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- >And that's where she falls asleep.
- >Curled up in a ball on your lap.
- >Looks like you're sleeping in a sitting position tonight, lest you wake her up by moving too much.
- >Good thing you have your back against a wall.
- >Outstretching your arm, you reach for Scootaloo's blanket.
- >You cover the young pegasus with it.
- >Closing your eyes, you let your head drop.
- >Scootaloo's soft purrs lulls you to sleep.
- >Your sleep went undisturbed that night, no dark vision or troubling nightmares.
- >Only peaceful rest.
- >You wake up, the purple and orange ball still snoring lightly against you.
- >Still as adorable as yesterday.
- >But right now, you need to move and get some blood back into your legs.
- >How are you supposed to do this without waking the sleeping filly?
- >Looking around, you try to devise a plan.
- >Your eyes fall on the pillow.
- >Maybe you could try to...
- >Using your hands, you move yourself closer to the pillow.
- >You place your legs on it, positioning Scootaloo right above the bag of fluff.
- >Slowly, you uncross your legs, letting the little pegasus sink to the pillow.
- >Once the filly's safely lowered on it, you stand up.
- >Success!
- >You leave the little cabin.
- >Questions start to pop in your mind.
- >'Did you really mean what you said yesterday?'
- >'Do you really want to settle in this town?'
- >'Should you just run away while you still can?'
- >You easily climb in one of the nearby apple tree and lay down on one of the branches.
- >No... You're done running.
- >You grab one of the fruits hanging around you.
- >Tired of this shit. Tired of the fear of being captured again.
- >Holding the apple with your teeth, you climb higher in the tree.
- >From up there, you can gaze at the town.
- >You found a nice place to settle. Small town and the residents look nice enough.
- >Looking back at the tree house, you can see Scootaloo through a window.
- >Even if some of them are a tad weird.
- >Her words come back resonating in your head.
- >Big brother.
- >You jump down of the tree, determined.
- >Leaving the orchard, you cross a bridge and stop at the edge of the settlement.
- >'Is this the right thing to do?'
- >You look around and try to remember a way back to the residential district.
- >Ignoring the stares of the occasional pony that crosses your path, you navigate the street to your destination.
- >You have no idea, but you don't really care.
- >You make your way to a house and knock on the door.
- >After a few seconds, the sound of hoofsteps can be heard.
- >For the first time since you came to this world, you're in control of your life.
- >A very sleepy looking mint-green pony appears in the doorway.
- >"...Jack?"
- >There's no backing out now.
- "Morning Lyra, remember that proposition you had for me yesterday?"
- >All signs of weariness vanish from her in an instant.
- "Well, I accept-"
- >A high-pitched screech nearly bursts your eardrums.
- "-under one condition."
- -Scootaloo POV-
- >You slip back into consciousness after a great night of sleep.
- >And you notice that something's different.
- >The ground is not warm and comfortable like it was when you fell asleep.
- >It's fluffy and soft.
- >Which is not bad in itself, but it would mean that...
- >You sleepily open your eyes.
- "Oh..."
- >The pillow.
- >Yesterday's event must have been a dream.
- >Wouldn't be the first time you had one like it.
- >Dejectedly, you gather the blanket and pillow.
- >You bring them back to the closet.
- >Closing the door, you sigh heavily.
- >"Hey Kid."
- >You flip around at the sound of the voice.
- >It's Anon!
- >He's sitting in the window frame.
- >"What's got ya down?"
- >You perk up.
- "Nothing!"
- >Anon hops down from the windowsill.
- >Rustling your mane with his paw, he presents an apple to you.
- >"Breakfast?"
- >You take the fruit and start munching.
- >"Sorry I left this morning, I had important stuff to take care of."
- >"But now, I have a surprise for you!"
- >You lift your muzzle from the apple.
- "Shrprife?"
- >You swallow your bite.
- "A surprise? For me?"
- >"You bet, kid."
- "AWESOME!"
- "What is it?"
- >Anon cracks a grin.
- >"Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise now, wouldn't we?"
- >"I don't have it on me anyway. If ya want it, you'll have to follow me to Ponyville."
- "What are we waiting for!?"
- >You shove the rest of your fruit in your mouth.
- "Letsh go!"
- >Anon's grin grows to a hearty laughter.
- >"Heh, I like ya Kid! Filled to the brim with energy!"
- -A few minutes later-
- "Hey Big Bro, where're we going?"
- >"Can't tell ya, that would ruin the surprise."
- >He picks you up in one of his arm.
- >"Which reminds me..."
- >He covers your eyes with his free paw.
- "Hey! What gives?"
- >"SorryWouldn't wa-"
- "Yeah yeah. 'Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise.'"
