

Max open the passenger door pulling me out. We made a break for the tree line close by. “Come on kid move your legs!”

“You try being a filly and tell me that again!” I yelled at her as we continued to run, suddenly a helicopter shined it light directly onto us. “Stay where you are!” Hanging outside it side was a officer holding a gun aimed at us.

“Run into the woods and don't look back!”

“B-but...”

“Do it!” She pulled out a pistol from the back of her jeans aiming it right for the helicopter high above firing directly at it, this forcing it to move quickly back the light moving away. “Run you stupid filly!”

I turn and ran for it into the woods with one of the other police officers calling out. “We have sightings on the escaped female filly! We under heavy fire and requesting assistants!”

I heard another gun fire come then more and more as I ran away with tears falling, everything that was happening was so fast and so crazy I couldn't even understand what happened. All I knew I had to gallop as hard as my small four legs could carry me, I tripped on a root and tumbled down an embankment.

I landed at the base of it in a daze with the feeling of rain droplets fall on me, I look up as the heavens opened up heavily. I still can hear the gun battle going on but three lights on top of the embankment caught my eyes, police officers shined their lights down directly at me. “We found her!”

“You two after her! I will get back up!”

“Yes sir!” The two men slid down the embankment towards me.

I got up and ran again terrified of what will happen to me. I jumped over a few logs and slid under others, galloping harder then ever before to out run them with splashes of mud from each hoof fall. Lightning struck near by causing me to scream out like a filly being thrown by the blast into a trunk hard.

I groaned feeling painful from the impact then the ringing faded and I heard the officers closing in on me. I ran again with them closing in on me, the sound of the gun battle just a echo in the rain pounding around and above me.

I saw what came to the end of the path, I slam my hooves into the muddy ground sliding to a stop just before the edge with the raging water below and across the route of escape. “Ponyfeathers! What am I going to do!?” I look around for a way to cross and saw it a downed tree creating a bridge. “Yes!” I ran up to it jumping up on it without thinking, I quickly trying to cross it with the men behind emerging from the brush.

They didn't try to follow me, I look at them as if they was waiting for something. I turn my head and right there before me was two more on the other side. “You got to be kidding me!”

“Give up you little brat!”

“There no where to go!”

I look left and right. Everything was going out of control, I had no idea what was going on anymore!

Running through my mind rapidly was how I spent five weeks stuck in some coastal building to escaping from the British law with some whack out people that basically ruined my life and now was protecting me from the law, why? What in hell was going on?

Now I stood with only two options, they take me in or I try to jump and fly in this pouring down rain. My mind was racing and I just had to act on something and I did. “Oh yeah you think?” I smirked.

They realised what I was going to do. “She going to jump in! Stop her!”

“Please work!” I jumped flapping my wings hard as I could trying all my might to stay in the air, but I got no lift and fell right for the raging river hitting it with a mighty splash. I surfaced trying to fight against the water from pulling me under and could see the men rushing down the river embankments to catch me.

This wasn't an hot idea at all and the world soon went dark as I tried helplessly to swim in the super strong current as it pulled me under.

Next thing I knew was waking up sharply inhaling and soon coughing, I could feel the grass under me and saw some trees near by from my vision.

I crawled away from the river side still trying to get my breath back coughing. “Wow *cough cough* Can't believe *cough cough* I survived that *cough cough cough* Never again...”

I trying to get my breath back and noticed the warmth of the sun high above, putting a hoof over my eyes it seem brighter then usual and everything else seem an different contrast of colour in fact as my visual starts to clear.

As more did I noticed how everything looked like some huge cartoon. “Is th-this Equestria? Bu-but ho-”

My thoughts was suddenly interrupted by the sound of an voice but that not possible it was... “Come on Rainbow we found her right over here!”

“Ok squirt keep your wings on!” I heard the other voice and it was unmistakeably Rainbow Dash's!

“Ah still can't believe there another ya Scoots.”

“I know! She lying right by the river! We quickly left and got ya Rainbow!”

“Scootaloo don't you think it was best for one of ya to wait by her...”

“Why?”

I quickly got up trying to make a run for it but the whole waking up sluggish feeling made me tumble right over my front hooves, I span a few times through the bushes landing on the otherside with a thud.

I heard the talking stop and I slowly turn my head to come face to face with the real Scootaloo and her friends and the rainbow mane cyan mare Rainbow Dash, seeing them for real made me not only speechless but scared at what they might think I am. I turned and bolted it without a second thought.

“That's why!” Rainbow Dash spoke out loudly and the sound of hooves behind me was closing in fast.

“Rainbow Dash you got to stop her now!” I heard Sweetie Belle yelled out

“Don't worry she can't out run me!” Rainbow Dash spoke back.

“No that not it! She heading right for-”

I felt something caught my right hind leg, it tighten instantly and pulled me backwards into the air suddenly. I gasped at the sudden thrust right by them swinging back and all I felt was a heavy impact to the back of my head.

Everything instantly went dark...

Chapter 3

***Flight of the Flightless

Chapter 3***

“Come on Twi! Try again!” Rainbow Dash point over to the still lying form of the Scootaloo double resting in the bed within one of the rooms of the Castle of Friendship.

Twilight groaned placing an hoof to her head. Spike answered for her while searching through the blue jacket pockets for anything to give them clues. “Rainbow she tried six times, I don't think lucky seven is going to work.”

“But-”

“She not a mirror pool pony either!” Twilight yelled out. “Leave her to rest and get over here and look what Spike dug out of the young fillies jacket!” Twilight pointing an hoof to the table. “Before I throw you out of this room rump first!”

