Teaching Scootaloo to Fly
Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were standing on one of the lower clouds in the sky. Scootaloo looked over the edge nervously and then looked up to Rainbow Dash for guidance. She wasn´t sure about giving this a try, but since she was this close to Rainbow Dash, she’d build up more confidence within herself. Of course she had courage! But to admit weaknesses in front of her heroine wasn´t that easy for her.
“Go on. Just jump and then use your wings and try to fly” Rainbow Dash told Scootaloo. She knew that the little mare had some difficulties to overcome her fear.
Scootaloo always wanted to make a good impression on her, but it was just ok. “But, what if I fall to the ground?” Scootaloo asked, fearing the height. Just by looking down made her feel dizzy and the feeling of butterflies in her belly made her crazy. With a small jump she hid behind Rainbow Dash who had to chuckle a bit.
“Do you really think your big sis would let that happen to you?” she replied. "Never! We’re a team, and we can do anything together! Just remember how you beat the fear about the headless horse? Just concentrate a bit, take a bit breath and do what you dreamed about!" Rainbow Dash said, giving the filly a bit advice about her emotions.
“I guess you’re right Dash,” she answered a bit shaky on her hooves. But since she made a promise, she would do anything to keep it in front of her hero. She trusted Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo moved towards the edge and jumped off. She tried to user wings to go steady and fly, but instead ended up flailing. The wind pressure was just too much, and her little untrained wings couldn´t bear her weight. Rainbow Dash darted down and caught her before she even came close to hitting the ground.
“What’d I tell you?” Rainbow Dash asked with flare. She had confidence that Scootaloo could do it, but perhaps the missing training was something she didn´t think about until now. Rainbow sighed and carried her to the ground.
“I knew that you wouldn't let me get hurt Rainbow, but I still can’t fly like you,” the little filly answered with a saddened voice . Even if it looked easy, she couldn´t do it just like that. Her flapping technique was just good for her scooter to gain speed, but it didn´t help at all for her own weight to lift into the air.
“We’ll change that and that’s a promise!” Rainbow Dash answered with confidence in her voice. She would teach everything she knew about flight.
Later that day, Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash met at Sweet Apple Acres near the Cutie Mark Crusaders club house. “Alright Scoot, the first thing that you’ll need to learn to be as awesome as your big sis is to trust me,” Rainbow Dash explained. Rainbow Dash picked up Scootaloo and propped her up on top of a fairly high up cloud. She proceeded to untie a blue cloth she had tied around her right hoof and wrapped it around Scootaloo’s eyes effectively blind her.
“Uh… Rainbow what are you doing?” Scootaloo asked in a somewhat confused tone.
Rainbow Dash paused for a second and then in a lighter tone then usual “Making progress,” in attempt to mimic something Twilight might say. Scootaloo giggled at this
“Alright Scootaloo I want you to stand up and face forward,” Rainbow Dash said as her voice got quieter as she went down to a slightly lower cloud.
“Why are you below me?” Scootaloo yelled thinking that Rainbow Dash was far away.
“Jump,” Rainbow Dash yelled, “I’ll catch you”.
“What’s the point of this again, Dash?” Scootaloo replied.
“You have to be brave and trust your-” before Rainbow Dash could finish her sentence Scootaloo jumped down and into Rainbow Dash’s arms. “Well, that went over easier than I thought it would,” Rainbow Dash said exhaling from the small surprise. Rainbow Dash wasn’t really expecting Scootaloo to jump so soon; she figured that she would stall a bit more.
“Now, what Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo asked excitedly. She briefly flew in the air before plopping back down on the cloud.
“Wow, you just flew! It’s wasn’t very much, but I guess it’s something” Rainbow Dash said.
“I did?!” Scootaloo squealed . Rainbow Dash cringed a little from her high pitched voice however she quickly smiled, because she didn’t want to ruin her moment.
“Yep, you sure did,” Rainbow Dash said.
“So what are we going to do next?” Scootaloo asked again.
“Sleep! Even a pony of my caliber needs to rest,” Rainbow Dash said as she curled into a ball. Scootaloo was a little disappointed that she was going to have to wait, but after a few minutes of waiting she spotted Pinkie Pie below.
“Hi Pinkie Pie!” Scootaloo yelled to her from above. Pinkie Pie jumped into one of Apple trees “Why are you in a tree, Pinkie?” she queried the apparently frightened Pinkie Pie.
“OH! It’s just you Scootaloo,” Pinkie Pie said as she hopped out of the tree and regained her normal bubbly composure.
“Why are you laying on a cloud? Let me help you get down,” Pinkie Pie said as she pulled out an inflatable boat. “Just jump and you’ll be fine,” she continued.
Rainbow Dash began to wake up after her short nap and saw Scootaloo about to jump down. “What are you doing?” Rainbow Dash asked demandingly.
“I was going down to see a Pinkie Pie,” Scootaloo answered as she pointed her hoof at Pinkie Pie.
“HELLO!” Pinkie Pie yelled from below.
“If you would’ve jumped you could’ve bounced off and really hurt yourself, you know,” Rainbow Dash explained. Rainbow Dash understood that Pinkie Pie meant no harm and Scootaloo was just getting bored a feeling that she could easily relate to. “Ugh… just ask me If you want to get off the cloud next time. Until you can fly well you really shouldn’t be trying these stunts.”
“You sound like Twilight,” Scootaloo said. Rainbow Dash nearly fell over and began to say “well, Twilight is cool too…”
Author's Note
CloudHop: helped me edit this.
