Raising a Human Daughter

by unleashedtwilight

First published 16th of May, 2013

My faithful student, Twilight. I ask that you please come to Canterlot immediately. I have an important task for you to take. This task will help us get a better understanding of species other than pony kind. Your teacher, Princess Celestia.

My faithful student, Twilight. I ask that you please come to Canterlot immediately. I have an important task for you to take. This task will help us get a better understanding of species other than pony kind. Your teacher, Princess Celestia.

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What could Princess Celestia have for me to do? What will happen to me!?

Prologue

“Spike! Wake up, it’s winter wrap up day!” I exclaimed.

“Ugh… can’t it wait till later?” Spike groaned too lazy to get out of bed.

“I told you last year Spike, it isn’t the same as Canterlot; so Ponyville needs everypony they can get to wrap up winter, and this year I’m in charge of organization.” I said proudly.

“I think I’ll be in charge of sleep then…” Spike said rolling over. But then I levitated him on my back while he gave me one of his annoyed looks… it’s fine, he did the same thing last year. But last year we were lucky to wrap up winter in time, so I’m not taking my chances this year.

“Let’s see…” I said walking outside. “Rarity making the bird’s nests: check. Fluttershy waking up the animals: check. Applejack planting the seeds: check. Pinkie Pie ice skating: check. And Rainbow Dash bringing back the birds: check.” I said but then I heard snoring… “Lazy baby dragon… yup” I said rolling my eyes.

For once, everything seemed be going according to plan. But at the same moment, there was a loud burp from Spike. We had just received a letter from Princess Celestia. "I wonder what the princess wants." I said opening the scroll. "My faithful student, Twilight. I ask that you please come to Canterlot immediately. I have an important task for you to take. This task will help us get a better understanding of species other than pony kind. Your teacher, Princess Celestia." After reading the letter, I found myself confused. Why in the world would the princess need me today of all days? "Come on Spike, we better go see what the princess needs." But when I turned to Spike, I found him sleeping again. "On second thought, I'll go by myself this time." I said placing spike in a bush. "Besides, I'm sure that the rest of Ponyville will know what to do this time.” With that, I started to make my way towards the train station to Canterlot. However, when I reach the train station, there weren't many ponies on board. "That's strange... This train is usually full of ponies." I decided to just leave the thought behind me and make my way towards Canterlot. Thankfully the train ride wasn't too long.

After the train stopped, I then made my way towards Princess Celestia's castle. As I'm walking, many thoughts come to my head. I still don't understand why the princess wants to see me on this day, one of the busiest days In Ponyville. I just hope that Ponyville will be ok without me this time. After some time, I finally made it to the castle. Strangely enough, not many ponies out either. I saw some but, it was still strange. “Princess Celestia.” I said bowing to my teacher. “It’s good to see you again.”

“And it’s good to see you as well Twilight.” Celestia bowed back to me.

“Princess Celestia, forgive me but, what is so important that can’t wait after winter wrap up day?”

Celestia looked at me for a moment. “This task I have for you is very important. A study... research.”

“Research? I’m pretty sure that--...”

“On another world.”

I just stared at her in complete shock and disbelief. “Another world...? You mean figuratively, right?”

Celestia shook her head. “No Twilight, I mean an actual new world that is completely different than our own.”

This time I could’ve sworn I just felt my eyes shrink. “But... why me?”

Celestia put a hoof on me. “I wouldn’t be sending you if I wasn’t sure that you were perfect for this. I believe that you will get a better understanding than even me.”

“But Princess...” I started to stammer in between words. “We’re talking about a whole new world here! What if it’s dangerous...?”

“Would I send you to a place where you would be harmed?”

I looked down for a moment. “Alright Princess Celestia, I understand.” I stood with more confidence. “I’m ready.”

“Wait.” Princess Celestia interrupted. “Before I send you to this world, there is something you should know first...” I looked up at her confused and at the same time a little nervous. “When you enter this world, you must always be on your guard. Don’t let anything trick you...”

“What do you mean Princess...?” I asked slowly walking closer to her.

“You’ll see what I mean soon enough... farewell... and good luck my most faithful student.” her horn glowed and there was a sudden flash. My body started to fade slowly, but moments later, it started coming back. Eventually the light started to fade and I could get a glimpse of where I was... there was only one problem... “Where in the world am I??” I looked around the area for a familiar face, but couldn’t find any. I was in some sort of park, and it looked like the sun was rising. “I wonder who raises the sun here...” I decided to walk around the park, and as i did, I was taking some notes. “Okay, time for me to get some more ground........” I paused and stared up at the buildings. “Sweet Celestia...” I just stared in awe at the buildings around me as i took more notes. I then began to walk toward those big buildings. “Why doesn’t Equestria have buildings like this...?” I said aloud, then looked in front of me and saw a strange being. “What the...” I said taking more notes quickly. “What is that thing...?” the being was turned the other way and I don’t think he’s aware that I’m here. Maybe I should say something. “Um... hello?” I said in a low tone.

The tall being then turned to me and had a face of shock. “What the...!?” he exclaimed looking at me. That can’t be a good sign... “You’re one of those ponies!” DEFINITELY not good! I just panicked and ran the other way into the area with the big buildings... I probably should have gone back... but Princess Celestia is counting on me to get this research done.

I picked up my pace taking more notes, more recently on the being I saw. How did he know what I was...? I tried to forget it as I started slowing down to a walking pace. “Oh... my...” Everywhere I looked, there were beings that looked the same as that other one... except, different sizes and shapes and colors. “What kind of place is this...?” I asked aloud. All of a sudden, a bunch of them saw me and started coming toward me. “Forget I asked!” I exclaimed running into an alley. “This place really IS dangerous!” I exclaimed panting. I rapidly started taking more notes but just dropped the notebook in a puddle as i heard a strange noise. “Who’s there??” I exclaimed. I listened closely to the noise... but it wasn’t just a noise. “Is somepony... crying...?” I said getting closer to the source of the crying. I then saw another being... but this one was different. It looked smaller than the other ones... a lot smaller. Is this a child...? “Um... hello?” I asked walking up to it. It just stared at me and looked terrified... I guess it’s more afraid me than I am of it. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to hurt you.” I said trying to reassure the child.

“Hi...” it said in a quiet tone... I guess it’s a female... “Um... are you a real unicorn?” she asked me.

I just looked at her for a moment. “Yeah... I’m a unicorn.” I said walking up to her. “I’m Twilight Sparkle... Forgive me for asking but... what are you?”

She looked into my eyes for a moment. “Um... I’m a person...”

“A what...?”

“You know... a human...?”

“Human...” i said to myself. I went to reach for my notebook, but totally forgot that it got ruined when I dropped it in the puddle. “Shoot... well... do you have a name?” she stared at me with sorrow in her eyes and just shook her head. “You don’t have a name...?” I asked. “Why wouldn’t your parents give a you a name? Where are your parents?”

“My... parents...” she let out slowly. Suddenly she just started crying in front of me... Oh my gosh...

“I’m sorry... I understand...” I said wiping a tear from my eye. “But... if you don’t have parents, then how do you survive?”

She stared at me again. “People see me and feel bad for me... they sometimes give me some food... but not all the time...” she sniffed. “But they don’t feel bad enough to give me a home...”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing... What kind of sick place is this...? How could these... humans just abandon her like this!? I have to do something... I can’t just leave her like this. “I feel bad enough.” I said looking at her.

“W-...what...?” she let out.

“How would you like to come with me? Have a home where you would be loved and taken care of?” I said putting a hoof on her. “I could take care of you, and give you a better life.”

“You’d really do that for me...?”

“Of course I would...” I said walking with her. “Besides, you’re the nicest uh... person I’ve ever met since I was here.” I smiled. “I think you’ll really like my friends.”

“Your friends?”

“Yeah, my five best friends.” I responded. “Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity.”

“Are they all unicorns too?”

I giggled. “No, just me and Rarity are unicorns out of the six of us.” I said as we walked to the park. “Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are pegasi. And Pinkie Pie and Applejack are earth ponies.”

“Oh... ok then...” she said in a shy tone.

“Is something wrong?”

“Well it’s just...” the girl paused. “What if they don’t like me... your friends?”

“Are you kidding?” I started. “I bet they would love you.”

“You really think so...?”

“I know so.” I said as I started to activate the spell. “Now, hold onto me.” When she did, I activated the spell to send both of us back to Canterlot. After a few moments, both of us started to fade, and we reappeared outside of Princess Celestia’s Castle. “That’s strange. I could've sworn I was sending us inside the castle.”

“Wow...” the girl said in awe, looking up at the castle. “This is cool...”

I smiled at her, “I’m glad you think so.” I put a hoof on her. “This is where my teacher and mentor, Princess Celestia lives.”

“A princess??” The girl asked in shock.

I giggled “Yeah, she’s the highest princess in all of Equestria. Well, along with her sister, Princess Luna.”

“There’s two princesses?? This is so cool!”

I just smiled as she looked at the castle... I would tell her that there’s actually three princesses, but if I do that, I think she’ll faint... “Come on, let’s go inside.” I said heading in.

“Wait,” the girl said, “Before I meet the princess, shouldn’t I have a name first...? Plus you are taking care of me now...”

Hmmm... I didn’t really think of a name yet... “Well, do you have any idea on what you want me to call you?”

“I’m okay with any name you give me, Twilight.” she said with a beaming smile.

I smiled back at her. “Crystal...”

Author's Notes:

I am back! This story idea has been in my head for a very long time now, so I finally decided to start it up. For the fans of Journey to the real world, do not worry, I will get working on that as soon as possible. Anyways, hope you like this story everyone.

Princess Celestia

Crystal and I started making our way into the castle. But right before we could even enter, we were stopped by two royal guards. “Halt!” one guard shouted. “Miss. Sparkle, what is this... creature that you brought with you?”

“She’s not a creature, and she’s a human being... I found her and I want to take care of her.” I said with a serious face.

“Miss. Sparkle, I insist that you bring her back from where she came immediately. You don’t know what this thing could do!” the guard exclaimed.

“She’s just a little girl...!” I said starting to lose my temper, “What danger could she possibly be!?”

“Please Miss. Sparkle! You MUST bring her back!”

“I can’t!”

“Why can’t you!?”

“BECAUSE SHE WAS ALONE!” I shout out with a tear going down my face. “She was alone...” I said looking down. “Her family is gone. She has no one else to turn to...” I slowly walked up to the guard, whispering to him. “If you still don’t understand, let me say this: With the conditions that she was living in, there is no way that she would have survived...” I say trying to hold back more tears. “She would have died if I didn’t find her...”

“Miss. Sparkle, you must understand that--...”

“No, YOU must understand!” I shouted back at the guard. “I am going to take care of her here, I will not let her go back to that life, and there is nothing in this world that will make me change my mind!” I stomped snorting in anger.

The guard just stared at me in shock. He had never seen me so angry before... to be honest I don’t think I’ve ever been this angry in a very long time. It was silent for what seemed like hours until he finally spoke. “Very well...” he said bowing his head in defeat. “You and...”

“Crystal...” I finished for him.

“Yes...” he said. “You and Crystal may enter...” he moved aside.

Me and Crystal then started making our way toward Princess Celestia’s chamber... Well, I started until I saw that Crystal was still with the guard. “Crystal? What are you doing?”

Crystal looked at me for a second, then turned to face the guard. “Do you really think I would hurt someone...?” Crystal asked the guard that I was arguing with.

The guard looked at her in shock... I wonder if he even knew that she could talk. “W-well... it’s just a priority to apprehend any unknown creature...”

“But I would never hurt a pony...” Crystal said putting her hand on the guard’s head. “I think ponies like you are amazing, and I can do all I can to respect you.”

The guard let out a small blush trying to hide it. I smiled at her, a little in shock when she said that to him. If it were me, I probably would have just walked away. Well, I did walk away, but still... She’s so brave for doing that. “Come on Crystal, let’s go inside.” I smiled leading her into the doorway. I swear, with every step we took, she was getting more and more excited... and when she did, I just laughed a bit. “You should really calm down Crystal. You might scare even the princess with your energy.” I chuckled.

“Oh, sorry Twilight.” she said with a blush.

“It’s ok.” I giggled. “Everypony gets nervous when they first meet Princess Celestia anyways.”

“When did you first meet her?” she asked going more at my pace now.

“Well... I first met Princess Celestia when I was just a filly.” I smiled starting to tell my story. “It was on the day of my entrance exam for Celestia School for gifted unicorns.”

“Oh, so you passed it easily, right?” she said getting excited.

“Well, not exactly...” I blushed a bit. “You see, the exam was to hatch a dragon’s egg, and at first I wasn’t doing so well. To be honest, I didn’t think I was going to pass at all... but then something happened.” I said levitating Crystal onto my back. “All of a sudden, there was this huge explosion of colors outside... I never even guessed what happened after that. I then went through a massive surge of energy and magic so powerful, that even the teachers were left awestruck.”

“That must’ve been really cool!” she said excitedly.

“Well, it would've been if I didn’t turn my own parents into cacti in the process...” I giggled a bit. “That’s when Princess Celestia found me. She saw that I had a lot of potential, and offered me to be her personal protege.” I said. “Her personal student... and just when i thought things couldn’t get any better, it was also the moment when I got my cutie mark.” I said showing it to her.

“Cutie mark...?” Crystal asked. “You mean that tattoo?”

“Uh... yeah.”

“So it just magically appeared on you?”

“Yes... a cutie mark is what appears when somepony finds their special talent.”

“Special talent...?”

“Yes... Like my special talent is magic.” I said trying to explain cutie marks to her... It wasn’t that easy considering cutie marks are basic knowledge. “I’ll try to explain it further in detail later, ok?”

“Okay Twilight.”

On our way to Celestia’s throne room, I shared a few more events with Crystal... Like the time when Princess Luna, and how we set her free with the Elements of Harmony. “The Elements of Harmony have really come in handy in the past. I honestly don’t know what would’ve happened if we didn’t have them.” Just as I finished explaining the elements, we then entered Princess Celestia’s throne room. “I’m back princess.”

Princess Celestia smiled and looked up at me to say something, but immediately, that smile went away when she saw Crystal. “Twilight... what is that?” she asked with a shocked face.

“Princess Celestia, this is Crystal... she’s a human from the world you sent me into.” I looked back at Crystal, only to find her trying to hide herself... poor girl... “Hey, it’s okay...” Princess Celestia only looked at the both of us with a look of both worry and curiosity.

“But Twilight, I can tell she doesn’t like me...” she sniffed. “She wants me to go back too.” she kept trying to hide herself behind me. “I’m going to be alone again!” she just broke down sobbing... I couldn’t help but shed a few tears myself. Until Celestia suddenly walked over to me and got a closer look at Crystal.

She slowly put a hoof on her back. “What is your name little one?” Crystal slowly looked up at her still feeling nervous. “It’s alright... I just want to know your name.”

Crystal sniffed again trying to hold her tears. “C-..Crystal...”

“Crystal... what a lovely name.”

“T-thank you...” she started. “Twilight named me...”

Celestia looked shocked again as she turned to me, “You named her...?” she started. “She didn’t have a name?”

“That’s correct Princess...” I said with a sigh. “While I was doing my research, I found her all alone... no family or home, and I promised to take care of her....”

She looked back at Crystal. “And you’re perfectly fine with living in a world completely different from your own?” Crystal simply nodded and to her’s and my surprise, Crystal hugged her.

“Twilight is the first... um... pony to be kind enough to actually give me a home... and I trust her with all my heart.” Crystal said slowly letting go. I could have sworn I saw a tear on even Princess Celestia.

“I see...” Celestia let out a warm smile. “I see no reason for Crystal to not be raised here in Equestria.”

“Really??” me and Crystal said in unison. “Thank you Princess Celestia!”

Princess Celestia giggled a bit. “I trust you will take good care of her in Ponyville, Twilight.”

“I promise, Ponyville will be a great place for--... Oh my gosh!”

“What’s the matter Twilight?” Celestia asked.

“Winter Wrap Up day! It’s still going on!” I said starting to get into a panic. “Princess Celestia, could you please send us back to Ponyville??”

Celestia smiled and sighed rolling her eyes. “Very well. Twilight.” her horn glowed. “Good luck, my most faithful student.” with that, me and Crystal were immediately sent to my library.

“Why are we in a library?” Crystal asked slowly getting off my back.

“Well, this is where I live... there are many really good books here. I should have some books here for fillies too.” I started looking around for a good book for her.

“I don’t feel like reading right now Twilight... I just feel a little tired.” Crystal said yawning. “Do you think I could meet your friends?”

“You want to meet them right now?”

Before she responded, we heard the door open, following the grumbling of a familiar voice. Spike sighed. “Everytime Princess Celestia calls her, I’m stuck with all the work.” he said lying down. “Good thing she can’t see me sleep from Canterlot...” he said closing his eyes.

“Ahem!” I said out loud which made him jump out of his bed. “I may not be able to see you in Canterlot, but I can see you now.”

“T-Twilight! When did you get back?” he asked feeling a little nervous and then looked directly at Crystal. “Huh...? What’s that?”

“Oh, this is Crystal...” I said looking back at her. “Crystal, this is Spike, my number one assistant... most of the time.”

Crystal slowly walked up to Spike and raised her hand. “It’s um... nice to meet you spike.” she said in a shy tone.

“Oh uh... it’s nice to meet you too, Crystal.” Spike said taking her hand and shaking it. “Hey, you have claws like me too.”