Rainbow Dash sighed and trot over from the bed side still looking at the injured filly. “I don't get it how can she be identical to Scootaloo in every way? Right down to her D and whatever you call it.”

“DNA Rainbow Dash. Even her internal magic is almost exactly the same, there is noticeable differences though.” Twilight trying her best to calm herself down. “I even contacted Sunset and she said that Scootaloo in the other world is still there with her friends, so that rules out the third option.”

Spike raise a claw finger up pointing out a few differences. “She does have that strange small scar on the left upper foreleg and when you try to do that memory spell all you got was confusing responses from it.”

“Yeah what up with that? I never seen you react like that before.”

Twilight rubbing her head. “I don't really know what happened when I cast the spell but no way in Celestia's name I be doing that again!” Twilight trying to shake out the headaches she had. “It was as if I was seeing an endless creation of imagination beyond anything I seen, some might make sense but others was really confusing. Over all I never seen any that so infinitely complexed. It almost as if even asleep the brain stays active.”

“Wouldn't you know, burn out from that?”

“Indeed but her...” Twilight glance over to the orange filly. “I don't know why.”

Spike held up a coin tilting his head as he read it out. “Two Pounds. Elizabeth II. D. G. Reg. FID. DEF.” He flip around and read the words out. “1863 London Underground 2013.”

Twilight took it from him with her magic. “It look like an form of currency.”

“Yeah but pounds? Really?” Rainbow Dash raise an eye.

Twilight shrugged. “Well the human counterparts used dollars and not bits.” Twilight answered the cyan pegasus. “Also this London Underground and those two numbers must be dates, which mean this coin showing a train of some sorts that must be celebrating 150 years of this train system.”

“How can you tell it a train?” Spike asked.

Twilight drew a carriage on the blackboard that she dragged in with her magic. “Look at this and then at the coin.”

“Oh!” Both of them answered.

“What about the weird looking figure on the other side?” Rainbow Dash point to the image of a person.

Twilight took a good look at it. “I say that's Elizabeth the second which is what the two I's mean. She might be a princess or even a Queen with the second time to be called Elizabeth to take the throne.”

“You sure of this?” Rainbow Dash asked

“No...” Twilight only answer came.

Spike opened up a piece of paper that was badly wrecked by the water. “This was also in her pocket, it look like a letter, but the image is all but destroyed.”

Rainbow Dash looked over his shoulder at the words. “Words only can say so much.” Rainbow Dash turn slowly to the filly all her anger gone in a flash. “Twilight those words. What would you think they mean?”

Twilight took the paper reading it to herself. “It an message from her mother of course.”

“How are you so certain Twilight?” Spike asked.

“Because I saw it in her memories.”

Rainbow Dash rubbing her head a little. “Twilight didn't you just say you couldn't make sense of any of her memories?”

Twilight turn to Rainbow Dash. “Well yes, but this I saw clear as day, I could even remember the last two months of her life as if I...” Twilight froze in mid-sentence slowly looking over to the orange filly.

“Twilight...” Spike saw her frozen look gazing at the filly.

Twilight snapped out of it with a sharp gulp. “No I couldn't have.”

“Couldn't what?” Rainbow Dash raised an eye with an questionable look to her alicorn friend.

This answer was to come with the filly starting to wake up. “This isn't going to end well...” Twilight whispered seeing that something she did was going to have consequences to her actions.

I woke with the worst possible headache ever. “Err... My aching head.” I muttered putting my hand over my the top of my head trying to block the light. “I really should get curtains for my room.” I continue to mutter, the sound of my voice seem to come out wrong but I just ignored it as part of playing too much Destiny and not getting enough sleep.

I couldn't feel my fingers or my toes for that matter. Yawning I rubbed my eyes a little, that didn't feel right the feeling was all wrong,the touch of something fuzzy against fuzzy. My eyes adjusting to the bright colours before me, a new feeling came to me as well, I felt the only contact was the sheets and the bed I was in.

“Am I naked in my bed?” I felt my ears pin to the top sides of my head from the fear of hearing my own words in my thoughts that sounded light Scootaloo from the cartoon show. I slowly stared at what I used to wipe the sleep out of my eyes and there before me was two orange forelegs with a hoof on each.

My stomach twisting and my mind racing to make sense of what I was seeing, moving them I felt it and witness it. I felt very sick inside as my eyes slowly fully noticed an orange short snout more my field of vision below.

I rose my head slowly seeing that I was in fact in another room completely and that with what I saw made me gulp hard when before my eyes was an cartoon world that look very much real with two ponies and an dragon looking directly at me.

Dead silence between me and them, we just stared with the sound of my heart beating quite fast and feeling very anxious. The silence lasted for a short time that seem forever but my stomach growling and the sick feeling I had gave out. “Spike could you go get something for the filly?”

“Sure thing Twilight!” Spike salutes, he ran up to the door opening it he look over at me for a moment then leaves with the door closing behind.

Twilight step up to me, I shifting a little feeling very uncomfortable seeing here so close to me that I could touch her with one of these hooves I had. “Easy there, I am just seeing how your head is, you took a real nasty blow to the back of the head.”

Rainbow Dash step up to the bedside now beside Twilight Sparkle as I felt the strange magic buzzing around my head as she undressed something that was around it, I saw bandages coming off and replaced by some clean ones, on the old was dried blood. “How is she Twilight?”

“Well the bleeding stopped and I just checked for any internal injuries with spell that Doctor Stable taught me, nothing seem to come up so I think just putting this fresh one will be just for caution.” Twilight explained to Rainbow, I watching them talk but keeping silent.

