"Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow choked out, staring at the pink pony. Pinkie was covered in blood and her hooves were dirty and scratched from the long journey over here. Her hair was still fluffy and bouncy, but tangled with bits of grass caught in it. "How are you here? How are you up here without a balloon?"

"Yes, it's me Dashie! I suppose you're all wondering why I'm here! Now, why doesn't everypony just sit down, and I'll tell you," Pinkie said.

"How are you up here?! Answer the question!"

"Oh silly Dashie, didn't you notice Twilight wasn't here yet?"

Rainbow gasped in horror. "You killed her!?"

"No silly, she saw me, tried to run away, but I grabbed her! Then I forced her to perform the spell to make me walk on clouds, and now I'm here!"

"Is she okay?"

"Of course! She's just tied up in my basement right now! Ya know, the Cakes were really surprised when I got there. They were gonna call the cops, but when I held a knife to their twins they quickly changed their minds!"

"How did you get out of prison?"

"Oh, that part was easy! I killed all the guards and left! As I said, there's a reason I was in there!"

"What- what are you going to do now?"

"Dear Dashie, I have to finish what I started!" Pinkie exclaimed, lunging at Rainbow and hitting her to the ground.

"Hey! What happened?" the pink pony asked indignantly, signaling to Dash's wings and cutie mark.

"Discord healed me, you dumb bitch!" Dash yelled, pulling her hooves up and kicking Pinkie right in the face, sending her flying into the wall.

"Bring it!" Pinkie shouted, grabbing a knife from behind her back. As the two fought, the other ponies frantically tried to get away from them.

"I'll call the police!" Fluttershy shouted, going for the phone.

"Oh no you won't!" Pinkie growled, picking the knife up and throwing it instead at the yellow pegasus. It went through her hair, chopping off half of it. The scared mare shrieked and shot out the window.

"You think you can just come back here and try to kill me?! The other ponies already left! They'll have called the cops by now!" Rainbow snarled, sitting on top of Pinkie and smashing her face into the floor, gripping her fluffy hair. The party pony bucked, sending Dash flying off her and onto her back. Pinkie stepped on the pegasus's stomach and held the knife over her.

"Time for you to be made into cupcakes!" Pinkie hissed, bringing the knife down. Rainbow's eyes widened and her life flashed before her. But then, her instincts kicked in again, and she rolled, then Pinkie went down, the tool falling from her hooves. Grabbing it while Pinkie was down, she pointed its tip at her.

"Stop. One more move and you'll die, you heartless bastard," Rainbow threatened menacingly. Pinkie stayed on the floor, smirking at the cyan pegasus.

"Pft, please. You think that scares me? And you know, I should really tell you something, Dashie," Pinkie leered up at her.

"What?"

"Oh, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom!"

Rainbow's eyes flew to the closet, where the three fillies emerged. Their mouths were taped closed, but their hooves were free. Pinkie got up and walked over to them while Rainbow was standing, frozen in place.

"I managed to nab them right after you let them go do their 'trick.' You should really rethink your priorities, Dashie. A few bad decisions could cost you dearly," Pinkie smirked, running a hoof down the side of Scootaloo's face. The scared orange pegasus had tears running down her face, and the others fared no better.

"What do you want from me?" Dash asked shakily.

"What I want is what I've wanted from that very first day! The day Discord saved you! I want your cupcakes!" Pinkie swiped a cake knife from the counter top and held it to Scootaloo's neck.

"No! Please!. . don't- don't hurt her!"

"I won't! As long as I get my cupcakes!"

Rainbow looked at Scootaloo. It was her, or Rainbow.

Dash shot forward, attempting to grab the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But Pinkie saw right through it and punched Rainbow so hard in the face she thought her jaw was broken. Landing roughly against the far wall, the pegasus struggled to get up. Pinkie held the knife up, preparing to throw it at her.

"Any last words, my Dashie?" Rainbow weakly looked up at the crazy party pony she once thought was her friend. She didn't reply. "Well, okie dokie lokie! Say goodbye to your daughter, Rainbow Dash!" She held the knife up and hurled it at the pegasus. Only a foot from her, a flash of white light appeared.

Discord.

The knife stabbed into his stomach and he doubled over. Putting his paw over the wound, he grimaced and coughed a few times.

"Discord!" Rainbow exclaimed, her eyes lighting up at the sight of the creature.

"Not now! Just get the fillies!" Discord choked out, looking back at Dash. She shot around the room, going over Pinkie as she was distracted by him. Sweeping up the terrified little ponies, she sped out the window. She quickly landed and set them down, then took the tape off their faces.

"Mom!" Scootaloo shouted, hugging the older pegasus tightly. Rainbow hugged her back.

"I need you girls to run to Sweet Apple Acres! Get Applejack if she's there and then tell her Twilight's in the basement at SugarCube Corner! You have to rescue her," Dash told them.

"But what about you?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I'm going to go back in there to help Discord. Pinkie Pie has gotten crazier since she was here; he'll need me."

"Be careful," Scootaloo whispered, hugging Rainbow.

"I'll be back! Stay safe!" With that, the pegasus flew away at the speed of sound.

---

"You again?! How many times do you have to interfere?" Pinkie Pie demanded, circling the injured spirit.

"How ever many times I- uh- need to!" Discord growled, keeping his eye on the pink pony.

"Well, now I have the upper hoof!" Pinkie crouched, wiggling her messy tail in the air. She sprang at him, but Discord wasn't that slow. Yet. She landed harmlessly on the other side of him, then sprang again. Over and over again she leapt at the spirit.

The whole time Discord only got one hit in. He raised his talon and punched her in the face, sending her sprawling. Pinkie got none.

