Scootaloo's Crush

Scootaloo hopped on Rainbow Dash's back and she took off towards her cloud house in the sky. As they were flying Scootaloo had a great number of thoughts rushing through her head. She was more than happy that Rainbow Dash had agreed to help her with her crush. However the filly had worry in her heart too. Rainbow Dash didn't have any clue who it was that Scootaloo had a crush on. Rainbow Dash was dating Soarin and had been dating him since they were 17 years old (Them being 25 now). Scootaloo knew that Rainbow Dash and Soarin had very conservative political views which was a quite surprising fact considering their personalities almost completely conflicted that view in everyday. She knew that Rainbow Dash was her sister and that she truly cared for her so she was less worried about her. Soarin however didn't really like her in the first place and if their views on her having a crush on Scootaloo having a crush on a pony of the same gender was negative she knew that Soarin would go out of his way just to make her miserable. These thoughts certainly concerned her but she was able to calm herself down. She knew that Rainbow Dash loved her, and would love her no matter what.

"You ok squirt?" Rainbow Dash asked as she noticed Scootaloo's expression mixed somewhere between worry and contemplation. Dash had only noticed her sister looking odd when she had slowed down in order to let some birds pass. Scootaloo jolted out of her worried daydream to face her sister and mentor. Scootaloo nodded her head and gave a half confident smile to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash raised her eyebrow and looked at her sister quizzically, but nonetheless Rainbow dash turned her head back in front of her and began to fly once more. Scootaloo was relieved that Rainbow Dash had not pushed any further about anything. She probably thought that it was just jitters about her crush or about the fact she had told somepony about her crush. Scootaloo looked upwards at the sky. It was clearer than she had ever seen it not a cloud anywhere in sight. The sun was shining through clearly with it's warm inviting light. It wasn't too bright or blinding as it usually was. It perfectly complimented the shade of blue that graced the sky. It was the most beautiful day she had ever seen. She suddenly felt very calm and the worrying and fretting she had been doing seemed unimportant and trivial. She felt as though it was all going to be ok.

Rainbow Dash's cloud house began to materialize in the distance as they came close to reaching their desired destination. Scootaloo's worry began to reappear but once again she was equally calmed by the beautiful blue sky. Her half and half outlook greatly confused her and made her worry start to take over as the dominant emotion once again. She wouldn't have any time to think about it however as she looked up and saw Rainbow Dash and Soarin's house mere seconds away. They came to a soft landing in the front yard. Scootaloo hopped off rainbow's back onto the soft clouds. Scootaloo had always liked the feeling of clouds. She marveled at something that could be so wonderfully soft but at the same time hold so much water and support the weight of ponies. She reveled in the soft feeling for a few moments before she trotted behind Rainbow Dash to the front steps of the home. Scootaloo took a deep breath as Rainbow Dash took the house keys out of her bag and thrusted them into the gaping hole of the doorknob. She swallowed her fear as she heard the lock click, and the door swung open in front of her.

Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo walked into the cloud house. It looked pretty much like an ordinary house, well except for the fact almost everything was made out of clouds. Passing through the front door they arrived in the front hallway. The sides of the floor were covered in various footwear and the walls were adorned with a few pictures here and there, rejects from other parts of the house that were covered in quite a bit of dust. They were pictures of some extended family and one of Rainbow Dash in what looked like her teen years. The hallway was quite short in curved slightly to the left about halfway through it. It had two doors right before the curve, one to the left and one to the right, straight across from each other. At the end of the hallway was another door, this door led to the main room of the house. Rainbow went through the door at the end of the hallway that led to the main room.

The main room of the house was a moderate size. It was carpeted with a flower pattern that always had reminded Scootaloo of a garden she had saw once on a field trip, she more often wondered however, about how they managed to carpet clouds. She had learned not to question it though, as clouds had done some weird and interesting things in her lifetime. There was a window on the left of the room that was radiating in sunlight from outside. There were a bunch of pictures on the right wall of the room. Mostly pictures of Rainbow Dash with Soarin. They looked so happy in every one. The front of the room had some paintings on it as well as a mirror. The left wall had pictures of family and the two ponies from their childhoods and adolescent years. The room was furnished by a dark green couch on the left wall in front of a radiator ledge where there was an odd storage area. They often kept things such as ornaments or craft supplies back there. The back wall had a chair in-between two doors. The front wall housed a redwood bench, handcrafted by Soarin from a fallen tree he found while flying along the countryside.

The smaller seating room was on the opening along the back wall. It was also accessible through the door on the left of he hallway when you come in. It had just clouds as the floor with a small rug towards the left for some reason. It also had a couch although this one was dark brown. Across from the couch on the opposite wall there was a normal sized television. The walls had some art on them although no pictures and not nearly as much wall space was covered compared to the main room. A ceiling fan hung from the middle of the room. The left wall had two wooden tables. They had various items on them. Stuff that didn't have a place anywhere else. The back wall had window behind the couch. Scootaloo never understood the need for windows in a house like this. I mean sure it was an interesting view point of looking at the sky and the sun or the stars but you could see those things in the same quality form the ground. Other than seeing an occasional bird fly by or something of that nature. Having any windows in a house so many feet above the ground is an absolute waste of space. Rainbow Dash always sad it helped her house have a better overall aesthetic, whatever that meant.

