My Little Miracle

The train left early in the morning, at 6:30 to be exact. They planned to be there just in time for lunch.
"We'll be there really soon, alright sweetie?"-Caramel looked anxiously at her daughter-"How are you feeling? Do you feel motion sick? Is your leg hurting?!"

Silver Bell looked at her mother and laughed "Mommy! I feel fine. Just stop worrying, okay?"
Suddenly the train stopped and as Caramel looked out the window she realized they had arrived. They were really here, in the famous Ponyville, home of the Elements of Harmony and their bearers.

"It's even more grand then I thought it would be!" Caramel exclaimed. She scooped up her daughter and her bag and excitedly trotted to the purple alicorn's house.
Knock knock! "Your majesty? It is us, Caramel and Silver Bell Flare!"
"Oh! Come right in!" Twilight replied. She hurriedly galloped down her stairs but had mis-calculated her steps and not-so-majestically fell to the floor.

"Your majesty! Are you hurt? Oh, don't tell me you're hurt! Oh I can't bear the thought that I killed the princess!!" Caramel cried out. She felt really awkward standing around while the princess stumbled to her hooves, but knew it would be strange to help her.
Silver Bell limped over to Twilight (once she stood up again) and hugged her "Thank you for helping me! I'm sorry my mommy is acting so weird. She's just..excited!"

Twilight looked down at the grey filly "Oh, you have nothing to be worried about. I'll have you up and galloping in no time! But first you need to have some lunch. Daisy sandwiches and hay soup okay?"
Caramel looked at the princess uneasily, but when the princess smiled at her she smiled back and walked into the house.

Healing Wounds

The next day the treatment began. Twilight began by examining Silver Bell's leg. She began examining it but ran into a problem "I think I'll have to take a closer look-" she removed the tightly wrapped cast that Silver Bell had been wearing "-that should do it. I hope you don't mind."
Caramel looked at her "Of coarse not, it's all in the treatment plan."

So twilight did this every day for a week. She did a special healing spell (that sadly works very slowly) and checked her reflexes. At first Caramel wouldn't leave her daughter, but eventually Twilight persuaded her to go see the town and soon Twilight was spending all her time with the young filly, each day the filly was getting better. While this made Twilight happy, she knew eventually they would return home, leaving her alone once more. She loved the filly's bright spirit and cheerfulness. Silver Bell always looks for something nice in anypony, which of coarse made Twilight feel better.
On one particular rainy day Caramel had fallen asleep and Twilight was just reading a book. The young filly stared blankly out the window, lost in a trance. Twilight stopped reading and just watched the young filly "What are you thinking about?"

"Everything, I guess. I remember when I used to play in the rain. Splashing in puddles, stomping in mud. I always had fun in the rain" the young filly looked down, closed her eyes, and sighed "I miss playing in the rain. And in the sun, and the cloudy days too."

Twilight looked at the disheartened young filly "You don't have much more of a wait. Soon you'll be able to go back to your home, school, playing with your friends" she was very surprised to see the normally happy pony so sad.

"Will I really? I don't feel any different now then when I got here. It's probably hard to imagine, but even a happy pony like me can have a rainy day" Silver Bell looked gloomily out the window into the dark grey sky, and laid down. She sighed again before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

"I know you're getting better. You're just too young to tell" she covered the filly in a blanket and kissed her on the forehead, before settling back in her chair to continue reading.