Rarity Belle had her new cutie mark from finding that rock that contained such a large number of gems. She was unable to get every single last one, but she did get the majority of them. However, as she headed down the mountain, she heard something crying out.

"Now what in Equestra is that about?" Rarity said. She followed the noise and discovered a dragon egg, recently hatched. And narby was a baby orange dragon; one that was the cause of he noise. "Oh you poor dear..." Rairty said, and hufted the baby dragon onto her back and the remains of the eggs into her saddle bags. "Dragon or not, one such as yourself should not have been abandoned as an egg. So, I will take you to my home and my parents will figure things out from there. I've always wanted a little sister." Rarity said. The orange dragon seemed to calm down from that and Rarity went home.

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"Oh, such a poor thing..." Hondo Flanks said. "I always had a feeling you were too generous for your own good. But I suppose we can't very well leave the poor girl alone." He added.

"It seems you'll be getting two little sisters then." Cookie Crumbles said.

"Mom? What do you mean?" Rarity asked.

"Well, it's just that...I'm pregnant again." Cookie Crumbles said. Upon hearing that from her own mother, Rarity fainted onto the nearby couch.

"...How does she always manage to faint onto a nearby couch?" Hondo Flanks asked. The baby orange dragon giggled at Rarity's antics. "...Well as for you, I suppose we can call you Smolder." He added.

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A few months later, a new baby unicorn was born into the family, named Sweetie Belle. Smolder was not able to fully talk yet, but very much liked to play with her newborn sister.

And then time passed further, until Rarity was considered adult enough to move out of the house. She moved out of her parents' house and into a boutique in Ponyville. Sweetie Belle was also sent to live with Rarity as was Smolder of course; though Smolder did so to never be separated from her older sister anytime soon. The dragon knew she had been adopted, but this family...it was really good to Smolder so Smolder decided that she would let herself be one of the family.

"I'm hoping here Sweetie Belle can make some new friends her age when she's old enough for school." Rarity said.

"I do too." Smolder said. "Wish there were other dragons around I could hang with." She added.

"I'm sure at some point, the relationship between Ponies and Dragons will be less restrictive. But beggars can't be choosers." Rarity said.

"So, are you going to make friends too?" Smolder asked.

"Of course I am. It'd be nice to get to know some of the locals." Rarity said.

Rarity did, and had four well liked aquantices by the end of the day: Applejack the Farmer, Rainbow Dash the pegasus, Fluttershy the animal caretaker, and Pinkie Pie the baker/party planner; Pinkie Pie in particular, throwing a party for Rarity as soon as the white unicorn returned home to her boutique. Which did happen to have three bedrooms in it.

"Convenient." Smolder said about that that night.

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Time passed still, and it was the day of the Summer Sun Celebration. Well...the day before that anyways. Ponyville was chosen to host this year's summer sun celebration for Princess Celestia. Rarity was tasked with Decorating the Town Hall, and of course, Smolder was also helping out.

But then, as they were decorating...

"Beautiful..." A male voice said.

"Yes, the decor is quite nice Spike." A new female voice said.

"No not the decorations." A dragon on top of a purple unicorn said.

Another Dragon? Here? This could be my chance... Smolder thought to herself, not catching the rest of the conversation.

"Excuse me?" The purple unicorn said, going up to Rarity.

"Not now dear, I'm in the zone as it were." Rarity said. The Purple Dragon went up to Smolder who smiled at the new dragon.

"Hey. I'm Smolder." Smolder said.

"I-I'm Spike. The unicorn is my older sister Twilight Sparkle." The purple dragon said.

"Twilight Sparkle; I'll be sure to remember that." Smolder said. "Oh and you too. This is my first time meeting another Dragon." Smolder said. She noticed her sister taking Twilight to the Boutique. "...We'd better follow my sister and your sister." Smolder said.

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Sometime later, she was at Ponyville Library with Spike and then her sister and Spike's sister along with the others Rarity knew went off to the Everfree Forest.

"Do you think they'll be okay?" Spike asked.

"Between both our sisters, they'll be fine against anything Nightmare Moon has to throw at them." Smolder said. "So, where did Twilight find you after you hatched from your egg?" Smolder asked.

"Did Rarity find you after you hatched from yours?" Spike asked. Smolder nodded. "I see. Well, Twilight actually hatched me from mine." Spike added.

"But...the amount of magic needed to do so is only possible from an alicorn like Princess Celestia." Smolder noted.

"Sis says that it was because of some rainbow explosion that flared up her magic that caused her to hatch my egg." Spike said.

"Rainbow Explosion...now that you mention it, my sister said something similar happened when she found the rock with gems in it. After she came down the mountain, she discovered me, just recently hatched from an egg. All I remember is some explosion that caused my hatching to get jumpstarted." Smolder said.

"Do you think it's just a coincidence then?" Spike asked.

"Hardly. I don't believe things like that just happen just because. Let's get some rest for now. Our sisters will be back before we know it." Smolder said.

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Sometime later, the two were woken up by a party going on. Seems the girls did it and made Nightmare Moon go back into being Princess Luna.

"Is something wrong my dearest student?" Celestia asked Twilight.

"Well it's just that, I just got to start being friends with the others, and I would hate to leave that all behind." Twilight said. "And considering there's another dragon down here in Ponyville, I think it would do Spike some good to be around her." She added. Celestia smiled.

"Spike, start writing." Celestia said. Spike nodded and got ready. "By royal decree, Twilight Sparkle is to reside in ponyville and learn the magic of friendship. She is to report to me with her findings on thsese things." Celestia said.

"Uh Princess..." Smolder spoke up. "How often does that need to be? I highly doubt she'll find something new just once a week." She added.

"It's whenever she finds something new; there is no real deadline." Celestia said.

"Thank you, Princess; thank you so much." Twilight said with a smile. Her new friends group hugged the purple unicorn.

"Looks like we'll be hanging out quite a bit more, huh?" Smolder said to Spike who suddenly collapsed in a collection of hearts.

"...What's up with him?" Celestia asked.

"...I think I'll have to tell you later..." Twilight said.

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