Flightless: Scootaloo's story

Flightless: chapter 3

Chapter 3: Entrance test?

"Come in!" A deep voice called from inside the office. Willow used her hoof to push the big wooden door open and everything inside the office could be seen. The room was big and airy, had large windows, a big triangular table with stacks of papers piled on it, and three expensive looking glass chairs. Behind the table sat a muscular white colt with a orange and yellow mane. The colt shuffled some papers with his hooves before looking up at Willow and Scootaloo. "Ah! Good morning! Come have a seat." He said in a kind voice. "Uh.... hehe! o...k!" Willow Shimmer replied nervously. Nudging Scootaloo with her wing, she smiled sheepishly, like some sort of sign for her to act 'Professional'. Willow sat down on a chair and waited quietly, while Scootaloo jumped on the chair beside her mother's and started spinning around. Willow could not help but glance at her filly worriedly. 'Oh, don't make a fool of yourself! don't, don't, oh, please don't!' She thought to herself. However, her thoughts were interrupted when the colt cut in " So, you must be Miss Shimmer! Very nice to meet you! Oh! And of course, your filly too! Scootaloo, am I right?" Willow Shimmer snapped to attention. "Um, yes! Nice to meet you too! And yes! This is Scootaloo! My one and only filly!" She replied, trying to sound as confident as she could. "Well then, I'm sure she would fit nicely with the other students here!" The colt said while taking the documents from Willow. "Oh!" He suddenly cried, "I totally forgot to mention my name! So sorry! Anyway, i'm Lightning Scorch, the head of the school! But you can address me as Mr. Scorch!" He said, a little embarrassed. "Oh! It's no problem!" Replied Willow, raising a hoof. She was beginning to feel more confident. "Well...... After looking at these documents, I'm very sure she'll ace the entrance test!" Mr. Scorch cheerfully said, shuffling Willow's Documents. "Wait..... what do you mean?" Willow asked, shocked. "Did you say.... entrance test?" Mr. Scorch looked at her and widened his eyes. "Well, didn't you know? Before the new students start their actual lessons, they must pass an entrance test, to rank them into their classes!" He said, adjusting his glasses. "And judging by these documents, it says that Scootaloo is very energetic, and most energetic fillies ace the test!" He continued, sounding very pleased as he continued to read the documents. Scootaloo widened her eyes and sat up straight. "Oh!Oh! I Am energetic! I-" She began, but was cut off when Willow put a hoof to her mouth to silence her. "Don't worry, the test will only consist of flying!" Mr. Scorch said encouragingly. Just then, the word 'fly' hit Willow. She started to panic. When she thought about it, she had actually never seen Scootaloo fly before! Her eyes darted form side to side, not knowing what to say or do. She had no idea how she was going to manage this matter.