Ponyville

Scootaloo's thoughts raced like a blazing wildfire as she wandered through town that next day. No, that doesn't work well enough as a metaphor for how hard and fast the young pegasus's thoughts were going as she tried to make sense and understand the meaning of her... problem. A better and more appropriate metaphor for her thought speed would be like a freight train running out of control down a mountainside. She just couldn't like other fillies, she just couldn't!

Now it wasn't a case of being brought up to think that liking other fillies was wrong, that particular line of thinking would have required her to have been brought up outside a orphanage and in a bigoted household instead. It just simply was a case of the fact that a year ago she'd had this little... Okay, mega sized crush on this particularly cute grey furred pegasus colt and so Scootaloo believed her brain was hardwired to like colts. This new crush of hers on Sweetie Belle (The very thought of the filly's face made Scootaloo's heart race.) simply disrupted her whole way of thinking!

Unknown to her, Scootaloo was being watched by a certain twosome of fillies, one grey in coat and wearing glasses while the other was pink with a tiara settled nicely in her mane.

"Huh, wonder what's bothering the Blank Flank?" The second filly, also known as Diamond Tiara wondered aloud as she watched her fellow classmate trudge through the town's streets and bumping into practically everypony almost as if she were distracted by something.

"Heh, wonder if that scooter of hers finally broke or something?" Silver Spoon added in, noting the presence, or lack thereof if the scooter which was often seen zooming through Ponyville, it's rider having a blast with a grin on her face.

"Well Silvy..." Diamond began, turning to her friend. "Best way to find out is to simply ask."

With that, both fillies walked right up to Scootaloo, who glared at the twosome once she saw them.

"What do you two want?" Scootaloo growled. "Nopony else to turn your noses up at so you default to the town orphan?"

Diamond and Silver shared a look and huffed at the none-too-subtle insult thrown their way. They had lived outside of being snobs in general... didn't they? They weren't just ponies who went out looking to cause trouble! To be implied as otherwise was just borderline offensive to them!

"Nothing, we're just simply curious." Silver responded sweetly. "Looked like something was bothering you... So we just decided to come and see if we could fulfill our duties as fellow classmates of yours and see if we could help. Is that so hard to believe?" Silver asked in a genuinely curious tone, no trace of the usual mockery at all. But Scootaloo knew better and knew these two probably wouldn't change their tunes at the drop of a hat. Tigers didn't change their stripes, and bullies didn't change their ways. It was a simple fact of life.

"Gee, lemme think about that for a moment..." Scootaloo replied in a dry sarcastic tone. Diamond and Silver being plotheads was a constant in her life and that didn't change. Then again, a lot of constants in her life were changing as of late...

"You know..." Diamond began, as if a thought only now just struck her. "Hearts and Hooves day is coming up, and I bet you don't have anyone you want to be your Special Somepony." She admonished.

Then, Scootaloo blushed. She growled mentally and cursed herself and her damn hormones as well. They'd gotten to her. Diamond and Silver shared yet another look, this time one of surprise before they shared identical smirks.

"Oh, so you do?" Diamond laughed as the possibilities on who Scootaloo's crush could be went through her head as Silver meanwhile asked " Wait, don't tell me it's one of your friends? Pleaase tell me it's not that mucky farm-pony!"

As they laughed, Scootaloo stammered out "I-It's none of your business o-okay so just leave me alone!"

Diamond laughed to herself as she put a good on Scootaloo's shoulder in a mock caring manner.

"Oh sweetie, it is our business. We care about all of our friends... Okay, maybe not friends in YOUR case, but we do care about our classmates. And that includes you." Diamond said before she continued with a "So take my advice, you can do sooooooo much better then either of those friends of yours okay?"

Scootaloo tried as hard as she could to stammer out a retort, but not even a weak one could be managed and so Scootaloo instead ran off sobbing.

Scootaloo didn't know how far she ran, not did she particularly care at the moment. All she knew was that Diamond and Silver were probably right. Why would Sweetie ever look at somepony like her? Scootaloo knew she certainly wasn't pretty in the traditional sense, especially not compared to the other fillies her age living in Ponyville. Even Apple Bloom was prettier then her! Tartarus, she didn't even know if Sweetie liked fillies anyways!

As Scootaloo sobbed against a tree, little did she know three particular individuals were watching her. The first two were Diamond and Silver, watching from inside some nearby bushes. Both had particularly ashamed looks on their muzzles.

"We... We've gone too far..." Diamond whispered seeing how truly hurt the young filly they shared class with was and her friend nodded.

"You're right Diamond, we've got to fix this. But how?" Silver wondered. As they thought to themselves, Rainbow Dash landed nearby after she'd seen her sister crying.

"Hey, what's up Squirt?" Dash asked using her favorite nickname for her little sis as she put a wing around Scootaloo in comfort. What she caught next was a mix of sniffles, sobs, and finally a loud wail of "My crush, I don't know if she even likes me!"

Rainbow pulled Scootaloo in close and replied "Now what makes you say that? Wait, have those two plotheads Diamond and Silver been bullying you again?" She asked before saying "'Cause if that's true, I can go ahead and find them and buck them into next week."

