Flightless

-A New Life

"Wow! That was awesome Rainbow Dash!!" Scootaloo bounced about in her chair as Rainbow returned, wiping her sweaty face dry with a towel.

"Thank's kid." Rainbow once again rustled through the young girls short hair and got a few giggles to escape her little mouth.

"R-Rainbow..." Fluttershy turned up her head and lifted a hand to her face.

Rainbow Dash continued to listen to Scootaloo praise her. She had no idea that Fluttershy had even spoken up. Fluttershy's head tilted slightly as she tried to move into Dash's view, but she was suddenly stopped by Scootaloo's shouts once again. The shy girl turned her head downwards, and she kept her small fist against her lips in an awkward manor.

"I want to be just like you!" Scootaloo lifted her arms high up and a fit of laughter came from her. Rainbow smiled warmly at the little girl and then turned her attention to the quiet Fluttershy.

"What's wrong?" Rainbow's voice was filled with concern as she noticed Fluttershy's expression. The rainbow haired girl made her way over to her young lover and lifted her head up with a tender hand to her chin.

"I need to ask you something..." Fluttershy tried to avoid Rainbow's pink eyes but it was nearly impossible. They were too arousing to look away from.

"Ask me anything!" Rainbow reassured her girl and wrapped her arm around Fluttershy's skinny waist. A small squeak chimed from her soft pink lips at Rainbow's sudden half embrace. Her hand still covering her mouth, she turned her large eyes to Scootaloo.

"I want her..." Fluttershy stopped mid-sentence.

"What?!" Rainbow swiftly turned her head to her lover in confusion. Her eyes were large and her chest pumped at Fluttershy's words.

"I want her...for us...I mean...Could we...um...adopt?" Fluttershy let her words fall into a faint whisper. Scootaloo wasn't able to hear what Fluttershy was saying, and even if she had, she was probably too young to understand.

Rainbow's eyes began to decrease in size, yet her confused look remained painted across her face as she tried to put together what Fluttershy was asking.

"Adopt?" Rainbow Dash leaned in towards Fluttershy's ear to make sure Scootaloo wasn't able to hear her as well.

Part of Rainbow wished that she had misunderstood what Fluttershy had said. She wasn't really up for responsibilities like that, not yet anyways. Would she really be able to take care of a little ten year old girl? Did she even want to? Rainbow had no clue what it was like raising a child, especially a child like Scootaloo. Sure, she loved the kid, but was she really up for a task like that?

Even though Rainbow hoped she was wrong, she watched as Fluttershy nodded her head. She was indeed serious about adopting Scootaloo.

"She needs a family. She needs us." Fluttershy pulled Rainbow against her side and rested her head atop her muscular shoulder. Her sparkling aquamarine eyes wondered to the confused Scootaloo. She looked back at the two with questioning eyes, but Fluttershy could see closely that there was a slight curve in the corner of Scootaloo's lips.

The tall pale girl let a smile form over her face as she looked at Scootaloo. Fluttershy knew deep inside that Scootaloo knew exactly what they had just said. Her mischievous smirk revealed it all that Scootaloo was much smarter than she appeared to be, and Fluttershy was actually excited for what would come from all this.

However, Rainbow Dash looked straight beyond Scootaloo and she stared ahead. A lump was stuck in her throat, and it was beginning to dry up causing her to have a scratchy feeling. Her heart was racing faster than she had ever ran before on track. Her face was sweating all over again, but she couldn't use her towel for she had already dropped it onto the ground.

What am I getting myself into?

Three Months Later

"Scootaloo will you please slow down!" Fluttershy quickly ran passed shoppers as she tried to catch up with the speeding wheelchair.

Scootaloo kicked her leg hard against the dirt path, causing her to come to an abrupt stop. Fluttershy, finally catching up, put her hand over Scootaloo's shoulder. Her chest was pumping wildly with excitement and adrenaline as she turned her sweaty face to her tall, beautiful mother. Her eyes were lit up with happiness as she watched Fluttershy smile to her.

"Wasn't I fast?!" Scootaloo lowered her eyelids and attempted to flip her short hair.

"Yes, you were too fast for me." Fluttershy giggled and patted down a few stray hairs on Scootaloo's magenta head.

Nothing made Fluttershy more happy than spending time like this with her newly adopted daughter. Other than being with Rainbow Dash, time with Scootaloo was like complete happiness for her. Fluttershy would have never known what kind of feeling this was inside her chest unless she had made the decision she had made, and she was so glad that she did.

"We still need to get a few more items though..." Fluttershy lowered her eyes to the list clutched in her dainty hands. She read along the items that they still needed to get for dinner.

"Well lets see here...we need..."

"Hey guys." A slender girl with radiant purple hair called out. A book was clutched in her left arm as she made her way over to the two.

"Twilight, how are you?" Fluttershy smiled at the bookworm.

