The Bluestar Element

Chapter 7: To Fix A Friend

"Well I'm off to bed. Goodnight Mom, goodnight Auntie Tia." Princess Silver Dream told Luna and Celestia with a big yawn.

"Goodnight dear." Celestia replied.

"G-goodnight young o-one." Luna said to Silver with her own yawn. Luna had bags under her eyes, and was struggling to stay awake. Silver Dream left the throne room, where her and her mother and Aunt spent the evenings, and started to trot down the hall towards her chambers. Silver had just opened her door when a royal guard came running down the hall, calling the Princess of Dream's name.

"Princess Silver Dream! Princess Silver Dream!" The guard urgently called after the tired young mare.

"Yes Firedash?" Silver asked the panting red stallion in front of her.

"L-letter f-from. *cough* Skate B-Bluestar." Firedash finally managed to spit out. A large smile came across Silver's face, and she immediately grabbed the letter and thanked the red stallion, and gave him a small hug. Skate rushed into her room and unrolled the letter on her desk. However, her smile was immediately wiped off her face when she saw the tear stains on the letter...

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"She says she's tired, yet she's never tired enough to put off reading a letter until morning." Celestia said with a little giggle. When she didn't hear response from Luna, she looked up from her papers and saw her sister asleep. "Luna, my sister, please go to bed. You've been awake for thirty-two hours, this isn't healthy for you."

Luna's eyes shot open, and she shook her head vigorously. "What? Huh? N-No, I refuse. I am here to help with the Royal Court Duties and you cannot do anything to make me rest. You need my help sister, and I am here for you."

Celestia rolled her eyes and continued to read through the paperwork, while Luna did the same. After a few minutes of this, and some more yawning and head shaking(from Luna), Firedash walked into the room.

"I am sorry to interrupt your royal duties Princesses, but Princess Celestia, you requested that I remind you to send a letter to Twilight Sparkle before you sleep." Firedash said nervously. He was still a newbie, having only been a Royal Guard for two weeks, and he was worried about interrupting the Princesses during royal duties.

"Its quite alright Private Firedash. Thank you for the reminder." Celestia told the young stallion, who sighed a huge sigh of relief. He trotted out of the throne room and left the Princesses back to their silent duties. But not even five minutes after Firedash's retreat, Silver came busting through the doors.

"Mom! Auntie! You must hear this letter from Skate! It-" Silver began, breathing heavily.

"We're busy dear daughter. Surely this can wait u-" Luna began.

"No! This cannot wait, this is extremely important." Silver interrupted. Silver hardly ever interrupted her mother, and this caused Luna and Celestia to quickly listen to Silver.

"I'll read the letter aloud." Silver began. She cleared her throat and took a deep breath, then she started to read the letter.

"Dear Silver Dream, Luna, and Celestia.

Please excuse the sloppy writing and tear stains. Silver, I have had one of the worst nights in years. I had another flashback. But this was a memory that I haven't dreamed about in years. It was the night my mother passed away, and my father beat me for the first time in his damn drunken state. It was so dreadfully terrible, it was the most clear and vivid flashback I have had since the events of my fourteenth birthday. It was just so terrifyingly real, and his voice tormenting my ears certainly didn't help. However, I have dealt with terrible flashbacks before, and gotten over it. But this was different, it happened right in the middle of my Welcome-To-Ponyville party. Pinkie Pie brought out a bottle of vodka to put into the punch, and just the sight of the alcohol sent chills down my spine, reminding me so strongly of my father. I excused myself to the bathroom, and I collapsed on the floor in the bathroom when the flashback began. I sobbed very loudly, so loud that I couldn't even hear the blasting dubstep from the next room over. When the flashback finally ended, I went into the room outside the bathroom, walked to the corner, and just sat and cried. It was about ten minutes until the Element Bearers came into the room to check on me. I was so short with them, so cruel. I feel so terrible for snapping at them when they didn't even know what was wrong with me. Fluttershy was on the verge of tears, and Pinkie's mane was flat and straight, which means she's sad or depressed according to a story Twilight told me the other day. They forced me to go out for dinner with them, and we met up with Rarity on the way. In the restaurant I didn't eat. I just stared at the ground, trying with every fiber of my being not to cry. But when Twilight asked me what was wrong again, I snapped. I yelled at the six ponies and stormed out of the restaurant toward my home. I bumped into a couple, but apologized and quickly came home. Now I'm here, writing this letter with his voice in my ears. Please Silver, please help me with my dreams tonight. I know you told me long ago that the grief was too powerful for your magic to help any, but please just try. Just try to force a happy vision into my mind. I can't take this much longer. I feel...broken. Like my soul has been shattered. Please come visit me soon, I need your comfort, and Luna's if she can make it too.

