Hidden Magic

The filly appeared on the doorstep of a huge building. It was night so there was no one around and all the lights were off. The filly seeming to know it was all alone started to cry. It wasn't long before a light near the entrance turned on and footsteps could be heard coming to the door. The filly heard the footsteps above her cries and stopped looking at the door. A white mare with her rose colored mane in a bun opened the door and took one look at the filly before quickly picking her up.

"You poor little thing! Who would leave you hear?" The mare looked around scanning the street for anypony, but none were around, so she turned back to the filly who was smiling. "Well, whether it be accident or on purpose you are here now at my orphanage. I'll take good care of you until you can find a family of your own." The mare smiled and the filly smiled back an unshed tear glimmering in one of her eyes, and that became her name, Teardrop Glimmer.

The owner of the orphanage was called Sunshine Lollipop, but everypony who knew her well called her Lolli. She was a kind and friendly mare who knew right away she wanted to help unwanted fillies and colts find homes, just like she had when she had been found on an orphanage's doorstep. She was never adopted, but instead stayed to take over when the elderly mare who used to run it no longer could. Now the orphanage was blooming and many of her foals quickly got adopted.

At the moment Teardrop was found the orphanage held ten foals all of varying ages. They were an assortment of unicorns, pegasuses, and earth-ponies. The most being earth-ponies coming in at five, along with three pegasuses, and only two unicorns. Lolly herself was an earth-pony, but even without unicorn magic or pegasus wings she managed to do everything.

Since Teardrop was the youngest and newest addition to the orphanage she was kept close to Lolli at all times, so she could be watched. Everypony liked Teardrop as a baby because she was mostly quiet and seemed to like everypony, too, but eventually she wasn't new and other fillies and colts took up their time.