I'm going to be covering a bit more than usual here so there are things I'll be skipping. Things started to pick up about a week after I was adopted...
Scootaloo walked into the crystal castle, her attire remained mostly unchanged. The only difference being the black vest that she had received from Rainbow Dash, the vest once belonging to the cyan Pegasus. As the orange filly walked a violet light shined around her right wrist as a glowing violet chain formed.
"Hey, I'm home!" Scootaloo called as she made her way past the main chamber and into the royal chambers, a central foyer that split off into seven rooms with room to expand. The central foyer had a kitchen and living area. Each bedroom had it's own bathroom. The living room had a TV and radio as well as a few couches facing the TV.
Applejack was tending to the plants in the room when Scootaloo had entered. Despite being one of the shorter royals, Applejack practically towered about four inches over Scootaloo's four foot eleven frame.
Applejack wore a plain white t-shirt with a short-sleeved flannel jacket over it. She also had a pair of blue jeans on. Applejack's cutie mark was on her left forearm.
"Oh hey sugercube, your parents aren't here right now. Actually, it's just you and me right now." Applejack said as she looked up. Scootaloo let out a short chuckle.
"Yeah, and the 30 somewhat guards around this room." The two shared a laugh at that, "Well if you see mom tell her I'm in my room."
"Which..." Scootaloo closed her door as she entered a room that had no markings on Its door, "... One. 'Sigh' I'll just assume both then."
Scootaloo dropped her school bag next to her door, swiping her copy of the newest Daring Do novel off her desk as she flopped down on her bed. Scootaloo had an hour to kill before magic practice with her parents.
Scootaloo may have gone overboard on decorating her bedroom. She had a few wonderbolts posters hung up on her walls with a few of the Everfree guard. Scootaloo's desk was cluttered with school work, a lamp, a photo of her, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Spike. Scootaloo had a sound system sitting atop a bookshelf. The bookshelf was full of Daring Do books and a few miscellaneous fiction novels. Scootaloo's scooter was placed in the corner.
With a flick of her wrist, Scootaloo turned her stereo on. The song Hero by skillet started playing. Twilight had given Scootaloo some kind of contradictory advice about her magic, Uses it whenever she can for whatever she can in order to get practice with it, just don't get dependent on it for everything.
Since you have an hour of doing nothing I'll take over
Ah, come on mom!
Go find your girlfriend or something. So while Scootaloo was at home waiting for me and Twilight to get back, I was out looking for a birthday gift...
Rainbow Dash wore the exact same thing she had when adopting Scootaloo except she had no gloves as her cutie mark was on the back of her left hand.
"Captain, why did you give the Queens guards the day off?" One of the guards assigned to watch over Rainbow Dash asked a hint of curiosity in his voice. Rainbow glanced at the guard, having to look up to meet his eye. Rainbow might have been the most intimidating mare in the Everfree kingdom but she was still shorter than most guards at five foot six.
"She went to Equestria to arrange things for our daughters birthday. You should see how secure the castle is when royalty visits." Rainbow answered as she entered the skate shop. Her guards stationed themselves around the door. Rainbow began to search the shelves for the perfect gift to give her daughter.
Rainbow Dash gasped in shock when she came across a few crystals on display.
"Hey shopkeep, how much for these?" Rainbow asked the owner of the store.
"Oh, those spent mana crystals, five bits each." Rainbow Dash couldn't believe it, this stallion clearly didn't know what you could use spent mana crystals for. Rainbow Dash bought all twenty and rushed home with them.
Meanwhile in Equestria...
Sparky
Oh fine, so I was in Equestria while all of this was happening...
"Twilight my dear, what brings you to Equestria today?" Celestia asked her fellow roller as Twilight entered the throne room.
Celestia wore an elegant white sleeveless dress with golden trim. The dress made it easy to see Celestia's cutie mark on the left side of the upper area of her chest. Celestia wore a pair of simple gold bands on each wrist. And as always, Celestia wore her golden tiara. Celestia sat up straight on her throne, making her near seven-foot tall frame apparent. The princess had one leg crossed over the other.
