>You are Scootaloo
>And you don't need those two stupid heads, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, to find your cutie mark!
>Nope!
>Not at all!
>Which is why you are currently riding your namesake out of Ponyville, to Canterlot
>There's gotta be plenty more opportunities to discover your true talent there
>Not nearly as many as boring old Ponyville
>You set off at mid day, after those two dimwads screwed up your brilliant plan
>And you don't look back
>You even practice a few tricks you dreamed up on your scooter
>Tricks that don't go entirely unnoticed....
 
 
>The sun pulls you from sleep with its shining glare
>It seems somehow... brighter today than yesterday
>You unzip your sleeping bag and crawl out
>You finally open your eyes
>To a technicolor nightmare
>The world almost hurts to look at
>This definitely isn't the campground you went to sleep in last night
>Oh shit
>If you've been moved, it might be gone!
>You stand up and whirl around
>Phew
>Still there
>Your Harley stands behind you, resting on its kickstand just like you left it
>You sigh in relief and begin wrapping up your sleeping bag
>Placing it in your saddle bags, you withdraw a canteen and a few energy bars
>You had originally intended to have breakfast at the diner in town
>But town is nowhere in sight
 
 
>As you Chow down on the energy bars, something draws your eye
>The ground under your feet isn't nearly as vivid as the rest of the landscape
>In fact, it looks like the same dirt you went to sleep on 8 hours ago
>Your eyes travel across the ground, eventually finding a split
>The ground goes from drab dirt to vivid green grass
>The divide makes a perfect circle around your and your bike
>Damn
>That is some wierd ass shit right there
>But the day ain't getting any younger
>And you need to find a town
>Those were your last energy bars
>In the distance, you spy what looks like a road
>A dirt road
>At this point, you'll take anything you can get
>You don your riding gear and fire up your bike
>The low rumbling is music to your ears
>You idle across the field you're in and to the road
>You turn right and accelerate
 
 
>You are Scootaloo
>And maybe leaving town today wasn't such a good idea...
>The barks and yips have been following you for awhile now
>Ever since you went through that section of the Everfree Forest
>You look behind you, and your fears are confirmed
>Following you are three timber wolves
>They had been trying to sneak
>But now they sense your awareness of their presence
>And pick up the pace
>You accordingly flap your wings and accelerate
>No turning around now
 
 
>You've been Running?  Scootering? from these wolves for awhile now
>...Maybe leaving Ponyville wasn't such a good idea
>your wings are starting to get really tired
>But you can't give up
>You're not going to be some stupid wolf's dinner!
>The stupid wolves are getting closer though...
>Up ahead, you can see a dust trail approaching
>Maybe it's somep0ny that can help!
>You start yelling for help
>As the dust cloud gets closer you can hear a strange roaring sound
>Your spirits drop
>It's just another monster
>Not like any monster you've ever seen before
>But definitely a monster
>It rides along on a pair of wheels
>And stares at you with an unblinking yellow eye, flanked by two silver stripes
>A large, irregularly shaped black lump above the eye completes the ensamble
>You gasp in awe as the monster roars right past you
>And lose control of your scooter
>"OOOOOOOOOOOH BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK"
>As you start to tumble, you find yourself looking at the bright side
>That monster was pretty scary
>It could probably take care of those wolves
>Now you had to figure out how to keep it from eating you...
>Your head smashes into the ground, and everything goes black
 
 
>You are riding down the road on your glorious Harley
>This is what you live for
>When you notice a cloud of dust approaching you
>This is good
>It means there are people out here
>Which, in turn, means there has to be some form of civilization around
>As you approach the cloud, you squint
>That's no car
>Or a bike
>or even a person
>What you see nearly melts your obsidian heart
>A tiny orange horse... thing is riding towards you on a scooter
>Its wings
>Wait
>Wings?
>What the fuck
>Beat furiously, driving it forward
>50 yards behind it run three enormous wolves
>You consider just riding past...
>But you can't
>You won't
>YOur standards may be low
>But you have them
>And riding past a screaming child about to be eaten by wolves
>Well, that just doesn't stand
 
 
>You pull your bat out of your saddle bags and get ready to swing
>You saw Wild Kelly do this once with a Doberman
>But these aren't Dobermans
>Same principle
>The bat connects with the head of the wolf closest to you with a sickening crunch
>It's not getting up anytime soon
>The other two wolves overshoot, giving you time to dismount
>As you watch, they both charge at you
>You duck under the first one's leap
>Then step back and swing at the second
>BATTER UP!
>CRACK
>You're pretty sure that was the thing's neck
>Its momentum carries it onwards
>Taking your bat with it
>Fuck
>Now the real fun starts
>The last one turns around and jumps at you again
>It hits you this time, knocking you over
>The legs dig and scrape, but your leather jacket keeps the claws out
>As it snarls and snaps at you, a lightbulb goes off
>You shove your hands inside of its mouth
>Its eyes widen and it gags in surprise
>Seizing the top jaw with one hand, you grab the bottom with the other and yank
>The jaw dislocates
>The wolf immediately gets off of you and runs off whining
>You get up and look for the tiny horse thing
>Its scooter seems to be fine
>But the horse thing itself is unconsious
>Lucky it was wearing a helmet
>Whaaaaaaaaaaat
 
