Scoot's Big Sister

ABOUT A MONTH LATER

It was now Christmas Eve, the Cutie Mark Crusaders has spent all day trying to get their cutie marks as usual. It was now time for the three to go their separate ways. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom started off on their ways to their respected homes to get ready for the Christmas party. Scootaloo appeared to be going home as well, but the truth was, she wasn't. Sure, she wasn't going to the party but that's beside the point. She no longer had a home but she hadn't told her friends about anything yet.

She had been sleeping in an old beaten up wooden box in a dark alley. She only had a few possessions left. Those were an old patched up blanket, a raggedy old teddy bear from when she was a baby, a picture of her parents, a small candle, her backpack for school , her scooter, her wagon trailer for her scooter, her helmet and a few basic things that she used to disguise the fact that she was living on the streets such as a brush for her hair and snow-pants so she could play in the snow with her friends during recess..

Scoot made a Christmas wish and got under her blanket to go to sleep. It was her first Christmas without her Dad. The wind and snow were picking up as the filly struggled to find warmth. A small snow storm had started. About an hour or so later she started to get really sick. Soon she fell to a state of slumber as she continued to cough, sneeze and wheeze.

About five minutes later the snow storm stopped. Rainbow Dash, who saw this as the perfect opportunity to come down, was coming in for a landing. She was on her way to Pinkie's Christmas party when she heard a faint cough coming from an alley. Cautiously the pegasus walked down the alley. Immediately she found the filly sleeping in the box. Scoot was very pale and weak. Rainbow wasn't even sure if she was still alive for she had stopped coughing.

"Scootaloo." She said trying to wake up the filly.

No response

"Scootaloo, come on this isn't funny!" she said sternly.

Still no response

"Scootaloo, please wake up!" she cried desperately as the feeling of fear sank in.

Again no response

Fearing the worst, Rainbow quickly got the filly under her hooves and took off towards the hospital. Once the filly was stabilized, Rainbow Dash remembered the reason she came down to Ponyville in the first place. She asked a messenger pony to tell her friends what was going on. Then she continued to wait for news, good or bad.

Meanwhile at Pinkie Pie's her friends were starting to get worried. It wasn't like Rainbow Dash to leave her friends hanging. Then there was a knock at the door. Pinkie Pie opened the door hoping to see Rainbow but instead she saw a messenger pony.

"Your friend Rainbow Dash found a very sick filly in a dark alley on the way to the party. She took the filly to the hospital and is waiting there for her. I believe she said the filly's name was Scootaloo. She asked me to tell you that she isn't going to be able make the party." The messenger pony said as he turned to walk away, "Goodbye and have a merry Christmas."

Immediately the two younger guests started to freak out. This news had alarmed them very much. The adults tried to calm them down but they couldn't.

"What's going to happen to Scootaloo?" hollered a screaming Apple Bloom.

"We need to go see her now!" shrieked Sweetie Belle desperate to see her dare devil friend.

Applejack and Rarity gave each other a knowing glare, and then looked at their little sisters. After a second they gave in. The two fillies raced out the door as fast as their little legs could carry them.

Back at the hospital Scootaloo was starting to wake up. She looked around very confused. How did she even get here? She looked around for answers. Just then a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane came in through the door.

"Rainbow Dash!" she cheered for her idol.

"Oh good, your awake!" the adult said happily to see that her young fan was really going to be ok, "When I found you sleeping in that wooden box I thought you were dead! Scootaloo why weren't you with your family or in a house?"

"I-I don't think you want to know why." she stuttered feeling the tears well up in her eyes just thinking about it.

Just then a nurse came in and asked if it were alright if they let two of the patient's filly friends and five other ponies to come in and visit for a few minutes. Scootaloo nodded her head to say it was ok with her.

"Scootaloo!" the other two crusaders cried in unison as they ran up to give her a hug.

"We're so happy you're alright." Apple Bloom said.

"When we heard you were sick we came as quick as we could" Twilight added as she and another four ponies came into the now very crowded room.

After a few minutes of visiting it was time for them to go home. Rainbow stayed in the waiting room in case the young pegasus got lonely or something. By the time all of this had ended it was nearly midnight.