Epilogue

"HERE COMES THE SUN! HERE COMES THE SUN! AND I SAY, IT'S ALRIGHT!" Rainbow Dash was singing while she swept up Scootaloo's future bedroom. Singing for Rainbow was pretty rare, she almost never did it, only that one time when Fluttershy roped her into singing some dumb song about pets.

She had to admit, she was pretty good for all the years she had gone without singing (minus those stupid songs Rainbow half heartedly sang for Fluttershy. And just for Fluttershy! She only did it so Fluttershy wouldn't burst into tears!)

The doorbell suddenly rang out, it's sound bouncing off the fluffy cloud walls to Rainbow's ears. Hmmmph, Rainbow thought, It's way too early for them to be here. Still she flew over to the door and opened it to find…

Her neighbor?!

"Ummm…what the hay are doing here?"

Her neighbor, Creaky Staircase, was a pegasi as old and shriveled as one of those endangered tortoises you see on Animal Planet. She was probably even older that Granny Smith, and Granny Smith was OLD.

"Well, I was sitting in my bed, doing my knitting when I heard this sound like a strangled pigeon!" Creaky Staircase leaned in to Rainbow Dash, so her eyes were level with hers. And those eyes did not look happy. "And I came here to tell you Ms. Rainbow Dash –KEEP THE DARN NOISE DOWN! YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE!"

Rainbow grimaced and held her nose while Creaky Staircase rambled on about Rainbow being a meanace to society and other stuff like that. From the smell of it, Creaky probably hadn't brushed her teeth for a long, long time.

"Ummm…Ok, got it. No more singing," Rainbow said, putting her hoof on the door. Creaky was staring to creep her out a little.

Creaky abruptly paused and looked Rainbow in the eyes strangely.

"That was singing?"

Rainbow just shut the door in her face.

Then she got back to cleaning. And cleaning. And cleaning. Rainbow usually hated cleaning, but she wanted to make a good impression on the adoption agency.

Finally, Rainbow shoved the last item from her Wonderbolt collection into the closet. There. The room was cleaned now. Then she sprayed some of Rarity's perfume she sto- um, borrowed all over the room, hoping it would cover up the scent of stale coffee still lingering in the air, since the time Rarity decided it would be fun to hype up Pinkie and Rainbow on coffee and see what they would do.

That did not end well.

Ring! Ring! The sound of the doorbell pierced Rainbow's ears. She hoped it wasn't Creaky, otherwise that would be downright freaky, and would confirm her suspicions that she was a total creeper.

Luckily, this time, it was the adoption agency ponies with Scoot by their side. She looked so ecstatic to finally be free of the orphanage. Rainbow gave her a grin.

After that, Rainbow signed a bunch of papers she didn't even read and took Scoot with her into the house. Rainbow liked reading and all, it was her secret hobby that she never EVER told anybody about, but when it came to stuff like that Rainbow would rather pass. That stuff was Twilight's thing.

As she walked through the door, Scootaloo at her side,she thought

Wow, Dashie, you're a big sister now!

Yeah. I cant believe it

Can you do it? I mean Rarity and Applejack are always complaining about how annoying their sisters get.

Well, they always make up in the end. Plus, I know I have to do this

Why the hay do you HAVE to do this?

Cause Scoot needs me. And I need her.

You need her?

Yeah. You know, we're gonna be like a sort of family together.

Yeah. You know what Dashie.

What?

Your mom would be proud of you.

With that thought, Rainbow dismissed the voices in her head. This time, when she thought about her mother, though, Rainbow didn't feel sad. She felt complete, actually, for once in her life. Whole.

Maybe Scootaloo was the missing piece- a sister, somebody who would always love her back.

The phone rang, and Rainbow dashed to get it.

"One minute Scoot!"

"Okay, Rainbow Dash!"

She picked up the kitchen phone.

"Hey. Dash here"

"Oh, it's just me Twilight."

"Hey, Twilight!"

"Hey is for horses," Twilight said, obviously irked at Rainbow's word choice.

"We ARE horses!"

"No, you're actually a wingedus pegausus, scientifically speaking."

Rainbow rolled her eyes. Why did Twilight have to be such an egghead sometimes? "Whatev. Why did you call anyway? Cause if you wanna chat, I can't 'cause I have a hungry little sis to take care of!"

"Oh, I was wondering if you'd like to come to Applejack's farm with us. She's made some cider, and wanted us to taste it."

"Uhhhh…." Rainbow glanced back at the door that Scootaloo was waiting behind. She had promised her hay smoothies this afternoon. Then she glanced back at the phone. "Sorry. Can't. I'm sure her cider's good though!"

"Oh. Okay. Good bye!"

"Bye!"

She hung up the phone, and Rainbow walked towards Scootaloo.

"OOOH! WAS IT THE WONDERBOLTS!? I'D BET THEY WANTED YOU TO JOIN RAINBOW DASH!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"Uh, no. It was Twilight. She wanted me to come over to Applejack's"

"Oh. So I guess we're not getting hay smoothies then." Scootaloo looked down.

Rainbow smiled, and put a wing around her new little sister. "Hey, I said no to them. I would never leave my little sis hangin'"

The End

Author's Note:

So, when I typed the Latin translation of Pegasus into Google Translate, I realized the word pegasus IS latin. Then I tried to translate it into Greek, but I got a bunch of Greek symbol/letter thingimobobs. I can't read Greek (unfortunately, I'm not a demigod or anything), so I just added a bunch of 'us' es to the end of the words 'winged' and 'pegasus'. The finished word is a totally made up word! Don't try using it to impress your teachers or anything, otherwise they will think you are loco in the coco! That would be embarrassing!

You probably knew it was a fake word, but I wrote this just in case….

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