“Scootaloo, time ta get up an get buck’n,” Applejack called up the stairs.

Scootaloo mumbled and turned over in her bed, her blankets slowly lowering from her body as she sat up and opened her eyes slowly.

A smile crossed her muzzle as she saw a poster of the Wonderbolts to her left, just next to the window.

Her room.

A place she had to call her own for the past few weeks since she was officially adopted.

She yawned and stretched, flapping her wings until she hovered above her bed for a few seconds. She flipped suddenly and landed on her face with an oof, the blanket ruffling more as she rolled to her hooves and stood proud.

“I meant to do that,” she said to herself.

“Scoots, don’t make me come up there,” Applejack called.

“Coming, Mama,” she said stopping and shaking her head. Calling out mother names was something she hadn’t done in years, and now she was doing it to her idol and her idol’s marefriend.

She hopped to the floor and grabbed the golden rod blanket in her teeth, making the bed quickly, before she turned to the door. “Here goes another day… Awesome mom and sappy mom, also Applejack,” she snickered as she opened the door and sniffed the scent of a full breakfast.

She was downstairs and in the kitchen a moment later, sliding to her spot at the table, sitting on a plum purple cushion right next to Rainbow Dash.

“Good morning, Mom,” she said hesitantly as she leaned to her left, against Rainbow.

“Morning, Sport,” Rainbow replied wrapping a wing around Scootaloo while clearing her throat. “I don’t know how long it’ll take for me to get used to being ‘Mom’.”

“Sugarplum, you’ll get used ta it,” Applejack said taking a saucepan from the stove to the table before returning to gather more food.

“Wow, Mama, thanks! This totally beats left overs,” she said leaning down to dig in.

A slap to her mane stopped her as she glared at Rainbow Dash.

“Scoots, ya know the rules; not til after we show respects,” Rainbow said firmly. She winked to Applejack who placed the juice on the table, taking a seat opposite the others, and cleared her throat.

“Ancestors; thanks for this meal. Help it to nourish us and keep us strong through the day.”

“Now can I eat?”

“Yeah, dig in,” Rainbow said to Scootaloo.

“So, big weather plans today?” Applejack asked as she plated herself some food.

“Whelp, gotta finish winter preparations. Then I’ve gotta have a couple meetings-”

“Naps, she means,” Applejack interjected quietly.

“After my meetings, I’m going to do a few stunts and tricks. Ya know, keep up appearances, then lunch. What about you, Scoots?”

“Well, school. Recess. More school, then I guess I’ll be at the clubhouse with the girls.”

“Y’all can always come over and help clean up the orchard. One last batch of zap apples is due tomorrow, right, Rainbow Dash?”

“Yeah, then the winter off,” Rainbow said while chewing, “ from farmin’, anyway. Weather never gets a break.”

“Or school,” Scootaloo added gulping a mouthful of food.

“Chew yer meals, Scoots,” Applejack said pointing at the plate then filly, “and ya do. Ya get the last part of Hearths Warming month off.”

“Oh yeah, we’re gonna try to get a cutie mark in acting again, this time in the plays. One of them has to work, there’re gonna be so many.”

“Well, I know you can do it, Scoots. Just, be yourself and it’ll happen in no time… Hey, why’re we outta oatmeal?”

“Dash, ya ate almost all of it just now.”

“Well, you ate almost all the eggs and juice.”

“I ain’t on trial here, ya ate yer fill and then some.”

“I only ate what you put on the table, next time don’t put so much,” Rainbow retorted.

“Ah put it all cuz we got a family ta feed, or, Ah gotta family ta feed.”

“Well we know why I don’t cook.”

“Because ya burn the house down!” Applejack said standing tall and puffing her chest.

Scootaloo shrank and chewed slowly, looking between the mares.

“I only did that twice and we agreed I’d cook breakfast, which you took from me!”

“You started sleepin’ in again.”

“Because I’m tired!” Rainbow said flaring her wings.

“I’m just gonna, get ready for school,” Scootaloo said swallowing her mouthful.