Love, Skate. "

Luna and Celestia gave each other a look of disbelief, and disappointment.

"I have to go see Skate first thing in the morning. " Silver urgently said.

Luna sighed and replied, "I'm so sorry Silver, but you can't. Not any three of us can. We have to travel to the Griffan kingdom tomorrow afternoon for a peace meeting. I'm afraid we're going to have to leave Skate in the hooves of the Elements." A single tear formed in Luna's eye, the impact of her own words hitting her strongly.

"I'm so sorry my little pony. In my letter to Twilight Sparkle I will tell her to help Skate as much as she and her friends can. However, I will leave it up to Skate to tell them her problems." Celestia told Silver.

Silver teared up, not even able to speak. She rushed to her room with the tears pouring down her face, knowing she wouldn't be able to help her closest friend no matter how much she argued.

"I will send a letter to Skate and inform her of our leaving. " Luna sighed. "I can't even comfort my own daughters." She added with a tear rolling down her cheek.

"I'm so sorry dear sister. But, hopefully Twilight and her friends will be able to help Skate through this." Celestia reassured her younger sister as she brought her in for a loving embrace.

Luna smiled weakly and said, "Twilight's never failed you before."

"Come on, we need rest." The two Alicorns both walked off to their separate chambers, knowing they were going to have a restless sleep.

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Skate read the letter over and over again, equally heart broken every single time.

Dear Skate Bluestar,

I am so very sorry to inform you that Silver, Celestia, and I have to attend a peace meeting in the Griffan Kingdom tomorrow morning. Or this morning, depending on if you receive this letter in the night or morning. I am so, so deeply sorry I cannot be there for you, however we simply cannot postpone this meeting with the Griffans, as it could result in a war between ponies and Griffans. However, Celestia has sent a letter to Twilight Sparkle pleading that her and her friends try to help you. She's leaving it up to you to tell them your problem, whether you decide to or not. Skate my dear daughter, please do not be afraid to confess to them your issues with your past. They can truly help you, they helped me after my return from exile years ago.

Love, Princess Luna of Equestria.

[Official Seal Of The Night Princess]

"H-how can they leave..." Skate quietly cried to herself in her house. Skate was an absolute mess, her mane was tangled and all over the place, and her bow was on the ground. She hadn't gotten more than an hour of sleep that night, and she was exhausted. She decided to go to Twilight's place, since she knew she couldn't bear the wait for her to arrive. Skate got up and went into the bathroom and started the shower. After cleaning and grooming herself, she headed out to the library.

Meanwhile at the library, Twilight had managed to get all of her friends together to talk and help Skate.

"Thank you so much girls for coming on short notice, but I just received the letter from the Princess." Twilight thanked her friends.

"No problem sugar cube. We're here for ya whenever ya need us." Applejack told her violet unicorn friend. Just as she was opening her mouth to speak again, they six ponies heard the library door opened, and saw the light blue pegasus standing in the room after closing the door behind her. They all wore stunned expressions. Skate's fur on her face and chest were slightly damp from the tears and shower.

"H-hi girls." Skate said quietly with guilt in her voice. She was expecting the six ponies to be angry with her for being so hateful to them the night before, but she was very surprised when she found herself the target of a tight group hug. Skate felt a little better, until she saw that Pinkie's mane was still flat and deflated.

"Girls, I'm so, so sorry for being so short with you last night. I just-" Skate began, only to be interrupted.

"Whoa whoa whoa, what the hay are you apologizing for? We found you crying about some deep emotional stuff, of course you were gonna be short with us." Rainbow Dash interrupted.

"Yes Skate, we couldn't possibly be mad at you. " Twilight began." We're here to help. But..." Twilight trailed off.

"I suppose there's no way to avoid this is there?" Skate stated more than she asked. Skate sighed, she knew she had to tell them. If she was going to get over this without Silver's comfort, she knew she had to tell them.