“Oh, these aren’t claws. They’re hands.” she paused. “Um, spike? What are you?”

“Oh, I’m a baby dragon.”

“A dragon??” Crystal said in shock. “But you look too cute to be a dragon!” she giggled.

“Cute...??” Spike said blushing deeply leaving me and Crystal laughing. “It’s not funny!”

“Oh come on Spike.” I started. “You are one of the cutest dragons I know.” I giggled as he walked in the other room embarrassed. “Oh wow...” I said looking at the time. “I didn’t realize it was so late. I guess you’ll have to meet my friends tomorrow Crystal.”

“That’s okay, I’m getting pretty tired anyways...” she yawned again.

“Do you want me to make you anything to eat before you go to bed?” I asked, Crystal nodded. “I’ll go make you a sandwich.” I said going into the kitchen. I took out some bread and lettuce to make a quick sandwich for her. I finished the sandwich pretty quickly and started bringing it to her. When I got into the room where she was, I just smiled as I saw her already asleep. “I’ll give it to her in the morning...” I said putting the plate down, levitating her into my room. I slowly placed her down on the guest bed across from mine. “Good night Crystal...”

She slowly stirred and softly let out. “Good night... mommy...”

My eyes shot open. Tears ran down my face as I smiled down at her. I slowly went down and kisses her cheek. After that, I slowly went into my bed and went to sleep... A new day for Crystal tomorrow...

Author's Notes:

Thank Celestia she can stay! But how will Twilight's other friends react to Crystal? Find out next time.

True Friends

“Mom! Wake up, it’s morning!” Crystal yelled jumping on my bed.

“Oh...” I yawned stretching. “Good morning Crystal...” I said groggily getting out of bed.

“Come on! You said I could meet your friends!” She said jumping around excitedly... she could definitely pass off as my daughter.

“How about breakfast first?” I said with a slight smile. “Trust me, you want to eat before you meet my friends. Otherwise you won’t eat until later.”

“Why is that mommy?”

“Well... I made that mistake once... then again, I was the one holding on to tickets to the grand galloping gala...” I said pouring a cup of water and levitating it to Crystal.

“What’s the grand galloping gala?” she asked taking a sip of her water.

“Oh, it’s supposed to be one of the most amazing festivities in Canterlot... possibly in Equestria.” I said making a sandwich “Although, it wasn’t too great for us.” I giggled a bit.

“What happened?”

“Well...” I said giving the sandwich to Crystal. “That whole night, I was expecting to be able to talk to the princess more about magic and what I’ve learned in my lessons of friendship... but there were so many ponies that came, I hardly had a chance to say one word to her.”

“So you didn’t have fun?”

“To be honest, the only time we really had fun was after the gala, when my friends and I got together again.”

“Do you think I could go to the next grand.. um... something gala?”

I giggled. “I think it’s a possibility.” I said as I watched her eat. “Come on Crystal, let’s go into town.” I said going to the door.

“Coming mom!” she said leaving the rest of her sandwich behind. “Oh! Bye Spike!” she called out. There was no response... he must’ve been asleep still. “Spike?” she slowly walked into the room where Spike was sleeping. “Spike...?” she said poking him. “Spike...?” she continued poking him.

“Ugh... huh...?” he slowly opened his eyes. “Oh... hey Crystal.” he said rubbing his eyes. “What did you want?”

“I just wanted to say bye. Me and mommy are going out of the house.” she said kissing his cheek lightly.

“Oh uh... Yeah, I’ll see you later Crystal.” he said blushing a bit.

“You okay, Spike?” Crystal asked.

“Y...yeah, I’m fine.”

“Well, I’ll see you later then.” Crystal said walking through the door with me. Hmm... I’m surprised how calm she is around him. And Spike looked even more embarrassed than before. Oh well, I don’t think it’s a big deal. As we were walking through town, we were getting many strange looks from other ponies. I knew something like this would happen and I took the risk. But now I’m just starting to feel uncomfortable... “I guess our first stop is Sugarcube Corner since it’s the closest...” I looked at her. “It’s a great place for parties and buying sweets.” we stopped at the door. “It’s where my friend Pinkie Pie lives.” I said opening the door. Quickly I went into shock at what I saw. Pinkie Pie was running around the room, chasing after a floating Pumpkin Cake: the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cake. “What’s going on in here?”

“Oh! Twilight! Don’t worry, I have it all under control!” Pinkie Pie Exclaimed, looking up at pound cake on the ceiling. “Pound Cake, please come down, it’s too dangerous!”

“Are you sure you don’t need my help...?”

“Absolutely!” Pinkie exclaimed and then bumped into a wall. “Maybe I do need a little help...” all of a sudden, the two babies slowly came down to the ground and walked toward Crystal. “Huh...?” Pinkie said looking at Crystal. “Who’s that, Twilight?”

“Oh, this is Crystal and uh... long story short she’s sort of my daughter...” I said smiling sheepishly. I just saw Pinkie Pie completely shocked and her turning her head like a clock or something.

“Your daughter!?!?” Pinkie exclaimed running up to Crystal “Hi there!”

This time Crystal started to look scared. “Uh.. hi.” she said in a shy tone.

“I’m Pinkie Pie! And--... wait... Twilight?”

“Yes Pinkie?” I responded.

“How is she your daughter? She’s not even a pony.” she said sort of examining Crystal.

“It’s a long story...” I said rubbing the back of my head. I looked at Pinkie Pie, who sat down with the baby cakes and grinned. I sighed. “Alright, I’ll tell you...” I said sitting down as well. “You see... Princess Celestia sent me to this strange world to do some research on it so that we could get a better understanding of it. When I first appeared on that world, it seemed very different from our world.”

“What was so different?” Pinkie asked.

“Well... for one, the buildings were enormous!” I said raising my hooves in the air. “And almost everywhere I walked... or in this case ran, I saw beings that looked like Crystal except a lot bigger...” I sighed continuing the story. “When I was running though, I was also taking notes. But then I dropped those notes in a puddle when I heard the sound of small crying...” I said looking at Crystal. “She was all alone; no family, no home... I honestly wondered how she survived. That’s why i decided to take her to Equestria with me. So that I could give her a better life.”

When I looked at Pinkie, I could see her crying a bit. “That’s... so sad...” she said starting to stream tears now.

“But I’m okay now.” Crystal spoke up making Pinkie look at her. “Because now I know that I’ll be better here...” she said hugging me. “With mommy...”

Pinkie smiled for a moment, but quickly gasped in her thought. “Hey! I have to throw you a party!”

“Huh?” Crystal said in confusion. “A party for what?”

“I always throw a party for new friends! And you’re no exception!” Pinkie exclaimed proudly. “I’ll give you one of the best parties you’ve ever had!”

“Um... I’ve never had a party before...” Crystal said rubbing the back of her head.

Pinkie just gasped dramatically. “NEVER HAD A PARTY!?!?” she exclaimed in a sort of panic. “Then I’ll just have to throw you the biggest, bestest party that I’VE ever thrown!”

“Uh, Pinkie, that’s really not--...” Pinkie covered Crystal’s mouth,

“Not another word! I insist!” she said with a beaming smile. With that she zoomed into the other room.

“How... did she do that?”

“Nopony knows...” I said rubbing the back of my head. “But I guess I should’ve told you that when it comes to parties, it’s impossible to say no to Pinkie Pie.” I giggled. “Now come on,” I said as we walked out of the door.

“Wait!” Crystal exclaimed. “What about the--...” Crystal was interrupted by the sound of two foals crying... PINKIE!

“Pinkie Pie!” I exclaimed. “The babies!”

Pinkie suddenly ran from the other room with bits of frosting already on her. “My bad...” she chuckled sheepishly carrying the two foals into the room where she was baking. I just rolled my eyes as we walked out.

“Alright... I guess our next stop is Sweet Apple Acres.” I said levitating Crystal onto my back. “This is where you'll meet my friend Applejack.”

“So is she a farmer?”

“Yeah, how’d you know?”

“Kind of obvious...” she giggled.

“Yeah I guess you’re right.” I smiled at her. “Applejack is a really great friend, and the most honest pony you’ll ever meet.” With that, we made our way towards Sweet Apple Acres... of course we were still getting looks from other ponies, but it’s getting easier to ignore. But as I was walking, I could also hear some ponies whispering to each other, which was kind of starting to worry me. I decided to pick up the pace on my way to the farm. Not too long after, we finally made it to the entrance to the farm.

“Mom...?” Crystal said as we walked in. “Why does everyone keep staring at us...?”

“Well...” I said still walking. “Ponies aren’t really used to seeing you yet.” I said thinking a bit. “But trust me, I promise you that it will get easier.”

“What in tarnation??” a familiar voice said aloud. “Twilight... what’s--...”

“Applejack!” I snapped which made her step back a bit. “Before you even finish that sentence, it’s a who not a what!” I exclaimed. “And her name is Crystal...”

“Sorry...” Applejack said a little nervously. “I didn’t know...” maybe I went a little too far...

“Sorry Applejack, I’m just getting tired of ponies referring her as a thing. I didn’t mean to snap at you like that...”

Applejack sighed. “It’s alright Twi...” she said turning to Crystal. “So... Crystal. How did y’all get here?”

“Twilight found me...” Crystal answered.

“She found you...?” Applejack said a little confused.

“Well, yes...” I started. “You see, Princess Celestia gave me a task yesterday to do a research on a totally different world... and in that world I found her.”

“Why did you take her back with you? Doesn’t she have a family?” Crystal just hung her head down. “Oh... I’m sorry. I didn’t know...”

“It’s okay Applejack...” Crystal sighed. “Besides, I know Twilight loves me. That’s all that matters to me.”

Applejack smiled and turned to me. “She’s really put a lot of trust in you sugarcube...”

“I know...” I said turning to Crystal who started walking to the trees. “Which is why I won’t let her down.” I smiled when I saw her jumping for an apple. “You mind lending her a hoof Applejack?”

“Not at all Twi.” Applejack smiled walking to the tree where Crystal was jumping. “Stand back sugarcube.” she said to Crystal, and she listened. With ease, she bucked the apple tree, and apples fell to the ground. “There you go.” she smiled giving an apple to Crystal.

“Thanks Applejack!” Crystal said taking the apple, taking a bite out of it. “Wow... this is the best apple I’ve ever had!” she exclaimed quickly eating the rest of it.

“Well, I’m glad you like it sugarcube.” Applejack said putting a hoof on Crystals back. “And hey, anytime you get the urge, you can come anytime for another.”

“Thank you...” Crystal said, this time in a soft tone. And quickly she hugged Applejack as well.

Applejack just looked at her surprised, and smiled. “Anytime...” All of a sudden, a familiar pegasus pony zoomed past us. “What in the...!?” Applejack said as Crystal let go of her. “Rainbow Dash, y’all get down here right now!”

“Sorry AJ, but I’ve got some things to do!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

“Rainbow Dash, come down here!” I exclaimed, “I want you to meet someone!” Immediately, Rainbow Dash stopped and flew down to us.

“Meet who?” Rainbow Dash said looking around. Quickly she turned to Crystal. “What the...” Rainbow Dash said getting her hooves to the ground, getting closer to Crystal.

“Rainbow Dash.” I started. “This is Crystal.” I turned to her. “Crystal, this is my friend, Rainbow Dash.”

Crystal and Rainbow Dash just stared at each other for a moment. Finally Crystal broke the silence. “It’s nice to meet you Rainbow Dash.” She said in actually a calm tone. “I really like your hair...”

“Oh uh... thanks.” Rainbow let out. “And I uh... really like your... hooves?” she said looking curiously at her hands.

“Oh, these are hands...” Crystal said showing them. “See?” she said stroking Rainbow Dash’s mane.

“Whoa...” Rainbow Dash let out. “They feel so much different than claws...”

“Claws?”

“Well, you know... like Spike.”

“Oh, I met Spike! He’s really nice, and so cute!” she giggled.

“Heh, yeah...” Rainbow said in an awkward tone. “Well, it was nice meeting you... Crystal.” with that she flew off.

“Well that was strange...” I said looking up at Rainbow flying.

“What do you mean, mom?”

“Well, just the way that Rainbow--....”

“Whoa, hold up now...” Applejack interrupted me. “Did she just call you mom?”

“Well, yeah...” Crystal said. “She is taking care of me isn’t she?”

“Well... yeah, I guess that makes sense...” Applejack said rubbing the back of her head. “Well, I better get back to work. I’ll see y’all later though Crystal.” Applejack said walking away.

“Bye Applejack!” Crystal said waving at her. “You have really nice friends mom...” she said climbing onto me.

“Yeah...” I was pretty much zoned out for a moment. I was too busy thinking about why Rainbow Dash acted that way. It’s not like her. “Come on, let’s go see Rarity...” I said walking out. “Wait...” my horn started glowing. “Maybe it’s better if we don’t get too much attention this time...” with that, I teleported both of us the the entrance of carousel boutique. “And this would be where Rarity lives...”

“SWEETIE BELLE!!” Rarity exclaimed from inside, shocking me and Crystal.

“That can’t be good...” I said walking into the boutique. Everything looked fine... but apparently it wasn’t fine to Rarity.

“How many times have I told you not to ‘organize’ my supplies!?” Rarity exclaimed.

“But it was a mess!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed in a high pitched tone.

“It was not a mess!” Rarity objected. “It was all ideas! Inspiration! And now it’s ruined!”

“Come on!” Sweetie Belle Exclaimed. “It should be easier for you now!”

“It doesn’t matter Sweetie Belle, the way it was before was easy to me!”

“Rarity!” I exclaimed, both Rarity and Sweetie Belle turned to us.

“Oh, Twilight. Forgive me darling, I didn’t notice you come in...” Rarity quickly turned to Crystal. “Pardon me for asking but, who is that?”

“Oh, this is Crystal...” I said putting her down. “I’m--...”

“Twilight is my mom!” Crystal quickly exclaimed making Rarity and Sweetie Belle go shocked.

“Yes... well... I’m taking care of her...” I said clearing my throat. “Crystal, this is my friend, Rarity and her little sister Sweetie Belle.”

“It’s nice to meet both of you!” Crystal exclaimed.

“It’s nice to meet you... too...” Rarity said turning to Twilight. “Where is she from...?” I then started to explain the task that Celestia had for me and where I found her. “Oh my... that sounds awful...”

“Trust me, I know.” I said. “Which is why I’m going to take good care of her.”

“Twilight?” Rarity said.

“Yes?”

“Where is she?”

“Huh??” I said looking around. “Crystal?? Where are you??”

“I’m in here mom!” she said coming in from another room with Sweetie Belle. “I was just talking to Sweetie Belle.”

“Oh...” I sighed in relief.

“Don’t worry mom, I’m fine.”

“So it’s settled then?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“I think it’ll be fun!” Crystal nodded excitedly.

“Whoa, whoa, what are you two talking about?” I asked walking to them. “What’s settled?”

“For Crystal to be a cutie mark crusader!”

“What??” Rarity exclaimed. “Sweetie Belle, you couldn’t possibly believe that--...”

“I think it sounds like a great idea.” I cut Rarity off.

“But Twilight--...”

“Trust me. Rarity. I think this will be a great way for Crystal to make some friends... she may not be able to get a cutie mark, but at least they’ll have fun trying.”

“I suppose you’re right...”

“Alright!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “I can’t wait to introduce you to our other members!”

“Other members?” Crystal asked.

“Yeah, Applebloom and Scootaloo!”

“Applebloom?” Crystal asked again.

“Oh, she’s Applejacks sister.” I said.

“I didn’t know she had a sister...”

“She also has an older brother. His name is Big Macintosh.” Sweetie Belle said. “He’s really shy, but he’s also really nice.”

“Wow...” Crystal let out. “Well, when can I see them?”

“Not right now Crystal, we still have one more friend to visit first.” I said levitating her on my back.

“Awww...” Both Sweetie Belle and Crystal let out.

“Don’t worry. I promise you can come back here after.”

“Yay!” they both exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes and giggled. “I’ll see you later Rarity.” she turned to Sweetie Belle. “And Sweetie Belle, you should probably get Applebloom and Scootaloo here.”

“Oh! Great idea!” she exclaimed running past me.

“Have a nice day Twilight.” Rarity said as we walked out.

“So, what do you think of my friends so far?” I asked looking at her.

“Well... all of them are so nice!” Crystal exclaimed. “You have great friends mommy...”

“Well, there’s one more friend that I’d like you to meet. Her name is Fluttershy, and believe me when I say she’s one of the kindest ponies in Equestria.”

“What does she do?”

“Well, she owns a cottage near the everfree forest... she has many animals. I think you’ll like her.” I said teleporting us outside of her door. “And this would be it... how are you getting used to teleporting?”

“I’m... getting better...” Crystal smiled sheepishly.

“Fluttershy?” I said knocking on her door.

“Oh! just a minute...” she answered in her usual quiet tone. She quietly walked up to her door and opened it. “Oh, hi Twilight.” she looked up and quickly looked scared. “Um... what’s... t-that?”

Before I even answered, Crystal went down and slowly walked up to Fluttershy. “My name is Crystal.”

Fluttershy slowly walked close to Crystal, but still a little afraid. “Um... it’s nice to meet you Crystal...” her tone slowly got quieter.

“Uh... what did you say?” Crystal asked.

“It’s... nice to meet you.” Fluttershy repeated but in the same tone.

“Is she okay mom...?” Crystal asked looking at me.

