Come Together (WiP) (Edit: Feb 9)

EDIT: Feb 9
I'm in the process of story-boarding this thing, beginning to end. I may do this in chapters, each chapter being a whole day or something, until the week is over, but it depends. I also may rewrite this intro or at least revise it a bit. I do intend to finish this, just give me some time.
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>A young Anonymous fights with Scootaloo and trashes the library so Twilight magically glues them together for a week so that they can learn to get along.
(Yes I changed the title to this, thanks to the Anon that suggested it in the thread)

This is either going to be a really long one-shot or a short story
Currently this is the introduction
The remainder of the story will probably be posted in small updates in the thread as I write them
Feedback always welcome as this is something completely new for me



>Today was like any other Saturday in P0nyville
>The best part was that you had two days of no school
>But it was a nice day too. The sun was shining, sky clear of clouds, a warm gentle breeze shifting through the town
>Not like you cared though, because the 'real' best part of today was that the resident librarian told you she'd be getting the new Daring Do book in this morning
>So, needless to say, you were off to see Twilight Sparkle!
>It was still early in the morning, you had all day to get your hands on that book
>But if you get it now, you'd have all day to read it! And all day tomorrow!
>Oh yeah. You just had to get this book, and right now
>Jogging through town, your heart was set on that amazing adventure novel and your eyes fixed on the giant tree that was the library that contained it
>Finally, you've made it!
>Wasting no time, you open the door, prepared to bombard Twilight with demands for that book
>What you walk in to see, however, throws your joyful mood out the window and lights it on fire
>It was Scootaloo, a filly you went to school with
>You think she's an orphan, but you don't really know
>There's kind of a rivalry going on between the two of you though
>You're not really sure if you actually hate her, but-
>...wait, yeah you totally hate her
>Why wouldn't you anyway?

>"Anonymous!" she scowls in surprise, turning to look at you as you walk in the door
"Scootaloo!" you respond in the same fashion
>"We meet again." she says, now glaring at you while you return the favor
>You don't remember what started all this, but that didn't matter anymore
>The two of you hated each other, that's all that mattered
>Honestly it was actually kinda fun
>And oh did you really hate her now, because she was here at the library at the same time you were!
>Not only that, but Spike was handing her a book
>And it looked like-
>No... it couldn't be...
>It was! She was about to take the new Daring Do book!
>Well not if you have anything to say about it!
"Unhoof that book you four-legged chicken!" you shout to her while pointing at the object of your desire and taking a stance that would make Phoenix Wright proud
>"Never! I checked it out fair and square, so beat it you monkey!" Scootaloo retorts in defiance, grasping the book tight between her two front hooves
"Twilight said I could have it today!"
>"Well too bad, I got here first, so you'll have to wait until I'm finished with it!"
>No way, waiting was out of the question!
>You both knew what was about to happen
>And yet neither of you cared
>Well, at least you didn't care
>All you wanted was that book, and you were going to have it!
>The two of you got into arguments, little squabbles, and some times actual fights from time to time

>It never really got out of hand and neither of you ever got very hurt or anything, which is mostly why nobody paid too much attention to it
>Today, however, the situation is different
>With the most fierce battle roar you could muster, you charge at the filly, taking a dive when you're within range
"Give it to me!"
>Unfortunately, she seemed prepared, and hops back just in time to avoid your dive
>"No way!"
>It all looked good in your head;
>You'd dive for her, snatch up the book out of her hooves, high-tail it out the door and be on your way. She wouldn't know what hit her!
>Alas, it was too good to be true, because instead you're lying on the floor, face planted into the bottom of a book-shelf
>And of course, random books on the shelf above you decided it'd be fun to fall onto your head and back
>The moment you hear Scootaloo giggle, you quickly sprout up from your prone position, grasping a couple random books in your hands in anger
>Good thing she's still giggling, because now she can't see the random book making a trip through the air and into her face
>Scoots recoils back as the flat cover of the book smacks her face and tumbles to the ground
>After gently rubbing her snout with a hoof, she glares hard at you and prepares herself
>Before you give her a chance, you pitch the other book in your hands at her
>This time, she's ready, as she swats the projectile away with the book she's still holding
>The Daring Do book!