"I'll tell you but...but not right now. Please, I need some time to think. Maybe we can have lunch in the park or something? I need to have a little fun before jumping straight into depression again." Skate sighed, slightly choked up. She felt horrible. Skate had only gotten one hour of sleep, which was filled with the memory of her mother's death, and her eyes were bloodshot from crying the rest of the night.

Rarity gave Skate a comforting smile. "Okay darling, we shall eat lunch at the park. Twilight, how about you go get a basket and a blanket,  and I fix up some sandwiches?"

"Okay." Twilight answered as she trotted up the stairs to the closets in her room.  The remaining five ponies engaged in some small talk while they waited on their two unicorn friends. Twilight and Rarity came out at the same time, and started to head for the door. The other ponies followed closely behind, except for Rainbow Dash who flew slightly off the ground next to Rarity.

The seven ponies arrived at the park and started to set up the picnic. They found a nice big tree with the perfect sized shadow for the seven ponies. Twilight lied the large blanket on the ground in the shade, the same blanket that they had the picnic on when Twilight received her brother's wedding invitation, and set the basket down in the middle. The ponies all sat down on various spots on the blanket as Rarity began distributing the sandwiches to her friends. When everypony had their sandwich, they began to munch happily.

"So um, Skate, how did you meet Princess Silver Dream? I-if you don't mind telling us, that is." Flutterhsy asked the dark blue-maned pegasus in an attempt to start a conversation. Of course, she was also curious.

Skate smiled at the memory and began to explain. "It was eleven years ago, when I was seven years old. Silver was only five years old. Remember, this was before Luna announced that she had a daughter, so everypony thought Silver was just a normal little filly. She was very, very shy, like Fluttershy shy. No offence Fluttershy." Skate said sheepishly as she looked over at Fluttershy.

"Oh that's okay, I know I'm shy."

Skate chuckled and continued, "Anyways, she was really shy. The teacher assigned her to the seat right next to me, and I greeted her. Most of us was five or six years old, I was older because I started school two years late. But yeah, all of us were immature, so everypony picked on the new filly. But I welcomed her, and she appreciated it. We started to talk during class, nothing major. Just small talk. We eventually started having real conversations, and we started to hang out after class. After about a month, we were best friends. We would hang out after school at my house and play with our little dolls and stuffed animals. We never went to her house though, which was because her home was the castle. She was my only real friend, and my best friend. In fact, she was the only friend I ever had until I met Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom when I was fifteen."

"How adorable!" Rarity exclaimed. Everypony, and Pinkie, who's mane was starting to slightly air up again, started laughing at Rarity's reaction, and they continued to happily eat their delicious sandwiches.

"*Om nom* So Shkate, *nom*, what did you do when, *nom*, when Luna announshed that Silver was her daughter. *nom*" Rainbow Dash asked as she stuffed her face with her sandwich.

"I was shocked, like everypony else. But I didn't really care. But she was so worried that I wouldn't want to be her friend anymore. When I told her that I didn't care if she was Celestia herself, she was so relieved. I actually got into a really messy fight when a colt started picking on her, saying that she was royal trash unfit to even sneeze in the direction of the palace. That cut Silver deep, and it royally pissed me the buck off. I started yelling at him, and when he pushed me, I was already thinking of how I should use the self defense excuse. He had no idea who he was messing with. I got up and bucked him as hard as I could right in the nose. He tried to shake it off and swung at me, but I dodged it and bucked him again in the ribs. Silver and two teachers actually had to pull me off of him. When I was brought to the principle's office, the self defense excuse worked like a charm. Lets just say that nopony ever messed with Silver again, until high school anyways."

"What happened in high school?" All six ponies asked at once, engrossed into Skate's story.

Skate laughed and responded, "You girls sure like my story don't you? In high school, Silver and I had all the same classes through all four years. Being a princess and being best friends with a princess had its advantages, and its disadvantages. This senior colt thought that he was a bad ass and started picking on Silver. I was about to lay into him when Silver did something I will never, ever forget. Ever. She pushed me back, and got right into his face. I still hear her voice speaking those words."

Four years earlier.

Silver huffed, and pushed Skate behind her, who was flabbergasted at what her friend just did.

"Need I remind you that I am the Princess of Dreams?"

"Princess of Shame you mean? Princess of Dreams, ha! " The colt remarked.

