The End

"Me? No, You!" Vinyl was looking between Octavia and I. She looked both confused and excited.

"Whoa, that's awesome! Do it some more!" The white filly smiled and had a look of eagerness in her eyes.

"Vinyl! Do you know who this is? This is the filly my daddy is looking for. She ran away before we could get her back to her daddy." Vinyl's smile dropped from her face.

"I don't wanna go back to my dad! I ran away for a reason..." I was screaming in pure anger. This filly didn't know what she was talking about and it was so aggravating.

The brown maned filly glared daggers at me. "I'm going to go tell my daddy where you are! Your daddy is with him" My eyes shot wide open. My father? Here? Not good. I was thinking I might have to tackle this filly to stop her, but Vinyl stepped in.

"Whoa, whoa. Octy. You can't tell anypony we're here, I'm real thankful you've been helping me out, but...I'm not going back to my family either." Vinyl stepped between Octavia and the door.

"Vinyl, I can get you somewhere to hide while they come get her, I promised to keep you safe and I will." Octavia gently smiled at her unicorn friend, who started to buckle.

"Why does she get saved, huh? What's so special about her?" I wanted to know. What made one runaway different from another?

Octavia huffed and rolled her eyes. "Because SHE is my best friend, and not a filthy pegasus!" Vinyl gasped and my jaw was dangerously close to the ground. Racism was nearly unheard of in Equestria, though there were a few pockets that believed Pegasi were not real ponies due to the fact that they were not Earthbound.

"W-What..?" I was stunned. I had never been called a filthy pegasus, I had heard of stuff like it happening, but I was always assured that the world wasn't like that.

"Octavia! That's not cool! You know that's not true."Vinyl looked hurt. Almost as hurt as me.

"You know as well as I do they aren't natural! Rats with wings..." Octavia mumbled that last part under her breath.

"Octavia, those are your dad's beliefs...not yours.you know that" Vinyl carefully approached her friend and put a hoof around her. Her red eyes met with my magenta ones. "Glory...can you please leave us for a minute..? I think there's a tour going on at the palace in like 10 minutes...you can make it."

I resigned myself to a quiet walk down the stairs. I didn't know what was going on up there, all I knew is that what Octavia said hurt. She was a child of the church, they were taught tolerance and love for all. Sure, the bible focused mostly on Unicorns, but it did talk about pegasi and earth ponies. Each of the three types of ponies were created from a piece of the Alicorn sisters. The Pegasi were created from a feather of Luna, The Earth Ponies were crafted from the muscle of Celestia, and the Unicorns were created by pieces of mane from each. So, naturally within the religion Unicorns were granted a higher social status.

The palace loomed before Glory. Its pure white walls shone in the late morning sun. It was truly marvelous. The bible says that Luna created the palace from enchanted moonstone, it would stand to reason that this would be true. For it was truly magnificent.

At the top of the staircase leading into the palace, there was a line, most likely for the tour. So that's where I went. I didn't fly up the steps though, this was holy ground and was to be treated as such. No flying or magic was allowed on holy ground.

Strangely, when i reached the top of the steps, the line looked different. It wasn't  full of families or other fillies. There were farmers, dukes, duchesses, and everything in between. I supposed that even the adults liked to get a tour of the castle. I took my place in line behind a dapper looking stallion. He was pure white, Kinda like Vinyl. he had a beautiful golden mane and tail, and wore a dark blue suit. I'd never seen such a fancy looking stallion.

I was drawn out of my revelry by a hoof tapping my head. I looked up and saw a pegasus guard in shining gold armor standing over me. "Excuse me, little filly?"

I put on my best smile and replied. "Yes, sir?"

"What's your name?" He asked so kindly, and he was a royal guard..but I still couldn't tell him my real name. He might be looking for 'Skyward Glory.'

"Morning Glory, sir." I had heard that name before. It was a flower, my mother used to pick them when she went down to the ground. When she would come back home, she would put them in my hair and tell me how pretty I was. my smile started to fade as I thought of her. The guard said something, I didn't catch what, so I just nodded. He went over to a unicorn and told him something...I'm not sure what, I wasn't listening.

Sometime later, I'm not sure how much later, time seemed to slow down in lines,I was almost up. I thought each pony was given a personal tour..well...I was wrong. "Ms. Morning Glory!" I heard my alias called so I trotted through the doors that the guards were holding open for me..I was in the throne room, and Princess Celestia herself was on the throne. Looking down on me.

"Hello Little Morning Glory." I was panicking, as I had a tendency to do. I quickly bowed and started shaking.

"H-Hello Your Holiness.." I looked up to see her smile die off a little when I called her that. "Er...I-I mean your Highness." Her smile returned.

"Rise, child. You have no need to bow." Even though I disagreed, I wouldn't do or say otherwise. Not to Celestia herself. "Now, What brings you to my court on this beautiful day of mine?" Court? I was racking my brain trying to think of what a 'court' was. It certainly wasn't a court of law..

"C-Court..? I thought this was the tour.." At this Celestia seemed to smile more, the pony next to her let out a little chuckle, as did the guards.

"No, my little pony. The tours start on the east side of the castle. This is the south side." My face felt like it was on fire, and it probably looked as red.

"I-I'm sorry Your Highness.." I started to back away when she spoke again.

"It was a mistake, I understand.." She paused and tilted her head as if she was thinking. " Do you still want to go on the tour?" I nodded eagerly, all i wanted was to get out of there. "Very well." She got down from her throne and trotted over to me. "Allow me to escort you. We wouldn't want you getting lost, now would we?" She smiled and winked at me, which made me blush again.

Two guards started coming towards the Princess and I. "No, you stay here. She is just a child, I can handle this." The two guards respectfully bowed and went back to their positions. When she started walking, so did I.

We were out of the throne room before she spoke again. "So what is your real name?" That made me stop in my tracks behind her. She turned around, her eye that wasn't hidden behind her pastel mane stared at me intently.

"W-What..?"

"I know Morning Glory isn't your name. No Pegasus would name their foal after a flower, only earth ponies do that. So, what is your real name?" I knew I couldn't lie to her. it was useless.

"S-Skyward Glory.." The Princess smiled wide.

"That is a pegasus name, and a religious one if I am not mistaken." I simply nodded. "So tell me, who are you a descendant of?" I knew this one off the top of my head, I had recited it for a long time.

"Regalia Gazer, Your Highness."

"Oh? I remember her, she always wore the prettiest dresses." The Princess seemed to brush that off. "And you are a part of that cul-I mean, religion?" I nodded again. "You may speak freely around me. I am just the Princess."

"M-My mother was the high priestess in Cloudsdale..she..died a few years ago." Celestia's gaze softened and she gave a sympathetic smile.

"My apologies, Skyward Glory.."

"It's okay Your Highness. It wasn't your fault.." I suddenly became very interested in the tiles on the floor.

"Let us continue. It's a long walk." I nodded and followed the Princess down the hallways. She was telling me about my ancestor while I listened and nodded when I was supposed to.

"The tour is right through here." She nodded at the door in front of us. "But before you go, I have one last thing to say." I looked in her eye and nodded. "I do not know why you ran away from your home, and I do not want to know. But, I wish to see all of my subjects happy. That's what all ponies should think. It does not matter how or why, but you should make sure that all of the people that matter to you are happy. Not just you, alright?" I was simply stunned, she had known who I was the whole time and didn't call the guards or anything else. As she opened the door with her magic, I realized how omniscient our Princess was...and how right she was.