Defender Of Harmony
Ch. 4 Life Is Full Of Suprises Pt. 1
Part of this chapter will focus on Xavier, then there will be two more characters that this chapter focuses on. And I'm hoping this does suprise some of you. If it does, leave some reviews.
It was a quiet day in Ponyville as Xavier sat in class with Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Bell as Cheerliee explained the history of Equestria. Xavier couldn't wait till class was over to head to the library, because his parents said there would be someone that he had to meet. He was excited to see who it was.
After about an hour, the school bell rang and every filly and colt left as Cheerliee said, "Have a good day everypony." Xavier was walking with his friends as Applebloom said, "Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, and I are about to go help out at the farm. Do ya'll wanna come?" Diamond Tiara said, "Sorry Applebloom, but Silver Spoon and I have to go help my dad out at the store. Maybe some other time." They turned to Xavier as he said, "My parents have someponies they want me to meet at the library. I'll try to catch up afterwards." Scootaloo nodded and they all went their own directions.
At the library, Xavier walked in to be met by Spike as he asked, "How was your day, pal? Are you ready?" Xavier nodded and Spike led him to the kitchen, where they saw Shining Armor, Cadence, and Twilight sitting with two older ponies. One was a light blue stallion unicorn, with a dark blue mane and tail, and his cutie mark was a crecent moon. The other was grey mare unicorn, with a purple and grey stripped mane and tail, and her cutie mark was three purple stars.
Shining Armor turned to him as he said, "Hey buddy. Come here, we have somepony we want you to meet." They stood from the table as Xavier walked up to them and Cadence asked, "Xavier? These are your grandparents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light." Shining Armor asked, "Mom? Dad? This is our son, Xavier Frost." Xavier smiled as he said, "It's good to finally meet you." Night hugged his grandson as he said, "It's good to meet you too. Your parents and aunt have told us much about you." Velvet then hugged Xavier and said, "You were right Cadence. He is handsome and strong." Xavier blushed as Shining Armor said, "Well he was raised by me when it came to combat." Everyone laughed a little as Night said, "Don't let it get to your head, son."
They all sat and talked until Xavier noticed the time and said, "I gotta go. It told Applebloom I would come to see them a little while after school." He hugged his grandparents as he said, "It was good meeting you guys." They hugged him back as Velvet said, "It was good meeting you too." Xavier then left the house as Night turned to Shining Armor and Cadence and said, "You've raised him well." The two nodded as they all headed back to the kitchen and started talking again.
A few minutes later, they heard a knock on the door. Twilight opened it to reveal Princess Luna. Twilight said, "Hello Princess Luna. What brings you here?" Luna looked at her with a sad face as she said, "Bad news I'm afraid." Cadence asked, "What's wrong?" Luna said, "It's something involving Scootaloo. Celestia and I were gonna send a messenger to tell her, but with her being a friend of yours, we thought it would be best to tell her ourselves. Can you tell me where she is?" Twilight said, "She should be at Sweet Apple Acres. Would you like us to show you the way?" Luna nodded and they all started leading her to the farm.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Xavier and Applebloom were knocking apples out of trees, while Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo were loading them onto the cart. Xavier did a football style ram into the tree, knocking half the number of total amount of apples from the tree. Applejack showed up as she said, "Ya'll are really helping us out. And Xavier, that charge works pretty well for you." Xavier smiled as he said, "Anything to help out my friends."
Then, Luna and the others showed up as Applejack asked, "What's going on Twi?" Before Twilight could answer, Luna asked, "Applejack? Could I speak with Scootaloo inside alone, please?" Applejack was about to ask for the reason, but after she saw how bad the news is from the princess's eyes, she said, "Alright." She turned to the kids and asked, "Scootaloo? Can you come here, please?" The orange pegasus filly flew up to them and followed the princess inside as everyone else waited.
