Who Your True Friends Are

I made it back to Fluttershy's cottage, and it was no real surprise to me what I saw. Because of the earthquake, the animals outside were panicking, and Krystal was chasing them, trying to get them to settle down. I figured that she could use some help. I do love animals in real life, just like Krys does, so I thought it couldn't be too hard.

Krystal saw me coming toward her, and said under her breath,

"Source Code! Thank goodness you're here. That earthquake really scared the dickens out of the critters, and I can't seem to get them to calm down. Can you help me?"

"Absolutely. What should I do?"

"Well, the animals inside are all relatively calm, so I can handle them, but these outside ones won't stop panicking. Maybe you can handle them?"

"No problem, Krystal." She hurried inside, and I started following the panicking animals. I thought about how my TATTHoW came through for me with Sabre. I tapped on it, and asked it,

"Hey, TATTHoW, can you emit a frequency that calms down all these creatures?"

"Certainly, Source Code. Open my latch and press the blue button." I did just that. After pressing the button, a pitch that even my sensitive ears could pick up started playing, and the animals all stopped running, some of them even fell asleep.

"That's a relief. I wonder how Krystal is doing?"

I trotted towards the cottage, and when I opened the door, I saw her cuddling the little animals, who were all still shaking.

"Oh, Source. Did you calm the other animals down?"

"I sure did. What's wrong with these little ones?"

"They told me that they're still scared." I remembered Krys telling me that Krystal had the same ability to speak to animals as Fluttershy. I thought about what I could do, and then that voice beckoned to me again,

"Kindness." I then thought about how Krys isn't very comfortable with her voice back home, and how Krystal and I are the only ones who haven't had our trials. I knew what we had to do.

"Krystal, how's your singing voice?"

"Um... it's alright. I mean, how can my singing voice help?"

"Have you ever heard Fluttershy's lullaby?"

"Yes, but I don't know if I could sing it."

"If you want these critters to settle down, I think that's all we can do now. Plus, Celestia knows my singing is awful." Krystal still seemed unsure of herself, so I placed my hoof on hers, and said, "I know you can do it." She calmed down, took a deep breath, and sang,

"Hush now, quiet now, it's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed." I was amazed by her voice. It was almost like a gospel singer. The little critters all stopped shaking as well.

"Keep singing, it's working," I said softly.

"Drifting, drifting, off to sleep. Leave the day behind you. Drifting, drifting, off to sleep. Let the joy of dreamland find you." I started noticing a green aura coming from her. "Hush now, quiet now, lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed." As she finished, her eyes gave off a rainbow glow, and the critters all fell asleep. She and I smiled at each other, and she passed out. Our fifth element had awakened. I realized that, if all of us except for me had awakened as our elements, except for me, then maybe the time for me to tell everypony the truth, like I knew I eventually would, was almost upon me. I was unsure about what would happen if I did tell them, though. They had no memory of me prior to seeing me in Ponyville, and they probably wouldn't believe me if I said I was a human, that is, if they knew what a human is. Plus, how would they take it if I told them what I know about their pasts, or even their creators? Sure, I'm the group's element of honesty in real life, but what guarantee was there that it's the same way here? My mind was so conflicted over what I should do. I snapped out of my conflict when Krystal came to.

"Krystal, are you alright?" I asked softly.

"Yeah, I'm okay, but what just happened?"

"The animals all finally calmed down, thanks to you."

"Me? You mean I did this all myself?"

"Well, I may have helped a little bit, but it was mostly you." She smiled in response, probably out of pride. I then heard the same voice beckoning to me again,

"Come to town square."

"Did you hear that?" Krystal asked. I thought that if Krystal and I both heard the voice, and I'm the only one of us who hadn't awakened yet, then this must be the time to tell everypony the truth, the time I explain everything I know about them.

"We should go. The animals will be fine." We both nodded in agreement, left the cottage, closed the door, and headed to town square.