Scootaloo's eyes slid open. Where ever she was, it was very bright, almost as if she was staring at the white light of the sun. She looked around, eyes still half closed. On either side of her were a blue and orange blotch. She closed her purple eyes and attempted to rub them. She suddenly became aware of something wrapping her left back leg, right front leg, and head tightly.

"Wh-What?" She spoke in an extremely raspy voice. It felt as if she hadn't used her voice in years.

Then the memories flooded back to her: the crash. The flailing. The wings. The curl. The legs. The rolling. Those 9 seconds, and then black. It felt as if she had just blinked and now she was in this bright room. She growled as she recalled how Snips and Snails were responsible for this.

As if cued by this thought, Snips's voice spoke up. "Are you awake, Scoots?"

So that must have been what the blue blotch was on her right, this meant that the orange blotch must've been Snails.

"What...?" Her eyes suddenly came into focus and she looked at the two colts. "You two... Why?" She tried to sit up, but when she did a shot of pain rushed down her spine, making her growl in agony. She turned her head to scan the room: she was in a hospital room.

"We're sorry!" The two colts cried in unison. She saw them put their heads on her stomach and felt their tears wet her belly.

"We didn't mean to hurt you!" Snails wailed, guilt in his voice. "It-It was supposed to be a prank!"

The depression in his tone made Scootaloo's heart break. "It-It's fine, g-guys," she attempted a light chuckle, but it fell flat. "Just... Just tell me what happened."

"Somepony told us," Snips sniffled, "to run in front of you," he gulped back another sob, "and stop your scooter with our magic."

"They said it would just be for fun!" Snails put his head back down, tears still rolling down his face. "They said it would be to help get you a cutie mark in crashing..." his voice now mellowed into quiet shame.

"Who? Who told you to do this?" Scootaloo asked, the sound of scraping in her voice.

"DIAMOND TIARAAAA!" They wailed, tears flowing freely down their cheeks.

Diamond Tiara did this to her? And the spoiled little brat didn't bother to see if she was okay?! Scootaloo began to tremble with fury, but she suddenly chuckled. Then again. And again. Until she was bellowing with hearty laughter.

"Ooooh," she wiped tears of laughter from her eyes. Her face turn serious and almost scary, "Where is she?"

"We... Don't kno-"

"BRING ME RAINBOW DASH!" Scootaloo screamed. This hurt her dry throat like a razor blade, making her start sobbing.

Snips and Snails were so terrified of the new Scootaloo, they bolted out of the room to get Rainbow Dash. She began to chortle, the world was now going to twist and bend in her favor. She would get Rainbow Dash to speak to Spoiled Rich, Diamond Tiara's mother, and get Scootaloo some money.

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"Scoots!" Rainbow Dash nearly busted the door off its hinges when she flew inside. "What happened?!"

Rainbow attempted to cradle Scootaloo, but this ignited a burning flame on Scootaloo's coat. "SNIPS AND SNAILS! DIAMOND TIARA!" Scootaloo wailed. She panted heavily before explaining in intense detail what agony she had endured and why.

In the middle of her and Rainbow Dash's conversation, a doctor walked in. He had a light brown coat and a jade mane and tail. His cutie mark was a bandage.

"I'm Doctor Willow. Are you feeling okay," he paused to look at his clipboard, "Scootaloo?"

It offended her slightly that the doctor forgot her name, but she assumed he had a lot of patients, she dropped it. "Yes."

"Hey, doc, can you call Spoiled Rich and her foal, Diamond Tiara, over? Diamond Tiara is responsible for Scootaloo getting hurt." Rainbow Dash's mouth sounded dry when she talked.

"Yes, I'll make a call to Spoiled Rich as soon as possible," the doctor turned back to Scootaloo, "but first I need to make sure this filly is okay."

"I already told you I'm fine," Scootaloo pointed out in a sassy tone.

"I know, but I need to check your body. Rainbow Dash, please go into the waiting room," he pointed to the door.

Doctor Willow checked over Scootaloo and made sure everything was wrapped appropriately. Then he turned his attention toward her mental health.

"I'm just... angry," she paused, "really angry."