"Well, when you sleep tonight, know that you just pissed off the very pony who brings you your dreams every single night. Unlike my mother, who used to bring ponies dreams, I can control pony's dreams. And you just pissed me off. The pony who can give you the most peaceful nights sleep you ever had. The Princess of Dreams. I could have had you dancing with the mare of your dreams in a bright, beautiful meadow filled with every color flower you can imagine. The sweet smells could have been intoxicating. There could have been a romantic violinist gently brushing  his bow across the strings of his violin  creating an intoxicating melody. But no, you just made me mad. Very. Bucking. Pissed. So instead of that lovely dream, I think I'll bring you a little nightmare. Ooo! Maybe you do have that dream, but half way through the song your mare's face contorts into the face of Discord, and you jump back and fall through a black hole as Discord laughs menacingly! Then you land on a bed of fire and skulls into Tartarus! Then maybe Discord joins you as a certain three headed dog gives you a little 'treat'. Yes! That sounds delightful. Don't you agree?" Silver finished with an evil grin.

The colt's eyes narrowed down to tiny beads as he gulped. "Y-you're lying."

"Think that if you wish. Celestia have mercy on you tonight." Silver said as she turned around, whipping her mane in his face. Skate, shocked at what she just heard, broke down laughing as her best friend dragged her by the tail.

In the present, all seven ponies were laughing hysterically. Even Pinkie was laughing hysterically as she returned to her normal self. Her mane puffed out to its normal inflated, curly style. Skate's troubles had completely washed away now, and she was happy again. Sparkles started to form around Skate's body, but only Twilight noticed. She simply shrugged it off, thinking that her tears from laughing were blurring her vision. The sparkles floated for a few minutes, but slowly retreated to thin air.

Applejack was the first to regain her composure, however she still had the giggles. "Come on, hehe, Skate. Lets g-get back to the library. Haha."

"Okay!" Skate managed to spit out between laughing fits. Twilight wrapped everything up with her magic and the seven ponies started to quickly trot through Ponyville to the library, still laughing. When they arrived at the library, Spike saw them approaching and help the door open for them as they entered.

"Thank you my number one assistant! Why don't you take the rest of the day off, I can see you cleaned the whole library." Twilight told Spike.

The baby dragon grinned widely and thanked Twilight while hugging her. Spike quickly darted out the door toward Sweet Apple Acres.

"Where's he goin'?" Applejack asked.

"Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are helping Apple Bloom with a project in their club house, Spike probably wants to hang out with them." Rainbow Dash explained.

"Well everypony, I don't think we can put this off any longer. Skate....I think its time. If you are ready of course, we don't want to force you to do anything you're uncomfortable with."  Twilight said sadly.

Skate sighed. Her mood had immediately returned to depressed. "Okay, but you have to promise me what I say never leaves this room. This is one of my most personal secrets, and most painful." Skate told the six ponies in front of her, who all wore worried expressions.

"Cross my heart hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" The six ponies all said at once.

Skate took a deep breath, knowing what she had to do.

"I...I didn't exactly have the best fillyhood..." Skate began. She sighed again, and she felt tears ready to come out. "I guess I'll start from when the problem started. When I was nine years old, my mother passed away from a rare wing disease. My father and I were absolutely devastated. I cried and cried for hours when we heard the news. I tried to get my father to comfort me, but he just pushed me away. I was very young, just barely understanding the concept of death. I couldn't figure out why he wasn't helping me. So I cried as my father walked off to my parent's room. Then my father came back out an hour later. His breath smelled strongly of whiskey, and I knew he was drunk. I asked him if he was okay, and...and..." Skate paused, forcing her tears to stay down. The six ponies saw Skate struggling and all huddled around her, trying to comfort her. Rainbow Dash wrapped a wing around Skate, which she didn't reject this time. Skate finally regained her composure and continued. "And he yelled at me. I was so little, I didn't understand. My mother had just died and my father was angry at me. I still to this day hear my father's words, loud and clearly. 'NO I'M NOT BUCKING OKAY!!!'. He screamed at me. He was lost in his drunken and rage filled state. He continued yelling, and I said 'I'm s-sorry daddy! P-please!' He then..." Skate trailed off, unable to contain her tears. She managed to find her voice as she cried. "He then beat me...he gave me a black eye, a huge gash above my left eyebrow, and he nearly broke one of my ribs. This is where my life turned into a living hell. For the next five years, I would get abused almost every day from my always drunk father. Every. Single. Day." Skate finished, now breaking down into sobs.

