Under a mother's wing

"So your looking for somepony to take you under their wing, hm?" Rainbow asked the small orange filly in front of her. Scootaloo nodded her head excitedly. "Ya, I might be up for something like that." Dash said, extending one wing and wrapping it around the Pegasus. Now tucked under idols wing, Scootaloo nuzzled her sky blue fur, "Thank you". Rainbow was reminded  when she was little and how her mother would wrap her wing around her, keeping her there until she fell asleep. And here she was now, doing the same to Scootaloo, the little orphan pegasus who had never felt what it was like to be held under a parents wing, to learn to fly or sleep on a cloud. So now that she was seen as the honorary sister to the filly was one of the greatest feelings of her life, but she didn't let it show.

     The feeling of warmth against her body dissipated, Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to see that Scootaloo was gone , in fact the whole forest they had once been sitting in had vanished, instead she was on a rocky ledge on the side of a mountain. She got to her hooves, trotting in a small circle, "Hey, whats going on?" she shouted at nothing in particular. "Ra-ainbow Dash" a weak voice came from behind her. Whirling around Dash's eyes lock on the small form of Scootaloo sitting on the edge of the cliff, illuminated by the light of the moon.

     "Scoots? Whats going on?" she asked, coming up behind her. "Whatever happened to that night in the woods Rainbow Dash? I thought you loved me that youd be my big sister"

Dash raised an eyebrow, "Wha-"

"You said you would take me under your wing and teach me to fly like you, but you didnt. All you did was dump me back in the orphanage, I barely see you anymore" she started to cry. Dash reached up an tried to place a hoof on the fillies back, "I love you squirt its just that Ive been busy and-"

Scootaloo swatted her hoof away, "Dont tell me that." she yelled, turning around she looked at her idol with teary, violet eyes, "If you wont teach me how to fly I'll do it myself!" without waiting for Rainbow to react she spread her tiny wings and jumped off the cliff behind her.

"NO!", not thinking Dash jumped over the edge, unfurling her majestic wings and going straight into a nose dive. An orange shape was far below her, the ground closer to her than she was. Pulling her wings tight against her body, Rainbow began going faster than she had ever gone before, she couldnt fail, she would save Scootaloo. A white cone began to form in front of her face, and Dash outstretched her two fore-hooves as she prepared to break the sound barrier, Scootaloo was nearly at the approaching earth. A loud crack was heard and Dash blasted forward like a rocket. Scoots was now within hooves reach, "I GOT YOU!" Rainbow screamed against the wind. Just before she got the filly a giant black void opened up on the ground and a giant mare, black as night, came hurdling toward them, "AAAHHH!" Dash cried, closing her eyes, bracing for impact.

              "Luna!" Dash cried, sitting straight up. There was no cliff, no Scootaloo, no Luna, only darkness of her cloud house room. "Whew, only a dream" she let out a sigh of relief, wiping the cold sweat off her forehead. Pulling the covers back over her head, Dash closed her eyes and tried to get some sleep, little did she know that sleep was the last thing she would be getting that night.