“She’s fine... it’s just the way she is when she meets someone new. Actually, it’s how she met me too.” I said getting close to her. “She’s really shy, so just be careful with what you say...” I said in a whisper.

“Okay mom...”

“Mom...?” Fluttershy spoke up and turned to me.

“Yes, technically I am her mom...” I said.

“She found me...” Crystal spoke out going closer to Fluttershy. “I was all alone. I didn’t have a family to take care of me...”

“Oh my goodness...” Fluttershy let out.

“But I know Twilight will take care of me.”

Fluttershy just looked up at me in shock. “You really think you can take care of her...?”

“I’ll do everything I can.” I nodded and saw Angel bunny hop over to Crystal.

“Hey little guy...” Crystal said petting him.

“Oh, that’s Angel.” Fluttershy said.

“It’s nice to meet you Angel.” Crystal said picking him up. Angel just struggled and hopped out of her hands. “Oh!”

“Oh, don’t worry. He’s just not used to you yet.”

“Well, it was great seeing you Fluttershy... I’ll see you later.” Twilight said carrying Crystal.

“It was great seeing you too Twilight. and it was nice meeting you Crystal.” She waved as we walked out.

“Well, that’s all of my closest friends... what do you wanna do now?” I asked.

“What about Sweetie Belle?” Crystal asked.

“Oh that’s right!” I said as I teleported back to the boutique. I sighed, “I don’t think I’ve teleported this much in one day before...” I said knocking on the door.

“Oh! She’s here!” Sweetie Belle’s voice was heard from behind the door. She quickly opened the door to me and Crystal. “Hi Crystal!”

“Hi Sweetie Belle!” Crystal said hopping off my back, running in with Sweetie Belle. I smiled and followed her in.

“Crystal, these are my friends, Applebloom and Scootaloo.” she said pointing at them.

“Wow...” Applebloom and Scootaloo said in unison. “You weren’t kidding Sweetie Belle.” Scootaloo said. “She does look different. It’s nice to meet you by the way. I’m Scootaloo.”

“And I’m Applebloom!” she exclaimed. “Is it true? Do you really wanna be a cutie mark crusader?”

“Yeah!” Crystal said excitedly.

“Alright!” the three exclaimed. “Come on!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “We gotta show you the clubhouse!” She ran out with Applebloom and Scootaloo.

“Coming!” Crystal exclaimed running after them.

“Have fun!” I exclaimed. “Be safe...”

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much about them darling.” Rarity said walking in. “I’m sure everything will be just fine...”

I sighed. “I really hope you’re right...”

Author's Notes:

Sorry about the delayed chapter. I've just been a bit busy lately... Graduation and all that. But as soon as I do I'll be more free. BUT back to the story... It looks like Twilight's friends are really getting along with Crystal. But What's wrong with Rainbow Dash? Is there some specific reason why she acted so strangely? until then, UnleashedTwilight signing off.

A day to Remember

“Okay,” Sweetie Belle said. “You can open your eyes now!” she said really excited. When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was inside of a treehouse. “I present to you the Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse!” I smiled as I looked around. “What do you think?”

“It’s awesome!” I said jumping a bit. “What sort of stuff do you do here?”

“Well, over there is where we do roll call.” Applebloom said pointing at the checklist. “There is where we eat our lunch.” she pointed at the empty plate and pitcher. “And sometimes we just stand here to think of good ideas.” she pointed at Sweetie Belle sitting on the target. “So what do you think?” I was just thinking to myself when I was looking at everything. Everything was amazing... but if I can’t get a cutie mark, what’s the point of me being a crusader? “Crystal?”

“Yeah, everything is great... but are you really okay with me being a crusader? I mean, i can’t even get a cutie mark...” I said rubbing the back of my head.

“It doesn’t matter if you can’t get a cutie mark!” Sweetie Belle said with a bright smile.

“It doesn’t?” me and Scootaloo both said, which made Sweetie Belle glare at her for a moment.

“Of course not!” Sweetie Belle continued. “You can be a crusader, as long as you’re a good friend.”

I just smiled at her. “Thanks Sweetie Belle...”

“Alright! Now that that’s done,” Applebloom said. “I think it’s time to make Crystal an official Cutie Mark Crusader!”

“Yeah!” Sweetie Belle jumped. “Wait. You did shorten that speech, right Scootaloo?”

Scootaloo just blushed and smiled sheepishly. “Uh... it may have crossed my mind?”

Sweetie Belle just groaned. “Well, forget the speech!” she chirped. “I hereby honor you as our newest member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” she walked up to me holding a cape. “Um... how do I put this on?”

“Oh, I can do it.” I said taking the cape. I then tied the cape around my neck and smiled brightly looking at myself. “I love it!”

“Thanks!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “I designed them!”

“I can’t wait to see what kind of awesome stuff we’ll do!” Scootaloo exclaimed.

“Well, what should we do first?” I asked.

“Well, since you’re new, we have to get you caught up with all of the stuff that we tried already.” Sweetie Belle said pulling out a big list. “Let’s see... how about zip lining?”

“That didn’t work for us, remember?” Scootaloo said.

“I know that, I just said we have to go over the things that we already did you dodo.”

“Don’t call me that!” Scootaloo exclaimed.

“Fine fine...” Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes. “She really is a dodo...” she whispered to me.

“I heard that...!” Scootaloo yelled. Me and Sweetie Belle just giggled.

“So um, what else is on that list, because I don’t think I feel comfortable with zip lining...” I said feeling a bit nervous just thinking about heights...

“Well, we could try bowling.”

“That sounds fun!” I exclaimed.

“Wait, didn’t we get kicked out of that place because of last time?” Scootaloo asked.

“Oh yeah...” Sweetie Belle said crossing it off of the list. “Let’s see... we could try baking.”

“That sounds pretty fun.” I said.

“Great! Baking it is then!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed rolling the list up.

“Cutie Mark Crusaders, GO!” the three exclaimed clapping their hooves together. For some reason I just looked at them.

“Come on Crystal!” Applebloom exclaimed.

“Huh?” I said.

“You’re part of the group now. That means you’re part of group cheers!”

“Come on Crystal, don’t leave us hangin!” Scootaloo said. I smiled and put my hand into a fist, joining in on the cheer. “That’s the spirit!”

With that, we all headed out the door... I wonder what mom is doing right now...

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“Is everything ready Pinkie Pie?” I asked.

“Absotivalutely!” Pinkie exclaimed. “I’ve got the giant cake over there!” Pinkie pointed at the enormous cake that nearly reached the ceiling. “And the decorations are on their way!” she exclaimed pulling out her party cannon, firing it around the library, nearly covering it with balloons, streamers and confetti. “Game’s are over there!” she pointed at the pin the tail on the pony game on the wall and the board game set up on the table. “And the banner is up too!” she pointed at the giant, colorful banner that said ‘Welcome to Equestria, Crystal!’”

“Great job Pinkie Pie.” I said observing the decorations. “I’m sure Crystal will love it.”

“Hey, where is Crystal right now, anyway?” Pinkie asked.

“Oh, she’s with the Crusaders.” I giggled.

“The Crusaders?” Pinkie tilted her head.

“You know, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle.”

“Ooohhh...” Pinkie said rubbing her chin. “Are you sure it’s okay to leave them on their own, Twilight?”

“I don’t see anything wrong with it. After all, they're just showing her the clubhouse.” All of a sudden Pinkie’s tail started twitching. “Okay, what could possibly fall in--...” I was cut off when something rock hard broke through my window and hit the back of my head. “Ow...!” I said rubbing the back of my head. “What the...?” I looked outside of the broken window. “Oh no...!” I then saw smoke coming from Sugarcube Corner! “Pinkie Pie!”

“Oh my gosh!!” Me and Pinkie Pie ran out towards the Corner and ran inside. “Cupcake? Carrot Ca--...” Pinkie stopped in mid sentence when she saw the cause of the smoke: three young fillies and a human girl. “Girls!” me and Pinkie exclaimed pulling out a fire extinguisher, shooting it at the burning oven. She sighed and put the fire extinguisher down. “Girls, what were you thinking??”

“I-I’m Sorry Pinkie Pie,” Sweetie Belle was the first to speak. “We were just trying our luck in baking cutie marks again and well--...” I cut her off.

“Again??” I exclaimed. “I thought you learned your lesson from last time!”

“I know, I know!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “But the thing is... well...”

“It’s my fault mom...” Crystal sighed hanging her head down.

“Crystal...?” I let out.

“I asked if we could do something and well... we thought baking would be easy. We went to see Pinkie Pie so we could bake, but she wasn’t home...” she sighed slowly going into tears. “Applebloom said that we should just wait for Pinkie Pie and come back later, but I said it would be easy to do it ourselves and--...”

I quickly cut her off when I hugged her. “Hey, hey...” I said rubbing her back. “It’s okay, it was an honest mistake...” I sighed. “I’m sorry that I snapped at you four like that. It’s just that I got really worried when I saw the smoke... I was afraid that something might’ve happened.” I said slowly going into tears myself.

“I’m so sorry mom...” She said returning the hug still in tears. “I promise I’ll be more careful...”

“We’re sorry too...” The three crusaders said in unison.

I sighed looking at them. “Just please be more careful with what you do...”

“We will...” they again said in unison.

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“So how can I make it up to you?” Crystal asked for about the fifth time.

“I told you Crystal, it’s okay. Mistakes happen.” I said as we were walking back to my library.

“Hey, where are the other Crusaders?” Crystal asked. “And Pinkie Pie?”

“Oh, I think they went home...” I said walking up to my door.

Crystal just yawned. “I’m tired... I think I’m just about ready to head to bed.”

Wow, deja vu... I opened the door and walked in with her. “Wow, it’s dark...”

“Yeah, where are the lights?” Crystal asked looking around.

“Surprise!!” all of my friends exclaimed flipping the lights on. Crystal shrieked a bit and looked totally shocked.

“H-huh...?” Crystal let out. “What’s all this for...?”

“It’s for you silly!” I giggled.

“It’s great to have you here sugarcube!” Applejack exclaimed.

“We really hope that you enjoy it here...” Fluttershy said with a warm smile.

“We just know you will absolutely love Equestria!” Rarity beamed.

“Yeah!” the other crusaders exclaimed.

“What do you think, Crystal?” Pinkie Pie asked getting close to her. “Isn’t this party great?”

“You did all of this... for me...?” Crystal let out.

“Of course we did...” I said putting a hoof on her. “I want you to know that we all love and care about you. And we won’t let anything hurt you.”

Crystal just looked at me in tears and smiled. “Thank you so much mom... I love you...” she said hugging me... I could feel more tears running down my face as I returned the hug with a warm smile.

“I love you too Crystal...” I slowly kissed her cheek. For a moment, everything was silent... but I forgot where I was at that same moment.

“Come on!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Let’s party!!” she waved her hooves in the air and quickly started dancing to the music along with a few of my other friends.

“You want to dance, Crystal?” I asked looking at her.

“Okay!” She exclaimed running to my friends. I watched as they were all dancing with Crystal.

“Come on Twilight!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “Don’t just stand there, come dance!” with that, I made my way to my friends and started dancing with them. It was an amazing night... Crystal made new friends... and she had so much fun at the party. We played games for a bit. Ate A LOT of cake... well... Pinkie ate most of it. And after that, it got late and everypony just went home... Today went by so smoothly, it’s practically a miracle... but miracles don’t usually last long...

Author's Notes:

Everything is perfect with Crystal and Twilight! Her friends love her. and she's made new friends with the Cutie Mark Crusaders! What could possibly go wrong??

School

This has got to be one of the biggest decisions that I have ever made... Is this a good idea? I’m not even sure anymore. What if something bad happens to her? What if--... I was cut out of my train of thought. “Mom? I’m ready for school...” Crystal said with her bag on. Well, my bag that I’m letting her bring to school.

“Are you sure about this?” I asked. “I mean, I could teach you what you need to know here at the library...”

“I’m sure mom.” Crystal said with a slight smile. “Besides, this will be the first school that I’ve ever been to...”

“I guess that’s true...” I said with a huff.

“Don’t worry mommy... I promise I’ll make a lot of new friends here too!” she exclaimed. How can she be so calm and collective like this...? It’s a school with only ponies... she would be signaled out by the others easily. “Something wrong mom?”

I just looked at her for a moment and shook my head. “No, no, everything’s fine...” I smiled opening the door. “Come on, let’s get you to school...” I said as me and her walked out of the library. As we were walking through town, we weren’t really getting strange looks like we did last time... in fact some of them seemed happy for some reason. Some even waved. Did I miss something...?

As we were walking, Bon Bon walked in front of us. “So, this is Crystal?” she asked.

“Huh?” I let out. “How did you know who she was?”

“Well, Pinkie Pie let us know... in fact, she let us all know!”

“Pinkie Pie?” Crystal asked. “Why would she say anything?”

“Well, she didn’t have to.” Bon Bon started. “When Pinkie Pie throws a party for somepony, we know right away.”

“Wow...” Crystal let out.

“I have to say, you are really cute...” Bon Bon said with a smile. “And I think Lyra would really like you too.”

“Well, I could see her a different day... I have to go to school.”

“Oh, that’s okay... School is more important after all.” Bon Bon smiled and looked at me. “I’m a bit surprised though, I thought you would be the one teaching her.”

“I would have.” I said putting a hoof on Crystal. “But she insisted that she wanted to go to school like the others.”

“Well, I hope you have fun with school then.” Bon Bon smiled walking away.

“She was nice...” Crystal said as we continued walking toward the school. But as they were walking, the school bell rang.

“Uh oh!” I exclaimed. I picked up Crystal and galloped the rest of the way to the school. After a few minutes we got to the entrance to the school. “Okay, we’re here...” I sighed putting Crystal down. “You have all your books, right?”

“Yeah, I have them.” Crystal said.

“Quills?”

“Got them too.”

“Extra ink?”

“Mhm.”

“Okay good...” I sighed and kissed her on the forehead. “Have a great first day of school...”

“I will mom.” she smiled and ran inside. “I love you!”

“I love you too!” I exclaimed back.

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My first day of school... I feel so nervous... But hey, at least Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom are there. Maybe school will be fun. I walked into the classroom, and as soon as I did, everyone looked right at me in shock. “Uh... sorry I’m late.”

“Oh, you must be Crystal... you’re Twilight’s daughter?” the dark red pony asked.

“Um... yes.”

“Well, it’s very nice to meet you Crystal.” she said. “My name is Miss. Cheerilee.” she said turning to the rest of the class. “Class, I’d like you all to meet our new student, Crystal Sparkle.”

Everyone just stared at me... well, everyone except the friends I already had. The other crusaders were waving at me and smiling. I smiled and waved back. “It’s... nice to meet all of you.” I said slowly walking and sitting in the seat closest to Sweetie Belle. “I feel really nervous...” I whispered to Sweetie Belle.

“Don’t worry.” she whispered back. “There’s nothing to worry about...”

“You sure...?”

“Trust me. Just stay with us, and everything will be just fine.”

“I hope you’re right...” I said turning my head to Miss. Cheerilee. For the next 45 minutes, I wrote down notes as she spoke to the class. Some things were pretty neat. Things about Equestrian history and some other stuff... It was hard for me to write all of it down though. I guess I can ask the teacher later for some help. But something felt weird... As the class was going on, I kept getting looks from two ponies. One was pink with a tiara on her head and cutie mark. The other was gray and had glasses, and had a spoon for a cutie mark.

“Alright class, time for recess!” Miss. Cheerilee exclaimed. Just before I walked outside with Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee went in front. “Hold on Crystal, do you mind if I have a word with you for a moment?” I nodded and Sweetie Belle walked out with the rest of the class. “How are you enjoying your first day?”

“It’s really great Miss. Cheerilee.” I said smiling at her. “All the stuff you said in close, I wrote it all down.”

“I’m glad to hear that. And I’m also glad to hear that you are already friends with Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom.” she said and looked at the time. ‘Oh, I shouldn’t keep you. Go have fun at recess.”

“Thanks Miss. Cheerilee!” I yelled running outside. Of course when I went outside, I went straight to where my friends were. They looked at me and smiled brightly. “Hello fellow crusaders!” I giggled.

“Hey Crystal!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “You up for a game?”

“What kind of--...” Before I could even finish, I heard two ponies laughing behind me. “Huh...?” I said looking behind me. It was the same two ponies that were giving me weird looks before.

“You’re... a crusader?” the pink one asked.

“That’s right!” I exclaimed. “What’s your name?”

“Silver Spoon...” the pink one looked at her friend. “I didn’t know they let animals come to school, did you?”

“Huh...?” I let out.

“No Diamond Tiara, I didn’t... maybe she should go back to the pound where she came from.” the other pony said, which led to them both laughing. I just looked down and felt like I was about to cry...

“Hey!” Scootaloo spoke out. “Don’t talk to our friend like that!” she exclaimed. “She is not an animal!”

“Oh please...” Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes. “From what I’ve heard, she can’t even get a cutie mark. That’s admittedly even lower than you three.”

“Stop it! She didn’t do anything to you, why are you being so mean to her??” Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

“Oh, she’s not getting any special treatment. It’s how I always treat animals.”

“Why I oughta...” Applebloom walked closer to Diamond Tiara. “Stop talkin’ to her like that!! Ya talk all the time about how you’re the best pony in the school! But right now, I think Crystal deserves that title!”

“Are you kidding me? All she deserves for a title is mangy, because that’s all she is, and that’s all she will be!”

I couldn’t take it anymore... I just lost control and... broke down in tears in front of everyone... “I-... I’m not mangy...”

