Aided stars

Stirling

Cover Art by Lovely Sox

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Celestia and Luna left the castle at first light, in fact Celestia raised the sun a few minutes before it should of, but first they looked to Twilight for an answer. They flew to the crater, but saw Twilight there already prepared for asking Fluttershy questions, they hid themselves and listened.

     Twilight flew to the crater, Fluttershy was curled up around it, curious, but obviously fearful. Fluttershy saw Twilight and spread her wings taking flight trying to reach Twilight for an explanation of the crater.

     "Twilight, how is that thing here? Where did it come from? I need to know!" Fluttershy's quiet voice and her panic seemed to make the situation all the more weird. Twilight shook her head saying she had no explanation, Fluttershy just decided to hyperventilate.

      "Hey Fluttershy did you see anything last night? It might help me with this crater," Twilight asked calmly, Fluttershy nodded frantically.

      "I saw a... a foal, or filly she was pink and I think I saw... no, I did see Scootaloo, she took the filly." Fluttershy explained, Twilight gritted teeth anxiously. Scootaloo had no idea what she was getting herself into.

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The young filly opened her eyes to being stared at by an orange pegasus filly, she had a frightening smile which quickly caused her to shiver.

      "Hey are you ok?" Yet the foal ran to the wall terrified. "Umm.... hello? Are you ok?" The filly stared at her and shook her head.

     "I... I-I can't go to my sisters... please don't make me do it!" The filly shivered and started whimpering, Scootaloo tilted her head. She looked back and forth nervously before she gulped and asked.

      "Sisters?" She tried to get closer to the filly so she didn't try to run and cause commotion, or avoid the question. The filly flinched and answered briefly

     "Them... they are," she pointed to a poster with Celestia and Luna on it.

     "Celestia and Luna," she turned to the filly, "Those two are your sisters?" The filly nodded, and she got up hesitantly. "I won't if you stop being scared," the filly looked up more than confused, she then let out a slight giggle followed by a soft smile and curled up by Scootaloo.

      "My name is Stirling by the way, what's your name?" She said as she closed her eyes.

      "Scootaloo," she flatly said as she curled up by Stirling, feeling her eyelids go heavy, yet Stirling was half asleep. Scootaloo then asked her a question without thinking.  "What are you?"

      "A filly, an alicorn, the younger sibling of Tia and Lula, the pri-"

      "Lula?" Scootaloo asked curiously she knew Tia is a nickname for Celestia, but Lula was a different name.

       "Lula, she is the princess of the moon, and Tia, the sun." She yawned and closed her eyes.

       "Got it, Luna is Lula..." she tried to shake the tiredness from her eyes and looked out to see its dawn yet she still fell gently asleep.

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Celestia and Luna were familiar with the filly known as Scootaloo, they both felt their blood boil and they took flight and made their way to the parents of Scootaloo. Celestia described the information and a way not to bring concern, the only answer that they got from them was the clubhouse, yet Luna saw the clubhouse in her dream walking experiences. And they both led themselves to the filly they had long forgotten, but now wish they hadn't.

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Twilight saw the princesses and decided to back down, but she let her curiosity get the better of her and run under the shadows as they flew above her, once they were given direction to go to the clubhouse Twilight shuddered. She didn't want Applejack to take part in this, she wouldn't even understand it either, yet she decided to try to make it to the former cutiemark crusader's clubhouse before they did.

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Scootaloo woke up to the filly she was resting by missing, her eyes widened in panic. Then reality hit her, the royal sisters had found her, she squirmed and looked out the window to just reveal a concerned Apple bloom running at a great speed.

     "Scootaloo what is happening?" Applebloom bellowed as she reached to clubhouse steps.

     "I want to know that!" Scootaloo screetched with great concern.