So that probably here are Scootabloom and ScootaBelle, as promised! :D I hope you like them! An apology to Ultimito the Great, and I misunderstood your request! And also thanks to my reviewers, I cannot express in words the joy I feel each time I see that I have a new review!
That being stated, to the adorableness!
Scootabloom
Applebloom shivered in the brisk air and sneezed as a snowflake landed on the tip of her muzzle. The looked wearily up at the darkening sky and wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck. The weather pegasi had a record-breaking blizzard planned for this evening.
"Uh, Scoots!" she called up to the filly on the roof the schoolhouse, "Do ya really think this is the best time tah be practicin'? Ah mean, ah think there's a storm a'brewin'!"
"I'm sure!" Scootaloo whinnied back, waving her booted hoof in the air, "Besides, a little old storm wouldn't stop the Amazing Rainbow Dash, so it isn't going to stop me!"
Applebloom took a few steps backwards to get a better look at her orange-furred friend, cautiously aware of the frozen schoolyard pond just a few paces behind her. "Okay, on the count o' three," she began, raising her voice above the strengthening wind, "One... two... three! Take-off!"
"Look out below!" Scootaloo yowled as she spread her tiny feathered wings and threw herself off the roof. For a second, it actually looked like she was flying! But then the wind picked up and she went careening in Applebloom's direction.
Both fillies screamed in terror as Scootaloo heavily bowled into Applebloom, sending them both flying away. They landed with a smack! on the ice right in the middle of the schoolyard pond. There was a deafening crack! and then all was still and quiet.
Applebloom groaned in pain and sat up, and heard another crack! She fearfully looked down and spotted the ominous-looking jagged line that ran from the bank and curled around the two of them. The line stopped just as the crack should have connected with the other, creating a deathly circle around them. She let out a gasp and her pupils become the size of peas.
Scootaloo moaned beside her and exclaimed, "Yowch! What a landing!" She rolled over and rubbed her head. The movement caused the crack the travel another half-inch towards their sudden deaths.
"Scootaloo, stay still!" Applebloom whispered, her eyes not leaving the crack. Scootaloo moaned again and lifed her head.
"Why? What's wrong?" she asked, blinking questioningly at Applebloom. Applebloom still didn't look at her. Scootaloo slowly twisted her body around to see was the Earth pony was looking at, and froze once she saw. "Oh."
Applebloom's heartbeat accelerated and she felt her insides squirm as her entire essence contracted with the fear she was feeling. She knew in her heart that if that crack expanded on more foot, she and Scootaloo would most assuredly die there in the cold black water.
They sat silent and motionless for a long time, before the silence was broken by the soft sounds of giggling and chattering coming from the distance.
Applebloom allowed her attention to stray the slightest bit. There were a good many of her classmates, led by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Their scarves, hats, and earmuffs were caked with snow, so she guessed that they were returning from an intense snowball fight. Applebloom's eyes searched for Sweetie Belle's face in the crowd, but the unicorn filly was nowhere to be seen.
"Help!" Scootaloo shouted from behind her. The sound startled Applebloom, and she realized the practicality of the action, and she joined in.
"Help! Help! Please, help us!" they cried in unison. They soon caught the eye of Silver Spoon, who nudged Diamond Tiara in the side.
The mass of foals slowly began to make their way towards the pond, and hope blossomed amongst the fright in Applebloom's subconsiousness. "Help us!" she called, daring to wave her hoof in signal. Soon enough, Diamond Tiara and her posse stood on the snow-covered shore of the pond.
Diamond Tiara's muzzle curved into a devious grin. "Look, everypony, the two blank flanks were too busy making out to notice that they'd stumbled onto thin ice!" she whinnied, pointing at them accusingly. Her comment caused Applebloom to blush.
"We were not-" she started defensively.
Scootaloo cut her off. "Diamond Tiara, hurry and go get Miss Cheerilee! The ice is cracking out here and we'll fall in soon if we don't get out!"