The six Element Bearers were stunned silent. How could somepony beat an innocent little filly after her mother had just died?

"How could he beat you after your mother passed?" Rarity asked Skate.

"He blamed me for her death. I don't know why, his drunk logic didn't make him think properly. It was still very hurtful." Skate replied.

"Wait, you said five years? What happened when you were fourteen?" Rainbow Dash asked Skate with her wings till comfortingly wrapped around the blue maned pegasus.

"When I was fourteen years old, I decided enough was enough. I stood up to my father, and I still see that as the best decision I had ever made. I was nearing suicide when I was thirteen, and I was going to end it. But one thing stopped me, Princess Silver Dream. That's why we are so close. Anyways, on my fourteenth birthday, my father decided his present would be a beating. I decided I would teach him what pain felt like. " Skate paused for a moment to try and fight back her tears again. She then continued, "It started when I walked into the door as I got home from school."

Four years earlier.

"Are you sure Skate? Seriously, you don't need to do this. I can easily get my mother to have him arrested, there's far more than enough evidence. You don't need to get into a fight with him." Silver told Skate in concern.

Skate turned around to face Silver in the eyes. Silver backed up, scared by the intense rage burning in Skate's eyes. Its like they were glowing with the fires of hate.

"I need this Silver. I have to have closure with my father, or he will haunt me for my entire life. If I just had you send in Royal Guards and take him away, I would still lose. I would still be the little broken filly, and he would still be the big stallion. He needs to feel what I feel. He needs to be broken." Skate hissed in anger.

Silver sighed. She knew there was no such thing as arguing with Skate. "Fine. But, you have to swear to me that you will come to the palace immediately after. And if he breaks any bones are tries to kill you, you kill him. Do you hear me?"

And evil grin swept across Skate's face. "Oh I promise."

"Good luck, and try not to get hurt too badly." Silver locked into a tight embrace with Skate.

"I won't. You know my strength Silver, I'll be fine. Just have Royal Guards ready to storm the place. He's gonna try to flee after what I do to him." With that, Silver reluctantly trotted away as Skate stepped through the door of her house.

"I'm home Jet." Skate hissed. She had stopped calling her father 'dad' when she was thirteen. He never noticed, as he was always drunk.

"Well its miss big shot herself. Fourteen. Whoop de buckin doo." Jet Bluestar slurred back as he stumbled toward Skate.

"Thanks for the elegant happy birthday Jet." Skate remarked sarcastically. She then whispered under her breath, "Stupid alcoholic mother bucker."

Jet looked at his daughter in anger. "What did you just call me?"

"I called you an alcoholic mother bucker." Skate replied casually.

"WHY YOU LITTLE-" Jet began as he prepared to strike Skate in the face. However, he was knocked back by a powerful buck from Skate. The kick had knocked the wind out of him, and he struggled to breathe. An unfamiliar deep, burning pain invaded his torso.

"I'm not a little filly anymore Jet. You can't just hit me and expect me to take it anymore. I am the one in control now, and YOU are the broken filly now." Skate slyly stated.

With this, rage overtook Jet as he charged at his daughter. He slammed into her and kept running, and he slammed her powerfully into the wall. The wall broke down as Skate fell through to the room next to it; her room. Skate was hurt badly, her back made a sickeningly crunching noise and her chest was burning deeply in pain. But she couldn't give up. She pretended to be unconscious, and her father laughed wildly.

"Stupid bitch." He hissed as he turned around to trot back to his room. However, the second he turned around he found himself flying through the air. He was being propelled by his daughter, and the two ponies were headed straight toward the metal refrigerator. Skate's pain washed away like sand on the beach as the water violently slammed against the shores during a storm. Skate slammed her father into the metal fridge head first. There was a sickening crunch as his snout shattered against the force of the metal. The impact created a huge crater in to fridge door.

Her father screaming in pain, Skate took her chance. She got up off the ground and bucked at her father's wing joints. They shot out of the socket, dislocating and breaking them at the same time. Skate did the same to the other wing. Now broken, bleeding, and grounded, Skate finished it off.

