i slowly opened my eyes and let the bright light wake me up. i finally opened my eyes fully and saw rainbow sleeping calmly on the bed. she was cute when she was asleep. i looked over at the clock and it was only six. i got out of bed and walked downstairs. i quietly snuck over to the guest room and checked on the girls.

i peeked in and checked real quick. they were all snuggled up under the blankets. they were pretty cute too. i closed the door and walked into the kitchen. i made pancakes for all of us. i thought it would be nice to wake them up the same way my mother did on a lovely sunny morning...i grabbed a pot and a metal spoon and started banging.

"WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUMS." i yelled out. "COME GET YOUR FOOD." i heard a scream from upstairs and a thud on the floor. i also heard collectives shouts from the other room. i laughed so hard i couldn't breathe. i felt right at home. i heard footsteps around upstairs. well more like heavy thuds and stomps. rainbow came into the kitchen from the stairs.

"what the hell was that." she said. i was still laughing. "you almost gave me a heart attack." i walked over to her still chuckling and i put a hoof over her shoulder.

"i'm sorry dashy but i had to." i said bursting out into laughter again. "i'm sorry." i said just as the three fillies stumbled into the room.

"what's wrong with you. you scared us to death." said sweetie belle.

"not me." said applebloom. "mah sister gets me up like that every morning." she said sitting down at the table.

"at least you made us pancakes." said scootaloo taking a seat with sweetie belle.

"yeah at least." said rainbow walking past me. i was still giggling a bit.

"i remember when my mother used to wake me up like that every morning. you're just lucky i was in the kitchen and not the bedroom like she used to go with me and my brother."

"ouch that must have hurt." said scootaloo

"but she only did it when she made good food like pancakes or a danish or something. so whenever we got woken up like that we could always expect good food." i said.

"why did she do that." asked sweetie belle

"because she didn't want us to sleep in and waste food." i said sitting down and distributing pancakes and syrup. we dug in and when breakfast was over it was time for me to take the girls home. we left and rainbow headed for her house. i walked through town with the girls first stop was rarity's to drop off sweetie belle.

i walked over to the boutique and rang the bell. the door swung open and rarity answered the door. doesn't look like she had put her face on yet. she was a mess.

"oh back already... did the girls behave."

"yeah... sure." i said.

"oh dear what did they do." she said worryingly.

"don't worry about it rarity i'm fine the girls are fine everything is fine." i said. sweetie belle jumped past me and stood next to her sister after saying goodbye to me and her friends. i closed rarity's door and i made my way to sweet apple acres.

we got there and i knocked on the door. it swung open and applejack answered the door.

"ah there's mah little sister"

"she ain't been too much trouble now has she." applejack said as applebloom walked over to her after saying goodbye to scootaloo and me.

"no she was fine." i said

"alrighty then see ya'll later." said applejack and i closed the door. all that was left was to drop off scootaloo at her sisters house.

"so scoots who's your sister." i asked

"i- i don't have a sister." she said slumped over.

"well then where are your parents." i asked. she was quiet. "scootaloo." i said. still no answer. i saw a single tear fall from her face. "scootaloo are you alright." i said stopping and kneeling down to get on her level.

"i don't have parents." she said. "i live at the orphanage." i was shocked. i almost didn't believe it. i never knew that. she almost started crying and i picked her up and hugged her.

"how is that possible you're the most likeable filly i've ever seen" i said patting her on the back.

"i guess not to everypony else."she said crying softly over my shoulder.

"hey don't you say that alright. if no pony liked you then you wouldn't have such great friends like sweetie belle and applebloom... or me." i said patting her some more. she didn't say anything. i flew her to the orphanage and set her down inside. a mare sitting at a desk perked up and smiled

"hello scootaloo." she said. "did you have fun with your friends." she said.

"yeah" scootaloo said walking into another room with her head hanging down low.

i could easily tell she was suffering. i could feel it in her, i read her like a book. this place was a constant pit of emotional despair and sorrow. she didn't want to be here and she was always hoping somepony would adopt her. it broke my heart.

i walked over to the desk. i had a crazy thought in my head. probably the dumbest one yet. but she was hurt. so i started talking to the mare at the desk.

"how much is it to adopt a filly."

" oh you're looking to adopt. that's wonderful. i bet it's scootaloo isn't it."

"yeah but don't tell her until it's official alright... i want it to be a surprise."

