Chapters One Through Three.
It was a beautiful clear day and Fluttershy was walking along the edge of the Ever Free Forrest
"I must do it sometime. I must be brave." she looked toward the Forrest and as if on cue a screech went through the air. Fluttershy was off in a flash.
2 hours later:
Fluttershy was just starting to calm down when there was a loud knocking that almost put her in the same state of panic as before, had a friendly voice called out.
" Fluttershy are ya home?"
"um, I-I-I'll be right there A-Applejack"
When Fluttershy opened the door Applejack immediately asked
"Are ya okay Fluttershy? We could here that screech from the other side of town, we where settling every pony in town an' almost forgot to see if ya were alright"
"I'm f-f-fine t-t-thanks a-a-Applejack" Fluttershy stuttered
"Well if ya sure, I'll be headin' back to the farm now"
"t-t-Thanks for dropping by"
After Applejack had left Fluttershy made herself and the few animals she had left lunch. The little white rabbit next to her was looking around at the empty cages.
"I miss them too Angle, but they were all ready to go home. Well, it was good while it lasted." she sighed.
Knock knock knock.
"hmm, who could that be?" Fluttershy said while walking over to the door.
Opening it she was greeted with the sight of a small filly huddled up in a ball, eyes clamped shut behind her hooves. There was some small purple particles floating down, slowly disappearing.
"Oh, umm, Hello there, are you ok?" Fluttershy asked quietly, the filly didn't answer at first, but the she coward a little more,
"Please don't harvest me, I don,t hold any adam" she said in a small but echoed voice.
"Harvest? What's that?Why are you scared?"
"I... I ... I..." the filly started to say, but when she removed her hoof and peeked at Flutershy she gasped and smiled, immediately perking up,
"Your an angle! En said I'd find an angle"she said excitedly
"An angle? No I'm a Pegasus, like you" Fluttershy replied now a bit confused
"I'm not an angle, I'm Little Sister. You glow, you glow bright, you glow kindness"
"Umm, thank you? Umm, what are you doing here?"
"Miss H and En have been trying to keep me safe, but then they said that they couldn't, I was sad, then En told us he knew were we could find trustworthy ponies, then after some talking he took my hoof told me not to be afraid, he told me I'd find angles. En brought here and left."
"Wait, you've been left here?"
"En said leaving was safer for me"
Rain starts falling.
"Oh no, come inside dear"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course! We don't want you to catch a cold"
Fluttershy voice was full of concern as she brought the filly inside and closed the door.
"Now then, what's your name dear?"
Fluttershy asked lovingly
"Umm, my name? I ..."
Thunder sounded throughout the cottage, scaring both the pegasus
"Epp" they shrieked in unison before jumping behind the couch and clinging to each other, and sometime during the storm they fell asleep in each others arms.
Fluttershy awoke the morning after the storm with empty arms.
"Well, that was a strange dream. I wonder why I dreamt of that for?"
As she was thinking she noticed a lovely smell, she got up and walked to the kitchen, there she saw the little filly cooking a lovely looking dish. The filly noticed Fluttershy.
"Oh, good morning Kind Angel, I asked your bunny about if I could cook and what I could cook with, I hope you don't mind, I made breakfast"
"Um, no, it's alright, um, can I ask you some questions, I mean you don't have to but, umm"
"I'll answer any question you want, Kind Angel. Oh but first where are the plates, the food is ready"
Fluttershy got out some plates
"Here you are"
"Thank you Kind Angel"
The filly said as she started spooning some of the dish on a plate.
"Um, My name is Fluttershy, if you want to call me that instead of angel"
"Oh, ok" the filly said sadly as she finished distributing the meal between them.
"Here you are Ki... I mean, Miss Fluttershy"
"Umm, thank you" Fluttershy took a mouthful of the dish."Wow! This is delicious! Umm, what is it?"
"I don't know, Miss H taught me how to make it"
"Who is Miss H?"
"She's Big Sister. I don't know if we're actually related but she cares for me just like a real big sister, or maybe even a mother."