“Oh look, we made the mangy girl cry...” Diamond Tiara let out a smug smile.

“Is that so...?” a voice said from behind Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. When they looked back, they were surprised to see it was my mom... who looked angrier than ever. “Would you mind explaining to me why you’re talking to my daughter like this...?”

“Uh... w-well...” Diamond Tiara barely let out. “She’s--...” she didn’t even let her finish. She used her magic to levitate her! I just watched.

“I’m only going to say this once... LEAVE... CRYSTAL... ALONE!!” She exclaimed. “If you don’t, you will be hearing from me, AND your parents! Is that clear!?” Diamond Tiara just rapidly nodded her head, and Twilight let go of her. When she turned to me I was still crying though... “Crystal...?”

“I-... I don’t want to come to school anymore...” I sniffled. “I just wanna go home!” I ran up to mommy and just kept crying. She sighed and carried me to Miss. Cheerilee.

When Miss. Cheerilee looked at me, she quickly looked shocked. “Crystal, what happened??”

“One of your students happened!” Mom exclaimed. “That pink filly with a tiara for a cutie mark!”

“Diamond Tiara...” Miss. Cheerilee sighed. “What am I going to do with that filly?”

“I’m taking her out of school, and I’m going to teach Crystal myself.” mom said.

“Wait!” Cheerilee said. “Please Twilight, it’s only the first day... and I promise, I will do something about those two fillies... starting off with a detention.”

“Well, it’s not my choice here. It’s Crystal’s.” mom said looking back at me. “What do you think Crystal? You wanna try again tomorrow?”

I just looked at mom again for a little bit. Do I really want to be in a school where I’m made fun of? But then again... my friends are here too... “I guess I can try...” I sniffed. “I just really don’t want to stay today...”

“Is that okay Miss. Cheerilee?” Mom asked.

“That’s perfectly fine.” she said. “Take some time to relax.”

“Thank you so much Cheerilee...” Mom said with a huff. After that, mom carried me out of the school. “I’m really sorry that your first day wasn’t so good...”

“It’s okay...” I said wiping my eyes.

“Come on,” mom said. “Let’s go to Sugarcube Corner for some sweets. Does that sound good?”

I smiled at mom slightly. “Yeah, I’d love something sweet right now...”

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“That mangy animal is lucky that Twilight was around...” I growled sitting in my desk for detention. “If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t be in this!”

“Diamond Tiara!” Miss. Cheerilee said angrily.

“Well,” I whispered to Silver Spoon. “We’re going to get her back... by taking it out on Crystal.”

“Crystal?” Silver Spoon whispered back. “Won’t Twilight freak out on us?”

“Oh, don’t worry. What I have planned, she’ll have no idea it was even us!” I snickered.

“What did you have in mind Diamond Tiara...?” Silver Spoon asked in a confused tone.

“We’re going to send Crystal on a little trip... and by trip, I mean, get her lost in the Everfree forest...” I snickered again.

“Oohh...” Silver Spoon said. “Good plan.”

“Alright, you two...” Miss. Cheerilee said opening the door. “I hope you two learned your lessons...”

“Oh, we most certainly did Miss. Cheerilee...” I said with a grin. “In fact, we’re going to go apologize to Crystal right now...”

“Now, that’s what I like to hear...” Cheerilee said with a slight grin.

“Now...” I said walking out of the door with Silver Spoon. “Time to put out plan into motion...”

“And how do we do that?” Silver Spoon asked.

“Easy... we get to Crystal when she’s all alone.” Me and Silver Spoon just started laughing at the plan.

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“Thanks Pinkie Pie for the cupcakes...” I said sighing.

“Aww...” Pinkie said. “Don’t let those fillies get you down, turn that frown upside down!” she flipped into the air and fell straight down.

I giggled watching her. “Thanks Pinkie Pie. You really are a great friend.”

“Anything to help a friend in need!”

“Well, we better get going Pinkie.” Mom said. “It’s getting a little late.”

“Oh, okay.” Pinkie said. “Bye Twilight! Bye Crystal!” she waved as we walked out of the corner.

We were almost back at the library, but I didn’t really feel like going inside yet. “Hey mom?” I said and she looked at me. “Is it okay if I play outside a little bit first? I don’t really feel tired.”

“Oh,” Mom said. “Sure, you can play outside.” she yawned. “Just be careful, alright? I’m going inside for now. I’m kind of tired.” she kissed my cheek and walked in. “Have fun Crystal.” she said slowly closing the door.

I smiled as I walked through town. There were a lot of ponies that smiled when they saw me. But for some reason, some ponies still had a weird look when they saw me. I guess they haven’t gotten used to me yet. As I’m walking and thinking to myself, I see two familiar fillies in my path. “What are you two doing here...?” I asked a little nervous seeing as how it was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in front of me.

Diamond Tiara looked at me and sighed. “Look Crystal, we want to say that we’re sorry for what we did before...”

“Huh...?”

“It’s true.” Silver Spoon spoke up. “And we wanna make it up to you now.”

“It’s okay, you don’t have to...” I said.

“But we insist...” Diamond Tiara said putting a hoof on me. “Near Fluttershy’s house is the Everfree forest. In there is going to be something hidden... a treasure. But you have to find it!”

“A treasure...?” I said.

“Yes! But you have to hurry! Run as fast as you can before somepony else finds it!” Diamond Tiara exclaimed as I then started running toward the Everfree Forest near Fluttershy’s house. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon just started laughing when I was out of hearing range. “What a sap!”

After a lot of running, I soon saw the opening to the forest. Should I really go in here...? It looks dark and scary... Come on... stay focused Crystal, find the treasure! Without thinking further, I just started running into the forest. I would keep running and running, confident that I would find the hidden treasure... but soon I started to slow down, and the forest was only getting darker. “Hello...?” I said looking around. “Is anyone out there...?” I looked around, only to jump as I heard rustling from behind me. “Who’s there!?”

Something or someone came out from hiding. It was a Zebra with gold rings around its arm. “Well what do we have here? An unusual creature filled with fear?”

“Oh uh... Hello. My name’s Crystal Sparkle... I come from Ponyville.”

“Crystal Sparkle you say? Funny, for I spoke with a Sparkle the other day.” the zebra rhymed.

“Oh, you know my mom, Twilight?” I asked.

“Indeed I do my little friend. My name is Zecora, friend until the end.” she said with a smile.

“Zecora... I like that name.” I said walking with her. “Hey, could you show me where the exit to the forest is? I’m kind of lost...”

“Fear not young one. For your searching and whining will soon be done.”

With that, Zecora started leading me out of the forest. As we were walking, we were talking about ourselves and our pasts. I told her all about my life before Twilight found me, and she told me all about her life. Eventually, we reached the Everfree Forest exit. “Thanks again for everything Zecora, I would've been lost for hours in that forest.”

“It was a pleasure helping someone as kind as you. I can see, that in your heart it is true.”

I nodded and waved at Zecora as she walked back in the Everfree Forest. I guess there is no treasure after all... which means... they tricked me...! I can’t believe I fell for that... I was just about to head toward Diamond Tiara’s house until...

“Crystal!!” Mom yelled running up to me and holding onto me. “Oh my gosh, you had me worried sick! Where were you??”

“Um... in the Everfree Forest...”

“What!?!?” she exclaimed. “Why in Equestria would you go in a dangerous place like that??”

“I was... trying to find something...” I could feel tears coming from my eyes. How could I fall for that trick?? Before I knew it, I just ran off, crying.

“Crystal, wait!” Mom exclaimed.

I didn’t listen. I just kept running... I don’t want my mom to know that I just went into that forest to find something that Diamond Tiara told me to find. She would be so upset with me... But I can’t keep this to myself, I have to tell someone... and I know just the friends to tell...

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“She did what!?” Applejack and Applebloom exclaimed.

“It’s true...” I sighed. “And I fell for it like a big dummy...”

“Of all the...” Applebloom said getting angrier. “That tares it!” Applebloom stomped her hoof down. “I can’t take this anymore! Bullying you is one thing. But makin’ you go into the Everfree Forest!?”

“Did you tell Twilight about this yet?” Applejack asked.

“No... I’m afraid of what she’ll say if I told her...” I said hanging my head down.

Applebloom sort of just growled to herself. “Come on Crystal! We’re gettin’ the other crusaders!”

“Huh...?”

“We’re gonna get back at those two for trickin’ you like that!” Applebloom exclaimed.

“Uh... and how in tarnation is that going to help, Applebloom?” Applejack stepped in front of Applebloom.

“They deserve it! I’m tired of those two always bullyin’ us!” Applebloom exclaimed getting in her sister’s face.

"Applebloom, getting into a fight isn't gonna resolve this..." Applejack said putting a hoof on her. "Just try to ignore her."

Applebloom just sighed "I guess you're right, sis..." Applebloom hung her head down. “But we’ve tried ignorin’ her! She doesn’t leave us alone...!”

“Well then, just try to stay away from her.” Applejack said. “Try stayin’ next to the teacher. I don’t think they would do anything in front of her.” she turned to me “That goes the same for you sugarcube.”

“Alright Applejack...” I sighed.

“And my advice... you shouldn’t keep this from Twilight...”

“Huh?”

“Trust me sugarcube, it’s best if you tell her the truth... honesty is an important thing to have, especially with family, and Twilight is your mother now after all.”

“So, when should I tell her?”

“As soon as you see her...” Applejack grinned. “Trust me Crystal, I promise you that everything is gonna be just fine...”

I looked up to her and smiled “Thanks Applejack...”

“No problem sugarcube, and if you need help with anything else, just come down by the farm, okay?”

“Okay Applejack,” I said starting to walk home. I saw both Applejack and Applebloom wave at me so I waved back.

Author's Notes:

Well... I guess I spoke too soon when I said "What could possibly go wrong"... well, hopefully things will be better for her right...? please say right...

Magic Of Friendship

"What!?" Mom exclaimed. "THEY DID WHAT!?"

"They tricked me into going to the forest..." I said hanging my head down.

"Of all the dirty little tricks!!" Mom said getting angrier. Then she stopped when she heard crying... My crying... "Crystal...?"

"I'm sorry mom..." I said trying to hold back tears. "It's my fault, I shouldn't have listened to them..."

"Hey..." Mom said pulling me into a hug. "It was a mistake... Anypony your age could make it... What exactly did they tell you?"

"They told me that they were sorry... And that they wanted to make it up to me..."

"Well trust me Crystal, they will be sorry..." Mom said comforting me. "Just stay close to your friends in school okay? They'll protect you and help you."

"Okay mom..." I kissed her cheek. "Thanks..."

"And don't forget," spike said walking up to us. "Twilight will always be there to help you too. You just have to remember to talk to her about it. Don't be afraid to tell her anything. And if you want, you can talk to me too." He grins. "I may be a dragon but I won't bite."

"Thanks Spike..." I said smiling a little bit.

"See?" Mom said. "We're all here for you no matter what." She let go of me. "Don't ever forget that."

"I won't..."

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"Here you go Crystal!" Pinkie exclaimed giving me a cupcake.

"Thanks Pinkie Pie." I said smiling at her and paused for a second. "Pinkie?"

"Yes Crystal?"

"What do you usually do if you're feeling sad?"

"Well, I do a lot of different things!" She exclaimed. "I talk to my friends, I bake, I sing, I take care of the cake twins; sometimes all at once!"

"Hmmm... What songs do you sing?"

"Songs that make me happy of course!" She exclaimed. "For example..." She cleared her throat. "My name is Pinkie Pie~ and I am here to say~ I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day~!" She sang. "It doesn't matter now~ if you are sad or blue~ because cheering up my friends is just what Pinkie's here to do~! Because I like to see you smile smile smile! Yes I do~!" She sang pulling me onto her back. "It fills my heart with sunshine all the while~ yes it does! Cuz all I really need's a smile smile smile~ from these happy friends of mine!" She giggled. "Come on Crystal, you try!" She exclaimed.

"Huh?? Me??"

"Of course!"

"But I don't know the song!"

"Then try singing the first thing I sang!" She giggled.

"Okay..." I cleared my throat now. "My name is Crystal Sparkle~ and I am here to say~ I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day~" I sang still feeling nervous.

"It doesn't matter now!" Pinkie continued. "If you are said or blue~"

"Because cheering up my friends is just what we are here to do~!" Me and Pinkie both sang. "Because we like to see you smile smile smile~! Yes we do~! It fills our hearts with sunshine all the while~ yes it does~! Because all we really need's a smile smile smile~! From these happy friends of ours~!" We both started laughing.

"That was great Crystal!" Pinkie exclaimed with a bright smile.

"Thanks Pinkie Pie" I smiled back at her. "You were right, singing really does help me feel better!" I exclaimed hugging Pinkie Pie.

"I'm glad I could help!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Oh! How would you like to help me bake?" She asked me.

"But... Last time I tried, I burnt everything, remember?"

"Well you were by yourself that time!" Pinkie giggled. "This time I'll be here to help you every step of the way."

"Thanks Pinkie Pie... You really are a great friend." I smiled again at her. "So what are we going to bake?"

"How about a big cake?"

"Sounds fun!"

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"Alright, is there anything else you'd like me to do Twilight?" Cheerilee asked.

"Yes." I nodded. "I'd like you to keep a close eye on those two fillies."

"Don't worry, they learned their lesson after detention."

"Actually I really doubt that." I said looking a little mad.

"What do you mean?"

"Those two fillies didn't learn any lesson at all. All they did was trick my daughter into going inside the everfree forest!"

"What!?" She exclaimed. "Diamond Tiara told me that she was going to apologize!" Cheerilee said angrily. "When they come into school tomorrow..." She sighed "I'm so sorry about this Twilight, I never wanted any of this to happen..."

"It's alright... Can you also do one more thing for me?"

"Of course."

"Could you get to know Crystal better? This isn't exactly her world so, she's still getting used to living with ponies... You think you could do this for me?"

"Of course Twilight." She smiled. "Besides, it'll be great to know more about her."

"Thank you so much Cheerilee, this means so much to me..."

"It's no trouble Twilight. I make sure all my students are treated fairly. Even if Crystal isn't a pony, she has the heart of one."

I smiled at the thought. "Yeah... She does..."

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"Hey Pinkie?" I asked.

"Yes Crystal?"

"How about instead of making a cake, we make cupcakes instead...?" I blushed a bit hoping I don't burn anything again.

"Sure~!" Pinkie beamed. "That's easier!"

"Really... Then why'd I mess up so bad?"

"Oh, you just don't have the song memorized yet~"

"Wait, another song?" I I tilted my head.

"Yup~!" She exclaimed and cleared her throat about to sing. "All you have to do is take a cup of flower add it to the mix~ next just take a little something sweet not sour, a bit of salt just a pinch~" she bounced around getting the ingredients together. "Baking these treats is such a since, add a tee spoon of vanilla~ add a little more and you count to four and you never get your fill-a~! Cupcakes~! So sweet and tasty, cupcakes~! Don't be too hasty, cupcakes~! Cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES~!" She finished singing and smiled brightly at me holding a finished batch of cupcakes.

"Uh... I don't think I can do that like you..." I said still surprised.

Pinkie giggled. "It's fine. You wouldn't be the first to say that." She the looked at the watch that was seemly on her hoof before. "Hey, it's getting pretty late, I think Twilight is expecting you back by now."

"Oh! Right!" I then ran to the door. "Thanks for everything pinkie pie!" I ran through the door.

"Your welcome!" She exclaimed and waved at me. "And don't be afraid to come back ok?"

"I won't!" I exclaimed running toward moms house. Thankfully the house wasn't too far away. Actually it was really close. I then went inside and called out for someone. "Mom? Spike?" I walked inside but no one answered. "Hmm. I wonder where they went..." As I went inside and looked around, I made my way into the kitchen. "I need to eat something other than cupcakes... I'm getting kind of sick..." I looked around the kitchen but all I found the was even close to good was bread and lettuce... Maybe a tomato. I shrugged and started making a sandwich. But it was kind of messy... And by kind of, I mean really messy. I sighed and started eating it. It wasn't bad... At least it's not another sweet.

I went over to the library part of the house and started looking through the books there. Mom said that there were some kid books that I could read... But something interested me. "The magic in a Non Unicorn...?" I picked it up and opened it. "That's a lot of words...." I sighed and started reading it. "The magic of a unicorn has always been a mystery to earth ponies and pegasai alike... Unicorn magic can... Diff...differ from the cutie mark on a unicorn..." I said struggling to read it a bit. "All magic is channeled through the horn... However there are ponies that can use magic who aren't unicorns... Huh...?" I read and kept reading. After about an hour of reading I decided to take a break and put the book down. "Wow... So does this mean that even I could use magic...?" I asked myself out loud. As I was thinking about the possibility, I heard the door open. "Mom?" I said walking to the door.

"Crystal!" Mom exclaimed hugging me. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here, I didn't expect you to be home until later..."

"It's okay mom, I'm fine." I smiled at her.

"How long were you waiting...?"

"An hour I think.."

"An hour??" Mom exclaimed. "That's not okay!"

"No really mom, it's fine!" I said. "I even did some reading..."

Mom blinked at me. "You were reading...?" She asked and I nodded picking up the book showing her. "The magic in a Non Unicorn...?" She asked tilting her head. "Isn't that a little advanced for you, Crystal?"

"Have you read it?" I asked.

"I've read nearly every book in this library..." She blushed a bit. "Why did you choose this book anyways?"

"Because I thought it was pretty cool..." I said giggling a bit. "Does this mean I can use magic too mom?"