 
>You are Scootaloo
>And your head hurts like no tomorrow
>You groan and open your eyes
>Standing in front of you is the black lump off the monster
>it towers over you
>It has two legs
>IT'S STANDING ON TWO LEGS
>The top half is mostly black, and the bottom half is blue
>the other two legs stick out on either side of the torso, a little below the head  
>They end in these wierd stumps with smaller sticks off of them
>As you watch, it waves one of it's upper legs at you
Hey kid, are you alright?
>It just talked to you
>"No"
How many fingers am I holding up?
>It waves two of the sticks at you
>"Those are fingers?"
>It looks at them
Oh.  Right.  Yeah, they are.
>"Two then"
 
 
>The horse thing
>The TALKING horse thing
>stares at you like you're...
>Not a tiny horse thing
>Makes sense, you suppose
>As much as anything can makes sense in this place
Kid, what the fuck are you supposed to be?
>"I'm a pony!  What the buck are you supposed to be?"
I'm a human
>"Well you scared the hay out of me!"
>Oh for the love of...
>You turn around and walk away
>Just walk away
>It doesn't bear getting pissed off at a child
>You walk over to the wolves and pick up your bat
>You return to your motorcycle and start putting it back in the saddlebag so you can draw it quickly if you need to
>"Thanks"
>You turn look over your shoulder
What?
>"For saving me from those wolves"
>You walk back over to the pony
>It has re gained its hooves by now and stands looking up at you
>Still looks a bit shakey though
Look, we got off to a bad start before.  My name is Anonymous, what's yours?
>"I'm Scootaloo"
 
 
So, Scootaloo, can you tell me what this place is?
>"What?"
Where am I?
>She looks at you like you've grown a dick on your forehead
>"You're in Equestria"
>Oh shit son
>You mcfucked up
>Equestria?
>Doesn't that have something to do with horses?
>Scootaloo notices the look on your face
>"...You aren't from around here, are you?"
No.  No I am not
 
 
>Right now, you need some booze
>You also need food and water, a place to sleep
>And gas and oil for your motorcycle, eventually
>But right now you really need a drink
>Which dictates your next question
Scootaloo, where is the nearest town?
>"That's Ponyville"
>Ponyville
>Wonderful
>What other surprises await you in this vibrant new land
>"It's that way"
>She points her hoof down the road, in the direction you were headed
Well Scootaloo
>You grin
Would you like a ride?
>"Sure, I would love a ride"
>She starts to walk towards you, but stumbles
>YOu catch her before she can fall
Woah, easy now
>Despite her protests, you carry her over to your motorcycle
>You don't have an extra helmet for her
>Luckily, she's got her own
>What she does need is a pair of goggles, which you can provide
>At the sight of the tiny filly in helmet and goggles, something happens that hasn't in a long, long time
>Deep inside your chest, you feel your heart thaw out
>D'aaaawwwww
 
 
>You are Scootaloo
>And today is lookng up
>Anonymous has been kind enough to offer you a ride on his...
>"What is that... thing, anyway?"
>He looks offended, and puts a hand on the monster affectionately
This is my pride and joy
It's my motorcycle
>His motorcycle
>This could be interesting
>As you watch, he takes some stretchy rope out of the saddlebags and ties your scooter to a rack on the back
>Then he folds down a pair of pegs
You put your... back hooves on these
>He elaborates
>He goes on to explain the essentials of being a good motorcycle passenger
>Sit upright
>Lean with him on turns
>Don't rock or sway back and forth
>Keep your... front legs wrapped around his torso at all times
>Having finished his instructions, he picks up a strange looking helmet and puts it on
>he puts a leg over the motorcycle and sits down on it
 
 
Well what are you waiting for... Hop on!
>He has to help you get up and over the somewhat higher rear seat
>Once that's done, he turns a key and presses a few buttons
>With a final button press and a flourish, the motorcycle roars to life
>But it isn't like before
>More like a purr than a roar
>He pulls a lever, does something with his left leg you can't see, and slowly releases the first lever
>As he plays the levers, the motorcycle rapidly picks up speed as the familiar roaring returns
>You rest your head on his shoulder and scan ahead
>This was fast
>Really fast
>Way faster than you've ever gone on your scooter
>You're glad you're wearing the goggles he gave you
>This must be what it's like for Rainbow Dash when she goes fast!