Airy awoke in one of the worst possible ways imaginable; having someone else wake you up. Normally for her, it would be tolerable if it was someone she knew very well. But the one who woke her up was none other than the Pegasus horse that nurtured her back to health, the one known as Fluttershy. How she loathed this individual greatly. She hated how unnaturally kind she was toward her, but most of all, she hated that she had to share the same level of intelligence toward a mere equine. How disgusting.

"Good morning, Airy" the Pegasus smiled "Did you sleep well? I know you were a teensy bit cranky yesterday, but your wounds should be better today. I coated them in a special agent that speeds the natural healing of injuries."

"You did that?" the fairy asked curiously "And what's this about my wounds being better? Does this mean I can finally move!?"

"Well, you can move, but I wouldn't-"

"FINALLY!!" Airy got out of bed and flew up into the air "Now I can escape from you mortals and at long last- OW!!" she clutched her arm and slowly floated back down into her bed.

"Oh Airy..."Fluttershy softly sighed "Your wounds aren't completely healed yet. Just give them a week or so and they'll be all better."

"A WEEK?!" the fairy exclaimed in horror "You mean I have to spend a week with you insignificant urchins?!"

"Now, now, Airy, no need to be rude" the mare lightly patted her patient on the head, much to the latter's dismay "Besides, this will allow you a chance to bond with us some more."

"Ugh..." the injured girl rolled her eyes and slumped back into her bed, her body and head turned away from Fluttershy "I was hoping to leave from this place as soon as possible. You and that rabbit are annoying."

"Hmmm..." the cream yellow Pegasus thought aloud "Maybe it would be a good idea for you to go outside for a little while. Would you like to accompany me to my friend Twilight's home? I needed to go there to see what exactly you were."

"Twilight?" Airy laughed a bit "You mean there's more of you anthropomorphic horses? That's a laugh!"

"Oh yes" Fluttershy confirmed "In fact, there's a whole town of ponies not far from where we live. I'm sure you'd love to meet every single one. Especially Pinkie Pie" she let out a small giggle "She can be funny sometimes."

"I am NOT interested in joining you on your trek through this town of equines!" the white haired girl rudely declined "You can do that on your own time. Besides, didn't you say I had some resting to do or something?"

Airy's answer actually came as a surprise to her. A cage was put down over her and her bed, causing her to frantically look around. She at last saw that the one who placed the cage over her was the annoying rabbit named Angel from yesterday. His expression was a smug one, as if to say he was better than her. The nerve! The bottom of the cage slid under her bed and firmly attached itself to the cage's lower hinges.

"Oh, so now I'M the animal?" Airy scoffed "How disgraceful."

"Unfortunately, you have to come with us" Angel spoke once again in the same language only she could understand, a devilish smile creeping onto his face "Fluttershy may be timid, but once she makes up her mind when it comes to helping others, she won't say no. Besides, I'd pay just about anything to watch you in that cage all day long..."

"I hate you..." the fairy deadpanned.

"I know" the rabbit diabolically giggled.

"Well, come along now, Airy" Fluttershy picked up her patient's cage with her wing and began carrying her to her friend's house "I'm sorry I have to do this to you, but you wouldn't come with me if I didn't."

"That's probably the most intelligent thing you've ever said, urchin" Airy laughed. Her joy was cut short when Angel appeared at her cage holding onto the bars. A cross expression was on his face, signalling Airy to stop.

"Let's just get this over with..." she rolled her eyes and settled back down into her bed.

(Music Stop)

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After a little while longer, Fluttershy, Angel and Airy made it to Ponyville. To be honest, the village didn't seem that bad to the injured fairy. In fact, it was actually quite nice. The only problem? Everywhere she looked there were multicolored talking horses. She prayed to the heavens above something could distract her long enough not to look at them. To her luck, there was! A giant crystal castle shaped roughly like a tree in the centre of town that seemed slightly out of place. If she had to give something to these seemingly insignificant mortals, its that their design and architectural skills were somewhat interesting.

"Do you see that castle over there, Airy?" Fluttershy asked her "That's where we need to go."

"Wait, honestly?" the fairy was taken by a bit of surprise "You mean to tell me your friend lives in that castle?! What is she, some sort of sparkly princess or something?"

"Yes, actually" kindly smiled the Pegasus.

Airy went silent. She honestly wasn't expecting that answer, even though she figured it was the correct one. She stayed silent as she, Fluttershy and her pet peacefully walked towards the castle.

"I can't believe I have to share the same room as a 'pretty princess pony', as they'd say" Airy thought with disgust "What have I been subjected to. I was the faithful servant of Lord Ourob-" her mind locked up from thinking of that wretched name "Ouroboros... Why did you betray me? After all I did for you...