But her plan was working.

She was going to slowly tire him, then finish it. After all, there was so much going on that Discord didn't know where to fire with his magic, or do a restraining spell. And he was certainly not going to leave her alone.

Discord found it hard to keep going. The stab wound in his middle was spilling blood all over Rainbow Dash's cloud home. Pinkie was really good at this.

"Ha! You don't stand a chance, you idiot! You can't keep going like this forever, and Rainbow isn't coming back. I'll make cupcakes out of you, and then she'll be next!" Pinkie laughed maniacally, closing the distance between her and the helpless spirit.

"No, you won't! And you'll stay away from Dash!" Discord snarled, tripping slightly over a tipped over chair. She jumped on him, forcing him to his back. She held her own knife up at his neck.

"Ha! How many times will I be on top of somepony I'm trying to kill today? First Rainbow, then you. Seems right, huh?" The knife poked a small dot into his skin.

"Not so fast, Pinkie Pie!"

A rainbow blur blasted Pinkie off of Discord and she collapsed onto the floor. With the pink pony unconscious from the hit, Rainbow helped Discord up.

"Uh, thanks," the spirit said, sitting up.

"Are you okay?" Dash asked.

"Oh yeah, I have a knife in my gut, I'm just perfect!" Discord cheered sarcastically, pointing to said knife.

"I meant besides the knife, but whatever."

"Yes, I'm fine."

"We better call the cops."

"Already here," a voice said behind them. They both swiveled their heads to look. A few pegasi police were at the door.

"Thank goodness," Dash said. "She's right there." She turned around, pointing to the spot Pinkie was. Nopony was there. Pinkie was gone.

---

"So how did you know I was in trouble?" Rainbow asked Discord, sitting next to his hospital bed. He was laying on his back, on top of the blankets. The police were searching for Pinkie Pie, and the knifed spirit was put in an ambulance to be taken to the hospital.

"Did it hurt getting that knife out?" Scootaloo asked. Discord rolled his eyes and shot a glance at Rainbow Dash. She giggled.

"You should've seen your face when they pulled it out! It was so funny!"

"Okay, get ready, I'm going to extract the knife now," the doctor said.

"Um, okay, just make it quick," Discord said. He was laying on a surgery table on his back.

"Three, two, one.."

His muscles tensed.

"Now!"

The doctor pulled the knife out.

A cry of pain from Discord.

Blood all over the doctor and the floor.

Rainbow laughing her ass off on the ground a few feet away.

Scootaloo standing next to her adoptive mom and trying not to giggle.

Discord with the most absolutely hilarious look of disbelief and pain on his face.

"Gross," the doctor commented, the knife in his light yellow magical hold.

"Shut up," Discord grumbled. Some bandages were wrapped around where the knife was.

"Pft, whatever, that was too funny," Dash smirked. "Anyways, how did you know I was in trouble?"

"Fluttershy came and told me:

Discord sat in his marshmallow chair and stared off into space. So boring! Twilight had given him this invitation to some party for Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. By the time it was, it was probably just getting started. Should he go? He wasn't really sure. After what she said about a 'father,' he wasn't so sure. It was really awkward. He hadn't spoken to her all day.

A yellow object flying through his wall snapped Discord from his thoughts abruptly. The butter colored pony was covered from head to hoof in cotton candy wall.

"D-Discord! *gasp* Rainbow Dash! *gasp* Pinkie Pie! Back! Again! Help!" Fluttershy gasped, breathing heavily, falling against the spirit and trying to catch her breath.

"What?! Pinkie Pie!? I'm on it! You call the cops!" Discord told her, then teleported to Rainbow Dash's house.

He arrived with a bright light and immediately felt an extreme pain in his stomach. As his vision flickered, he saw flashes of pink in front of him, along with three little ponies.

"Discord!"

"Not now! Just get the fillies!" He clutched his stomach. A knife was lodged deep inside his gut.

Rainbow Dash shot to the fillies and disappeared out the window, leaving him alone with Pinkie.

"She looked really odd. Half of her hair was gone, which I thought signaled something was wrong."

"Yeah, Pinkie threw a knife at her to stop her from calling the cops. She did a lot of knife throwing today," Dash commented.

"Yeah, I can tell. One of the victims was me."

"And it would've been me if not for you. Thanks again. You've been saving my flank a lot these days."

"Yeah, I know."

"So. . . do you want me to repay you now?"

He went quiet for a moment, stroking his goatee. He saved her again, and in the process he got stabbed in the stomach with a knife. . . yeah, maybe just a little.

"Yeah. I think I need something back for this one," Discord said.

"I figured. Scootaloo, will you go play with the other Crusaders for a little while? Discord and I have to discuss something," Rainbow told her.

"Okay. Don't take too long! I'll see you later," Scootaloo dismissed, leaving the duo alone in the hospital room. With a last warning of 'be careful', the pegasus turned back to the spirit.

"So, what are you thinking?" Dash asked.

"I don't know, I thought you would decide that," Discord said, shrugging.

"Hmm. . . will this work?" As soon as she said that Dash leaned forward and kissed him right on the nose, then flashed a quick smile at him before trotting out the door. Discord froze slightly, his face turning red.

". . . Yeah."

---

"C'mon Rainbow, pleeeeaaasseee?" Sweetie Belle whined.

"We'll be safe we promise!" Scootaloo pressed.

"Yeah we'll be fine!" Apple Bloom told her.

"I don't know. I mean, it's not that I don't think it's safe, it's more the fact that you girls want to jump off the highest cloud in Equestria," Rainbow said, looking down at the faraway ground.

"But it's gonna be so awesome! Please?" Scootaloo begged.

