Spike was fixing himself and all his friends a cup of tea. While he had just started working on the young human's cup when he heard Twilight dashing behind him. "Is everything alright?" he asked, a tiny bit worried. "No time to explain!" Twilight huffed, but then finished, "I'll tell you later, though." Spike nodded, still concerned. Then he noticed the limp human on her back. "Oh, no......" he thought.

Twilight quickly burst into the guest room. It wasn't as big as her room, but it was all she had. She carefully levitated Joey off her back and rushed down into the library. Once she reached the giant bookcase, she began searching for a healing spell. "No, no, NO!!!!" she screamed in frustration, not finding anything. Soon she found a book with a bright red cross on it, and the title read 'Healing Spells for Foreign Creatures'. "Ah!" she sighed. "Perfect."

Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy trotted in. "What in heaven's name is going on, darling?" Rarity questioned. Twilight huffed. "No time to explain! I'll tell you later!" she said, dashing up the stairs. Fluttershy and Rarity both looked at each other quizzically. Applejack finally sighed. "Oh, all right. I'll tell ya."

She quickly told the short story about finding Joey, and what she did and the recent events that just happened. Rarity and Fluttershy had shocked faces. "I know Rainbow can be blunt" Rarity started, "But she has never stooped so low before!" Fluttershy slowly nodded her head in agreeance. "Let's forget about all this" Spike interrupted, sticking his head into the room, "And just relax with some tea."

Twilight was sitting by Joey's bed quickly flipping through the pages, muttering. "Lions, no........griffons, no.........zebras, no..............A-HA! Humans!" she exclaimed in triumph. Then, carefully following directions, she lit up her horn. "This might hurt a little bit" she said, even though the human was unconscious. She gently touched her horn to his forehead, and slowly, his forehead lost the hoof-shaped hole, and went back to normal. It was still a little bruised, but she couldn't do anything about it. She smiled, watching the human sleep.

She trotted down the stairs, still smiling. Her other friends smiled at her as she reached the bottom of the stairs. "Is the little fella okay?" Applejack asked, looking concerned. "He'll be fine," Twilight replied, "But if I didn't find that healing spell I used on his forehead, then......I don't know what would have happened." She glared at Rainbow Dash, who looked down at the ground. "I'm really sorry, guys," she apologized, "I was just trying to protect you........I thought it was some kind of mons-"

Before she could finish, Twilight teleported across the room and slapped her in the face. "One," she growled, "It's a HE. Two, he is NOT. A. MONSTER." Sheteleported back and sat back down in a chair, taking a sip of her tea.

Meanwhile, in Canterlot.......

A white alicorn princess with a rainbow main sat on her throne, smiling at her subjects. Except there was a problem. The smiles were fake. Not too noticable, but definitely fake.

And of course her sister noticed it. Luna was sitting right next to her. It was hard not to notice it. She knew why it was fake, too. Luna was a great help to her sister's loneliness, but it wasn't enough. Celestia had always wanted a foal of her own, but none of them had a certain 'spark', according to Celestia. It hurt Luna to know that her sister had been this way for years........and there wasn't any hope. Then Luna stopped her track of thought and her eyes brightened with realization.

There was hope! She had almost forgotten. Discord. A couple days ago, he had made an offer to find the exact kind of child her sister was looking for. He even claimed he knew the kid personally! Luna chuckled.

"Excuse me, sister" Luna said, standing up. "I will be back shortly. I have, er, business to attend to." Celestia nodded her head. "I understand." she replied wearily. Luna slowly proceeded down the hall to the living quarters. When she was safe in her room, she walked to the balcony. She lit up her horn and muttered a few words.

Than, out of literally nowhere, Discord materialized. He looked shocked for a moment, then he realized where he was and calmed down. "Oh, hello, Luna my old friend. Wasn't expecting to summoned so soon." Luna sighed. "I brought you here because of the offer you made....you know, about the.........human, right?" Discord nodded. "Anyway," Luna continued, "You said you knew him personally. Do you?" Discord suddenly grew a pained expression.

"Yes..." he started, "His name is Joey. Joey Steffen. I would visit him a lot in the human world, and frankly, he hasn't had the best going, you know?" Luna nodded for him to continue. "He talked to me whenever he could, but one day, a kid named Tate walked up to him, and......well...... said that he should stop talking to imaginary friends. Man, that Tate kid was mean. Just because he couldn't see me doesn't mean I'm imaginary, right?" Luna nodded again.

