Humans, an entire planet populated with humans. Celestia knew that the magic mirror she had was a portal to another world, but of all the worlds that the portal could have sent you too, it just happened to be one filled with humans.

It had been a year since Sunset Shimmers abandoned her studies and left into the portal. Celestia had sent guards after her, but it was no use, she escaped. It wasn't a complete loss however. Based off the information she had received from the guards who had traveled to this other world, she discovered that they had been sent to a world populated by creatures called 'humans' and they themselves were turned to humans as well. The portal took them to the front of a high school and the portal itself looked like an old statue. When they had returned with this information Celestia could not believe what she was hearing. This could be the world where Glee had come from, the place where he truly belongs! Celestia had tried to send her guards to retrieve more information on this strange new world, but by then the portal had closed. Sunset Shimmers would be trapped there for another 30 moons, and she now had to figure out what to do about Glee.

Glee was now ten years old, he had lots of friends, was one of the three smartest kids in his school (Twilight and Green Bush were the other two), and has never gotten into trouble. Glee had also started becoming a bit of an adventurer, he loved to explore new places he had never seen before. He was always happy to make new friends and loved to spread joy to all the other fillies. He was kind and sweet to every pony he met. This hurt Celestia very much.

She loved Glee very much, he truly was like a son to her. She loved to see Glee with all his friends and his eagerness to learn. She loved watching him explore and play and be kind to every pony. But, now that she knew where Glee had come from, she didn't know whether she should send him to his home world or let him stay.

Glee had so many friends, and by sending him to his home world, he would no longer be able to see them again. Glee could just visit every thirty moons, but that would just make things harder on Glee since he has to leave them again for another thirty moons. Glee could just stay, but then Glee would never be able to see his own kind. That and she was afraid of how Glee would act when he came to puberty, he was growing up rather fast (Glee was bigger then all the ponies, a few more years and he would be taller then the princess).

Celestia was torn between these two options, let her son stay and never let him see his own kind, or send him of to his world, and never see him again.

A white unicorn with a blue cross for a cutie mark came into the throne room, "your highness, Glee's health results is finished".

"Thank you nurse Blue Heart, and what does it say?" Celestia asked.

Every living thing has magic, or at least, is supposed to have magic. Yet, ever since the day Celestia first found Glee, Glee has shown no sign of possessing even the slightest bit of magic. Celestia has done everything she could to fix this, from medicine to methods, but every check up always comes to the same conclusion. Glee Sunrise was a perfectly healthy ten year old boy, yet he showed no sign of having magic.

Nurse Blue Heart shook her head, "its the same as last time princess, Glee still has no magic".

"I was afraid of that, every living creature has magic, so for Glee to be the only one without magic, it worries me" said Celestia.

"I could prescribe him to magitonen (a medication made for unicorns who are unable to use magic at an older age) again, if you like?" said Nurse Blue Heart.

"No, that won't do, we've tried that many times before" said Celestia.

"Well, there's not much left we can do you highness. It seems that Glee just doesn't have magic. Which, in all my years of being a nurse I have never seen any pony without magic before. Do you think this will affect Glee negatively?" Nurse Blue Heart asked.

"I'm not sure quite yet, we'll have to wait until he's older, is Glee still with Twilight Sparkle by any chance?" Celestia asked.

Nurse Blue Heart nodded, "yes your highness, they're in Glee's room, playing with a baby dragon".

"That's good to hear, I'm going to go visit them, why don't you head home for the night, I am aware that its your daughter Red Hearts birthday, correct?" Celestia asked.

Nurse Blue Heart nodded, "yes your highness".

"Then tell Red Heart I said happy birthday" said Celestia.

"Yes of course, thank you your highness" ,nurse Blue Heart left the throne room.

Celestia finished her last bit of paper work for the night, then left the throne room herself.

She walked down the castle hallway to Glee's room, when she had gotten closer, she heard muffled voices shouting inside.

"He's getting closer, don't let the monster escape!"

"Rrrrraaaaaaawwww!!!"

'Sounds like their having fun' Celestia thought.

Celestia entered Glee's room to find it in a complete disaster. There was clothes everywhere, toys scattered all over the floor, a blanket fort was half destroyed in the corner, and for some reason, there was string attached to almost every part of the room.

Suddenly, a small purple unicorn ran out of the half destroyed blanket fort carrying a purple dragon on her back. Behind her, was a small human (small for us, very large for ponies) wearing a werewolf mask.