"Well I think we should go see some of my friends, they may have seen her, umm, you also mentioned someone else"
"Oh yeah, En, he's called the Ender Brother, he can be real scary and mean to people but only if there mean to me, he's the one that put me here"
"Oh ok, umm, we should be going now, Sugar Cube Corner should be opening soon and I think that if any pony knows about new ponies its Pinkie"
"Wait, we're going into town? With all the ponies, but it's dangerous."
"Why would it be dangerous?"
"There are lots of bad ponies, sometimes they try to grab me, En and Miss H would protect me but now there not here"
"Don't worry, there are no bad ponies in Ponyville, I'll look after you"
The filly nodded.
"Ok then, we'll head off in... Wait, I don't your name!"
"Umm, Little Sister"
"Um Ok, if that's what you me to call you"
"Yes please"
"Ok let's head off"
Half an hour later, they arrived at Sugar Cube Corner and were immediately greeted by Pinkie Pie
"HI FLUTTERSHY, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE BUT I'M SO GLAD YOUR HERE! HEY WHO'S THAT? WHY ARE HER EYES YELLOW? WHY DOES SHE LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT? WHY IS DARSI MAKING ME SPEAK IN CAPITALS?"
"Umm, Hi Pinky, umm, this is, umm, Little Sister an..."
"OH MY SUGAR STARS, YOU NEVER TOLD US YOU HAD A SISTER!* GAAAAAAASP* WE NEED TO HAVE A PARTY!"
Pinky Pie then dashed off to organise the party.
"Oh, well, umm, maybe Rarity will know if someone new is in town"
Fluttershy said nervously
"WOW, Two Angels!" An exited Little Sister said, still gazing off in the direction Pinky ran.
"Two?" Fluttershy ask in curious tone.
"Yeah, you, Kindness, and Laughter, the one who just left" Sister replied happily.
'I wonder' Flutershy thought to herself. Before telling Sister,
"Well lets go to Rarity's now"
"Ok" came a chirpy reply.
They arrived at the Carousal Bouquet they found Rainbow Dash walking passed, she noticed Fluttershy and walked up to the shy mare and said
"Hey Fluttershy, You lookin' for Rarity?"
"Umm, Yes, have you seen her? "
"Yeah she's with Applejack, there looking after the CMC, I was just headin' over there myself, wanna tag along"
"Umm, Ok, oh and , umm, this is Little Sister, we're looking for her carers"
Rainbow Dash finally spotted the little yellow eyed filly.
"Hey there" she said warmly
Little Sister was putting on a grin that could be competition for Pinky Pie
"I think I know why En chose to leave me here, Kindness, Laughter and now a Loyal Angel"
"What?" Rainbow Dash said rather plainly, a blank look on her face.
"Hmm, Rainbow, umm, can you go get Twilight, if your not to busy that is"
"Fluttershy you know I'd do anything for you. Where am I brining her?"
"Well, umm, if Applejack doesn't mind, umm, I would like to have a, umm, little meeting, umm, if everyone doesn't mind that is"
"Ok, meeting at Sweet Apple Acres, got it, see ya 'round 'Shy"
Rainbow zoomed off, leaving a rainbow trail behind a cyan blur.
Fluttershy motioned for Little Sister to follow and started towards the farm.
They arrived at Sweet Apple Acres just before lunch and were greeted by Granny Smith,
"Why hello there dearies, Your just in time for lunch" she said in her old loving grandma voice,
"That is if I could find anyone but Big Mac"
As if on cue a deep manly voice rang out,
"Hey Granny, Ah found tha girls"
Big Mac walks out from around the corner of the house.
"Ahh! Brute!" Little Sister gasped as she ducked behind Fluttershy,
"What? No, this is Big Macintosh, he's even less likely to hurt you then Angel Bunny" Fluttershy said comfortingly,
"Ah prefer Big Mac and Ah may not have the highest education but Ah am not a brute" he said in an offended tone,
"Sorry, I only saw how big you were, your red coat and the, umm" she said pointing her neck, before continuing,
"I didn't realise you we're a pony, I'm sorry"
"Eeeup" Big Mac said with a confused look before turning and walking away, saying
"Any way, the girls are inside makin' lunch"
"Thank you Big Mac" Granny said. She then turned to Little Sister, who was deep in thought, and asked,
"Now what would a filly like yourself know about the brutes. I haven't seen one since they were pushed into the forests, and that was nearly 60 years ago!"
