"You want me to find Scootaloo's birth father?" Starlight asked. "After much it took to gain your trust, you really expect me to just do it?" Starlight asked.

"How many times do I gotta apologize for that? I said I was sorry." Rainbow Dash said.

"Why not ask Twilight when she comes back instead?" Starlight argued.

"I'm asking you." Rainbow Dash said.

"Both of their highnesses are on that friendship mission, yes?" Pharynx asked.

"They are." Starlight said.

"Look, I really want to know who my biological father is." Scootaloo said.

"Please Starlight. If you won't do it for me, do it for Scootaloo. I'll buy you a super sized chocolate covered sunday from Sugarcube corner." Rainbow Dash said. Starlight's eyes went wide at that.

"With marshmallows?!" Starlight exclaimed.

"Yes, with marshmallows." Rainbow Dash said.

"DEAL!" Starlight said. "I'm going to need to borrow that journal of yours." She added and took the journal from Rainbow Dash and got right to work.

"Are you really just going to buy her such a treat?" Pharynx said as he and the two pegasi left the castle.

"I'm a Wonderbolt; I can afford to splurge every now and then." Rainbow Dash said.

"True. I heard you talked with Scootaloo's adopted parents a couple of days ago." Pharynx said.

"Yeah. They were fine with letting Scootaloo live with me and be at my place whenever I was in town. Whenever I'm away for long periods such as for a wonderbolt tour or whenever some bad guy shows up out of nowhere, they'll look after her." Rainbow Dash said. "They're good folk." She added.

"I was a bit worried they wouldn't let me be near Rainbow Dash ever again, but surprisingly they understood things." Scootaloo said. "It's like I have three moms now." She added. Rainbow Dash laughed.

"Wait a second, whose that?" Pharynx said, noticing an injured pegasus in the middle of the town square.

"LIGHTNING DUST? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER?!" Rainbow Dash exlcaimed and went over to the downed pegasus.

"R-Rainbow Dash? Is that you?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Gotta get you to the hospital; save your strength!" Rainbow Dash said.

"No...leave me...I deserve this..." Lightning Dust said.

"No you don't. I won't let you go out like this." Rainbow Dash said. "Pharynx, help me out here." She added.

"You have your reasons I'm sure. Alright, I'll help." Pharynx said.

"My brother did this...I deserve it...leave me..." Lightning Dust said.

"Stop saying that." Rainbow Dash said.

"Everyone, make sure to clear a path for us; we got an injured pony coming through!" Scootaloo yelled out.

"So, your brother did this to you?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"My brother is an abuser. It's why his wife left shortly after she gave birth to her baby girl. A pegasus filly I've heard. I don't know where they went after they left Cloudsdale." Lightning Dust said.

"You didn't deserve to die like that." Rainbow Dash said. "Listen, if you promise to get your act together, if you want, I can talk to Spitfire about giving you another chance at the wonderbolts." She added.

"You'd...do that for me?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Only if you promise to get your act together and stop being so reckless. I don't you doing what you did ever again." Rainbow Dash said.

"It'll...take me a few years but, I think I can handle that." Lightning Dust said.

"You just take care of yourself okay? I better not hear something like this happening again." Rainbow Dash said.

"Yeah..." Lightning Dust said.

"You sure you're doing the right thing?" Pharynx said.

"Hey, you're talking to the Rainbow Dash here. I'm sure Lightning Dust will come around at some point. I'm more concerned with that brother of hers. He really should not have done that." Rainbow Dash said.

"True. That was going too far." Pharynx said. The changeling and two pegasi left the hospital area, but were being secretly watched by a mysterious third Pegasus.

"So, just who is that orange filly following around that worthless Cyan Mare? That mare will pay for what she did to my sister. One way, or another." The pegasus stallion said.

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's Note

So this season is going to be mainly focused on Rainbow Dash and Pharynx's growing relationship as well as Rainbow Dash in general. Timeline wise, this season takes place between what would've been "To where and Back Again" and the start of Season Seven of the show. Reasons for this will become clear as the season progresses.