Rainbow Dash look directly at me, I turn my eyes away a little with my hooves pulling the sheets close to me as I try to think of what they meant about blow to my back of the head, all I remember was going to sleep as human one moment and Scootaloo double or in Scootaloo body the next. “Hey kid...” I slowly look back at her. “Sorry for chasing you.”

I frown a little trying to understand what she meant. “Chasing me?” I said slowly feeling sick inside at the sound of my voice. “I don't know what your talking about.”

“Huh?” Rainbow Dash look surprised by my response as I felt very anxious again shifting a little away from them. “Erm, you step out of the bushes and looked at me and the crusaders then made a dash for it.”

I was even more confused by this point. “I did?”

Twilight was next to speak. “What do you remember?”

I rubbing my head a little with the headache still painful as I woke up. “I remember going to bed after playing my game Destiny and waking up here.” I answered truthfully to the alicorn princess.

“I was afraid of this...”

“Twi?”

Twilight seem to be lost in thought and broke out of it. “Oh I mean... The blow must of caused some form of amnesia.”

I never had it before even I hit my head hard, but it could make sense but it didn't seem to hold. “You said crusaders?”

“Yes, one of the fillies look exactly like you infact, her name is...”

“Scootaloo.” I replied cutting her off giving them both a surprised look.

“How in Equestria do you know that? Your not Scootaloo from the other world, in fact I talked to Sunset Shimmer about it via the book. So are you another Scootaloo from another universe?” I shook my head at questions brought forwards not answering the first. “Then how?” Twilight asked.

I look up at her. “My world sees your world as... Well... Cartoons, stories, comics and such. Your not real to us...” I answered feeling very sick at saying such things to them.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes dismissing this. “Yeah right! Look I am here and talking to you! If I wasn't real I...”

“You were nervous at the Young Flyers contest and the girls came to help but Rarity got caught up in the wings Twilight gave her and in results she ended up burning them to ashes and you saving her and three wonderbolts, Soarin, Spitfire and Fleetfoot with a Sonic Rainboom just about 3 to 5 metres from the ground resulting in you not only saving them but winning the contest too.” I said to her in a blunted tone of voice turning away as I finished saying it all.

Twilight spoke up in a instant. “That kinda make sense.”

“Twilight what do you mean by that?” Rainbow Dash sounding very anxious.

I slowly look back. “After crossing the portal to another universe the possibilities that one or millions out there that see our world as nothing more then an cartoon is kinda true and interesting. I wouldn't mind getting a understanding of this!” Twilight was getting giddy and excited over the idea tapping her front hooves together. “Oh I got to know this! I-”

Rainbow Dash put her hoof on Twilight snout. “Geez Twilight! Quit it! Your going to scare her!”

I shrugged. “I kinda expected it from her Rainbow Dash.” I replied.

She turn to me removing the hoof. “And why aren't you freaking out about it?”

I look to her and away once more. “Because I got a real bad headache and I want to panic but I just don't have the energy to do it, I feeling sick to my stomach seeing you for real and trying to get my head around how it happened...”

“I can't really answer that for you Wayne, it nothing that simple to fix.” I quickly look directly at her so did Rainbow Dash.

“Wayne?”

“Yeah that her, well his name.” Twilight replied. “Why?”

I was wide eye. “Ho-how do you know my name!?”

Twilight sighed turning away walking to the window looking outside. “I did tests on you, changeling spell, mirror pool spell test and finally a memory spell. But the memory spell was different to anypony I done it too, your mind was confusing and overwhelming.” Twilight slowly look over to me. “I saw parts of your life and slowly collecting the pieces I saw your name, what you do and how childhood was for you.”

“I-I see...” I replied feeling a little disturbed by this.

Spike came in pushing in a trolley, good timing too. “I'm back! With nice hot food for a growing filly!”

Rainbow Dash helped me out of the bed, feeling strangely weak I almost fell over a few times. “Easy there kiddo, you been out for a few days.”

I look at her with an startled look. “A-a few days!?”

“Yeah. But let's get you to the table and get some food and fluids in you first then worry about how we can help you." Rainbow Dash helping me over to the table. I sat by it as Spike place a sandwich before me, it had daisy in it, beside it was soup and the smell of it was tomato soup.

Spike place the glass of apple juice beside them. “Daisy sandwich, tomato soup and apple juice, the perfect lunch to get your strength back.”

I smiled. “Thank you Spike, it looks... Tasty.”

“What wrong with it?” Spike notice my hesitated tone of voice.

I held up the sandwich looking at the contents. “I never ate flowers before.” I answered.

Twilight still by the window sitting there smiled. “Don't worry about it, you should find them taster then you usually would. Give it a try.”

I went with what Twilight said and gave it a try, I first wasn't sure how I was able to hold it up with these things but I managed to and took a bite out of it. I chewed on the sandwich finding the texture of it on my tongue quite strange but pleasant. “It not bad, wouldn't mind some ketchup on it though.”

“Really?” Rainbow Dash raise an eye.

I dipped the sandwich into the soup and took another bite out of it enjoying the taste even more, I was glad that tomato soup still tasted great as it did when I was human. I froze in a instantly staring at the remains of the sandwich. “H-home...” I whispered feeling tears well up. “M-my family...” I was now thinking clearly and remember my brother, sister and my mum. They would find me missing.

“Wayne are you ok?”

I shook my head placing the remains of the first sandwich down. “No...”

“What the matter squirt?”

I turn to Rainbow Dash. “Please don't call me that, it Scootaloo's nickname not mine. Also to answer the question, I want to go home... My family will be worried that I am not home. If I been out for days who knows what they been thinking right now...” I sniffed a little starting to feel scared. “I-I...”

