I never thought I'd be able to say this, but I think one day I really will learn to fly.
My name is Scootaloo. I used to be the laughing stock of all the young ponies, but now, I'm not even close to that. This is my story.
"Ugh!" I gasped, infuriated. I flapped my wings as fast as I could get them to move, but I didn't even come close to lifting off the ground. "Why can't I fly?"
Eleventh grade wasn't going exactly as I had planned. I was supposed to be flying by now...
"Scootaloo will never fly! Scootaloo falls from the sky!" A passing pony taunted me in sing-song voice.
"They're all right..." I said quietly to myself. "I'll never fly..."
I sat on my bed with my hooves over my head.
"Scoots," My mom had come in. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing really..."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Okay fine." I started. "All my classmates tease me because I can't fly..."
"Oh Scootaloo..." My mom came up to my bed and sat next to me. "When I was your age, I couldn't fly either."
"Really?" I quickly wiped off a tear that had been slowly making its way down my cheek.
"Yep. Everyone laughed at me too, but do you know how I got over it?"
"How?"
"I just thought, there are plenty of things I can do really well that they can't. Maybe they can fly, but you're great at riding that scooter!"
"I guess so... I can do a lot of things that they can't!" I had perked up a bit. "But it still doesn't feel good when they tease me..."
"I know honey, but just remember what I told you. You're great at so many things." My mom got up from my bed and went over to the doorway. "Now you get to work on that homework of yours and maybe you can go out for a little ride on your scooter."
"Okay mom." I picked up my pencil and got out my algebra book.
Bronze. He was the most popular colt in school. Every guy in the school wanted to hang out with him. Every filly dreamt that he would ask them out, or take them to the prom. And prom season was coming up, so the competition was crazy. I think I might have been the only pony who didn't try, because I thought he would never like me. Was I wrong.
"Hey Bronze!" Diamond Tiara popped up beside him as he walked down the hall.
"Uh, hi Diamond Tiara." He stepped away from her a little bit.
"How's it going?"
"Um, great."
"Did you do well at your flying competition yesterday?"
"Yep! Now I gotta get to class! Bye!" Bronze shot off like a rocket.
"I think he likes me!" Diamond trotted over to her friend, Silver Spoon. "He just so in awe of me he can't stand to be in my presense!" The two friends walked away, talking and laughing.
Second period was soon. I hurried over to my locker to grab my books.
"Oh hey! Look who it is! The pegasus who still can't fly!"
Diamond Tiara. I turned to face her. "I uh..."
"You'll never fly Scootaloo!" Silver Spoon sneered. "Never!"
"Leave her alone!" A voice came from behind me. Could it be...?
"I've had just about enough of you two messing with her! So here's how it goes- You mess with her, you mess with me!" Yes! Bronze! He flew up to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, glaring so hard I thought a hole would burn in their heads.
"Um, uh... We have to go!" Diamond Tiara hurried off, and Silver Spoon was close behind.
"Huh." Bronze snorted angrily. Then he turned to me. "You alright?"
"Yeah... I'm fine."
"I just couldn't deal with them any more. I see them everyday, teasing with you, and I finally decided to put a stop to it." Bronze picked up one of my books. I had dropped it when I turned around to see him. "And you know, who cares if you can't fly? I've seen you on your scooter. You're awesome!"
"Really? Thanks..." I blushed a little bit and took my book from him.
"Well I gotta go. I got history next." Bronze looked at his watch. "If they give you any more trouble, just tell me."
"Alright! Thanks!" I watched him fly off down the hall.
When I got back to my locker, I noticed someone had slipped a piece of paper through the slot. It read:
Hey Scootaloo,
Just wanted to let you know, if you really want to learn how to fly, I could teach you! I'm planning on starting a business!
-Bronze
Wow... I thought. Of course I want to learn how to fly! And to be taught by Bronze...
Speaking of Bronze, he was coming down the hall right now! I walked over to him.
"You've got your first customer!"
"Okay. So to have the proper take off, you need to know that you're a aerodynamic as possible. Tuck your wings back, but make sure they're ready. You're going to jump up as high as you can, spread them wide, and flap! But remember, not too fast, and make sure they're spread really good. Watch me first." Bronze shot up into the air and started flapping his wings.
"Now to land, you're going to let yourself drop as close as you can to the ground without touching it, and then let go." Bronze did it perfectly. "Now you try."
