Prologue

Another miscarriage. That's what Rarity was told when her parents came home. Her mother had told her that her body was actually too weak for childbirth, and that she shouldn't expect any younger siblings. She was so excite when she learned that she was pregnant, but Rarity knew better.

Originally Rarity was supposed to have a twin brother. He was going to be named “Elusive”, but there were complications and thus only one twin could be rescued. She'd always wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and even now she did miss him, which was odd because they'd never met.

As the twelve year old filly sat in the living room, she heard her mother crying in the kitchen. She was loud, embarrassing, and a terrible cook, but she was the sweetest pony you'd ever meet. She always smiled, but right now she wasn't smiling. She looked miserable.

“Mommy,” Rarity said walking over to her despondent mother and hugging her, “It's alright, Mommy. I'm okay being an only child.”

“Oh sweetheart,” Rarity's mother, Cookie Crumbles, said embracing her tiny daughter, “You're so strong willed, you know that? I know you're going to be fine. It's just…”

“Mommy, did… you want another child…?” Rarity asked slowly looking up at her mother.

“I'll admit, the idea of giving you a baby sister was truly appealing,” Cookie Crumbles said sadly, “You're so independent now, I'm sure you'd be a wonderful big sister. And…” she started tearing up, “I'm sorry honey, could I have some time alone?”

“Yes Mommy,” Rarity said elegantly bowing to her mother before running up to her room. Her mother didn't stop crying for the rest of the night, not until she'd gone to sleep.

Rarity on the other hand couldn't sleep at all. She kept thinking about the child that would never be born. Her name was going to be “Sweetie Belle”. Rarity couldn't have her twin, but what if she did have a little sister? She could teach her make-up, make all of her outfits, it would be almost like being a mother herself.

Also, what of her mother? What if she never smiled again from this? What if she just gave up on everything?

Rarity got up and walked over to her window, looking up at the night sky. She wondered, if she made a wish hard enough on the right star, would her wish come true? She saw a shooting star fly by. That was perfect.

“I don't care about me,” Rarity prayed to the star, “I just want my Mommy to be happy. I wish that Mommy could have another daughter, and that I could have a little sister,” after she was done, she turned to go back to bed, but stopped when she noticed a bright light shine behind her. She looked to see something fall from the sky and crash into their backyard.

Rarity ran outside to investigate. She had to go out deep into the forest that connected to their backyard to find it, but eventually she found a crater, and inside was something metallic. She approached it, and noticed that whatever it was, it was moving a bit.

“Is that… some sort of robot…?” Rarity asked. Equestria didn't have much in the ways of machines, but fantasy was always a thing. It looked burnt up and badly damaged, but she could see the semblance of a hand. She was afraid, but she approached it, and a white light shot out of the mechanical entity at Rarity, and she noticed a light slowly going down her body.

SCANNING BIOLOGICAL ORGANISM

COLLECTING NECESSARY DATA OF VITALS, ENERGY PATTERNS, AND PHYSIOLOGY

REPLICATED ALL ENERGY PATTERS

REPLICATION COMPLETE

SENDING ORDER TO RESET PARAMETERS

NANOMACHINES WILL BEGIN REPAIRING THE UNIT USING SCANNED LIFEFORM AS A BASE

“What… in the world…” Rarity asked trembling, yet she was unable to take her eyes off the metallic being lying in the crater. There was a bright flash, forcing Rarity to have to cover her eyes. She was alarmed when she heard an odd sound coming from the crater.

Crying.

She looked into the crater again, and was shocked. No longer was there the mysterious metallic entity lying in the crater. Lying in its place was a tiny infant! It had a light gray coat that almost looked white, and from where she was, it looked like its mane and tail were light purple and pink, and Rarity could tell that the infant was a filly, and a unicorn like her.

Rarity slid down into the crater and approached the little infant picking her up, “Shh… it's okay, little one,” Rarity said in a comforting tone, “You're safe now.”

The little infant filly stopped crying and opened her eyes. They were bright green, and full of emotion. Instantly Rarity fell in love with the infant, and found herself unable to hold in her tears. When the little filly held her tiny little hands out, Rarity held the infant close to her hugging it. She didn't know what was going on, but somehow, her wish had come true. She had a little sister now.

Meaning her mother had a daughter.

“Rarity!” her father, Hondo Flanks, cried out from outside of the crater before sliding inside. Rarity turned to her father with a tearful smile.

“Daddy, look!” Rarity cried as softly as possible, showing her father the infant. His eyes widened when he saw her.

“W-what in the world…?” he asked.

“What is it?” Cookie Crumbles asked from outside of the crater.

“Um… well it's-”

“Mommy Mommy! Look!” Rarity cried happily, climbing out of the crater and giving the little filly to her mother, “It's a baby! A tiny baby filly!”

“By… the Gods…” Cookie Crumbles said, tearing up as she held the tiny child, “Hi there sweetie…” the baby made a pleased sound when she heard that name, and reached for Cookie Crumbles smiling, “Did you like that? Being called “sweetie”?”

“Cookie, we don't know anything about where this child came from,” Hondo Flanks said.

“She came from the stars!” Rarity said, “She's here because I wished for her for Mommy!”

“Rarity, that just doesn't-”

“I'm telling the truth!” Rarity cried adamantly, “I wanted her for Mommy, and the Gods sent her down from the sky!”

“Hondo, we're keeping this filly.”

Both Rarity and Hondo Flanks turned to Cookie Crumbles, who was now completely enamored by the little infant in her arms.

“Cookie… are you sure…?” Hondo Flanks asked.

“I am,” Cookie Crumbles said, “I don't know where she came from, but I do know that this is our daughter, and Rarity's baby sister,” she held up the baby smiling at her, “Welcome to the world… Sweetie Belle.”