“Ya see, now yer scarin’ Scoots.”

“I’m not scaring her, you are with your shouting.”

“Ah ain’t shoutin’, Ah’m raisin’ my voice.”

“Now yer shoutin’!” Rainbow shouted back.

“Ah’m only shoutin’ cuz you are.”

“Well I’m still hungry!”

“Then get somethin’ at work!”

“Fine!” Rainbow shouted folding her wings and stomping to the door.

“Wait, right, there,” Applejack demanded as she got up and trotted to the frowning mare who was facing the door. “Rainbow Dash, Ah love ya and I know you’ll have a great day.”

Rainbow sighed and turned around, looking at Applejack with a weak smile. “I know. I-I’m sorry. I’ve been really emotional lately, I think it’s cuz the stress of actually managing the weather.”

“Well, Ah know I’ve been a pill too. It’s been a tough couple months so, it’s understandable, right?”

“Yeah, I know, my Apple Fritter.”

“Apple Fritter, now?”

“Yeah, cuz I can’t get enough of you,” Rainbow said leaning close and lowering her muzzle. Applejack did the same until their foreheads were touching. “And I can’t imagine life without tasting you once in awhile.”

A retching sound came from the kitchen as Scootaloo held her mouth open and her hoof pointed in. “Gross, I’m going to school now,” she said getting up and taking her plate to the sink.

“Hey,” Rainbow shouted sending Scootaloo’s ears flat to her head, “clean your plate, young mare.”

Scootaloo complied before placing the plate in the sink and approaching her mothers. “Okay, I’m going to school.”

“Not yet, Sugardrop,” Applejack said meeting Scootaloo in the living room, “first ya gotta tell me why yer happy to be here.”

“Again? But-”

“Bah-bah. No butts, Scoots, it’s to help us all be a better family. Doctor Shot said so,” Rainbow said waving her tail as she remembered.

“But, he’s a weirdo shrink. Why should we have to,” Scootaloo stopped as she met eyes with Rainbow. “Fine, I’m happy because I have a home. I have a mom, and Mama, that love me and take care of me, and I finally get to spend so much more free time with my hero, Rainbow Dash!”

“Awe yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. I’m happy I get to have the two best mares in the world in my life,” Rainbow said flying to the others and wrapping them in a hug.

“Dashing, yer the best. Ah’m happy that everything is lookin’ up and we’re only arguin’ a couple times a week, not all the time.”

“Yeah,” Scootaloo added, “I was scared that was how it was always gonna be,” she said looking down to the floor and Rainbow’s rear legs.

“Well, we’re a family, and we fight. As long as we’re not swingin’ it’ll be okay. ‘Sides, Rainbow’s been moody as a timberwolf.

“I. Have. Not been moody,” Rainbow said, “you’re moody. Happy as a school filly one minute then cryin’ the next.”

Scootaloo rolled her eyes as she ducked from the broken hug and went to the door as the mares began another arguement.

“Okay, I’m going to school. See ya at lunch?”

Applejack and Rainbow stopped arguing and smiled at her. “Have a nice day,” they said in unison before scowling at each other and going back to their arguing.

Scootaloo chuckled as she left, closing the door behind her. “I wonder if they’re ever going to stop play fighting,” she asked herself as she began the twenty minute trot to school.

“Honestly, I think they fight more now that they live together than they ever did before… But, what if they always did? I didn’t exactly follow them everywhere. Sometimes I’d only see them once or twice a week.

“Now I see them all the time. I wonder how many times they’ve argued the last couple weeks. Let’s see. Every morning before I leave. Every evening before they go to bed. Some morning before I wake up I can hear them mumbling and growling.

“They always seem happier a couple hours later, too. I just don’t get it, what’s going on with them? The first couple weeks were fine, they just giggled and had fun. We still do, but then they both get into this thing…”

Scootaloo mumbled almost the whole way to school until she saw Apple Bloom merging onto the path.

“Hey, Sis,” Scootaloo called.