An hour later, the door opened and Luna walked with a very sad and crying Scootaloo following her and her friends ran to comfort her. Twilight asked, "What happened?" Luna said, "Today, we saw her parents coming into Canterlot. They were passing a mountain, when two dragons got a hold of them. We flew as fast as we could to reach them. But when we arraived, we were too late." Everyone there began to feel sorry for the little filly. They watched as she cried while her friends were trying to comfort her.
Later, after explaining things to the rest of the mane six, they met at town hall and told Mayour Mare about what happened. Rainbow Dash looked at the filly that looked up to her and thought, 'Poor kid. I wish there was something we could do.' Twilight then said, "And we need to know what will happen to her." Mayor Mare said, "I don't know yet. I'll see what I can find out. In the meantime, is there anywhere she can stay?" Twilight said, "She's more than welcome to stay with us for tonight." Mayor Mare nodded as they all left town hall.
Shining Armor, Cadence, and Xavier were about to head to the train station until Xavier asked, "Mom? Dad? Would it be alright if I stayed here? I just don't feel like leaving a friend when they're like this." Shining Armor and Cadence thought for a minute and Cadence said, "I guess you can. If its alright with Twilight." Twilight nodded and said, "That's fine. I have plenty of room for him and Scootaloo." Shining Armor smiled and said, "Alright you can stay." They hugged Xavier and Cadence said, "We'll be here tomorrow." Xavier nodded and his parents got on the train and headed back to the Crystal Empire.
At the library, Twilight and Spike had gone to bed while Scootaloo and Xavier sat in the spare room. Xavier asked, "Are you alright?" Scootaloo shook her head as she started to cry. Xavier hugged her as she said, "It's gonna be okay. Everything will be alright. Let's get some sleep." Scootaloo calmed and soon fell asleep with Xavier not far behind.
In Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash was laying in her bed, awake and staring at the ceiling. She was thinking about how terrible Scootaloo is feeling. She really started to become really fond of Scootaloo ever since they went camping with Rarity, Sweetie Bell, Applejack, and Applebloom. She thought back to when she told Scootaloo about her deepest secret. She tried to clam down a little and was finally able to sleep.
The next morning at 6:00 A.M.
In Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash was helping the other pegasi with the weather changes for Ponyville. She kept thinking of Scootaloo as she was hurrying to get done. She then came up with an idea and thought, 'If that's an option, maybe I could do that.'
In Ponyville, Xavier was about to leave for school. Twilight had informed Cheerliee of the events that occured and she agreed that it would be best if Scootaloo didn't attend school today. Xavier was about to go before Twilight said, "Don't forget to come to town hall after school." Xavier nodded and walked off.
At school, he met up with Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Applebloom, and Sweetie Bell. Silver Spoon asked, "How is Scootaloo doing? Is she doing alright?" Xavier said, "She's not as bad, but she's still not doing well." Sweetie Bell said, "I hope she gets better soon." Diamond Tiara and Applebloom nodded. The bell rang and they all head to the class room.
Inside, Cheerliee stood infront of the class and said, "I'm sure you're all aware about what happened with Scootaloo. So I thought it would be a good idea to make some cards to help her get over losing her parents." Every filly and colt nodded and started to get supplies.
After school, Xavier and his friends headed to the town hall where they met up with the mane six, Shining Armor, Cadence, Scootaloo, and Mayor Mare. Mayor Mare said, "I tried to find somepony to take in Scootaloo, but no pony could and unless one shows up, she'll be in an orphanage." Sweetie Bell asked, "Which one in Ponyville will she be in?" Mayor Mare looked at her and sadly said, "She won't be in Ponyville. She'll have to leave to stay in one somewhere far from Ponyville." Applebloom gasped as she asked, "You mean we'll never see her again?" Mayor Mare sadly nodded. The Cutie Mark Crusaders then started crying as Mayor Mare started leaving after saying, "I'm sorry."
