Apple Bloom and Wild Strike had just stood there completely still as an awkward silence filled the air.

"So... Why were ya out here with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle?" Apple Bloom asked trying to start a conversation.

"Ugh.. Apple Bloom, I get that you're Scootaloo's friend and regret what just happened but I really don't want to talk to you after upsetting my daughter like that." Wild Strike shrugged feeling a bit of anger towards Apple Bloom.

"Fine.." Apple Bloom shrugged as she continued waiting on the two fillies to come back.

They stood there for about ten minutes until they saw Scootaloo coming back with Sweetie Belle behind her. Even though Sweetie Belle had calmed down, you could still see that her face was a bit wet from all her tears.

Apple Bloom instantly ran over to Sweetie Belle when seeing them, but she was quickly stopped by Scootaloo.

"Apple Bloom, I think you should keep a little distance after what you just did." Scootaloo demanded, being a little overprotective about Sweetie Belle.

"No Scoots, its alright. We need to apologize to each other anyways." Sweetie Belle explained as she walked over to Apple Bloom.

"I'm sorry Apple Bloom." Sweetie Belle apologized, still feeling very guilty for just running away.

"Ya don't need to apologize Sweetie Belle. It was me who yelled at you, making you run away. I'm the one who should apologize." Apple Bloom apologized, feeling very guilty for yelling at her friends without even giving them a chance to respond.

"Yes, I do need to apologize! Me and Scoots made you feel left out. Like we didn't trust you anymore. We should have been faster to say that we just became a couple. If we did, then this whole thing could have been avoided!" Sweetie Belle explained, not wanting Apple Bloom to take responsibility for something that was both her, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom's fault.

"Yeah.. Sorry Apple Bloom" Scootaloo finally apologized as she was also starting to feel guilty for not explaining the situation faster.

"Ah think we all have somethin to be sorry and feel guilty about.. But ah forgive you since it was mostly my fault" Apple Bloom said since she felt it was her who was the cause of most of the problems.

"And we forgive you too. Since we could have prevented this too" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo said in unison, thinking that they should have been better at preventing the problems.

They then shared a group hug, calling the apologizing to an end.

"Umm.. Apple Bloom? We were about to go and tell Scootaloo's mom about her relationship with Sweetie Belle. Do you want to come with us? That is, if its okay with them" Wild Strike asked, making the fillies turn around since they had forgotten he was there.

"Hmm.. Me and Sweetie did just become a couple, and we haven't really had that much time together yet. But we also can't leave a fellow crusader behind. It's okay with me." Scootaloo said giving Apple Bloom a smile.

"What about you Sweetie?" Scootaloo asked, not wanting to let Apple Bloom come with them if it wasn't okay with Sweetie Belle.

"I do want some time with you to get to know you even better Scoots. But as you said. We can't just leave a fellow crusader and friend behind. We can easily get some alone time later. It's okay with me too" Sweetie Belle answered as she also gave her friend a smile.

"Thanks guys! And I'm happy." Apple Bloom thanked her friends.

"Huh?" Both Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle said confused.

"I'm happy for ya. Ah think you'll be a great couple. But please don't let this mean that we wont hang out nearly as much as before. Ah get that you also need to do a lot of things alone now, but please don't get so caught up that you forget about me" Apple Bloom said, a bit worried about how much she was going to be able to hang out with her friends now.

"Thanks" Both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo said in unison as they blushed.

"And don't worry Apple Bloom. This might mean that we can't play together as often as before. But that's only a little less we're going to play together. We're still the Cutie Mark Crusaders, best friends forever! And we would never forget you." Scootaloo explained as Sweetie Belle nodded.

"Umm.. I think we should get moving. Your mom is probably still searching for you Scootaloo." Wild Strike explained.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo agreed and Apple Bloom just followed as she still didn't really know what was going on.

"Umm.. Why are your mom searching for you Scootaloo?" Apple Bloom asked as they began walking.

"I think it would be best to tell you and my mom the story at the same time. I don't want to tell the same story over and over again." Scootaloo explained.

"Alright.." Apple Bloom shrugged.

They finally reached the other side of town and started searching for Scootaloo's mom.

They searched for about five minutes until they found her asking Lyra and Bon Bon if they had seen her daughter.

"Umm.. Isn't it her that's right behind you?" Bon Bon asked making Scootaloo's mom turn around.

She opened her mouth in shock upon seeing her daughter, and ran as fast as she could over to her and her friends.

"Scootaloo! I've been so worried about you! Where have you been?!" Her mother asked concerned for her daughter.

"I've been sleeping at Sweetie Belle's house since it was closer and they wouldn't want me to walk alone in the middle of a snow storm." Scootaloo explained to her mother.

"Umm.. If you don't mind me asking. Which one of you is Sweetie Belle? I get a bit confused when it comes to names" Scootaloo's mom asked Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.

"That's me!" Sweetie Belle answered, happy that she was able to help.

"Well, I must thank you Sweetie Belle. For giving my daughter a place to rest." Scootaloo's mom thanked, being grateful that her daughter had such amazing friends.

"It was fun having Scoots over, Miss. Umm.." Sweetie Belle answered.

"Blaze. But please, just call me Blaze. I'm no fancy mare like your sister. And I didn't know that you also let your friends call you Scoots now" Blaze answered, giggling a little.

"Well, Blaze.. There's actually something we have to tell you." Wild Strike said, being excited to see what his wife's reaction would be on the situation.

"Huh? What is it Strike?" Blaze asked, curious to what could have happened in such a short amount of time.

"I think it's best to let Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle explain." Wild Strike said, giving a smile to the young couple.

"Yeah.. I think we should start from the beginning." Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle explained.