“It ok kiddo.” Rainbow Dash hugged me. “We do what we can to help you. That a promise.”

“Th-thank you...” I sobbed a little into her.

“Now wipe those tears away and eat up ok?” I look up nodding a little wiping my tears away with my foreleg sniffing a little bit. “No point worrying over something you had no control over, it get you no where, trust me I been there and you know it.” She winked.

I giggled a little feeling her ruffle my mane. “Thank you Rainbow Dash.”

“No problem.” She released the hug and allow me to continue to eat the food and drink the juice.

Twilight step away from the window. “I will go to the library to look up anything that could help, getting started on this right away be best for us and for you Wayne, Spike can you help me?”

“Sure thing Twilight!” Spike walks over to Twilight.

Twilight turn to Rainbow Dash before they left. “Rainbow Dash I know this might be strange and sudden but would it be ok for you to take Wayne back to your home for now till we know what exactly to do.”

I almost chocked on my drink hearing this. After coughing a little I glanced at Rainbow Dash and quickly looking at Twilight. “Wh-what?”

“The crusaders already know of her Twilight, they been bugging me everyday to meet her when she woke up and I kinda... Well I...”

I stared at the glass that was almost empty in my hooves. “You gave into their charms.” I said looking over to her.

“That just sound weird when you say it.” Spike responded.

“Spike!” Twilight had a go at him for it.

I drunk the last of the apple juice placing the glass on the table. “Twilight he's right. I sound exactly like her, I even look exactly like her and know you Twilight you took a feather or even a mane sample to see if it true all the way through.”

Twilight sighed. “It is. At least you be able to tell yourself apart from her though.”

“How?”

She used her magic and landing beside me where I sat was a blue jacket and a LED solar keychain light made into a necklace. “These was on you.”

I finished off the soup and wiped my snout with the napkin that came with it. I held up the jacket amazed but found it somewhat familiar. “This was on me?”

“Indeed. To my guess you was a pony before arriving here in Equestria.” Twilight replied. “It be hard to find out how you got here with the memory lose but we will do what we can ok?”

I wasn't sure if she was telling the truth or not but decided to go with it. “Ok. But if the crusaders been asking to see me how are we going to do it?”

Rainbow Dash smirked. “Leave that to me Way...” She paused. “You know what. Calling you Wayne just seem stupid for some reason.”

Twilight was trying to leave then spoke out. “Swift Roller! Just call him... Her that!” Before either me and Rainbow Dash could react or say anything Twilight pick up Spike with her magic, placing him on her back and slamming the door behind her.

“That got a nice ring to it, don't you think?” Rainbow Dash turn to me.

“I... Guess...” I look to the jacket and necklace of the LED light. “Erm... One question...”

“Yes?”

I felt my face flush as I asked. “I am not sure how to go to the loo in this body?”

“Loo?”

“Toilet! Rest-room! That where you do your business!” I yelled out.

She chuckled “Why didn't you say so? Come with me and I'll help you out Swift.” I got up with a wobble and slowly followed Rainbow Dash out of the room, looking back the dirty plates. “What about the plates and glass?”

“Don't sweat it kiddo, Spike will get around to clearing it up, you do need to go don't you?” I looked down with a deep blush feeling embarrassed. “Then let go.” I slowly followed her feeling very awkwardly as well left the room, I carrying the jacket on my back the LED light now around my neck intox the depths of their castle.

Chapter 4

***Flight of the Flightless

Chapter 4***

“The school house!? Are you nuts or something?” I was quickly dropped down by Rainbow Dash landing close to it by some massive bushes that seem to be conveniently placed.

Rainbow Dash lands beside me in the bushes. “Nope, I will go greet them and then wait to everypony leaves.” She gave a small laugh not looking at me directly. “You sounded just like her.”

“What!? You can't be serious Rainbow!” I almost yelled out but froze when spoke again. “Gah! This is just stupid. I just can't seem to stop almost talking like her.” I looked up at Rainbow Dash and back to the school house.

Rainbow Dash rub her hoof in my mane causing me to just giggle a little. “Yeah and the way I ruffle her mane, you just act like her too. That why I thought you was well...”

“Changeling, mirror pool pony and something that shouldn't be her right?” I look ahead at the school.

Rainbow Dash just smirked walking out of the bushes. “Yeah and getting to know you now, I can see your not. Everypony not the same even if they look it, after seeing all those Pinkie Pies I got to understand it specially from Pinkie Pie herself.” With that said Rainbow Dash went up to the school house leaving me to hide inside the bushes.

I sat done on my rump twisting my tail around close to my front hooves. “So true.” I ran my right front hoof against the tail, it felt strange rubbing the hoof against it. “Weird, I felt like I done this before.” I tried to remember but came up with blanks.

“Dumb memory loss. Why in the first time I get memory loss from a blow to the head?” I muttered hitting my head lightly and headaches with hoof hitting caused a bit more pain. “Ow! That smarts.” I rubbed my head feeling a sour from that blow.

I glance over to the school house seeing Rainbow Dash sitting in the tree... “Why am I not surprised, awesome to see though.” I decided to just lay down and wait.

Wait I did, I had no clue how much time past but I kept myself occupied with doing doodle drawings with my hoof in the sandy dirt. I was getting bored and thinking about home was getting to me, I would give up looking like Scootaloo to just be back home and have my old boring life back.

“Up and down is just how life is, there some awesome moments and not so cool moments, it just life.” I whispered as I drew a picture of Rainbow Dash sleeping in the tree in the dirt with my hoof. “Guess the saying 'Once something is taken you will miss it', for the most part that is.” I muttered looking at what I drew.

