/ Adoption / Story: Sisters Reunited/ by Matt11/-/
The night passed by fast for Pinkie. She had her things packed in minutes and when she arrived at the train station, surprisingly her parents were there.
Pinkie frowned she was still mad at them for what they did to her sister.
Pinkie walked by the chairs they were sitting on. "Um, why are you two here?" she asked curiously Sue brought Pinkie into a loving mother and daughter hug and said, "Well, before you leave would you mind… adopting Scootaloo, please? Tell her the truth. Tell her I abandoned her. If you do this my soul will be at peace, knowing that my daughter will know the truth and that she will have a better home."
Sue then got something out of her saddlebag it was a note it was in an envelope. Sue had a few tears trailed down her face.
"And give her this Pinkie Pie. It's…. my apology to her. It will explain how sorry I truly am for leaving her." Sue hoofed Pinkie the envelope and Pinkie accepted it, putting it in her saddlebag, then turned to her mother.
"I don't need to adopt her," she said quietly, looking down, a weak smile on her face. "As long as I show them the scroll I showed you and explain everything, I can take her with me as her guardian."
Pinkie gave her parents one last hug and went on the train, waving goodbye to them out the window as the train pulled away.
Once they'd faded from sight, Pinkie slumped in her seat and let out a long , loud sign.
She could finally go back home to her friends and her second family, Mr and Mrs Cake.
Pinkie flopped down on her seat and prepared for another long trip back, letting the trains movements slowly lull her into a nap.
Pinkie Pie was wide awake as Ponyville came into view.
She was going to tell Scootaloo the truth. Today was the day she would no longer have to worry about being an orphan, for she had a sister who would take good care of her and love her.
Pinkie Pie was determined to make things right with Scootaloo no matter what. She deserved it more than anypony Pinkie could think of.
Walking off the train with her luggage an hour later, she saw her friends happily waving at her.
She sighed. Pinkie was going to have to tell them sooner or later and she wasn't looking forward to Rainbow Dash's reaction. Knowing Dashie, her first instinct would be to go to Pinkie's parents and beat them up.
She made a mental note not to tell Dashie exactly where she lived, for her parents' safety.
he walked towards Princess Twilight Sparkle, bowed to her friend a little and said, "Hi girls," in a sad tone.
Twilight was the first to notice the sadness Pinkie had, not to mention her suddenly deflated mane and tail. "Pinkie, what's the matter? Did you find out what you wanted?" Twilight asked, concern in her voice.
All of her other friends were staring at her with sparkly eyes. They had been waiting for the answer for so long; Rainbow Dash was especially excited. If Scootaloo was related to Pinkie, that would make her 30% awesome.
It was only now, however, that they all noticed what Twilight had; the deflated mane and tail.
Pinkie took a deep breath and explained her trip to Baltimare (without actually saying the name, for her parents' safety), everything that happened to her and what her parents had told her.
During the story her friends were shocked that Scootaloo was her sister, but more importantly, that Pinkie's mom had lied to her for years.
They each gave Pinkie a hug due to the events that took place.
Dash was pounding her forehooves together. "They just abandoned her? They didn't bother to think of talking to you about it? That's so not cool! You're cool Pinkie, but your parents so aren't."
Soon they said their goodbyes and Pinkie left, quickly stopping by Sugarcube Corner to drop off her things on her way to the orphanage to get Scootaloo.
Strangely, the doors had been locked, so she'd had to use the secret tunnel she'd built when she was a filly to get her luggage into her room.
When she'd gotten everything in, she left via the tunnel and frowned when she saw the doors were open again as several ponies quickly went in and out of the shop.
Normally, her curiosity would have made her try to figure this out, but right now, she had something more important to do.
Pinkie Pie galloped to the outskirts of Ponyville and continued until she arrived at the building that was so huge Pinkie couldn't believe how messy it was. Trash thrown everywhere and the front gates were falling off their hinges.
Pinkie felt sad that Scootaloo had to live in such a messy place all this time.
Pinkie took a deep breath and walked right in.
When she entered the front hall, which was cleaner than the outside, she saw a mare with a red coat and blue mane and tail. A unicorn, she looked like.
She was smoking a cigar. Pinkie coughed as she inhaled. The orphanage smelled really bad.
Why was this place never inspected? Pinkie thought. This place can't be happy for foals to live in.
Pinkie walked over to the desk, putting on a fake smile, something she wasn't really known for doing. "Why, hello there. I was wondering if I can talk about taking a filly from here?" Pinkie asked the mare.
The mare looked at her with her blood red eyes, showing she did not get much sleep. "You want a filly? Well you've come to the right place." The mare let out a breather and started coughing a lot due to all the smoking but she finally stopped. "Well, what filly do you want?" the caretaker asked.
Pinkie was downright disgusted by how this mare was taking care of all the fillies, including her sister "I want Scootaloo," Pinkie said calmly.
