"I can't find anypony who looks like her, and nobody has even heard of a filly named Delta Machine." Rainbow Dash recounted, scratching her head. Twilight shook her head. Every single bit of evidence they collected for where this filly came from led to no where.

"Fluttershy, what did you find?" Twilight asked, turning to her quiet friend.

"Well, um, a schoolteacher I came across had Delta in her class. She said that she was awfully quiet, and rather odd."

"You ran into Miss Dandelion?" Delta piped up, her already large eyes widening further. She was sitting on the couch wrapped up in a towel, sipping on a juicebox. Twilight had just given her a bath, and was beginning to get used to carrying the tiny filly around the library. Twilight had learned healing spells to fix the cuts and bruises, but the broken foreleg was more difficult to heal.

"Why didn't you bring this up sooner?" Twilight scolded, not meaning to hurt Fluttershy's feelings. She was very frustrated with the whole situation. What kind of parents didn't go searching and hollering after their filly?

"I'm sorry, Twilight," Fluttershy apologized, feeling ashamed.

"It's fine, darling, Twilight is simply irritated," Rarity assured her friend, giving her a big hug.

"Did you ask this schoolteacher about Delta's parents?" Twilight asked, trying to wrap her head around the situation.

"My parents are dead," Delta said simply, taking another sip of her juice box.

All six ponies turned curiously and stared at the little pale filly sitting on the couch. While some of the others didn't seem to care, Twilight was absolutely shocked, and couldn't believe Delta hadn't brought this up sooner.

"Delta, why didn't you bring this up earlier?" Twilight demanded.

"I thought you knew. They didn't come looking for me or anything."

This hadn't been the first time they were baffled at her attitude. Delta Machine fell from the sky not even knowing what unicorns or earth ponies were. She seemed to live in a world of her own, mentally.

Twilight took a seat, sighing deeply. She was ready to bring up the big topic.

"So, how did you get to Ponyville?"

"Well, sometimes I slide away, silently, but this time I kind of...lost myself," Delta answered, hardly answering the question.

"What does that even mean?" Rainbow Dash asked, her wings flapping impatiently.

"I think I know what she's try to say," Fluttershy said quietly, remembering her own experiences in flight school. She, just like Delta, had always been the odd one out. She remembered always shying away from other ponies just to have some time alone, like she thought Delta was explaining.

"What do you mean, sugarcube?" Applejack coaxed, nudging her friend forward. Fluttershy felt security in Applejack's support, and began to speak.

"Well, I used to try to set myself apart from whatever group I was in, and just try to get lost in my own thoughts. I can understand where she's coming from."

"Is this what you're talking about?" Twilight asked, gently.

"You don't understand!" Delta cried, "It's true, I did leave school grounds, but I swear I was on my way back. There's this field of cloud, bouncy and soft, you see, and all I wanted to do was to see it. I was just walking through it, and there was this hole that I fell through."

"I don't buy it," Dash spat, "there are a million flaws in your story. We heard the way you screamed. How could nopony have heard you?"

"It really is the middle of nowhere..." Delta said quietly.

"How far did you walk to get there?" Dash asked, suspiciously.

"Well...I just wandered off, really. And it was still the early morning. There was school recess, and I just left and walked away."

"You just left? Just like that?" Twilight asked, dumbfounded. She never, ever would have left school.

"Nobody saw you?" Dash stomped, clearly frustrated.

"Nobody pays much attention to me."

"You're still just a little filly! With a bright red mane! And trust me, I know, when you have a bright mane the teachers can't keep their eyes off of you."

"She was probably too busy to notice me gone. I hardly talk anyways," Delta admitted, calmly.

"So nopony heard you, nopony saw you leave, and you weren't found missing from school? And you have no parents?" Twilight scratched her head, finding all of this to be too much to handle.

"One last flaw in your story," Dash barked, pacing as if she was interrogating the little filly. Delta gazed up at her innocently, seeming completely unaffected.

"Wow Rainbow Dash, you're being so incredibly serious and skeptical, you're even making Twilight look chilled out! Delta is just a filly after all, a silly filly, but a filly! I mean, her name is super weird and she looks sort of weird and she's kind of apathetic, is that even a word did I say it properly, but you're crazy!" Pinkie Pie piped up, and to the surprise of the others she simply hadn't spoken much.

"Look," Dash continued, ignoring Pinkie's comment, "I have this little orange filly, she's my biggest fan. Cute thing, not that I even like cute things, but here's the ironic part: she can't fly more than a few inches off the ground. Still, if she was under serious stress, she would find a way to float or get back up on those clouds. When I was your age, I was making Sonic Rainbooms."

"Sonic Rainbows?" Delta asked.

"I'll show you sometime, when you're feeling up to it. All I'm saying is that no pegasus can't fly. Even the tiniest fillies can fly. Even Fluttershy over there, who has a talent related to animals, can fly pretty well."

"Thank you, Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy smiled at her friend, genuinely happy to hear the praise.

"No problem, Shy. Anyways, Delta Machine, you couldn't even fly under serious pressure?"

"I never could fly." Delta looked at her wings, wrapped in gauze and cracked at odd angles. Pinkie and Rarity took steps towards her in case she began to cry or whimper, but the filly made not a sound. She just stared at her wings, her wide red eyes shining, adorned with long eyelashes.

"They'll heal up just fine," Rarity assured the filly, "I know they will."

"Ah'm sure you'll be able to fly someday, sugarcube." Applejack smiled and adjusted her hat. "As a matter of fact, my cousin Honey Crisp fell and broke a wing, but now she's workin' just as well as before!"

"You think I'll...fly?" Delta asked, her eyes filling with hope.

"Absolutely-tootly!" Pinkie chirped, bouncing.

"Wow! I...I'm in heaven!" Delta exclaimed, smiling more enthusiastically than they had ever seen. Fluttershy smiled at the little filly, meeting her joyous eyes. She was a little soul, but she'd leave a hoofprint. Fluttershy would have to set aside special time to talk to her one-on-one.

Author's Note

I filled this with lyrics. If you find any not from "Heaven", I will follow your account.