>How DARE she use that as a shield!
>Seeing as you're still really close to her, you take another charge at her
>Unfortunately for you, she's ready for it again
>Scoots jumps into the air and flutters her wings as best she can; which isn't good enough to keep her airborne for more than few seconds
>But it allowed her to kick one of her back hooves forward and into the side of your head, causing you to tumble into another book shelf, of course
>Thankfully, you were able to recover quick enough to step back toward her and grab that same hoof
>"H-hey, let go!" she demands as you pull her toward you then began to swing her to the side
"Okay!" you respond after completely swinging around and releasing her
>Scootaloo soars into a nearby table in the center of the room as it splinters into pieces
>"Oh, oowwwwwww-" she retorts, rubbing the top her head with a hoof
>The book. She's not holding it
>Where is- there!
>The instant you spot the book on the ground shortly past where Scootaloo made her crash-landing, you sprint straight for it
>With your eyes fixed on your prize, you don't notice Scoots stick a hoof out as you run past her, tripping you onto the floor face-first
>Ooooh, that hurt
>After slowly pushing yourself up and sitting on your knees, you take a hand to your nose to make sure it's still in one piece
>Feels like it, but you also felt and smelled some blood
>Okay, that's it, she was gonna pay!

>Looking around, you see Scootaloo standing on the other side of the damaged table, grasping the book in her front hooves
>"Why won't you just leave me alone monkey? Don't you see what you're doing here?"
"What I'M doing!? You started it by taking MY book!"
>"It's not YOUR book, I told you I checked it out!"
"But Twilight said I could have it today!"
>"Yeah, but I got here first, so it's mine for now! Deal with it."
>And now she's sticking her tongue out at you
>Uh-oh, now she's done it
>You reach for the closest object on the ground to swing at her, which just so happened to be a broken leg of the table
>Scoots jumps out of your reach and becomes momentarily airborne
>In a little fit of rage, you toss the table leg at her with glorious failure
>The leg flys past her and through a front window of the house, shattering it of course
>Oh, that's not good
>Actually... come to think of it, this is probably going to end bad for both of you
>Taking a short pause from the action, you scan around the room and survey the damage
>Broken window, wrecked table, and a couple damaged book shelves with a good deal of various books fallen onto the floor in front of them
>Not a whole lot of damage, but enough to get you in some serious trouble
>You better end this, and quick
>Strangely, Spike wasn't anywhere to be seen
>Upon noticing you taking a look around the room, Scoots had started doing the same thing

>And now she was standing on the ground, no longer in the air
>She isn't paying attention, so you quietly step up and snatch the book from her hooves
>"Ah- no!" she says as she quickly reacts and grabs the book back
>You were both doing your best to take the book for yourselves, essentially playing tug-of-war with each other
>The two of you were so focused on getting a hold on the book that you didn't hear the front door open
>The first thing you noticed was a violet aura form around the book as it levitates out of your grasp
"Hey, what gives!?" you shout in anger
>Then you both notice Twilight Sparkle standing in the doorway, sporting a terrifying 'I'm-going-to-murder-you' look in her eyes
>Oh man, this isn't good
>No way were you getting out of this one easy
>But maybe, just maybe she'll listen to you, and remember that she said you could have the book, and not Scootaloo
>Yeah, then she'll have to give you the book!
>She did say that after all, so it only makes sense, right?
>Twilight closes her eyes momentarily and takes a deep breath, no doubt to dissipate some of her rage
>"So... would you two care to explain this?"
"She tried to steal my book!"
>"I got here and checked it out first, so he was trying to steal it from me!"
"Twilight said I could have it! ...Right Twilight?"
>T:"Yes, I did, but I didn't mean it was yours. You'd have to come here and check it out like anyp0ny else."

>S:"So that means it's mine for now, right? Since I checked it out?"
>T:"Normally I would say yes, but because the both of you turned my house into a battlefield, neither of you are getting it."
"What!?"
>S:"What!?"
"No fair!"
>S:"Yeah, I was only defending myself from him, I didn't cause any of this!"
>T:"Defending yourself? Is that why Anonymous has a bloody nose?"
>S:"I- he tripped!"
"Yeah, over a hoof you threw under me!"
>S:"Well, that's what you get for throwing me into a table!"
>T:"Okay, that's enough out of you two!" Twilight interrupts, acquiring the full attention of you and Scootaloo
>T:"I know you two get into little arguments and scuffles a lot, but this is way over the line. How about you both start by cleaning up the books littered around the floor while I look something up?"
>She was still glaring at you and Scootaloo
>Even though she technically asked you to do it, you pretty much had to
>There was no getting out of this
>Darn that filly, always ruining your day!
>As you and Scoots begin picking up books and stacking them in piles, Twilight pulls out a spell book of some kind and begins searching through it
>This didn't look good
>She was looking for something specific, that much was certain
>But what could it be?
>Was she going to punish you for what you did? Even if you help clean and fix everything?
>No, this didn't look good at all

