The Miracle

Rainbow Dash looked up at the sudden noise, as did Jesus. She was still sniffling and wiping some of the stray tears away as she got up to go and confront Scootaloo. “Scoots, what are you doing here?”

Scootaloo ran to where Jesus and Rainbow Dash were sitting, “I’m sorry, Rainbow Dash! I thought I heard you, and saw this thing with its weird looking hooves around you! Is it hurting you! It's hurting you, isn't it? Get back from Rainbow Dash!” She charged at Jesus, intent on making sure he knew who was boss in this situation. However, between her tiny stature and adorable admiration for Rainbow Dash, every time she hit Jesus with her little filly hooves, it only got him to smile.

Rainbow was laughing a little to herself as she tried to calm down her adoptive little sister, “Relax, squirt. He wasn’t hurting me; in fact, just the opposite.”

She halted her little assault on Jesus and looked up at Rainbow in confusion, “Wait, it’s a ‘he’? Wha-whatever. Anyways, you were crying, and I saw him holding you! He’s so much bigger than you, you could have been killed! How do we know he’s not a life-sucking alien or something?!”

“Scoots, seriously, calm down. I promise he’s not dangerous – would I lie to you?”

Scootaloo looked up at the sky like she was remembering something, “Well, there was that one time you were supposed to come to give me flying lessons, but you said you forgot. Then there was that other time you-“

Rainbow rolled her eyes, “Alright! I get it. But, trust me when I say this is the real deal. He’s not an alien, he’s a human. He’s actually kind of nice, once you get talking to him. Just ask him yourself. And try not to be as rude as you were before? I mean, you did kinda start going crazy hitting his arm.”

Scoots looked down shamefully, “Heh…yeah. Sorry about that, mister…what’s your name?”

Jesus looked down and smiled at her, “My name is Jesus.”

“Huh. That’s a weird name.”

Rainbow face-hoofed, “Squirt! Seriously!”

“What? I mean, you just don’t seem to hear it around Ponyville.”

“Ugh…” Rainbow rubbed her temples like she was getting a headache. “Sorry about her, she’s…just a filly.”

Scootaloo shot a glare at Rainbow, “Hey!”

Jesus chuckled, “Don’t worry, Rainbow. I have a lot of experience with children of all different types and backgrounds. She can’t scare me off that easily.”

Scootaloo was curious about the man now, seeing as how he wasn’t trying to suck out her brain like she initially thought he would. “So, where did you come from?”

Jesus drummed his fingers on his chin in a brief moment of thought, “Well, honestly that’s a very complicated question to answer for someone as young as yourself. But, for the sake of simplicity and honesty, I’ll just say that I came from there.” He pointed at the sky.

Scootaloo was puzzled. “So, are you part pegasus?”

Rainbow let out a snort as she tried to suppress her laughter as Jesus took a moment himself to re-collect his thoughts, and stifle a chuckle himself. “No. I’m fully human, as well as fully God.”

“What’s a ‘God’?”

It was Rainbow’s turn. She wanted to impress Scootaloo with her knowledge of things unknown to pony kind, “Don’t worry, Jesus. I got this one.”

Not at all surprised at her boldness, Jesus threw his hands in the air and sat back and let Rainbow Dash try her best at explaining exactly what and who Jesus was. “You see, squirt, he’s a man who has three chicken eggs. And, since you can’t have one part of the egg without the other, he wanted to take a walk to show others that he’s the true egg.” She looked back at Jesus who was a bright shade of red trying to hold back his belly-laughs. “Did I do good, or did I do good?” She wore that ever-confident grin that she was famous for.

However, the sound of Jesus laughing hysterically caused her to open one of her eyes, and she saw him lying on his back. He was clenching his sides from laughter as he spoke up, “That- that just made my day. Thank you, Rainbow Dash.” He wiped a tear away as he re-gained his composure.

A little offended, Rainbow retorted, “Hey! I did my best, alright?! It wasn’t exactly any clearer when you explained it, ya know.”

Jesus took a final deep breath as he got back to himself again. “I truly appreciate what you did, Rainbow. However, I think it might be just a tad bit easier on everyone’s mind if perhaps I simply showed her who I was.”

Rainbow was skeptical, “You’re not gonna make her walk on water like you did with me, are you? I’m still mad at you for that.”

He chuckled again at the memory. “No, no. I won’t do that. Scootaloo, would you mind coming over here, please?”

