Starting over

It was a beautiful morning in Ponyville. The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming. All of the ponies are getting ready for a massive welcome back party and are eagerly awaiting the guests of honor. Suddenly a filly spots something off in the distance.

“Look, over there. I see something! It’s them, they’ve returned!”

She yells. Suddenly all of the ponies come running out of their homes to be able to see the guests of honor. They are amazed to see that they are riding on the backs of beasts that are made out of metal and walk on two legs, but run as fast as an earth pony if not faster. As they get closer, everypony is completely transfixed on the two ponies who are arriving. once they enter the town they slow down to a sluggish walk while they approach sugarcube corner. As soon as they reach the door of their destination, they turn off their machines, hop off of them,and walk into the bakery where they are met with a thunderous

“Surprise!”

From the many friends that had been waiting for their return. The expressions of the two ponies who were receiving the party had changed only slightly from no expression to a simple smirk as the Pegasus filly said

“Long time no see everypony. Did ya miss me?”

As her two closest friends run up to hug her they started asking questions rapid fire

“Where were you?”

“Why did you go?”

“Did you make any new friends?”

“Did you have fun?”

The returning friend simply looked her friends in the eyes and said

“You’ll find out, all in good time. For now, let's party!”

As she pulls out her party bazooka and starts firing it left and right. The colt that arrived with her simply smiles and walks out the door, however his departure is not unnoticed as a certain cyan mare follows him out. She sees him sitting up in a tree looking at the sunset with a look of longing in his eyes. Without turning around he speaks

“Miss Dash, I must warn you that attempting to harm me in any way will end badly for you.”

“What makes you think I would want to hurt you?”

“The fact that I talked your #1 fan and honorary sister into going on an adventure  across all of equestria where she earned fame, money, learned how to fly, and found her cutie mark without you. I would think that most ponies would be angry at me for even seperating them from their friend/family for even a week.”

“I was angry at first, but I learned that I just needed to be patient and wait for scoots to come back. If she did she did, if she didn’t she didn’t. I ended up learning that I was being selfish and needed to just let it go and that she needed to learn how to do her own thing. That's the thing about being in a family, even if your not related by blood, it’s hard to see your family grow up and leave you, even if they will come back to visit.”

“She loved all of the adventure and getting to have fun, while trying new things. She even has a good reputation among the other hunters. I convinced her to make her home base in Ponyville so that she can chill out and rest in between her jobs. She will be dropping out of school for this but she will be continuing her job as a bounty hunter. She reminds me of when I was younger and just starting out, except I didn’t have anypony to guide me to become who I am now, nor did I have anypony to return to. Cherish the moments you have with your family because they go by in a flash.”

Jonny says ending the conversation between them briefly before speaking again

“I’m going to be living here from now on and help scoots on her jobs, but only when she asks for it. If your friend twilight needs a captain of her guard though, let her know I would gladly take the job.”

Then he gets up and walks back into the party to attempt to socialize with the ponies there. When he walks in he instantly starts smiling as he sees Scootaloo holding Diamond tiara by her mane a foot off the ground while yelling at her for trying to ruin the party. When scoots finally puts Diamond Tiara back on the ground, she goes running, as if being chased by a timber wolf, all the way home.

“That was rather enjoyable.”

Says Jonny as he walks up to Scootaloo

“I’m glad you’re sticking up for yourself and your friends. What did she say this time?”

“She laughed at my friends for not having cutie marks yet. If there is a next time, she’ll get more than just a little scare, that’s for sure.”

“She’ll regret the day she messed with you. I bet she learned her lesson, or will try to get her dad to do something about you. Either way she’ll stop bothering you.”

“You got that right! Hey, wanna go outside and practice parkour?”

“Sure, I’m in the mood for some free running.”

Both ponies step outside and start stretching to get ready for an intense workout. Soon all of the guests from the party are outside watching to see what was going to happen. While they are stretching, Scootaloo's friend Apple Bloom sees Scootaloo’s cutie mark and says

“Whoa! Look at how awesome scoots cutie mark is! It looks so amazing! What is it though?

“It’s the symbol of the mandalorians, a proud race of warriors that were highly skilled in every aspect of being a bounty hunter. They are strong, fast, agile, and very intelligent. Their race is almost extinct now, and the few that know about them think of them as savages and lawless creatures of destruction. To have the mark of the mandalorians is very rare and only the most skilled ponies receive it as a cutie mark”

Jonny explains to Apple Bloom as Scootaloo finishes her stretches. Once they are both done warming up they ask for sweetie belle to start them off.

“Get ready. Get set. Go!”

She yells as they both start running off into the town, doing backflips off of buildings and running on rooftops until they get tired and stop to rest on a cloud. As they sit there they lay back as they are slowly overcome with fatigue and fall asleep.