"He's going to get us!" the purple unicorn shouted.

"Rrrrraaaaaaawwww!!!"

"I hope you'll be able to find your way out of this mess" said Celestia, as she smiled at the fillie and the child.

The child looked at Celestia, and gasped from excitement, "mom!".

He ran to Celestia, giving her a hug.

"Are you done with your work? Can I watch you set the sun?" Glee asked.

"Of course you can, but your going to have to clean your room as soon as I finished" said Celestia.

"But mom, that'll take forever!" Glee complained.

"Well, if you don't want to clean then why did you make such a mess?" said Celestia, playfully.

"Me and Twilight were playing, I was pretending to be a hungry monster! And Twilight was the brave hero, trying to stop me with her pet dragon!" explained Glee.

"And the string is because?"

"Monster traps!" said Glee.

"Well it seems that you two have had quite a lot of fun, but I do hope you two are making sure that the baby dragons safe, he has only just recently been hatched" said Celestia.

"Don't worry princess, I'll make sure nothing happens to Spike!" said Twilight, proudly.

"Spike? Is that the name you chose for your dragon?" Celestia asked.

Twilight nodded, "I thought it was a good name, but Glee wants him to be called Phoenix".

"Phoenix? Why's that Glee?" Celestia asked.

Glee started hopping up and down, excitedly. "Because, remember that book you gave me about the adventurer that saved Equestria from the Hydra? Well the adventurers name is Phoenix Sprite, so I thought it would be cool to call him Phoenix!".

"But Spike's not even a Phoenix, he's a dragon! And that stories just a legend any ways" said Twilight.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that" said Celestia.

"What do you mean princess?" Twilight asked.

"Well, would you believe me if I told you that I met her?" Celestia asked.

Glee gasped, "you met Phoenix Sprite!?!"

"Indeed I did, I met her quite a few times while she was on her travels, but she never stayed long. She was always running around, running with her companions" ,as Celestia said this, she appeared lost in thought, thinking of the days that Phoenix had been around.

Glee looked at Celestia confused, "but, this story is a thousand years old, Phoenix isn't around any more, right?"

Celestia awoke from her thoughts, "well, Phoenix was a unique sort of pony. She was able to live for a VERY long time, and even though she was in danger most of her life, she always seem to make it in the end. So, if Phoenix is gone, then I'll bet she lived a full life".

"What do you mean "if" she's gone?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I'm not sure if Phoenix is truly gone. You see, long ago there was a proud and powerful race of ponies known as the phoenix ponies. They lived on an island made of fire called Alburnia, and just like how I control the rising and setting of the sun and moon, these ponies could control the planets core and help keep it alive. The phoenix ponies also had a unique ability that could allow them to live longer! You see, just like phoenix's, phoenix ponies could burn themselves to ash and come back from the ashes as a foal! So even though its been more then a thousand years since I've seen Phoenix, there could be the chance that Phoenix is still alive" Celestia explained.

"But princess, I've read about phoenix ponies and the books say that they don't exist" said Twilight.

"Well, most historians will deny that the phoenix ponies ever did exist. When something's been gone for so long, some will believe that it was never there to begin with. Did you know that there's an empire entirely made of crystal?" Celestia asked.

Glee and Twilight shook their heads.

"Well, chances are, if you ask a teacher or an historian about it, they'll tell you there's no such thing. Because there IS an empire made from crystal, its just been gone for too long" Celestia explained.

"But how come people remember Phoenix Sprite?" Glee asked.

"Some ponies actions are powerful enough to be remembered for centuries. Even though most believe that Phoenix Sprite is just a legend, she still placed her mark throughout history for the things that she did when she was still around" Celestia explained.

"But princess, if Phoenix Sprite is real, and the phoenix ponies were real, then what happened to all of them? Where did they go?" Twilight asked.

Celestia had a bit of difficulty to answer this question, it hurt to even remember the monstrous fall of an entire species, along with her friend, let alone to even tell some pony about it.

"I think you should wait until your older before I can tell you something like that" said Celestia.

"Why? Did something bad happen?" Glee asked.

"I'll tell you when your older. For now, you and I have a sun to set. Twilight, your parents will be arriving shortly, you should get ready" said Celestia.

"O.K., bye princess, bye Glee!" said Twilight. She grabbed her saddle bag and departed with Spike on her back.

"Bye Twilight" Glee said, as he waved good bye to his friend.

"Now, what do you say we go set the sun now, shall we?" asked Celestia.

"Ya!" said Glee.