“Strange, I never been this coherent with drawing before...” I continued to talk to myself and heard the bell, looked over to the school house seeing the large bell swinging back and forwards followed by a loud chime from it with each swing.

Rainbow Dash woke up looking over to my direction seeing if I was still there and I just gave her a short wave with my hoof from where I hid, she returned the favour with a smirk.

I saw all the colts and fillies leaving the school house with the teacher Miss Cheerilee step out behind them with a hoof raised to the side of her snout. “Have a nice weekend children and see you all Monday!” She shouted out warming to all them and walk back into the school house.

Scootaloo walking out with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, I gulped nervously seeing them. So girls what shall we do for the rest of the day and weekend?

“Beats me Scoots, ah was hopin' yer double would be awake.” Applebloom answered

“Yeah I bet she got a lot of cool things to talk about!” Scootaloo replied.

“But we do have to apologise for what happened though.” Sweetie Belle reminding them by my guess as they look a bit sadden all the sudden.

Scootaloo instantly changed from sad to a hoof at them. “Nah! She just an mirror pool pony!

“I bet she is a changeling!” Sweetie Belle disagreed.

Applebloom didn't look convinced. “Ah say she from that other world Twilight spoke of!”

Rainbow Dash directly above them from what I could see snickered at those answers, I already knew they was wrong because Twilight did all those crazy tests on me even that... I shivered thinking about it as she did go through my head and got more then she bargain for.

“That what you get for reading an mind of somepony with Asperger syndrome, not so cool is it?”

That would have been something I said for sure but it would have been rude and I don't like being that rude to those that kinda helped you out of a tight spot for basically nothing.

“Wrong girls!” Rainbow Dash called out and they all looked up.

“Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo beamed with delight hovering for a second flapping her wings rapidly. “It so awesome to see ya! What are you doing at the school?”

Rainbow Dash flap her wings coming to an soft landing before them. “Oh nothing much, just thought I give you girls an update on our mysterious friend.”

“Really?” Scooatloo quickly asked. “Is she awake?”

“Scoots if she where, don't ya think she'd tell us!” Applebloom flaying her forelegs a little as she spoke back.

Rainbow Dash point a hoof out in my direction “Yep and right over there!”

“Really?” Sweetie Belle asked looking right over to my direction now and the others.

“Swift Roller come on out and meet the crusaders!” Rainbow Dash waved for me to come out.

I gulped loudly and stood up. “Are you crazy Rainbow Dash!? Is your head in the clouds or something!?” I shouted out from cover.

Rainbow Dash looked around and facehoofed herself. “Yeah that pretty stupid and yelling out just sorta blow that too if anypony else was here.”

“Point taken.” I replied looking to my doodles on the ground. “Guess I'll just come right out since this is Rainbow Dash's idea afterall.” I spoke to myself in half whisper out of ear shot of the four ponies as I step out of the bushes before them. “Hey!” I gave them a little wave with my hoof with the best possible smirk I can give.

“Crusaders I like you to meet Swift Roller.” Rainbow Dash walk up beside me with an hoof out to me. “Ask your questions but one at a time ok?” They all gave an nod in reply saying together. “Yes Rainbow Dash.”

Scootaloo step up to me, we was inches from each other snouts with the other girls right next to her. “Swift Roller? Huh?”

“It was given to me by Twilight.” I answered turning my gaze away sitting down wrapping my tail around holding it with my front hooves feeling really out of place and scared by the size of those questionable eyes of the crusaders.

“Given? What is yer name then?” Applebloom asked next to ask.

I twisting my hooves around my tail answered. “Wayne Osman...”

“That an weird name!” Sweetie Belle giggled. “Was you an colt or something?”

“Yes... In a way.” I answered feeling tears well up a little thinking of home now.

“Y-your a colt!?” Scootaloo looked horrified by this. “What is your problem becoming a look alike of me!? Why!?” She shouted in an raised voice. I closed my eyes turning away feeling fear overcome me and await for impact. “Come on answer me! Don't give me that scared look! I want to-”

“I DON'T KNOW!” I opened my teary eyes at her and as they fell I lay down holding to the tail rocking a little. “I-I don-don't know... *sob* I just want to go... *sob* Ho-home... I don't know why I look like you Scootaloo I really don't! I just want to be me again! Just boring working too hard, stress out me again!” I cried into my tail.

Rainbow Dash pick me up with her hooves and I turn to cry into her. “I just want to be home with my mum, brother and sister again!” I continued to cry knowing that I lost in an unknown world.

“Great goin' Scoots! Yer made her cry!” Applebloom glared at Scootaloo.

Scootaloo put an hoof to herself. “Me!? I didn't know this! How was am I suppose to know!?”

Rainbow Dash with an wing wrap around me as I cried. I wasn't sure how much time past as I continued to cry with the girls watching and very uncertain what to say and to do now.

After my crying slowed and she humming a little to me, she look over the three girls. “jumping to conclusions, I done that myself as well. I thought she was evil or something and I made that mistake way too easily, seeing her like this breaks my heart. That not awesome and very sappy but she having it rough girls. Swift needs our support.” Rainbow Dash surprised me as I looking up at her with watered eyes.

“Yeah your right...” Scootaloo kicked the dirt. “Sorry for snapping at you like that Swift... It just really weird seeing you look like me and your suppose to be a colt, that just wrong...”

“I know...” I hiccuped a little slowly looking over to her with tears freshly falling down my fur. “I was 29 years old...”