"I don't know. I trust you, but I'm not sure. What're you doing again?"

"We're gonna jump off, and then, I'm going to circle a platform of clouds and save them, sorta like when you were at the Wonderbolts Academy and saved the others, but I'm not bouncing them up again."

"Are you sure you can do it fast enough?"

"Yeah! I'm positive!" Scootaloo buzzed her wings.

"Okay then, I'll let you. But don't let them fall. That would not be cool."

"Yay! Thanks mom! C'mon, let's do it," Scootaloo cheered, turning to face the others. She put her goggles on and they lined up at the edge of the cloud. "Ready, set, go!"

The three fillies plummeted off the cloud. Rainbow leaned over to watch them fall. They slowly disappeared from her sight as the fog swallowed them up. She listened for them.

"Maybe I should make sure they make it," Rainbow said to herself. She jumped off and slowly floated towards the ground. As she went down, she heard a few screams.

Something was wrong.

"I'm coming girls!"

Rainbow shot downwards, trying to guess how far from the ground she was right now. Dash could barely see the ground from where she was. Picking up speed, she went into a nosedive. Wind whistled past her, and the familiar cone formed around her. Pulling against it, she started feeling herself being sent through it. The huge boom followed by the rainbow circle spread thought the sky. As Rainbow sped downwards, she saw the ground coming up. But she didn't see the fillies.

"Scoots? Apple Bloom? Sweetie Belle?"

Rainbow landed forcefully, going skidding across the grass, leaving a little rainbow fire in her wake. She looked frantically around. Still no fillies. Trying to fight rising panic, she thought about how Pinkie was still on the loose.

"Mom! That was awesome! Can we do it again? Why do you look so freaked out?" Scootaloo asked, popping up out of nowhere, and scaring the crap out of the cyan pegasus.

"AIEE! What the- where did you girls go? I heard screaming, I came down 'cuz I thought you girls were in trouble," Rainbow explained, looking at the three little fillies.

"We weren't screaming, we were shrieking in laughter. Did you get so worried about us that you did that sonic rainboom?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Um, well. . ." Dash rubbed the back of her head.

"You were so worried that you did a sonic rainboom! You really care," Scootaloo said, hugging her mom. The other fillies joined in, laughing as Rainbow stood there with an annoyed look on her face. Given away by her own nerve.

"I think we should go visit Discord. I think he's lonely in there," Dash said, looking down at the three little ponies in her embrace.

"When does he get out? It's been like a week already," Apple Bloom said.

"Well, Discord told me that there was a few 'complications,' but he would be out soon."

"Complications? Like what?" Scootaloo asked. They looked at Rainbow worriedly.

"I don't know. I don't think he wanted me to worry about him, so he didn't tell me. But, he sounded really sad he wasn't out here, so we should go see him."

"Hey Rainbow, can I ask you a question?" Sweetie Belle wondered.

"Uh, sure."

"Are you and Discord dating?"

"Oh. Um. . . Not really."

"Oh."

"Let's go, shall we?"

---

"So, what have you girls been up too since I ended up in here?" Discord asked, his paw over the wound that was covered in bandages on his stomach.

"Nothing really. But I just did this awesome trick, and, like saved them! It was so cool!" Scootaloo exclaimed, sitting on the end of the bed.

"Yeah, and then Rainbow thought we were in trouble, so she did a sonic rainboom because she was going so fast to save us!" Apple Bloom told him.

"It was amazing!" Sweetie Belle agreed.

"Well Rainbow, you've been turning into a caring parent. One of those that are always looking after everypony else's," Discord teased, only to be hit upside the head by an annoyed Dash.

"Well, besides that, we haven't really done anything that special," Rainbow said.

"Wow, as soon as I get out of here, maybe we should do something."

"YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" the Cutie Mark Crusaders shouted, hoof bumping. Rainbow winced and folded her ears back against her head. Discord slammed his paws over his.

"Please girls? Not that," Dash told them. The fillies smiled sheepishly and sat down.

"I think my eardrums are broken," Discord said, shaking his head.

"Sorry," Scootaloo apologized.

"Whatever, it's fine. Just not here. Anyway, do you know when you get out of here?" Rainbow asked him.

Discord shook his head again. "No. They haven't said anything yet. But I'm hoping it'll be soon."

"I hope so. I mean, we can't come everyday. I have weather, Scootaloo has school, and then there's Pinkie Pie. . ."

"I'll be fine. And about Pinkie, don't worry too much. As long as you stay in the clouds more, she won't get to you."

"What about the spell Twilight did on her? When does it wear off?"

"It would've already worn off. It was just a simple cloud walking spell. Not really that durable."

"Okay, I'll take your word for it, but still. She could be anywhere. What if something happens to Scootaloo? Or Sweetie Belle or Apple Bloom? Pinkie already tried to get to me with them once, and I don't want that to happen again. She could use them against Rarity or Applejack or somepony else! Don't you have some sort of tracking spell you can use to find her? Could Twilight do something like that? Because we need to find her."

"Well, of course we could use a spell to find Pinkie. They're not letting me use my magic in here, so I won't be of any help until I get out. I would ask Twilight. She'll be able to help you more than I can right now."

"So, we'll visit you later then, okay?"

"Yeah, don't worry about it. Go ask Twilight. Just tell me if anything happens."

"Thanks, I will. Bye Discord."

"Bye Discord!" Scootaloo said.

"Bye!" Apple Bloom said too.

"Bye!" Sweetie Belle copied, waving her hoof at him. Discord waved back.

"Bye girls."

The ponies left the hospital room, leaving Discord alone.