This caught the mare's attention. "Why would you want that worthless pathetic Pegasus? She can't even fly. Heh. No wonder her parents got rid of her," the caretaker said as she started to laugh. The mare enjoyed to make fun of Scootaloo on her free time. The caretaker even used to enjoy the orange filly but she grew tired of her.
Pinkie Pie was heartbroken this mare just said the most meanest thing any mare could ever say and at once, Pinkie took a back seat as her mane and tail deflated and Pinkamina took driver's seat.
"NOW YOU LISTEN HERE! SHE IS NOT WORTHLESS! AT LEAST SHE HAS A CHANCE AT BEING AWESOME, BUT NO. LOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE THE PATHETIC ONE! ALL YOU'RE DOING IS SMOKING, YOU PATHETIC OLD HAG!" she yelled, her nostrils flaring.
The mare just sat there, dumbfounded.
Eventually she took a deep breath. "Fine. sign this paper and she's yours. Just leave and never come back," the mare placed the paper on the desk.
Pinkie shook her head. "Oh no. I'm not adopting her. She's my sister!"
The mare's jaw dropped, her cigar falling to the floor.
Pinkie nodded. "Now, bring me the form that would be right for that and we'll both be on our way."
Grumbling, the mare got up, went over to a cabinet, shuffled around for a few minutes, then pulled out another form, came back and slid it to Pinkie.
"Just hurry up."
Pinkie smiled brightly, her hair returning to its poofy state. She was going to get her sister back.
She took a quill from the desk and started signing it, filling out the details of her family, so the orphanage knew just which family she was a part of.
She was going to be the best big sister to Scootaloo she could ever be. She signed her signature as legal guardian and gave the mare the paper back and said "Thank you, miss."
"Oh, one more thing. That will be twenty bits. Orphans aren't free ya know," the mare snickered a little.
Pinkie Pie was feeling impatient, but she pulled twenty bits from her saddlebag and threw them at the mare. "Here! Now, please give me my sister back. Or do I have to get Princess Twilight to come?"
She didn't like using Twilight's position like that, but she was losing her patience and, when you're frustrated, you say things you don't mean to.
The mare grabbed the bits and said, "She's all yours," The mare stood up and yelled, "Scootaloo! Get your worthless rump down here! You're leaving!"
The only response she got was a, "Woohoo!"
"Huh annoying little brat," the mare said, not caring that Pinkie could hear. "Good riddance."
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Scootaloo hopped up and down from her bed. "Oh my gosh I'm finally adopted! I wonder who it is. Maybe it's Twilight? Or maybe Dash? Oh, I gotta hurry!"
Scootaloo gathered her things, though that wasn't much. She only had ten bits, her scooter and some candy.
She placed the money and candy in her saddlebag, her scooter was in her hoofs and ran down the stairs, but tripped and fell with a thud.
"Well…. that could've gone better."
Scootaloo got into the main room of the orphanage, pushing her scooter, since the last time she'd ridden it inside her earned her a beating.
When she entered the main room she saw Pinkie. "Hi, Pinkie. Are you here to throw me a party or something? so where is the pony adopting me? Scootaloo asked looking right to left, but seeing no sign of any other pony she got confused.
Pinkie scratched the back of her head "Well, Scootsy, I'm the pony who came to get you. It's not really adopting you as much as becoming your guardian. Once we get home there are a few things I want to tell you. Now let's go little sis," Pinkie Pie finished proudly.
"Sister? Scootaloo replied a little shocked "Um, don't you mean your new daughter?" Scootaloo tilted her head. Wasn't that the way adoption worked?
Pinkie Pie was shaking a little but perked up. "Look, I'll tell you when we get you to your new home." Pinkie Pie held a hoof out. Scootaloo accepted it the two walked out not even bothering to say goodbye to the caretaker.
Once outside, Scootaloo let go of Pinkie's hoof. "I..I don't need you to hold my hoof. I'm not some foal," Scootaloo said crossing her forehooves together, stopping in place.
Pinkie smiled at her sister. "Why of course you're not some foal. You're my cute little sister," Pinkie ruffled Scootaloo's mane a little. "You still gotta explain that," Scootaloo shook her head, getting on her scooter and slowly riding it in pace with Pinkie.
"Soon, little sister, soon," Pinkie chirped.
The two walked down the road to Sugarcube corner, Pinkie and now Scootaloo's home.
When they arrived a few minutes later, Pinkie opened the door, glad it wasn't locked this time, but everything was dark "He-Hello?" Pinkie said unaware of what would happen next.
Suddenly a group of ponies came out and yelled, "SURPRISE!"
Pinkie and Scootaloo were both definitely surprised.
They jumped, hanging in mid air for about ten seconds, then dropped back down.
The ponies that were there were all their friends; the crusaders and Mr and Mrs Cake, the twins as well as the rest of the main six. There was a sign on the wall that read, Happy Adoption Pinkie! Enjoy your new home with your sister, Scootaloo!