Outside at the edge of the massive mountain city of Canterlot, a train was now pulling into the Canterlot train station, It came to a screeching halt and let out a loud whistling sound as it finally came to a complete stop. The engine completely stopped and all the doors opened as ponies began pouring out of the train, along with all the ponies came a small alicorn princess and a unicorn friend along for the ride.

The alicorn was a much smaller than the two alicorn princesses of Canterlot, she had a lavender purple coat, with a dark blue mane and tail with a purple streak through it. She had purple sparkling eyes with a cutie mark of a six pointed star that was surrounded by five small white stars and wore a small crown with purple gems on it.

Her unicorn friend had a pearly white coat much like Celestia's with a deep purple mane and tail that was curly and shiny, she had blue eyes and a cutie mark of three blue gems on her flank.

The two ponies smiled as they stepped off the train and looked around the Canterlot station with fascination, happiness and above all... A sense of warmth and happy memories.

"Wow Twilight, It feels so good to once again be in Canterlot, oh... The wonders that this city continues to show is simply overwhelming,"The unicorn said to the alicorn known as Twilight.

"Well... I suppose it does has a certain allure and wonder to it Rarity, but it's hard to feel fascinated when you've grown up here your whole life,"Twilight said to her unicorn friend Rarity.

"The best part is... We are here on a special little request from the princesses, they asked that I bring fabrics with me for this request, they must want me to make them something special for their next royal meetings,"Rarity said dreamily as she felt herself becoming faint at the thought of helping a princess with an outfit.

"Easy Rarity, we need to keep this a secret, princess Celestia said that this special request is very fragile and must be handled with care,"Twilight said with a small giggle.

"You're right Twilight, there isn't a moment to lose, let us depart for the castle of Canterlot,"Rarity said with determination as she took up Twilight's hoof and dragged her through the station.

It did not take long before the two mares were getting noticed by many of the ponies in the station, some ponies would wave to them while others would bow to the alicorn princess, making both blush with flattery. They casually left the train station with smiles full of blush as their sights then set themselves upon the massive streets and foundations of the city of Canterlot. The city sparkled in the eyes of the two friends as they stepped out of the station and took in the fresh city air.

"Oh my word, the fresh smell of the city has never been more fresh Twilight, oh I can't wait to get to the castle,"Rarity said with excitement as she trotted onto the streets and began to explore the city.

Twilight let out a heavy sigh and smiled as she pursued her friend into the city, many ponies stopped and bowed to Twilight as she struggled to keep up with her unicorn friend as they trotted around the city. From the very roads to the large buildings and even to the fancy dressed ponies, Rarity explore every inch of the wonderful city while Twilight tried to stay with her and direct her towards the castle.

They went from small market places to large establishments as they were slowly making their way to the castle, but Rarity continued to make things difficult as she stopped at every single establishment they saw, it was then that Twilight began to become impatient.

"Uh... Rarity? We need to be getting to the castle, the princesses seemed very urgent about this issue, we can't keep them waiting for too long,"Twilight begged with worry while Rarity continued to ignore her."RARITY!"

"Who what where!"Rarity said as Twilight's strong shout shook her out of her exploring gaze."Oh... Sorry about that darling, I was just so blown away by the place, is it just me or does it look even cleaner than it did before?"

"Maybe... But we can't explore any more, we need to get to princess Celestia and princess Luna,"Twilight said as they both trotted off to the castle.

"Oh...I suppose you're right Twilight,"Rarity said as she followed Twilight with droopy ears.

For the next hour they walked the streets of the city waving to ponies who either waved back or bowed to them, they giggled at the ponies gesture and even caught the eyes of admiring stallions as they almost made it to the castle. It was then that they ran into two royal Canterlot guards just as they approached the massive gate to the castle.

"It is a pleasure to see you again princess Twilight Sparkle and friend Rarity, the princesses eagerly await your arrival,"One guard said as the other made his unicorn horn glow and magically made the doors open slowly.

"Thank you guard, do you know why the princesses asked for us to come?"Twilight questioned as the door was now opened.

"It may have something to do with the new friend princess Luna brought with her from another world, but you would have to talk to Celestia about it,"The guard said as they both moved aside and allowed Twilight and Rarity into the castle.