“Whoa...” Scootaloo only could say with her jaw hanging and Rainbow Dash was just as surprised. “Your joking right?”

I shook my head. “I was but now I am a filly... This is just an bunch of ponyfeathers and I just want it end and go home...”

“Ah don't get it, we found ya by the river side out cold. How did ya get to Eqesturia and become Scootaloo?”

“I can't remember...”

“That blow to the back of the head did it didn't it?” Sweetie Belle not looking at my eyes by the bandages around my head that Twilight replaced with the blood stained ones. I nod silently feeling it all sicking in even more I felt tears welling up again. “I'm sorry...”

“Yeah sorry too...”

“It was all our faults, ah am too sorry for what we did...”

“We was only trying to get our cutie marks at something differently! We never thought anypony would get hurt by it!” Sweetie Belle lower her head in shame so did the others now.

Scootaloo raise her head first after several moments had past. “Can you forgive us?”

I couldn't be that dishearting to them. “Yeah it fine, part from some memory loss and an mega headache I am ok for the most part.” I was lower down by Rainbow Dash onto my hooves and I wipe the tears away once more.

Rainbow Dash grinned at us hovering now with forelegs crossed. “See girls, I kept my promise and it went better then I expected it too, we all friends now. Right?”

I smiled a little. “Yeah that fine by me if that with them.”

“Yeah! I'm cool with it!” Scootaloo beamed in delight.

“Same here!” Sweetie Belle giggled.

“Eeyup!” Applebloom answered. “Ah bet she has no cutie mark too!”

“Yeah we...”

I quickly ended that shaking my head. “Not happening.”

“But...” Scootaloo tried to counter argue it.

I sighed putting an hoof to my head. “I don't understand why or how I came to look like you Scoots but I am not you. If somehow I got a cutie mark while stuck here, what effects would it have on me getting home and turning back? I only seen how awesome equestrian magic is but I don't understand it and it magic might anchor me here forever if I did.” I gave them a wild card blown theory that came from the top of my head.

“Maybe it won't but I can't take that chance... Staying low and out of sight no matter how boring it can be for me, might be best...” I look up at Rainbow Dash this time seeing she could understand what I was trying to say but seeing the look of disappointment on their faces I sighed rubbing my head trying to get rid of this really bad headache.

“Come on girls, she-”

“Scoots Ah think we should let her finish.” Applebloom put an hoof to her friend.

“What there to listen? She made it clear that we only 'friends' and that it.” Scootaloo replied with a glare at me.

I shrugged. “Think like that Scootaloo, I was just going to say we can still hang out and have some fun at the clubhouse and Sweet Apple Acres since it out of the way, I am an filly afterall.” I turn away taking a quick look from the corner of my eyes. “But if you want to be an stubborn mule, be my guess.” I smirked waiting for the reply.

“Come on Scoots that doesn't sound too bad does it?” Applebloom pleaded to Scootaloo.

“Yeah! Even if she look like you she isn't you! We can find things that nothing to do with crusading to have fun!” Sweetie Belle now in front of her with Applebloom.

“What do ya say about that Scoots?” Their eyes was huge and I cringed at the way they did it, they made Cat in Boots eyes third class rated to theirs.

Scootaloo rolled her eyes at them and turn around to face me with I turning around to her. “Fine! We go with that.” Then smiled with a soften look. “Awesome what you did that, see you around Swift!” Scootaloo ran up to her scooter grabbing it with her hooves and placing her hind hooves on it board, placing her helmet on. “Come on girls lets go and get some chow before this sappy moment gets even more sapper!”

“See ya Swift!” Applebloom waved and Sweetie Belle did too.

“Come to the clubhouse tomorrow and we can think of what fun we can have!” Sweetie Belle called out. “We got the whole weekend!”

Scootaloo buzzed her wings. “See ya tomorrow Swift!” Scootaloo pulled the cart along with them in it, coming around she put an hoof out to me. I put mine out and we slapped, with a massive smirk she speed off towards Ponyville.

I just flopped on my belly with hind legs behind and forelegs in front snout pressing on the ground an groan. I raised it looking where they went. “That was intense...”

Rainbow Dash flying up to see that they where gone turn to me on the ground still lying there. “Yeah it sure was and gotta to say that went better then I thought it would.” She lands next to me and with an push under my hind quarters push me over her head and down the back of her neck onto her back.

“Lets get back to my place so I can sort out where your going to sleep tonight.” I wrap my hooves around her neck best I could as she took off into the sky. “No need to hold on so tight kiddo, I won't drop you! I'm too awesome for that!”

I look over her side as we pass some very low clouds and I could see between her flaps Sweet Apple Acres including the clubhouse. “Yeah you sure are! This is so cool! I never seen Sweet Apple Acres like this! It better then seeing it in the show! It more real then I ever thought it be.” I looked over the other side of her to see the barn, house and main entrance of the farm.

“Well if that the case kiddo, what do you think of my home?” Rainbow Dash speeds up and I could see it in the distance as she flew closer to it, I could see the iconic appearance of her cloud house home, it looked more magical than the cartoon series gave it and the name given in the MLP Game I played a lot came to mind.

I closed my eyes and pictured it. With my eyes open the words came out of my snout whispers through the wind. “Cloudominium”

“Here we are Swift!” Rainbow Dash lands calmly right outside the door to her home. “You can get off now.”

I look down at the clouds under Rainbow Dash's hooves and gulped. “G-get off?”

“Yeah. You can walk the rest of the way on hoof.” She turn her head to me.

My heart was starting to race as I nervously lift one hind leg over her back to the other side sitting there looking down at the clouds. “You can do this Wayne... Pegasi walk on clouds...” I whispered.

