Not Alone.

The next morning Applebloom woke up and looked over to her friend wrapped in her new blanket and sleeping with a huge smile on her face. The earth pony trotted over to Scootaloo and gently began to shake her awake. Scootaloo was startled at first and cowered away covering her eyes with her hooves

“Please don't hurt me!”

She begged.

Applebloom chuckled

“Now why would 'a do that!?”

Scootaloo looked at her friend, the nightmares of the orphanage faded and she remembered she was safe..... and she got a mischievous glint in her eye...she suddenly jumped on to Applebloom who was so surprised she fell to the ground.

Apple Jack awoke to the sound of  the two giggling and laughing, she walked into the room to find Applebloom running after Scootaloo, who despite having a terrible limp and a glint of pain in her eye was beaming ear to ear and running extremely fast.

At the sight of Apple Jack, the two filly's jumped at her and the three ponies ended up on the floor in a heap of laughter.

“Now! Calm down!”

Apple Jack giggled and stood up, Applebloom jumped up and Scootaloo struggled to her hooves exhausted from the little game but laughing just as much as Applebloom.

After a quick breakfast of oats and apples,prepared lovingly by Granny Smith, the three began the short walk to the library, all the pony's would meet there.

Scootaloo limped quickly ahead chatting and squealing with excitement.

They walked along the dusty path into town, Scootaloo squealing at the site of places she recognised.

When they arrived however, Scootaloo became silent, she looked round to Apple Jack who smiled at her encouragingly.

Scootaloo looked down at all her injuries, and round to her small wings. She flapped them weakly, arranging her feathers to hide a large scar, she limply tried to hover but flopped back down to the ground with a miserable sigh. With her unbroken hoof, she tried to straighten her mane.

“Sugar cube, you don't have to worry so much. All they want is you”

Apple Jack gently told Scootaloo.

The pegasus gave Apple Jack a quick hug and took a deep breath, straightened her red scarf and pulled her goggles down from near her ears, so they hung around her neck, resting on the scarf. With one final look back to Applebloom who winked at Scootaloo.

Scootaloo opened the door.

“Scootaloo!”

Squealed a voice. Sweetiebelle! Scootaloo hugged her friend and Applebloom joined the embrace, the three fillies began to cry.

“Oh girls, why are you crying?! This is a party!”

Pinkie looked lovingly at the girls and began to tear up herself, although she didn't know why.

Rarity, flinched at the injuries still plainly visible on Scootaloo's small body, but closed her eyes for a second , once she had opened them they were brimming with tears, but she was smiling. Rarity didn't say anything but trotted up to Scootaloo. She touched the scarf she had made years ago, before embracing Scootaloo, the filly breathed in the lovely smell of perfume and felt the silkiness of rarity's mane, although she'd never admit it, Scootaloo would of liked to have hair like that, maybe even more than she wanted hair like Rainbow Dash's.  Rarity then presented to her some socks; purple, they matched her mane beautifully, Scootaloo carefully put them on, three of her hooves, and then grinned in remembering...

“Rarity! Sign my cast!”

She squeaked.

Rarity giggled and then signed three small diamonds onto the cast.

“ME! ME..... I WANNA SIGN IT!”

Screeched Pinkie.

Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetiebelle laughed out loud as pinkie pie stuck out her tongue in concentration as she signed three small balloons onto the cast.

Scootaloo waved at Fluttershy, who was sitting in a corner, a little scared of all the noise but her face brimming with happiness.

Spike shocked Scootaloo, He had grown, and now his head was in line with Twilights, she also noticed his voice was a little deeper.

“Hi Scootaloo”

Scootaloo laughed and he frowned at her and slouched his shoulders, but then smiled at the giggling filly, who was now laughing at Spike happily with Applebloom and Sweetiebelle.

Twilight Sparkle smiled Shyly at Scootaloo laughing with her friends.

“Hi Guuurls!”

She laughed jokingly, making the three fillys explode with more laughter. Twilight smiled and hugged all three and was pleased that she had made the girls laugh, she wasn't usually good at jokes.

Rainbowdash was sat at a table watching the whole time. It hurt her to look at Scootaloo. She had promised to look after her, to be like a sister, but she couldn't. She was taken away and Rainbowdash couldn't save her and now, from what Apple Jack ad Told her, Scootaloo was hurting.

But not any more.

Rainbow vowed to herself to be the best sister she could be.

Scootaloo limped up to Rainbow Dash, looking at the floor.

“H...Hi Rainbowdash”

She squeaked.

“Hey squirt”

Rainbow whispered back, smiling weakly.

Scootaloo looked nervous, and shuffled her wings.... she expected Rainbow would never want anything to do with her any more, I can't even hover any more, she thought to herself bitterly and the young pegasus turned to walk away.

But Rainbow stopped her.

She pulled Scootaloo into a huge hug, Rainbow didn't even care how uncool she looked, Scootaloo was more important.

Scootaloo started to cry, so did Rainbow Dash, soon all the ponies and spike were all in one huge group hug and crying. Crying with happiness at the return of their little friend, crying with sadness that they couldn't of helped her sooner, they thought she would be okay. Crying with her and hugging away each others pain.

“Hey squirt”

Whispered Rainbow.

“Yeah Rainbow dash?”

“Wanna go flying tomorrow?”

Scootaloo just hugged Rainbow even more tightly and Rainbow hugged back smiling at the filly

“Sure thing”

Scootaloo told her.

The day passed by, they all laughed and talked, The three young fillys made crusading plans and everypony was glad to be in each others company.

By eight o'clock though, Scootaloo was beginning to grow sleepy.

Twilight Sparkle suggested a sleepover.

The three crusaders grinned with delight.

“I WANNA STAY TOO!!!!!”

yelled Pinkie.

“I gotta stay, I have so many story's I need to tell Scoots”

chipped in Rainbow.

…...

Every pony had some reason they absolutely had to stay....

“...Fine”

Twilight sighed, and every pony cheered loudly, you could even hear Fluttershy among Spikes roars of delight and Sweetiebelle's giggles;

“...YAY!”