Twilight had always been pretty close to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. She was one of their friends that they were always hanging out with and she was most definitely the most mature. Although she was sometimes too uptight for them, she did know how to loosen up every once in a while. Being friends with Twilight was almost an honor in itself though. Everyone around here knew that Twilight was a priestess to the Sun Goddess. However, none of them treated her in any special way. To them she was just another great friend and person to be around.

"I'm doing just fine. It seems that you and Scootaloo are doing alright as well?" Twilight adjusted her thin glasses, and with a warm smile she greeted Scootaloo as well.

"We totally are! Rainbow Dash is going to cook us supper tonight!!" Scootaloo rambled about in her chair and she was clearly excited about trying out Rainbow's cooking.

Twilight looked surprised at what she had just heard. She tried to look happy for Scootaloo's excitement, and she forced a smile across her face. She turned her eyes up to Fluttershy who was now looking down in embarrassment.

"Rainbow cooking? That should be...interesting." Twilight lifted another arm up to her book and held it in the center of her chest as if it were something very special to her.

"Well...yes..." Fluttershy smiled softly, yet her cheeks were a burning red.

"Well, I was just on my way to Rarity's. She had some special robes made for me when I go to Canterlot next week." Twilight said as she looked back down to the ever so happy Scootaloo.

"Oh? What's going on up there?" Fluttershy looked down to the much shorter Twilight. Her large eyes glistened with interest.

"I've been summoned by the high priest. Something about prayer....the usual." Twilight threw one hand in the air and waved it around as if she smelled something repulsive. With her eyes shut she gave an annoyed and bored look. She obviously wasn't too excited about her needed prayers.

"Well I hope that it goes well for you..." The shy girl tried to move the conversation into a more lighter direction. She could tell that her friend wasn't too happy about her trip, but she wanted her to at least make the best of it.

"You're too kind, Fluttershy. Well, I better get going. Rarity doesn't like to wait too long." Twilight continued her walk, but she turned around to wave goodbye.

"Bye bye Twilight!" Scootaloo waved her arm about in the air as she said her farewell to her mother's friend. Her eyes soon turned up to Fluttershy who was still looking out in Twilight's departing direction.

"Don't we need to get the rest of the supplies for Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo tried to bring Fluttershy's attention back to what they were doing before. Fluttershy quickly shot out of her day dream and looked back down to her forgotten list.

"Oh yes, of course!"

"It's about time you two got home." Rainbow Dash greeted the two at the entrance of Fluttershy's secluded cottage. She gave a quick kiss on Fluttershy's cheek before letting them enter.

Scootaloo stuck out her tongue slightly to Rainbow Dash's affection towards Fluttershy, but she soon forgot all about it once she smelled the strange aroma coming from the nearby kitchen.

"What is that?" Scootaloo's face was taken aback by the smell and she covered her face with both her hands.

A small faint giggle came from the athletic girl. She scratched the back of her rainbow hair as she turned to the two confused ladies before her. Fluttershy's face looked at her calmly as she already knew Rainbow's cooking would turn out to be a disaster anyways.

"Well dinner might be a little later than expected..." Rainbow turned her flushed face to her girlfriend who had already began making her way into the stingy kitchen.

"Maybe if you could..."

"I got it." Fluttershy cut Rainbow off as she walked over to the mess that Rainbow made. Pots and pans were laying about, and unknown food items were splattered about the walls and cabinets.

Rainbow's face fell into remorse as she fully realized what a mess she made in Fluttershy's kitchen.

"I'm sorry, Flutters." Rainbow tried to apologize, but Fluttershy waved it away.

"Don't worry, Rainbow. It's alright. You just go play with Scootaloo. I can handle dinner tonight." Fluttershy turned around and reassured her lover with a soft smile. Her eyes sparkled with glee as if she wanted to cook for them. Rainbow had a feeling that Fluttershy enjoyed to see them eat her food. Who wouldn't love the feeling of success that someone other than yourself enjoyed something you made for them. That was probably a wonderful feeling.

Rainbow turned her head downwards in sorrow at the thought of it. Would she ever be able to feel that accomplished feeling of making someone else happy with a simple act? That's exactly what Rainbow wanted to achieve by making them supper. She wanted to cook something nice for them. They were after all very special girls to her. The best.

"Come on Rainbow! Let's go play while momma' cooks!" Scootaloo tugged at Rainbow's sleeve.

Rainbow's heart stopped at this point. Momma'? Did she just call Fluttershy momma'? Rainbow wasn't sure how it made her feel. She wasn't exactly sure how she felt about that. Scootaloo considered Fluttershy her mom? Then what was Rainbow Dash to her? A friend? An idol? An athlete? What was she?

Rainbow looked down to the joyful young girl. She had never felt this way about someone before. It wasn't necessarily love, but then again it was. It was a different kind of love though. Not like the love she felt for Fluttershy. It was something much purer then that. Something more innocent. Was this how a mother felt about her children?

For some odd reason, knowing that Scootaloo didn't think of Rainbow Dash as a mother made her heart sink low. She felt somewhat hurt. What am I to her?

Rainbow let a fake smile slip in over her lips as she nodded her head slightly to Scootaloo.

"Sure. Let's go play."