"Well okay... Here goes nothing!" I jumped in the air and desperately tried to flap, but just came crashing down, only to land on Bronze.
"Sorry..." I apologized sheepishly.
"It's alright..." Bronze tried to hide his smile.
One day, at our flying lesson, the unthinkable happened... I had fallen for the millionth time, and was of course on top of Bronze, when he said this to me.
"Scootaloo, I've been wanting to ask this to you for a long time. Will you go to the prom with me?"
"Yes!" I screamed. "I mean, that'd be great!"
"Alright! Awesome!"
I couldn't believe it! The most popular guy in school had chosen me! Why? Why we he ever choose me when he could have had someone cool like Diamond Tiara? When I got home, I could barely contain my excitement. I threw myself onto my bed and screamed into my pillow for ten minutes straight. Then, I got onto my laptop.
Scooter Pony
Hey guys! Guess what?
Little Apple
What?
Musical Master
What happened Scooter?
Scooter Pony
Bronze asked me to the prom! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Little Apple
:oooo!
Musical Master
OMG OMG OMG!
Little Apple
You are so lucky!
Musical Master
This is so cool! OMG!
Scooter Pony
i can't wait! OK I gotta do my HW now. See you guys tomorrow!
Little Apple
Bye! :)))) Good luck!
Musical Master
You should change your username from scooter pony to lucky pony! Bye!
Ah... I wish I had a camera the night of the prom... So I could have taken pictures of everyone freakin' surprised faces! Esepecially Diamond Tiara's! She and Silver Spoon almost exploded when they saw us. Diamond Tiara broke away from her dance and stormed up to us.
"Bronze! I can't believe you went with her!" she yelled.
"You got a problem with that?" Bronze put his hoof on top of mine.
Diamond Tiara obviously had second thoughts. "Um... No! Of course not! She ran back to the colt she was going with.
"Ha!" I snickered. "I wonder when our friends are gonna get here."
"Here they are!" Bronze pointed to the doorway where Apple Bloom and Rusty Bolt, and Sweetie Belle and Gleaming Sparks were coming in. Once again, Diamond and Silver's jaws dropped.
"Hey guys!" Bronze and I walked over to them.
"Hi!" Apple Bloom smiled. "This is awesome!"
"Yeah! It's so cool!"
"I know, right?" None of us had been to the prom before, last prom night, we had had a big sleepover.
"Let's go!" We headed over to the dance floor.
Bronze took my hoof.
"Just for the record Scootaloo, last year I wanted to ask you to the prom, but I just didn't have enough courage." he whispered to me.
"Really? I never thought you would..."
"I don't care if the other ponies don't think you're 'cool', because I know they're wrong. They're all just losers. You're awesome, and they're missing out on a lot, being so mean to you."
"Thanks. I never thought I'd be here. You're the best Bronze. You've done a lot for me."
"It was nothing really. Actually even, further back, even when we were in middle school, I had a crush on you."
"Bronze, I never thought I did like you at all. I guess it's cause I thought I'd never have a chance with you. But I do. I'm glad I was wrong... I really am..."
It was three days after the prom. I was getting my notebook out of my locker, when I saw Diamond Tiara coming up to me alone.
"Where's Bronze?" she hissed, looking around nervously.
"He's not at school today." I replied simply.
"Really?"
"Yep. He's visiting a family member who lives far away."
"Okay... Good." she smirked. "He's not here to protect you... Why, did you steal him?"
"I didn't! He asked me to the prom himself. I didn't pressure him at all! Think about it, would I do that to him?"
"He was supposed to go with me..."
"Look, how do you know that?"
"I just do." she sneered angrily. "Why would he want to go with a loser like you?"
"You know what Diamond Tiara?" I suddenly felt brave. "I think you, should stop picking on people, because in the real world, you can't make a living out of that. I think you, should totally reconsider calling me a loser, because the definition of loser, is someone who's not a good person. And maybe you, should think about what you've done to me, my friends, and a bunch of other ponies all these years. And I don't want to be a bully myself, but the only loser around here is you." I grabbed my notebook and walked away from her.
"Woah," Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom had come up. "What happened to you?"
"I'm standing up for myself, and you guys too." I told them.
"We know, and it was awesome!" Apple Bloom cried. "But how were you able to do that?"
"I just couldn't stand it any more. I got really angry... And bam, I did it."
