Author's Note
Just a cute little story that floated in my head. Hope you like!
This is Awkward..
It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The Pegasi scheduled it as a clear day on Thursday, so Celestia's sun shone through the town. The little schoolhouse on the side of the town was buzzing with fillies and colts ready to get the school day over with so they can enjoy the rest of the day. Finally, after what seemed like years, the school bell rung through out Ponyville, and the children ran out of the schoolhouse with smiles on their faces. Three fillies walked out of the school together, planning another meeting in their treehouse.
"Okay. I have the map for where we can crusade. What about you, Applebloom?" Sweetie Belle asked, holding the map in her hands.
"Ah got the capes! Ya got the snacks, Scoots?" Applebloom asked.
"Dang it! I knew I forgot something! I'll be right back, guys," Scootaloo said, running into the schoolhouse.
"Alright! See ya at the treehouse!" Applebloom called out."C'mon, Sweetie Belle." The two walked to their treehouse as Scootaloo got the snacks.
"Good. Got the snacks," Scootaloo said. She walked out of the schoolhouse, confident that she got everything she needed. All of a sudden, she bumped into somepony.
"Woah! Watch it," Scootaloo said, rubbing her head and mane with her hand. She then looked up to see who she bumped into.
"Diamond Tiara? What are you still doing here?" Scootaloo asked.
"Um, looking for you, of course!" Diamond Tiara responded, picking herself up and dusting off her pink dress.
"Me?! Why me?" Scootaloo asked, confused as ever. She got up without bothering to clean herself up from the dirt on her shirt.
"I wanted to invite you to one of my parties. It's tomorrow, and I think you're the perfect pony to come!" Diamond said with a wide yet fake smile.
"A party? Uh, I don't think so. Sorry," Scootaloo said. She started to walk away when Diamond grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Please, Scootaloo! I really want you to come to my party!" She handed her an invitation so she could take it.
"I'll....uh, think about it," she said, grabbing the invitation from her hand and stuffing it in her bookbag.
"Amazing! See you at seven!" Diamond said, skipping away. After she was out of sight, Scootaloo took out the invitation out and opened it.
"Some party. Doesn't even say what kind," Scootaloo said, putting the invitation back in her bag and making her way towards the treehouse.
"And then she gave me this. Weird, huh?" Scootaloo said, showing her friends the invitation. Sweetie Belle grabbed the piece of paper to read.
"It's a scam," she said.
"What do you mean?" Scootaloo asked.
"All it says is the address. No description, phone number, or any of that an invitation should have. She obviously has something planned for you," Sweetie Belle said, handing back the invitation.
"Okay, so I won't go," Scootaloo said, starting to tear up the invite.
"No! You should! This will be the perfect opportunity to prank her," Sweetie suggested.
"You're right, SB. And I think I got the perfect prank," Applebloom said, smiling devilishly.
"Really?! Are you sure guys? I don't think I want to go," Scootaloo said.
"There must be a reason why she picked you of all ponies! But why?" Sweetie asked herself, trying to figure out the reason why.
"Can't one of you guys come with me?" Scootaloo asked.
"She invited you to the party. She probably already knew you would tell us, which would mean that she would think we're comin'. Just a bigger part of her devious plan. I'd rather not risk that," Applebloom replied.
"Well, what can we do, then?" Scootaloo asked.
"Gather around, guys. I have somethin' that'll make her scream 'Bloody Mare,'" Applebloom said as her friends formed a triangle inside of the room.
"Did you give her the invitation?" Silver Spoon asked, getting the drink of tea from the butler.
"Of course I did! As painful as it was, I knew I had to do it. It was obvious that she needed one. And if she doesn't come, that will just show the whole school what a fool she is for being such a tomboy. I mean, come on! Even a pony like would have her-"
"Diamond Tiara!!" A voice boomed throughout the halls.
"Ooh! Daddy's home! Wonder what he bought me this time!" Diamond said. Getting off of her comfy bed and walking down the stairs to be greeted by her rich father, Filthy Rich.
"Daddy!" Diamond said, giving him a big hug.
