Chapter Three: Twilight Sparkle

"Twilight?"Scootaloo called as she approached the pony. Twilight had her head buried in a book. Literally. Scootaloo stood beside the quiet pony whose head was resting on the book. Scootaloo laid down beside her. "Twilight?"

Twilight moaned and she turned her head to face Scootaloo. Twilight yawned and pushed her hair away from her eyes and then rubbed them. It took the pony a minute to adjust to where she was. Twilight then laughed and looked at Scootaloo. "Oh hiya Scoot..."

Scootaloo smiled. "Sorry Twilight, did I wake you?" She bit her lip as she looked at the tired pony. Twilight giggled a bit, "Not at all. It's my fault, I fell asleep because I was studying for so long. It was a silly idea falling asleep under this sun, I could've gotten sunburn."

After a bit of conversation, Scootaloo decided to ask.

"Twilight? Can I ask you something?" Scootaloo asked, a little embarrassed. She looked up to find Twilight looking at her worriedly.
"Sure. I don't see why not. Is it a spell you need? Or some advice on studying? I find that you can study easier when you're relaxed and in a quite area." Twilight said smiling. Scootaloo shrugged. "That's not exactly what I was looking for."

Twilight looked at her and tilted her head a bit, causing her fringe to slide to the side of her face. "Not what you were looking for, huh? What's wrong then?"
Scootaloo looked down at her hooves, " It's Family Appreciation Day tomorrow in school, and it's my turn to bring a family member in. . ."

Twilight gasped a little, " Do they not know that you're-"

"I don't like telling anypony that I'm an orphan, because I know they'll treat me differently. I don't want to be treated differently, I want to be treated like everypony else."
Twilight nodded, "It's alright to get help, Scootaloo. Especially when you're in need of it. So what if people treat you differently, sometimes we all need a bit of attention."

Scootaloo went quiet and looked down at the grass. She was blushing madly, and didn't want to show it. She could feel her cheeks heating up and she sighed. After a while, she began to speak again.
"As I was saying, I need to bring a family member in. And you know the deal with me. I have nopony to bring in. I asked Pinkie Pie already if she would, but she's busy. And I came to ask you, so here I am!"

Twilight nodded, "I see."

Twilight pitifully looked at Scootaloo. She opened her mouth to speak, but stopped herself. After a minute, she began to speak again.

"I would love to Scootaloo-"

Scootaloo smiled with delight. She jumped up and down and cheered excitedly. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you Twilight! You're the bestest pony ever! I can't thank you enou-"
"Scootaloo!" Twilight said loudly. Scootaloo stopped jumping and looked at Twilight. She was looking at her pitifully, which let Scootaloo's smile fade.

Twilight bit her lip. "I'm sorry Scootaloo. I'm really behind on my studies, and I have a test coming up with the Princess! I'm really sorry Scootaloo, I really am. If I wasn't so behind, I would definitely help you with your problem, but-"
Scootaloo nodded sadly. "It's fine Twilight, don't sweat it." She smiled weakly. "It's my own fault anyway, I left it too late to think about. I should've sorted all this out earlier." Scootaloo began to walk away from the pony.

"Thanks anyway Twilight." She called. Twilight looked at the orange filly as she walked away. Twilight sighed. "Let me know how you get on Scootaloo!"

Scootaloo smiled weakly. She looked around as she seen everypony strolling around.

Who else can I go to? she asked herself. I could go to Applejack. . . yeah! I'll go to Applejack! I'm sure she's at her stand selling apples!
Scootaloo began to gallop towards the town centre, to where Applejack had her apple stand set up.

"Apples! Get ya' apples here!" Applejack called to passing ponies. "Buy five apples fer' the price of two! Or buy ten apples fer' the price of four! Come over tuh' check the other discounts n' bargains we 'ave here!"

"Applejack! Applejack!" Scootaloo called.

Applejack looked up at the running filly. "Scootaloo? What're ya' doin' here?"

"I need you to be my sister!"

Okay, so maybe I lied a bit about my chapters getting longer. . . sorry! It's just hard trying to drag on the chapter and all, and I'd rather get all my ideas down before I forget them, so I can't waste anytime dragging on the chapter! Besides, I'm sure you'd fall asleep reading if I made the chapters longer, because I'd make it so boring. . .

Anyway! I hope you enjoyed! If you have any suggestions please please PLEASE leave a comment or PM me. Please review! Oh, I mean. . . only if you want to. . . *Fluttershy moment*