Apple Bloom turned and grinned, waving to Scootaloo as she trotted to meet her before they started walking side by side to school.

“Ya know, Ah ain’t yer sis yet. Not ‘til sis and Rainbow’s union is official.”

“Whatever, I’m still gonna say it. You’re like a sister anyway. So, when’s Sweetie coming back? It just isn’t the same when she’s gone.”

“Ah dunno. Maybe in a couple weeks, maybe tamorrow. Ya know how her parents are, especially during winter.”

“Yeah, I guess we won’t see her ‘til spring. Hey, I know, let’s write her a letter after school.”

“I love that idea, Scootaloo,” Apple Bloom chirped.

“I bet that’s not all you love,” a voice came from beside them, watching them from a side alley.

“Yeah, I heard that you’re more than sisters,” Silver Spoon added as she began to titter.

“What are ya talkin’ about, ya two?”

“Go eat some rotten hay,” Scootaloo said as their tormentors approached and began to circle them like sharks after their prey.

“I heard they spend their nights sleeping with Applejack and Rainbow Dash, doing things.”

“Oh, my goodness, Diamond Tiara,” Silver Spoon faked a gasp, “what kind of things?”

“Oh, I can’t say them outloud in public,” she replied glaring at the fillies as adult ponies glanced at them as they passed, “but it’s something that fillies like them would be expected to do.”

Diamond Tiara glanced around the area and the moment she noticed the adults were sparse enough, or not looking, she reached and poked Scootaloo under her tail.

With a sharp yelp in surprise Scootaloo jumped beside Apple Bloom as the bullies tittered again. “Look, Diamond Tiara! They’re starting in public! How scandalous?! I’ll have to tell everypony I know,” Silver Spoon said with a wicked grin.

“Ya two are plain evil, and one day you’ll get what’s comin’ to ya,” Apple Bloom said as she took a defensive stance and lowered her head.

“Oh no, Silver Spoon, we’d better hurry and leave before they start with us! Run backwards, Silver, they’re looking at our tails,” Diamond Tiara shouted backing up while laughing at the blushing fillies they just teased.

“Ya better turn tail and run, ‘fore Ah make ya.”

“Yeah, I bet you want our tails,” Silver Spoon added, waving her tail and frowning as she backed a few more paces with her friend before they left, laughing.

“Scootaloo, are ya okay?” Apple Bloom asked her friend who had her face buried in her side.

“No.”

“What?” she asked, not expecting that answer as she moved and looked at her friend.

Scootaloo lowered her head and sighed. “I don’t know why, but they’re arguing all the time.”

“What? Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara are bullies, they don’t argue; unless it’s on how ta bully us later.”

“No, Rainbow and Applejack. Why’re they always arguing?”

“Oh, I dunno,” Apple Bloom started draping a foreleg over Scootaloo, “what do they argue ‘bout?”

“That’s the thing, sis, everything! Two or three times a day for the past couple weeks. It’s the only thing I know is going to happen, except for breakfast and dinner. D-do, do you think it’s my fault? Am I the reason, Apple Bloom?”

“Naw, that’s just who they are,” Apple Bloom said pulling Scootaloo into a one sided hug, “sure, they argued back at the farm. But, they were always happy an hour later, like nothin’ happened.”

“But, a few times a day?”

“Well, that seems a bit more than I’d heard,” Apple Bloom contemplated as she released Scootaloo and nodded in the school’s direction, “but ever since they went to Manehattan to see cousin Orange Applejack’s been a bit different. Wouldn’t surprise me if some adult stuff happened that made her all flustered.”

“Adult stuff?” Scootaloo asked as she began a steady walk with Apple Bloom to school. “Like what adults do?”

Apple Bloom looked ahead before she gulped. “N-no, not that kinda stuff. Business or talkin’. Maybe the Oranges don’t see eye ta eye with ‘em about their union.”

“Oh,” Scootaloo said perking up, “that makes sense. I guess I’m just getting upset over nothing. I mean, they even say nice stuff to me while they’re arguing… It’s almost like they’re play fighting for some reason.”

