Author's Note

This is a third Person P.O.V. chapter.

Chapter 4: Changes of a Changeling - Scootaloo

Scootaloo was doing a few flight maneuvers while Rumble and Rainbow Dash were watching her.

"I can't believe I'm doing this. This actually feels good." Scootaloo said. "I'll probably still scooter places, but I can actually fly now. That's the important part." She added.

"I'm glad I could help out so much. Hope your still up for hanging out at other points in time." Rumble said.

"Sure thing Rumble. And thanks for the help." Scootaloo said.

"Think nothing of it, Scoots." Rumble said before leaving.

"You really made it in the air Scoots. I'm proud of you." Rainbow Dash said.

"That means a lot Rainbow Dash. And thanks for taking care of me for so long. I can still stay at your place, right?" Scootaloo asked.

"Yep. My home's your home Scoots. Now and forever." Rainbow Dash said. "Listen, I'm going to be talking with Pinkie Pie. I'm sure she'll want to throw you a party over being able to fly now." She added.

"Yeah that sounds like Pinkie Pie alright. I'll head home and grab a few things." Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, you do that." Rainbow Dash said before flying off. Scootaloo flew off towards Rainbow Dash's home.

"This is the best day ever. I can't imagine how it could get any better." Scootaloo said.

Eventually, Scootaloo entered Rainbow Dash's home. Rainbow Dash had been nice to let Scootaloo stay there while Scootaloo searched for her family. Her real family. Just before the two ponies who adopted her left Ponyville, they had revealed that they had adopted her. And that they wanted her to find her real family. Rainbow Dash had offered to let Scootaloo stay with her for as long as it took the orange pegasus to find her real parents, going so far as to even build a scooter ramp for the filly.

Scootaloo smiled before she noticed that Rainbow's room was opened. "That's strange. Rainbow Dash usually keeps her door locked." Scootaloo said before heading inside. There, she found a journal with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark on it. "Is this perhaps Rainbow's diary. I suppose a small peak wouldn't hurt." Scootaloo said.

Celestia year 988, fourth day of Spring Moon

So, this is my first attempt at actually writing a diary. My parents got me this one after I got my cutie mark today. Guess it was their suprise. Though I couldn't find Fluttershy anywhere in Cloudsdale. I hope she's alright and that nothing bad happened to her.

Celestia year 988, third day of Rain Moon
Turns out Fluttershy is okay, but she did get knocked off of Cloudsdale and into some place called Ponyville. She says she's not mad at me, but I can't help but feel a little guilty for it. I told her that I promise her, that if I ever need a favor, I'll come to her. I hope that I never need it though. Still, flight school is starting to get boring. I wanna start doing some advanced stuff like the Wonderbolts do.

Celestia year 995, fourth day of Harvest Moon
Guess I'm not too keen on this diary thing. I don't know how much booze I had last night, but by Celestia do I have a massive hangover suddenly. That and I don't feel very well at all.

Celestia year 995, seventh day of Harvest Moon
Well I don't have got a hangover anymore. But I still don't feel very well at all. If this problem presists into next week, I'll go see a doctor.

Celestia year 995, fourteenth day of Harvest Moon
Just got back from the doctor's today. Turns out I was never sick. I've been pregnant this whole time. Great. A mare like me getting knocked up just as I'm hitting my teen years. Guess I must've been so boozed up the day before my dairy skip that I had some pony breed me. But what makes me really angry is that my parents want me to have an abortion. Buck that noise. I don't care if this child was a mistake. I ain't about to let them die before they can live just for that. No. This colt or filly is going to be my responsibility, and my responsibility alone. I won't let my parents take him or her from me.

Celestia year 996, third day of Spring Moon
For the past ten months, I've been at Fluttershy's house so my parents couldn't take my baby away from me. Fluttershy understood me perfectly. She says that it's part of me being me and me about to be a mother. I couldn't care less honestly. If I'm to be a mother, I wanted to be the best and most awesome mare at doing so dammit. Sadly, that was not to be. My parents somehow found me shortly after I had the kid and took her away from me. I only had time to give her a name: Scootaloo.