Skate forced her father to his knees, and held his head in her hooves as she looked into his eyes. Skate's eyes literally glowed red with hatred. Her eyes burned fires of rage and vengeance, and her purple irises now had a faint red glow. Jet's dark  green eyes housed fear. Skate saw this too. For the first time in five years, Skate was on top, and her father was the one who was afraid of seeing the light of the next day.

"Does it feel good?" Skate hissed with burning rage.

"N-no." Jet responded in an inaudible whisper.

"What was that?"

"No." Jet said again, slightly louder.

"I didn't hear you!" Skate screamed with her face inches from her father's.

"NO!" Jet yelled loudly.

"GOOD!" Skate screamed as she threw her father back, and turned around. She lifted her rear end off the ground, and cocked her legs for the final blow. With all the strength she could possibly muster, she bucked her father one last time straight in his face. His jaw made a horrific snapping sound as he fell over, knocked unconscious. Blood streamed down his face.

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"I then limped to the castle, and explained to Silver, Luna, and Celestia what happened. My father was arrested, and I moved into the castle when Luna adopted me."

The ponies were stunned silent yet again.

"My goodness...what a rough life you've had.Though I must ask, why do you receive flashbacks if you got your closure you wanted?" Rarity managed to spit out.

"On my fifteenth birthday, I received a letter from my father saying he broke out of jail and was coming for me. I won't bother you with what it said, it was all stupid. But it still did what he meant it to do. It really messed up with my mind, and that's when the flashbacks and nightmares began."

"My goodness, what a difficult life you've lived. I'm so sorry." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah, but it turned out all for the best. But only because of Silver. If it wasn't for her, I would have never stood up for myself. I would have committed suicide when I was thirteen." The ponies, except for Twilight, gave Skate a big, comforting group hug.

Twilight however, stared at the pegasus in awe. Tiny magical sparkles had formed around Skate, the exact same particles from the park, and nopony else noticed. Perhaps only Twilight could see them. A memory from three years prior flashed through Twilight's mind, and she had to force herself not to gasp as Skate continued to talk, the particles growing larger as she talked about her friend.

"Silver is the entire reason I'm alive right now. I told her that I had thought about attempting  to commit suicide, and she started to cry. It was raining that day, and I was letting myself get soaked. After I told her, she wrapped her wing around me and she said something to me that I will never forget. She forced me to look up at the sky, and she said 'I like rainstorms. You know why? At the end of every storm, there's a beam of hope. Its beautiful, colorful, and inspiring. Its a Rainbow, Skate. But not just a rainbow. Its Violet Wind. Always remember that." Skate explained as she got very emotional.

"Violet wind? I'm not quite sure I understand darling." Rarity asked, confused.

"Yah, what did she mean by violet wind?" Applejack asked as well.

"Violet Wind was my mother's name. My mother was the most beautiful, kindest, most sweetest pony in Equestria. We were best friends. If I got a cut, she would kiss it and bandage it. If I was struggling with homework, she would stay up all night helping me. She was very special to me." Skate explained quietly as tears started to well up in her eyes.

All the other six ponies were now teared up too, and they engaged in yet another group hug. But this hug was different. Much, much different. The tiny sparkles formed around not only Skate, but the entire group. They grew every minute of the embrace. Again, only Twilight noticed. Those sparkles looked so familiar... Twilight gasped as a theory developed in her head.

"Twilight, whats wrong?" Skate asked.

"What? Oh, um....nothing! I just um, thought I saw a uh...mouse run across the floor. Yeah, a mouse! I guess my eyes are just playing tricks on me." Twilight lied while blushing. But the other ponies didn't question Twilight's strange answer.

"Well girls, its getting late, and I'm tired. I feel so much better talking to you about this." Skate began, and the sparkles formed yet again, this time however, they were quite large and bright. Though only Twilight noticed. "Thank you so much, you have no idea how much better I feel. Well, goodnight girls! Oh wait! I wanted to ask you girls something. How about we all have a sleepover at my house tomorrow night? Is everpony free?"

Everpony nodded, and Skate smiled. "Yay! Okay, I'll see you later!" And with that, Skate happily trotted out of the library toward her home.

Once Skate was out of earshot, Twilight jumped in front of her friends. "Girls, we need to talk."

"Whats wrong Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I think Skate might be an Element of Harmony..."