"no problem sir." she said. she ducked behind the desk and pulled out some paperwork. "we just need you to sign a few things and then come back with 150 bits for the certificate." she said. i signed a few things and i headed home. i flew by town and got to my house. i can't believe i'm doing this. but it is going to make her so happy.

i got to my house and grabbed the money. took me about ten minutes to count out. i burst through the door that was still a bit broken from yesterday when i flew through it in a rush. i need to get that fixed. i headed over to the orphanage and opened the door.

"oh you're late she already left." said the mare.

"oh well here's the money" i said throwing a bag of bits on the desk. she handed me an official looking certificate of guardianship. i was now officially scootaloo's guardian. "do you know where she went" i asked the mare.

"no i'm sorry sir. she might be with her friends again. she's always hanging around with them" she said.

"thank you." i said.

"no thank you." she said. "you're the first pony to adopt one of the fillies at the orphanage in a long time." i just smiled and waved as i flew away. that was a bit of a disturbing fact. that surely can't be. but i don't have time to worry about that. i started flying around and eventually i was stopped by applejack.

"woah there partener. what are you doing flying around in such a hurry."

"i'm looking for scootaloo."

"what for." she said. i pulled the certificate from my bag and showed it to her. she read over it and her face lit up.

"well i'll be damned you have the biggest heart i've ever seen in a pony. you know what i'll help you find her." said applejack. she bolted off down the street and started looking around. i flew over to the park next.

i looked around and couldn't find her. i looked through the tree's and bushed but she was nowhere to be found. i flew around one last time and i heard a familiar sound from behind me. it was rainbow dash flying from behind me. she flew over and said high.

"hey whatcha doin." she said.

"looking for scoots." i said.

"why." she asked. i pulled out the paper again and showed it to her. she flew right at me and hugged me tight. we almost plummeted to the ground but i kept my wings flapping.

"holy crap i can't believe you did that... you're so amazing. but what are you going to do with a filly like her."

"i don't know yet but i had a daughter of my own in my world."

"i bet you're going to be a great dad." she said with a smile on her face. she rested her head on my chest. "i love you." she said. that hit me hard but i was happy she said it.

"i love you too dashy." i said. we stayed in the air for a bit until she let go of me.

"what are we doing." she said "we need to find scootaloo." she said with a smile on her face . she flew off in a random direction and scouted the ground for scootaloo. i continued on my regular path. i decided to check near twilight's house. i got there and landed at twilight's doorstep might as well tell her too.

the door swung open and a half awake twilight opened the door. i looked over her and almost laughed when i saw the cum stains in her mane, but i kept silent. i don't think she noticed.

"hey crimson what's up." she said.

"i'm looking for scootaloo. do you know where she might be."

"i haven't seen her since last night after fluttershy helped me get home." she said. "why are you looking for her."

i held the certificate in front of her.

"oh my gosh, oh my gosh," she said jumping forward and hugging me. she even wreaked like sex. "that is so amazing of you. but why."

"i'm not sure."

"well of course now i have to help you look just let me get my things" she said walking inside.

"uhm twilight." i said. turning around to leave.

"yeah" she said looking back.

"you might want to take a shower first." i said with a dumb look on my face. i was almost about to burst out laughing. she blushed and closed the door. i flew away and kept looking. i spent almost the entire day looking for her. i checked everywhere. i just decided to sit down in the park.

i hung my head down. this didn't go as i had planned but nothing really ever does. i was about to head to the orphanage hoping she was there when rainbow dash swooped down in front of me. she had a huge smile on her face and tears in her eyes.

"c'mon" she said. "we found her. she's at sugarcube corner. everypony is waiting for you." i didn't even stop to say anything to dash i just flew away and she followed close behind. i whirled past tree's and around corners until i came upon the store. i stood outside the door.

i took a deep breath and closed my eyes. i imagined every possible outcome of this moment. dash landed behind me and put a hoof on my shoulder. she looked at me and smiled and i smiled back. i pushed open the doors and looked around for scootaloo.

i saw her surrounded by her friends. everypony was there. rarity, applejack, pinkie, twilight, fluttershy, and even the cakes. i started to tear up. she turned around and looked at me she had tears in her eyes and she smiled.

she bolted over to me and jumped up to hug me. i kneeled down and caught her. i held her tight and she started crying again. i almost started crying too. she started to remind me more and more of my own daughter. i had tears rolling down my face.

i looked at my friends and they all had big smiles on their faces. they all looked at me with a mixture of happiness and approval. i knew i did the right thing and i was going to keep doing the right thing.

"thank you so much." scootaloo said through her tears.