(Music Stop)

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The inside of the castle was utterly gigantic, especially for the rather small fairy in the cage. She had seen much bigger, but it was nonetheless still very impressive. The walls and floor were crystal blue and polished to maximum sheen. Orange ornaments hung on the ceiling in a rather beautiful fashion with lights shining through them. The light shone on the crystal walls, resulting in a wonderful display of colours that surprisingly didn't blind the trio.

As Airy continued looking around the hall of crystal, she eyed a lavender horse with a purple mane and both a horn and wings inspecting the castle walls. Next to her was a small purple dragon with green spines holding a checklist in his right claw, and a quill in his other.

"Okay, Spike" the lavender pony spoke to the dragon "The walls are perfectly fine. Check that off the list, okay?"

"You got it, Twilight" the dragon, apparently named Spike, nodded before jotting down a check mark on the list "Next it says we have to see if the tree roots are holding up."

"Ah, my favourite!" the pony, apparently named Twilight, smiled in glee "I always love seeing those roots. They remind me of all the things I got to do with my friends since I've known them."

"Um, excuse me... Twilight?" Fluttershy asked softly. If it hadn't had been for the echo the castle hall emanated, the lavender mare would never have heard her friend speak. Twilight turned around and saw her friend standing a few feet away from her.

"Oh, hello there Fluttershy" Twilight greeted politely "What brings you here today?"

"Well, um... I was, y'know, wondering if you knew about this little cutie here" she brought up Airy's cage with her wing for her friends to see "Her name is Airy. Angel found her yesterday, and I was wondering if you knew anything about what species she might be."

"Hey! I am NOT cute!" Airy frustratingly shouted, getting out of her bed and hovering in the cage with her wings as to not hurt her injured body.

"She's a bit angry" Spike pointed out.

"Oh my goodness!" Twilight squee'd "A brand new intelligent life form! This has to be the greatest day in Equestrian history!"

"But I thought the day you met your friends was the best day in Equestrian history" Spike wondered "Or even the birth of the princesses? What about the defeat of Tirek?"

"But Spike, this is the discovery of a brand new species! An intelligent one at that!" the lavender mare squished her assistant's cheeks and brought him up close to her face "Do you know what this means? This means history will be made! I'll call the species... twilifairy!"

"Hey! That is NOT my species name!" Airy shouted through her cage again "I am a crystfairy, and I-" her eyes widened as she let out a small gasp before getting angry again "Ohhhhhh! Now you're making me talk about myself! Just stay quiet, you got that?!"

"Note: Crystfairies are very angry..." Twilight noted to herself "Anyway, my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, and this is my assistant and friend Spike. We're very honoured to meet you."

"So you're the castle's pretty little princess, hmm?" the fairy giggled a bit with a cruel smirk on her face "I was expecting you to be a lot more... intimidating?"

"While it is true that I'm not the most regal of princesses," the lavender princess began "I'm still this town's ruler, and I'm very proud to be as such. Now, onto business... So, Airy was it? Do you remember what happened before you were found by Angel Bunny?"

"Yep" Airy nodded.

"...do you mind telling us?" Twilight questioned with a nervous grin.

"Yep" the crysfairy nodded again.

"Well that was fruitless..." the purple maned mare sighed "Are you always this difficult to work with?"

"I don't have to answer that question" Airy flicked her head away from the princess in an I'm-better-than-you fashion "Besides, I have better things to do than take your little questionnaire."

Twilight's expression deadpanned. She had just about enough of this little creature. Still, curiosity flowed through her veins. Just where did the crystfairy come from? And just what the heck was a crystfairy anyway?

"Fluttershy," she turned to her cream yellow friend holding Airy's cage "I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you much. I'd give you a book about this little one, but this is a totally new species. Besides... she's a little rude."

"I understand, Twilight" Fluttershy nodded in acceptance "Besides, I'm sure she's just a bit grumpy that she has to stay in bed for a little while. She'll cheer up eventually."

"No, I'm grumpy because I hate you..." Airy thought as she pouted, heading back into her bed to refrain from injuring herself against the moving cage.

(Music Stop)

After saying their goodbyes, Fluttershy and Angel left Twilight and Spike and exited their castle. Once they walked for a good few minutes away from the large crystalline castle, the pink maned Pegasus asked her patient a question.

"Airy, why are you always so mean to everypony?"

"Why am I- Because everyone here annoys me!" Airy shouted from the comfort of her bed "I mean, it truly is unbelievable how much you pester me so!"

"What happened in your life to make you think kindness is annoying?" Fluttershy asked, now slightly saddened.

"HEY FLUTTERSHY!!!!" shouted a female voice way too upbeat for her own good. The group of three turned to the direction of the voice and saw a bouncy pink pony rushing towards them. She skidded to a stop as soon as she was right in front of them and began bouncing up and down.