"I'd rather not talk about it. En was hurt, I don't like remembering him hurt" she said as she held back some tears.
"Oh, well then ya don't have to talk about if ya don't wanna. Come on dear, I'll introduce ya to me granddaughter and 'er friends"
After some introductions, every pony had something to eat and drink.
The CMC took Little Sister to eat under tree near the house.
"So, You were introduce to us as Little Sister, but what's your real name?" Scootaloo asked bluntly.
"My real name? I don't think I have one. Or at least I can't remember it. I don't think En and Miss H knew it either. I've always been called Little Sister"
"Well instead of that, what'll we call ya?" Applebloom asked.
"I don't know" answered Little Sister
Then Sweetie Belle said,
"Well, how about we just shorten your name for now?"
"Shorten it to what?"
"Lils" she said matter-of-factly.
After a short while, all the girls were heading inside to wash their plates.
They had just finished when Fluttershy came in,
"Oh there you are Little Sister"
"Hi Miss Fluttershy! The girls here have been kind enough to give me a nick name"
"Oh really? That's sweet of you three, thank you"
"Don't ya wanna to hear what it is?"
"Yes please girls"
"We're gonna call her Lils" said Scootaloo
"Sweetie Bell came up with it" Lils points out.
"Oh, lovely, umm, do you mind if I call you that as well?"
"Not at all Miss Fluttershy"
"Great, now can you come with me for a little bit, if you don't mind"
"Of course Miss Fluttershy"
They walked out to the barn where Everyone was gathered.
"Ok Fluttershy, YOU called us here, so what ever it is must be important, right?
"Well, umm, I'm not too sure. You see Little Sister here sees us as, umm, 'Angels', umm, Lil's, What angels do you see"
Lil's giggles a little before saying,
"Well, There's you, the angel of Kindness, The angel of Laughter and angel of Loyalty" Pointing at Fluttershy, then Pinkie Pie and then Rainbow Dash.
Twilight cut in before Lils could continue,
"And I presume Rarity is the 'angel' of generosity, Applejack is Honesty and I'm Magic, Correct?"
Lils giggled and nodded.
"She can see our element? So, What's the big deal?" Rainbow says in her usual manner.
Now it was Twilights turn to be cut off, as Granny Smith matter-of-factly says,
"Now, Ah don't think she see your just as your elements, Ah think she see's something more"
Before any pony could say anything more, the sound of galloping Pegasi is heard from outside.
Big Mac opens the doors to the barn just in time for the group to see two royal carriages land.
Numerous ponies spoke at once but they all said the same thing,
"What's Going On?"
Luna steps out of one of the chariots, and rushes to the next one.
"Come along my dear, it is not far" she says catching and supporting the brown mare who stumbles down from the second chariot, obviously injured.
"Big Sis!"
Lils rushes over to the pair, followed by the rest of the Mane 6.
"Miss H! Your hurt!"
"Yeah, not as badly as Celestia, Discord or..." 'Miss H' trails off.
"May we use one of your homes bedrooms Apple clan?"
"Course ya can, here place her on my back I'll put her into my room" Applejack offers,
"Mah rooms closer Sis, plus it ain't up stairs"
"We thank thee kindly Mr Macintosh, and to you Miss Applejack, but I will carry her"
"Won't be the first time" the mare tries to joke as she is magically placed on the Princess's back.
"Hush now girl, you are in no condition for jocularities. Please my dear, just rest, I will take care of you"
The mare nods drearily and relaxes.
They reach the house door and Twilight magics it open for them, the bedroom is opened in the same manner but by Rarity.
Once H is in bed, Luna cast a spell and ushers everyone out so she may rest.
"Umm, Miss Princess Luna, what's gonna happen to Big Sis? And where's En, isn't he gonna come help?He always does"
Luna looks uncomfortable for a moment, before regain composer and gently saying,
"I'm sorry to say, but it was The Ender Brother who did this to he..."