Scootaloo gasped. She remembered her parents telling her she was really born on the third day of spring moon once. Now she had a year to go with everything. But would this really mean that Rainbow Dash was her mother? Scootaloo read further.

Celestia year 996, third day of Summer Moon.
I can't take it anymore. I can't stay here in Cloudsdale while my baby girl is out there. I have to find her. No matter what. I'm moving to Ponyville and then starting my search from there. I don't care how long it takes. I'm finding my Scootaloo.

Celestia year 998, fourth day of Spring Moon.
That Orange Pegasus filly that calls herself Scootaloo. She looks almost like my own baby. But I can't be sure yet. I have to check things.

Celestia Year 998, eighth day of Spring Moon.
...It's her. It's my daughter. There's no doubt about it in my mind. But...she has such a stable family right now. The best I can do is pretend we don't have a relationship and support her from afar. That way, I can still be there for her.

Celestia Year 999, seventh day of New Moon
Just yesterday, the adopted parents of Scootaloo left town. And then she told me that she wanted to look for her real family after finding out she was adopted. It took everything I had to not tell her right there and then. I didn't know how'd she react to me dropping that bombshell. For now, I'm just going to play it cool and pray I can keep it together. But I know this: I'm not going to disappoint her. No matter what.

Celestia Year 1000, third day of Summer Moon
So the Summer Sun Celebration came and went, and now that I've become the element of Loyalty, I want now more than ever to tell Scootaloo the truth. But...I can't seem to do it. I want to, but I can't.

Sister Year 2, eighth day of Spring Moon
...I can't wait any longer. Not only did the wedding between Shining Armor and Cadence almost end in disaster last month and almost drove a permanent wedge between my friends and Twilight, but we just barely were able to stop King Sombra in time. So I've decided that I'm going to tell Scootaloo the truth tomorrow. No more hiding. I'm going to tell her at the party Pinkie Pie is no doubt going to hold for Scootaloo being able to fly. I don't even care if she hates me. But Scootaloo, if your somehow reading this, just know this: I've wanted to tell you the truth for the longest time. But please, don't hate me. I don't want to lose you. Not again. Never again.

Scootaloo dropped the journal right there and then. She knew the truth now. That entry was written just yesterday after all. But no matter what, Scootaloo couldn't be angry and Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo instead felt a sense of excitement and joy. The very mare she had looked up to this whole time was her own real mother. Scootaloo couldn't have anger. Even if Rainbow Dash hid it all this time, she wanted Scootaloo to have a stable life above all else, and Rainbow wanted to be as good as she could be for Scootaloo without revealing the truth.

"Scootaloo, are you ready for the party?" Rainbow Dash asked from the living room. She came into the room and saw Scootaloo had just finished the journal. "...Oh." Rainbow Dash said, bracing herself for hate.

...But instead, Scootaloo gave Rainbow Dash; her biological mother; a loving hug. "...I love you too mom." Scootaloo said.

Rainbow Dash smiled. "...I'm glad you don't hate me. I don't know what I'd do if you hated me." She added.

"I can't bring myself to do it. Your still too awesome. And you're still going to be awesome, mom." Scootaloo said with a smile.

A tear escaped Rainbow Dash's eye. "...I'll always be your mother, Scootaloo." Rainbow Dash said, pulling her daughter into a wing hug.

Outside, Fluttershy smiled and then flew down. "So, what's going on? When's Scootaloo coming for her party?" Applejack asked.

"I think, we'll be waiting for a bit." Fluttershy said.

"That's good. Because my Pinkie sense tells me that I'm going to have to do a bit of re-structuring because some pony found their birth mother today." Pinkie Pie said before rushing off.

"...Wait what? I don't understand. How on earth can Pinkie Pie know that of all things?" Amicitia asked.

"Want to know something I've learnt about Pinkie Pie the whole time I've lived here, Amicitia?" Twilight asked.

"What's that Twilight?" Pharynx asked for Amicitia.

"It's Pinkie Pie; don't question it." Twilight said simply.