Mom blinked at me but put her hoof to the back of her head. "I hadn't really thought about that..." She finally spoke. "I suppose there might be a small chance that it's possible..."

"Really??" I beamed. "Can I try? Can I try??"

"Whoa whoa! Take it easy Crystal." Mom laughed. "If you really want to, we can try tomorrow."

"YES!!" I exclaimed hopping around. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!!"

"After school tomorrow." She finished.

"Awwwww!"

"This is going to be interesting..." Mom said smiling.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, sorry I've been running late with these chapters... I've just been really busy... And hopefully I'll have the next chapter up today as well

I'm Ready!

"Crystal! It's time for school!" I called out.

"I'll be down in a minute!" Crystal said back.

I sighed waiting for her and looked at the time. "Come on Crystal, we're going to be late!" As I waited, I levitated her bag, but dropped it quickly seeing her. "WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES!?"

"Hey, you told me to hurry up!"

"You didn't tell me you were-- ugh!!" I rubbed my head and ran upstairs to get her clothes.

"Why is it so bad? None of the ponies wear clothes..."

"You're not exactly a pony Crystal" I said putting her clothes on, and picking her and her bag up running out the door. As I was running, there were ponies giving us strange looks again. But this time I'm pretty sure it's because of how nervous I am right now. Just as we were able to see the school, the bell rang. "Agh! We're late!"

"Mom, calm down!" Crystal exclaimed. "So what if I'm a little late??"

"You must never be late!!" I exclaimed back. "Never ever be tardy!"

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"Alright class, get to your seats." Cheerilee said walking to the front of the class, looking around the room. "Hmm.. Where's Crystal?"

"Hmph..." The pink filly said to herself silently.

"Hmm.. I guess she's--"

"We're here!!" Mom exclaimed running into the class panting. "I'm so sorry we're late, it's just, Crystal woke up late, and took a little too long to get ready, so I asked her to hurry up, but then she came down stairs naked and--" Cheerilee stopped mom covering her mouth.

"It's alright Twilight, I understand..." Cheerilee said rolling her eyes. "She's excused for today."

Mom huffed. "Oh, thank you so much Cheerilee..." She said putting me down with my bag. "And... Remember our agreement yesterday, right?"

"Of course." Cheerilee smiled.

"Thank you..." Mom turned to me and kissed me in the cheek. "Have a great day at school Crystal... I love you."

"I love you too mom..." I hugged her, then let her go. "Don't forget about those lessons, okay?"

Mom smiled. "I won't forget..." She then made her way out the door, and I made my way to the empty seat next to Sweetie Belle.

"Hey, you feelin' alright Crystal?" Applebloom asked.

"Don't worry, I'll be okay." I said a little unsure.

"What lessons were you talking about by the way?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Well... Uh...."

"Come on, tell us." Scootaloo said.

"I'm pretty interested myself" Cheerilee said with a smile. "Would you mind telling us what you and Twilight have in mind?"

"Oh please!" Diamond Tiara spoke out. "What could she possibly be doing that's SO interesting??"

"Diamond Tiara!" Cheerilee exclaimed. "What did I tell you about--"

"Magic"

Miss. Cheerilee stopped and looked at me. "I beg your pardon?"

"She's going to give me magic lessons." I said.

Cheerilee just blinked at me for a second. "Magic lessons...? But... you're not..."

"That's just crazy!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed. "She's not even a pony! Let alone a unicorn!"

"I'm not a unicorn or pony but..." I said going into my bag pulling out the same book I was reading last night. "I could still use magic."

"May I...?" Cheerilee asked and I nodded handing her the book. "The magic in a Non Unicorn... Oh! I've heard of this book before!... Oh but Crystal, this is an advanced book... Are you sure you want to be trying something like this?"

"If I'm going to live in Equestria, then I want to be as pony as possible!"

Cheerilee giggled. "Well, I suppose if you're willing enough, I guess it's possible..." She said giving my book back.

"That's so cool!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "Hey! Maybe that means we can--"

"Scootaloo, I can almost guarantee you that you won't get a cutie mark for magic..." Cheerilee mused.

"You said almost guarantee! That means it's still possible!" Cheerilee just face hoofed.

"Alright my little ponies, let's begin class, shall we?" Cheerilee said walking in front of the class again.

"Waaaaiiit!!" A voice from outside exclaimed. Pinkie pie then jumped in through the window with the batch of cupcakes we made yesterday. "You forgot to take these home with you Crystal!" She placed the plate on my desk.

"Uhhh.. Pinkie, I'm the middle of class."

"I know! That's why I thought this was the perfect chance to give these to you so you can share them with every pony in your class. That way you'll make lots of new friends!"

"Pinkie Pie..." Cheerilee sighed. "Can I please start my class today...?" Without another word, Pinkie Pie jumped back out the window. As Cheerilee looked back at the class, I was passing out cupcakes to everyone... Even Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Cheerilee couldn't help but smile at me... That is... Until... I fell on my face with a cupcake stuck to the back of my head. "Crystal!!" She ran up to me and helped me stand up. I couldn't help but start to cry again. "Diamond Tiara!!!" Cheerilee boomed. "Come here right now!!!" Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes and walked to me... I just started feeling something else... Not sad... "I want you to apologize right now!!"

Diamond Tiara huffed. "Fine... I'm sorry..."

"Now go sit down and I don't want to--"

"No!!" I screamed.

"C-Crystal??" Cheerilee said.

I turned to Diamond Tiara angrily. "You're NOT sorry!! All you do is say you're sorry, but then you just do the same thing again!! I'm sick of you bullying me like this! I didn't do anything to you! And I'm REALLY sick of you bullying my FRIENDS!!!" I exclaimed pushing Diamond Tiara to the ground while every pony gasped.

"Whoa..." Scootaloo let out.

"C..Crystal..." Cheerilee let out still shocked.

I just stared down at Diamond Tiara angrily... But then I realized what I just did... I turned to Cheerilee "I... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to get angry like that..."

"It's... Alright Crystal..." Cheerilee pulled me into a comforting hug. "We all lose our temper sometimes... And you had a perfectly good reason to."

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to get angry like that..." I said to Diamond Tiara.

"Get away from me!" Diamond Tiara yelled backing away. "Don't touch me you freak!"

"I said I'm sorry...!" I said getting closer... But without warning, I was knocked down by a buck. "Agh..." I said holding my stomach.

"Crystal..!" Cheerilee exclaimed picking me up, placing me on her back. "Just stay with me for the class, alright...?" She then glared at Diamond Tiara.

"What?? But she pushed me first!!" The pink filly exclaimed.

"My chest... Hurts..." I coughed.

"Are you serious?? That was just a little buck!" Diamond exclaimed.

"She isn't a pony though...!" Cheerilee exclaimed picking me up and sighed. "I can't even start a class without something going wrong..."

"Maybe she shouldn't even come to school then!" Diamond yelled. "She doesn't fit in! She will never fit in!!"

Hearing this, I could only feel tears going down my face, and could only hear the sound of myself crying. "Mommy..." Was all I could let out.

Cheerilee sighed. “This was a mistake… Class I’ll be back alright…?” Cheerilee said walking out of the school. “I’m so sorry Crystal…”

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“It’s about time that freak left…” Diamond Tiara huffed.

“She’s… not… a freak…” Sweetie Belle snorted.

“Why do you defend her anyways??”

“She’s our friend! I don’t care if she’s not a pony, she’s a good friend!”

“Yeah!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “All you do is act like a big jerk to her!”

“Even on the first day when she did nothin to ya!” Applebloom continued.

“Diamond Tiara… they kind of have a point…” Silver Spoon said with an unsure tone.

“Are you seriously agreeing with those blank flanks!?” Diamond Tiara said angrily.

“N-no, I mean… Crystal didn’t really… do anything to--...”

“She is a freak, and doesn’t belong here! The only pony who’s dumber than Crystal, is Twilight; she’s the one who brought her here!”

“Is that so…” Rainbow Dash said walking in. “I came here to see how Crystal was doing, until this is the first thing I hear as soon as I come…” she said walking to Diamond Tiara. “Listen kid! You have to stop talking that way about other ponies!”

“Crystal isn’t even a pony…”

“It doesn’t matter! She should be treated like everypony else!” Rainbow Dash said getting in Diamond Tiara’s face.

“Rainbow Dash…” Scootaloo started. “I’ve never seen you act this way…”

Rainbow huffed. “Look, I have to get back to the weather… I don’t want to hear any insults when I’m around again…” Rainbow Dash flew off.

“Why…” Diamond Tiara said getting frustrated. “Why does everypony bother to defend her!?”

“Maybe you just need to change your attitude.” One of the fillies said.

“Yeah!” Another filly exclaimed in agreement.

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“Come on Twilight, you’ve got to stop worrying so much.” Spike said.

“I wish I could Spike, but after what happened yesterday, I just have a feeling that those two fillies just won’t stop… And I don’t want Crystal to get hurt again…” Just as Spike was about to say something, there was a loud knock on the door. “Who is it…?”

“M-..mommy…”

“Oh my gosh…!” I ran to the door and opened it. “Crystal…!” I pulled her into a tight hug and looked up at Cheerilee. “What happened??”

“I’m so sorry Twilight… I.. I couldn’t even start class without something going wrong…” Cheerilee sighed. “I’m just so sorry about this Twilight…”

“What did they do…”

“All I did was give cupcakes to everyone!” Crystal exclaimed. “I even gave one to Diamond Tiara! but then she through it at my head and… she said the I would never fit in…” Tears began to form in her eyes again.

I held her close and began crying myself. “Cheerilee… I’m sorry, but I can’t let her go to that school anymore… If it’s the same with you, i’d like to homeschool Crystal… i think that’s the best option for her to learn…”

“I understand Twilight… And I agree, teaching her yourself would be the best option.” Cheerilee sighed. “I just wish I knew what to do with her… But I’m sure you can… you’re a smart unicorn.” she turned around. “I’d better get back to my class… Don’t want to leave them alone for too long.” She looked down at Crystal. “Be safe sweetie…” With that she started making her way back to the school.

All I could hear was Crystal crying over me… “Hey… everything will be okay Crystal…”

“Maybe she was right… maybe I don’t belong here…” Crystal sobbed.

“No Crystal, that’s not true…” Tears dripped from my eyes as well. “You have every right to be here. You’re my daughter, and I love you…” I pulled her into a comforting hug.

“But… but I’m not a…”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a pony or not… You’re my daughter… I guarantee that you’ll be smarter than a lot of ponies when you get older… Is there anything that I can do to help you feel better…?”

“Could… we start my magic lessons…?”

I looked at her a little surprised… I didn’t think she would still want to learn after that. “Are you sure you want to try that today…?”

She nodded at me. “I still want to learn mom…” I couldn’t help but smile and hug her again.

“Alright… we can start your lessons today.”

“Thanks mom…”

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“Alright…” Mom started. “Before we can start to practice, first I should tell you how magic works.” she cleared her throat. “Unicorns are able to produce magic with their horns… This may just be a possibility, but I’m guessing you’d be able to produce it with your hands, considering you don’t have a horn. Now, normally depending on a pony’s special talent, their magic revolves around that talent. But some ponies, like myself, are able to perform more spells, because my special talent is magic itself.”

“Okay… I think I understand…” I said rubbing the back of my head.

“Alright… now how magic is produced is a unicorn would release it from their horn, but in your case, you’ll need to release it from your hands… I’m not going to lie to you Crystal… magic was hard even for me to learn when I was just a filly.”

“I still want to try though!” I exclaimed.

“Hold on a second Crystal… You’re rushing into things just a bit. First let’s see if you can direct the magic within you towards your hands.”

“Alright…” I sighed and tried focusing for a bit. “Mom, I don’t feel anything…” I said looking at my hands.

“Try closing your eyes… think of nothing else but the flow of magic going through your body.”

I closed my eyes like she asked, but soon I just started struggling. “I… can’t feel it still…”

“Crystal please… you have to relax. You can’t just force it out of you. You need to have a calm and collective mind…”

“What does that mean…?”

“Try to empty your mind… What relaxes you the most? What makes you feel happy? Use that to help you.”

I sighed and closed my eyes again… What makes me happy… The first thing that came up in my mind was… mom… after that I started thinking about my friends… Sweetie Belle… Applebloom… Scootaloo… I couldn’t help but smile thinking about them. Before I knew it…

“C..Crystal… your hands…”

“Huh?” I opened my eyes and looked at my hands… they were glowing yellow. But I quickly lost focus and the glowing stopped.

“You… I mean… you already…” Was all mom could let out.

“I… I can use magic…” Mom quickly pulled me into a tight hug again.

“That was great Crystal!” mom exclaimed. “On your first try… it’s unbelieveable!”

“Does this mean I can make things float like you do??”

“That’s called levitation… and with enough practice, I promise you’ll be able to do that.” she smiled at me brightly.

“Can we practice more??”

“Absolutely!”

Author's Notes:

Looks like Crystal is ready to learn! ... but with Twilight being the one to teach her magic... could things get out of hand...?

Until next time, UnleashedTwilight signing off.

A True Friend Part 1

"Alright Crystal, you're doing great!" Mom exclaimed. She was trying to help me more with my magic. She had me practicing with a book. I don't know why but even though it's one book, it kind of hurts.

"Mom... I need a break..." I said still holding the book but barely.

Mom nodded and I put the book down falling to the ground. "Oh my gosh, are you alright?"

"I'm ok mom... Just tired..." I said slowly getting up. "I need to practice more... It's really hard."

"Don't worry Crystal, it was hard for me when I was younger too." Mom said. "Now, how about I give you a little lesson before bed?" I nodded and she took a book out from one of the shelves. "It's time I taught you more about the elements. For one thing, it's one of the things that make me and my five friends so close. We used its power the day I went to Ponyville. There are six elements total; laughter, honesty, kindness, generosity, loyalty, and magic." Mom said walking to the case holding the elements and took the glass off. She picked each one up and explained what they are, and who holds them. "The elements of Harmony is the main reason why Equestria is safe right now and not in a state of chaos. Without them, I don't know what would have happened."

"Wow... That's so cool..."

Mom smiled and looked at the time. "Wow... It's really late, we should get to bed..."

"Can I sleep with you mom?"

Mom smiled at me. "Of course you can sweet heart." She then levitated me and walked to the bed. But just as she put me down on the bed, there was a knock on the door. "Oh, wait here." Mom walked to the door.

I wonder who's at the door this late. Maybe it's Pinkie Pie. She always comes around at the weirdest times. I thought to myself looking around. Now that I think about it, where's Spike? Is he still taking a bath?? I sighed. I could use one too... I'm really dirty, plus I still have cupcake in my hair... I got up out of bed and started walking to the bathroom. As I made my way in, I saw Spike drying himself off. I smiled and giggled. "Hi Spike!"

"Gah!!" Spike exclaimed falling over. "Oh... Hey there Crystal. What are you doing in here?"

"I need to take a bath too, I'm really dirty."

"Oh," Spike replied. "Alright, I won't bother you then. In fact let me help you." He said turning the bath on again, filling the tub. "There you go." He smiled at me.

"How long were you in there anyways...?"

"A few hours?" He shrugged.

"Why do you stay in there so long?"

"Uh... Because I like water..." He said feeling kind of embarrassed as he walked out.

I shrugged as I took my clothes off and went into the tub. I sighed feeling the warm water. This feels so nice... No wonder Spike stays in here so long... I sighed closing my eyes. I then started to wash my hair and body off but as I was cleaning, I saw a light flash in the corner of my eye. The light looked like it came from where mom was. "What was that...?" I said to myself looking out the bathroom door. "That was weird..." I stopped cleaning myself and got out of the tub drying myself off. As I did, I saw mom walking to the bed.

"Crystal?" Mom asked looking around.

"I'm in the bathroom mom!" I exclaimed putting my clothes on.

"Well, I'm going to sleep alright? Come into bed when your ready."

After I finished putting my clothes on, I decided to tip toe into the other room where mom was. As I did, I saw a weird notebook on the table. Whats this...? I thought to myself opening the notebook. I started looking at the words that were written in it. "This looks like a spell... Maybe that was the flash that I saw." I yawned and put the notebook down, walking past the elements of harmony case... Until I froze. "Huh?" I said looking at the elements. "Did they change color...? I don't remember them looking like this..." I slowly started to lift the glass that were over the elements, and used my magic to take out rainbow dash's element, slowly putting the glass down. "This wasn't pink before... This was red." I looked at the other elements and put Rainbow Dash's element back in the case. "Maybe I should tell mom about it in the morning..." I sighed and walked to the bed where mom is. She looked like she was already asleep. I slowly got in bed with her so that I didn't wake her up.

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As the sun shined on my face, I noticed mom wasn't in bed anymore. "Huh?" I asked looking around. "Mom?" I got out of bed and started looking around the house. I stopped and looked at the elements... They were still the same as last night.

"Crystal?" Spike asked coming downstairs. "What's going on? Where's Twilight?"

"I don't know but... Spike...?"

"Yeah?" He asked, I just pointed at the elements. "What the!? What happened to the elements of harmony!?"

"I don't know! I saw them like this last night!" Suddenly we both saw the door slam open.

"Spike, Crystal, I need you both to come with me." Mom said closing the door.

"What's wrong??" Spike asked.

"Rarity...I saw Rarity, but there was something wrong! She had Rainbow Dash's cutie mark!!"

"What!?" Spike exclaimed. "Their cutie marks changed too!?"

