The Spirit of Friendship

   Princess Cadence hurried down the hallway with her husband, Shining Armor, Princess Twilight Sparkle, her friends, and Twilight's little dragon; Spike. She thanked the guard at the door as soon as she arrived.

   "We would like to see what is inside of the room. I have no idea how it got there."said Cadence.

   "If it is Sunset Shimmer, we aren't letting her go again!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

   "No," said Twilight Sparkle," Sunset Shimmer has changed since you briefly encountered her. If it is her, we will just talk to her about why she came."

    They were right outside the door as they said this. What they didn't hear were the little quiet whimpers coming from inside. The only one who did was Pinkie Pie.

   She said, "Don't be silly fillies! If it was Sunset Shimmer, she would not be whimpering!"

   "What are you talking about, Pinkie?" Twilight asked," There haven't been any noise coming from that room since we arri-" Her sentence was cut off by a slightly louder whimper.

   "Oh my!" said Fluttershy,"Whatever is in there sounds actually more afraid of us!"

   Twilight said, "I guess the only way we can find out is if we go in!"

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   The pony inside the room heard the hoofsteps. She was very scared. What if the ponies who were coming thought badly of her! All she had wanted was to make some friends and for some reason, ended up here! She could not remember anything before that. If only someone would just appear and give her a reassuring smile. She was pretty certain that the pony's outside the door weren't going to. She heard a couple fragments of sentences;

  "what happened"

  "If it is Sunset Shimmer" The pony began whimpering. What if the ponies outside thought she was "Sunset Shimmer" No, she was pretty sure she was Song Whisper. Song Whisper was not sure where she got the name, but it just seemed to fit right.

   Suddenly, Song Whisper heard a fragment that scared her;

   "would not be whimpering" . In her fright, she whimpered just a tiny bit louder. Then, she heard the fragment that she had been dreading;

   "If we go in."

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  Twilight Sparkle and her friends decided to go in first.

  "We have to be prepared," said Twilight," even though it sounded scared, we don't know who is in there. It could be all just part of a ploy."

    Slowly, they opened the door and went inside the room. At first, they saw nothing. Rainbow was the first to see Song Whisper trying to hide in a corner. "Who are you?" she shouted. "Are you a spy from there?!" she asked, pointing at the portal. Song just whimpered and tried to hide her face, slightly like Fluttershy did when she first met Twilight. Fluttershy noticed this, and recalled how shy she had felt. She then added fear to that, and realized how this poor mare must feel.

   Twilight also realized that the mare must feel horrible right then, though it may not have been as vivid as Fluttershy realized it.      "Stop!" she said to Rainbow Dash, "She is just a unicorn like me or Rarity. Imagine how scared she must feel now!"

  Rainbow felt like she should have kept yelling at Song, but she yielded to her friend and let Twilight take over.

  "Hello," said Twilight, "What is your name?"

   Slowly and unsurely, the mare answered, "Song Whisper." Twilight Sparkle gave her name in return. "Do you know how you got here?" Twilight asked. Song's eyes widened and she rapidly shook her head.

   By then Cadence had come in and was listening to the conversation. She called everyone else over then.

   "She acts like a filly, but looks as old as you," Princess Cadence said, "we should talk to the other princesses."

   "Already here." a voice said. It was Princess Celestia standing by Princess Luna.

   "Shining Armor and Spike alerted us that something had happened here." said Luna, "Where is she?" Twilight and her friends showed the princesses Song Whisper and introduced them to each other. "Song Whisper, can you show me your cutie mark?" asked Celestia, "It may help me to determine where you are from. Song Whisper turned around. Everybody gasped as they saw her mane and wings, including Celestia. They all also noticed her very peculiar cutie mark. It was just a white spot on her flank, like a blank flank, but without being the same color as her fur. "I have decided what to do." Celestia told the group, "She will be sent to Ponyville. Twilight, you will take care of her and teach her. Maybe time will bring her memories back. Once we find out more information, we will decide what to do."