- >You can hear him chuckle above you.
- >"Don't worry, we're almost there."
- >After a few more seconds, you hear knocking in front of you.
- >You recognize the light creaking of door hinges.
- >A stifled giggle to your left.
- >Light shushing from above.
- >Hoofsteps below.
- >Another door opens.
- >Wait... What's that smell?
- >...Pancakes?
- >"Surprise!"
- >The paw covering your eyes moves away.
- >You're in a kitchen.
- >You can see a huge stack of pancakes in the middle of the table.
- >There's a green mare excitedly hopping up and down on your left.
- >On your right, another mare, this one looking at you with a kind smile.
- >You turn back to Anon, wide-eyed.
- "The surprise is pancakes! AWESOME!"
- >Anon drops you on a chair.
- >"Not really. Well, kinda."
- >"Let's just say the the breakfast is part of the surprise."
- >Anon and the two mares come sit with you at the table.
- "What's the surprise then?"
- >"I'll tell you later, for now, let's just enjoy the pancakes."
- >Darn, you really wanted to know it.
- >But, oh well. Breakfast!
- >"This is Bon Bon, she's our chef this morning."
- >The tan mare puts part of the pancakes tower in your plate.
- >Bon: "Don't be shy, eat as much as you want."
- >Anon: "And this is Lyra! She's the one to thank for the second part of the surprise."
- >Lyra: "Hope you'll like it!"
- >Second part? There's a second part!?
- >You can hardly contain yourself!
- "What'sparttwo?Isitwaffles?Ormaybeit's-"
- >Anon's paw keeps you from bouncing around on your seat.
- >Anon: "Breakfast. Pancakes. Eat."
- >You calm down a little.
- >And fall face first into your plate.
- >Bon: "You weren't kidding when you said she might be hungry."
- >You can hear Lyra giggling over the sounds of your voracious eating.
- >You lift your head and see that everypony is looking at you, smiling.
- "What?"
- >Anon: "There's something on your face."
- "Where?"
- >Anon: "All around here."
- >He's circling his face with a paw.
- "Oh! You mean right..."
- >You reach for your plate.
- "Here!"
- >A pancakes flies directly to his face.
- >He takes it off with a short laugh, then eats it.
- >On the other side of the table, Lyra lifts a cupcake in each of her forehooves and puts one of her hind legs on the table.
- >Lyra: "FOOD FIGHT!!!"
- >Anon grabs a banana and starts to peel it.
- >Just as Lyra is about to launch her pastries, a tan hoof slams against the table.
- >Bon: "NOPE! You won't be making a mess in this kitchen as long as I live!"
- >Lyra: "Party pooper..."
- >A banana squishes itself against Bon Bon's face.
- >Everypony at the table turns to Anon.
- >He's wearing the most sheepish of grins.
- >It is suddenly hidden by a splash of whipped cream.
- >Anon licks it off and burst in a boisterous laughter.
- >Anon: "What about the kitchen?"
- >Bon: "I wouldn't worry about the kitchen if I were you."
- >She readies another spoon full of cream.
- >Food.
- >Food everywhere.
- >There's not an inch of this kitchen not covered in various sorts of cake, cream or fruit.
- >Lyra is grumbling while scrubbing the floor.
- >Bon Bon is making her clean up because she lost the breakfast war.
- >You were mostly untouched by the flying food, using Anon to protect yourself.
- >He, on the other hoof, really looks like a clown.
- >There's frosting all over his face and strawberry jam on his nose.
- >Bon Bon just brought you a pair of towel so that you could clean yourselves.
- >Anon: "Are you ready for the second part of the surprise?"
- "AM I?!"
- >He finishes removing his condiment make-up.
- >Oh, he's picking you up.
- >AGAIN.
- >...not that you mind.
- Where're we going now?"
- >Anon: "Right here."
- >He opens a door leading to...
- >A mostly empty room.
- >The only thing in there, is a bed.
- "So Lyra gave us old furniture? That's great!"
- "You think you could bring it back to the clubhouse alone?"
- >Anon chuckles.
- >"You don't seem to understand."
- >You tilt your head in confusion.
- >"Welcome home, Kid."
- -Anon's perspective, an hour ago-
- >L: "What about Bruce? Or Ash?"
- "Groovy. But no."
- "I already told you, my name is Anonymous now."
- >L: "Ugh! Fiiiiine."
- >Bon Bon sighs.
- >B: "Can we just talk about what you came for?"
- >L: "Oh right! What's that condition you mentioned earlier?"
- >Now, you're going to need tact.
- "Well, uh, there's this little group of filly I met yesterday."
- "Nice kids, but I found out that one of them is homeless and without family."