"its alright." i said. "i've got you now. everything is going to get better i promise." she continued to cry but she was happy i could tell. tears started to well up in the eyes of my friends. rainbow sat down beside me and put a hoof around us.

when i thought about it i had no idea why i did this. but i don't regret it. i felt great right now. scootaloo finally stopped crying and she jumped down from me. she smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes and her friends ran over to her. they started talking and jumping around.

my friends soon walked over to me. twilight put a hoof on my shoulder and the others smiled at me.

"yah got a big heart there partner." said applejack.

"you did the right thing darling." said rarity.

"i hope you take good care of scootaloo." said fluttershy.

"i'm proud of you." said twilight.

"that was like the most super duper nicest thing i've ever seen ever." said pinkie. she always had a way to brighten up the mood. i looked over to rainbow dash. and she smiled. she didn't say anything she just leaned in and kissed me.

i looked down to scootaloo. i looked over at the window and back at her. it was getting dark. i smiled at her and she at me.

"c'mon scootaloo." i said. "it's getting dark. we should go home." hearing that sentence made her perk up she jumped up and i let her on my back. i waved goodbye to my friends and left the shop. they left behind me and we all went home. me and scootaloo just walked away.

"so how do you want to get home scoots." i said

"can we just walk." she said hopping down off of me.

"sure." i said. we walked all the way to my house. we didn't say anything. we just let the moment settle in. we finally got to my house and i opened the door. still need to get it fixed. we walked in and i helped her get to her room. i got her in bed and tucked her in. i was going to make the spare room downstairs her room.

i finally got her settled in and went to go blow out the candle but she stopped me.

"uhm do you think maybe i could sleep with you tonight." she said.

"of course i said." i sat down on the bed and climbed under the covers with her. i blew out the candle and used a shadow to close the door. she jumped a bit when the door creaked close for no reason but i think she figured it out.

she wiggled her way over to me and rested against my stomach. she started to drift off the the rhythm of my my breath pushing my stomach in and out.

"thank you" she said. "dad." that one word almost brought a few tears to my eyes.

"your welcome sweetie." i said. she closed her eyes and smiled and soon drifted off to sleep. i did the same and soon i was dreaming about how things were going to get better. i knew i made the right choice and i hope that scootaloo feels the same way.

i woke up the next morning in the same room with scoots. she had wrapped herself around my arm sometime during the night. i thought about what day it was. it was monday. she probably has school. i nudged her a bit until she woke up.

"huh what." she said waking up. when she opened her eyes and saw me she smiled.

"hey scoots don't you have school."

"oh yeah." she said. she probably got so excited that she forgot. i looked at a clock and it was about noon. she had probably already missed school. i smiled and hugged her.

"tell you what. i'll let you skip school today." i said. her face lit up at the mention of that idea. "but you have to help me decorate your room." i said rubbing her head. she giggled and smiled.

"alright lets do it." she said jumping up and around on the bed.

"alright, calm down. lets get some breakfast first." i said. we walked into the kitchen and i cooked up some breakfast. well i just grabbed a few pieces of pie from the fridge and heated them up in the oven. but still i made breakfast. we gobbled down the food happily together.

after we ate i helped her wash up and we headed out the door. she jumped on my back and i flew us around of course. i spent the day helping her gather supplies and materials and tools. we finally finished shopping and i dumped everything at the house.

first thing first remove the already existing furniture so we can paint. i used a new power i was studying to shrink the furniture to smaller sized and move them. when the room was empty i put a tarp down and got ready to paint.

scootaloo grabbed a roller and dipped it in the pink paint. yes she wanted pink. it wasn't like right in your face pink but it was light and subtle. we painted the coat of pink together and we were already covered in paint.

when that dried i put on a few orange stripes that she wanted. it didn't look too bad. i let that dry while i removed the tarp. she then helped me with the carpet. we started it on one end of the room and pushed it all the way to the other. it fit perfectly.

next were the curtains which were regular beige curtains. next i moved the furniture back in and changed the sheets so they were more of her style. they were the same color as her mane and they had pictures of clouds on them. i put the rest of her furniture in. the drawer with the mirror, the lamp. yes a lamp. it was a light bulb but powered by magic instead. i got a few more for the other rooms.

soon her room was complete and it only took a few hours. when i checked the time it was about 4.

"hey scoots when do you and your friends get out of school." i asked

"around 3" she said.

"c'mon i have some work that i need to do. why don't you go play with your friend." i said walking with her to the living room.