---

"A searching spell? Of course I can! But I need something of that pony's to find them," Twilight told Rainbow. "This is about Pinkie Pie isn't it?" she asked as she saw the look on the pegasus's face.

"Yeah, it is. Do you think you can find her?" Dash asked, watching as Twilight scrambled around the library, books falling everywhere as she jerked them out of their spots and held them in the air. Spike ran along the shelves, catching the ones she didn't get.

"Yeah, yeah, I can, but I still need something of Pinkie's," Twilight explained, scrolling through her books as fast as she could and reading for more spells.

"What kind of thing? Like an object of hers, or DNA?"

"DNA, stuff like that. Hair, skin, spit, anything along those lines." She stopped at one book and immediately dropped the rest on the floor, and walked over to Rainbow Dash. Spike groaned and went to work picking up the books. "Found it!"

"The spell?"

"No, the book about spinach."

"Huh?"

"Duh, the spell, silly filly! Anyways, I need something of Pinkie Pie."

"Where do we find that?"

"Anywhere Pinkie might have been while she was here. Your house, SugarCube Corner."

"Okay, so let's search SugarCube first."

"Okay, let's head out."

The pair left the library, setting off in the direction of the sweet shop. Entering SugarCube Corner, they went up to the Cakes.

"Do you guys mind if we search this place? Pinkie Pie's room, the kitchen, pretty much anywhere Pinkie was?" Twilight asked.

The Cakes gave them blank stares.

"Of course!" Mrs. Cake said cheerily. Mr. Cake followed her out of the room as she left.

"What was that? They didn't even seem concerned. Weird. Anyways, let's get looking," Twilight told Dash, who was standing there looking very confused.

Rainbow walked upstairs, looking closely at the floor. It all seemed spotless. No dust, hairs, nothing of the sort. She studied the air, trying to see if there was any in the air.

"How am I supposed to know what a skin cell looks like?" Rainbow shouted downstairs to the purple unicorn.

"I don't know! Dust, I guess! Try and look for hairs mostly!" Twilight shouted back to her.

"Okay!" Rainbow stopped and looked under a rug. As she got into Pinkie's old room, she searched under the bed, behind dressers, on the windowsill, even on the blades on the ceiling fan above her. It was all clean. Like it had been scrubbed with bleach and alcohol. "Twilight, I'm not seeing anything! It's spotless!" The unicorn appeared behind her.

"Downstairs too. It's like the Cakes wanted to erase her off this planet. Maybe that's why they were so odd downstairs. They didn't even listen to her name! I wonder what was going through their minds when they saw her again," Twilight mused.

"But you were there, weren't you? When Pinkie made you perform the spell on her?"

"Yeah, but I want to know what was going through their minds. I can't read minds. Yet."

"Well, probably disbelief, hatred, other emotions like that. Anyways, let's go. My house. But I should warn you, cloud doesn't really hold things that well that aren't rain, snow, and pegasi."

"Yeah, but it's worth a shot."

They left SugarCube Corner and walked to directly under Rainbow's cloud home. Twilight performed the spell on herself, then Dash lifted her up the her house.

"Okay, search! This is one of our last hopes. This is the only other place we know she went. If she was anywhere else, all traces of her are probably gone," Twilight said. Dash nodded and flew inside. She checked her bedroom, her kitchen, closets, but like the sweet shop, there was nothing.

"How is there nothing here?!" Rainbow exclaimed angrily, pounding her hoof on her table.

"Beats me. Such a struggle went on here only a few days ago and now there's not a trace left of it."

"Trace of what?"

The two spun around and saw Fluttershy behind them.

"Of Pinkie Pie. We're trying to find her, but we need some of her DNA first," Rainbow told her.

"Oh. So you haven't found anything, I'm guessing."

"No- why are you all sticky?" Twilight asked, seeing the pink all over her friend.

"Oh. Discord's cotton candy house is stickier than normal cotton candy. I still haven't gotten it all out."

"Oh, interesting. Here, let us help," Rainbow said, approaching Fluttershy and trying to wipe it off.

"Thanks girls, but I think it's a lost cause." After a few minutes of strenuous cotton candy pulling, Twilight said something.

"Wow, your hair really got tangled in this. It looks so much shorter."

"That's where the knife cut it, actually. And will you get that little hair off my nose? It really tickles."

Rainbow picked the little curl off her friend's snout. She was about to throw it out when she realized something. Curl? Holding it closer to her eyes, Dash saw this was a very dark pink. Pinkie Pie fluffy, curly, bouncy hair pink.

"Twilight, look at this will you?" Rainbow asked, and Twilight stopped cleaning Fluttershy and took the hair with her magic.

"Is this what I think it is?" Twilight gasped, mouth open as she inspected it.

"Yes, I think so."

"What? It's just a little-" the yellow pegasus was cut off as she was suddenly spun around, flinging the cotton candy off her, and when she stopped spinning the others were gone. ". . .hair."

---

"Okay, here it goes," Twilight said. Holding the little scrap of hair, she focused on the spell. Her horn glowing, she closed her eyes. A gentle breeze fluttered a few of the papers on the desk. A weird little tendril of magenta picked up the hair, curling itself around it. Suddenly, the magic let go of the hair and left it floating there. The hair was no longer pink, but pulsating white. It slowly grew bigger. Rainbow backed away a little bit as it transformed from the little curl to a square shape, sort of like a movie screen. An image appeared on it. Twilight opened her eyes and looked at it with a gasp. Pinkie was hiding behind something. It looked like a hay bale.

"That place looks familiar," Rainbow said, gulping. Sweet Apple Acres.

"Yeah," Twilight whispered. An orange earth pony with a blonde mane was walking towards it.