They walked inside after giving one more parting wave to the crowd behind them, the doors then closed and they turned towards the castle taking in its massive foundation and decor. The castle looked mostly white with golden colorful roofs and windows as they began walking up the steps to the castle's main doors.

As they made it up the castle stairs, they could see at the main entrance that Shining Armor was waiting for them and smiled as Twilight rushed to her.

"Hey Twily, It's good to see you again,"Shining said as he shared a hug with Twilight.

"It's good to see you too Shining, how have you and Cadence been doing?"Twilight asked as Shining removed his captain's helmet.

"It's going great, tomorrow I'm going back to the empire to help her with some issues around the city, how about you, hows my little sister doing as Ponyville's new ruler?"Shining Armor asked back.

"It's been great, the ponies of Ponyville could never be more happier than they are now,"Twilight answered while Rarity levitated all her fabric and supplies to an assistant.

"Shining deary, I've noticed that the princesses asked that I bring some of my finest fabrics and supplies for this, do you know why they asked this of us?"Rarity asked while the assistant carried the bags in.

"Well... Princess Luna managed to bring this strange sentient creature into our world and it only has one set of cloths on it,"Shining said as they all ventured inside the castle."The princesses decided that they were going to keep the creature and he needs new cloths to wear, all he has is pajamas."

"Really...?! What kind of creature?"Twilight asked as they went up a thing of stairs.

"It's some kind of creature that stands on two legs and has very little fur, except for the hair on it's head,"Shining said before laughing at a funny event."You two should have been here this morning though, the creature actually escaped princess Luna's room and took me and all the guards for one hay of a ride."

Both mares than began to laugh while Shining Armor just blushed with embarrassment at the fact that a child out ran them and took them for a ride.

"Yeah, that's not the best part though,"Shining said as he remember what happened next."Just as we caught up to him, he ran into Blue Blood, and the kid actually bit Blue Blood's arm, he was screaming like a little filly, we needed princess Luna's help to get him off Blue Blood's arm."

"You're joking right, It actually bit Blue Blood?! Oh this is too much!"Rarity said as she laughed at the thought of Blue Blood being attacked by a child.

"It sounds like this creature is a bit dangerous don't you think,"Twilight questioned as she did not find humor in the story.

"Not really, It's just a kid, besides we all saw Blue Blood hurting the little guy when he was already injured,"Shining said as they all were now traveling down a hall way.

"What...?! The poor dear is injured, what in the name of Equestria happened to it,"Rarity asked with shock.

"I don't know, It seems to be very personal to the little guy,"Shining said with a slight solemn tone."But even though it was injured, it still moved pretty fast for a little guy."

"Yeah I bet,"Twilight said with a chuckle.

Suddenly as they walked down the hall, they turned around a corner to go down the next hall and were met with the smiling face of princess Celestia who was strangely carrying a cup of juice in her magical grip. The girls lit up at the mere sight of the princess and did everything in their power not to rush to her and hug her.

"Princess Celestia...! It's great to see you again, we came as soon as we could,"Twilight said as she approached Celestia and shared a careful hug with her so she would not break Celestia's concentration.

"It is always wonderful to see you Twilight, and it is an honor to see you again as well Rarity,"Celestia said as she gestured to both mares.

"It is always an honor to see you as well princess,"Rarity said as she bowed to the alicorn.

"You are dismissed now Shining Armor, I will take things from here now,"Celestia said to Shining Armor.

"Yes of course princess,"Shining said with a bow before walking off to leave the mares to their business.

With that all three mares walked side by side with each other as they continued down the hall way, it was then that they had finally come to princess Luna's room and stood at the door for a moment to talk.

"So princess, what is this all about? there is this talk of some kind of creature princess Luna had brought to our world, but why did you need us?"Twilight asked.

"Well... What they say is true, Luna has brought forth a special type of creature known as a human and we have decided to take him under our wing and raise him,"Celestia explained much to the mares confusion.

"A...human? Sounds like an awfully strange creature, where did you get such a strange creature?"Rarity asked.

"Luna found him in a very distant world, she discovered that this child was being horribly abused by his father and had just recently sustained significant injuries,"Celestia explained as the others gasp in dread.

"What...?! He was abused, oh...the poor little thing,"Rarity said with a little guilt.