They then started telling the whole story. There were multiple times where both Blaze and Wild Strike had to silently stomp their hooves at the ground. Especially when Blaze figured out what Diamond Tiara did to her daughter. Though it stopped when she heard about how well Sweetie Belle comforted her daughter.

She decided to interrupt the story, not being able to wait on thanking Sweetie Belle.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I must say thank you Sweetie Belle. For being there for my daughter. It means a lot to all of us." Blaze thanked.

"I hope you've also remembered to thank Sweetie Belle for helping you Scootaloo." Blaze said, knowing that her daughter would sometimes forget such things.

"You have no idea.." Sweetie Belle answered for Scootaloo, making her mom smile a very proud smile.

They then continued to tell the story. But Blaze interrupted again when Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were telling the part about Scootaloo sleeping with Sweetie Belle to calm her down.

"Wait.. You two did WHAT?! I know that you won't hurt my Scootaloo but don't you dare be that close to my Scootaloo again Sweetie Belle!" Blaze warned, being very overprotective about her daughter. Especially after what had just happened.

"Blaze, please calm down and let them continue the story." Wild Strike told his wife, as she was being way too harsh on Sweetie Belle.

"Wait?! DID SHE DO ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT?!" Blaze yelled, making Sweetie Belle yelp in fear and run behind Scootaloo.

"Well mom.. Maybe I'm not just you and dad's Scootaloo anymore!" Scootaloo yelled at her mom.

"What are you talking about Scootaloo? Of course you're still our Scootaloo!" Blaze answered, not really understanding what Scootaloo meant.

"That's not what I meant! What if I'm together with someone now?!" Scootaloo asked her mom, being very angry at her.

"Oh my! Scootaloo! You should me ashamed of yourself then! I know that you just want to help a friend, but if you're already with somepony then it's wrong to lay in the same bed with somepony else! Even though you're helping them calm down! But who is the lucky colt?" Blaze said making both Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Wild Strike face-hoof over her being so dense.

"There is NO LUCKY COLT!" Scootaloo yelled as she was now furious at her mom.

"But weren't you with somepony?!" Blaze asked getting more and more confused.

"YES I AM! But there's also a thing called 'FILLIES'! I.. AM NOT.. INTO.. COLTS!" Scootaloo screamed at her mother.

This seemed to take her mom by surprise. She had never expected her daughter to be a fillyfooler.

"Bu-but if you're a fillyfooler. Then who are you with?" Blaze asked, having calmed down a bit, trying to put the pieces together.

Scootaloo then turned around and looked at Sweetie Belle who had been hiding behind her. She looked at her with a lot of worry and concern in her eyes while beginning to stroke her mane.

"You can come up now Sweetie. My mom's not going to do anything to you. And if she tries to, then I'll be here to stop her" Scootaloo told her fillyfriend with a smile.

Blaze stood there in shock as well as Apple Bloom who also just saw this side of Scootaloo for the first time.

Then Sweetie Belle slowly began to walk over so she stood next to Scootaloo. She shivered, still remembering the anger in Blaze's voice when yelling at her. But she managed to calm down once Scootaloo put her wing on her back, letting her know that she wasn't alone.

"This is what I meant by me not just being you and dad's Scootaloo anymore! I'm also my Sweetie Belle's Scootaloo now." Scootaloo said, nuzzling Sweetie Belle.

Blaze just stood there in shock from the whole situation.

"How could I have been so dense?! I probably need to give Sweetie Belle an apology" Blaze thought to herself as she began to walk over to the two fillies.

Scootaloo could feel Sweetie Belle shivering more and more as her mom came closer and closer.

"Stop mom! Can't you see you're scaring my Sweetie Belle?!" Scootaloo yelled, not wanting her mom to scare her fillyfriend more than she already had.

"Huh? Oh, right.. I'm sorry. I just wanted to go over and apologize to her, but I guess it can look pretty scary after I just yelled at her like that.." Blaze said as she didn't realize that she was scaring Sweetie Belle.

"Well?.." Scootaloo asked as she was becoming a bit impatient on waiting for her moms apology.

"Oh right! I'm sorry Sweetie Belle.. I just didn't know what to say since I never expected my daughter to be a fillyfooler. So I just overreacted because I thought it was weird for my daughter to sleep with a filly. I not only made you scared Sweetie Belle. But I also hurt the pony my daughter loves, hurting her too in the process. I know how it feels when someone you love gets hurt. It feels like your whole world is broken, and you would do anything you can to make your love happy again and fix it." Blaze explained as she had been in the same situation when Scootaloo's father had been bullied.

"But since you two only just became a couple here recently. I'm guessing you two haven't been on a date yet?" Blaze asked as she had thought of a way she could make up for her mistakes.

"No we haven't.. We just came together this morning." Sweetie Belle answered as she had become a little more comfortable with talking to Blaze after her apology.

"Then let me make this up to you by giving you some money to go on a date tomorrow. I don't really think you would be able to go to many restaurants at this time of day. All the good ones are usually already full. And I also don't really think its a good idea to have a date right after this snow storm. I think it would be better if you two waited until tomorrow. Then I can get you some money to go on a fancy restaurant for your first date, or whatever you want to do." Blaze offered making the two fillies excited but also a bit nervous for their first date.

Well.. Its only 12:00 AM.. There's still plenty of time for you three fillies to go and play with each other.. Just play and relax, then I'll take care of the money for your date." Blaze explained, making now all three fillies jump in excitement as Apple Bloom had missed playing with her friends yesterday.

The three fillies then ran out into the snow towards Sweet Apple Acres, leaving behind two very proud parents... Next Chapter: Chapter 9 - The best day of our lives Estimated time remaining: 16 Minutes