Cloud Hopper Dash was just your everday colt, he lived with his parents. Well, parent. Hopper lived with his mother, Rainbow Dash. She was a Wonderbolt, but she had to quit when she became pregnant with him. When he was born, his mother was slightly upset when she discovered her foal was a unicorn instead of a pegasus. She quickly adjusted though, and with Apple Jack's help, got a house on ground level so they could live together. Hopper had never met any of his mother's old friends. They had all moved away to do bigger and better things. Twilight Sparkle moved to Canterlot to fufill her destiny as a princess. Pinkie Pie became a professional entertainer, and now moves from place to place. Rarity was finally discovered and moved to Manehatten to pursue her dream of being a famous designer. Fluttershy now lived in the forest to help all animals with their problems. Apple Jack never left, but one fateful day during a lightning storm, she was apple bucking and a tree fell on her and killed her. Rainbow Dash was the last of the Elements of Harmony that hadn't left Ponyville. Once Hopper could go to school, she began talk to herself more and more often. It was something that worried him. Hopper was a great student, but he didn't have many friends. Just one, and his name was Twisted Peaks. Twisted had always been there for Hopper, but he had moved away for the summer. Hopper was really depressed, but he was happy to spend more time trying to use magic. He was definately not gifted with magic, and he always had trouble with even simple levitation.

Currently, he was trying to levitate his food in his mouth. His mother peered at him across the table, hoping he got the message that he was making her irritated.

"Cloud Hopper Dash! You know there is no magic at the dinner table!" the pegasus scolded, thwacking him on the side of his head. He shook his head in annoyance and dropped the piece of salad.

"Sorry mom, it's just all the other unicorns at school make fun of me. I was hoping to improve over the summer." he apoligised, hanging his head. When he did so, he accidentally impaled a piece of lettuce in his horn. Rainbow Dash nearly went into a laughing fit, but managed to keep on a straight face.

"What is it mom?" Hopper asked, looking her dead in the eye. He always knew when his mom was hiding something funny from him. She cracked up from such a serious look from her son, who didn't share much in common with her.

"Look at your horn for a minute, see anything strange?" replied the cyan pegasus between giggles. Hopper gave a little huff, and began to go cross eyed to see his horn. On it, her barely noticed a little green thing on it. Out of pure irritation, he activated his magic and it flew off his glowing horn. It landed right on his mom's nose. She got it off her face, then gave him a mischevious look.

"Oh no, not again. Please mom!" begged Hopper. This should not happen again, the first time was horrible. With a terrible grin, Rainbow Dash got some lettuce on her hooves. She stood on a chair, and took aim at her son.

"Food fight!" she declared. To Hopper, it was like declaring war to a country that's already surrendered. She began pelting him with lettuce, dandelions, and other plants. His cries of fear soon melted into laughter as he began to practice his magic in a way he never thought he would. His horn glowed as he began to pick up the greens and started collecting them all. Once he had a large mountain of them, he dropped them on top of his mother. She cackled as he lay down on the kitchen floor, worn out from using so much magic successfully.

"I surrender, please, no more food fight." he panted. Rainbow Dash untangled herself from the mess, then walked over and gave her son a pat on the head.

"You did a good job. You're getting really good with the levitating. Now go to bed." she said to him as she walked towards her own bedroom. Hopper meekly got to his hooves and shuffled to his room, where he promptly flopped on the bed and worked his way into a deep sleep.

Hopper found himself in the Canterlot Maze, where his mom had helped defeat Discord. He had never been there before, he had never been outside of Ponyville, but he knew it because of the stories his mom told him since he was a little filly. He began wandering around, not really knowing who or what he was looking for. Finally, he found him. Staring directly at him was a famous draconequus, and his name was Discord. He was floating on his favorite cloud, cotton candy with choclate milk rain. With sudden movement, he poffed two cups into existance under the could he was resting on. Once both cups were filled, he gave one to Hopper.

"Welcome to my lair. Like it? I think I did a great job decorating." Discord greeted Hopper. The teenage unicorn looked at Eqestria's craziest villian, and wonder what he was doing in his dream.

"It's great. What are you doing in my dream?" replied Hopper awkwardly. Discord gave him a look, and then teleported them both by a pool of water.

"I'm here to tell you something. You're my son! Isn't that great?" announced Discord, not even bothering with suspense. Hopper leaped back, shocked neyond belief.

"No way! My mom would never! Not with you!" he shouted pointlessly, backing away from the spirit of disharmony.

"Now, now. We don't want to make such a fuss about it." said Discord in a jovial tone. When Hopper felt water at his hooves, he looked down and found himself looking into very reflective water. It showed him, but it wasn't him. A draconequus looked back at him, about the same size as he was. Knowing it was all a trick on his mind, he backed away from the water. He bumped into Discord, frightend beyind belief. He off galloping, hearing Discord's demented laughter echo off the maze walls.

"Remember, family is forever."

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