Rainbow Dash's POV.
"See you next week, Rainbow Dash," Pearl said as she waved a hoof as we finished working with the other weather Ponies.
"See you, Pearl," I said with a smile as I took off, flying towards my Cloud Mansion. It had been a week since I had adopted Scootaloo, and it had been a pretty quiet week.
I came in for a landing in front of my house and was surprised to find Spitfire waiting for me.
"Private Dash, I'm glad I caught you at home," she said. "I heard about what happened and wanted to check on you."
"Oh, yeah," I said as I flexed my wing. "My wing's all better now, and Scootaloo is really settling in."
"That's good," Spitfire said with a nod. "So does this mean you're going to be ready for the Cloudsdale show on Tuesday?"
Cloudsdale show on Tuesday? Oh dang it, how could I have forgotten about that? I mean I had been distracted lately with Scootaloo, but still...
"Yeah, I should be ready by then," I said nervously, besides I knew the routine, I'd be fine, I hope.
"Good to hear it, why don't you bring Scootaloo with you? I'll bet she'd love to watch," Spitfire said as she took off.
"Yeah... I'll do that," I said, suddenly very nervous about the idea.
Truth was that I had never told my parents about Scootaloo, well except that she was a filly I had taken under my wing. They didn't know that she was my daughter, and I wasn't sure yet how to tell them.
So if I had to go to Cloudsdale with her and met with my parents, then I'd probably have to tell them. Maybe it would be for the best, she was family after all.
I shrugged and headed inside, I'd figure it out later.
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"Mom, I'm home!" Scootaloo said as she came into the living room where I was reading the newest Daring Do book.
"Hey Squirt, how was your day?" I asked as I set down the book.
"Great!" Scootaloo said with a smile as she got up on the couch next to me. "I learned some cool new tricks on my scooter and we played at Sweet Apple Acres."
"Glad you had fun," I said. "Hey listen, the Wonderbolts have a show on Tuesday in Cloudsdale..."
"Cloudsdale? That sounds great!" Scootaloo said happily, her wings buzzing. "I've always wanted to see Cloudsdale, and your shows are always awesome!"
I couldn't help but smile at Scootaloo's energy, I just had to hope that telling my parents would go easy. I pulled her close and nuzzled her gently.
"You'll love it, its awesome," I said with a grin. "Next week is a break from school, what do you say we go there a couple of days early and I'll show you around town?"
"Sounds great!" Scootaloo said happily. "Hey, maybe we can go by your old place, it would be cool to see where you grew up and meet the rest of my family!"
I paused to think about it, she wanted to meet her grandparents, which I understood. She wanted to know more about where she came from, I could get behind that, but I had to admit that I was really nervous about it.
"Mom, is everything okay?" Scootaloo asked as she looked at me confused. "I thought you'd be happy about it."
"I am, but, honestly..." I said and paused again. "I, never told them I had a daughter..."
"Oh," Scootaloo said. "Come on mom, it'll be okay."
I looked into my daughter's purple eyes as she looked at me pleadingly. She wanted to meet her grandparents, and this was probably the best chance we were going to get. I ruffled her mane and smiled. I knew that I had to take this opportunity now that I had it.
"Okay Scootaloo," I said with a smile. "We'll leave tomorrow, does that sound good?"
"Sounds great," Scootaloo said and gave me a hug. "So what's for dinner?"
I smile and we head for the kitchen to start getting ready to eat. I was just glad that we were a family, I just had to hope that we'd be able to keep it up.
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Cloudsdale, it had been awhile since I had come here to see my family. I came in for a landing in front of my childhood home with Scootaloo holding on to me tight.
"Here we are," I said as Scootaloo climbed off my back. "Cloudsdale."
"Wow, its so cool!" She said excitedly. "I want to see everything!"
"Later, I promise," I said as we headed for the front door. "Are you ready to meet your grandparents?"
"Sure am," Scootaloo said as I opened the door and I knocked at the door. After a minute, my mom Firefly, a pink Pegasus with a dark blue mane answered.
"Rainbow Dash, its so good to see you!" Mom said as she ushered us inside. "And who's this cute little filly?"
"I'm Scootaloo," Scootaloo said with a big smile on her face.
"Oh wow, Rainbow Dash has told us all about you," mom said. "I'm Firefly, its nice to finally meet you."
"Hey, is dad home?" I asked.
"Yeah, he's upstairs, I'll call for him," mom said and called up the stairs. "Blaze, Dash came to visit and she brought a friend."
My dad Rainbow Blaze came down the stairs and smiled when he saw us. After some quick introductions we sat down in the living room.
"So what brings you to town?" Dad asked.
"The Wonderbolts have a show the day after tomorrow and I'll be in it," I said, pausing for a moment, I had to figure out how to tell them this part. "Mom, Dad, there's something I should tell you."
"What is it Dash?" Dad asked.
"Well, uh, remember ten years ago when I spent that year in Manehattan?" I asked and they nodded. "I... had a child while I was there and gave her up for adoption. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
"Why are you telling us now?" Mom asked, I looked at Scootaloo for a moment.
"Mom, Dad... Scootaloo is my daughter," I said, my parents exchanged glances at that, not sure what to even say about that.
"Where's her father?" Dad asked.
"Ran off to Las Pegasus or something," I said. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."
"Dash, we're going to have to talk about this," Dad said. "Why don't you show Scootaloo your old room?"
"Okay," I said and headed up the stairs with Scootaloo.
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Scootaloo's POV.
"Is everything going to be okay?" I asked mom as we went upstairs.
"Don't worry Scootaloo, its going to be just fine," mom said, trying to put a reassuring smile on her face. "Your grandparents just need some time to talk is all."
"Okay," I said, I had hoped that would've gone a lot better, but it might not be that bad.
We stopped at the top of the stairs and mom pushed a door open to reveal a bedroom. There were posters of Wonderbolts lining the walls and plenty of memorabilia, I couldn't help but smile at that, mom really hadn't changed a bit from when she was a foal.
"Wow, nice room!" I said and jumped up on her cloud bed. "You really lived here?"
"Yeah, I did," mom said as she sat down next to me and put a wing around me. "Scootaloo, don't worry about it, mom and dad will come to love you as much as I do, I promise."
"I love you too mom," I said and nuzzled her. In all the years I had lived in orphanages, I could've only imagined what it would be like being part of a family like this.
I felt like the luckiest filly in the world right now.
"Dashie? Scootaloo?" Grandma Firefly said as she poked her head inside. "Can we come in?"
"Come on in," mom said as my grandparents came in. I suddenly became nervous, were they going to accept me?
"Rainbow Dash, we wish you had come clean to us before," Grandpa Blaze said.
"I'm sorry, I, just didn't know what to do," mom admitted. "You're right, I should've told you..."
"But what's important is that you told us now," Grandma said as she gave us both a smile. "Scootaloo, your mom has told us a lot about you, and we're happy to have you in our family."
"Welcome to the family Scootaloo," Grandpa said and the two older Pegasi pulled me and mom into a hug.
"Thank you..." I said softly.
This felt, nice, it felt like I was home.