- "And I was wondering if I could bring her with me to live here for a while?"
- >Smooth.
- >The two mares look pretty surprised, but while Lyra still has that usual cheerful smile of her on her face, Bon Bon looks concerned.
- >B: "You want to WHAT?"
- >Can't say that you're surprised by that reaction.
- "Look, I know this wasn't part of the deal."
- "But I can't let this kid live alone in a treehouse, can I?"
- >Bon Bon sighs and rub her temples.
- >B: "No. You can't."
- >L: "Then what's the matter Bonnie?"
- >B: "Lyra, honey, having a filly live with us is a lot of responsability."
- >L: "Like?"
- >B: "We need to find room for her, Anon's already taking your old bedroom."
- "That's not a problem, she can share the room with me. I don't mind sleeping on the ground until I find better."
- >B: "Well..."
- >Bon Bon looks a little embarrassed as she speak her next sentences.
- >B: "With two new mouths to feed, I'm afraid you're going to need to find a way to get some bits."
- >B: "We're not exactly rolling in bits right now and we can't really afford to pay everything for you two."
- >That's going to be harder. Who would hire a circus freak like you?
- >No matter, you'll find a way to get bits.
- "I'll... I'll figure something out."
- >B: "If this filly really is alone, she needs someone to educate her."
- "What?"
- "Don't you have schools in this town?"
- >Bon Bon brings a hoof to her face and shake her head.
- >B: "Of course we have schools, that's not what I meant."
- >B: "She's still a foal, right?"
- >You nod.
- >B: "Well, proper parenting is important at that age."
- >Oh. Yeah, didn't think about that.
- "Is it?"
- "I mean, I grew up without parents for last half of my life."
- "And look how well I turned out!"
- >Yeah. Real convincing there, buddy.
- >You sigh.
- "You're right, but can't I do it?"
- >Bon Bon raises an eyebrow.
- >B: "And what do you know about raising a filly?"
- "...Fair enough."
- >L: "Oh come Bonnie."
- >Lyra, who stayed silent for the last few minutes, lost her smile and is looking slightly annoyed.
- >L: "You sound like you don't want to help this foal."
- >B: "That's not it, it's just that if we're to do this, I'd rather be fully prepared."
- >L: "You're being overly anxious again!"
- >B: "And you're too impulsive!"
- >L: "Humdrum!"
- >B: "Airhead!"
- "Ladies, please! This is important."
- >B: "Right..."
- >L: "Sorry..."
- >The room falls silent for a minute.
- >You all just sit still and look at each others
- >Finally, Bon Bon breaks the silence.
- >B: "Alright."
- >B: "Even though I think we should think this more thoroughly, it wouldn't be fair for the young one if I were to make her wait any longer because I'm overthinking the smaller details."
- >Lyra perks up a little.
- >L: "You mean..."
- >B: "Yeah, bring the kid over. We'll deal with the problems as they come up."
- >You smile and start to make your way to the front door.
- "Right away!"
- >L: "Oh! One last thing Anon."
- >You stop and turn your head towards her.
- >L: "What's her name?"
- "Scootaloo."
- -Back to present time-
- >Well, she certainly took the news pretty well.
- >You think so, at least.
- >The filly jumping on the bed and screaming 'Yesyesyesyes' over and over again really hints that way.
- "Come on Kid, don't break the only furniture we own.", you say laughing.
- >With one last jump she hops high then flutters down in your direction, wings flapping like a humming bird.
- >She wraps her forelegs around your neck and presses her head against it.
- >"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou-"
- >You smile and return the hug.
- "You know, it's really Lyra and Bon Bon you should thank."
- "It's their home we'll be living in, after all."
- >You can feel her nodding against you.
- >She soon breaks the hug and bolts towards the kitchen.
- >"She looks like a really nice filly."
- >You turn to face Bon Bon.
- "Yeah..."
- >"Listen, I'm sorry I seemed reluctant to the idea earlier."
- "No, it's fine. I -was- asking you to adopt a foal you don't even know."
- "I'm just glad that I came to ask you about it and that you two accepted."
- >"You did good, Anon. It wa-"
- >Scootaloo comes back into view with a light trot.
- >S: "I found aunt Lyra cleaning the kitchen, but I couldn't find-"
- >She notices the mare next to you.
- >S: "AUNT BON BON!"
- >And with that she's already doing this pony hug thing, where the lean against each others and nuzzle with the side of their heads.
- >B: "A-Aunt?"
- >Bon's face is an hilarious mix of confusion and 'heart melting from adorableness'.
- >S: "YEAH! Just like Anon said to me!"
- >S: "Family's about who you like and about ponies supporting each others!"
- >She turns her head towards you.
- >S: "Right big bro?"
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