"Wow. You're never like this when I'm home," Filthy Rich told her.
"Well, I'm just so excited! Now, whatcha buy me?!" Diamond said in a perky tone.
"I got you the new iPony 4," Her father said, holding out a phone with a diamond crusted case on it.
"Awesome! And these haven't even been released yet!" She squealed, running back up the stairs to show Silver Spoon.
"Look Silvy! A brand new phone! I needed this!" Diamond said, showing her friend, then putting it down on the dresser.
"Now, as I was saying...."
"Are you guys sure I'm safe?" Scootaloo asked, looking at her outfit and hair. Rarity made sure she looked absolutely perfect for the party, giving her a nice fuchsia shirt with matching shorts to complete her outfit. As much as she wanted to fix her hair, Sweetie and Applebloom said that they would gladly do it. It came to be flat-ironed, and her hair was surprisingly longer than expected. Of course because of the humid day it poofed back up to its usual self, which explained why she never actually bothered messing with it. Her entire look was casual, just the way she liked it. But of course, Sweetie Belle couldn't resist putting a sparkling clip in her hair.
"We're sure," Applebloom replied.
Scootaloo took a deep breath in and out and finally knocked on the door. The door opened as she was immediately pulled in. The door closed.
"Alright, soldier! Let's move it!" Applebloom said.
"Yes, Sergeant!" Sweetie said as they moved to the other corner of the house.
Meanwhile, Scootaloo was pushed into the home of her host.
"Alright, everypony! Since our last guest has arrived, let's get this party started!" Diamond said. Scootaloo expected Vinyl Scratch to pop up out of nowhere and lay down some sick beats, but instead, a calm, soothing tune played throughout the room. Scootaloo looked confused as she looked around the house. Everyone was in a corner somewhere...kissing?!
"Um, Diamond? What's going on?" Scootaloo asked.
"Oh! Silly me! I forgot to tell you to bring a date!" Diamond said,"Oh well, as if you were actually going to get one."
"What are you talking about?" Scootaloo asked, nervous about the answer.
"Oh, right. You've never been invited to one! You see, Scootaloo, this is called a make-out party, where everypony makes out with their significant other. And it seems like you don't have one. Oops!" Diamond started to laugh.
"I'm outta here," Scootaloo said as she started to head out the door, but Diamond blocked it.
"You see, here's the thing Scootaloo. You can't leave without getting a kiss from somepony. If you don't, you'll be the laughing stock of the whole school. Why? Because it would prove to everyone that you've never kissed a pony!" Diamond said. Scootaloo backed away from the door.
"But I-"
"No excuses, blank flank! Either get your lips smooched or be an outcast. Oh Blue Gem!" She called out to a white pony with a dark blue mane. Scootaloo sighed and looked at her fellow classmates. They were all taken, so why not her. She dragged herself to an empty couch and sat down, hanging her head low.
Just a freakin' outcast, she thought as tears started to run down her face.
Didn't even want to come here. If my friends hadn't made me come here, I would've been at home watching a movie. But noooo, they had a plan, she checked her phone again. Still no signal. She wiped her tears away and just pouted. She couldn't believe she even considered taking that invitation.
"Uh, is this seat taken?" She heard someone ask. She looked up to see Rumble, another one of her classmates.
"Um, no," she said. She scooted over so he could sit down beside her. All of a sudden, she smelled something strong.
"Are you...wearing cologne?" Scootaloo giggled. He blushed in embarrassment.
"Maybe.....I got it from my brother," he responded.
"It smells weird," Scootaloo said.
"Yeah. He told me to wear just in case I bump in to a pretty mare," Rumble said, looking at her to give her a signal. She blushed.
"You...you think I'm pretty?" She questioned.
"Well, yeah. Do you think you're pretty?" Rumble asked.
"I don't know, and I don't care," she said, laying down on his legs,"I didn't want to go this stupid party in the first place. But my friends forced me to go because of some prank they wanted to do and I didn't even know that it would be THIS type of party. I can't believe i even took the invitation. Diamond "accidentally" forgot to tell me to bring a date anyway."
"So you don't have a date?" Rumble asked.
