My Little Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Chapter 2: 2. Chapter 2
Previous Chapter Next ChapterFor the first year, Rainbow Blitz's family did a pretty fair job of hiding Scooteroll's red flashing nose. Rainbow Blitz taught Scooteroll all the ins and outs of being a regular pony. How to get food, how to fight off enemies, but most important of all, he taught his son to beware of Discord, the Abominable Snow Monster of the North. He's mean, he's nasty, and he hates everything to do with Heart Warmths Eve. Rainbow Blitz and Scooteroll heard Discord roaring, and they both got away from him in time. Now aside from Discord, business goes on as usual. And soon it is right before Heart Warmths Eve, and everypony was getting ready for that big, big sleigh ride on the night of the 24th which is pre-Heart Warmths Eve. In a toyshop in Canterlot, all the toys Princess Luna brings are made by the pony-elves, and it seems they have that certain knack for toy-making. All except for this one misfit who is light grey coated with a grayish mulberry mane with pale light grayish rose streaks on it, pale light grayish harlequin eyes, and no cutie mark.
"Sweetie Belle!" A unicorn pony-elf named Rarity yelled out startling her younger sister. "Aren't you finished painting that yet?" Sweetie Belle shook her head, and Rarity looked behind her sister to see a pile of unpainted wagons. "There's a pileup a mile wide behind you!" Rarity said. "What's eating you, sister?" "Not happy in my work, I guess." Sweetie Belle said. "What?!?!" Rarity asked in dismay. "I just don't like to make toys." Sweetie Belle said. "Oh, well, if that's all..." Rarity started to say, but she turned shocked, and said "WHAT?!?! You don't like to make toys?!" "No." Sweetie Belle said. Rarity looked at the unicorn pony-elf named Fancy Pants and said "Sweetie Belle doesn't like to make toys!" Fancy Pants looked at an earth pony elf named Sugar Belle, and said "Sweetie Belle doesn't like to make toys!" Sugar Belle looked at a pegasai pony-elf named Rainbowshine, and said "Sweetie Belle doesn't like to make toys!" Rainbowshine looked at an earth pony-elf named Apple Cobbler, and said "Sweetie Belle doesn't like to make toys!" "Oh, shame on you!" They all said at the same time. "Mind telling me what you do want to do?" Rarity asked. "Well, sis, someday, I'd like to be a dentist." Sweetie Belle said smiling. "A dentist?!" Rarity asked in dismay. "Well, we need one up here." Sweetie Belle said as she took out her book about dentistry. "I've been studying. It's fascinating. You have no idea. Molars and bicupids and incisors."
Rarity took the book from Sweetie Belle, put it away, and placed the unpainted wagon in front of her sister, and said "Now listen, you. You are a pony-elf, and pony-elfs make toys. Now get to work!" The bell suddenly rung to signal the pony-elfs to take a break, and Rarity said "Ten minute break!" Before Sweetie Belle could get up, Rarity stopped her, and said "Not for you! Finish the job, or you're fired!" Then all of the pony-elves walked out of the room, leaving Sweetie Belle all alone. She sighed, and took out her dentistry book. "Why am I such a misfit?" Sweetie Belle asked herself. "I am not just a nitwit, and Rarity can't fire me. I'll just quit!" She sighed, and said "It seems I don't fit in." Meanwhile at Rainbow Blitz's home, Scooteroll is having his growing pains of his own. Rainbow Blitz is determined to keep Scooteroll's nose a secret.
"All right, son." Rainbow Blitz said as he was giving Scooteroll the fake nose. "Try it on." "I don't wanna!" Scooteroll said as he red nose flashed a couple of times. "Daddy, I don't like it!" "You'll like it, and wear it!" Rainbow Blitz said firmly. "Oh, but, daddy!" Scooteroll said as his father placed the fake nose on his red glowing nose. "It's not very comfortable!" "There are more important things than comfort!" Rainbow Blitz said. "Self-respect. Princess Luna can't object to you now." Scooteroll walked out of his home, sadly. He sat down on a soft pile of snow, and took off his fake nose. "Why am I such a misfit?" Scooteroll asked himself. "I am not just a nitwit just because my nose glows." He sighed, and said "Why don't I fit in?"