Scootaloo and Bronze: How It Began

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."