"Yes they--!" Mom stopped mid-sentence. "What do you mean 'changed too'...?" Me and spike both looked at the elements. Mom gasped at what she saw. "What happened to the elements of harmony!?"

"I don't know..." I sighed. "I saw them like this last night..."

"Last... Night..." Twilight froze in shock. She then levitated me on to her back and quickly ran out the door. "Let's go Spike!" As we ran out, me and Spike saw Rarity with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark, trying to control the weather.

"Where are we going!?" Spike exclaimed trying to keep up with mom.

"Fluttershy's cottage.. Or..."

"What is it?"

"When I asked where Rainbow Dash was, Rarity told me that she was at her cottage! Rainbow Dash's cottage!" She exclaimed. "I have a very bad feeling about this..."

As mom ran, I could see how nervous she was. "Mom, please calm down... I'm sure you can fix it." I stopped when I saw we were close to Fluttershy's cottage. Mom knocked on the door and to her surprise, Rainbow Dash was the one who answered.

"Hey guys..." Rainbow said sticking her head out the door.

"Rainbow Dash, what's going on? Why aren't you controlling the weather?" Mom asked. Just as Rainbow was about to answer, there was a loud noise coming from inside, and Rainbow ran back in. "And what is going on in... Here...?" Mom said in shock looking at the mess of animals running around. Rainbow Dash was desperately trying to calm the animals down inside, but putting them in the wrong cages and just having a hard time.

"Mom, I'm gonna go find my friends... I want to make sure that they're okay." I said about to walk out the door.

"Wait! Crystal, are you sure? It could be dangerous!" Mom exclaimed.

"I know, but that's why I have to make sure they're ok!" I exclaimed running out the door.

"Crystal!" Mom exclaimed, but I just kept running. Please, please be okay... I ran as fast as I could to the closest friend's house. "Where to go, where to go..." I said looking around. I then saw Rarity again as she was making the clouds in the sky into a checkered pattern. "Rarity?"

She looked down at me surprised. "Oh Crystal! What brings you here darling?"

"Have you seen Sweetie Belle?"

"I can't say that I have... Why don't you check Pinkie Pie's farm?" She said getting back to the weather.

"Pinkie Pie's farm??" I exclaimed and ran towards 'Pinkie's' farm. This is crazy! All of this happening because of a single spell!? I just kept running until finally I reached the farm. "Sweetie Belle?? Applebloom??" I called out looking for them. "Scootaloo??" I heard sounds coming from the trees, but when I turned to look, I saw Pinkie Pie except her hair and tail was flat. "Pinkie Pie!?" I exclaimed running to her. "What happened to you!?"

"Oh hi Crystal." She sighed. "Nothing, just having trouble getting apples..."

"There's no apples in that tree though..." I said pointing at the empty tree.

"Oh... That explains it..." She sighed moving to a different tree. "If you're looking for applebloom, she's in the barn with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle."

I nodded and ran into the barn, only to find the three confused and scared. "Girls?..."

They both looked at me and quickly hugged me. "Crystal!" They exclaimed.

"We're so happy that nothing happened to you!"

"I'm just happy you're all ok!" I hugged them all.

"So what happened? Where's my big sis?" Applebloom asked.

"You didn't see her this morning?" I asked.

"No... She just vanished."

"And Rarity was trying to control the weather when I woke up..." Sweetie Belle added.

"She still is..." I sighed. "And right now, mom is trying to fix all of this." Just as I was about to sit down, we saw Silver Spoon run into the barn. "What are you doing here??"

"It's the weather... It's too crazy out there!" Silver Spoon said. "Diamond Tiara is still out there, she wouldn't listen when I told her that we should find some place safe to be!"

I looked down for a moment. "Well if you ask me, she'll get what she deserves if she gets hurt!" Scootaloo exclaimed. I then ran outside as fast as I could. "Crystal where are you going!?"

"I'm going to find her." I said and continued running. "She shouldn't be too far away..." I kept looking around for her and finally saw her walking through town. "Diamond Tiara!" I exclaimed running to her.

"Huh?" She said and turned to me. But in a split second, there was a bolt of lightning about to hit her... I managed to save her and push her out of the way...

"Aahhhhhh!!" I exclaimed as the lightning bolt hit me instead.

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She... She saved me...? I thought to myself in shock looking down at her. But... Why would she save me?? I've only been mean to her! I just kept looking down at her... I started to feel worried about her. "Help!!" Was the first the I shouted. "Somepony please help..!!" I looked around and panicked. I then just started pulling her from her shirt through town, hoping to find a place safe enough... Or at least find a doctor. As I looked around, I could see Spike outside the library. "Hey!!"

"Huh?" Spike said looking at me but then looked at Crystal. "CRYSTAL!!" He exclaimed running to the both of us. "What happened to her!?" He exclaimed. "What did you do!?"

"I didn't do anything!!" I exclaimed. "She... She saved me..." I sighed. "A bolt of lightning was about to hit me but she got in the way..."

Spike put his ear to Crystal's chest. "She's still alive..."

"Where's Twilight??"

"She's got problems of her own!" He exclaimed picking up crystals legs. "Come on! We need to get her to a doctor!" I nodded and helped pick her up, running to find the nearest doctor with Spike. As we were searching for one, we saw nurse Red Heart. "Wait!"

"Huh?" The nurse said looking at us. "Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed.

"Please, you need to help her! She was struck by lightning!" I exclaimed putting her down.

The nurse then levitated Crystal on to her back. "I'll do everything that I can." She then started running toward the hospital.

"Crystal... I'm so sorry..." I sighed as a tear dripped down my face.

"You should consider yourself lucky..." Spike said looking at me.

"Huh?..."

"If it wasn't for Crystal, YOU would be the one going into the hospital!" Spike exclaimed angrily at me. "Despite the fact that you were just a bully to her, she STILL helped you!"

"I know..." I sighed. "I'm sorry..."

A True (True) Friend part 2

Twilight and her friends went into her house, all with their elements of harmony and their cutie marks back to their original state. Twilight picked up the notebook with the realization of how to fix the spell that Starswirl the bearded could not. “From all of us together, together we’re friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end.” She said writing it down and dotting it at the end. All of a sudden, her element of harmony began to glow. Then the five other elements shot five beams directly at Twilight. When the light dimmed down, the five remaining ponies looked in shock as Twilight was nowhere to be seen.

“W-where did she go!?” Applejack exclaimed.

“I… I don’t know…!!” Fluttershy exclaimed starting to panic.

The five ponies ran outside, thinking maybe she teleported out there. “Twilight??” Rainbow Dash called out.

“What’s going on now!?” Spike exclaimed running to them.

“The elements of harmony went crazy, and made Twilight disappear!” Rainbow answered. She then paused when she saw a pink filly slowly walk behind Spike. “Hey, don’t I know you?”

Diamond Tiara nodded slowly. “I go to Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo’s school… I’m Diamond Tiara…”

“What in tarnation are you doin’ here?!” Applebloom exclaimed.

“Yeah, and where’s Crystal!? She told us she was looking for you!” Scootaloo exclaimed as well.

Diamond Tiara simply put her head down. “She’s… she’s...”

“She’s what??” Rainbow Dash blurted out. “Spit it out already!”

“She’s in the hospital…” A tear could be seen going down Diamond Tiara’s face, while everypony else’s reaction went into shock and sadness. “She saved me from a lightning bolt… but she got hit instead…”

“You… you..!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “How could you let that happen to her!?”

“I wasn’t even paying attention to the weather, I didn’t know!” Diamond Tiara exclaimed. “She pushed me out of the way before I even knew what was going on!” She looked down again. “I don’t know why… why would she save me…”

“Because that’s what a true friend does…” Applejack answered.

“But… I wasn’t…”

“You may not have acted kindly to her,” Rarity started. “But that doesn’t stop her from being kind to others.”

“Rarity is right…” Sweetie Belle added. “Crystal is kind and caring… she didn’t want you or anypony getting hurt.”

Diamond Tiara looked down again as more tears dripped from her face. “I’m sorry…” she said looking up at the three crusaders. “All of you, I’m so sorry…” The three didn’t respond. Instead they had a look of somewhat shock on their faces. “I’ll do my best so that I can make it up to you…” She sighed and walked away.

“I… can’t believe this is all happening…” Applejack put her head down. But just as she did, there was an enormous flash coming from the sky, and what looking like Twilight Sparkle’s cutie mark, coming down to the ground. “Twilight…? Is that you..??” Applejack asked as the light faded. As Twilight got up, she then extended her new wings, leaving the other ponies in shock. “I… I’ve never seen anything like it…” Applejack said.

“Twilight’s got wings!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed but her excitement quickly went back down and she looked away for a moment.

“Wow…” Fluttershy started. “You look just like a princess.”

“That’s because she is a princess…” Celestia said flying down.

“Huh??” Everypony said in unison.

“Hold on a second…!” Pinkie said as she pulled out a glass of water and pretty much did a spit take.

“A… A Princess…?” Twilight let out.

Celestia placed a hoof on Twilight. “Since you’ve come to Ponyville, you displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course the leadership of a true princess.”

“But… does this mean I won’t be your student anymore…?” Twilight asked.

“Not in the same way as before.” Celestia answered. “I’ll still be here to help and guide you, but we’re all your students now too.” She bowed her head “You are an inspiration to us all Twilight…” everypony else and Spike bowed as well… however with concerned looks on their faces.

“Hang on a second…” Twilight said looking around. “Where’s Crystal…?” she asked looking at the three crusaders. “She told me she was going to find you… where is she…?”

“Twilight…” Spike spoke out. “I’m really sorry…”

“Spike, where is she…!?” tears could be seen starting to form in Twilight’s eyes.

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I ran toward the direction of the hospital as quick as I could with everypony, including Princess Celestia, following me. Please… please be alright…! I thought to myself as tears were practically streaming down my face. I soon ran into the hospital. “Where is she!?” was the first thing I yelled out. “Where’s Crystal!?”

Nurse Redheart came out with a look of worry. “She’s… going to be okay but she was struck by lightning, Twilight… she might need to stay in the hospital for some time…”

“No please, you have to let me take care of her at home… I’ll find a spell, anything to help her!”

“Twilight…” Redheart sighed.

“And another thing, how did she even get electrocuted!? I thought she was with her friends!”

“I’m not sure but you can go visit her if you’d like… she already has a guest in there with her though.”

“A guest…?” I stopped and looked at the three fillies behind me. “Who came to visit her…?”

“She told me her name was… Diamond Tiara…?”

“What!?” I exclaimed. “Where’s Crystal’s room!?”

“It’s… on the second floor…”

Without another second of hesitation, I quickly ran up the stairs and looked through the hallway until I found Crystal’s room… along with Diamond Tiara sitting by her side. Is she… crying…?

Diamond Tiara slowly turned to me and immediately started feeling nervous. “I didn’t do this to her, I swear! A lightning bolt hit her when she was saving me!”

All I could do was stare at her and back at my daughter. I slowly walked up to Crystal and sat next to Diamond Tiara. “Thank you… for being here…” I quietly said to her.

Diamond Tiara tilted her head looking at me. “Since… when did you have wings…?” she asked.

“About… 10 minutes ago… I’m a princess now.” Saying this made Diamond Tiara become totally shocked.

“A… princess…?” She let out. “You’re a princess now?!”

I just nodded again… more focused on Crystal.

Celestia slowly walked into the room looking down at Crystal. “Nurse, may I ask you to step out of the room for a moment?” Celestia asked.

“Princess… what are you doing?” I asked looking up at her.

“Twilight… I need you to touch your horn to mine.”

“What??”

“If you want her to be alright, do not ask questions.” Celestia said sternly.

I nodded and slowly touched my horn to Celestia’s, unsure of what she was planning. Diamond Tiara just stared at us in confusion. As I waited for something to happen, I could see that Celestia was starting her spell. What ever she was doing, it sent a sort of beam right on Crystal’s forehead. Slowly I could see Crystal’s burn mark start to fade, but at the same time, Celestia looked like she was struggling. After a few moments, the spell stopped, and our horns weren’t touching anymore. “Princess Celestia… how did you…?”

“It’s a very powerful spell… a bit hard for me to use on my own.” Celestia answered.

Just as I was about to speak, I saw Crystal open her eyes slowly. “W...what happened…?” Crystal asked looking around. “And Where am I…?”

“Oh, Crystal…!” I exclaimed hugging her in my arms. “Thank goodness you’re alright…” Tears were still dripping from my face.

“Where’s… Diamond Tiara…?” she asked. I let go letting her see Diamond Tiara. “I’m sorry that I pushed you…”

This time, to my surprise, Diamond Tiara was the one who ran up to her and hugged her. “I’m really sorry about how i acted in school!” she said in tears. “I’m so sorry, and I want you to go back!”

“You… want me to go back to the school…?”

“Yes! Please, you’re the first pony to do something like that for me…”

“I was… only trying to help you.” Crystal started slowly getting up. “I didn’t want you getting hurt.”

“I know…” Diamond Tiara sighed. “And this time, I truly want us to be friends… no tricks this time.”

Both me and Celestia smiled at them. “We’re proud of you both…”

Crystal slowly got out of bed and rubbed her eyes. “This is a crazy dream…”

“Wait… huh?” I asked in confusion.

“Well you don’t have wings mom…”

I looked back at my wings for a second. “Uh… actually Crystal, this isn’t a dream… and I really do have wings.”

“Huh!?” She asked in shock. “How!?”

“Well… that notebook you saw last night? This is what was supposed to happen when the spell was completed.”

Crystal slowly walked up to me in awe as she slowly placed her hands on my wings, feeling them. “Wow…” I couldn’t help but giggle.

“S-stop that tickles…” I giggled more.

“Twilight…” Celestia interrupted. “I think it’s time we got ready to head for Canterlot.”

“For what?”

“Your coronation of course.”

“Oh, right…” I sighed.

“Something the matter?”

“No, I’m just thinking of how much different things are going to be from now on…”

“I don’t think things will be too different.” Celestia smiled. “Trust me.”

“Alright…” i said picking Crystal up. “Come on, we both have to get ready to go.”

“Mom?” Crystal asked as we were walking to the lobby. “What’s a coronation?”

“Well… have you ever read stories about princesses?” Crystal nodded at my question. “Well… I technically am a princess now.”

“What!?” Crystal exclaimed falling off of me. “You’re a princess!?” I nodded blushing. “That’s so cool!!” She exclaimed jumping on my back again.

As we walked into the lobby, we were greeted by all of my friends waiting patiently for us. “CRYSTAL!!” They all exclaimed running up to her.

“We’re so happy you’re okay!..” Fluttershy exclaimed hugging her.

“We were so worried about you…!” Applejack exclaimed as well.

"Thanks everyone... It means a lot to me." Crystal said returning the hug. She turned back to Diamond Tiara hugging her as well, leaving the other thee crusaders shocked and confused. I smiled at her as she got back on my back. "I'll see you in school girls."

Diamond Tiara smiled. "I'll be looking forward to it..."

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Everypony in Canterlot, Ponyville, and the Crystal empire were gathered in the same place that Shining Armor and Princess Caddnce were married. Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were all wearing a ceremonial garb. Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Crystal were all standing to the right of Celestia and Cadence, all dressed up as well. Crystal being dressed up in a custom outfit that Rarity made specifically for her.

"We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentus occasion." Celestia started "My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna. But today Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary! She created new magic, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest princess!" Twilight's mother could be seen crying tears of joy... So could Crystal. "Fillies and gentle colts, may I present for the very first time... Princess Twilight Sparkle!" Celestia said as Twilight walked in through the door with eight ponies following her. They chanted as Twilight made her way to Princess Celestia and received her crown from Spike. Twilight looked back at her friends and her daughter who couldn't be happier to see her this way. She then started to walk toward the balcony and faced most of the pony population. "Say something, Princess." Celestia nudged Twilight.

"Oh, um..." Twilight said turning back to the ponies. "A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia sent me to live in Ponyville. She sent me to study friendship... Which is something I didn't care much about." She turned and motioned her friends and and daughter to step forward. "But now on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here right now if it weren't for the friendships I made with all of you." Twilight said as her friends started to go into tears themselves. "Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful." She turned back to all the ponies below. "Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you friends... Thank you everypony!" She exclaimed as everypony bellow cheered for her.

Twilight slowly started making her way back in the room until she was greeted by her older brother, Shining Armor and Cadance. "Twilight!" He exclaimed. "I'm so proud of you!" He said as a tear escaped from his eye.

"Are you crying?" Twilight asked with a grin.

"Of course not!" Shining said rubbing his eyes. "It's... It's liquid pride! Totally a different thing." They both started laughing. Shining stopped and looked at Crystal. "So you must be Crystal..." He said getting close to her smiling. "I'm Twiley's brother, Shining Armor."

"Twiley?" Crystal asked giggling.

"It's just a... Name he game me." Twilight said blushing.

Crystal turned back to Shining. "Does this mean that you're my uncle...?"

"That's right." Cadence answered with a smile. "And I'm your aunt as well. My name is--"

"Cadence?" Crystal asked.

Cadence giggled and nodded. "It's good to officially meet you for the first time." Without warning, Crystal hugged both Shining and Cadence as they both shared a laugh. Suddenly two more ponies walked up to Crystal and Twilight.

"Mom... Dad..." Twilight said hugging the both of them.

"We're so proud of you sweet heart..." Twilights mom said in tears.