"No. And I can't leave until I kiss somepony," Scootaloo said, pouting again.
"Wait, what?! That's a stupid rule," Rumble said.
"I know, right? And if I do leave, I'll be the laughing stock of the whole school," she said, sitting up.
There was an uncomfortable silence between the two. They were looking around the big room, trying not to look at the other fillies and colts.
"Then just do it," Rumble said out of the blue.
"W-what?!" Scootaloo turned back around to face him,"what do you mean?"
"You can, uh, kiss me," Rumble said, slightly blushing.
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"Uh, um," Scootaloo tried to find the right words to say to him, but they never came.
"Are you gonna do it or am I?" Rumble asked, getting a little impatient.
"It's just that, maybe, ugh! I don't know," Scootaloo said, still trying to figure out what words to say.
"You don't have to kiss me if you don't want to," Rumble said.
"But I want to! I mean I have to! I mean-"
"Ugh this is hopeless!"
"JUST KISS!" A few of their classmates said, getting annoyed about all of the talking.
"Well, that's my answer," Scootaloo said. Rumble smiled. They both leaned in when right before their lips touched, Scootaloo's phone vibrated. She leaned back and took her phone out.
"One second," Scootaloo said. She put her hand up so he could kiss it. He opened his eyes and leaned back as well.
"W-wha?"
"Hmm. Not bad. I uh, gotta go to the bathroom," Scootaloo said, standing up and walking towards a white door. Once inside, she opened the window so her friends could get in.
"Took you long enough," Scootaloo said, pulling Applebloom inside. Sweetie gave her the bucket and gave herself a boost up the window so she could get inside as well.
"What's that?" Scootaloo asked, pointing at the bucket.
"This right here is ketchup with a special ingredient: the mud the pigs wallow in. This is gonna be one heck of a prank!" Applebloom laughed, setting the bucket down.
"This is gonna be so awesome!" Scootaloo said.
"What's going on out there?" Sweetie Belle asked, putting her head to the door.
"Get this: she invited me to a make out party!" Scootaloo said. Her friends gasped.
"Did you kiss anypony?" Apple bloom asked.
"Ha! No," Scootaloo laughed uncomfortably, which gave them a signal that she was hiding something.
"You did kiss somepony!" Seeetie squealed."who did you kiss?"
"I didn't kiss anypony! Ugh, let's just get this over with. I can't wait until I leave," Scootaloo said,"Follow me."
The gang quietly came out of the bathroom and went up the stairs to the upstairs balcony, which was built high above the ceiling of the room. They spotted Diamond Tiara in the corner of the room, snuggling one of the colts and kissing his lips. Applebloom stuck her tongue out in disgust and handed Scootaloo the bucket.
"This is going to be so funny," she whispered to her friends. They quietly laughed as she tilted the bucket to make sure the thick liquid inside would only hit Diamond Tiara. She bit her lip and concentrated on pouring the contents onto her head.
"What are you guys doing?!" A voice asked.
All three girls screamed in harmony, and Scootaloo dropped the bucket, causing the liquids to fall on both Diamond and Blue Gem. The bucket fell on Diamond's head as a shriek was heard from the whole room. All four of the children looked over the balcony and saw Diamond Tiara drenched in ketchup and mud, as well as the colt.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Diamond shouted. She looked up to see the four staring right back at her, and she blushed with anger.
"I'll get you for this, blank flanks!" Diamond yelled at them. All of a sudden, the room was filled with childish laughter. All of the fillies and colts were laughing at their muddy classmate. Diamond started to cry and run up the stairs into her room.
"Rumble! Why'd you scare us?!" Scootaloo asked, walking down the stairs with her group of friends.
"Well, I saw you come out of the bathroom with Sweetie Belle and Applebloom, and I just had to know what was going on. So I followed you," Rumble replied.
"You sure have us one heck of a jump scare," Applebloom said, laughing.
"I did, didn't I?" Rumble said. All four of them laughed as they started to head out the door, only to be blocked by another one of their classmates.
"Uh uh uh, you're not going anywhere," she said, waving her finger at each of them.