“Scoots, some things are best left unknown… Brr,” she shivered, “that wind’s startin’ ta have a chill to it.”

“Oh, I don’t really notice until it gets bad. Pegasi don’t get hot or cold as easy.”

“Yeah, that feathers and thick skin stuff.”

“Yeah, it’s sometimes the only good thing, I think, about being a pegasus.”

“Scoots! That’s a bad thing ta say,” Apple Bloom scolded while bumping Scootaloo slightly.

“No, we can fly and do the weather too, but I can’t really get into the whole ‘make it rain’ thing. I mean, someday, sure, maybe. But I’m more into racing my scooter, can’t do that if I’m up there,” she looked to the sky.

“Well, Ah don’t get it. If I had some kinda cool power I’d use it all the time! Not like Ah hate bein’ a earth pony, but all this strength doesn’t matter a hill ‘a beans most ‘a the time.”

“Well, it matters to my moms.”

“What’d’ya mean?” Apple Bloom asked.

“I hear ‘em wrestling sometimes… Oh no,” Scootaloo said wincing.

Apple Bloom giggled. “Yeah, ya just got it? Sometimes that ain’t them arguin’.”

“Oh my gosh, I’ve been trying to listen to them… doing it?”

“Yeah, but don’t feel bad,” Apple Bloom said as a slight blush graced her cheeks, “there were a few nights Ah’d listen too.”

“Wow, were they that loud?”

“Sometimes, others I’d stand outside their door,” Apple Bloom said meekly.

“Sis! You… wow, so, um… How was it? To listen?”

“It was okay, I guess,” she said before the school grass was almost under their hooves, “got me goin’ a night or few, but not somethin’ Ah’m rushin’ ta start with a coltfriend.”

“A coltfriend?! Who is it?”

“Nopony yet, but you’ll know when it happens. Yer my sis, no matter what.”

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Rainbow arrived to work above Whitetail Woods and began the rolling storm with her team. The cold, high atmosphere, air chilled her but she’d never admit it as she helped the storm flow steadily.

Suddenly her stomach cramped and she had to land on the cloud. The static electricity made her skin tingle and her hair began to lift, standing individually up.

“Hey, boss. You alright?” Cloud Kicker asked, landing next to Rainbow.

“Yeah, just cramps. I think I ate too much too fast this morning.”

“Ohhh,” she winked, “a little morning delight with the missus?”

Rainbow looked at her and smirked. “Yeah, that too. But I ate a lot of food too.”

“Aww, if you need to burn off some energy I can make a cloud out of the way and we can-”

“Stop right there. Never gonna happen,” Rainbow said firmly, “not only am I your boss, but I don’t want you in our herd.”

“That’s fine, I’m just looking to finally lay the most awesome pony in the world.”

Rainbow blushed as proud smile formed. “Well, it still won’t happen, but you know your way under a mare’s tail.”

“And between a colt’s legs,” she added, “can’t forget them.”

Rainbow sighed as she flapped and took to the air. “I try to. Good feeling, but one nighters don’t fill me the same way.”

“As long as I’m full of something, I’m okay,” she replied softly as she took to the air beside Rainbow, “and you know how great it is to smell like a half dozen stallions the morning after.”

Rainbow face hoofed. “Yeah, and that was a risk I’m not proud of. Let’s get back to work, my love life isn’t what it was and talking about it is not going to get this done any faster.”

“Right-o, boss,” Cloud Kicker saluted with a wink and a lick of her lips as she returned to her place.

Rainbow watched her fly away before she realized Cloud Kicker was keeping her tail to the side, showing herself off to Rainbow.

Rainbow shook her head and looked at the clouds below her again and went back to work, the image of Cloud Kicker’s pussy flashed in her mind every so often, overshadowed by a mental image that Rainbow forced to the forefront of Applejack smiling.

The best way she knew to keep her mind clear and her labia moist for only one mare was to focus on the freckles and that warm, country smile.

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