"Yes... He sustained some cracked ribs and a concussion, but he will make a full recovery,"Celestia said as her smile disappeared."Unfortunately the child's mind is extremely fragile from the abuse, but Luna has so far been having a bit of progress with him."

"Well that's good to know, I also heard that he may need some new clothes, I suppose that's why Rarity is here, but why did you need me?"Twilight asked.

"Well... He also appeared to have very little social skills and a bit of a distant relationship with others, we were hoping you may be able to teach him how to reach out and make new friends,"Celestia explained as Twilight smiled with approval.

"Well... I suppose It couldn't hurt to have some pony to teach about friendship,"Twilight said with approval.

"That's great to here my former student, so... I guess without further a due, allow me to introduce you both to our new friend... Danny,"Celestia said as she magically opened the doors to the room.

With the doors opened, they all entered the room and saw Danny laying against Luna's chest while Luna was now reading a story to him, Celestia giggled at her sister as she then knocked on the door to get their attention.

"Luna...! The guests are here!"Celestia called in a gentle voice as both Luna and Danny looked up to see the group.

"Oh... Hello princess Twilight and Rarity, It is very nice to see the two of you again,"Luna said as Danny became more revealed to them.

"I brought the little dear some orange juice,"Celestia said as Luna took it from Celestia's magical hold and brought it over for Danny to drink.

"Thank you Tia, that was very kind of you,"Luna said as she then gave it to Danny as he then began to drink his juice.

Twilight and Rarity on the other hoof widened their eyes at the sight of Danny while he looked back at them with a blank look as he drank his juice, he then scooted a little closer to Luna allowing her to take the juice from him as Rarity lit up at the mere sight of him and smiled.

"Oh my goodness, he...is...so... Adorable!"Rarity cooed as she quickly approached Danny to marvel at him.

Danny felt his face go red as the mare suddenly began brushing at his hair with a hoof and staring at him with fascination, he just looked to the ground while Luna giggled at Rarity's interest in the child.

"It's alright Danny, she won't hurt you, she just likes you is all,"Luna whispered in his ear as he slowly rose his head back up.

"Hi... I'm...Danny,"He said in a quiet tone.

"Oh my goodness...! He has the sweetest voice I have ever heard, oh...where are my manners? my name is Rarity, It's a pleasure to meet you Danny,"Rarity said while Danny continued to blush.

"I assume that you've had a nice time with him sister,"Celestia said as she levitated the book Luna was reading to him and read the title."Hmm... Goldy Hooves And The Three Bears, what a nice story to tell."

"He seemed to enjoy it,"Luna said as Twilight was next to approach them.

"Hello Danny, my name is Twilight Sparkle, It's nice to meet you,"Twilight said with a smile.

"Hi...Twilight, It's... Nice to meet you too,"Danny said before he noticed the crown on her head and the fact that she was an alicorn."Uh... Are you a princess too?"

"Why yes I am, I come from a town called Ponyville and I have come here to meet you and hope that we may become friends,"Twilight answered.

"Oh and I would be just honored to make you a new outfit for you Danny, oh...You will look so adorable when we're done,"Rarity said with excitement.

Danny just looked down as he then found himself stuck on the word Twilight just uttered, he had heard the word friend before, but it was only used for many others except himself, he had honestly never had a friend before.

"What's a friend?"Danny asked.

"Oh...a friend is some pony you can trust with all your heart, it's some pony you can share moments with whether they are good and bad, they are also others you can go to for help, or you can help when you or they are feeling down,"Twilight explained while Danny listened to interest.

"There is a reason they call Twilight the princess of friendship,"Luna whispered to him while he gave her a small nod in response."Now then, how about we get you out of bed and get you a bath while Rarity makes you some new clothes."

Danny felt a bit nervous and squeezed her hoof in response, he then let out a sigh as he slowly eased his way out of the covers before being helped out of bed by Luna. She picked him up and helped him to the ground, he landed gently to the floor as he once again felt the cold marble floor under his feet. He stood there looking at every pony while Luna also stood by his side with an encouraging smile.

"It's alright now, we are here with you child,"Luna said as she let him hold her hoof for comfort.

"Well... I see the three of you are getting along nicely, I will leave you all to get better acquainted,"Celestia said with a smile as she casually walked out of the room.

It was then that they all turned back to Danny and began walking with him out of the room so he could get cleaned up and experience his first time having friends.

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