"Oh, it's about time to pick up Boots..." Fluttershy looked at the time.
"Do you want us to come with?" Atticus asked.
"If you don't mind..." Fluttershy looked back to them with a smile.
The four of them went along and joined Fluttershy on the way to the school.
"So... Where does Boots live... I mean, who goes with her?" Cherry was confused.
"We switch, sometimes she's with me, sometimes she's with Discord..." Fluttershy explained.
"That's great," Patch said. "That way she can spend time with you and then with Discord."
"Oh, yes..." Fluttershy smiled. "I was still surprised when she asked us both to be her new parents after we got rid of that horrible Claudia woman... I just hope maybe we can live happily ever after."
"I'm sure you three will be." Atticus said.
Fluttershy smiled as they walked along, so far, all was well.
The bell rang on the schoolhouse top, releasing the ponies after a day of class.
"Scootaloo, could you come here for a moment?" Cheerilee asked the flightless Pegasus.
"Oh man, what did I do now?" Scootaloo frowned and went back into the school.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie, Belle, and Boots looked worried for their friend.
"Yes, Miss Cheerilee, am I in trouble?" Scootaloo asked.
"Not at all, Scootaloo..." Cheerilee had a smile. "During lunch, I received a letter from your mother, but it's mostly for you."
Scootaloo looked curious, but saw the letter on her teacher's desk and decided to open it and read it. She then gasped with excitement, she tried to fly in victory like Rainbow Dash would, but just ended up falling headfirst in the floor.
"Scootaloo, are you alright?" Cheerilee got worried for her.
"NEVER BETTER!" Scootaloo sounded chipper and zipped outside the school.
The sight of Scootaloo's face just made Cheerilee giggle, telling that the letter must have been from Scootaloo's parents or at least from one of her parents.
Cherry hummed in her walking, but was knocked over as Scootaloo zoomed home. "What the!?"
Scootaloo didn't notice it, but her wings were actually flying her faster and faster.
"Whoa! Was that Scootaloo?" Atticus asked.
"Looks like it..." Mo whispered in slight shock.
Fluttershy looked, then smiled as Boots came over.
"I thought Scootaloo couldn't fly?" Cherry was confused once she got back up on her hooves.
"She can't..." Patch blinked, a little shocked.
"Then how was she now able to fly?" Atticus asked.
"Mama, before dinner, can I see Scootaloo?" Boots asked.
Fluttershy smiled. "Sure, dear... Just don't be too long, you know how your father likes to see you when you're out of school."
Boots followed Scootaloo to her home which no one usually went to because of how busy her mother was, even more than Rarity or Granny Smith. "Scootaloo! SCOOTALOOO!"
"Boots?" Scootaloo looked down. "How'd you get all the way down there?"
"You're flying, Scootaloo!" Boots told her.
Scootaloo stopped and looked around. "Wow, I-I'm flying... I'm flying!"
"This is amazing!" Boots said out of amazement with how this was Scootaloo's first day flying.
Scootaloo laughed as she flew along the clouds, having fun. "Oh man, I gotta go home! I'm sorry, Boots, but I really need to go now!"
Boots watched her go and decided to get back to her mother and her godaunts and uncles.
"Uh, Fluttershy, I gotta go and do my research, but I promise I will be back in time for dinner." Patch said.
"Okay Patch... Be careful, okay?" Fluttershy then advised. "This is a pretty big place."
"I will," Patch promised and he went off. "I'll see you guys later!"
"That puppy is always on an adventure..." Cherry remarked.
"Yeah, it's who he is." Atticus said.
"Come along, Boots, dear... It's time to feed the animals..." Fluttershy told her little filly and walked home with her. "Your aunts and uncle are going to join us."
Boots smiled to them and happily followed her mother home. Diamond Tiara still glared at Boots before going home with her daddy to be spoiled.
"Okay, let's see where to start? Maybe the hospital will have some info on who Scootaloo's parents are along with Apple Bloom, Applejack, and Big Mac's parents." Patch said, galloping off to the hospital.
Nurse Coldheart and Nurse Redheart were discussing something together, then noticed him coming in.
"May we help you?" Redheart asked Patch with a chipper smile.
"Uh, I'm here to do research on Scootaloo's and the Apple family," Patch said. "Do you have any records on Scootaloo's parents? Along with any records of Apple Bloom, Applejack, and Big Macintosh's parents?" He then asked.
"Oh, those Apples..." Nurse Redheart chuckled. "Let me see..." she then went to a file cabinet and opened it to find a file on the Apple family. "The Apple family should be easy to find since there's so many of them... I mean, can you imagine the family gatherings?"
"With how many relatives they must have, yeah, I can imagine." Patch said.
Nurse Redheart found a file and opened it to look among. "Let's see... Aww... Look at the little foals..." she blushed once she saw baby Apple Bloom, baby Applejack, and Baby Mac. "Now... Let's see if I can find anything about the Apple parents... I haven't seen those two since Apple Bloom was born... She was such a wonderful and healthy foal."
"I bet she was," Patch replied. "Wait... Haven't seen them since Apple Bloom was born?"
"Well of course to give birth to little Apple Bloom..." Nurse Redheart chuckled. "Feels like any other day at the hospital is a blur..." she continued to concentrate on the file to find information on the long-lost parents of the Apples. "Let's see now... I believe Granny Smith is their father's mother if memory serves..."
"Perfect, I'll ask her what happened to them; anyway, what about Scootaloo's parents?" Patch asked.
"Scootaloo..." Nurse Redheart tried to think.
"She's one of the students in Ponyville School... Trying to get a cutie mark with her friends..." Patch tried to jog her memory.
"Ah, yes..." Nurse Redheart smiled then once she realized who he was talking about. "I remember when they were here last week... Trying to be Cutie Mark Crusader Candy Stripers I think..." she then went to find a file on the flightless Pegasus filly.
"Yeah, I don't think anyone has ever seen their parents." Patch replied.
"Let's see what we can find, okay?" Redheart smiled to him, then continued to look for something of use to the both of them, but mostly to him.
'If their information is here, then maybe their information will also be able to tell me where they are.' Patch thought.
Nurse Redheart seemed to have trouble with finding a file on Scootaloo and where she came from, but she kept looking.