Chapter 7
Goodness… I- I'm so sorry I was out! Am I late? Sorry my friend I didn't notice the time! A thousand apologies. Where was I? Ah yes I was about to tell you about what Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash are doing, right then! I'll stop stalling
Scootaloo sat on a cloud while Rainbow Dash slept. Scootaloo only saw Cloudsdale from either the ground or the rare occasion that she gets up there. She looked around seeing some familiar faces, she saw Derpy fly by and she thought about Ditzy the unicorn filly who looked like her. She pondered what they're relationship was, mother daughter, big little sister, aunt? She pondered for a while until she saw a few other ones she didn't recognize. Half the pegasus were gone, and she wondered where they went. She began to think of everypony she never really gave much thought to. She thought of Aloe and Lotus, she thought of Octavia, Mister and Missus Cake, Bon Bon, Zecora and so on. Her eyes jutted around when she noticed most of these ponies had a sort of relationship with a unicorn. Aloe and Lotus served Rarity the most, Octavia lived with Vinyl, Mister and Missus Cake had a child who was a unicorn, she was pretty sure Bon Bon and Lyra were in love.
But Zecora had a friendship with Twilight. Scootaloo's eyes narrowed at the thought of Twilight Sparkle. First she was mad, then she was sad and soon melancholic. She was sitting on a cloud slightly above Cloudsdale and the cloud Rainbow was curled up and sleeping on. Scootaloo looked down at Rainbow Dash and smiled a bit seeing Rainbow's ear or wing twitch a bit. She was dreaming. What Scootaloo liked best about Rainbow Dash right now was her color. Everypony else had to durty their coats, but Rainbow Dash, she guessed, was too proud. The colors from Rainbow Dash's mane and coat made her stick out from the rest of the dreary ground. The whole place bellow looked black from the clouds and dead plants.
Rainbow Dash snored then woke up. Looked around then up at Scootaloo, "Hey squirt," she few up and sat by her, "how ya doing?" Scootaloo looked back at Rainbow Dash and her heart fluttered. She loved Rainbow Dash. Not in a crush or sexual way or whatever it is grownups do when they're in love, more of a way where one can't do without the other. Rainbow Dash was Scootaloo's hero of all things. The way Rainbow could fly, how proud she was and her sonic rainbooms were beautiful.
"I'm fine, Rainbow Dash!" Scoots said, sounding a bit too hyper. She tried to calm down. Rainbow Dash lid back on her back and stuck her wings in through the cloud, "Thaaats nice!" Rainbow said, as if she didn't care. But deep down she did. She couldn't fly fast enough to get away from the feeling of guilt from betraying her friends, but she had to stay strong during this. Scootaloo tilted her head to the side, "Um…Rainbow Dash can I ask you a question?", "I dunno, can you?...Nah I'm kidding, kid. Whats up?" Scootaloo giggled a bit and looked up. She wondered what was higher than the sky. What would be up there?
She looked back to Rainbow and asked in a quiet but raspy voice, "Whats going to happen to Rarity?" Rainbow twitched her ear in a bit of irritation from Rarity's name. "Shes going to be put in a work camp making saddle hangers or making wine I think. Why?", "I was just wondering…Um…If Twilight stayed a unicorn do you think she would have gone to a saddle hanger or wine camp?" Rainbow Dash sat up and slammed her hooves into the cloud. She turned to the tiny Pegasus so quick her mane sprawled in the air, which to Scootaloo looked beautiful as ever. "Of course Twilight wouldn't be! Shes a princess… besides its all her fault this is happening!"
Though Scootaloo is a bold and brave filly, when she gets yelled at it scares her. But over the past few days of living with Rainbow Dash she got yelled at a lot but she slowly got used to it. She tilted her head the other way and Scootaloo stretched her wings out a bit, "um…h-how is it Twilights fault? I mean… I know you all are all mad that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna always pick unicorns to be Princesses…but that doesn't me-" Rainbow Dash cut her off, "It means everything! Just think okay? When was there ever Pegasus royalty?" Scootaloo thought back about the rulers she knew of and she couldn't think of any, "and when was there ever Earth Pony royalty? Never, OBVIOUSLY! Its because, JUST BECAUSE! Just because Pegasus and Land Ponies don't have magic,"
"But Rainbow Dash…Back a long time ago wasn't Equestria ruled by each pony race?" Scootaloo asked with a whimper. Rainbow Dash flew up into the air above her, "Yeah! Until the Unicorn decided to take over!" she turned around, "Celestia must of decided to make unicorns rule over again!" , "Then why are Earth Ponies taking over?" Scootaloo shouted, getting onto all fours. Rainbow turned around quickly and yelled back, "Because theres more earth ponies! Obviously if the unicorns make a threat earth ponies would do anything to be superior!"
Scootaloo sat back down, still a bit confused from the argument. Rainbow Dash eventually calmed down and sat back down next to Scootaloo. Scootaloo looked down at where the Apple Barn would be. After a long moment of silence, Scootaloo mumbled out, "Y'know…Applejack doesn't like you very much anymore," Rainbow Dash snickered a bit and lid down in a comfortable position. Her mane sprawled out on her back and the cloud and she replied with a sigh, "Y'know, I don't like me very much anymore too"