"Apple Bloom, you can't hide for long. Ah'm gonna win!" Applejack said to the air with a smile on her face.

"AJ no!" Rainbow exclaimed, trying to talk to the picture on the screen.

"Rainbow, she can't hear you," Twilight said sadly.

"I'm going to save her!"

Rainbow Dash shot out the door, leaving Twilight watching the goings-on. The cyan pegasus left a trail of rainbow streaks in her wake, and soon she was at Sweet Apple Acres.

"Applejack!"

"Pinkie Pie! Let go of me, you-"

Applejack's yell was cut off. Rainbow streaked downwards and landed with a thud.

"Let go of Applejack, you monster!"

"Well hi Dashie! I'm so glad you could join the party! AJ and I were just going to go play cupcakes! Do you want to play?" Pinkie Pie asked, holding the orange earth pony's arms in hers, standing there as if she wasn't doing anything wrong.

"Put. Her. Down. Or else," Rainbow threatened, stepping one hoof forward. Pinkie giggled.

"Or what?"

"This." Rainbow moved forward so fast you couldn't even see her and kicked Pinkie in the face. The pink pony slammed against an apple tree, tilting it. She wiped the blood from her mouth.

"Dashie, that wasn't very nice!" she exclaimed. "But luckily, I'm not either!" Pinkie pulled herself off the tree and approached the pegasus. Rainbow grabbed Applejack and flew her to the roof of the barn, where she set her down, making sure she didn't roll off.

"Rainbow Dash! Why did you just put my sister on the roof?"

"Huh? Apple Bloom?"

"Yeah! And Ah want to know why you just put AJ on the roof!"

A pink pony slammed Rainbow onto her stomach.

"Is this a good reason?!" Dash shouted as she ducked and rolled away from Pinkie's swinging hooves. She head butted the party pony away. "Run Apple Bl-" her shout cut off as she got punched in the face. Holding her now bleeding nose, Rainbow hovered in the air and bucked Pinkie right back. Pinkie got up and threw herself at Rainbow. She braced herself for the impact, but a beam shot the pony right out of the air.

"Rainbow! Get some rope!" Twilight yelled to the blue pegasus, who was already on it. Twilight held Pinkie down, making sure she didn't run away or fight back. The pony underneath her struggled, trying to escape. Dash arrived with the rope and Twilight wrapped Pinkie's hooves with it.

"I'll get you for this! I'll kill all those guards again just to make cupcakes! You just wait and-" Rainbow slipped some rope around the pink pony's muzzle.

"That's enough out of you," she said. "Have you called the cops yet Twilight?"

"Yeah. I called them right after you left. I knew you would need my help, but I needed to make sure Pinkie didn't hurt you. After I saw Apple Bloom I knew I had to get over here," Twilight responded.

"Did you-"

"Yes, I teleported, Rainbow Dash," the unicorn told her, knowing what she was going to say before she even finished her sentence.

"Okay then."

---

"Discord?" There was no answer from inside the room. Rainbow stepped inside slightly, only her face in the room. "Discord?" Opening the door fully and looking around, she didn't see anypony. Suddenly, two mismatched paws spun her around.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash," Discord said. The pegasus blew a sigh of relief. "They just released me when you were walking in. I thought I'd scare you."

"Well, you failed. I'm not scared," Rainbow pushed the spirit's paws away.

"You're not? Really, I think I did. Judging from the way you jumped, oh, and the look on your face, and don't forget the giant Mohawk that went down your entire body; I'm pretty sure I scared you."

"Okay, maybe a little. . . but still. Anyways, we caught Pinkie Pie. She is officially on her way back to the prison in Canterlot."

"Great! You got a little something on your face." Rainbow looked questioningly at him. "Uh, fine, do I have to do it?" A handkerchief, that was wet, Dash noticed, wiped her face off. Discord held it front of her, showing that it was covered in blood. "See?"

"I'm hoping that was water that was on it."

"Well duuuhh. What, were you thinking, spit? I'm not your mom. Speaking of moms, maybe you should check up on your kid," Discord said, jerking his thumb towards the orange pegasus that was visible playing outside with her friends through the window.

"Yeah, right, I know. C'mon," Dash grunted, trotting out the door. Upon seeing her mom, Scootaloo dropped the ball she had and raced at her.

"Where were you? I couldn't find you and I thought maybe you'd left me, and decided-" Rainbow shoved her hoof in the filly's mouth.

"I would never leave you, silly filly. I was just busy today. But now that everything's fine, maybe we should go and celebrate." She put wing around Scootaloo's shoulders and pulled her closer.

"Celebrate what? You not being busy anymore? I mean, not that I care, because I'm just really hungry."

"Well, if you want. But I was more talking about how your mom caught Pinkie practically single-hoofed and now that Discord's out of the hospital."

"You caught Pinkie?! Cool! Let's go!" Scootaloo buzzed her wings.

"Yeah. Where do you want to eat?"

"Pft, I don't know! But let's hurry up and decide, because I am starving!"

"How about Golden Corral?"

"Sounds good! I want buffet!"

"Discord? That sound good to you?" Dash asked, looking up at where he was flying above them.

"Hmm, sure, whatever," Discord said, shrugging his shoulders. Rainbow rolled her eyes and the three of them soared towards the restaurant.

---

"Uh, I'm so stuffed!" Scootaloo exclaimed, laying a hoof on her stomach. She laid down on the cloud and looked up at the stars.

"Me too. I ate like a horse," Rainbow Dash agreed, flopping on her back beside her filly.

"Hmm, I ate like a lion, an eagle, a goat, a lizard, a dragon. . ." Discord said, counting off on his fingers, settling down next to Rainbow.