When Tate walked away after inflicting some physical abuse on Joey......." Luna gasped. Discord sighed and continued. "Joey started to cry. He said, 'Ah, who am I kidding, sorry D............I know you're imaginary. I know I have no friends.' and ran away crying. It shattered my heart." He literally shattered into a million pieces after telling the story. He rebuilt himself up while Luna just stood there in shock. "The poor kid thought you were.....imaginary?" Discord nodded slowly. "I wouldn't blame him, either. I made myself invisible and inaudible to everyone but him." Discord wiped away a tear.

"So........" Luna started, "Did you actually bring him here?" Discord's brightened up. "As a matter of fact, I did!! My plan worked accordingly. I believe he's with Twilight Sparkle right now. Do not tell your sister though, she will know when the time comes." Luna nodded excitedly. Then she quickly gave Discord a hug. "There IS hope for my sister! That is.........never mind." She looked at Discord. "Is there anything else for me to know?" she asked. "Yes........"Discord replied. "Kind of a dark topic.......but, you are trustworthy and you need this information. Joey's an orphan. His parents died in a sinkhole 7 years ago. Very hard topic for the child." Luna gasped again. Orphaned!

"You said he was a child?" Luna asked. Discord nodded. "He is 14 years, give a couple months. A young fellow indeed! He's active, smart.......very athletic, too, which makes the bullying the biggest mystery for ponykind." Luna just squeaked in excitement. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Then she trotted out of the room. Discord smiled. "I'll do anything for a friend, even if he thinks I'm imaginary." Then he teleported away.

Joey's head felt like it was split in two. He had felt worse, sure, but this was the worst he's felt since he came to Equestria. He tried to recall everything that happened earlier, but for some reason.......nope, he remembered. He saw a baby dragon at the door of the crystal palace he and Applejack had gone to. They were trying to find her friend.......... Twilight. That was her name. Then he saw a cyan hoof in his face and remembered nothing more.

Which brought him to the next question: where was he? The crystal palace-thing, probably. The only thing working for Joey was his brain. He couldn't see, probably because his eyes were closed, and he couldn't use any of his five senses.

All of a sudden, like a tidal wave, his senses came back. He was lying on what felt like a bed. He heard small voices in his general vicinity, and he could also move. His eyelids slowly started to open. He could hear the voices more clearly now.

"He's waking up!"

YAY! Paaaaartyyyyyy tiiiime!"

"No, not yet, Pinkie."

"Get ready to apologize, Rainbow."

"I'll apologize as soon as I can guys. Seriously."

Joey just sat up and groaned. "Oooh, my head" he muttered. He felt a wave of nausea come over him, and he stuck an arm out behind him for support. His vision was so fuzzy, he only saw blobs. But even they slowly came into focus. He was in a pretty large bedroom with crystal walls surrounding him. So he was in the crystal palace.

He could make out ponies he met earlier. Applejack, ..........the pink one............ Pinkie Pie, right? Yep, that was her. She would not stop bouncing, like she had endless energy. Oh man. She seems like the crazy type. Then another voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "You're awake!!" it said. He looked over to see a purple alicorn walking - nope, trotting - to the side of the bed. "Let me introduce myself," she said. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. What might your name be?" Twilight smiled at him. He looked really nervous.

She extended a hoof out to Joey, but he flinched and backed off. "Don't worry," she comforted, "I'm not going to hurt you." Joey slowly sat up again, still nervous. Twilight tried again, and this time, he didn't flinch or back off. She placed a hoof on his shoulder. "Please tell us your name. We promise not to say anything dumb." She glared at Rainbow, who quickly nodded her head with a sheepish smile. "J-J-Joey" he muttered. "That's a nice name. Like I said, I'm Twilight Sparkle, but you can call me Twilight. Girls, would you like to introduce yourselves?"

She looked back at her friends with a hopeful glance. "Well, you know who Pinkie and I are" Applejack chuckled. A white unicorn with a dark purple curly mane stepped up. "Pleasure to meet you," she started. "I'm Rarity, and I'm the Ponyville fashonista. Speaking of fashion, look at your clothes! I must make you a new set! Can I get your measurements?" Joey was a little surprised at her sudden reaction. What a diva.

"Later, Rarity" Twilight interrupted. "We need to finish introductions first." Rarity looked sheepish. "Oh, all right. My bad!" she replied. Joey gave a little smile and an apologetic nod. Then he looked at Rainbow Dash. One glimpse of the color of her coat was all he needed to know she was responsible for knocking him out cold. He didn't know what to do.

