The courtroom was huge! Mosaics covered the walls, giant chandeliers hung over my mane, and the floor was tiled in beautiful designs, making one feel as if inside a painting, a beautiful work of art, finely crafted to symbolize the nature and beauty of Equestria.

The room was full of many different ponies. Some were pegasi, some were unicorns, but most were land ponies. Out in the distance, I could see Twilight Sparkle. Great, a familiar face in the midst of all these strangers. I trotted towards her, the twins following obediently behind me. Wow, what a shocker. As I reached the spot where she was located, I noticed that she had saved three seats, one for each of us.

"Hi Sonni, I'm glad you could make it. Now that you're here, let me introduce you to my friends, the ones I talked about before. Do you remember?" asked Twilight, motioning towards three ponies sitting next to her.

"Yes, how could I forget the powerful Elements of Harmony, who fearlessly defeated Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis and the terrible King Sombra. Yeah, I've heard of them, you ponies are legendary!" I said, showing my eagerness to meet these amazing ponies.

"Alright girls, I would like you to meet Crimson Jedediah Skye." Said Twilight, shoving me towards the group. "Alrighty then… Sonni, meet Applejack."

"Howdy there partner!" said an orange land pony wearing a cowpony hat while waving my hoof up and down in a polite Equestrian hoofshake.

"Nice to meet you." I said to the kind land pony.

"Crimson, I would now like to introduce you to Rarity." Said Twilight, dragging me over to a well-dressed unicorn with the nicest looking mane I have ever seen.

"Salutations," she said, "it is an absolute joy to meet you, Mr. Skye.

"Please, call me Sonni." I said, correcting her. The term 'Mr. Skye' makes me feel old.

"Alright, moving on. This cheerful pony over here is Pinkie Pie, the life of the party, isn't that right Pinkie?" she said wile dragging me over towards a very happy land pony with a pink, curly mane.

"Ohmyword, ,eherm,ImeanSonni,heehee!MynameisPinkaminaDianePie, ,itsapleasuretomeetyou, ,Iknowprettymucheverypony, , 'renotmyfriendthatwouldmakeme realsad,andyoudon'twannamakemesad,doyou,huh,doyou…DOYOU?!"

"Erhem, sorry about that, Sonni, she kinda gets overly excited. Let me introduce you to somepony a bit more… how do I put this… quiet." She paused for a second, taking a look around. "Umm… Fluttershy, come here sweetie, I have someone I want you to meet." Down from underneath a table came out a yellow pegasus with a pink, flowing mane. She looked at me, and then blushed, turning away timidly.

"Hi there!" I said in the friendliest tone of voice. The pegasus turned back towards me, but tried to hide between herself, like a scared puppy, bringing her head down in a shy, but awkwardly cute kinda way. Then she looked up, her mane covering her left eye.

"Umm... hi…" she said is a tone that sounded more like a whimper than a greeting. "I… I'm…Fluttershy…" she then said in a soft, sweet voice.

"Now last but not least, I want you to meet…" she paused, looking around, as If she had lost something. "Umm… where's Rainbow Dash?"

Just then, an incredibly fast gust of wind zipped through the middle of the room, soaring over our manes, leaving behind a multi-colored trail, such that resembled a rainbow. Then, suddenly it stopped, sending papers and other debris flying everywhere, and there standing before us was a blue pegasus pony with a rainbow-colored mane wearing jet-black shades.

"You called?" she said, looking at Twilight, lowering down her shades like them Follywood movie star ponies.

"By a matter of fact, yes I did... showoff." Said Twilight, a bit annoyed. Then she turned towards me. "Crimson Skye, I would like you to meet Rainbow Dash."

"What up Mr. Skye?" said Rainbow Dash.

"Please, call me Sonni." I said. How many times do we have to go through this!

Just a minute after, trumpets started playing, announcing the entrance of her majesty Princess Celestia. As she walked towards the pedestal, everypony kneeled down, bowing in reverence to the princess.

"You make take a seat." Said her majesty. As if under a spell, everypony sat down simultaneously.

"Shhh, the ceremony's about to start!" said Twilight, rocking back and forth in her seat, paying close attention to what Princess Celestia was about to say. Little did she, or any of us, notice that in the shadows were a pair of eyes that were watching our every move, creeping in and around the most unexpected corners…