"Stop, you silly weirdo," Dash stopping his counting with a laugh. Scootaloo wiggled closer to her mom and tucked herself in-between the two adults.

"So, are you guys dating now?" Scootaloo asked, breaking the silence as they watched Princess Luna's stars twinkle in the night. They looked at each other.

"Maybe, maybe not," Rainbow said.

"Um, okay, I want to know if you are though. Because, if you get married, I want to be the ring bearer. I was a flower girl at Cadance and Shining Armor's wedding. I really wasn't that interested."

"A ring bearer? Isn't that a boy?" Discord asked.

"Usually. But it could be a girl," Rainbow said.

"Cool. So, I can?" Scootaloo pressed.

"I guess if we got married Scoots. But, really, I'm still trying to get over being attacked by a psychotic pink pony with surgical tools. And, I think Discord's a little old for me," Dash teased, poking the spirit in the ribs.

"Well, Rainbow's right on that one. I am eons old," Discord agreed. "I mean look, my beard is white! White!"

"Wasn't it always white?"

"Well, it wasn't when I was young."

"So, are you a grandpa?" Scootaloo asked.

Discord's eyebrows shot up. "I'm not that old! Besides, I don't have kids!"

"What about Screwball?"

"Screwball? That's just a rumor, my little pony. She's just some coincidentally wacky and crazy pony. Not much for disharmony if I do say so myself."

"Okay, enough about Discord's old age. It's starting to sound ridiculous," Rainbow laughed.

"Okay fine. But I'm not going to talk about the stars and hearts or sappy stuff like that," Scootaloo said.

"Trust me, I don't wanna talk about that stuff either. Too- not awesome."

"So, what are we going to talk about?" Discord asked boringly.

"I don't know, but it has be at least 20% cooler."

"Okay, Ms. Awesome, what do you think is cooler to talk about?"

"Hmm, I don't have my awesome chart with me, so I can't really judge what we should talk about."

"Ooh, ooh, I know! How about you tell us the story of when Rarity got wings and then she fell and you saved her!" Scootaloo suggested.

"Of course! Not less than 20%, perfect. Anyways, so it was the day of the Best Young Fliers Competition, and Fluttershy and I were already in Cloudsdale. I was getting pretty nervous, but then the others arrived! Oh, it was great at first, but then Rarity kept showing off her wings. Then, she decided to enter the competition! I thought for sure I was going to lose! When we finally were up, I kept messing up on my routine! It sucked because I really doubted me winning at this point. But as we both climbed high in the sky, her wings burned and she plummeted to her doom! I knew I had to save her. The Wonderbolts got knocked out, and by then I had no choice. I shot downwards, and the cone of air surrounded me, and I knew I was going to do it! The impossible! The sonic rainboom! The boom echoed behind me, and a huge rainbow filled the air! I grabbed Rarity and the Wonderbolts just in the nick of time! I lifted them all the way up and over the Cloudaseum, making an awesome rainbow over it. Then, some other pegasi took the Wonderbolts away from me, and some took Rarity. The crowd was cheering their flanks off, and out of all of them, Fluttershy was the loudest, surprisingly. The Princess named me Best Young Flier, and I was carried off in victory! And Rarity was so grateful! It was an awesome day, but it got even better when I got to hang out with the Wonderbolts! It was officially the best day ever!" Rainbow finished.

"I'll never get tired of hearing that story!"

"Hmm, I've never heard that story before," Discord said.

"Well, now you have. It was legit," Dash bragged.

"Can I tell one?"

"What one?"

"The one where I made you and the others your opposites and you deserted your friends and sat on a small tuft of cloud that you thought was Cloudsdale."

"How about I tell the one where you almost cried because Fluttershy said she wasn't your friend?"

"… Touché."

"You almost cried?!" Scootaloo exclaimed in disbelief. Discord turned red and looked away.

"So, how's school going?" Rainbow asked Scootaloo, changing the subject, trying to stop the spirit from suffering anymore embarrassment.

"Okay, I guess, but really boring. I'd rather be with you all day."

"I think everypony would always want to be with me."

"Yeah, I think that's true. So what are we going to do now?"

"I think we should go to bed. I'm tired."

"But I'm not tired!" Scootaloo objected.

"Right, I've seen you yawn like ten times. Discord even more."

"When?!" Discord exclaimed. Rainbow shoved her hoof in his mouth. "Nowo, serbjudlee, whewn?"

"But I'm not-" A huge yawn interrupted her sentence.

"Tired, right. Let's go," Rainbow stood up, the filly on her back. "C'mon Discord."

"I'm coming, I'm coming, just let me get up," he grumbled. He hovered above them as they went inside.

"I'm gonna put Scoots to bed. You do whatever." Dash disappeared into another room. Setting her daughter into her orange and green bed, she kissed her on the forehead.

"Goodnight Scoots, love you," Rainbow told her.

"Night mom. Love you too," Scootaloo said back to her, eyes already closing. Rainbow turned off the light and then closed the door. She walked back over to her room. And of course, Discord was laying sideways across the bed, sound asleep. She shoved him off, and settled into the blankets. When she closed her eyes, she felt the spirit climb back into bed the right way, next to her.

"Goodnight Discord."

A snore was her only reply.

---

"So, Scootaloo, how are you likin' livin' with Rainbow Dash as your mom?" Apple Bloom asked. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were being pulled along in a wagon as Scootaloo rode her scooter.

"It's so awesome! She's really good at being a mom and is always nice to me! She hasn't even yelled at me once!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"That's because you haven't been bad. Once you've been bad she'll probably yell at you," Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo snorted and shook her head.

