The Sisterless Pony

>The sun doesn't wake you up this morning

>The sunrise isn't even complete yet

>Intense knocking on your door rips you from sleep

>Fly out of bed and run downstairs. It might be urgent

>Open the door to be greeted by Rainbow

"Morning, bro."

>Look up to the sky

>Shit, it's pretty damn early

>"You lazy bum! You were still asleep!"

"No shit. The sun's not even done rising yet."

>She laughs. "I know, I'm just messing with ya."

"So what was up with the crazy knocking fit?"

>"Well duh, it's really early. I knew your butt was still asleep."

"Alright. And now what I should've asked first. What's so damn important that you need to get me up this early?"

>You rub your eyes after saying this

>"Well Rarity had plans to take me AJ and Twi to the spa all day today bu-"

"Wait...you were gonna go to a spa?"

>You say this with a chuckle

>She looks offended

>"Hey! I may be your bro but I'm still a mare!"

>You laugh

>"Anyway, we were gonna go but earlier AJ barely remembered today was the Sisterhooves Social"

>You vaguely know of the event. Something about sister ponies and a relay race.

>"So without Rarity the free day at the spa was shot. So I thought we should hang today!"

"Sounds cool. But I'm still tired as hell...you wanna come in while I get the rest of my interrupted sleep this morning?"

>She laughs and agrees

>Neither of you notice Scootaloo walking up to Rainbow as she walks in your place and shuts the door

>Scootaloo looks down and walks to the CMC treehouse

 

>It's somewhat later in the morning when you realize you can't get back to sleep

>Your bro is chilling on the bed next to you waiting for you to get your happy ass up

>Fuck it

"I can't sleep. And the sun's about to make its way into my eyes anyway."

>You can hear Rainbow utter a silent 'yes!'

>"Alright. I'll just hang downstairs until you're done doing watcha gotta do."

>She flutters out your bedroom door and shuts it behind her

>Get up, get showered, get dressed

>Heading downstairs you can hear your bro laughing her ass off

"What's so-"

>She's holding the 'green sack'

>"I didn't know you smoked triple W!"

"Triple what?"

>"Wild woods weed, man! This stuff is kinda frowned upon in Ponyville y'know."

"Shit. Where I come from we just call it 'weed'."

>She continues to laugh

>You snatch the bag from her and place it back in its hiding spot

"Anyway, what's planned for today?"

>"I was thinking we could go to Sugarcube corner today. Almost everyp0ny in Ponyville is going to the Social."

"You know what that means"

>You both yell

"Public Inebriation!"

>"Public Inebriation!"

>Today sounds pretty damn awesome

>During certain events where nearly everyp0ny is gone you an Dash made a tradition to get shitfaced when this happened

>You both make your way to Sugarcube Corner

>Mr. Cake, knowing of the tradition, left a bottle with a note on the bar of the empty shop

>"Anon and Rainbow, more Applejack Daniels is in the fridge under the bar. Have as much as you like. Just remember, each bottle is 10 bits. Leave it on top of the fridge when you leave. Thanks. -Mr. Cake"

>Mr. Cake just earned a permanent spot on the bro list

>It's time to get fucked up

 

>About three bottles later the both of you are pretty fucked up

>Mr. and Mrs. Cake are gone for the day

>Probably watching the events of the Social take place

>You resist the urge to raid the back of the shop for sweets

"It's...it's pretty...uh...EMPTY..that's the word. Empty...um. Empty 'round here huh?"

>Your bro is laying her head on the bar

>Is she okay?

>You poke her a couple times

>She snores

>Well shit. The Applejack Daniels really hit her hard

>Kinda puts a damper on running around town drunk

>You check your pockets

>Find the bit sack and open it. Counting...counting...not easy when shitfaced

>You count 35 bits. Not bad. More than you thought you had

>Empty the bag on top of the Cakes' fridge and pick up five, placing them in your sack

>Rainbro owes me 13...14...15 bits.

>You pick up your bro and head home. It's not that late. The sun's still pretty high up in the sky

> It's kinda hard getting going when this fucked up, but you manage it

>Finally make it home. Somehow unlock the door while still holding your bro and make it upstairs

>You gently place her on your bed and throw a blanket over her

>Damn she's cute when she's asleep

>You trudge downstairs and fall on the couch

>A nap sounds awesome right now

>You let sleep take you

...

