Later that morning, Christmas Morning, Scootaloo woke up. She saw Rainbow Dash talking to a nurse in the hallway. Though the door was closed she managed to pick out the words "Scootaloo" and "released", along with the phrase, "needs a home". Scootaloo wished she knew what they were talking about. Then she saw the nurse smile softly as the sky blue pegasus showed her some papers. Even though she couldn't tell what they were talking about she figured it must be something good. She was really hoping it was something saying she could be released today so she could make sure her few possessions weren't missing. Seconds later she heard the door open. She looked to see Rainbow come in with a small grin on her face.

"Hey Scoot, the nurse said you're going to be released today." She said to the little pony happily, "I hope you're ok with that."

The crusader nodded happily to show her enthusiasm.

"The doctor is just going to give you a check up first," The adult said kindly to the filly, "but she doesn't want you to live on the street anymore so I found a home for you really close by. That way you can stay with your friends. Are you ok with that?"

The orphan nodded again with even more joy than before.

The doctor then came in to do the check up. Shortly afterwards Rainbow and she walked out of the hospital.

"Where is my new home Rainbow Dash?" she asked once they had left the hospital, feeling grateful that Rainbow had cared enough to find her a new home.

Rainbow just smiled for a second before taking out a certificate from behind her back. It had the words "Certificate of Adoption" written across the top. It read "Scootaloo has been formally adopted by Rainbow Dash on December 25, 2010". The small filly looked at the certificate then wrapped her hooves around Rainbow Dash to give her a big hug.

"Thank you" she said softly as she continued to hug her.

"You're welcome, and I know I'm supposed to be your adoptive mother but think of me as your big sister, ok?" the adult said kindly to the now adopted filly.

"You got it…sis." she replied to her adoptive big sister.

After a few more seconds of hugging Rainbow Dash got up and looked at the filly.

"Are you ready to go?" Rainbow asked her kindly. Little did she know that Scoot didn't know how to fly higher than five feet yet.

"Umm…I think you should know something. I don't know how to fly up high yet. My dad was going to teach me that weekend but he well…." Scoot started to say.

"Oh, that's ok, I'll teach you how to in a week or two. So again are you ready to go? We aren't heading up to my cloud yet. We're heading to a Christmas Party at Pinkie Pie's; she wanted to have another party because the one last night was cut short." The older pony said informingly.

"Ok, but would you mind if I got my stuff from the box you found me in." she asked not wanting to be a burden but not wanting to lose the few things she owned, either.

"Sure, I'll go with you." the other said understanding that those items in the box were special to her.

And with that they left for the alley.