Family Day

9,10,11 She increased the volume of her cell higher as she plugged the buds into her ears. The only solution she could find now was to drown her problems in music...not like she had any...

                                The weather was wet, and heavy with rain, many had gone indoors for their outings.  The road was bare, and slightly desolate, vehicles rarely passed around here and every now and then if one did pass it was either a cab or a police car.

                   This route was the least distracting. Rainbow always took this route because of it's quietness and from experience, she learnt lack of active shops, lack of active shops meant no families, which also meant no painful reminders.

                                For a moment, she wondered what it'd be like with a family, or a least one member. Though it was just one day, after this she'd 365/366 other days of the year to forget about it. But yet thinking of a different topic for the next 12-16 hours (or 24 hours if the whole day was counted) was always felt difficult no matter how many times she'd been through this. Snapping herself out of the transition, her mood quickly flipped 'Why'd the have to make a big deal of it anyway' she sulked 'It's not like people don't see their families everyday! Why does there have to be a WHOLE day dedicated to just this, all this trouble just for one day!?' Her fists clenched absentmindedly, slowly sinking her nails into her palms.

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"So, do you think she's got anything to do?? I don't see her car nearby, and there isn't another bus stop in sight??"

"Of course she hasn't! Sometimes Silvie you ask the siliest of questions, ponies like her don't make plans."

"Oh I'm such an ditz sometimes... on the other hand, I think we both know that 'flightless' beats me in that category by a long run obviously."

"You're right, no brain, no flying it all adds up...and ponies wonder why we call her chicken. It's really her own."

                       a gasp "Diamond!! You really shouldn't say that she'll hear you, besides" Silver looked around as pretending that her next statement was a great secret. "You don't want her telling her parents now would you?" a quiet chuckle was shared between the two.

"Who cares, chickens don't have ears, and even if they did, what much does a flightless pony, I mean chicken got to say anyway... wouldn't you agree Scootaloo?"

                    The three fillies strolled down the slope footpath. Scootaloo, the orange-textured and plum-haired pony strolled a tad bit faster than the other two accompanying her attempting her best to end the 'delightful stroll' as soon as possible. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara walked at either side, their shoulder purposefully squashing the poor filly between them.

                    Scootaloo hadn't been expecting this kind of trouble today, she always seemed to be out of the clear. Maybe it was because both her friends were usually there to back her up, on account of family business they left early, and she sure wasn't going to bother changing her route primarily because she had no choice .. and it was a great idea at the time... though now she wished, ever so regretfully, that she had.

                    Today wasn't those days when she would talk back. School in particular today already put her in a bad mood. So rather than speak up she let the words soak in, her bag was heavy enough with the 'studying' she wanted to catch up on, so many books in fact that she'd to even carry a few and it wasn't like wasting her strength on those two would make a difference.

"I asked a question, Scootaloo aren't you gonna reply?"

"See Diamond, a complete dunce! Better stop, she's not used to using her brain this much!" Silver jeered.

                    The two burst into incontrollable fits of laughter, to which Diamond laughed so hard to she tipped over, bumping into Scootaloo and almost knocking her over, being the shortest of the trio definitely wasn't a good position to be at, and, unfortunately, a new idea escalated from that.

"Watcha got in that bag of yours anyway?" Silver said bumping her side shoulder off of tear-filled pony, the rest of her face remained expressionless as she tried to hold them back, she bowed her head slightly so her bangs fell, covering her face.

"Woopsies" laughed Diamond "I think I've lost my balance again" she faked a fall, similar to her genuine one but this time with a little more force.

"Hey! Don't knock her into me, she's a blank-flank!"

"Well, I don't want her either!"

"If you don't want her and if I don't want her then there's only one solution to this" a sinister smile crept slyly onto both their muzzles. With no restrain, Diamond Tiara held grip Scootaloo's laden backpack, whilst it still attached to her back and shoved her violently into the puddle filled road. Her bag drenched, herself muddy and her books scattered.

                        At first they'd expressions of astonishment, not expecting to have given such an impact but soon what seemed like witch cackles forced their way out of their mouths, showing no sympathy or reason. All they gave was a synchronized "Bump, bump!! Sugar lump rump!!" they chanted as they bumped elbows and hip together. There was an occasional "Loser!!" that blurted it's way through the laughter and forced it's way into Scootaloo's ears. Finally, they walked off, their laughs still heard in the far distance before they entered the pearl white limo parked at the far bottom.

                      Rainbow stared in disbelief at what had just happened, one of her ear-buds were out at this point being held in her hand, the music, though still blaring, oblivious to her ears, rapid flashes of her childhood sped through her mind. She had wanted to help, but her mind was still deciding. For some reason she felt connected to this filly, like she'd seen her somewhere before.

                       A sudden honk from farther up the slope brought her back from the daze. Rainbow spotted a truck as it sped towards them. It honked repetitively as it gave warning. The wet road must've made it difficult for it to slow down and on a slope like this, gravity was at its best. The honking edged closer. Rainbow began to worry. Surely the filly heard it, she had to. She waited for the filly to get up, at first she was still, and was in a kneeling position, but then she took the choice of picking the books she held off the ground lost in thought, totally unaware of her surrounding and Rainbow's screams of caution.

Rainbow now realising this, decided to take action.

                        Scootaloo blindly gathered the books and staggered up on her hooves. At the same time Rainbow dropped hers. Scootaloo began making a start back to the side-walk when there was a sudden, strong push from behind, she once again lost balance landing with her hands knees on the footpath. Her palms and knees now grazed, she once again stood up, turning round to see who the culprit was.

                     As she turned she saw a large business truck on the road, the owner currently standing by it. A few metres away lay a rainbow-haired mare.

'Rainbow Dash??' Scootaloo was speechless more than anything, she'd only seen Rainbow in school and even with that they were both in different years. But she was a big enough fan of hers to know lots about her without even seeing her much. Rainbow, not to mention the rest of her friends, were very well known. But Scootaloo looked up to Rainbow Dash especially, the fastest mare in Equestria! She'd never thought she would get to meet her hero in person!.....in...person. Scootaloo's face fell upon snapping to reality, her mind piecing together the puzzle that stood before her. Running over to an unconscious Rainbow she whipped out her cell, which to her disappointment was destroyed from her recent fall in the puddle. She almost began to panic when the driver of the truck walked over.

"Please! Allow me to help".

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