"Mom? Dad? There's someone that I want you to officially meet." Twilight moved aside revealing Crystal. "This is Crystal... My daughter." Both her mother and father looked down at Crystal in shock.

"This... Is her...?" Twilights dad asked.

Crystal looked down embarrassed by the first response.

"She looks... Beautiful." Her mom added with a smile which made Crystal smile back at her.

"You really think I'm beautiful...?" Crystal asked.

Twilights mom smiled and pulled Crystal close to her. "Of course you are..." She looked back up at Twilight. "Take good care of her Twilight... She needs you."

Twilight smiled and nodded. "Don't worry mom... I'll take good care of her."

Through The Mirror

A few months have passed, and things couldn't be going any smoother. Crystal is learning so much in school without the worries of bullies messing around with her all the time. Diamond Tiara and her have actually become very close friends. Her vocabulary has also been getting better. She's been so happy with her life in Equestria, and I'm happy with her here. Unfortunately... Nothing is always easy. Princess Celestia had just sent me a letter regarding important princess matters in the Crystal Empire. I have no idea what she has in store for me, but I'm not going to do this alone.

"Mom look! Everything is so pretty!" Crystal exclaimed as the train slowed to a stop near the Crystal Empire.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire..." I smiled as we walked out of the train.

"Oh, everything is as beautiful and dazzling as before!" Rarity exclaimed.

As we were walking, applejack spoke out. "Gosh... You must be over the moon, Twilight."

"Oh, I am excited but... To be honest, I'm a little nervous too..."

"You're nervousited!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "It just makes you wanna jump up and down and yell 'YAY ME!'" She stops. "But it also makes you wanna curl up into a little ball at the same time...!" She says curling up into a ball and standing back up. "We've all been there!"

"I'm there almost everyday..." Fluttershy said looking away.

"You've got no reason to fret, Twi." Applejack started. "Everything's gonna be just..."

"TWILIGHT!!" Rarity exclaimed running up to me. "Oh, sorry darling, but I just realized you aren't wearing your crown!... You haven't forgotten it back in Ponyville have you??"

"It's in my bag..." I sighed. "I just feel a little uncomfortable wearing it. Plus I haven't really gotten used to these yet..." I said trying to fly but falling flat to the ground.

"You are a princess now Twilight, embrace it!" Rarity exclaimed. "I'm telling you, if I had a crown like that, I would never take it off. Why I'd sleep in the thing!"

I rolled my eyes until I saw Crystal going through my bag. "Sweetie, what are you doing?" I then saw her pulling out my crown.

She then placed it on her head with a goofy grin on her face. "Am I a princess too?"

Me and my friends couldn't help but laugh. "Yes, you're my little princess." I giggled and pulled her into a hug.

We then started to walk into the castle. As we did, I showed Crystal a few things in the castle. She just listened, excited to hear every word. Eventually we found our way into Princess Cadence's chamber. "Twilight!" She exclaimed hugging me. "I haven't seen you since the coronation!" She moved over to see Crystal. "And it's wonderful to see you again as well Crysta--" she stopped and noticed Crystal was wearing my crown. "Isn't that your moms crown?"

"Yup! Mom says I'm a princess too!" Crystal beamed.

Cadence giggled. "You certainly are."

Celestia smiled walking up to us. "We have so much to discuss. But it can wait. You all look tired from your journey. Now off to bed, all of you."

We all bowed, and turned walking toward our rooms. "I can't believe its so late already..." I yawned. I looked at Crystal who used her magic to levitate herself onto my back.

"Whoo wee! I can't believe how good she is at magic!" Applejack exclaimed.

"I practice every day!" Crystal exclaimed. "I saw Pumpkin Cake do it... So I thought it shouldn't be that hard."

"Wait, isn't Pumpkin a foal...?" Rainbow asked.

"Yup!"

"How the hay could... I'm not even gonna ask." Rainbow said rubbing the top of her head. "I don't need any headaches... Anymore anyways..."

We all shared a laugh before we went into our separate rooms. Crystal and Spike both stayed with me of course. I sighed placing the crown on my head.

"What's wrong Twilight?" Spike asked.

"I don't know Spike... I'm just worried I guess. Princess Cadence was given the Crystal Empire to rule over... What if now that I'm a princess, Celestia would want me to lead a kingdom of my own!?"

"That. Would. Be. Awesome!" He exclaimed.

"No. It. Would. Not!" I exclaimed rubbing my forehead. "Just because I have this crown and these wings, it doesn't mean I'll be a good leader."

"I think you would," Crystal spoke out. "You're in charge of a lot of things at home."

"She's got a point." Spike added and yawned. "But come on, we all need to get some shut-eye... Big day tomorrow." I nodded as both me and Crystal got in the same bed. I closed my eyes.... Trying desperately to get comfortable! "Just, tuck..." I said trying to fold my wings rolling around in bed. "Just trying to get comfortable...!" I closed my wings and shut my eyes... Until they shot open again. "UGH!!"

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I couldn't sleep. I was just too excited! I don't know why Princess Celestia said we were tired, I have so much energy! I got up and walked around to see if I could tire myself out. Suddenly I could hear the door slowly open and I ran back into bed before anyone could see me. I carefully took a peek at who came in. I looked like a pony with a cloak. I saw the pony slowly walk up to the bed and toward the crown. What is she... I then saw her levitate the crown and replace it with one that looks the same! She's stealing mom's crown!! "Stop!!" I exclaimed shocking the intruder and waking mom up.

Mom yawned waking up and looked at the intruder in shock. "My crown! She's got my crown!!" The intruder then ran out as me and mom ran after her. "Stop!! Thief!!" The others walked out of their rooms in confusion. "She's stolen my crown!!" Mom exclaimed as we all were now chasing after her. Mom teleported ahead and caught up to her, but the intruder teleported I front of her, revealing that it was an orange unicorn with red and yellow hair. She kept running as mom followed in aggravation. She then tackled the unknown unicorn into another room as the crown bounced off the walls and into a mirror. "What did you do with my crown!?"

"Sorry that it had to be this way, Princess!" The intruder exclaimed teleporting in front of the mirror and jumping through it. Leaving everypony speechless.

"Who was that...?" Fluttershy asked.

"Princess Celestia!!" Mom exclaimed and ran toward Celestia's room.

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"Sunset Shimmer... A former student of mine." Celestia explained. “She began her studies with me not long before Twilight. But when she did not get something as quickly as she liked, she turned cruel and dishonest. I tried to help her, but she eventually decided to abandon her studies and pursue her own path. One that has sadly lead her to stealing your crown.”

“She replaced Twilight’s with this one…” Spike said showing her the fake crown.

“I suppose Sunset Shimmer thought you wouldn’t notice right away that this was not yours. And by the time you did, it would be too late to go after your crown and element of harmony.”

"But I don't understand..." Mom started. "Where did she go? Where did she take the crown??"

Celestia lead her into a different room. "You'll soon know more about this place than even I do." She said walking into the room with the mirror, Luna already there.

"This is no ordinary mirror. It is a gateway into another world. A gateway that opens once, every thirty moons."

“Sparkly!” Pinkie exclaimed placing her hoof on the mirror while Luna slowly moved her away with a mused look on her face.

“It has always been kept in the throne room of Canterlot Castle.” Luna continued. “But when Princess Cadence took over the Crystal Empire, we sent it here for her to watch over.”

Celestia sighed. "I had always hoped that Sunset Shimmer would some day use it to return… to come back to Equestria seeking my guidance. Obviously, this is not what has happened…”

"Twilight… you must use the mirror to go into this other world and retrieve your crown. Without it, the other elements of harmony have no power and Equestria is left without one of its most important means of defense.”

"Your crown does not belong in the place Sunset Shimmer now calls home." Luna said. “And in her possession your element of harmony will no doubt be used to bring harm to the inhabitants of this other realm. They will not have the power to defend themselves.”

"Do you understand the importance of your task?" Celestia asked.

"Of course," mom answered.

"Good... Then you must go at once." Mom sighed as she was about to walk in through the portal.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Rainbow dash cut in front of her. "If she's goin, we're goin with her! Right girls?"

"Ooohhh! I'm so nervousited!!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"You do realize that's not a real word, right?" Applejack asked.

Mom just smiled until... "I'm afraid I can't let you go." Celestia spoke out. She then explained the consequences of moms friends going.

Mom sighed as she looked back at all of us and slowly walked through the mirror... Her and Spike ran through. "Spike!!" Everypony exclaimed... "CRYSTAL!!" They exclaimed as well as I followed them.

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"Ugh..." I groaned opening my eyes.

"Uh... Twilight?"

"Huh?" I said looking around. "Spike...? You're not supposed to--" I stopped mid sentence when I saw him. "Spike... Are you a dog??"

"I.. Think so..." Spike said looking at himself. "But... You may want to look at yourself...!"

I slowly raised my... Hands!? I screamed at the top of my lungs but quickly covered my mouth. I just kept examining my body in a sort of panic. “W..what happened!? Why am I a human!?” Suddenly there was another scream behind the statue… “That sounded like…” I slowly got up trying to keep my balance. “Oh… my…” I looked down only to find a tan colored unicorn with brown hair. She looked about the same size as the crusaders. “C… Crystal…?”

“Huh?” She said looking up at me in shock. “You’re human now!?”

“Y-you’re a pony now!” I exclaimed back, “A unicorn!”

“Huh!?” Crystal exclaimed examining her own body now. “But… how!?”

“I don’t know… but it must have something to do with the portal that sent us from Equestria.” I huffed. “We need to find my crown as soon as we can and get back there!” I said looking at the building in front of me. “I suggest we start searching the castle first.” I started running on all fours with Spike and Crystal on top of me… until I saw another human looking at me strangely.

“Yeah, I don’t think that's how the new you is supposed to--” I quickly got on two legs dusting myself off.

As I was about to head toward the castle again, I could see Crystal struggling to walk like a pony. “One step at a time sweet heart… take it slowly.” I said comforting her. Eventually, with a little practice she did start to walk a little better.

“This feels so different…” Crystal let out.

As we walked up to the door I attempted to use my magic to teleport in… only slam into the glass door. “Hmm…” I concentrated hard but nothing happened. “My magic… it isn’t working!”

“Makes sense… you haven’t exactly had practice without your horn.” Spike said.

“I guess you have a point…” I sighed.

“I can do it!” Crystal exclaimed using her magic to open the door.

“This is beyond unfair…” i sighed as Spike and Crystal followed. I looked around the ‘castle’ and walked up to what looked like a trophy case. “What do you think Spike? Are there any artifacts that she’s stolen from Equestria?” Just as I asked my question, we all heard a bell ring. Suddenly a large number of humans started passing through the halls. “Huh??” I said trying to make my way through, holding both Spike and Crystal. I was knocked onto the ground and I tried crawling my way out… until I bumped into someone’s leg.

“Whoa!” The boy exclaimed. “You okay?” he asked holding his hand out to me… I cautiously took his hand standing up and nodded. I then noticed was was looking intently at Crystal.

“Oh! this is uh… my toy!” I exclaimed with a sheepish smile.

The boy shrugged. “Alright then. See you later.” he walked away.

“I don’t think this is a castle…” Spike said.

Author's Notes:

Oh the irony... well, can't wait to see how THIS ends up like! until then, UnlewashedTwilight Signing off.

Honesty

I sighed walking around the building I thought was a castle. "How am I going to find my crown in this place?"

"I know!" Crystal jumped from my arms. "We can split up!" She began running.

"Wait!" I ran after her. "Come back here!!"

"Oh... I'm really sorry." A familiar voice said which made me stop in place. "I didn't know you had dropped it..." I looked around the corner in disbelief. Is that...? No, it can't be...

"Well I did, and I would've gotten it back if you hadn't ruined everything! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you." The red and yellow haired girl stated.

"It... Doesn't really belong to you either..."

"Excuse me!?" She exclaimed causing the pink haired girl to recoil and lower herself down.

"N...nothing..."

I was getting angrier every second she spoke... Until I saw a tan colored unicorn walking right toward them. "Oh no...!"

The pink haired girl looked down at Crystal and gasped. "Oh my goodness!" She said moving the red haired girl aside, picking Crystal up. "What's a little pony doing here??" She couldn't help but giggle seeing her horn. "And who put this fake horn on her?"

Please don't speak. Please don't speak. Please don't speak!! I kept screaming in my head.

"Gosh, you really are pathetic! It's no wonder your best friends are all stray animals." The red haired girl snapped.

That's where I draw the line... "How dare you speak to her that way!" I said walking in their sight.

"What did you say...?" She asked walking to me.

"I said how dare you speak to her that way!!" I exclaimed walking to her as well.

"Hmph... You must be new here." She smirked. "I can talk to anyone any way I want..." She quickly glared at some boy and walked past him.

"I can't believe you did that." The pink haired girl said still holding Crystal.

"Well I couldn't just stand there." I said turning to them.

"It's just that, nobody stands up to Sunset Shimmer..."

"Sunset Shimmer??"

"You've heard of her?"

"Sort of..."

"I don't think I've seen you around before." The girl added. "Did you just transfer to Canterlot High from another school?"

"Um yes... Another... School..." I cleared my throat. "My name's Twilight."

"I'm... Fluttershy..." The girl whispered.

"I'm sorry, didn't quite get that."

"It's Fluttershy." She said quietly again.

"It sounds like you're saying--"

"Fluttershy!?" Crystal exclaimed.

Aggghh!! Why!?

"Who... Who said that...??" Fluttershy asked looking around.

"I'm in your arms!" Fluttershy slowly looked back down to the pony in her arms. "I can't believe it's really you!!"

"I.. It's... T-t-talking..." Fluttershy said in disbelief. I took this chance to slowly take Crystal into my arms.

"Fluttershy...? I really Need you to calm down for a minute..." I sighed. "Sunset Shimmer said that you found something... Something that belonged to her. It wasn't a crown was it...?" Fluttershy nodded still too in shock to question how I knew it was a crown. "Do you still have it?" She shook her head no. "Well... Do you know where it is?"

Fluttershy nodded. "I gave the crown to... Um... Principal Celestia..."

"Principal Celestia?? She's the ruler here?"

"You... Could say that." Fluttershy said starting to calm down. "Technically she and Vice Principal Luna do make the rules..."

"Where is she right now?"

"She should be in her office... Third door on your left." Just as I was about to run. "Oh wait! You're really not supposed to have pets on school grounds." She said referring to Spike and Crystal. "Might wanna tuck them into your backpack... That's what I do."

"She's not my pet, she's my--... My... Uh..."

"I'm her daugh--!" I covered Crystals mouth smiling sheepishly.

Fluttershy could be seen rubbing her eyes. "A talking... Pony..."

"I don't think I can fit in there with Spike..." Crystal sighed. "Can't you just carry me around?"

"Crystal, I can't just carry you! It would be obvious!"

"I could look after her..." Fluttershy spoke out. "I'm going to my next class, but my teacher knows that I bring animals with me, and he's fine with it. I'm sure he wouldn't notice another one."

"You're telling me that he won't notice a pony with a horn." I mused.

"Why does she have a horn anyways?..."

I sighed. "Well you heard her talk so I might as well tell you..." I sighed again. "She isn't just a pony, she's... A unicorn." As soon as I said that, I heard Fluttershy laughing. "Huh?"

"Twilight, unicorns don't exist."

"Why else do you think she has a horn??"

Fluttershy looked down and tried to take the 'fake' horn off. "Ow ow ow ow ow!!" Crystal exclaimed.

"Huh!?" Fluttershy went into shock again.

"I told you she was a unicorn..." I sighed.

"B-but--!" Fluttershy was interrupted when the bell rang. "I have more questions... I'll get back to you at lunch." She started running to her class.

"This... Can only end badly...!" I held my head feeling stressed.

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"So this is what a high school is like." I said still being carried by Fluttershy.

"Y...yes..." She said still running.

“I didn’t think I would go to a high school until I was older.”

“They have high school for unicorns…?”

“Well, I don’t know about that, but I was talking about when I was human.” Fluttershy froze in place. “What’s wrong??”

“You’re telling me that you used to be human??”

“Yeah… a little girl. And Twilight was actually a Unicorn… well, now she has wings too and she's a princess but--”

“WHAT!??” Fluttershy exclaimed. “You’re saying that Twilight is a… Pony Princess!?”

“That’s what she’s supposed to be. I’m supposed to be human right now.” I sighed. “Me and mom are trying to get the crown back from here.”

“Wait… did you just say… ‘mom’...?”

“She adopted me sort of…” I looked down. “She found me in my world and saw that I had no family…”

“Oh my goodness…” Fluttershy started walking again. “I’m so sorry to hear about that…”

“Hey… can you keep everything I told you a secret from everyone else…? I think mom got a little upset when I talked to you…”

Fluttershy smiled at me. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone…" she said walking into her class. "It's not like I have friends to tell..."

"Huh??"

"What?"

"But... What about--"

"Miss. Fluttershy... Another animal I see?" The male teacher said.

"Oh uh... Yes Mr. Discord..."

"Well, remember what I told you about them..."

"I know," Fluttershy nodded. "Keep them hidden in case Principal Celestia comes..."

"And gets me in trouble again..." Discord said rolling his eyes.

As Fluttershy went to her seat, she kept hearing whispers from the other students... I could hear them too.

"Why does that pony have a fake horn?" A pink girl asked.

"It's... Just a costume..." Fluttershy said looking away.

"Fake?" A boy asked. "That looks pretty real to me."

"Please, what are you? 5?" The silver girl asked. "Unicorn horns aren't real."