"Never mind" Airy deadpanned "I don't even know this urchin, and already I hate her."

"Oooooooooooooh!" the pink mare stared intently at the crystfairy in her cage "Who's your new pet, Fluttershy?"

"I AM NOT A PET!!" the winged humanoid shouted in frustration "I'm not cute, or adorable, or anyone's pet! I'm just a very annoyed fairy who doesn't like anyone in this town!"

"Aww, she's so cute when she's all riled up like that!" the mare giggled and snorted.

"D-Did you even listen to me?!" Airy was taken aback by the horse's upbeat and seemingly unbreakable personality "I'm not cute, okay?!"

"So what's your name anyway?" she asked as she continued to hop up and down "Is it Ariel? Amanda? Amy? Andrea? Annabelle? Anne? Apple? Air? Axe? Aries?" she leaned in close and whispered her last guess "Is it Navi?"

"No, no, NO!" the crystfairy got out of bed and floated around, stomping her foot in mid-air "None of those are my name, you low class mortal! If it will shut you up, my name is Airy! Now go away!"

"Oh, hi there, Airy!" the pink mare continued to talk, much to Airy's dismay "My name is Pinkie Pie, and welcome to Ponyville! Wait, does this mean I have to plan a welcoming party for you? YES!! I can bring the streamers, the cake, the cakes and their babies, the party hats, the party cannon, the canon party, and all my friends!"

"Good for you!" the fairy sarcastically spoke before deadpanning "Now go away."

"Airy, don't be rude" hushed Fluttershy before she turned to her bouncy friend "I'm so sorry about her, Pinkie. She can be a teensy, weensy, teeny, tiny bit mean sometimes."

"Well, we better turn that frown upside down, silly filly!" Pinkie Pie smiled.

"Actually, Pinkie Pie, I'm not sure if Airy really wants that right now" the timid Pegasus suggested "Not that there's anything wrong with your idea, good heavens no! But maybe she needs a bit of time settling in, okay?"

"Okey dokey lokey!" the pink mare grinned and began bouncing off to wherever she wanted to go "Nice meeting ya, Airy!"

(Music Stop)

Fluttershy waved her friend off, sighing and smiling at the same time. Her smile faded however when she turned back to the crystfairy in the cage being held by her wing. She was less than impressed with her. She let out a long and disappointed sigh before speaking.

"Airy, I don't know why you're always so rude to everypony"

"Hmm?" Airy' raised her eyebrow.

"How can you just go around like that saying those kind of things?" Fluttershy's voice was becoming more cross, at the very least as cross as normal Fluttershy gets "You should be ashamed of yourself. Just what happened in your life that you would become so cruel?"

"I have my reasons..." the crystfairy rolled her eyes "But its nothing you would understand. I mean, you're just a mere urchin compared to my power! Why should I share my reasons with an inferior being?"

"Because you had the chance to ignore me when we first met, but you didn't" the mare's words became slightly more calm "That must count for something, right?"

"Stop talking to me" Airy finally shut her up "Take me back to your crammed-up old house and let me sleep. The faster I get away from all of you the better."

"...okay, Airy" Fluttershy sighed and began taking her back to her home.

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Fluttershy entered her house and slowly walked back upstairs. By this point, even though night hadn't fallen yet, Airy had fallen asleep in her bed, bringing a small smile to the timid Pegasus's face. Carefully, she placed her patient back on the dresser and removed the cage, leaving the bottom still under the bed. Fluttershy took another look at the sleeping crystfairy. For the first time since Angel found her, the fairy's body was turned towards her. Albeit unintentionally, but still nice nonetheless.

The cream yellow mare flicked out the lights and headed back downstairs to where Angel was waiting for her on her green couch. She took a seat and gently rubbed her pet's head with her hoof.

"Oh Angel..." she sighed "I just don't know what to do about Airy. She's so rude to me and everypony around her. Maybe if I found out what was troubling her, I could help her. But until then... oh, I just don't know..."

Angel, with a warm and reassuring smile, hugged Fluttershy's leg, cheering her up a bit.

"Thank you, Angel" she smiled before taking a long sigh "I suppose I won't learn about her past today. But let's keep our chins held high, okay?"

The white rabbit accompanying her nodded before bouncing off somewhere else, more than likely to get something to eat. Fluttershy simply giggled before taking out a book from under one of the couches pillows and beginning to read to pass the time.

"Our chins held high? Hmmm..." Fluttershy thought "I think I may know a few ponies willing to help me and Airy out..."

Author's Notes:

Who could these ponies be, you ask? Well, did you check the tags recently? Yes, the next chapter will include the CMC and their antics. Will Airy be pleased? I dunno. Find out soon!

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