She looked at him with a sad expression. "I-I'm sorry," she apologized, "I didn't know what you were and I thought you were threatening my friends. So I thought I was protecting them when I hurt you, but that's no excuse. Please forgive me." She closed her eyes, ready for the yelling. But Joey just sighed.

"It's alright," he replied, "It happened enough to me at my school, and ........... where I lived." They gasped. They didn't know that Joey was an orphan, and he wasn't about to tell them either. He wasn't ready. They also weren't expecting that quick of forgiveness.

"Anyway," Joey continued, "Who are you?" He pointed at Rainbow Dash, smiling at her to know that it was cool between them. She grinned from ear to ear. "I'm Rainbow Dash, best flier in all of Equestria!!!" she replied, striking a pose. Every one except Joey and Rainbow rolled their eyes.

A butter colored pegusus walked up. "Hi there, Joey! I'm Fluttershy, and I've never met a real human before!" She studied his hands and face. "This is so cool!" she continued, "You're very cute as well!" Joey was a little surprised at the last remark, and blushed a little. "I mean, 'animal' cute............" she corrected before smiling. Well, that was a relief.

"You hungry Joey?" Twilight asked. Joey thought about his breakfast that morning. He was still a little hungry, so he nodded. "Alright, hop on!" Twilight replied, motioning him to get on her back. He jumped off the bed, and Twilight kneeled so he could get on. Once he was comfortable, they proceeded down a set of stairs and reached a giant living room. "Spike!" Twilight called. The baby dragon was reading a comic book on the couch. "Yes?" he replied. "Can you fix Joey some food?" He saluted. "Sure thing! Good to see that he's finally up!" he said. "Wow" Joey thought. "What a weird morning."

Wait a minute........morning........... how long was he out? "Um, do you know how long I was unconscious?" he asked. "Oh, just a couple hours." Twilight replied. Joey sighed in relief. Twilight kneeled down so he could get off. Once he had two feet on the ground again, Rarity attacked him with measuring instruments. Once she had his measurements, she left to go make the actual clothes. "I'll send you the clothes once I'm done" she said before leaving. Spike came in with a bowl of oatmeal. "I figured you don't eat gems, so I made you this." Joey smiled as excepted the bowl. "Thanks, dude!" he said. "Man, I can't believe I'm talking to a dragon. This is cool!!" Spike chuckled. "The name's Spike" he said. "And you're......... Joey, right?" Joey nodded as he took a bite.

"This is good. Thanks!" he praised, taking another bite. "Spike," Twilight called from the other room, "Before you start a big conversation, I need your help!" Spike sighed and waled into the other room, muttering, "Another letter to the princess, I bet." Joey's eyes grew wide. "Twilight's reporting me? Am I illegal?" he asked, frightened. Applejack laughed. "No, she's informing the princess about you. You're not in trouble. She's a princess yourself, you know." Joey was shocked. "WHAT!?" he exclaimed. "I didn't give her proper respect!" Fluttershy patted his shoulder. "Don't worry about it. She hates the whole 'bowing' thing." Joey relaxed again.

In the Royal Canterlot Palace, Celestia was perched on her throne. She was lonely. Sure, she had her sister, but she just needed a child of her own. None of the colts in the orphanage had that certain "spark" she was looking for. She was almost done with her court session, when a letter flew in.

It read:

Dear Celestia,

There is a human teenager (14 years) that has recently shown up, and his name is Joey. Spike informed me about him, and I brought him in after an "incident" (it is all resolved now). He said something about him being abused at his school and where he resides. I don't know much, but looking at his clothes, I can tell he's suffered. And I'm no clothes expert.

Anyway, I'm just informing you about his presence here in our faithful country of Equestria.

Your Fellow Princess,

Twilight Sparkle

Celestia pondered for a moment, then wrote back:

Dear Twilight,

I would like to meet this 'Joey'. He sounds worth meeting. Please bring to Canterlot so Luna and I can meet him personally.

Your Fellow Princess,

Celestia

Celestia had a glimmer of hope inside of her as she sent the letter. "Abused?" she thought out loud. "Maybe there is hope!" Luna looked at her weird. "Are you alright, sister?" Celestia smiled.

"I need to tell you something, dear sister!" she said motioning Luna off the throne to come with her, as their court session came to an end. "What do you want to tell me?" Luna asked. "There is still hope Luna!!!" Celestia exclaimed, a huge smile on her face.

Author's Note

Things are looking up for Celestia. She might get a son! But who knows what will happen?

Tune in to find out!!
P.S. I am looking for fanart for this story. If you are willing to do fanart for me, please comment! It will not go unnoticed!

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