"NO! YOUR LYING! EN WOULD NEVER HURT BIG SISTER!"
Lils voice distorts more and she backs away from Luna, who looks at the ground sadly,
"He wasn't in the right state of mind, he didn't want to do it. Essentially it was Nightmare Moon that made him do it"
"But aren't you Nightmare Moon?" Pinkie asked before quickly covering her mouth with her fore-hooves.
"Yes, and I did start this incident by having it take over again. Nightmare Moon is actually a thing, not just an enraged version of me. It's name is The Eternal Darkness. What Celestia and I thought I meant as Nightmare, was that I would kill her and never raise the sun again. This is not the case however, what It meant was to spend its influence and rule all. Ender absorbed it, saving me, but turning hisself into... something... something horrid. He managed to take over a few times, ordering us to reopen the portal to his old world, then after he struck Celestia down..."
"What!" Twilight shouts suddenly "The Princess is dead!?"
"No, just unconscious! And a bit magic burnt, same goes with discord only he also has a few broken bones"
"What about En? You said he change what he was saying when he did that. What did he say?"
Luna looks at the filly sadly,
"I think I'll let Hannah tell you"
"Oh ok, when do you think I'll get to see her?"
"Soon, her genetics make it so she heals quickly, and in conjunction to my spell it should be an even shorter time"
"Oo, that's something I'd like to ask about your Majesty"
"Oh come Twilight, we are all friends here, please call me Luna"
"Umm, ok then, Luna, what was that spell you used, I didn't recognise it as anything from Starswirls or Yours or your sisters teachings, speaking of, are you sure she'll be alright?"
"Yes Twilight Sparkle, my Tia will be fine, she just needs to rest and recover, like Hannah" Luna replies with a smile.
They sat in a comfortable silent for a while before Lils pipes up again,
"You didn't answer Magic Angle, I mean, Miss Twilight's question, What was the spell?"
"Oh she will learn of its purpose soon enough"
/2 Hours Later/
"Princess Luna! Princess Luna!"
The CMC come running into the kitchen, all eyes turn to them.
"Yes my dear fillies?"
"She's awake! She's awake!"
Luna's eyes widen and she rushes to the room.
"Hannah, my dear, are you awake?"
"No, I sent the fillies to tell you I'm awake while asleep, and I'm still asleep now"
"Watch your tongue girl. How are you feeling?"
"Fine thank you, Is Little Sister around?"
"Right here Big Sis"
Both the older mares jumped a bit.
"Don't do that Sis"
"Sorry. Umm, Miss H, can I ask you a question?"
"'Course, you never need permission to ask me"
"Is En dead?"
...
...
...
"She asks so innocently"
"It's an innocent question, just an uncommon one"
"Miss H, please, is Ender Brother gone? Gone for good this time?"
"Yes, I think so. I'm sorry Sis"
The room defends into silence.
"Can we bury him?"
"No, no, he disappeared when he was defeated"
"Oh..."
**\Later**
"Thank you for giving us use of your room Mr. Macintosh"
"Eeyep"
"We don't mind none Princess, but don't ya think you should've gone to an actual hospital instead o' comin' here" Applejack asks,
"Well, I would have, but Hannah insisted on coming, she had felt a powerful force near Lils, which turned out to be you and the other Elements of Harmony"
"Oh, alrighty then"
The CMC come over and start talking to Lils,
"Do ya think we'll eveh see ya again?"
"Yeah, whatcha gonna do now?"
"Where will you go?"
"Girls you've only known me since lunch..."
"So what, your like, one of the most awesome fillies around!"
"Third ta Rainbow Dash an' Dinky" Applebloom jokes, getting mixed reactions, Sweetie missed it,
"But Rainbow Dash isn't a filly? She's a mare"
Scootaloo glared at her friend,
"It's not funny Bloom, Dinky's a different awesome, RD's outa this league of awesome, and I don't rank you"
Lils didn't get it,
"I don't understand, who's Dinky? What do you mean?"