"Pft, right. I'm never bad. The only time she ever got mad at me was when we went on that camping trip."

"Well, you just wait. Anyways, what do you guys want to do?" Apple Bloom asked.

"I don't know. Do you have any suggestions Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo looked back at them.

"How about, WATCH THE ROAD!" Sweetie screamed, pointing her hoof forward.

"Huh?" Scootaloo's eyes jerked to the road. The lake! Shouting, the orange pegasus pulled the scooter backwards, undoing the latch that held the wagon to the scooter. The two other fillies fell out, but Scootaloo's helmet strap got caught onto the handle from when the scooter hit her in the face as she pulled back. She flapped her wings, pulling her strap from the handle. The scooter jerked to the left, and crashed into the tree. Scootaloo smashed her head into the trunk. She fell onto the ground.

"Scootaloo! Are you okay?" Apple Bloom asked worriedly, running up to her friend. The little pegasus groaned and didn't get up.

"Whoa! Apple Bloom, is she okay?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I don't know! It doesn't look like it."

"We have to get her to the hospital or something! Where's Rainbow Dash?"

"Let's look for her! Maybe she's clearing the clouds…" The ponies scanned the sky. A bright blue blur above them caught their attention. "Ooh, there she is! RAINBOW! RAINBOW DASH!"

The pegasus shot down towards them. She stopped a foot above them, hovering in the air.

"What's up? Where's- SCOOTALOO?!" Rainbow saw her daughter collapsed on the ground. She picked her up. "Scoots?" Scootaloo was bleeding from an unseen cut under her helmet. A few bruises were already showing, and she had some scrapes. Rainbow lifted the helmet off her head. A long cut went from her ear to her forehead. "Don't worry Scoots, I'll get you safe!" With that, the cyan pegasus shot off, leaving the two little fillies coughing in the dust.

---

"Is she gonna be okay?" Rainbow asked, following the doctor around.

"Yes, she'll be fine. A minor concussion. Could've been worse, too, if she hadn't been wearing a helmet," the doc answered. "She should be okay to go home soon."

"Thank goodness," she breathed. Dash turned away from the doctor and sat by Scootaloo's bed. The orange pegasus was still unconscious, but besides from the cuts, she seemed okay. A bandage was wrapped around her head, and a few band-aids were on some other cuts. She laid her head down on the bed next to her daughter's hoof. She would stay here until she woke up.

The minutes ticked by.

Rainbow's ear twitched. Her wing shifted, wanting to fly. The pegasus glanced at the clock. She's only been here for two minutes. Dash groaned, getting antsy. Her hoof tapped the floor. Sweat rolled down her face. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The clock passed another minute.

"Scoots? Scoots?"

Scootaloo didn't move.

"This is so boring! I need to fly!" Rainbow jumped into the air. She got ready to speed out the window. But then she looked at the bandaged filly in bed. "Uuuhh." Dash lowered herself onto the floor again. She would have to wait. She couldn't just leave her daughter alone in the hospital. But just as she sat down, Scootaloo stirred.

"Mom? Wha- what happened?" Scootaloo asked, rubbing her head.

"You got in an accident. But don't worry; you're gonna be okay," Rainbow replied, smoothing her pinkish hair.

"Oh yeah. . . My scooter! Is it broken?!"

"Sorry kid. I can't fix it." Dash pulled the destroyed scooter from the side of the bed. The handle bars were dented and muddy, and the whole pole that held the bottom to them was bent backwards. One of the wheels was missing, and the part you stand on was almost completely torn in half. Scootaloo grabbed it from Rainbow's hooves.

"I've had it for so long. I can't believe it's destroyed. . ." The orange filly hugged it close to her chest, tears running down her cheeks. "Couldn't Twilight fix it?"

"I don't know. But I'll ask her okay?"

"Okay," Scootaloo sighed. "When can we leave?"

"We can now, if you want."

"Yeah. I want to find out if my scooter can be saved yet."

"Okay then, let's check you outta this place."

---

"So, let me get this straight: you want me to fix this scooter?" Twilight asked, putting a hoof to her chest. The unicorn looked incredulously at the cyan pegasus.

"Well, if you can. ." Rainbow Dash muttered, rubbing the back of her head.

"Please Twilight! It would really mean a lot to me," Scootaloo begged.

"Hmm, I don't know any fixing spells. Not any that would fix scooters, anyway," Twilight said.

"Are you sure? I could help you find a book," Rainbow said, grabbing a few books and looking through them, then throwing them onto the floor.

"Spike! Are there any books on fixing spells?"

"Not any that I know of!" Spike called.

"See? I can't fix it, Dashie. I'm sorry. You could always get another scooter." The purple unicorn pushed them out the door before Rainbow could throw some more books. The blue pegasus look sadly at Scootaloo.

"I'm sorry kid. But I can't fix it, and neither can Twi'. We'll just have to buy you another one," Dash told her.

"But I worked so hard for that scooter! I put my blood, sweat, and tears into that!" Scootaloo objected. "I don't want a handout!"

"Well, maybe you don't have to." Rainbow grabbed a piece of paper off a wall and handed it to the filly.

LOOKING FOR AN

OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME?

WELL, COME AND

RACE AT THE ANNUAL WONDERBOLTS JUNIORS CUP!

WIN AND YOU'LL GET

1,000 BITS!

REGISTER AT YOUR CITY HALL!

RACES WILL BE AT CLOUDSDALE'S CLOUDASEUM

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH!

"Wow! This could be my chance!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"So you're in?" Dash asked.

"Well, duh!" Scootaloo looked at the flier again. "But this is only two days away! It's Thursday right now!"

"We better get training then!" Rainbow grabbed a hat and whistle out of nowhere.