Together, they walked down the hall to Celestia's bed chambers and out onto the balcony.

Celestia then lit up her horn and slowly began to set the sun. They watched as Canterlot shined from the light that was set off from the suns rays as it set.

"Glee, what do you think of your friends? Do you like them? And do they treat you well?" Celestia asked.

"Like them? I love being with my friends! We always have lots of fun together!" said Glee, excitedly.

"And what about the city, and the ponies that live within the city? What do you think of them?" asked Celestia.

"Some of them still feel uncomfortable when I'm around, but most of them are really nice!"

"What about this world, what do you think about the world we live in?" Celestia asked.

Glee shrugged, "Well, I've never left Canterlot before, so I don't really know, but I really like the city, and I really like how we can see Pony Ville from here! When I get older, I want to visit there!".

"Why do you want to visit Pony Ville?" ask Celestia.

"Well, an adventurer has to start some where, right? So I figured that Pony Ville would be the perfect place to start!" said Glee.

"You still want to be an adventurer?" asked Celestia.

"Ya! I want to see the rest of the world, and make all sorts of friends!" said Glee excitedly.

'Glee really seems to like being here, his friends, this world, everything. I can't just take that all away from him, I have to let him stay. Then again, maybe if I tell him about his own kind he'll reconsider' thought Celestia.

"Glee, if I told you that there was a place with other humans, would you want to go there?" Celestia asked.

Glee gasped, "you found them! You found other humans just like me!?!"

"Its a bit complicated, yes we have found other humans, however, their not exactly from around here. They exist within another world, far far away from our own. Do you remember the day Sunset Shimmers ran away?" Celestia asked.

Glee nodded.

"Well, Sunset Shimmers ran away into a mirror that I keep locked in the bottom of the castle. This mirror was a portal to the human world, the world that you most likely came from" Celestia explained.

"Are you going to take me there?" Glee asked.

"Do you want to go?" Celestia asked.

Glee shrugged, "I don't know, I mean, I want to see other humans like me, but I've never been with any before. What if their mean?"

"Humans and ponies alike deserve the chance to be known, they may seem scary because you don't know them, but they still deserve a chance to get to show you who they really are" explained Celestia.

"I know, I just, feel scared. I've never met another human before" ,Glee frowned.

"What if you could find your parents in this world?" asked Celestia.

"But you are my mom" said Glee.

Celestia smiled at Glee, "yes, I have raised you as my son. But your real mother and father are probably worried sick about you. Wouldn't you want to meet them as well?"

"I never thought about that. Do you think they miss me?" Glee asked.

"I've raised you since you were a baby, and if I was to lose you, then I would search the ends of the Equestria trying to find you. So, yes, your parents miss you dearly" explained Celestia.

Glee thought for a minute, then he hopped in place, excited. "O.K., I'll go to the other world, then I could come back and tell Twilight and Green Bush all about it!"

Celestia frowned, she would have to tell Glee that if he went to the human world then he would never be able to come back. If Celestia told him this, then Glee will want to stay in this world for good. Celestia didn't know what to say, Tell Glee that going through the portal was permanent, or not tell him, and let him go through, not knowing that its permanent.

That wasn't the right thing to do, she couldn't lie to Glee, telling him that everything will be fine and that he can just visit his friends in and out of the portal when ever he felt like it, because it wasn't like that at all.

She had to tell Glee, but if she did this, then he would stay, then what about his parents.

Parents... that's right, Glee had parents, real parents in the other world. And as much as Celestia wanted to see Glee grow up into a young gentle stallion (or in Glee's case, gentlemen), she couldn't take that opportunity away from those who had given birth to him, his real parents... his real parents.

Sudden realization had hit Celestia, she loved Glee so much, she had raised him like he was her son, and that she was his mother, but she wasn't. Glee wasn't her son, and she wasn't his mother. His real parents are in that world, and the time had come to send him back to where he belonged. She knew this day would come eventually. She didn't know when, where, or how, but she knew that this day would happened. And she knew that it was going to hurt the day that it did come, but, she had never expected it to hurt this much.

Glee had to go back to his own world, its where he belongs. Problem was, Glee has grown to love this world so much, he will most likely never want to leave. What could Celestia do about this, she couldn't force Glee into the portal, and persuading him would defiantly never work. If Glee didn't like this world so much, then maybe he'll want to go the other world... that's it! Glee wants to stay in this world so much! What if he didn't like it here, and he wanted to leave to the other world! That's how Celestia could get Glee to go to the human world, she has to make Glee hate this world!.... but, how?

