Delve

Scootaloo panted heavily as the wind rushed past her, howling in her ears as she continued to plummet. All she had wanted was to prove that she could fly, prove she did have worth. But she had failed... Her wings were unable to support her, leading her into a downward spiral of what felt like a forever free-fall. The wind bit at her body, feeling like sharp needles piercing her in every single direction. Cold surrounded her as the blue sky continued to move past her, clouds becoming nothing more then white arrows pointing to her inevitable crash landing.

Tears began to flow down her face as fear swept her very being. Looking down, she saw a rapidly approaching gathering of green, growing larger and larger as the seconds flew by. She cried out for help, begging anypony, anything to save her. But there were no unsung saviors to come to her aid... Not today. The ground continued to approach, now seeming larger than ever before. Closing her eyes, she awaited the swift end that awaited her on the cold ground... But it never came. She merely heard a loud cracking noise as shards of the ground broke around her, and she continued to fall.

The colors around her gradually began to change, first to a dark brown color matching the soil, then to a light red. She gasped, for she knew what was happening. She was falling way too far. Looking down, she could see the fires even from how high she still was, with a demonic laughter beginning to sound in her ears. Panicked, she flapped her wings, crying out in fear and helplessness, hoping for one small miracle to save her. But no... Her wings refused to help her, as the laughter grew louder and louder.

Not only the demonic laughter from below, however... As if in some sort of twisted choir, a chorus of her classmate's laughter began to surround her, their laughing faces flashing before her eyes as lines of dark red surrounded her. Names rang in her head, flightless, chicken, loser, useless, needless, and pathetic all rang in her ears as she closed her eyes, trying to drown them out in some way... Somehow escape the nightmare she was facing... But no relief came to her. Heat began to surround her body as her body became weak, and the roar of the fires became more prominent then ever.

Screaming in horror, she saw the fires begin to envelope her...