My name is Crystal Joy. I am a unicorn. I have a yellow coat, and a blue and purple mane. I was born on June 9th, in Manehattan. When I was born, the doctors knew something was wrong. They did tests and they found out I was deaf. That means I can't hear, by the way. Anways, I was sent to the Ponyville orphanage. One day, 3 little fillies came and said something. I could only see thier mouths move, so I wrote on my special chalkboard, "What?" The fillies looked confused, so my friend Maybelle, a peagasus with paralyzed wings, came up and said,
"She's deaf. She can't hear you." I knew what she said because she had used sign launguage to show me. I couldn't read lips back then, like I can now. The fillies grabbed a chalkboard and wrote,
"Want to come to our clubhouse?" I looked at them, nodding my head. The fillies wrote thier names on the chalkboard.
"I'm Sweetie Belle," wrote the white purple-and-pink haired unicorn.
"I'm Applebloom," wrote the yellow red-haired earth pony with the big bow.
"..and I'm Scootaloo!" wrote the orange, purple-haired pegasus. They said Maybelle and I could both come with them, and at that moment, I knew I had found family.
Author's Note
It was kind of short, but whatever!
"Alright, Crusaders, what kind of crusading are we gonna do next?" Scootaloo said. We had given up the chalkboard because I had learned to read lips. We were in the clubhouse, have our meeting. I was part of the cutie Mark Crusaders, because I didn't have a cutei mark. Niether did Maybelle, so she was there, too. I still used the chalkboard though. Fluttershy was teaching me how to talk, although I couldn't even hear myself. I had learned how to use my vocal chords, but I was still working on it. I can hum, but I can't quite talk. I can't hear what I hum, but I can feel it. Don't as me how. I don't know. For a month now, Maybelle and I had been lving with Applebloom and her family. Maybelle and I had become great farm ponies by learning from Applejack and Big Macintosh. We had started school, and I loved it. Maybelle and I had a special tutor named Sparkle Dust. She had bright yellow skin. a redish-and-purple mane, and her cutie mark was a book. She had pretty pink glasses. She was great at sign language. Our regular teacher's name is Cheerilee. She's very pretty and nice. We were getting ready for school in the clubhouse.
We walked to school. Sure enough, we bumped into Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Well, if it isn't the Cutie Mark Crybabies!" Diamond Tiara said.
"Oh my Celestia! That is one horrible looking saddlebag, Crystal! Oh wait, why did I even bother to say it? She can't even hear us give her some fashion adivce!" Silver Spoon added, even though I knew every word she said. Diamond Tiara pushed me back into a puddle of water and Silver Spoon looked at Maybelle.
"Well, how are you, ol' Stiff Wings? You still haven't thawed those out?" she said.
"They are not frozen, they're paralyzed!" Sweetie Belle said, coming to Maybelle's defense while Scootaloo and Applebloom dried me off.
"Oh, whatever, blank flanks!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon said in unision. With that, they walked off, laughing as they trotted to the schoolhouse. Suddenly, I got up and started to run for the schoolhouse with all my might. I thought about the essons Fluttershy was giving me.
"Miss Cheerilee! Miss Cheerile!" I screamed, not knowing if anyone heard me. I think they did, because Cheerilee looked up and stared at me. Diamond and Silver were looking at me as if I was an alien.
"Yes, Crystal?" Cheerile asked.
"Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were bullying me! They pushed me into a puddle!" I said, my brand new saddlebags dripping wet. "She ruined my brand-new saddlebags! I--I payed 15 bits for these! They think i'm dumb, but I know every word they say! Please make them stop!" Tears filled up in my eyes. Miss Cheerilee was walking towards me.
"Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, you're in big trouble!" Cheerilee said. She looked me straight in the eye. "Crystal, don't listen to a thing they say, okay? Just know that words can't hurt you. As for your saddlebag, I'll make Diamond Tiara's father buy you a new one exactly like it, okay?" she said, wiping the tears out of my eyes.
"O-okay," I managed to say. "Thank you."
By then, school was actually over. "See you guys later!" I said. "Gotta go to voice lessons!" I said, walking towards Fluttershy's cottage.
"Meet you at the clubhouse!" The rest of the Crusaders siad, waving at me as I walked away.
"I'm here, Fluttershy!" I said as I walked inside her cottage.
"Wow, Crystal! You've really improved! Angel has been waiting for you to come over!" Fluttershy said. Angel was Fluttershy's pet rabbit. He was very cute, and was sometimes bossy and stubborn. He seemed to love me though. "I see you've really practiced." she said.
"My friends and I were being bullied by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and I couldn't take it, so I told Miss Cheerilee about them. She
even said she would get new saddlebags for me because Diamond ruined those ones." I said. She and I practiced voice lessons some more. An hour later, I went over to the Ponyville Hospital for my weekly checkup.
"Why if it isn't Crystal Joy!" one of the nurses said. "Sparkle has been waiting for you." I went to the back of the 3rd floor, where my special therapy room was. Sure enough, Sparkle Dust and Maybelle were in there waiting for me.
"Hello, Crystal! We've been waiting for you! Maybelle told me all about your day!" Sparkle said.
"Hi, Miss Sparkle Dust. Glad to see you again." I said.
After we had therapy, Maybelle left and I had my checkup. Miss Sparkle said there was a little sign of life in my ears, which problably explained why I was starting to hear loud noises like ambulances and screams. She put a special hearing aid in my ears and I could slightly hear her voice for the first time. It was soft and gentle, but not saoft like quiet-sfot. Like sitting-on-a-really-comfy-bed soft. I went back to the clubhouse and everyone said "Hi". I said, "I can hear! Well, kind of! It's amazing!" I exclaimed. "Oh, really? That's awesome! Scootaloo said. I thought I would never hear again, but I guess I was wrong.