Scootaloo giggled at the thought as both Diamond and Silver swallowed hard at the thought of Rainbow going after them before Scootaloo said "Pretty sure that would count as filly abuse and get you arrested... So no. But they said some... things that for me thinking."

Rainbow raised a inquisitive eyebrow.

"Yeah, like what?" She asked. And so Scootaloo explained everything. And by the end of it, Rainbow was thinking "Screw this bet, the kid needs some good old Rainbow Dash style fashioned advice!"

And so Rainbow gave some, relying on some of own memories.

"Scoots, budge up and let me tell you a story." She began with a kindly smile you wouldn't normally expect to see on her face.

"By the way, it's about me, so you know it's bound to be awesome." Rainbow bragged with a wink of her eye inciting yet another giggle from Scootaloo. Rainbow smiled to herself, the first part of her task has been achieved already. Scootaloo was out of her funk and was happy, and that was what Rainbow wanted.

"See, back in High School, when I was about your age, there was this colt." Rainbow continued, only to receive gaping from Scootaloo.

"A colt? You're serious? But I thought you liked..." Scootaloo began, and Rainbow gave her an annoyed look and rolled her eyes. "Every time I tell this story... Is me being into colts really so hard to believe?" Rainbow mused to herself.

"Yeah yeah, I have a rainbow mane and am a tomboy and everything so therefore I must be lesbian right?" Rainbow deadpanned as she gave Scootaloo a dirty look before continuing with a "Now stop interrupting my story. I'm trying to give you some important big sister advice okay?"

Scootaloo nodded and Rainbow continued on with her tale.

"Now this was a really sexy colt you understand? I wanted him and I wanted him bad. Just a good solid roll between the sheets." Rainbow continued as Scootaloo, along with Diamond and Silver who were still listening in, blushed bright red in a shade that would do Big Mac proud. "But everypony, they told me he simply wasn't right for me. He was always quiet and timid, pretty much the exact opposite of my kick-flank self." Rainbow bragged once more.

"So, what'd you do?" Scootaloo inquired and Rainbow smirked at her in a cocky manner.

"What's you think I did? I ignored everypony, basically told them to screw their own opinions and such shit and asked this guy out on a date and so things... progressed from there if you get my drift." Rainbow said and Scootaloo nodded as she continued blushing. She certainly got Rainbow's drift alright. But she also had gotten Rainbow's message. What did Diamond and Silver know? They weren't her and didn't control her life choices and who she could like!

"Now you go out there and tell Sweetie Belle that you've fallen head over hooves for her, 'kay?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a laugh and Scootaloo nodded, but just before she ran off a thought struck her. How did Rainbow know it was Sweetie she liked anyways? Scootaloo voiced her thoughts and Rainbow laughed sheepishly and looked around to make sure Rarity not Apple Bloom were listening.

"Eh, let's just say I got it from a... reliable source okay?" Rainbow lied. She'd certainly didn't want Scootaloo to know her love life has become the source of a bet! Scootaloo looked skeptical, but she smiled, and thanked Rainbow before running off.

Rainbow smiled to herself. Her job was done. Now to go find Thunderlane, they had a date planned after all. Rainbow chuckled to herself.

"If Scoots only knew ole Thunderlane was who I was talking about, right?"

Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse: Sweet Apple Acres

Meanwhile, Apple Bloom had a problem. Unsurprisingly, it was related to the current situation between her friends and how Scootaloo and Sweetie's relationship was developing, or to be more accurate how it was not. Just the day before, she'd joined in on the bet between Rarity and Rainbow just for kicks and see if she could make some bits. The farm did need it's grain silo repaired after all. It was beginning to look awfully shabby...

"So now whut? Ah gotta get these two together somehow or Ah'll be out a whole cart load of bits!" Apple Bloom exclaimed in frustration. Then a idea came to the young farm filly's mind and she went for some paper and pencils.

"Of course, Ah'll write fake love letters from Scootaloo and Sweetie to each other and give them to them both and have 'em meet up somewhere!" Apple Bloom cried, the idea was genius! It couldn't fail, it just couldn't!

"But the problem is, where can Ah have them meet? It needs to be somewhere romantic, and Ah don't know none of that mushy stuff!" The filly muttered and then she heard hoofsteps from behind her and she turned to face their owners. Once she saw who they exactly were, a gasp escaped her.

"Well, I believe I can help with that."

Author's Notes:

Ooh, cliffhanger! Yeah, I'm evil aren't I? So sorry for the long wait, but when you combine possibly losing a computer with Writers Block, that'll happen.

Anyways, obviously more drama here with the scene with Diamond and Silver. Now I should note, this takes place before their reformation in the show, so that's why they were so nasty here. But it looks like that'll change huh and a bit early at that. Either way, this led to that scene between Rainbow and Scootaloo, which contains Rainbow mentioning she's into stallions instead of mares like most of us think, including me as we know I'm guilty of writing a Twidash fic. But part of good writing is subverting a reader's expectations and surprising them and so that's what I was going for here.