She was Princess Celestia, she helped to bring friendship to all of her subjects, not take it away. She couldn't just take away all of the things that made this world so amazing to Glee, well, she could, but that still wouldn't feel right.

Yet, it seemed like it was the only option left. If Glee could hate this world, then he'll seek a better life in the other world, finding new friends, new adventures, and his real parents.... his real parents.

Yes, Glee had to leave, he had to go into the portal, for his parents. And the only way Glee would leave is if Glee hated this world, and that would mean Celestia as well.

It hurt Celestia to do this, it hurt just as much as when she had to banish her sister to the moon, if not worse. But she had to do it, for Glee, and his parents.

"Glee, starting tomorrow your going to be home schooled, and I don't want you to see any of your friends any more. Your also not allowed to leave the castle into Canterlot" said Celestia.

Glee looked at Celestia, shocked. "Why mom? Did I do something wrong?"

Celestia slowly shook her head, "no, you didn't. Something's just come up, that's all. You'll be able leave into the world eventually, but for now I need you to stay in the castle at all times, do I make myself clear"

Glee looked into Celestia's eye's, this made him sacred. She was so serious, and Celestia only expresses her seriousness when something bad is happening.

Reluctantly, Glee nodded.

"Good, then why don't you go clean your room now, the sun is just about finished. Also, could you get Lyra Cherry Blossom for me as well?" Celestia asked.

Glee nodded, and left.

Ten minutes later, the sun was down, it was night time.

Lyra knocked on the princess's door.

"You called, princess?"

"Yes, I called you here to discuss of a, rather, difficult decision that I have made" said Celestia.

"I'm all ears, what this about?" Lyra asked, as she took a seat next to the desk.

"Its about, Glee, and how I have decided to send him to the human world" explained Celestia.

Lyra froze, she was shocked to hear Celestia say this, not because what she said was shocking, but because Celestia had said it so nonchalantly.

"Uh, O.K., so what do you need me for?" she asked.

While Celestia had been talking to Lyra, she had been facing out the balcony. She wouldn't face Lyra as she spoke.

"Glee has come to love this world that he's grown up in so dearly, to the point that I fear he will never want to leave to the human world"

"So if Glee doesn't want to go, then why not just let him stay?" Lyra asked.

"You don't understand, Glee belongs in the human world, thats where his real parents are".

"But you are his real mother, you may not have given birth to him, but you still raised him as your own. He's definitely considered your son in my book" said Lyra.

"Thats very nice of you to say Lyra, but as much as I love Glee as a son, I can no longer keep him. If I do, then I would deliberately be taking a son away from his family, and as much as Glee wants to stay here, I cannot let him. His real family is in that world, he belongs there, not here" said Celestia.

"So, you called me in here because you want me to say goodbye to Glee?" Lyra asked.

"No, what I am about to ask of you will be very difficult to do, and it will seem very wrong, but what we need to do must be done. For Glee's sake, can you please help me?" asked Celestia.

"Sure, anything princess, just tell me what it is and I'll help" said Lyra.

Celestia didn't answer immediately, she stood there, staring out into the darkened horizon. It was clear to Lyra that what Celestia was about to ask of her was hurting her emotionally. Celestia took a deep breath, and slowly turned to Lyra. Her eyes had traces of tears in them, she hadn't been crying, but she was struggling to force herself not to.

"I need you to tell the staff and the guards to no longer interact with Glee in any sort of way. From now on you and the rest of the ponies in the castle will treat Glee as if he isn't even there"

Lyra looked at Celestia with a shocked expression. She then gave a weak chuckle.

"You... your joking, right? You wouldn't really want me and the others to do that to Glee, would you?" she asked.

Celestia didn't answer, she didn't need too. She gave Lyra an expression that told her that she meant every word of what she had just said.

"But, why!?! He hasn't done anything wrong! Is this because of that prophecy you heard of from two years ago?" Lyra asked.

Celestia hadn't taken too much thought about the prophecy recently. Yes, she had been thinking about it over the years, but right now she was a bit preoccupied with something more important to even think of the prophecy.

"No, it isn't about that" Celestia replied.

"Then why are you doing this? This isn't like you princess, you spread friendship, not take it away. Why do you want to take it away from Glee?" Lyra asked.

