The bell for school's start rang, giving Scootaloo a feeling of dread. Why was she so worried? It's not like anypony would expect her to have a special somepony, right? Even so, she didn't have to agree, she could decline, she'd done it before. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice what Miss Cherilee was saying until she introduced a new student to the class.

"Hello! Tell the class your name, please." Cherilee said with a usual kind demeanor.

A familiar colt stood in front of the class, beaming and proudly holding up his head.

Scootaloo vaguely heard a whisper from the pony behind her, "he's kinda cute."

She recognized the voice as Diamond Tiara, the most stuck up pony in all of Ponyville. Okay, maybe that was stretching it, but she was pretty stuck up.

The Pegasus nodded, "hi, my name's Stony Fire." He said proudly.

Cherilee nodded happily, "of course! To match your interesting Cutie Mark!" The foals all looked at his Mark, a fiery ruby, with wings enveloping from it.

Scootaloo grumbled bitterly, she'd never have a super-cool Cutie Mark like his. She'd just be boring, old, blank flank Scootaloo.

Cherilee grinned, "Please take a seat next to Sweetie Belle." She said, pointing to the lavender maned pony that was Scootaloo's best friend. Stony nodded, sitting next to her and kindly smiling her way. Sweetie Belle's face hued red, making Scootaloo roll her eyes.

Finally, recess came to. This usually would've been the highlight of Scootaloo's day, but with all the CMC stuff she had to go through, she'd rather be in class. And that says something.

Sweetie Belle squealed in delight once she caught up to her best friends, "I already know who my special somepony is gonna be!" She chanted, jumping around Scootaloo and Applebloom.

Applebloom's eyes nearly popped right out of her head, "Who?"

Sweetie Belle pointed to Stony, who was approaching them, "the new colt! I just know he's gonna be my very special somepony!"

Applebloom smiled, "yeah! I bet he wants to talk to ya now! Go!" Applebloom squeaked, pushing Sweetie Belle a bit forward.

Stony came face to face with Sweetie and smiled nervously,"can you move, please?" He asked.

A disappointed Sweetie stepped out of the way as the colt trotted up to Scootaloo.

"Hey" the colt said, red easily showing on his pale cheeks.

Scootaloo smiled weakly, "hi, Stony."

Stony grinned, trying to walk closer to Scootaloo.

"I was wondering why you couldn't fly. I don't mean to intrude, but..." He started.

Scootaloo absolutely hated having to answer that question. She outstretched her own wings, which started to beat faster and faster. She kept going until she started to get off the ground, then got tired. She slowly glided about two inches to the dirt play area.

Stony looked exasperated, "I'm so sorry, I didn't realize that you were uh- handicapped."

Scootaloo felt a lot of rage replace embarrassment, and she got right in the colt's face, "I am NOT handicapped, you hear?" Scootaloo said through grit teeth.

Stony backed away, "Sorry!" He yelped before running over to Diamond Tiara. A slightly angry Sweetie Belle trotted towards Scootaloo,

"What was that all about?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

Scootaloo definitely didn't feel like explaining. She forced a cocky smile, "nothin' Sweetie Belle, you worry too much."

Scootaloo smiled warmly, hoping that Sweetie wouldn't press her. Sweetie Belle eyed her suspiciously but didn't speak.

Unlike Sweetie or Applebloom, Scootaloo was going to get a cool cutie mark. Who better to ask about cool cutie marks than the coolest pony in all of Equestria?

Scootaloo trotted happily in the general direction of Rainbow's napping cloud. She never remembered where it was exactly because Rainbow Dash never anchored it and so it drifted wherever it decided to go. Scootaloo sighed, even the cloud was able to fly better than her. She decided it then, no cloud was going to get the best of her. She was going to fly right here right now if it took her all day.

All day is a long time. Scootaloo somehow managed to hurt herself in painfully awkward areas like, for example, the back of her knees. She groaned, now she couldn't even walk home. Wherever home was.