Hi. Hope ya all liked the last chapter, even though it didn't have much action and all. This chapter is a bit short and boring, but I hope you like it anyways. So let's get on with the review replies!

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Chapter 13: Sunshine

Scootaloo and Sunny Shine entered a small, dim bedroom. A sort of ground bed was placed next to Fluttershy's large soft bed. A soft white mattress was laid out, along with a pink pillow and several blankets. Sunny flew across the room to flicker on a small lamp so the dark room was now filled with a dim light. She then lumbered over to a closet, rummaging through the mess of stuff inside. Scootaloo could hear her murmuring, "Where is it? Ugh, not that...no...come on!" She finally pulled out what seemed to be a large worn-out sleeping bag. "Ah!"

She picked up the old thing in her teeth and she trotted over to place it beside the ground bed, carefully laying it out and adjusting it properly. When she had completed this process, she turned to grin at Scootaloo. "This is where you'll be sleeping," she announced as if it were a luxurious bed.

Scootaloo awkwardly tilted her head, unimpressed. "Um - "

"Let's play a game!" said Sunny abruptly, interrupting the orange filly.

"A...game? Right now?..." Scootaloo sounded startled.

"Yeah! We can play a game I created myself! It'll be really, really fun!" Sunny bounced up and down with excitement, her mane bouncing along with her quick movements, reminding her a bit of Pinkie Pie.

"Sure hope so," she mumbled to herself, glancing at the worked-up filly.

"What do you wanna play first?" Sunny asked, blinking and smiling.

"I thought we were gonna play the game you created yourself? The game you said would be really, really fun?..." replied Scootaloo, her face expressionless.

"Oh yeah!" she giggled. "Yeah, I remember! I'll teach it to you! You want to learn it, right?"

"Yeah, of course," she responded blankly.

Sunny giggled joyfully again. "Okay, so it's called 'Sunshine'! It's really fun!"

"Yeah. You said that," muttered Scootaloo, feeling quite annoyed.

"So you play like this: One pony is the sunshine! The other is the darkness! The sunshine has to catch the darkness so that the darkness will become sunny and happy like everypony deserves to be!" Sunny jumped up, wearing a wide grin on her cheerful face.

"Sounds fun," she said.

"D'you wanna be sunshine? Or do you wanna be darkness?" asked Sunny, flicking her blue tail happily.

"Doesn't matter," replied Scootaloo.

"Okay! I'll be sunshine and you'll be darkness!" Sunny replied, turning away from Scootaloo so that her wavy blue tail faced her. There was a pause, where an awkward silence filled the bedroom. Sunny Shine glanced at Scootaloo over her shoulder, tilting her head.

"What are you waiting for? Run!" she cried. Scootaloo started racing around the room, a bit reluctantly at first but then more joyfully as she enjoyed the fun game. "Sunshine" flew around the room, trying to catch "darkness" as she dodged her playful attacks. The sound of happy laughter filled the room as the two fillies played their little game.

Finally, Sunny caught Scootaloo and their game ended; the panting fillies collapsed on each other and dragged themselves to the ground bed and sleeping bag to rest from the tiring game. "That was...fun," commented Scootaloo, surprised at her own words.

"I told you," responded Sunny, beaming for moment and then continued panting as she rested on the fluffy mattress. "It'll be dinner soon anyway."

"Will Fluttershy be there?" asked Scootaloo nervously, even though she knew what her response would be.

"Of course! She's making it so why shouldn't she enjoy her own dinner?" Sunny answered with a slight hint of confusion.

"Heh, right..." Scootaloo couldn't bear the thought of having to eat dinner with Fluttershy, even though it would seem like such a simple thing to some other pony. But some other pony would not know what it was like to be in this sort of situation. After what she had done to Fluttershy, she couldn't even think to look at her innocent face, much less eat with her. She felt reminded of everything that had happened to her in the past couple days every time she glanced at the sweet yellow pegasus. And she definitely did not want to be reminded.

Maybe I can get myself out of this. I just can't face her, not now at least, thought Scootaloo desperately, her worried eyes darting from her sleeping bag to Sunny Shine. No, snap out of it, Scootaloo! What's to be scared of? There's nothing to be scared of, right? It's Fluttershy, for Celestia's sake! She wouldn't hurt anypony! You just have to do this...for Sunny's sake! For your sake!

"Yes!" Scootaloo blurted out, causing Sunny to crane her neck in her direction curiously. She quickly clamped her hooves over her mouth, then swiftly removing them and chuckling unconvincingly. "Haha, I was just talking to myself about-how I want to play 'Sunshine' again and I said 'yes" because...I do want to play it again! Haha!"

Sunny smiled and replied, "Don't worry, we can play that again real soon."

"Ha, thanks!" answered Scootaloo, letting out another fake chuckle. As Sunny turned away from her direction, Scootaloo sighed under her breath. "Phew," she whispered.

The ponies sat in still silence as several long minutes passed. Scootaloo broke the silence by a soft but audible yawn. Sunny copied her, and the two ponies shared a small giggle. The silence repeated; the two fillies looked around waiting for Fluttershy's voice to call them for dinner. Sunny rose and trotted to the door, opening it and listening to see if Fluttershy would call them already.

"FLUTTERSHY?!" she hollered in a shrill tone, so loud and high that Scootaloo covered her ears, wincing at how such a nice filly could shout so high. "IS IT TIME FOR DINNER YET?!"

"No!" Her voice sounded so sharp and edgy for her sweet and gentle personality that Scootaloo shuddered.

"Ugh." Sunny whipped around and trotted back to her floor bed. "I'm so bored I could just die! When is she gonna be done? Grr. Hey Scootaloo! Want to do something else while she's busy?"

"Sure!" she answered eagerly. "Another game maybe?"

"Okay. 'Sunshine' again?" Sunny suggested. "You said you wanted to play it again before."

"I'm a bit too tired right now for that," she said. "Anything else?"

"Let's see." Sunny rubbed her chin with a pale yellow hoof thoughtfully. "Hide and seek?"

"Oh, sure!" Scootaloo happily agreed.

"Do you want to hide or seek?" Sunny asked with a bright smile.

"Seek," she answered with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "I bet I can totally find you."

"Oh, you're on!" laughed Sunny. Scootaloo covered her eyes and started counting to 10. Sunny began looking for a hiding place, galloping around and looking in possible spots.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Ready or not, here I - "

A soft voice drifted through the exposed doorway from the kitchen, interrupting Scootaloo.

"She's done! Come on Scoots, let's go eat dinner together!" The delighted filly grabbed her hoof, racing off to the dining room, her face filled with undeniable excitement. On the contrary, Scootaloo's face was filled with skepticism and worry.