"alright dad." she said as she rushed to the door and bolted outside. there was that word again. once more it almost brought a few tears to my eyes. i walked over to the busted door and took it off it's hinges. i pulled a smaller door from my bag and put it on the ground.

i grew it to normal size and used my shadows to line it up at the door frame. after it was done i lined up the hinges and hammered them in. the door was good at new and i used my powers to tear apart the old wooden door into fire wood for when it's cold.

with that i walked into the kitchen and grabbed a large metal pot. i was in the phase of my hobby where i throw in random intervals of ingredients and hoped that it made something. i grabbed a bit of nightshade and crushed it up . i sprinkled it into the bottom of the pot and poured in some straight alcohol. i put the mixture on the stove top and set the top to low.

the mixture started to bubble and thicken. that was the first sign of knowing that something is going to work when the first two ingredients thicken. i poured in some distilled water and threw in a bit of charcoal. the mixture turned a light green and continued to bubble.

i took a petal from the mill bud we collected last night and tossed it in. the batter turned an evil black and bubbled viciously. it then faded from black and went to blue. a very light purple-ish blue. there were other ways of testing if a potion works.

there are special pieces of paper that you dip into potions if they come out burnt that means it works. i grabbed one of them in my teeth and dipped it in the potion. the second it touched the liquid it burst into flames and burnt my mouth. well it worked and it worked well. that's pretty awesome. i grabbed my journal and wrote down the recipe.

unfortunately the only way to tell what it does id to drink it. i grabbed a few empty beakers and filled them with the potion. there was just enough to barely fill 5 bottles. i picked up the bottle and stared at the bright blue and purple swirls. maybe twilight could tell me what this did but first i should clean up.

i started washing the bottom of the pot when my hoof pushed straight through it. i looked at it in confusion. i checked the pot and saw that the bottom of it was practically paper thin. i guess the potions were taking their toll on the pot. maybe i should get a cauldron. that would be cool. i could set it up outside over a fire pit and brew my potions there.

i was about to head out to twilight when i remembered scootaloo. what if she comes home and i'm not here. i grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down a note telling her i was a twilight's. i left the house and put it on the front of the door. i had a bottle of my mysterious brew in my bag and i took flight. i flew around the town and landed on twilight doorstep.

i knocked and she answered the door.

"ah well hello there." she said "hows scootaloo."

"she's wonderful." i said walking in. "probably the best decision i've ever made." i looked around to see the place was a mess "we even decorated her room today."

"i know i saw you two running around with ton of supplies. you're first day as a father and you're already keeping her from school."

"c'mon today was a special occasion. besides how much time of her life is she going to invest into school anyway."

"alright. you've got a good point now what can i do for you." she said. i grabbed the potion and showed it to her.

"make a new potion." she said.

"yep but i have no idea what it does but i tested it and it works." i said also grabbing my note book of ingredients. "here is the recipe, think you might know." she looked over the recipe and pondered for a bit but she looked confused.

" don't think i've ever heard of this recipe before." she said reading it over and over. "i understand all the ingredients but i've never seen them used together." she said.

"dammit, i guess there's only one way to tell what it does" i said.

"well drink up, i kinda want to see this too." she said.

"oh i was thinking of tricking spike into drinking it."

"he's not here." she said. dammit. oh well. i popped the cap and took a little sip. always start with a small dose when testing. i waited and waited but nothing happened. my stomach churned and i though the potion was working but i just burped.

"hmm... interesting." i said.

"here let me see." she said grabbing the vial from my took a little sip and nothing happened. "are you sure it works."

"yeah i'm -" i stopped talking when i felt a knot in my gut. i fell to the ground and saw as twilight did the same. i grabbed my stomach and there was a bright glowing light. when it was over i felt different. i looked over at twilight and almost freaked out. she didn't have a horn anymore or purple hair she was... ME.

i stared at myself until i woke up. i looked down and i freaked out some more that i started yelling. i was twilight. i poked my head and i had her horn. i was even lying in the same place she was standing. it wasn't a simple body mimic it was a full on body to mind transfer. when twilight woke up she started to freak out too.

we both panicked together and when we finally got tired we stopped. i took a deep breath and tried to collect myself.

"did you plan this." she said questionably.

"so we could have sex? yeah definitely i love the feeling of my own dick up my ass." i said yelling with a lot of sarcasm. i still had my own voice.

"alright. i'm sorry just a little confused." i tried to figure this out when twilight's boyfriend stargrazer came strolling down the stairs.

"ah there you are." he said walking over to me. he leaned in and tried to kiss me.

" keep it in your pants there lover boy." i said turning from him and pushing him away.

"hey what's wrong." he said. "and why do you sound like him." he asked. i gave him a minute to put two and two together and he did it surprisingly quickly. he yelled and backed up. "what the hell is wrong with you. why did you do this to my baby."

"do i have to say it again." i said.

