Once to train begins to move down the tracks I release Selene from her Dusk ball, the Pokemon nuzzling into my lap, intent of sleeping until we arrive. I just smile and scratch behind her ear, earning a purr in response. ’Heh, Zorua’s purr. Who knew?’ Sora says amused.

Looking away from the gray and blue ball of fur, I see Twilight and Fluttershy looking at her, Fluttershy in a small look of longing and jealousy, Twilight just taking notes of her physical appearance, complete with pictures. I cleared my throat, getting their attentions, raising a brow.

“Oh sorry Nat, it is just we have never seen a creature like Selene before. This could be one of the biggest scientific discoveries in modern Equestrian history!” Twilight says in excitement.

“Well if that is the case, I’ll be happy to answer any questions you guys have to pass the time.” I tell them, immediately getting the others attention as well. Twilight and Fluttershy both get giant grins and both take out long lists of questions. ‘Oh boy.’ I think wide eyed, both mares prepared to speak at once but I stop them before they can.

“Ok, obviously you both have a lot of questions, so we will take turns, Twilight first, then Fluttershy, and we’ll go clockwise with the other as well. Sound good?” I tell the groups, each of them nodding in agreement. I gently shake the small fox Pokemon awake, her eyes taking a second to focus.

“Zor?” She asks looking at me.

“Hey Selene, sorry to interrupted your nap, but the girls wanna ask some questions of the three of us.” I says gesturing to the others. She looks at the gathered group and nods, getting into a comfortable position in on my lap.

I nod to Twilight to start us off. She quickly goes through her notes and finds a good question to start. “Ok, you refer to Selene as a Zorua, but also as a Pokemon. What are those?”

“Well, Pokemon refers to a large and varying group of creatures, Zorua being a single species. Pokemon, again, come in varying forms, from animals like birds, fish, bugs, and everything else between, to being machine-like in appearance. Even mythical creatures.” I explain, Twilight writing down every word coming out of my mouth.

“Incredible!” Twilight says in awe, the others agreeing in turn. I look to Fluttershy, mutely telling her its her turn.

“Oh, um, Selene? What is your diet?” She asks the Pokemon, Selene just thinking for less than a second.

”I am an omnivore, but I prefer some Oran or Figy berries. You’d be surprised how hard it is to catch a Remoraid, even when there is three of us.” Selene explains, with me translating for the others. The others didn’t look surprised at the fact she was an omnivore, but they were confused on what Oran berries and Figy berries were.

Selene sees their confused looks and elaborates.”Umm, think of Oran berries, as a cross between an orange and a watermelon, that’s blue. A Figy tastes like a cross between a pepper and an apple.” The girls and Spike slowly nod, still not a hundred percent on how these berries work.

Rarity shakes herself from her confused reverie, realizing she is next in line. “Well, Nat darling, after we met you said I should speak to you friends for a proper opinion on fashion, what was their name again, and what are they like?” She asks, the others curious as well. I just smile before digging into my purse and taking out my photo of me, Lex and Adam and show them, the group surprised by the diversity of our my group.

“The tall guy with the mask is my friend Adam, the shorty in the orange dress in my friend Alexandria, or just Lex. She is the one I was taking about Rarity. She can be a little impatient at time, and she can be a real grouch if you interrupt her when she is reading, but she is all sorts of reliable. She actually became my friend after some bullies tried to take my cookies during school, if you can believe it.” I tell them, a nostalgic expression adorning my face.

“Oh my! These deigns for on Adams jacket and mask are marvellous! So mysterious and intimidating. And young Lex’s dress clashes perfectly with her hair!” Rarity says, swooning over our outfits. I just chuckle at Rarity’s reaction, causing her to raise a brown and frown. “And what is so funny?”

“Well it is funny to me that most refer to Lex as young. Adam is actually the youngest of us if you don’t count Sorano and Lex is the oldest. Lex is 22, I’m 20 and Adam is only 18.” I tell them, the groups eyes widening in shock and looking back to the photo.

Pinkie quickly raises and waves her hand. I just smile at her. “Yes Pinkie?” I ask, already expecting the question.

“When is yours, Sora’s, Lex’s, Adam’s and Selene birthdays?” She asks quickly a notepad of her own at the ready.

