Chapter 2
Because Of You
When Scootaloo needed help with her homework, she had to stay after school and get it from Miss Cheerilee.
The one time her mother had tried to help her was disaster. When she hadn't understood it right away she had yelled at her and made her feel stupid. When Scootaloo had ended up clenching the pencil so tightly in her anger that it had broken, her mother had hit her and made her cry.
Her father wasn't smart enough to be of any help, so she would stay after school when needed. Miss Cheerilee was kind and patient. She wished her teacher was her mother instead. She bet Miss Cheerilee would never hit her.
She was glad it was Friday. Whenever she could she slept over at Apple Bloom's or Sweetie Belle's, and tonight they were all going to have a sleep over in their club house. It would be a relief to get away from her family for the night.
Scootaloo had a good time with her friends, playing games and telling scary stories till they all eventually got tired enough to fall asleep.
Asleep, Scootaloo dreamed about the worst thing her mother had ever done to her...
When she was six, they got a dog from the pound. Her name was Peaches and she was a beautiful white with big brown eyes. Scootaloo had adored her from the start.
Unfortunately what they didn't know was that Peaches was pregnant. The dog had her puppies right on Scootaloo's bed while she was sleeping. Scootaloo was overjoyed with the wonder of it all. Her mother made sure she saw the pups and was happy and excited about them...
Then her mother decided the pups were too much trouble and that she was going to have them put down. Scootaloo begged her mother not to, and was issued a cruel ultimatum, the puppies or Peaches. Of course she chose her new best friend.
It was hard to tell who cried more in their own way, Scootaloo or Peaches, who whined loudly for several days.
A year later, Peaches started to get sick. Scootaloo's mother promised that if she had to be put down she could be there to say good bye, but she lied. She had sick Peaches put to sleep while Scootaloo was at school.
Scootaloo had never cried so much in her entire life. That was when she learned that her mother was a liar. She never forgave her, and she never would.
Scootaloo woke up crying from the dream and wiped her tears away. Luckily her friends didn't wake up, but it was a long time before she was able to fall back to sleep.
Scootaloo managed to stay away from home all weekend, but unfortunately on Monday afternoon after school she had to go home.
Her mother had a bad day of work and as usual she took it out on Scootaloo. After dinner Scootaloo hurried to her room and got in bed so her mother wouldn't have any excuse to yell at her anymore.
With Scootaloo out of the way her mother started screaming at her father. Tears fell down her face and she put her hooves over her ears to try to drown it out.
Things didn't quiet until her parents went to bed. Scootaloo crept to her window to make her usual wish on the brightest star she could see.
"Please make my Mom love me and please make her a better pony."
Staring out the window, her heart filled with so much sadness that she had to let it out somehow, and so she began to sing.
(Scootaloo sings Because Of You by Kelly Clarkson. You can do a search for it on youtube.)
