Scoota-Who?

As I promised myself yesterday, today is the day I meet up with Apple Bloom.

The walk from my house to hers was long, I guess I always used to take my scooter there, but now it's busy getting fixed, so the walk was much longer. I actually kind of enjoyed it. The scenery was nice and everything.

I saw an orange blur stampede towards me, and I braced myself for Sweetie Belle Take Two. But instead, the orange shape rushed straight past me and kicked a tree, sending twenty apples falling into baskets. The blur, now identified as an orange mare with a light yellow mane pulled back into a ponytail. "Um . . . hello, I'm Scootaloo, and I'm guessing your A.A..AP.P....LE. . . Jack"

I tried to stop my voice shaking, but when a mare that could probably bring down an entire tree if she wanted to, gives you a hoofshake, she gives you a HOOFSHAKE. "Darn tootin" Apple Jack grinned. "Apple Blooms in the barn, cleaning the equipment. If you hurry, yah'll can catch her before she goes into the meadow for bucking. You'll never catch her then. now shoo!" She made the' go away' gesture with her hoof.
Getting the message, I turned round and started walking towards the giant red barn.

I found Apple Bloom in there, her back turned to me, scrubbing at one of their plows, which was already almost finished. I cleared my throat "Apple Bloom" I said, nervously.

Apple Bloom froze, then slowly turned around. She dropped the rag she was holding and stared at me as if I was a ghost. "Um. . . Bloom, are you okay?" I ask, tilting my head.

"Am I okay! Am I okay! You died!" Apple Bloom started walking towards me on stiff legs.

"What?" I ask, confused. I had been called a lot of things, amnesiac, squirt,scoots, but dead? That's a new one.

"Yeah, it's been all over PonyVille. Sweetie Belle was crushed. I was crushed. They said when you got back you died of injuries. It was horrible. It was terrifying It was-"

"Just a rumor" I said. Maybe this explains why Rarity looked so shocked, and Sweetie Belles . . . extreme reaction to me. "It was just a rumor Bloom." Wait, when did she start crying? When did I start crying? I stared t the ground trying to hide my tears, when Apple Bloom enveloped me in a hug.

After a few minutes, another pair of hooves joined us, and I heard Sweetie Belle sniffling. I don't know how long we sat there, just crying and hugging, and if I'm honest? I'm not really sure I care.