Scootaloo was lead back into the gymnasium area where other foals from her pod were. She was followed by the twins as she plopped herself down in a corner. She curled up on the cold, hard ground and put her head on her forelegs. Bailey and Blaire glanced at one another before looking back at Scootaloo questioningly.

"What's wrong with you, newbie?" Blaire asked after a moment.

Scootaloo lifted her head off of her hooves. "My sister-"

"She was allowed to visit you?!" Bailey interrupted abruptly.

"Yes!" Scootaloo hissed. "Anyways, she isn't really my sister. Her name is Rainbow Dash and she was like my idol. She kinda accepted me as the little sister she never got. She alw-"

"Get to the point," Blaire commanded as she gestured for Scootaloo to continue.

"Right, well, she basically disowned me..." she put her head back down sadly.

"So what?" The twins asked in unison.

"So what?!" Scootaloo hopped to her hooves. "She was the only family I had! She was my idol! She was everything to me!" Her face was burning with anger.

Scootaloo was snapped out of her rage by the twins bursting into laughter. At first, she didn't understand why, but then she realized how stupid she looked. She was half their size and looked like an 8-year-old having a tantrum.

"Cool it, newbie," Blaire managed to say as she wiped her watery eyes. "Half of our family disowned us a while ago."

"Because we killed the other half."

"Over-statement, honey. Don't tell lies." Blaire teased as she poked Bailey's nose.

"Unlike you guys, I still have emotions!" Scootaloo growled, ignoring the last part.

"Do you now? What about that whole speech you told us about all the terrible things you did? I mean, pushing your friends out a window!" Bailey said in a patronizing voice.

"And attacking those poor officers like that!" Blaire continued, sounding as if it was an outrage to her.

"For shame!"

Scootaloo rolled her eyes. "I get it. I did all that for a reason, though! I'm the only moral one in Ponyville! You can't make somepony be nice just by asking them nicely or letting them off with a warning. They need punishment!" She sounded fired up.

The twins turned back to each other and exchanged puzzled looks. "Moral?" They questioned.

"Ugh! Nopony gets it!" Scootaloo groaned as she sat down and crossed her arms. "I just need to bring justice! I need to get out of here!" She was now whisper-shouting, avoiding alerting any of the armed stallions patrolling the gym.

"We could help you get out," Blaire said softly.

"R-Really? For... justice?" Scootaloo sputtered.

"Well, we need a more in-depth explanation of 'justice' and what you're planning on doing once you get out," Bailey stated.

"Remember when I told you about all the things I did to get in- well, of course you do. You just talked about it a minute ago." Scootaloo muttered. "Anyways, the officer I cut the wing and cutie mark off of is named Jay. He's so bucking perfect and I want his wings and cutie marks. I need to get them and have my stupid wings and cutie marks 'replaced'." She explained in a hushed voice.

"How is he perfect, exactly?" Blaire asked.

"He's pure white and his eyes are like crystals!" Scootaloo said.

"We've seen tons of white stallions before," Bailey rolled her eyes.

"And crystal-blue eyes are no rarity," Blaire added.

"No, no! It's like... he glows or something! And sure ponies can have crystal blue eyes, but they aren't as... perfect!" Scootaloo tried to explain.

"What's so special about his cutie mark, then?" Bailey inquired. She sounded skeptical but went along.

"It's this pure-white dove with an olive branch in its beak," Scootaloo described. Bailey gave her a confused look. "He said it symbolizes purity and peace."

"What if he's full of shit?" Bailey pointed out.

"Actually, I do recall hearing about dove and olive branch symbolism. I believe it was during the week you had the flu, Bai," Blaire explained. "They both do, indeed, represent things such as purity, peace, and devotion."

"Man, this stallion is pretty much a perfect angel, eh?" Bailey rolled her eyes.

"Not really... I think he's scared of me," Scootaloo replied proudly. "I digress, I need to get out. Pleeease help me!"

Blaire was about to say something when Bailey put a hoof to her mouth. "Wait, wait, wait... scared?! Of you?!"

"I think, at least. When I told him about how I had his life in a choke-hold and that if he didn't play along I would ruin his existence, I'm pretty sure he had a panic attack." Scootaloo smirked. Once again, the twins looked astonished.

"You made a grown, fully developed stallion..."

"Have a panic attack..."

"YOU'RE AMAZING!" They cried in unison.

One of the supervisors heard them and walked over to the trio. He studied the twins, then Scootaloo. "Ya'll keep it down now," he said to nopony in particular. Then he turned toward the twins again and snorted, "I got my eye on you."

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Rainbow Dash raced from inky-black cloud to inky-black cloud. A rainbow traced behind her as she hollowly kicked the clouds to oblivion. She channeled her anger for Spitfire, Scootaloo, and the divine being that allowed such savage creature to live in Equestria into each kick.

Spitfire watched over the pegasi that had no hope as they rushed from cloud to cloud. Her orange eyes were distant as she pondered what the pegasi should do. Maybe we should just evacuate Ponyville and Cloudsdale. Leave it to the wrath of nature. But where would everypony go? Sure, there is plenty of room for them, but what about the young pegasi? How will they learn to fly if they weren't in the sky? What about Sweet Apple Acres? They would lose so much money!

"Spitfire," Twilight said, snapping Spitfire back to reality. "What is your next move?"

"I... I don't know," she furrowed her brow, "I just don't know..."

"I should come up with a plan, I guess."

"Yeah, I'm just not cut out for things like that." Spitfire looked back out at the dark clouds.

"It's a... real mess out there, huh?" Twilight asked distantly. The scene was as bleak and depressing as all the wars and strifes were in her books. The difference was that now this wasn't just some past event she had no connection to, this was a very real, very present situation that was threatening her friends and subjects.

"Yeah..."

Twilight gasped. "DASH, OVER HERE!" She waved her hoof.

Rainbow Dash bolted to the cloud Twilight and Spitfire were standing on. "TWI!" She hugged the purple alicorn.

"Dash, I have some serious questions for you," Twilight gently pushed Rainbow Dash away. "It's about Scootaloo..."

"Wait, why do you want to know about her?!" Rainbow Dash growled. If there was one way Twilight could ruin a mood, it was her constant craving for knowledge.

"Well, she has affected three of the Elements of Harmony and I need to find out some things about-"

"Twilight, do you even care about how Rarity, Apple Jack, or I feel or do you only care about seeing the results about it?!" Rainbow Dash hissed.

"I supposed this must be anger. Just calm down, Dash. I'm not the bad pony here, I just need you to work with me for a minute." Twilight's tone was sympathetic, but Rainbow Dash assumed she was being condescending or patronizing.

"What do you mean 'this must be anger'?!"

"I've been reading up on the 5 stages of grief and-"

Rainbow Dash snorted and turned away. "How about, instead of reading up on some stupid stages of whatever, you start figuring out why these clouds are here!" She darted into the air and joined the other pegasi.

"She has a point, Princess," Spitfire added.

Twilight sighed and looked down at her hooves. "I've already tried! I've searched through every library in Ponyville and Canterlot! There has never been a record of storms of this nature."

"Maybe it isn't just science," Spitfire continued in a quieter tone, "have you noticed all the terrible things that have been happening? What if it's Discord or something?"

Discord... Twilight paused to think about it. Discord has changed. What if some other terrible being is attacking the peace in Equestria? Without any other words, she jumped off the cloud and began flying toward her home.

Author's Note

Twilight's boring to write lines for. Personality: Books... Spaz... NOTHING ELSE!