On The Run

"Live your Life with your Head held high..." <- You'll get a free request if you know where this quote is from ;w;



OKAY NOW I FEEL SO BAD MAKING SCOOTS CRY .....
but there was that weird dream I had today. I was Scootaloo, apparently. And it felt so real....  

I really feel like trying to explain what I dreamed about .... Here we go omg xD Just so I won't forget about it either.
I'm not even close to being a good writer (especially in english), but my priority is to capture as many impressions as possible of those I still remember.

It's a rather short story, and started in the middle of nowhere.


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Zecora's hut

Applebloom: "Now look at that, Scootaloo! Our new home is going to be super-duper awesome!"

After we passed the grating door of Zecora's old home at the heart of the Everfree Forest, we took a look around.

Most of the hut was empty, exept for some of her creepy traditional masks and a few other decorations Zecora abandoned before leaving this place. Even though the zebra was already long gone, the mystical atmosphere was kept alive by the ancient scents and the fading light, that barely found it's way through the thicket. Shades of green and brown dominated not only the world outside, but the walls inside as well. To lighten up the room, Applebloom installed an old, wooden lamp she found in the corner.  

Applebloom: "There's quite a lot of work ahead of us, but it's not like we never dealt with a lost cause before! Just imagine all the   
                     possibilities, Scoots!"

While the light yellow filly inspected every single grain of dust, already ten steps ahead, I developed a brilliant idea. My wings were flapping with joy.

Scootaloo: "You know what this place needs, right? A secret base!
                  We might not be able to use our old clubhouse anymore, but that doesn't mean we're no longer the Cutie Mark Crusaders!
                  A place, for just the three of us. With secret meetings, and nopony will bring us down by complaining how stupid our ideas for  
                  cutie marks are becaaaause they won't even have a clue where we're at! Sweetie's face will be priceless once she returns. So,
                  are you in or are you in?"

Applebloom: "We could be the Super Special, Secret Cutie Mark Unit .... or something. Count me in!

Scootaloo: "Great! Then we should start right away. All we need is the perfect place to ...

My thoughts were interrupted by a silent, rumbling noise underneath our hooves.

We exchanged swift glances, before we located the sound and slowly started tapping against the floor. Something had to be down there.

Scootaloo: "The wood is pretty thin and brittle, I'm sure we can break through. Who knows, maybe we can built our base underground! 

The dull noise appeared again.

Applebloom didn't seem to be as exited as I was. In fact, we were in the Everfree Forest, practically everything could happen. 

Suddenly, we actually broke through.

Scootaloo: "Holy Celestia, what is THAT?

Before we could take a look, an awfully strong smelling fog climbed up into the hut. The toxic scent infected our senses immediately.

Scootaloo: "MAKE IT STOP!"

Applebloom covered her muzzle while I tried to hold my breath so I could stick my head through the hole without feeling the urge to vomit right away. 
The bright room that opened up through the entrance was full of containers, filled with different kinds of fluids. Each of them was boiling.
I continued describing what I saw.

Scootaloo: "There are small signs with the liquid's names."

I read some of them out loud, and eventually we both noticed it at the same time. I pulled out my head, coughing.

Applebloom: "We gotta get outa here! NOW!"

Scootaloo: "But-"

I knew about the upcoming danger, but I refused to leave our new home. Anyways, I had no choise. Applebloom grabbed my hoof and stormed off the hut.

Applebloom: "We have to tell Twilight! You know what this means, right? They're toxic, Scoots, toxic! And not only that, they're HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE for pony's sake! ..... There is only one pony - or should I say changeling? - who owns those chemicals. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

She _almost_ panicked.

Applebloom: "What if Chrysalis is back? What if she built a whole cave system next to our homes, inventing new weapons to someday invade Equestria?!

I didn't really share her worries at this point, to be honest.
We ... just couldn't return to our old, new home anymore. Not until the situation was stabilized, if this ever happened. Why? I was so happy to finally live together with my best friends, with my family. A place I could return to whenever I wanted.

Then, out of nowhere, we arrived. Twilight's home wasn't far away after all. It looked just like a smaller copy of Zecora's, but brighter on the inside. Like it didn't really belong into this dark, scary forest. 

We knocked on the door, our hooves were trembling. Everything that happened afterward passed in a heartbeat.

Twilight opened the door and as Applebloom explained the incident, I took a look pass her. She wasn't alone. I noticed Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash in the background, but none of them payed attention to us. After Applebloom finished, I faced her myself.

Scootaloo: "Twilight? Can I, you know, live with you guys? Just for a short time! Just as Long as I .... "

I lowered my voice with every word I spoke.

Twilight: "I'm sorry."

The light she used to carry in her eyes was replaced by sadness.

Twilight:"I wish I could, but I can't. We already shelter Sunset Shimmer for now, you know her, right?

The young used-to-be-human took a brief look around the corner, but I couldn't stand looking into her eyes. She was about to cry and so was I.

Twilight: "  We're running out of space. I'm sorry.
                   Good luck.

She closed the door and there I stood, pressing my face against the cold window, begging for another chance. But I received nothing than a last sorrowful glance from Twilight. Then eventually, she turned away and left. Applebloom returned to her Family too, I guess.

I had nowhere to go, though. I was still an orphan.  
Not even Rainbow Dash seemed to care about me anymore. 

How could it be that everyone has a place where they belong,

but not me?  

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That's it! I can still feel the cold glass in my face  

Waaaah I wish I was a better storyteller.

Of course nopony knows if Scoots is an orphan or not, but it definitely felt like it .... 

And I have no idea where Zecora went, or where they left Sweetie Belle.

OR WHY ON EARTH APPLEBLOOM DIDN'T OFFER SCOOTS TO COME WITH HER.

 

And most importantly, what happened to Twilights Castle, and Ponyville in gerneral.
I feel like some terrible disease passed the town or something ...
Apparently, they knew Chrysalis owned some serious chemicals, maybe she used them before? I sure hope not.


It was hard to see the Mane Six like that, seriously xD Especially Twi. And Sunset ;w;

I'm glad Rainbow would never ever abandon Scoots in "real life" ....!

(BEING SCOOTS WAS AWESOME ANYWAAAAAYS WHOOOOOO  I wish it wasn't a nightmare-like dream though)