"Hello everypony...." I said to the cameras, I was nervous....I could dance in front of hundreds no sweat, but when it came to cameras and interviews, I was awful, "My name is Scootaloo, I am twelve years old and tonight, I will be dancing to the song Piano Portraits...by Roy Hoof." I finished my introduction, and I waited for the approval, and/or critiques of the judges.

"Young filly," one of the judges perked up, he was older, but the lighting made anything else difficult to tell, "You seem nervous, do you know how many ponies are watching?"

"No...No sir." I stuttered

"There are six ponies watching you right now." he smiled, "Don't be nervous."

I could tell he was a kind stallion; he must be a grandfather...or have another job that helps him be so kind.

"It's not you, or them," I gestured to everypony else in the room, "Cameras make me nervous."

"Well," he started, "What if we only keep one turned on?"

"That would be nice." I said, and he gestured to have the cameras turned off, all but one facing right at me.

"You may start anytime." he said, looking right at me.

The music started, I leaped into the air, I let the music flow through me, through my spins, my dives, and my movement altogether, with each note my body moved differently...I was becoming one with the music, it was as if there was nopony else in the room.

For the whole time I was dancing, I felt more alive than I ever had, not even flying matched this, not Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's love, not even my old scooter, this was unlike everything I had ever experienced.

As the music died down, I did as well, on the final note I struck a pose with my left foreleg on the ground, nothing else, my mane stayed put right in its tie, and I had perfect balance.

I let myself down, and looked at the judges, there faces were of amazement, except for the one kind judge, his face was just....pure surprise, as if he didn't expect that much from me, did I not look as if I could dance? Oh, it must be because I'm a Pegasus, and were not really the nimble type apparently.

"How...." I gulped, "How did I do?"

The first judge manually closed his jaw, and he cleared his throat,

"That....was indescribable, it was pure...amazing!" he threw his hooves into the air.

The second judge spoke up,

"I think I speak for the board when I say, Miss Scootaloo, you have been accepted into the FillyDelphia Academy of Fine Arts."

My heart skipped a beat, I was accepted! I knew I had to keep composure, but some of my enthusiasm escaped, a huge grin appeared on my face, and I jumped into the air a bit. My dreams were coming true, and this was step one.

"Now, take this envelope to your parents." he said, handing me the envelope with the congratulatory note inside. I knew what I would do, I would surprise them, and I knew how to do it.

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They let me have time to regain my composure, and they helped me try to look sad, and it looked perfect, I saw my face's reflection...I looked depressed,...perfect.

I slowly opened the door to the room, waiting to see me were the two ponies that cared about me the most...my two parents, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy. Of course they had adopted me, but I'll get to that later.

Their smiling faces were almost too powerful to fake a frown to...almost....

"How'd it go kiddo?" Rainbow Dash asked me, I just handed her and Fluttershy the note.

They hadn't read the note, but they could tell I was sad, so they just assumed.

"Dear parents," Fluttershy read aloud to the three of us.

"We....happy....accepted." are the words she read aloud, and then turned to me.

I had a giant smile on my face, and they hugged me tightly, I felt the warmth, the warmth of family...it was amazing, just as amazing as last time.

"I made it!" I exclaimed, I was so happy.

"We're so proud of you!" Fluttershy said, probably as loudly as she could.

"We are." Rainbow reassured as she hugged me.

"So what do I do now?" I asked, smiles on all of our faces.

"Wake up." Rainbow said, No NO! This couldn't be a dream.

"No, this isn't a dream!" I said, panicking.

"Yeah, I know, but I had to get ya back for that little joke earlier." Rainbow Dash giggle, I jumped up and tackled her.

"I love you guys!" I said as me and Rainbow Dash wrestled.

"We love you too." they said, almost in unison.

After about ten or so minutes of laughing and playing, we walked out of the school, although I'm not the biggest fan of school, I've always wanted to dance here; I still can't believe I made it.

"Well, I'm starving!" Rainbow said, "Where should we eat?"

"Um....I don't know, you have any ideas Fluttershy?" I asked.

"What about, since were in FillyDelphia, let's eat at one of the big, famous restaurants....to celebrate." she looked with a smile back to me.

"Sounds awesome!" Rainbow flew about ten feet into the air.

We walked around for a while, we could smell each smell from each restaurant, some were good, some were bad, and some were awful, like a Prench food place we walked by.

After about an hour or so of walking around, we found the perfect restaurant, it was called Salad's and Such, the place was huge, it had like three floors of dining, plus a rooftop area.

"Where would you like to sit Miss?" he asked us, I heard the kind, country accent.

"Umm," Fluttershy debated options in her head, "Rooftop please."

Rainbow's ears perked up at that, "Yay." she said happily.

We climbed the spiral staircase; it had a red carpet and beautifully carved handrails.

Once we arrived at the rooftop, I found out that it was more of a romantic area than family, which....I didn't really mind, although I am a tomboy filly, I really do like romantic things. Wow, I have changed a lot since I was little.

The waiter sat us at a table near the corner of the building; we could overlook the city park, or the almost fully quiet streets. I sat across from Fluttershy and Rainbow, who were smiling at each other.

"This is really nice Fluttershy; I like the open space up here." Rainbow said, and she nuzzled her a bit.

'You're welcome..." Fluttershy blushed.

After a few minutes of conversation, most of which was on my day at the Academy, the waiter arrived back at our table.

"I'm sorry ma'am, we were really busy downstairs, and now....what would you three like to drink?"

"Tea please." Fluttershy said, and he nodded.

"Me too." I said.

"Aged Cider?" Rainbow asked.

"We have two brands in stock, Apple Family, and Flimflam."

"Apple Family."

"We have some aged eight years, does that sound alright?"

"Yes." Rainbow said, they had Apple Family Cider here?

The waiter left, and about three minutes later he returned, on a tray were two teas and one bottle of cider with a glass.

"Here you two are." He handed me and Fluttershy our two drinks.

He put rainbow's glass on the table next, and popped off the cork of the bottle.

"Half or full?" he asked.

"Full please."

He followed her instructions, and then gave her the drink. He pulled out a notepad, it was only then I realized he was a unicorn.

"Now what would the three of you like to eat?" he asked us, oh, I forgot to look at the menu, crap...I shuffled through it quickly and found something.

"And you miss?" he asked me.

"Can I have the Grilled Zucchini Salad?" I asked.

"Ah, fine choice." he said, and then walked off.

I looked over at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, they were smiling at me.

"What?"

"We're just so proud of you." Fluttershy said.

"I knew you had it in you." Rainbow said.

"Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you." I walked over and hugged my mothers.

Tonight would be amazing, I knew it....

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Okay everypony, I'm trying out a new feel good story, this one should be my best, so yeah, and also...the next chapters will take place 4 years before this chapter...