"Fluttershy, could you please remove that horn from that pony's head so we can get on with our class?"

"I... I can't..." Fluttershy said starting to get nervous.

"And why not?"

"Because, it's... Stuck..."

"How can it be stuck?"

"Because I... Uh... Glued it to her head, that's it!" She smiled sheepishly.

Discord groaned and walked up to me. "Here, let me help..." Discord said picking me up.

Uh oh! Not again! He started pulling hard on my horn. I opened my mouth in pain trying to not make a sound.

"Stop! You're hurting her!" Fluttershy exclaimed.

"Just... A little... More..." Then... There was a high pitched scream. Then everything went silent for a few minutes... Until Discord broke the silence looking down at me. "Since when do... Ponies scream?" He put me down. I just look up at him sweating bullets. Fluttershy looked almost the same.

"P-please just put her down..." Fluttershy said.

Discord instead pulled on the horn again. "Oowww!!"

"Did she just say ow!?" Discord exclaimed putting me down.

"Yes I said ow!!" I exclaimed leaving everyone in shock. "Oh what's the point... Yes I'm a talking unicorn ok!? Just stop pulling on my horn!!" Everyone, including Fluttershy and Discord stared at me mouth agape. "I... Think I should go..."

"Wait!" Fluttershy exclaimed picking me up. "You can't just go on your own! What if she see's you again...?"

"She?"

"Sunset Shimmer! You saw how mean she was!"

I sighed. "Alright... I'll stay..." Only because I'm not as strong as her... But I don't think I should tell the truth about Sunset Shimmer just yet.

"A unicorn... A real unicorn..." Discord let out. "Where did you find her Fluttershy?"

"Well... Actually, she found me..." Fluttershy started. "Sunset Shimmer saw her too and she thought she was just a pony too I guess..."

"Well, what's her name?"

"Crystal!" I exclaimed with a beaming smile. "Crystal Sparkle!"

"And what do you do Crystal?"

"Well..." I said putting a hoof to my head. "If I show you, do you all promise to keep it secret...?" Everyone nodded still in shock. "Okay!"

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“Let’s see… there should be a bathroom here somewhere…” I said looking around the building.

“Hey! did you hear?” A student exclaimed running to me.

“Uh… no?” I said rubbing the back of my head. “Hear what?”

“There’s a magic pony in science class right now! I’m going to check it out!” the student exclaimed running to the direction of the class.

I can’t help but twitch a little. “CRYSTAL!!!” I exclaimed before running to the same direction that student was going. Why!? Talking to Fluttershy is one thing, but showing an entire class that you have magic!? I’ll never be able to get my crown back at this rate! Oh Crystal you are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!! I thought to myself following the student. It didn’t take too long for the student to find the class. As he walked in, I followed and saw Crystal… levitating multiple items in the air. “Oh… my…” I said to myself wide eyed.

“This is so cool!” A student said.

“Magic actually exists!” says another.

“Well Crystal, I must say that I’m very impressed!” Discord said with a grin on his face. “If had that sort of power, I would do so much with it…”

Crystal giggled. “Thanks Discord.”

“CRYSTAL!!” I exclaimed at the top of my lungs.

Crystal shrieked and looked back at me dropping everything that she was levitating. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” I walked up to her picking her up. “Wait! I’m really sorry!” She exclaimed.

"Excuse me, who exactly are you?" Discord asked.

"Twilight Sparkle, sir. And this little pony is with me." I said walking out the class. "I'm sorry for all the trouble..."

"Trouble?? She's absolutely wonderful!" Discord exclaimed.

"Huh?"

"She is an absolute marvel! Please, as part of this science class you MUST let us know more about her."

"I'm sorry, but I don't think that's such a--"

"Please?? It's not hurting anyone!" Crystal begged.

"Crystal..."

"Or do I really have to call you the M word in front of everyone?" Crystal frowned.

"You. Wouldn't. Dare...!" I whispered to her.

"Hey everyone!" Crystal exclaimed. "Did I ever tell you that Twilight--"

"Okay! Okay!" I said covering her mouth and putting her down. She just walked to the front of the class again.

"Now Crystal..." Discord cleared his throat. "Why don't you tell the class where you're from?"

I sighed at least Sunset Shimmer isn't in this class. I thought to myself looking around the room.

"Well..." Crystal started. "I come from a land called Equestria. Ponyville to be exact. There are a lot of different towns and cities in Equestria. There are four different kinds of ponies; regular ponies, pegasai, unicorns, and alicorns... But there aren't many alicorns in Equestria. I've only seen four alicorns... My mom included. Alicorns in Equestria are actually princesses."

"Fascinating!" Discord let out. "And your mother is really a princess?"

"Mhm." Crystal nodded.

"Now tell us... How did you get here?"

"Well... You know that statue in front of the school?"

Oh no!! Don't tell them THAT!! I couldn't stop shaking because I knew I couldn't stop her either. Otherwise there would be too many questions!

"The statue of the horse? What about it?" Discord asked.

"Well, the statue is a portal... The princess said that the portal opens every 30 moons I think..." Crystal said putting a hoof on her head.

"A... Portal?!" Fluttershy exclaimed and looked right at me.

"That's absurd... I've seen that statue many times but I've NEVER noticed a portal or anything like one!" Discord said.

"I'll even show you!" Crystal said about to walk out the door.

"No you will not!!" I exclaimed picking her up. "You've told them too much already!"

"I was just gonna put my hoof in!"

"Do you know how serious that is!? Do you know what the princess would do if she saw ponies come out of that mirror in Equestria!?"

"Twilight... How do you know all this?" Discord asked crossing his arms with a disapproved look.

"Uh... I..." I stammered putting Crystal down again.

"Mom..." Crystal whispered. "Maybe things will be better if we just tell them the whole truth..."

"But Crystal, you don't know that...!" I whispered back.

"It's better than always lying... Plus it's annoying me and hurting my head."

I sighed. "You're right Crystal... honesty is important." I breathed in and turned to the class. "The reason I knew about what Crystal said is because... I'm from Equestria too." Everyone in the room gasped in shocked.

"No way!" A boy exclaimed. "You aren't even a pony!"

"That's because when we went through the portal, it changed me into a human..."

"And what about Crystal? Why is SHE still the same?"

"She isn't..." I paused. "Because she was human in Equestria..." I got a few shocked looks from the students. "And I'm raising her, as my daughter..." That time I got looks of complete disbelief.

"You're... Telling me that you're a princess...?" I nodded.

"A pony princess... raising a human daughter..." Discord let out. "It's unbelievable... Tell me, how did you find Crystal?"

"Well... When Princess Celestia sent me to this world the first time--"

"Wait wait wait... PRINCESS Celestia!?" Discord exclaimed. "You're telling me that she has even more power than she does now!?"

"Her and Princess Luna..."

"Oh of course..."

"As I was saying... When I was sent to this world the first time, it was for research. And during that visit, I found Crystal... All alone with no family or home..."

"Oh dear..."

"Of course I was a little nervous when I first saw her because I had never seen a human before... But I knew she was different from the others... So I offered her to come live with me in Equestria..."

"If you had never seen a human before, how did you walk?"

"Well, when Celestia sent me, I was still a pony..."

"Okay... One... Final question..." Discord started. "Why are you here now?"

I paused before I answered. "Sunset Shimmer..."

"You mean that ill mannered student?"

"She isn't a normal student..."'I started. "She came into Equestria and stole my crown in my sleep."

"How would she even know about Equestria...? I highly doubt that anyone knew it existed before you told us..."

"Because... Equestria is where she was born."

Her Horn

"You're telling me that Sunset Shimmer... is really a pony!?" Discord exclaimed.

"A unicorn to be exact..." I sighed.

"If that's true, then why leave?"

"Well, she used to be Princess Celestia's student like I was... But as time passed, she became cruel and dishonest... And for what reason she stole my crown, I'm not sure yet..."

"Could we see this portal where you came from?"

"I suppose..." I said rubbing my head. I then lead the entire class outside to where the statue was. At first everyone looked at it skeptically. I sighed and slowly pushed my hand against the portal, pushing it through. Everyone stared in shock.

"I... Can't believe it..." Fluttershy let out.

"All this time... How did nobody notice this?" Discord continued.

"It isn't open all the time... It only opens every 30 moons." I said.

Fluttershy slowly walked up to the portal as well, placing her hand through it. "Ah!" She exclaimed. "Where'd my fingers go?? I can't feel them!"

"That's because when going through the portal, you change... Ergo, your hand turned into a hoof." Without another word, the human Fluttershy jumped into the portal. "Fluttershy!"

"I'll get her!" Crystal exclaimed jumping through the portal as well.

"Ugh..." I face palmed.

"Where exactly does that portal lead to?" Discord asked.

"Into the Crystal Empire... Princess Cadence's castle to be exact."

"Will they be alright?"

"Don't worry... Crystal may be young, but she's a smart girl... I'm sure she can bring Fluttershy back safely."

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On the other side of the portal, Princess Cadence was the only pony there, waiting at the time. Shining Armor was keeping guard at the entrance of the castle. Princess Cadence sighed. "Please come home safe little sister..." Suddenly she could see a figure about to come through the portal. "Huh?"

Suddenly a yellow pegasus with the same clothes she wore in school slowly walked out of the portal on two legs quickly falling over to four. "H-huh...? Where am I...?"

"Fluttershy??" Cadence exclaimed. "What are you doing here??"

"Huh??" Fluttershy said looking at the pink alicorn princess. "W-who are you?? And how do you know my name??"

"Oof!" Crystal exclaimed hitting the back of Fluttershy. "Ow..." She said rubbing her face, and getting to her feet.

"Y... You really are human..." Fluttershy let out looking at Crystal. "Oh! Are you alright??"

"Yeah I'm fine..." She smiled sheepishly.

"Crystal? What's going on here?" Cadence asked.

"Oh, Cadence!" Crystal exclaimed. "This is Fluttershy... Well... Fluttershy from the world Mom went into. She isn't the same Fluttershy as the one that lives here."

"The one that... Lives here!?" Human Fluttershy exclaimed. "Neither of you mentioned that!!"

"Easy Fluttershy..." Cadence said. "You need to keep calm..."

Fluttershy stopped, sighed, and slowly looked at herself in the mirror. "Amazing..."

"Hey! What's going on in... Here?" Rainbow said flying in, followed by four other ponies. "Crystal? Fluttershy?... Wait..." Rainbow said turning to the Fluttershy behind her then quickly turning back to the human one. "Two Fluttershys!?"

"What?..." Pony Fluttershy said slowly walking up looking directly at her other self with wide eyes, the other Fluttershy having the same reaction. "H...how...?"

"A...another..." The human one continued.

"Me..." They both said in unison.

"Where... Did you come from?" Pony shy asked.

"I came out of the mirror... What do you do here?"

"I watch over animals in my cottage... Um... What are you wearing?"

"Oh... These are my clothes that I wear for school."

"School? You still have school?"

"You're saying you don't?"

"No, not at all."

"How do you make money?"

"I look after other ponies animals. What about you?"

"My mother helps me, or I babysit."

"Babysit?"

“You know, babies?”

“You mean like foals?”

“Right, like that.”

“Okay that’s enough…” Rainbow mused holding her head. “I’m getting a headache… surprisingly from two Fluttershy’s.”

“Oh, I’m sorry Rainbow Dash…” Pony Shy said.

“Rainbow Dash?” Human Shy said. “You’re actually friends with her?”

“What? Of course I’m friends with her. We’re all her friends.” Pony Shy said pointing at the rest of the group. “Me, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Twilight…”

“Hmph… I don’t see how you can be friends with Pinkie Pie. She has no respect for anything!”

“Huh?” Pinkie asked. “What did I do!?”

“The Pinkie in my world was supposed to help me with a silent auction, but instead made it loud and obnoxious!”

“I’m sure there must be some kinda mistake…” Applejack said. “Pinkie Pie might be crazy, but she ain’t the type of pony to do somethin’ against somepony’s decisions.”

"Maybe it's different here then..." Human Shy sighed.

"Fluttershy, we really have to go back!” Crystal exclaimed.

“But--” Human Fluttershy was cut off as she was levitated in the air by Crystal and pushed the human Fluttershy through it as she followed.

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"She's taking quite a bit of time to bring Fluttershy back."

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything is just fine." I sighed. Just as I was beginning to have doubts, I saw Fluttershy come out of the portal falling over as Crystal followed. "See? I told you everything would be fine."

"What in the world were you thinking, Fluttershy?" Discord asked.

"I... I just wanted to see what it was like in that world..." Fluttershy said hanging her head down.

"And... What did you see?" I asked.

"Well... I saw my pony self..." Fluttershy paused. "And Rainbow Dash... Pinkie Pie... Rarity... And applejack..."

Discord stopped and looked at me. "I don't think I ever recall meeting your human counterpart..."

"Maybe she just goes to a different school." I shrugged. "But that isn't important right now..." I turned to the whole class. "I need you all to keep everything you saw and heard a secret, alright? If Sunset Shimmer knows that you know the truth about me and her... It might make getting my crown back harder than it was intended to be." The whole class nodded in agreement. "Thank you... Come on Crystal." I said picking her up, walking back inside. Fluttershy followed. I turned back to see her. "Huh?"

"Well I did say I had more questions..." Fluttershy said. "And the lunch bell is about to ring."

"Oh, right..." I said rubbing the back of my head.

"I'm really sorry about all of this Princess Twilight..."

"Please please please... Just call me Twilight..." I sighed. "I don't even like it when my friends in Equestria call me that..."

"Sorry..."

"It's fine."

As we were walking in the building, we both heard the lunch bell ring, and walked to the cafeteria. While I was thinking of a plan to get my crown back...

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Crystal and Spike were in my backpack as both me and Fluttershy were getting our lunches. "I think I found a way that I can get my crown back." I said placing a fruit bowl on my tray. "I've decided to run for princess of the fall formal and--"

Fluttershy gasped spilling juice on me. "Sorry...!" She said getting napkins cleaning me off. "It's just that running for fall formal princess is a really bad idea."

"Why??"

"Sunset Shimmer wants to be fall formal princess! And when she wants something, she gets it!"

"But I have to try! I told you that crown had to come back with me to... You know where."

Fluttershy sighed. "Alright, if you want to run for fall formal princess, you'll need to speak to the head of the party planning committe."

"Where can I find the head?"

"She should be in the gymnasium."

"Thanks Fluttershy!" I quickly got up and went out the cafeteria door to find the gymnasium. Thankfully there are some signs on the walls telling me where the gym is. It took a few minutes, but I did find it. I opened the door and looked around, seeing streamers and balloons set up. "Hello?"

"Incoming...!" A familiar voice exclaimed as many streamers and party decorations fell over me. I looked up and saw a pink skinned and pink haired girl in front of me taking a balloon off of her dress and blowing it up. "Pinkie Pie...?"

Pinkie quickly stopped and let the balloon go, grabbing my shoulders from behind. "Are you psychic!?"

"Uh no... I don't think so. Unless that's something you can do here..." Pinkie just let me go.

"Eh... Not usually." She continued decorating.

"Fluttershy told me that you're the one I had to talk to about running for the fall formal?.."

"Fluttershy huh?" Pinkie grunted. "Don't let the whole shy thing fool you, she can be a real meanie!"

"You two aren't friends??"

"Weird you decided to suddenly sign up. Dance is day after tomorrow."

"Actually, I'm brand new here." I rubbed the back of my head.

"Oohh!" Pinkie then paused for a second. "I thought you didn't look familiar." She said examining me. "Do you have a twin sister who lives in the city and has a pet dog that looks just like that one?"

"Uh... Maybe?" I shrugged. I then stopped and looked at Spike but noticed that someone was was missing... No... Some pony... Crystal has been awfully quiet...

"Everything ok?" Pinkie asked.

"Yeah... I'm alright." I shook my head. "Anyways, where do I sign up?" I said trying to hide my shocked face.

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I walked around the school to see if I could find some of moms friends. So far, it just looked empty. "Hmmm..." I said aloud. "Maybe everyone's still in class." I said still moving around the halls. As I walked and thought to myself I then bumped into someone without noticing. I froze and looked up to see a young boy with dark yellow skin and green hair.

"Hey... What's a pony doing in school?" Snails asked looking at me. I tried my best to keep quiet.

"Let me see." Snips said looking at me as well. "Haven't I seen this pony before?"

"What are you idiots talking about?" A familiar female voice asked. It was Sunset Shimmer... And she was getting close to me...! "Oh... It's that little filly Fluttershy found..."

"The animal lover?" Snips asked.

"Yeah her... Wonder what this pony is doing here by itself." She picked me up slowly. I swear I could feel myself sweating bullets.

"Didn't you say we needed to check out the gym...?" Snails asked.

"Oh right..." Sunset Shimmer sighed. She was about to drop me until she noticed my horn... "Hmm... This pony had this on its head before but... There's no way..." Sunset whispered to herself.

Uh oh... I thought to myself. She then did what I was afraid of... She started pulling... I cringed in pain. I was in tears. It felt like she was trying to break my horn off!... I can't take it... It hurts too much...!!!!

"AAAHHHHH!!!"

Sunset Shimmer froze and slowly looked back at me skeptically. "Did you just..."

I bit her hand. She dropped me... And I ran screaming... "MOM!!!"

Sunset Shimmer was shocked and confused. A pony had just screamed for her mother and ran away. "How... Is there a pony here...??" Sunset Shimmer said to herself. She then narrowed her eyes in realization of what was going on.