Celestia sighed, "I don't want to take it away from Glee, I love him, and I love seeing him with friends, but I can no longer allow him to make friends, at least, not in this world. Glee has spent his entire childhood in this world, and if we try to send him back to his world, he won't want to go. He'll try to stay in this world that he's come to love so much. So, in order for him to go back to where he belongs, he'll have to not like this world so much. In other words, we have to make Glee hate this world, in hopes that he'll seek out a better life in the human world"

Lyra didn't know how to respond to this, Celestias logic seemed pretty legit, but it just didn't seem like the right thing to do.

"Can't you just tell Glee that going to the human world is permanent?" Lyra asked.

"If I did that then Glee would want to stay in this world even more".

"How do you know that if you haven't even tried?" Lyra asked.

"If you had to leave your home, your friends, everything you loved and cared about just to leave to a world that you don't even know about, just because some pony comes and tells you that that world is where you belong, would you be so keen as to go to that world, knowing that its permanent, knowing that you have to leave your entire life behind?" Celestia asked.

Lyra hadn't thought about it that way, right now, Lyra had a great job, lots of friends (one of them being the princess, so that especially made her happy), a loving family, her dream home, she had so much to love and care about. She would never want to leave it behind, even if she didn't belong in this world. If some pony told her that she had to leave this world behind forever, she would fight back, and stay. She would never want to leave this world behind, and neither would Glee.

"No, I guess I wouldn't, but isn't there something, anything we can do? Maybe he could visit, or we could find a way to keep in contact with him, or maybe we could-"

Celestia had just walked up to Lyra and placed a hoof on her shoulder, cutting Lyra off. She looked into Lyra's eyes, and frowned.

"I'm sorry, I've tried to think of every possible option that we have, but there just isn't any. The only option we have left is to let Glee hate this world, and hope that after he does, he'll find a much better life in the new world. A life with new friends, new opportunities, and his real parents. A life that he wont ever have to leave behind. I'm sorry Lyra, I'm so sorry for asking you to do this, but there just isn't any other option. Please, help me do this for Glee?" ,as Celestia asked this, her voice gave a slight crack. Celestia was struggling with great difficulty to not cry.

Lyra looked at the floor, she didn't know how to answer Celestia. Celestia was her friend, and she'll help her with anything, anything at all. Just, not this. She couldn't do this to Glee, Glee deserved better then this. He deserved a happy life full of happiness and friendship. He deserved a life that he could cherish forever, but then again, maybe that's why Glee had to leave, so that he could get that life that he deserves. But in order to give Glee that life, they had to take away his old on first.

It hurt Lyra so much for what she was about to do, but knowing the princess, Lyra knew that she was feeling worse.

Reluctantly, she nodded. "Yes, yes I'll help you"

Celestia gave her a hug, "thank you, I'm so sorry for asking you to do this".

"Don't worry about it, as long as Glee's happy in the end, then its all worth it" said Lyra.

Lyra let go of Celestia, and headed for the door.

"So, you want me to tell all the staff, and the guards, right?" Lyra asked.

Celestia nodded, "and tell them that this order will be effective immediately".

Lyra nodded, then exited the room. She gave Celestia a concerned glance before leaving and shutting the door behind her.

Celestia slowly walked to the her bedside table and lifted the photo of her, Glee, and Sunset Shimmer at the park. She stared into Glee's smiling face, and as she did so, a tear fell from her cheek.

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry. I hope that one day you'll understand, my little Glee Sunrise".

Author's Note

Thirty moons is three and a half years, and if it makes no sense to the story line, that's because it really DOUSN'T make sense.
I could be wrong, but last time I checked Twilight didn't become Celestias student until after Sunset Shimmers went through the portal. Twilight didn't become Celestias student until she got her cutie mark. In that episode she was a filly who looked around the crusaders age (my guess , 10 years old). So if three and half years had passed since Sunset Shimmers left through the portal, then wouldn't that mean Twilight would be thirteen in Equestria girls. But she's not, she's a full grown mare (my guess, she's a young adult since the show never really tells us how old any body [I'm not saying 'any pony'] is), so, with that said, how did Sunset Shimmers leave for three years and somehow way more time then that passed in the pony world. I'll come up with a guess in the story later (if I can even think of one), but its probably not going to be the right answer. I could be wrong about this though, I don't know.

And yes, I know my writing skills suck, sory'z abou thet. but I don't have an editor, so, if you see anything that's misspelled, the grammars wrong, or some places just flat out sound weird, please tell me so that I can fix it in future chapters/ stories.
(and yes, I misspelled that on purpose)