>This wasn't something you wanted to think about anymore, so you just tried to focus on the cleaning up
>Eventually, you both were done with your own areas
>Twilight notices and stands up, closing the spell book she had
>"Done? Good. I have something for you two."
>She's grinning madly
>Oh no, this definitely won't end well
>S:"Wh-what is it?" Scoots asks hesitantly
>T:"I'm glad you asked Scootaloo! You both fight way too often, and I think you need to learn to get along with one another, as well as respect other p0nies property. Therefore you're going to be spending a whole lot of time together."
"Uh, what do you mean by that? I don't wanna spend any time with her!"
>S:"Yeah, can't we just say sorry and not do this anymore?"
>T:"That's something you should have done before today, but now it's not enough. I'm not going to ask you two to become best friends, but you at least need to learn to get along and stop this mindless fighting. And I have the perfect solution!"
>Her horn begins to glow, causing expressions of fear to spread across both you and Scootaloo
>Within moments, you feel yourself lift into the air
>Oh crap, what is she doing!?
>S:"Whoa, what the-"
>Looking over, you notice Scootaloo is airborne as well
>You also notice the violet magic aura surrounding both of you
>No... nonononono not good!
>You both freak out as you see yourselves inching closer to each other
"Twilight, what are you doing!? This is evil!"

>She simply responds with a giggle, continuing to force you and Scootaloo closer and closer together
>By now your arms and legs are flailing as wildly as humanly possible, but it's not getting you anywhere
>Stupid magic!
>When your faces become just inches apart, you begin turning around until your backs are facing each other
>S:"What the- Just what are you doing Twilight!?"
>Suddenly you feel Scootaloo's back press flat up against yours
>Your flailing stops as you're now just confused
>Really, really confused
>You feel a little tug on your back, all around where you can feel Scootaloo up against you, then you are both lowered to the floor
>Twilights' aura finally fades from around you and you don't waste a single second standing up and turning to face her
>S:"Whoa, hey, what the heck are you doing!?"
>...What
>You could still feel Scootaloo on your back as you're standing up
>Seriously, wat
>S:"Let me down!"
>Twisting your neck and head back as far as you can, you notice that Scootaloo indeed has her back up against yours still
>Funny, she seems to be stuck to you, and you can feel her, but she seems to be weightless
>Huh. You can only imagine what it feels like for her
>Actually, this is kinda funny to see her stuck like this, fidgeting around like she is right now
>But having her stuck to YOU totally sucks
"Twilight, what is this? What did you do to us!?"

>T:"I said you two would be spending a lot of time together didn't I?" she responds with another giggle "Consider it a very valuable lesson in friendship. A lesson I expect you both to have learned by the time I get back from Canterlot."
"Wha- Canterlot? When will you be back then?"
>T:"I'm not sure, I have a lot to do, but probably next weekend at the latest."
"NEXT WEEKEND!?"
>S:"NEXT WEEKEND!?"
"Twilight, you can't be serious! I can't stand being around her for a few minutes, but a whole week?"
>S:"Yeah Twilight, for once I agree with Anonymous, this is insane!"
>T:"Well, if you both play nice and get along, maybe I'll have somep0ny like Rarity remove the spell early. But you'll have to prove to her and anyp0ny else that you've learned your lessons. Fluttershy and Ms. Cheerilee will especially be watching you two, so if they tell me anything negative, then you'll just have to wait longer."
"Ugh, this is stupid!"
>S:"Yeah, it was just over a book anyway."
>T:"Now that's the stupid part. All of this fighting today, and damage caused to my property, over a single book that you two just couldn't share, or have patience for the other to finish first."
>As angry as you were, she was right
>You scoff, not giving her any response
>T:"Well, now that that's out of the way, I have to get going. Spike will watch over the library, and he can send letters to me in case you absolutely need something."
"Hey, what about the Daring Do book?"

>T:"Rainbow Dash will be looking after that while I'm gone. She knew you wanted it and agreed to wait until you were finished, but because of this I'm going to give it to her on my way out of town."
>S:"Aw, no fair! I checked it out!"
>T:"And you can have it as soon as you've learned your lesson and Rainbow is done with it. Who knows, be nice and maybe she'll let you have it early?"
"Alright alright, I think we get the point."
>T:"Good! Now run along, I have some extra work to do now before I leave because of you two."
>Wow, she may be talking as nice as usual, but she sure is being pretty mean about this
>It probably is a good idea to get out of there though
>But this sure is gonna suck, having your rival four-legged chicken magically strapped to your back for a week
>Seriously, what kinda torture is this!?
>Whoa, what the-
>Suddenly you feel a light breeze along your sides
>Shortly after you notice Scootaloo is flapping her wings as hard as she can
>She kicks both of her hind hooves back as best she can, connecting with your ankles and knocking you backward
>S:"Ah-ha, freedom!"

>Well, seems like Scootaloo is on the ground now, because you're lying perfectly across her back as she begins running for the door
>Thankfully she makes it out without wanging your head or anything on the door frame
>There's apparently going to be a constant struggle for power, as you're now trying to flip Scoots over and gain control once again
>Man, this was going to be the longest week of your life