Twilight was dressed in her casual clothes as usual. She wore nearly the same thing as when she adopted Scootaloo except her shirt had an open back which made her cutie mark visible in the middle of her upper back. The open back shirt also allowed for less restricted movement of a Pegasi' wings. Twilight had her mane down. Twilight was the tallest of the Everfree royals at five foot eight.
"It's my daughters birthday on Thursday." Reality seemed to stop around Celestia as Twilight's words sunk in. Daughter? How could Twilight have a daughter, let alone one celebrating her birthday.
"You did read my last letter right?" Twilight asked as she looked up at her old teacher with a look of slightly miffed disappointment. Celestia didn't know what to do, she'd had that letter for a week and hadn't gotten a chance to read it.
"Errr, no I haven't had a chance to, why?" Celestia confessed, she could hear her sisters barely contained laughter in the background, "And I suppose you've read the letter."
Luna, in stark contrast to her sister, wore a pair of dark blue jeans and a black tank top. Luna also had her silver tiara on. Luna's cutie mark was on the top of her left forearm. Luna sat on her throne cross-legged, a portable game console sat on the arm of Lena's throne plugged into an outlet. Luna was so much shorter then her sister it was ridiculed, Celestia had a good fourteen inches over Luna's five foot nine frame.
"Didn't need to, but, yes I did," Luna said, still trying to hold back her laughter. Celestia huffed in annoyance at that. Of course, her sister had time to do all her jobs and look through her own mail, but also time to read Celestia's mail as well.
"Well, what were the contents of this letter that clearly, and better, make this situation make more sense," Celestia said as she looked back at the Queen of the Everfree kingdom.
"Rainbow Dash and I adopted a filly last week and I want you guys to come to her party on Saturday," Twilight stated as if it was the most important thing in the world.
"We'll see what we can do." Celestia and Luna said together.
Alright I think it's time I took over
And I'm coming up soon to
About four days later on Saturday...
Scootaloo opened the door to the royal chambers to find the lights in the foyer were off.
"What the? I didn't even know you could shut the lights off in here." Scootaloo began to look for a switch to turn the lights on, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack, in the dark with a glowstick.
"At least I have the glow from my chain," Scootaloo muttered to herself. The lights flashed on suddenly.
"SURPRISE!" A group of voices chorused. Scootaloo saw her parents, their friends, Spike, Celestia, Luna, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom as well as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Were you surprised? Huh huh!" Pinkie Pie asked as she jumped up and down. Pinkie wore a plain blue skirt a white V-neck t-shirt and a pink Hoodie over top. The pink mare's cutie mark was at her colour and only visible because of the V-neck. Pinkies excessive jumping and bouncing made it difficult to tell that she was the shortest one in the group.
"Pinkie Pie, calm down. Of course she was surprised." Rarity informed her friend of the obvious. Rarity wore a purple skirt and a dark blue long-sleeved shirt. Her cutie mark was on the back of her left hand.
"Hope you enjoy the party." Fluttershy got Scootaloo's attention. Fluttershy wore a dark forest green form-fitting tank top that cut off about an inch above her belly button. Fluttershy was also wearing black leggings. Fluttershy's cutie mark was on her back just underneath her shirt.
Apple Bloom was dressed similarly to her sister, the only difference being that Apple Bloom wore a flannel shirt instead of a jacket. While Sweetie Belle wore a purple tank top and dark blue jeans.
"Happy birthday squirt, so you wanna open your gifts now or later?" Rainbow asked only to be interrupted by a loud crash from outside.
"What was that?" Apple Bloom looked startled by the loud noise.
"WHERE IS THE WARRIOR?!" Scootaloo couldn't help but remember that the beast had called her a Warrior before. the orange filly hoped that whatever was outside wasn't looking for her.