"Oh, Dinky's a filly in our class who Scootaloo has a crush on. Rainbow Dash proclaims herself ta be 'awesome' an '20% cooler', Scoots Idolises 'er"
"Oh ok, hmm, I've never been to school, En and Miss H always taught me things"
"You ain't been ta school!?"
Sweetie and Scootaloo spoke at once,
"Lucky little filly"
"Aww poor thing"
Hannah comes over to the group,
"Hey Lils, Mum and I were thinking that, maybe we should settle down. Ponyville is a pretty safe place, and the only pony who's heard of ADAM is Twilight, and that was only in passing"
"You can finally go to school Lils! You'll be in our class too" Sweetie says smiling wide,
"Indeed you can, but before that happens you must have a proper name, and as Hannah and En left you in the care of Miss Fluttershy, I'm sure she would appreciate being able to help with that, If you don't mind that is Hannah"
Fluttershy had walked over after hearing her name called,
"Umm, hello your majesty, I heard my name, did you need me?"
"So this is who Brother left you with, hmm, I like" Hannah comments licking her lips, before a look of shock washes over her "Oh I'm so sorry! I don't know why I said that out loud! I'm so so sorry"
"Ah, I should have mentioned your, umm" Luna starts, getting stuck on a modern term.
"Metal filters." Hannah fills in,
"Yes, the spell I cast may weaken that for a while"
After and awkward moment Luna continues,
"I would consent by the way"
"Oh but we couldn't marry, it's not legal yet" this time it's Fluttershy's turn to put hooves to her mouth,
"Umm, I mean, if that ever happened"
"Oh why couldn't it? Hey Flutters?" Hannah says, bumping her flank against Fluttershy's.
"Miss Haaaaaaach, stop flirting while we're around"
"Oh, sorry Little Sis. Oh, we still need to come up with a name for you don't we"
"Ooo! Ooo! Can it have something to do with the forest! Please? I really liked it when we lived there"
"The forest?" Fluttershy asks hoping it not the one sh...
"The Everfree Forest" Hannah clarifies, interrupting th...
"Oh that is a marvellous idea, and keeping with the Lils idea, How about Lily, Lily Everfree?"
There going to make a great coup...
"Miss Fluttershy, thank you, I will happily take that name"
"Then it shall be done! As a Princess of Equestria, I name thee, Lily Everfree, of the town of Ponyville"
Rapture.
"Oh? Lily?"
"Hmm. No, no I want to be from here. I want to live in Ponyville"
"Done!"
Place to stay.
"Oh would you stop sounding so board! But he does have a point, you will need residency"
"They can stay with me!" Fluttershy say confidently, smiling, for a moment at least, "Oh, umm, that is of course if you two would like to, umm, stay with me" her voice goes to soft to hear.
"We would love to stay with you Miss Hot-ershy, I MEAN FLUTTERSHY! When's is this going to wear off"
"A day or so. Oh and before I leave, you may experience some pain near the end of the spell, you'll understand why" And with that Luna launches herself into the air and starts flying back towards Canterlot, forgetting about the carriages she took here...
"This always happens with her" one of the guards says, one of the others nods, mmmming in agreement,
"Hey, do you reckon we could get away with saying that we weren't give any orders after being told to stay here?" The third comments, to which the fourth replies,
"But we weren't told to stay here, the Princess was to busy with the injured mare, and I'm pretty sure you two are needed for civic tonight aren't you?" He asks the second and third,
"Exactly! And if we're stuck here, we don't have to do it" the second states,
"Oh, but you'll get something worse to replace it, trust me" the first says shivering slightly at the memory of when he missed his round of 'Civic' "*sigh* I suppose we best be heading back then, come on"
Fluttershy, the CMC, Hannah and the newly named Lily all meet up with the rest of the group.
"Hey, umm, Hannah, was it?"
"Yes, Twilight was it?" Hannah replies sarcastically, then with sincerity, "What do you want to know?"
"Oh, I was just wondering what your relationship with Princess Luna is, you must be important for her to leave Celestia's side"
"Oh, umm, yeah, I'm her daughter"
Once again confusion spreads and almost everypony asks simultaneously,
"WHAT!?"