"I-I can't do that, Scootaloo. I've done this for ten years, ever since I performed my first Sonic Rainboom... I let my loyalty to Cloudsdale, to supporting their reputation against Canterlot and the Earth ponies blind me. I don't wanna drag anypony down with me..." Dash set her eyes on her cupped hoof, held between Scootaloo's own forehooves. "I can't betray them..."