"Silver Spoon? Get out of our way," Scootaloo said.
"No. You hurt my friend. You're not going anywhere until you guys kiss somepony. If you don't, we'll tell your sisters and brother about how you snuck here to a make-out party," Silver Spoon smirked.
"I don't care if you tell them. In fact, I think my brother will be impressed," Rumble said.
"And what about poor Scootaloo having to face her mother?" Silver Spoon said. She knew she got them there. Scootaloo's mom would tell both Applejack and Rarity about their sisters, which get them all in big trouble.
"You can't force us to kiss somepony! I think that's like, sexual assault or something," Sweetie said.
"Yes I can. And you will," Silver said.
"Okay, so who can we kiss?! Every pony's taken," Applebloom asked.
"Not everypony," Silver said, pointing at Rumble. The girls looked at his direction.
"Run," Scootaloo whispered to him.
I DREAMED OF GIRLS CHASING ME, BUT NEVER LIKE THIS!" Rumble yelled, running through the halls of the mansion. The girls were chasing him like predators chasing their prey. Rumble couldn't find a window to jump out of. He went through a door, but he did NOT want to be traumatized again. He was still blushing about it.
"GIRLS, STOP!" Scootaloo shouted. Both of them stopped.
"What's wrong? Ya don't want to get out of here?" Applebloom asked, a little confused.
"We're going on a wild goose chase for kiss from a boy! That's not us! We find another angle!" Scootaloo said."I'll be right back. I gotta tell Rumble were done chasing him before he opens another door." She ran as fast as she could until she stopped to see a scooter on the wall.
"Huh. Perfect," she said with a devious smile. She got on and took off, flapping her wings to give her more speed. When she finally caught up to Rumble, she grabbed his shirt so he would stop. She stopped the scooter with her hoof and stepped down to help him up.
"What the heck, Scootaloo? You could've just told me to stop," Rumble said.
"We don't want to chase you anymore. Let's just leave," Scootaloo said, grabbing his hand and walking him through the halls.
"What do you mean 'let's just leave?' We can't do that!" Rumble asked.
"I don't care what my mom thinks. At least she'll be appreciative about me leaving the party. Let's just jump out a window," Scootaloo said.
"Are you crazy?!" Rumble asked her, letting go of her head.
"First of all, a little bit. And second of all, were still on the first floor," she said. She ripped off a piece of wallpaper to show him a window.
"Wha? But how-"
"Let's just say this isn't the first time we've pranked Diamond Tiara," Scootaloo giggled.
Her friends caught up to them and Scootaloo opened the window, leading her friends out of the house. She was the last to appear outside. Each of them high-fived each other in celebration of their latest escape.
"So...now what?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Now, we go home!" Rumble said, starting to fly away."Bye guys! See ya tomorrow maybe!"
"Yeah, see ya later, Scoots."
"I'll see you both tomorrow."
When the two were out of sight, Scootaloo called Rumble out.
"Wait! Rumble!" She yelled. Rumble turned around and swooped down to his hooves.
"Yeah?" Rumble asked.
"I know this is awkward, but, can you uh, walk me home?" She asked nervously. All of a sudden, she felt a hand slide into hers.
"Of course," Rumble replied.
The two walked and talked as they made they trip to Scootaloo's house. Rumble shared some stories of which were about him and his brother Thunderlane's mishaps, and Scootaloo shared stories about the adventures that her and her friends created on crusades. They both couldn't stop laughing at each other until they reached Scootaloo's doorstep.
"Welp, this is my house," she said, letting go of his hand."Thanks for walking me home. I totally owe you one."
"No problem. It was my pleasure," Rumble said, kissing her hand for the second time.
"You know, you're not a bad kisser," Scootaloo informed him.
"You really think so?" Rumble asked.
"Yeah," Scootaloo said. They shared a hug. Scootaloo dug into her pocket for her keys and took them out, unlocking the door into her home.
"Thanks again," she said, stepping on the top of her hooves to give him a kiss on the cheek. She went inside of the house. Rumble stood there, touching his cheek.
"Wait until my brother hears about this!" He said, flying towards his house.