Diamond Tiara cackled. "As if I'd ever do that! You and your fillyfriend are gonna stay right where you are if I can help it!" she sneered. "Right everypony?" she asked, batting her eyes and looking at the fillies and colts behind her. A few amongst them looked uncertain, but most of them laughed along with her.
"C'mon, let's go get some hot chocolate at Sugar Cube Corner and leave the lovebirds alone together!" Silver Spoon suggested, and Diamond and the others gladly agreed. They sauntered off, chanting, "Applebloom and Scootaloo, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
Scootaloo let out a growl of frustration. "I can't believe they just ran off like that!" she grumbled. "Now what are we going to do?"
Applebloom didn't reply, but began to sob. She tried to stop crying, but the tears just kept coming and coming and refused to stop. Scootaloo let a comforting hoof land on her shoulder, too afraid to do anything more without upsetting the ice.
Finally, Applebloom contained her emotions and set her mind to focus on the task at hand. "We can't risk movin'," she concluded after visually inspecting the cracks, "Ah guess we should just call fer help till somepony comes n' sees us."
They called for help over and over again. They shouted until their voices were hourse and their spirits were low. Nopony heard them. It was no wonder, because everypony was holed up inside their houses drinking hot chocolate and making gingerbread ponies for Hearth's Warming Eve. The wind howled and the snow swirled around them. Applebloom and Scootaloo huddled together, dreaming of warm fireplaces, decorated evergreen trees, and glasses of creamy egg nog.
Applebloom was sure that she had frostbite in her hooves. They ached so terribly, but were starting to lose feeling. She couldn't see very well in the storm, but they appeared to be turning blue. She pressed her side harder against Scootaloo. The young pegasus's body was cold and lifeless. Applebloom was suddenly paralyzed with dread, but she boldly whispered, "Scoots? Scoots?!"
For one terrible moment there was no answer, and then a voice croaked, "Yeah, Applebloom?" Applebloom let out a sigh of relief, her breath immediately freezing in the air.
"Do ya think... Do ya think we're gonna die?" she asked, the sound barely heard above the rage of the blizzard. Scootaloo didn't reply for a long time, and after a while Applebloom began to worry that she'd gone unconsious.
"I don't know, Applebloom," she whispered back, "But what I do know is that I would rather-" her voice broke as she let out a sob, "-die here with you than with anypony in any place else. If we might die here, I want you to know that I... love you, Applebloom."
Applebloom began to cry again, but she smiled. The tears froze on her cheeks. "Oh, Scoots, ah love ya too. Ya'll are the best friend anypony could have!"
"No, Applebloom," Scootaloo protested, her tone serious, "That's not what I mean. I mean that I love you, with all my heart, I swear it by Celestia. And I... I wish I had had the guts to tell you before now. I wish you could be my special somepony."
Applebloom didn't know how to respond, so she just cried. The tears had stopped, so she just dry sobbed. Scootaloo cried with her. They pressed their icy cheeks against each other, sharing the tiny bit of warmth that they had between them.
Applebloom felt the edges of her vision blurring, and her strength ebbing. With the last bit of strength she had, she turned her head and kissed Scootaloo on the cheek and uttered as softly as the beat of a butterfly's wing, "I love you, Scoots."
Then all she could see was black, and she slowly began to slide out of the awakening world. Just as her senses began to completely shut down, she heard the faint murmur of familiar voices.
"Look, Applejack, I found them! They're right here, on the pond!"
"Oh, thank Celestia! Don't ya worry, lil' sis', ah'll get ya outa there!"
"Rainbow Dash, you lift Scootaloo, and I'll levitate Applebloom. Be very careful or you'll disturb the ice! Easy... Easy now..."
"Like this, Twilight?"
"Yeah, good, keep going!"
Applebloom felt Scootaloo's weight leave her side, and suddenly she was floating, floating as if lying on a cloud. She sighed in her half-slumber and new that she and Scootaloo were safe now, and could be together forever.
Ahem, this turned out to be way more melodramatic than I had originally planned. Sorry about that, and about it's shortness, but I had two chapters to finish this update, so please cut me some slack! ;)
Now, it's SCOOTABELLE TIME!
