Memories

"Not bad."

Thunderlane zipped up his pants and returned to his desk, leaving Scootaloo coughing and gasping for air on the floor. She spat out a milky white glob of fluid onto the floor after she managed to catch her breath, wiping her mouth before glaring up at the stallion sitting at his desk.

Thunderlane simply looked down at her indifferently. "I've had better, though."

"Fuck you." Scootaloo said, spitting on the floor again. "Now tell me whatever this 'secret' of yours is. That was our deal."

"Oh no, I can't simply tell you. It doesn't work like that." Thunderlane said as he opened a drawer in his desk. "It's only something I can give you, since I'm the only one who has it."

"What could you possibly have that no one else does?" Scootaloo scoffed.

Thunderlane reached into his desk drawer and held up a single syringe, showing off the golden liquid that seemed to glow in the sunlight. "This, my dear. You won't find this anywhere else in all of Equestria. Even in Saddle Arabia where it's made, it's extremely rare."

Scootaloo's eyes went wide in surprise and horror. "Y-you... you gave Rumble steroids? That's cheating!" she accused. "Any type of drug or stuff like that is forbidden in the Wonderbolts!"

Thunderlane chuckled as he returned the syringe to the drawer. "It's only cheating if you get caught. Besides, you think Rumble is the first Wonderbolt to use this stuff? There are plenty of others who help 'enhance' their performance on the team."

"Then what about the drug tests?" Scootaloo pointed out. "There's no way Captain Spitfire would keep anyone on the team who tests positive for anything!"

Thunderlane smiled again. "You're right, she wouldn't. She's very strict when it comes to honor. Anyone caught with any performance enhancers would be kicked out immediately. I guess it's a good thing that I'm the one in charge of administering and reviewing all the drug tests for the Wonderbolts."

Scootaloo's mouth fell open at the realization. With Thunderlane distributing his performance enhancers and then overseeing all the tests done for them, it was no wonder Rumble and whatever other pegasi were using it were able to get away with their cheating. However, before she could voice her objections, Thunderlane spoke up again.

"Don't give me that look. Those pegasi all had dreams of becoming Wonderbolts, just like you. And just like you, they weren't strong enough to obtain their dreams. But I helped them. I helped them do what they'd never be able to do by themselves. No one got hurt from it, did they? No, instead everyone is now happy, because of what I give them."

Scootaloo recoiled as Thunderlane approached her once more, his hand reaching out and grasping her chin as to force her to look straight into his eyes. "I could give that gift to you, too. You could be flying next to Rainbow Dash next year, guaranteed. It's not cheating. It's bringing out the best that's deep inside of you. It's what you deserve."

Thunderlane let go of her chin as he saw the harshness in Scootaloo's eyes dissolve into curiosity and hope. To win her over once and for all, he drove the final nail into Scootaloo's fate as he walked back to his desk. "I know Rainbow Dash wants you next to her as well, you're all she ever talks about during practice. You don't want to let her down, do you?"

Scootaloo's body acted once again on its own, but instead of slapping Thunderlane once more she instead found herself silently approaching Thunderlane, nodding yes once she was standing in front of him. Thunderlane smiled and brought out the syringe once more before walking around to the same side of the desk that Scootaloo was on.

"You'll make her proud." he said soothingly as he guided her to lie down on his desk. With her face-down position and light tanktop, Thunderlane had easy access to her wings and carefully stroked on of them, noticing their slight underdevelopment. He then placed his free hand on the back of her neck, grasping it gently but where he could hold her down forcefully if necessary.

"Now hold still. You're going to feel a slight pinch." he said calmly.

Scootaloo was still distracted with the thought of flying alongside Rainbow Dash right until the needle began puncturing the base of her left wing. "Ow! What are yo- aagh!"

Scootaloo tried to stand up but Thunderlane's grip on her neck tightened, trapping her against his desk. Flapping her wings did no good either as the syringe was being injected into the base of her wings. Still, Thunderlane quickly shot half of the contents of the needle into her wing before extracting it and re-positioning the sharp instrument at the bottom of her right wing.

"Halfway done." he said.

"No, stop! I don't want it anymore! Don- Aaah!" Scootaloo tried to plead, but Thunderlane expertly found his target and emptied the second half of the syringe into Scootaloo's wing.

"Aaand... done." he said, withdrawing the needle and releasing Scootaloo's neck. The young mare immediately dropped to the floor and scrambled for the door, wincing as she dragged herself back up to her feet while cautiously eyeing Thunderlane. The stallion simply shrugged before tossing the used needle back into his desk and sat back down.

"Don't worry, the first one is free, of course." he said, but Scootaloo wasn't as calm.

"You fucking... you tricked me! Ow! You sick, diseased fuck! Don't EVER come near me again!" she yelled before storming out the door, slamming the door shut behind her.

Her outburst didn't surprise Thunderlane at all. In fact, his own brother Rumble had a very similar reaction the first time Thunderlane had injected his steroid into him. But as Thunderlane correctly guessed, Scootaloo would find out just how effective his concoction was the next time she flew, and as flying was the only way to enter or leave the academy grounds, she would be finding out very, very soon.