[Note - I've moved Blackbird to the next story. These two stand on their own. It should be linked at the sequel]Clover the Clever gets ripped from her simple life in the little village where she'd settled after the founding of Equestira when her mentor, Starswirl The Bearded offers her the chance to help care for two tiny abandoned foals. But before he allows her to see them he warns her that the moment she saw them she would set things in motion that would take her away from her life, would destroy her plans and dreams and would forever put her life in great peril. It frightened her enough to say no. Still, one day she secretly followed the old unicorn into the cave that led into the side of the mountain, just to get one little look...