Rainbow Dash facehoofs and jumps which causes me to lose my balance, I fall off her right on the clouds.

“Ah!”

I gasped in surprise of the sudden launch and face planted on the soft cloud “Opf!”

I slowly lifted my head out of it placing one hoof after the other till I was on all fours on the cloud. “See nothing to it.” She chuckled walking up to the door over the small bridge of clouds over the flowing rainbow waterfall.

“Solid... How bizarre.” I tapping the cloud below my hooves with one, I felt the contact with sound coming from it. “So what kinda cloud is this? It kinda cool how it looks and feels.” I walked up to the end looking over it at the hilly ground below seeing Rainbow Dash's mail box. “Glad I am not afraid of heights.”

I raise my head as my eyes to the landscape around me, I could see Ponyville and the castle in the distance as well the Everfree Forest and Sweet Apple Acres. “Best seat in the town, right kiddo?” I turn around to Rainbow Dash standing by the open door. “Coming in or what Swift?”

The comprehension of entering Rainbow Dash's home was something I never thought that would happen, there was so little to know about the inside of her home, only bits and pieces shown on TV.

Staring at the jar open door and slowly trailing to Rainbow Dash whom just standing on her hind legs, one cross over the other. Leaning on the wall of her home forelegs crossed, she had that cheerful smile and glimmer from her moderate cerise eyes. “Alright.” I walk up to the door.

With an push with her wing the door opens all the way and I got to get a look inside her home, stepping inside with a clip and a clop I stood inside Rainbow Dash's home. It was a roundish room with an stair case leading up to the next floor, an arch way lead to what look like an kitchen slash dining room from what I could see from this angle.

The first room look like an living room with an sofa under a window with an dome fitment on the ceiling in the middle of the room, swirls of dark blue lines led into an blue star right above the dome as it hang there, the sofa had an what was a Shadow Bolt flight suit with threading and needle kit beside it.

The underside of the stairs had an door open with three outfits inside it, one was an Wonderbolt Cadet flightsuit and the two dresses I seen her wear at the wedding and gala. The last one was the team leader weather vest for the Winter Warm up.

The couch had a few books on it with a bed sheet on the floor. Beside the coach was an book shelf with more books on it one I noticed one of them was in a case it had a picture of Rainbow Dash and Daring Do, sitting behind it was the necklace with an red jewel in it shape as a red lightning bolt.

This was pictured almost like the ones the fans made part from the door leading to a kitchen and another door leading to another room but shut. “That just an look alike element isn't it?”I walked up to the case jumping up on my hind legs with my forelegs resting on the shelf to get a good look at it. “And the book Daring Do gave you right?”

“Yep on both accounts Swift.” She close the door with an soft kick of her right back hoof. “Still creepy that you know this stuff about me.” Rainbow Dash step up to the couch picking up the book with her both placing it back on the shelf. “Sorry for the mess, I don't usually have company.”

“How many floors does this place have?” I asked glancing at the stairs.

Rainbow Dash place the sheets neatly on the couch and sat down on it. “Let see, you have the living room, kitchen and my workout room on this floor, next floor is the spare bedroom turn storage room, bathroom and an room I created for preening. And finally the top floor is my own mega sweet bedroom.” Rainbow Dash explained to me what was on each floor.

I felt out of place and an inconveniently problem for Dash. “I guess you going to have to sort out your storage room now...” I said it without making eye contact. “Twilight wasn't fair on putting me in your charge...”

She was right next to me and put an wing around me. “No biggy I got it covered. I'd just store it all in my preening room for-”

“Don't worry just move it around and I'll make do with the bed in there RainbowDash.” I look up at her, she gave me a surprise look. “I kinda have a cluttered room back at home, filled with shelves of stuff, boxes with statues I can't place and a lot of My Little Pony figures, plushes and...” I close my eyes seeing my room for what it is and sighed heavily. “I can't do this...” I push her wing off me getting up walking up to the window looking out of the glass, I think it was. “I might look and sound like Scootaloo but you shouldn't be doing this for me!” I turn around to Rainbow Dash. “It not fair on you or Twilight to put up with me like this! You all just showed me kindness and it make me feel selfish for accepting it.” I turn away at the last part feeling bad inside with an real sickening feeling for what they did for me.

“Tell me about it, I didn't get much of a say in it and look at me, I just taking it as it goes and moving on. So chin up Swift. While you're here in my home your got me as the most awesome and loyal friend you can ask for!” She put her hoof under my chin pulling my head slightly so I was facing her. “Let just get the bed set up and I'll make us some dinner, how does that sound?”

“You can cook!?” I gasped

Rainbow Dash chuckled. “Sure! What do you take me for?”

“Sleeping, lazy, prideful, adventuress, loyal and-” Rainbow Dash put her hoof on my snout.

“No need to finish kiddo, I get the message.” Rainbow Dash remove her hoof. “Just to let you know, your whoever they are that did this cartoon thing doesn't know me completely. And cooking is something everypony need to know if they stay in an place of their own. No matter how boring or how long it takes to make some. Just keep that between us ok?” Rainbow Dash winked.

I was left completely speechless with my jaw hanging open. “Right Swift just chill and relax on the couch read one of the Daring Do books. I'll get everything sorted out ok?” She closed my snout up with an push of her hoof that was under it, I just nod a few times. “Great!” Rainbow Dash walked by me and up the stairs leaving me to stare at a wall completely dumbfounded by what just happened.

After a few minutes I snapped out of it rubbing my head with my hoof. “That was the weirdest thing ever, most likely not the last.” I pulled off my jacket placing it down on top the couch. Taking a book with my mouth with the texture of it on my tongue was just very weird.