"Bottling up anger isn't healthy, I suggest you write in a journal. That should give you something to do before Diamond Tiara and Filthy Rich are called over."

"What about Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo asked.

"Visiting hours are over, she'll have to come back tomorrow."

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Doctor Willow said I should write in this journal. The only pen I could find was pink so that'll just have to do. I'm kinda EXTREMELY peeved at Diamond Tiara.

She was the one that told Snips 'n Snails to make me fall off my scooter! And she didn't even have the decency to come visit me iat the hosp hawsp haspit doctor! I swear, I would do ANYTHING to get back at her.

Maybe I can get a cutie mark in revenge! Wait no... That's stupid. What would a revenge cutie mark even look like? Haha, I guess that idea is a bust.

Also, nothing is broken. Thank Celestia! But everything reeeeeally hurts and my friends can't even visit me until tomorrow! I feel like someone should do something just as bad and THIS to Diamond Tiara!

Maybe I should be that someone. But what would I do? Maybe just push her out of a tree or something. I could ask for help from the other crusaders.

Scootaloo closed the journal awkwardly because of the casts. She set it on the table by her bed and looked out the small window. It looked like it was night outside, so she assumed it was time to go to bed. Still uncomfortable, she closed her eyes and tried to drift off to sleep.

She couldn't think of anything other than what to do to get back at Diamond Tiara. She was disgusted by herself and how spiteful she had become. She shut her eyes tight and tried to think of her happy place. Slowly her body relaxed and she dozed off.

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Scootaloo had a wonderful dream about riding on a brand new scooter that Rainbow Dash got her and getting her cutie mark. She awoke just as she looked at her flank and saw the beautiful image plastered on her flank: it was a scooter that had a path of fire behind it. She recalled how, in cartoons, fast things would leave a trail of fire behind as they zoomed off screen.

"Hiya, Scoots," Apple Bloom shook her filly friend awake. Her tone was depressed and concerned as she stared at her once tough friend. "Didja get some sleep?" She giggled softly.

"Mmm? Y-Yeah," Scootaloo rasped as she attempted to stretch her arms and legs. She screeched when she stretched her wings, quickly remembering they were almost broken. "Heh heh, sorry."

"Anythin' you wanna talk about in particular?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Where's Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo inquired.

"Well, um..."

Apple Bloom side-stepped to show that Sweetie Belle was on a chair behind her. Tears were rolling down her cheeks when she saw Scootaloo in such a weak and frail situation. The white unicorn trudged up to the side of Scootaloo's hospital bed and looked over her friend.

In a hushed voice, Sweetie Belle said "You never even had a chance to fly. I asked a few doctors, they said you'd be able to ride your scooter and fly like that, but no real flying."

"Heh heh," Scootaloo laughed weakly, "don't be so dramatic, it's just a sprain."

"No, Doctor Willow never said that, you just assumed it. The bones are bruised."

Scootaloo's hopeful purple eyes turned dark with doubt. Sweetie Belle was right. Scootaloo would never be a Wonder Bolt. She would never be as good as Rainbow Dash. And who caused it all?

Bucking Diamond Tiara! She growled at the thought and shook with rage. She looked away from her friends, Don't worry, Diamond Tiara, you won't have such a BUCKING perfect life for long.

"S-Scootaloo?" Apple Bloom nudged her friend's shoulder with her hoof. "Equestria to Scootaloo?"

"Wh-What? Heh heh, sorry!" Her face lit up with a bright smile. "Anyways, I have an idea!"

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle exchanged glances, "What is it?"

"We should return the favor to Diamond Tiara as soon as I'm allowed to leave this darn bed," Scootaloo's tone was almost malicious, but Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle tried to ignore it.

"How do you suppose we do that?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"We could..."

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I tricked the other crusaders. I feel bad, but at the same time happy EXCITED!!!!

So the plan is to take Diamond Tiara's STUPID tiara and run up a tree. Then throw the tiara to the ground once she's up in the tree with us. Then we push her off of the tree.

I'm going to set up some kind of trap for Diamond Tiara to fall onto. Juuuust to make SURE she goes to the hosp haspet howspit doctor.

Author's Note

tl;dr