Rainbow Dash spent the rest of the night searching for the filly.

"SCOOTALOO!!! SCOOTALOO!!!!!"

Her screams became louder as she became more impatient. She was fast for a little one, and with the dim light from the moon she could barely see a thing from up above. Eventually she gave up and went home. She stayed up almost all night tossing and turning, thinking about the poor little filly. Why did she run away from me like that? she thought. She never does that, especially not to me! She kept tossing and turning in frustration, trying to figure it out. That's it. Tomorrow, I'm investigating.

As soon as she saw the sunlight pour through her window, she dashed out the window in desperation. She rushed over to Applejack's barn, keeping her aim near the front door. She then noticed the little filly Apple Bloom, Applejack's younger sister who was a good friend of Scootaloo's, getting prepared for her daily chores.

"APPLE BLOOM!!!" she shrieked. Almost crashing again with her sudden landing. Gotta work on that.

The yellow earth pony was startled by Rainbow Dash's boisterous introduction. "Ummmm...hello?"

"APPLE BLOOM!" Rainbow Dash yelled throwing herself towards the filly grabbing her by the face. "What's with Scootaloo?!?!"

"Huh...?" Apple Bloom questioned, not having enough time to comprehend Rainbow Dash's outburst.

"What's UP with Scootaloo?" the pegasus asked with pleading rose eyes you just couldn't say no to.

"Well..." Apple Bloom started with a guilty face. She promised Scootaloo she would never tell anypony and so did Sweetie Belle. And since her sister is the element of honesty, she wanted to continue in her hoof steps. But should she lie to Scootaloo by breaking her promise or lie to Rainbow Dash to keep that promise?

Rainbow Dash became more serious. "I understand you being worried or upset but it's okay! The right thing to do is to tell the older pony. You can trust me! I am the element of loyalty after all." Rainbow Dash ended with her usual ego stroking. Apple Bloom gulped and decided to do the right thing and continue.

"Ya see," she started. "Scootaloo's been havin' a lotta trouble with'er family lately...her parents." She hesitated again, but then continued. "She said they are always mean and don't care that she exists just because of any injury as a baby that hurt her wings." She began to hic with tears in her eyes. "Sh-She says that they never wanted to help er, and just don't care...sometimes she thinks she was better off without 'em."

At this point both ponies had tears spilling down their faces. They held each other in a tight hug and then Rainbow Dash had said "Thank you," and flew away.

Apple Bloom stared up at the rainbow pegasus speeding away.

"What is going to happen to her?"

...

Rainbow Dash had spotted Scootaloo sitting in her house with a grim look on her face. She scooted closer to the window to see what was going on. She heard a screaming voice from an unfamiliar pony. Soon Scootaloo started screaming back, and a loud crash was heard. Rainbow rushed over to the window and was horrified by what she saw.

Scootaloo had bruises on her hooves that she was covering in fake makeup. She had a black eye that she was examining in a mirror. Rainbow Dash had heard her mutter "Just do what they say and you won't get hurt anymore." tears spilled down her face and she looked up to close her blinds only to see the blue mare herself standing there.

"RAINBOW DASH?!?!" She screamed in horror.

Oh no, she thought. What do I do now?

Author's Note

This chapter was kind of sad but it will get much better trust me! I just needed to get the backstory part out of the way! So, what do you think so far? Let me know!