“My birthday is June 7th, Lex’s is September 15th, Adam’s is January 13th, Sora’s is October 20th.” I tell her, Pinkie taking the note as I say it. We then look to Selene to answer the question.

”I was hatched on the third week of April.” she answers, me translating as to not confuse them.

Looking past her I see that Spike is next, he is clearly thinking hard on what he wants to ask. After a second he seems to get an idea. “You said that Sora is actually the youngest of your group right? What do you mean by that?” That caught us off guard. Before I have a chance to respond Sora takes control, the group tensing somewhat at the sudden change.

”It is like I told Rarity back at the Boutique. I was not born like a normal girl, nor was I created by some random chance or disease. I was created after Natali almost died.” The groups eyes widen in shock, Spikes jaw almost hitting the floor. Sora looks at our gathered group, and down to Selene. Everyone was looking at us with a mix of curiousness and worry.

Sora sighs and gets into a comfortable position. ”When Nat was twelve, she was walking home from the local pool after swimming lessons. She was taking a shortcut through a parking lot. While she was midway through the lot some guys desided to speed through in his truck and hit her, sending her flying headfirst into a light post.” The group visibly paled at Sora’s storytelling.

I quickly took over our body to continue. “I was left unconscious for nearly a week after the incident, the doctor in charge of me was honestly surprised that I didn’t appear to have any negative effects. I was released after another week of test, finding myself fine aside from the cracked skull. It wasn’t until almost two months later when I noticed something off. I was taking a test that I thought I was not prepared at all for when, during the test, I just hear a voice telling me the answers throughout the test.” I pause and look to the group, all but Pinkie appearing to get what is going on.

“Well? What was it?” Pinkie asks innocently, all in the cabin facepalm/claw/pawing. I just smile at her question. ”That was the first time I ‘came out’ as it were.” Sora answered without missing a beat.

“After that things began to change. Everytime I would be placed into a stressful situation, Sora would calm me down, comforting me. It wasn’t until a group of bullies tried to take my toys a few months later that Sora truly came to being. As the bullies were cornering me, I got this weird sensation of being submerged, like when you are taking a bath, and soon it seemed like I was looking through a window.”

”That was the first time I have ever ‘taken over’ of our body. While Nat was safe in our mind I stood up to the bullies, even giving one of them a bloody nose for scaring her.” Sora looks down in shame. ”Unfortunately, Nat ended up getting in detention for it. Mom and Dad immediately thought we were having some kind of delayed psychological breakdown from the incident and took us to a psychiatrist to determine what to do.

“I was terrified at the prospect. I thought I was turning into some kind of monster. While talking to my psychiatrist about what I saw when I was cornered by the bullies, he decided to try to put me into a hypnotic sleep to see if they could find the problem.”

“Let me guess. They found Sorano instead?” Rainbow interrupted, the rest of the group locked into our story, to which I just nodded.

”While Nat was in the trace I was still, ‘aware’ so to speak and thought she was in trouble. Our psychiatrist was about to do some response tests on us, starting with a reflex hammer when I grabbed his arm stopping him. Needless to say they were shocked as Nat was not aware, and they were told it was the same as being put to sleep. Sorano pauses, looking out the window at the passing scenery, thinking back to the event.

”I still remember it, it was the first time I was ever in complete control. The first time I was just me, not just a voice keeping Nat safe. I was so shocked, I didn’t notice I was still holding the doctor until he cleared his throat. I apologized, but then got serious and told him, ‘I won’t let you hurt her.’ After that he knew what was going on. Do you know what his response was?” Sora asks the girls, all of them thinking then shaking their heads, except Twilight who was writing down every word that came from our mouth.

”He asked, ‘what is your name?’ It was the first time I thought of myself as someone else, not something else. Needless to say our parents were all sorts of confused and scared. The psychiatrist quickly explained how I was a defence mechanism Nat’s mind made, like an imaginary friend, that somehow advanced into an alternate personality, someone entirely new.” Sorano looks at our gathered crowd, everypony fully invested in our story. I quickly take over to give her a mental break.

“It was at this point I snapped out of my trace and was scared I died or something. I was in a completely blueish white void with a single house sized window in front of me, showing me Sora’s perspective. Our psychiatrist thought that perhaps putting the both of us in a trance would allow us to meet properly and maybe help. We agreed, Sora having already sensed that I was awake again.”