Scootaloo was ever weary at the request. She looked back nervously at Rainbow Dash, who smiled a warm smile and nodded in approval at what Jesus was asking. Filled with anxiety, nervousness, and fear of the unknown, Scootaloo walked gingerly over to where Jesus sat. “O-okay. Now what?”

Not saying a word, Jesus carefully picked Scootaloo up in his arms as she squirmed, “Hey! Put me down!”

Rainbow spoke up though, “Scoots, it’s okay; I promise, you can trust him.”

She looked back at Jesus who had taken to gently running his hand on one of her wings. “You have beautiful wings, Scootaloo.”

Scootaloo retored, “Psh. Yeah, right. They don’t even work properly.” She sighed heavily. “But, thanks for the compliment, I suppose.”

He ran his fingers through his beard in thought, “Hmm, well, maybe we can fix that.”

Scootaloo chuckled at this absurd thought, “Well, good luck with that. I’ve been to every doctor in Ponyville, Canterlot, and Rainbow Dash even took me up to Cloudsdale one day. They all said the same thing. Stunted growth this, never be able to get off the ground that; you know, the works…” She trailed off as she sadly remembered all of those disheartening doctor’s visits, thinking about the things they said. Her mind then drifted back to how many times she tried to fly, only to be met with painful disappointment.

Jesus would have none of that, though. “Well, let’s just see what we can do, shall we?”

A small light started to glow from where Jesus' hands were resting on Scootaloo's wings. Then, all of the sudden, a blinding light appeared all around Scootaloo and Jesus. Rainbow Dash had to shield her eyes from the light, as did Scootaloo. It lasted only for a few brief seconds though, as when Rainbow Dash got done rubbing her eyes, she looked back at Scootaloo.

Her jaw dropped to the ground.

Scootaloo looked at Rainbow Dash’s sudden change in mood. “What? Is there something wrong?” She was beginning to get a little worried.

“Nothing’s wrong, Scoots! In fact, something’s right!” Rainbow started to bounce up and down where she stood. “Just take a look at your wings!”

“What? They’re just the same old wings, nothing spec-“ She trailed off though as she looked on her back.

On her back were indeed her same wings.

Except now they were in perfect working condition.

Jesus gently placed Scootaloo on the ground as she stood in shock and awe at the miracle she had just taken part in. He smiled a big toothy smile at her, “Well, aren’t you going to give them a try?”

She tried to flap her wings, and expected the same timeless disappointing result like every other time she tried to fly. However, thanks to the endless practice sessions Rainbow Dash had given her, and her no longer impaired wings, she actually managed to get quite a few feet off the ground, and hovered in place.

Rainbow Dash took flight as well, and hugged Scootaloo when she got to her level. “I always knew you could do it, Scoots. I’m so happy for you!”

Once a few tears had been shed from Scootaloo because of sheer joy, she touched down on the ground and walked over to Jesus, “Thank you. Thank you so much. I…I really don’t know what to say. How can I ever repay you?”

He placed a hand on her shoulder. “A 'thank you' is all that’s necessary. However, I would like to see you go out and live your life to its fullest potential. Is that okay with you?”

“Deal!” She ran up and hugged Jesus, then flew over to where Rainbow Dash was standing. “So, more training later on?”

Rainbow tapped her chin in thought, “Hmm…well, it’s getting kind of late, but how about tomorrow right after you get done with school for sure?”

“Awesome! I have to get back to Applebloom’s anyway; I have a little surprise for her and Sweetie Bell.” With that, she gave a confident flap of her wings as she flew over to her scooter. “See you guys later! By Jesus, it was nice meeting you!”

Jesus waved to her, “Goodbye Scootaloo! I’ll see you again someday, don’t worry!”

Scootaloo then took off with her scooter and helmet in hoof as she flew to Sweet Apple Acres for the first time.

Rainbow smiled at Jesus, “You…I had no idea you could…just wow.”

Jesus smiled back at her, and then looked at the sky. His smiling disposition seemed to falter, however.

Rainbow took notice, “Is something wrong?”

He closed his eyes and shook his head, “No, nothing’s wrong. However, we should probably get going. There’s one more thing I wish to discuss with you.”

Rainbow grew a little anxious at his words, “Okay…you’re kind of starting to worry me here. What’s going on?”

He let out a deep breath and smiled a sad smile to her, “My time grows short.”

Author's Note

Well, here's the next-to-last chapter. The way this story progressed, I figured I'd make it a short and sweet kind of deal. I hope you all enjoyed it so far, and one more's coming!

As always, may God bless all of you! :)