I sat got on the couch, lying on my back I took the book out of my mouth, moving my jaw a little the taste of the book was rather odd to describe. I shrugged it off looking at the cover “Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny.” I read the title out loud. “I wonder how different this is to what I saw on the episode 'Daring Don't.”

Time must of flew by because I was so engrossed in reading the book with my one hind leg over the other, flipping the page I continue to read it as it got to the part with the distraction between the villain Ahuizotl and the five of the mane six as Rainbow Dash helped Daring Do to get rid of the rings.

“Hey! Swift Roller! Dinner ready!” My ears twitch and I rose my head from the book looking over to the kitchen. “Come on kiddo it gonna to get cold.”

I closed the book placing it on the side, getting off the couch I stretch out my four legs a little and my neck with the small wings I had, flexing them. “It night?” I look out the window.

“Sure is, you been so caught up in the book that I thought I'd leave you to it.” Rainbow Dash replied as I enter the kitchen slash dining room. “So kiddo what do you think of it?”

I took my seat at the table, the chair look like it was made out of wood with the pillow on top of it being almost like clouds, I wasn't sure how it was able to stand on cloud but asking that would wait for another time. “It really awesome! It just as amazing as the story I read back at home, it was called Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. It has Daring Do's uncle in it!”

Rainbow Dash had taken some drink but spat it out with surprise. “Say what!? Daring Do has an uncle!?”

“Yeah Uncle Adventure or Ad for short, his an unicorn that has the same colour coat and mane as Daring Do with a black moustache” I replied taking the glass and drinking some of the juice.

Rainbow Dash shook her head. “Most likely one of your human made things right?”

I look at the cooked vegetables with hay bacon I think it was and cooked eggs taking the knife and folk, not quite sure how I was holding them with the hooves I dug into it. The taste was really amazing as I chewed on it with my wings rapidly beating in response. “Wow this are really amazing!”

“Hehe thanks kiddo.” Rainbow Dash ate some of hers. “So the story.”

“Oh it was written by A.K Yearling with G.M. Berrow an human that write pony stories. She help create the three Daring Do stories, humans that fans of the show have read. All coming in a neat little box like chest called 'The Daring Do Adventure Collection. It really awesome!” I went back to eating some more and swallowed before continuing. “I got it as an awesome birthday gift from my friends, well two of them! One I keep sealed, but what inside is three stories and a cool little Daring Do fig-”

I stopped suddenly thinking about my friends and home. I stared at the plate feeling sad again. “D-Do you think I be able to get home?” My voice was barely a whisper trying to hold back the water works.

Rainbow Dash put her knife down and put her hoof on my foreleg, I followed it up to her eyes. “Swif... Wayne even if Twilight can't find anything there is a will and a way. You got here somehow which mean there is a way to get back. You just have to give it time.” I nod silently in reply to what she was saying to me. “Let eat up and get you cleaned up before bed ok?”

“Ok Rainbow Dash.” I answered and went on to eat my meal with her in silence, neither of us saying a word.

After dinner and cleaning up the plates, Rainbow Dash took me up to the next level and to the bathroom. She had this planned out, right there was an bathtub full of semi hot water. “Swift take off your necklace and I'll get your bandage off.” I nod in reply and remove it placing the LED necklace on the stall as Rainbow Dash remove the bandages from my head. “Jump on in and I'll get you cleaned up.”

I quickly turn around with a flush of red on my face. “S-say what!?”

“You heard, get in and I will clean you up.”

“B-b-but...”

“Swift your a little filly and I bet all my Daring Do books you have no idea how to clean yourself.” My face felt really warm now as I lower my head as she said that. I knew she was right and I felt so embarrassed. “Here the deal I won't tell anypony of this and you won't tell about me doing... Lame stuff.”

I just sighed in defeat and accepted those terms. “You got a deal Rainbow Dash.” I put my hoof out to her and she place her much larger hoof against mine with a firm shake.

“Now that sorted in you go!” Rainbow Dash picked me up with both hooves and before I could react she flew over it.

I was hanging by her hooves directly over it. “Rainbow Dash don't you-” She drops me into the water with an splash. I sat there with my back just over the water line of the water with my whole furry body, wings and all soaked in the semi hot water. “Dare...” I finished the last word my eyes narrowed and pulling an frown at her.

“Incoming!” I gasped as Rainbow Dash landed in the water right beside me. My face was now even redder then before. “Hehe look at your face! It redder then a tomato!” Rainbow Dash laughing at my reaction and my change of fur colour, I had no idea that fur could change around the face like this as if it was human skin.

“You can't be serious! I thought you was going to clean me from outside the bath not in it! You know I was-”

“Yeah yeah you was an stallion human thing, I get it. But your a filly and need clean and I can clean myself as well showing you what to do.” Rainbow Dash wave her hoof dismissing my reaction. “Unless you want me to keep doing this for you every night that you stay here.” She grinned.

“Heck no! I rather learn to do this myself!” I yelled at her.

“Then let me show you Swift.” Rainbow Dash smirked.

I groaned lowering my body deeper into the water blowing bubbles under the surface grumbling in it on how much I hated this right now, “being in the same bath with Rainbow Dash was the most crazy and unexpected thing ever! And she just all cool with it!”

I raise my head a little. “Can we just get this over and done with please! I feel so awkward for some many reasons!” My face still flushed and very warm.

“Sure thing Swift, let start off with the wings first.” Rainbow Dash answered and the only thing was going through my mind is how much more awkward can this evening get...