Chapter 3

Revelations

My lovley Chella, I've missed you so much.

Scootaloo just stood there. Then it all crashed back on her. She saw long buried memories of herself, little more than a newborn, being carried by her mother as she ran through a field of tall grass, the moon shining high above. Behind them were a pair of royal guards. She didn't know why they were chasing her mommy. She came over a rise, and there was Ponyville in the distance. Her mother urged her on towards the town, and she walked blindly to it. She heard some conversation in the library, but to her infant ears, she heard one word. Scootaloo.

She wandered through town, until a mare with a cloak on came up to her, and called out, looking for the child's mother. When no one answered, she took the child to the Ponyville Orphanage, and handed her over to the caretakers. After a few years, she could only remember one thing, her name, Scootaloo. She walked out of the orphanage one day, without telling anypony. She then has been living on the streets, until one day, two years later, after helping form the Cutie Mark Crusaders, her friend Sweetie Belle found out about her lack of housing. Her older sister Rarity was appalled at the idea, and offered for Scootaloo to stay at her boutique, which she happily accepted.

It all finally fit together, and Scootaloo broke down crying.

"Moomy! I missed you so much!" She said between sobs.

Her friends looked at her with shock and confusion. Finally,

Applebloom walked over and said "Scootaloo, you alright?"

Scootaloo turned around, her eyes red from crying, and said with a smile "Thi-this is my mother, Applebloom."

A look of realization washed over Applebloom's face, as well as Sweetie Belles's, who had been listening. They walked over and hugged their friend. The ghost said something, but all Applebloom and Sweetie Belle heard were the angels.

Scootaloo heard and went "Oh... I didn't know. I would have come if-"

"Hold up a minute. You can understand her Scootaloo?" Applebloom asked.

Scootaloo nodded. "Her name is Fortuna, and she came to Ponyville because she had to leave me here, so i wouldn't get caught by a group of mercenaries, hired by a rival family to kill us. She escaped, but the family cursed her, so she couldn't move on when she died without me. She came to Ponyville because she wanted to see me one last time, and to see if she could break the curse, but she died of pneumonia that she developed over the journey, and died here, right outside city limits."

The other two had tears in their eyes. "Gosh," Applebloom said, "Isn't there anythin' we can do?"

Sweetie Belles's eyes lit up. "I know! We'll get Twilight and bring her here tomorrow night! She'll know what to do!"

The three of them high-hoofed and turned to Fortuna. "Don't worry, Miss Fortuna, we'll be back with a friend tomorrow night. She'll know just what to do." Sweetie Belle stated.

Fortuna smiled, and waved goodbye at them. She then walked back into the dirt mound. The three fillies snuck back into their houses and fell asleep with smiles on their faces.

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Sorry about the shorter chapter, I'll put another chapter up tomorrow (hopefully).