"Yeah!"

*cue montage*

Scootaloo flew in a circle, a swarm of bees on her tail.

"Is this part of the training?!"

"No! I didn't know there was a hive on this tree!"

*second*

"Push! Push! Push!"

"I can't!"

"Yes you can!"

Rainbow was flying while Scootaloo tried to push her to the finish line.

*next*

Scootaloo was doing some wingups. Rainbow Dash was sitting on top of her.

*fourth*

Scootaloo was wing wrestling with Pound Cake. And he was winning.

*fifth*

Scootaloo was flying to Rainbow's cloud home and back to the ground over and over again.

*end montage*

"Think you're ready?" Rainbow asked.

"Let's do this!" Scootaloo shouted. They flew up to Cloudsdale.

"Okay, so you need to go as fast as you can all the way! Don't try and pace yourself. It's only a ten laps. Not too difficult. You got that?"

"Yup. I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

"Quick, the race is going to start soon, go line up."

The filly flew off. Rainbow took seat in the clouds, in a perfect position to see the race. A long whistle blew. The fillies at the start line bunched their muscles.

"Welcome to the seventeenth annual Wonderbolts Juniors Cup! Let's get this started!" an announcer pegasus, well, announced.

An official pegasus stood by the start line. Rainbow scanned the fillies for Scootaloo. There she was!

"On your mark, get set. . . GO!"

The pegasi shot off around the track. Rainbow leaned forward in her seat. So far, Scootaloo was third. Only two colts were ahead of her.

"Beat them, Scoots!" Dash shouted. The filly seemed to hear this and sped up. One lap. Zoom. Two laps. Swoosh. Three laps. Flash. Four laps. Scootaloo was in second, leaving all the other pegasi way behind her. Only one of the colts was still in front of her, and Scootaloo was determined to beat him. "C'mon Scoots, I believe in you kid!"

"Enough fooling around. I'm gonna do this!" Scootaloo said to herself. She narrowed her eyes and focused all her energy into beating this kid. She closed in on him and she could hear Rainbow cheering in the background. Only a foot from him. . . Scootaloo looked up and saw a white flag being waved. The last lap! "C'mon! I need a new scooter!"

In a burst of speed, she zoomed past the colt and finished the last lap. The checkered flag waved and huge cheers went up from the crowd. She pulled up and Rainbow Dash sped to her side. The cyan pegasus put her on her shoulders.

"You did it!"

"Yeah, I did, didn't I? Yoo-hoo!" Scootaloo pumped her hooves. Something tickled her side. She spun around.

"Hey, didn't expect to see me here, did you?" Discord asked, the tip of his tail only a few inches away. She burst out laughing and the others did too.

"Did you know about this?"

"Yup! I asked him to come. You think I'd let this lazy lump get away with not coming?" Dash laughed, nudging him in the ribs, and he immediately crossed his arms and stuck his tongue out at her. At this point, a sports pony came up to them.

"Congratulations! Here's your bits!" she said, handing them a bag. Scootaloo looked at it, unsure what to do. "Is there a problem?"

Rainbow noticed Scootaloo's hesitation.

"You won, kid. So it's your money. Take it."

Scootaloo reached out and grabbed it, liking the jingling sound of the coins. She set the bag down on her mom's head. Rainbow giggled.

"So, what do you wanna do now?"

"Isn't it obvious? To the scooter store!" Scootaloo exclaimed, jabbing her hoof in the direction of Ponyville. Dash rolled her eyes.

"Okay, let's go, Discord."

---

"Like my new scooter?" Scootaloo asked, showing it to her friends. The handle bars and wheels were sky blue, and the board was rainbow, with Rainbow's cutie mark on it. "I also got a new helmet." She pulled a jousting looking helmet out. It was also sky blue. It went down her neck, and curved around her face. The sides were outlined with orange. Scootaloo put it on. Her whole mane came out of the holes at the top, even her 'crest,' and the front curled a little still.

"Awesome! Is that a genuine Rainbow Dash scooter?" Sweetie Belle teased.

"Well, sorta. It's custom. But that's not all. Here, let me show you the under board." She lifted the bottom board up and showed it to them. On half of it was her cutie mark, and the other half had a number of random colors on it, ranging from green to blue to brown.

"What's that part?" Apple Bloom asked, pointing to the mismatched part.

"Oh, sorry. I gotta get it just right.." Scootaloo tilted the board slightly. The colors moved, and formed a picture of a certain spirit. Under it said 'Discord,' in big, black letter.

"Whoa! Is that picture moving right now? It looks like he's flying," Sweetie Belle said.

"Totally! He enchanted the board. It's unbreakable now! You know, I should've just asked Discord to fix my old one. But, I think I like this one more."

"Why did you choose Discord to move?"

"Well, because I already added this!" Scootaloo jumped on the scooter, and started going fast around them.

"Are you leavin' rainbow streaks?!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, watching her friend.

"Totally!" She stopped and the rainbows in the air faded. "Cool right?"

"Heck yeah!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle said at the same time.

"Well, I gotta go, but I'll see ya later! Bye!"

Scootaloo sped off on her scooter, leaving familiar rainbow streaks in the air.

---

Well, that's the end of that chapter. I should've warned you about ponies swearing. Really, only Rainbow Dash did. But, oh well. Lots of cute Scootaloo-Rainbow Dash-Discord moments. I made her scooter awesome. Freakin' legit. I'm not sure what the next chapters are going to be about that much, but I think I'm going to focus less on Pinkie Pie stuff and start working towards this 'relationship' with Dash and Discord. But, hey, trying to make a pony and the God of Chaos fall in love is not easy. But I'll try.