”After both of us were put into a trace, we both appeared in the void at the same time though I didn’t really have a ‘form’ so to speak. I just looked like a red silhouette with a cyan outline. At least according to Nat. It was kinda funny, we just stood there looking at each other for what felt like an hour before I asked, ‘are you okay?’” Sorano smiles as she retreated into our mind.

“I was shocked, I had an entirely separate person living in my head. After she asked the question though, I thought about and asked the same question back. We stood their awkwardly for a bit before we both said we were ok in unison. After that I asked her name. The name of my new sister.” I smile thinking back on that day.

”It took a minute but, somehow the name just popped into my head. ‘Sorano’. After that we just talked, me asking what she has been having trouble with before I was around, and Nat just asking what I wanted to do after this. After a while, the void seemed to crack and somehow we knew we were ‘waking up’ from our trance. Before she left, Nat gave me a big hug, and said 4 words that stayed in my mind for a while.” looking at the group who were all on the edges of their seats, Pinkie and Selene literally, ”’See you soon, Sis.’”

After she said that, Rarity, Pinkie And Fluttershy all awwed at our story, causing our face to burn in embarrassment. “So that’s what you meant by Sora being the youngest. She didn’t have a sense of self until after that visit!” Spike says with excitement, clearly amazed by our story.

“That’s right. After I talked to my parents and our doctor about what happened, with Sora taking over to add her side, we decided to treat Sorano as an entirely separate person, unofficially making her my little sister, and making that day her birthday. So technically speaking, Sorano is only seven and a half.” I say with a laugh, Selene jumping up and nuzzling my head.

“Aw man! That means I was taken down by a seven year old?!?! Totally not fair!” Rainbow says indignantly, causing all in the cabin to burst out laughing, herself included.

After calming down from our laugh, the group looks at us smiling. “Ah have to say, that was one hell of a way to get a siblin you two.” AppleJack tells us, wiping her eyes.

“Yeah, it is actual kinda funny actually. My parents have wanted to give me a younger sibling for almost a year beforehand, but do to a complication with my own birth, my mothers womb was damaged making it impossible for them to give me a younger sibling. After everything calmed down, they were extatic that they had another daughter, even if we share a body.” I tell them, the group keeping their smiles wide.

I look out the window seeing that we are maybe ten minutes away from Canterlot, the castle in plain view. “Well, looks like we are almost there. I am curious, what are the princesses like?” I ask Twilight, slightly anxious about meeting the two or three most powerful beings in this world.

“Oh don’t worry Nat. I didn’t tell the princesses about your powers or fight with Discord. I thought it would be best for us to tell them face-to-face what actually happened.” Twilight tells us. That really surprised me. I know how much Twilight looks up to Celestia. The fact she would keep quiet about the Vectors means a lot. I give her a grateful smile.

“Thanks Twilight. The last thing I want is for the princesses to think I was some chaos born monster or something.” I look down at Selene in thought. “Though Selene? I’m going to have to keep you in your Dusk ball until we get to the palace. I don’t want you wandering off and getting hurt.”

”Ok Natali, but do you think the Princesses will like me too?” she asks tilting her head. I smile down at her and scratch behind her ear again, gaining a relaxed purr.

“Don’t worry Selene. At the very least, a certain princess of the night will like to talk with someone who appreciates the night.” I tell her, quickly retuning her to her ball as the train whistles and we begin to slow.

’Well here we go.’

Meanwhile, in the Canterlot Royal gardens, there was a flash of light deep within the hedge maze, just bright enough to be noticeable by any who were nearby. Luckily nopony was.

After the light died down a figure emerged from her spot. A creature the likes of which Equestria has yet to see. A bipedal pale yellow body with dark grey, three fingered hands, red eyes and what looked to be a thin Venus flytrap attached to the back of her head.

“Maw?”

Author's Notes:

For those wondering I intend for Nat/Sora to have a team of seven Pokemon, one per generation.
After I figure out how, I will be holding polls for their team members between four choice for the fans that will last each week between updates to this story.
That’s all for now, comment if you want and if you can send me a message on how to set up the polls.