The second door that went off of the larger seating room was on your right as soon as you came in. It was the office space of the house. Although at this point using it as an office would have been virtually impossible. It was probably a fairly sized room but you couldn't tell anymore. It was covered inch by inch which junk, paper, and everything else under the sun. It had a desk as it was originally used as an office area. The drawers were stuffed to the brim with paperwork. It was all a huge mess that was nearly impossible to even circumnavigate. If you had to go in there to get something it would be one hell of a ride. Even if you knew were it was you would trip and fall twenty times before reaching the right part of the room. Scootaloo loved it though. No one ever went in there so even if it was a nightmare. She could always be alone with her thoughts if she needed to. It had helped her through some rough times. Something about being alone in that room was just… calming to her. She probably would never know why.

The door in front of the hallway door went into the kitchen. It had a kitchen table in the middle that Soarin had made himself, as he did with almost all of the wooden furniture in the house. It had a tablecloth that Scootaloo had got them for Rainbow Dash's birthday last year. Her and Sweetiebelle had teamed up to knit it. It had taken them a very long time but Rainbow Dash loved it which made it worth the time completely. It had a shelf on the front wall with a lot of fancy dishes and some more pictures. It also had a closet filled with linens. The right side had a fridge adorned with magnets that had been given as gifts that were holding more pictures. They had an awful lot of pictures. There were windows along the left wall of the kitchen. Once again the windows were fairly pointless but it was always nice to see the sunlight radiating through the windows, shining beautifully off the the glass bowls on the table. It made the colors of the glass and the expert craftsmanship put into them very apparent. It was always a nice sight.

The first door on the right when you came into the kitchen led to Scootaloo's room. It was a normal room. Not exactly typical of a teenage girl but Scootaloo is very tomboyish anyway. It was pretty messy but she knew where everything was. Something Rainbow Dash had never understood. Scootaloo tried to explain that she just knew. Not for any one reason, just because she knew where to find her things. Among her things were a collection of CD's, some magazines, some miscellaneous electronics. Her wall was adorned with band posters and along the right wall was her bed. On the left side there was her closet with some clothes and a few other things. Her desk was on the left o the room. She wrote things there. She had always wanted to be an author and she loved creative writing. It had always been her best skill in school and she tried it out of school and loved it. She also sorted her things out there sometimes. Her back wall had a window. Her front wall had her television on it. She was into video games and played them there. Her CD player was also on that wall. She loved music more than anything, it also really spoke to her. She liked her room. Even better than the office.

The second door on the right of the kitchen was a pantry. It held food as you would have probably guessed. It was a very small room a bit long but very thin. One side was just an empty wall painted a sickish off white color. They all hated it but never took the time to repaint it. It had a trash can on the middle of it. The left side of the room had a counter with a marble countertop. It had a lot of cabinets that were filled with assorted food and cooking ingredients. Rainbow Dash loved to cook. The end of the room had a oddly shaped and operated window above a sink that had always been kind of faulty. It had cabinets under it that housed a lot of the houses cleaning supplies as well as another set of cabinets that held the medication of the family. Scootaloo took some medication for some hyperactivity thing she had been diagnosed with a few years back. She didn't know much about Rainbow Dash or Soarin's medications.

The last door on the right of the kitchen was Rainbow Dash and Soarin's bedroom. It was a fairly normal bedroom and not much about it stood out to Scootaloo or anyone really. It had a bed that was an adequate size for two adult ponies, a window to the left of the room and one to the front of the room. A shelf of clothes to the right. A small end table to the right of the bed, and another shelf for some other possessions of theirs. on the back wall. The right side of the room had a small closet where Soarin and Rainbow dash kept their wonderbolts uniforms as well as a few other things of no interest. It was a fairly boring room.

There was another closet off of the kitchen that was Rainbow Dash's personal closet. No one was really sure why she needed a closet of her own. Or why the closet had a window as well. It had most of her clothes in it. There was plenty of space on the shelves in her and Soarin's bedroom but no matter what the reasoning Rainbow Dash still insisted that having her own closet was very important to her. She kept some jewelry in there as well. She also kept some personal belongings of hers in there. It was pointless in everyones eyes except for hers. Scootaloo and Soarin had learned to stop poking at the issue as it was clear Rainbow Dash wouldn't budge for any reason at all. There was also a bathroom. It was a very standard bathroom, nothing special to note.

"Hey where's Soarin? He's usually home by this time isn't he? asked Scootaloo looking up at Rainbow Dash in a confused way.

"He got a promotion today. He's out at the bar with the team, he should be home later. I've got some house work to do why don't you go hang out in your room for awhile? said Rainbow Dash.

"Alright" Scootaloo said as she headed into her room and flopped down on her bed. Soarin was going to be coming home soon. The moment of truth was coming for her. Would her family accept her for who she was? Or would she be forced out of house and home.