>About an hour later you rise from the couch feeling like hammered shit

>The nap sure sobered you up

>Oh shit

>You jump off the couch and run to the kitchen sink, blasting it with puke

>You let the tap run to clean the sink after finishing the vomiting episode

 

>The headache remains but the stomach pain is gone

>You walk upstairs

>Rainbow's still knocked out

>You go back downstairs and look outside the window

>The sun's about to set

"Wow...I didn't think I slept that long"

>Step out the door and stand outside

>A cool breeze greets you

>It helps the headache a bit

>It's an awesome evening

>Awesome enough for a walk

>You choose a random direction and head out

>Ponyville doesn't look as dead as it did earlier

>Some ponies are still outside

>A lot of them are probably heading home

>On the outskirts of Ponyville somewhere near the Everfree Forest

>The moon is slowly rising

>You walk past some trees and come across the Cutie Mark Crusader clubhouse

>There are lights on inside

>You decide to go on in and ask how the Social went

>You climb the tree and make it to the balcony

>The whole thing is bigger than you expected

>It's just big enough to hold you

>You knock on the door

>As soon as you do the lights go off

"Huh?"

>Knock again

>The door opens just a crack. Then opens fully

>It's Scootaloo

"Hey Scoots. What're you doing here in the dark?"

>She sighs and walks inside the clubhouse leaving the door open

>You walk in

>You close the door after getting inside

>She grabs a match with her mouth, strikes it, and lights a few candles with it, illuminating the clubhouse

>No Applebloom or Sweetie Belle

>She's...alone.

>You say the only thing you can think of

"So...uh...how'd the Sisterhooves Social go?"

>Silence

>She's facing a window

>"I didn't go..."

"You didn't go? But-"

>It suddenly dawns upon you

>She doesn't have a sister

>You don't even know if she has parents

>Oh man realizations are a bitch

>Before you can say anything to console for your major fuck up she speaks

>"What's it like?"

"What's...what like?"

>"Hanging with Rainbow Dash all the time."

>She idolizes her

>It only makes sense she would ask you about your bro

>But... why does it make you feel so bad?

>"You two are always together and hanging out and stuff. I see you all the time hanging out doing everything together...I guess...I guess I'm just lonely."

>You have no idea how to respond to this

>No idea how to let her know everything's going to be alright

>You're not even sure if it IS going to be alright

"Scootaloo...I-"

>"I was going to ask her to compete with me today...She flew by really fast this morning so I followed her as fast as I could to ask...but by the time I got there she went inside your house already. I didn't want to bother you two so...I just left."

>You feel really really bad

>Scootaloo drops her head against the window and begins sobbing

>Your heart breaks in two

>You do the only thing you can think of

>You walk over and turn her around. Tears are flowing from her eyes

>You give her the biggest hug you can muster

>She begins crying in your shoulder

>You can't help but tear up

>"I just want someone to love me! Sweetie Belle has Rarity. Applebloom has Applejack. But I don't have anyp0ny! It's not fair! It's just not fair!"

>She digs her face into your shoulder and continues to cry

>You pick her up and walk outside of the clubhouse. Scootaloo's too busy crying to notice you blow out the candles and close up the clubhouse

>You stand on the balcony and look at the moon

"Scoots...look up there."

>She steadily stops sobbing for a bit and looks up at it

>"It's pretty."

"Yeah. It is. Celestia's sister Luna...she was trapped up there for a millennium. I'm sure you know how she got there."

>"Yeah, she was jealous of everyp0ny enjoying daytime more than nighttime so she became Night Mare Moon. Then Princess Celestia banished her there."

>You're suddenly glad you brushed up on your p0ny history

"Yep. You know how long a millennium is?"

>She shakes her head

"A thousand years. For a thousand years Luna was trapped on the moon. Completely alone. Most ponies would've welcomed death at that point, but since she's the goddess of night...getting out of that hell wasn't going to be that easy."

>Scootaloo's eyes widen

>"I've never thought of it that way before..."

"Yep. You may feel alone, Scoots, but you've got your friends who love you. They'd probably do anything for you. Luna didn't have anyone at all in that millennium. Not even her sister."

>"But she has her now and I...I don't have a sister. Or anyp0ny to live with. Every day I'm scared it'll go by too fast because when everyp0ny goes home I'm stuck all alone."

>She begins tearing up again, but just looks down instead of crying

>You move to the ladder and climb down, still carrying Scootaloo

>"Where are we going?"

"You'll see."

>You slowly make your way home

>Scootaloo stops crying and just rests her head on your shoulder

>You approach your doorstep and you begin to hear Scootaloo's breathing

>She's fallen asleep

>You open the door and walk upstairs

>Rainbow's gone. She locked up your place before leaving

>What a bro

>You place Scootaloo's sleeping figure on the opposite side of the bed. You carefully lay on the sheets as to not wake her up

>Sleep slowly embraces you

...

...

>It's morning

>You wake with something on your chest

>It's Scootaloo

>You sigh contentedly and place your hands behind your head staring at the ceiling

"You may not have somep0ny, Squirt. But ya got somebody."

>Scootaloo smiles

 

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