"alright everypony just calm down." said twilight walking over in my body still. "i can figure this out." she said. she looked around the bookshelves and pulled out a large book and started skimming over it "ah right here, potion of soul switching... says here if we just drink it again at the same time we should go back to normal."

"alright." i said i grabbed the bottle and took a sip and handed it to twilight. she took a sip too and we waited. after a while i got the same feeling in my gut again and we both dropped. there was a bright light and i woke up... this time in my own body. i patted myself down to make sure it was true and it was.

"oh baby you're so smart." said stargrazer going over to kiss her, but he stopped. "that is you right."

"yeah honey it's me." she said giving him a kiss.

"alright i think i've harassed you two enough for today." i said walking out the door. "bye" i waved as i left down the path. they both shouted out goodbye and i continued on my merry way. i looked in the sky and the sun was starting to set. i should probably go home and wait for scoots.

i took off and made my way home. i zoomed down the road and finally got to the step of my house. i noticed that the door was open a bit. scootaloo must be home. i walked in and looked around but she wasn't there. i heard some fumbling in her room. i walked over and put a smile on my face.

i opened the door and that smile quickly faded. standing there rummaging through drawers was some random pony. he didn't notice me so i cleared my throat. he dropped everything and froze. he turned around slowly to see me standing there with shadow tentacles waving around me. i stared at him with my black soulless eyes.

"oh shit." he said and tried to make a run for it. but i grabbed him by the leg and dragged him over. i stared at him and he started shaking as i held him upside-down by one leg.

"was there a little orange filly here." i asked.

"yes... yes there was." he said trembling

"that was my daughter." i said glaring at him.

"oh shit i swear i didn't touch her... i swear she came in here with her friends or something and then ran away when they saw me...i swear i didn't hurt them please don't kill me." he said shielding his face.

"where did they run to."

"the... the forest they ran to the forest." he said still trembling. "please let me go."

"fine." i said ripping the bags from his body most likely containing a bunch of my shit that he stole. "you have five seconds to make it from here to the end of the road or i will kill you and mount you're head over the fireplace." i said dropping him to the ground. he scrambled to his hooves and ran away faster than i've never seen a pony run so fast.

i quickly ran outside and dismissed my shadows. i ran into the forest. i started calling out names and followed the path to the bog. i looked around but couldn't find them and eventually broke through to the bog. they weren't here either.

i looked over and saw fluttershy's house. they could be there. i flew over to fluttershy's house and landed at the door. i knocked and she opened the door.

"oh good you're here..." she said

"is scootaloo here." i said trying to look past her.

"yes she is." she said "scootaloo. you're new dad is here." she said. i heard hoofsteps running down the stairs and scootaloo reared her head. she ran past fluttershy and hugged my leg. her friends came down the stairs too.

i kneeled down and picked her up. she seemed scared because her eyes were puffy and red.

"she and her friends came over here crying." said fluttershy. "she said something about a stranger in your house. i think you might have been robbed."

"i took care of it." i said "it's alright honey. he can't hurt us. i promise."

"i'm sorry i ran away... i was just scared."

"thats alright... you did the right thing coming here... now c'mon lets go home its getting dark." i said patting her on the back.

"alright daddy." she said. i looked over at the other girls who were smiling.

"do you three need a ride home." i asked.

"no its fine..." said fluttershy. "i can take them home, you just worry about scootaloo."

"alright, thanks fluttershy." i said walking away from the doorway. i picked up scoots and put her on my back. she held on tight and rested her head on my back as i flew away. i made my way to our house and flew right in. i let her off of me and made her some dinner while i put away some of the things that pony was stealing.

after dinner was done i put scootaloo in her bed and tucked her in. i told her a story of when i was a kid how every day i would go into the woods with my best friend and we would climb the rocks and walk across the stream on a log. all the fun i used to have as a kid. the story finished and i kissed her on the head.

"good night sweetie" i said.

"good night daddy." she said. i started to walk out of the room and she said something else. "i love you." she said. i stopped dead in my tracks. i didn't expect to hear those words from her so soon. but i was happy about it.

"i love you too baby." i said looking back and turning off the lamp. i closed the door a little but left a crack in it. i went into the living room and blew out a few of the candles. i kept one lit on the coffee table. i headed upstairs and crawled into my own bed.

my eyes grew heavy when i reminded myself. she had school tomorrow so i need to set the alarm. i went over to my alarm clock and set the alarm for six just to be safe. i put the clock back down and climbed back into bed.

i let the weight of the blankets slowly put me to sleep. my eyes grew heavy and eventually i dozed off. it's been a long time since i've had these feelings. it was a good thing she was with me. and i wanted her to be with me. so everypony is happy.