Motley was always different.
In primary school, while all the other fillies and colts were always doing schoolwork and chatting about news and celebrities like Hoity Toity, Motley was off creating tunes and dancing whenever she got the chance. Calls of "You're wasting your time" and "Start doing something worthwhile" fell on deaf ears. Even if other ponies were ignored, there were ponies who couldn't be…
Motley's parents!
Rainbow Dash and Soarin want their daughter to, as it was expected, follow in their hoof-steps.
"You should already be flying with the pros; I was when I was your age," Her mother says.
"At your age I was flying with the Wonderbolts!" Her fathers says.
Says, says, says, says. That's all Motley hears.