But before she could leave, Rainbow Dash stepped forward and said, "Mayor Mare, wait!" She turned to look at her as Rainbow Dash continued with asking, "How old does somepony have to be to adopt her?" Everyone looked at her confused as Mayor Mare said, "About your age. Why?" Rainbow Dash waited a moment and then said, "Show me the papers and tell me where to sign." Everyone gasped as Twilight asked, "Rainbow Dash? Are you really willing to adopt Scootaloo?" Rainbow Dash smiled and nodded as she said, "Yeah. I mean she's almost like me at her age. We'll get along fine." Mayor Mare smiled as she said, "Come with me to my office. I'll show you what needs to be filled out and we'll discuss it." Rainbow Dash then turned to Scootaloo and said, "Go pack up kiddo. We'll be leaving soon." She then followed Mayor Mare as Scootaloo flew home and started packing.
After the paper work was filled out, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo headed to 'their' house. Rainbow Dash opened the door as she said, "Welcome home Scoots." Scootaloo walked in to see how nice a home she had. Rainbow Dash then said, "Come on. Let me show you your room. Then we'll get something to eat." Scootaloo followed her to an empty guest room. Rainbow Dash said, "Let me know when you get done unpacking then we'll go." She then left Scootaloo alone to unpack.
After she finished, they headed to a cafe where a lot of pegasi were eating. They looked around for a table, until they heard a female voice call, "Hey Rainbow Dash." They turned to see Spitfire walking up to them. She said, "Hey you two. What are you doing here?" Rainbow Dash said, "Came to get some food. Where are you sitting?" Spitfire pointed toward a booth where Soarin was and said, "Over there. You guys want to sit with us?" Rainbow Dash said, "Sure." They followed her to the booth and sat down as Soarin said, "Hey Rainbow Dash. Hey Scootaloo. How are you two doing?" The waiter came by and asked, "What can I get you?" Soarin answered for him and Spitfire by saying, "We'll have a large pepperoni pizza with two sodas." He then turned to Rainbow Dash and she said, "We'll have the same." The waiter then left to start their orders.
Spitfire looked at Scootaloo and asked, "How you doing kid? What brings you here?" Rainbow Dash started to get a little nervous and spotted an area where some fillies and colts were playing games. She pulled out a bag of bits, turned to Scootaloo, and asked, "Hey Scootaloo? Why don't you go play some games over there?" Scootaloo looked toward the place and smiled before saying, "Okay." She took the bits and went to have some fun.
Rainbow Dash then said, "Sorry about sending her off. I just don't think she wants to talk about it." Spitfire and Soarin looked confused as Soarin asked, "What happened?" Rainbow Dash made sure Scootaloo was far enough before saying, "Her parents were killed by dragons before they could get to Ponyville. She almost had to leave Ponyville to stay at an orphanage. After I heard that, I decided to adopt her. She's pretty cool. And she's kinda grown on me." Spitfire smiled as she said, "That's really sweet of you." Rainbow Dash said, "Well, she's looked up to me. I couldn't let her leave and be miserable." Spitfire said, "Well, with her under you wing, I'm sure she'll be a great future Wonderbolt." Rainbow Dash smiled and looked to see Scootaloo playing games with some other filly pegasi as she said, "Yeah."
Later, Scootaloo came back and the food arraived. They all ate together and had a good time. Scootaloo was feeling a whole lot happier.
After chatting for a while, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo headed home and got ready for bed. Scootaloo laid in her room and Rainbow Dash walked in and said, "I'll see you in the morning." Scootaloo nodded and laid down on the pillow as she said, "Goodnight big sister." She instantly fell asleep as Rainbow Dash smiled and kissed her forehead before saying, "Goodnight little sister." She got up and started heading to the her room. She turned and looked at Scootaloo one more time before finally going to her room.
And there's another chapter. Ever since I saw Sleepless In Ponyville, I always thought Rainbow Dash would make a great sister for Scootaloo. Let me know what you think. The next chapter will mainly revolve around the Cutie Mark Crusaders and a suprise for each of them. So wait for Chapter 5 Life Is Full Of Suprises Pt. 2.