"What is that?" asked Skye.

"She better not be levitating spike again, I told her not to, and it's dangerous for a baby dragon!" Applejack grunted. She marched into the library, only to see that Spike was climbing a ladder.

"Hey, Applejack, what are you here for?" he said, "Maybe a book on-", he started, but Twilight came down a set of posh, furnished looking stairs.

"Applejack, nice to see you, likewise for you Skye", she said, looking at Spike. "Spike, I thought I told you to do H-J, not F-H, now you have to do two sets of books" she groaned.

"Well, think of it as I'm double checking, Twilight, I mean, you don't always get the right order yourself", Spike said innocently.

"Lies, and I will not have it, just finish with your work, okay?" said Twilight. Spike nodded. "So, what brings you here?" she said, but Skye didn't seem interested in her, he was looking around at a huge library he had just walked in.

"This is so cool, you have the Daring Do books, right?" he asked. Twilight grinned.

"I didn't forget, they're right over here", he said, whilst using her magic to levitate a pile of about ten books over to a table near Skye. "And that's only the first ten books, there's thirty four altogether, counting the comics too", she finished.

"Yay, sadly I can't read them yet… do you have, like, a library card system or something?" Skye asked confused.

"Library Card? No, you can just take them, but you mustn't forget to bring them back", she said. Twilight smiled.

"Applejack here is taking me on a tour around Ponyville", he said. Applejack waved at Twilight,

"Howdy Twilight", she said, looking around the library. "Why do you re-arrange the library every time I'm here?" she asked.

"I don't, I do it when I have nothing else to do", she moaned.

"Twilight, you wanna come with me and Applejack to visit the others?" Skye asked, hoping to get a yes from Twilight. For the first time in his life, he'd made friends. Sure they didn't have a good start, but after he saw that… Sparkle of… whatever it was in Twilight's eyes, like a feeling or something, he'd proven he was good-hearted. Skye looked at Spike, "Spike, you wanna come with us?" he questioned.

Twilight suddenly sniggered, "By the way, we should probably visit Rarity soon, your clothes are looking a bit… torn", she said. Skye looked at his t-shirt, which had a smear of blood on it, near some dirt smudges and a hole where he'd been stabbed. Applejack laughed too.

"Rarity? Yeah, I wanna come!" said Spike. He jumped off the ladder he was stood on and onto Twilight's back. "Let's go!" he shouted. Twilight looked in pain.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Skye asked, concerned. Twilight shook her head,

"Spike, what have I told you about jumping on me?" she breathed, looking very hurt. Skye had an idea.

"Spike? Why not sit on my shoulders or something?" he said. Spike smiled and looked at Skye, seeing as he was slightly taller than the ponies, he agreed. He jumped towards Skye and climbed his body. Along the way, Skye kept squirming, he tickled. Skye's mind was full of OMG, SO CUTE! "So, are we going to visit her now?" Skye asked.

The others nodded, and then they headed out. Twilight had to stay behind a couple of minutes to fix something, so they would meet up later. "You know Applejack, when I arrived… You saw me, why didn't you run away?" asked Skye out of sheer curiosity, she could've left him there, to get killed.

"Well, I think I told you, but you were crying at the time" she said.

"Yes, but why, what was it about my crying that made a difference?" he asked again.

"That's just it Skye, no human in Equestria has ever cried" she finally revealed. Skye smiled,

"Just a good thing I cried then" he mumbled.

When they arrived at Rarity's boutique, Applejack only had twenty or so minutes free and had to go back to Sweet Apple Acres. Skye entered after a happy little dragon. "Rarity, It's Spike and Skye, I-we came to see you" he shouted.

"Maybe she's not in?" Skye asked.

"No way, the door would have been locked if she was out" Spike argued. He ran off a bit and into a dressing up looking area. "Rarity?" he shouted. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash appeared from behind a curtain.

"Oh, it's lover boy and lover boy two" she said with sarcasm. She trotted over to Skye, "And just because I thought you were brave, doesn't mean I like you or anything, so don't expect me to get use to you" she whispered through gritted teeth.

"Just for your information, I can't be with Fluttershy" Skye said, getting in her face.

"Oh, so you got angrier, huh?" she asked, mimicking Skye's expression.

"I called her something… I didn't mean to!" he shouted. Rarity ran from upstairs.

"What is going on here?" she demanded to know.

"Me and Skye were having a discussion" Rainbow Dash said. Rarity looked at spike and smiled. She didn't need to tell Spike to leave the two alone; he just simply floated in the air and followed her.

"That was weird…" Skye whispered.

"Alright, you wanna know why I hate your scum kind?" Rainbow Dash screamed.

"Yes, I'd like to-", Skye started, but was pushed on the floor and pinned down.

"They killed by family!" Rainbow Dash cried, her eyes were hidden by her mane, the colour of the rainbow in it seemed to be turning a grey-ish colour. Skye was stuck, he thought very carefully about what he would say next. Skye decided not to say anything, but instead stop struggling, then say something.

"Rainbow Dash, I'm sorry" he said, quite calmly.

"No you're not! No-one ever is!" she screamed. Skye closed his eyes, 'This is crumby, but it makes a lot of people feel better' he thought. Skye eventually struggled out of her grasp and put his arms around her shoulders.

"I know no-one does. There is always that one exception though" he said, he hugged her. For the first time, in a long time, Rainbow Dash was… not exactly happy, but not too sad. Rainbow Dash showed Skye her maroon eyes, gleaming with mixed emotions. Mostly hatred or happiness, Skye couldn't tell, but she was crying.

Rainbow Dash said nothing, but instead confided in Skye and hugged him back, "It was so fast" she whimpered. Skye remembered a horrible day in his life too.

"Rainbow, I know exactly what it feels like" he said.

"How… Could you… Possibly…" she stuttered.

"I was twelve. Me, my parents and my two little sisters were at a gas station, the place was robbed and my dad was… killed, my mum was killed too-in the crossfire when the police arrived" he said, starting to cry too. "The eldest of my sisters ran out of the shop and got shot in the stomach, she died then and there" he finished.

"What happened to your youngest sister?" Rainbow asked, feeling less sad, not that she's heard pretty much the same story, but from the enemies view.

"My youngest sister, Scooty, died of cancer about a year after that. It's funny now I remember, I used to call her Scootaloo, it made her laugh" Skye breathed, slightly laughing himself.

"Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked. Skye nodded, "There's a filly in Ponyville called that, and she's eight years old" Rainbow said.

"My sister died eight years ago; do… Do you think Scootaloo could be my sister?" Skye mumbled, asking himself and Rainbow Dash. He seriously hoped that this wasn't a coincidence.

"I don't know, but I bet she might be, wanna go visit them?" she said, wiping a tear away from her eye. Skye nodded. A few minutes later, Rarity and Spike had returned. "So, clothes for Skye, and he'll pick them up after he gets a job tomorrow?" Rainbow asked, confused.