I felt great. I had just stood up to Diamond Tiara. The day flew by, and I went home and happily did my homework. Not best day ever, because the best day ever was when Bronze asked me to the prom, but something close to that. I was relaxing on my bed when I got a text.
Hey Scooter,
I was on Whinny just a few minutes ago, and Diamond Tiara had posted something- something about you whats going on?
I replied.
Hey Bronze,
She was bullying me so i stood up to her. Finally. What did she post?
Then I got this:
Here's the link:
I tapped it and it took me to Whinny. I saw Diamond's post and I read. It said:
OMG guys! That brat Scootaloo called me a loser!
I wanted to growl, but then I saw this comment:
Tiara, Scootaloo is not a brat. I saw what happened in the hall. You called her a loser and you were being a bully she was just standing up for herself.
I saw the comments lined up after that.
Yeah!
She's right!
You're just mean!
You bullied me all the time!
I was so happy. Just by me standing up for myself, I'd gotten all the other kids to show her how mean she was being. Maybe she would change. Maybe, someday.
When I went to school the next day, Diamond Tiara completely ignored me and everyone else, except Silver Spoon, who still followed her around like a puppy dog. I didn't care though. Plenty of my classmates wanted to sit with me, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle at lunch. And Bronze was back, so I was in a pretty good position. But the thing that happened at my flying lesson was the highlight of the day.
"Okay, so you need to make sure your wings are still spread out. You need to be able to glide and-" Bronze was interrupted by a barking sound.
Bronze and I turned our heads to see a German Shepherd dog sitting obediently on the field, looking at us. Fluttershy came flying by.
"Oh Jasper... Naughty puppy." she flew over to him, but he was already running over to me. He jumped up at me.
"I'm so sorry about this. I'll just take him back to my house." the animal lover pegasus tried to pick up the dog.
"No, it's fine..." I said. "Jasper? That's his name?"
"Yes... I found him running around the Ponyville square with no tags, a while back. But he escaped..." Fluttershy explained. "I think he likes you..."
"Yeah..." Jasper was still running around me. "He's pretty cool. After the lesson I'm gonna check with my parents- I want to adopt him!"
"Oh that's great! He's been needing a home forever... I'll take him back to my house, and if your parents agree, just come by!" Fluttershy grabbed Jasper and flew off.
"I hope my parents let me have him."
I ended up getting Jasper. I was super happy. Me and Jasper went everywhere, and he became best friends with Bronze's Dalmatian, Callista. One day, we were out for a walk in the park with our dogs.
"Jasper and Callista seem happy to be here." I remarked.
"Yup." Bronze agreed. "Look at them!" The two dogs were running all over the place.
"Oh hey! Check it out! The new bridge going under the waterfall is open!" I pointed to a sign near the waterfall.
"Cool! Come on!" Bronze cantered to the bridge and stepped onto it. He was about half way across, when there was a snap. He looked around... And the bridge fell.
"Oh no!" I galloped over to the edge of the cliff. "Bronze!"
"It's okay!" He caught aloft and was flying back up when a huge rock came hurtling down, straight towards him.
"Bronze! Look out!" The rock hit him right on the back. "NO!" He started to fall down... And I got ready... Ready to jump.
"Scootaloo! NO!" he urged. He saw what I was about to do. And I did it... I jumped.
I tucked my wings back and shot down towards him. Almost there... And just before he hit the water, I caught him... And I flew... I spread my wings out. I flew up... Yes! I was flying! I carried him up, all the way to the top of the cliff.
"Scootaloo..." he murmured. "You flew... You saved me!"
"I almost lost you there..." I hugged him.
"But you flew! You flew!"
"Yeah... I did! I flew!" I shot up and did a loop in the sky.
A bunch of ponies had gathered around us, including my friends.
"Woah! You can fly!" Sweetie Belle gasped.
I landed in front of them. "Yup... But... It only happened because Bronze fell. I couldn't let him just..."
"Scootaloo, you saved my life..." He put his hoof on my shoulder.
"I would never let you go Bronze... Never let you fall..." I told him.
"Neither would I..." Bronze smiled.
I learned how to fly pretty well... I could do loops and twirls, and after Bronze had gotten better, we flew everyday together...
We were soaring over the treetops, at sundown. The sky was pink, purple and orange.
"Scootaloo..." Bronze put his front hooves on my shoulders. "I love you."
