Lucky Leaves

Clover dashed forward, always in the direction that her pendant pointed her in.

For a moment, she halted. She looked back at her shadowy wings. "Oh. Right." She had completely forgotten that she had those.

She gave them a couple of test flaps. She almost felt like she had had them for years. Flapping a bit harder, she took to the air with what felt like practiced ease. Her Joke was still helping.

"Hey!" A small voice rang out, startling Clover into landing suddenly.

"Sorry." said the filly. "I thought you were an Earth Pony before. Why can YOU fly!? And what's with the armour?"

Clover sighed and (surreptitiously) rolled her eyes. "It's just you, Scootaloo. That's a relief." She put a hoof on Scootaloo's withers. "Scoots, look. This is just magic. I can only do this because I have something important to do. Let me put it this way: Pound Cake can fly; Zipporwhill can fly; Bulk Biceps can fly. We're going to get you there."

"You think so?" The orange filly said, with the puppy-dog look.

"I KNOW so." Clover said, with confidence. "Never give up on that. If you want, maybe I can give you a boost? Or maybe just a ride? But I am on a mission, so I can't bring you all the way."

Scootaloo smiled. "I would like that."

"Hop on."

The little Pony did so. Clover again took to the air. "I would tell you to hang on, but somehow I don't think that will be a problem."

She started to speed up. Soon enough she was going at a fair clip. it was enough that Scootaloo was getting excited.

"WHEEEEE!"

Clover smiled. She wasn't as fast as Rainbow Dash, by any stretch of the imagination, but both seemed to be okay with that.

Scootaloo started to buzz her own wings. "You're flapping too hard; too fast. That might be part of your problem."

The orange filly slowed down significantly. She could feel the wind calling to her. Closing her eyes, she felt for the energy that was inherently part of all Pegasi. She could almost feel herself flying already....

"That's it! Keep it up!" Clover encouraged.

Scootaloo did so with pleasure. The wind in her feathers, flowing past her body...

"Open your eyes! But keep going, whatever you do."

She did. She had floated off of Clover's back. She was FLYING! A HUGE grin nearly split her face, her eyes sparkling with joy.

Clover saw her destination. It was greatly dark there. "See that? I'm going there. You should return to Ponyville. Keep practicing! Soon you might be able to surpass your idol."

Concentrating a bit harder, she increased her speed, as Scootaloo turned for home.

Clover smiled smugly. She was able to teach Scootaloo what the fastest Pegasus was not.

'I can hardly wait to rub that in Rainbow Dash's face.'

She sped for the dark patch that defied the noon sunlight.