Chapter One: Chickens Can't Fly
A slight breeze passed through Scootaloo's mane as she looked down from the cliff she was on. Below her was a three hundred foot drop; anyone who dared to jump from this height would surely end up as a splattered mess at the bottom. She gulped the saliva that had been forming in her mouth and looked up at Rainbow Dash who had been perched on top a cloud only a few feet away from her.
"Now, just remember to flap your wings in a pattern. The second you break this pattern, you could end up falling to the ground" Rainbow Dash instructed. In response, Scootaloo nodded. For the first time, she began to realize that her knees were shaking violently. She was scared, that was for certain. At first, she thought this task of learning to fly would be easy, but now, she found herself more scared then the time that Ms. Cheerilee came to school high on crack. Noticing the fear expressed by the young filly, Rainbow Dash felt the urge to comfort the filly with a few kind words.
“Hey, listen. I know you are scared, but don’t think about the drop. I believe in you.” Hearing these words, Scootaloo found her courage as the warm and kind words flooded through her brain like a tidal wave, but not in a way that would cause the author of this story to ship them, that was ridiculous. Motivated, Scootaloo jumped off the cliff gracefully into the air. She was about to open her wings to begin her flight, but then, the unthinkable happened! In her head, a naughty thought had formed. The last thing she heard was “Is that a wing boner, Scoots?” before plummeting to the ground. The feeling of freedom had turned to horror as the ground became closer and closer until it just-
MANY YEARS LATER…
The darkness that had just felt like it had been there for a second, retracted slowly. Everything was blurry. All Scootaloo could see was colors without shape. The sound of a heart monitor beeping repeatedly was bouncing through her head in heavy waves. She shook her head weakly, trying to clear her mind. Finally, the strange shapes began to take form. She was in a hospital bed. Several tubes were attached to her, pumping rich nutrients and necessary blood into her body. Standing before her, were Apple Bloom and Rainbow Dash.
“W…where am I?” Scootaloo asked groggily. A look of concern flashed across Rainbow Dash’s face before being covered by a serious look. Apple Bloom, on the other hand, couldn’t help but let a grin form on her face from ear to ear.
“Scootaloo. Yer awake! How yeh feelin’ there pal?” Apple Bloom asked excitingly, jumping up and down in place.
“I’m feeling fine, I think.” Scootaloo replied, putting a hoof to her head. After the reunion, the doctor walked into the room because the doctors here have super powers and know immediately when you awake.
“Well, well, well. We thought you would never wake up!” The doctor said cheerfully, trying to hide the fact that he was in the middle of signing paper to take her off life support when she had awoken.
“Thanks…hold on, what do you mean ‘you thought I would never wake up’?” Scootaloo asked curiously.
“Yeh don’t know? Yeh’ve been in a coma fer 928643 years.” Apple Bloom responded, still with a grin across her face. Scootaloo gasped! But not because of the question: how could she be in a coma for that long and her friends not age on bit. No, she gasped because she realized that her other fellow Cutie Mark Crusader, Sweetie Belle wasn’t here. The last thing she wanted to happen was her to be stuck here with Apple Bloom the uneducated earth pony. But then again, no earth pony is educated. Oops.
“So where is Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked calmly. The grin left Apple Bloom’s face, the doctor began to shift his eyes back and forth. They were hiding something from her. Finally, after three hours of dead silence, Rainbow Dash sighed.
“Scootaloo…while you’ve been in a coma, Sweetie Belle has gathered an army of nasty things. Orcs, goblins, humans. Together, they have formed the Illuminati.” Scootaloo gasped at what she was being told by Rainbow Dash. Sweetie Belle, her best friend, had formed the Illuminati? No, this can’t be right. If she was evil now, then that means that Scootaloo is stuck with Apple Bloom!
“NOOOOOOOOOOOO” Scootaloo yelled through the hospital. The thing that made this different then the cliché of screaming no, was that…nevermind, this is exactly like that cliché in every way and manner. Suddenly, Twilight Sparkle, princess of Ponyville, burst into Scootaloo’s room. The room went silent again as all eyes aimed on the exhausted princess.
“S…Scootaloo…I cannot defeat this evil power…Celestia is too lazy to handle it…only you can defeat Sweetie Belle.” Following these words, Twilight Sparkle collapsed onto the ground. The doctor tried to do CPR on her, but that only made the coma she was in last for another 6660000000 years! Scootaloo sat there in shock. Why was she chosen, out of the many ponies in Ponyville, why her. She did not know that the real reason was so this story could progress forward, but if she did, it wouldn’t matter because it was already planted in her heart by me, the Author, that she would go on this dangerous and epic quest. She arose from the hospital bed and stood up.
“If I had to do this…Apple Bloom, you’re coming with me” Apple Bloom grinned sheepishly. Why is she grinning like that? It’s almost like this is being planted by the Author for when he ships us later. Wait, what?!?! Scootaloo was confused by this thought, but shook it off.
“Good luck Scoots. Remember what I said before you went into your coma? I believe in you” Rainbow Dash said, embracing Scootaloo in a hug. A tear fell from Scootaloo’s cheek. Mostly because this was the last time Rainbow Dash was going to appear in this story. Suddenly, a meteor crashed into the hospital and landed on Rainbow Dash, crushing her instantly. Scootaloo jumped back in surprise, and her plot began to twist at the sudden plot twist in the story. The doctor didn’t mind trying to revive Rainbow Dash, she was probably in a coma. Continuing out the doors of the hospital, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom began their epic quest to defeat Sweetie Belle and the Illuminati. Tune in next time to see them MLG 360 no scope the One Direction crew!
