Freak, monster, devil child, doesn't belong...

The words echoed throughout Fluffball's nightmares.

Go back to the Everfree Forest where you belong!

"No," she murmured, tossing in her bed.

No wonder Your Parents wanted to replace the other one!

"No! NO!"

Screwball was instantly at her bedside.

"honey?" she gasped. "What's wrong?"

The filly shrieked as her eyes popped open. She sighed in relief at the sight of her mother.

"I'm okay, Mommy. I just had a bad dream."

"Oh, I see." She sat upon her bed. "Care to talk about it?"

"It was...those things they said about me today...they won't go away..."

"Is that all?" she took her into her arms and patted her on the back. "There, there. What do I always say?"

Fluffball scrunched her nose. "What fun is there in making sense?"

"No, no, the other thing."

"Never bring pie to a cake fight?"

"No, no, no! I mean about name-calling!"

"Oh. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."

"Exactly! Well, technically the sticks and stones won't hurt you either after a healing spell, but you get the picture."

She pulled away from her embrace and looked up at her desperately. "But Mom, what if they're right? I lost my mind today! I even scared my friends!"

She waved her hoof as if it were a minor detail. "Every pony loses their mind once in a while. You should have seen your grandmother at her first Grand Galloping Gala!" She tapped her chin. "Actually, you can!"

He snapped his fingers and an image appeared on the wall. Fluffball gasped at the sight of a slightly younger version of her grandmother in a torn ball gown, standing beside a huge net.

"I'll catch you yet, my pretties!" she said creepily to the animals cowering in fear. "Oh, yes. As soon as one of you little birds, or monkeys, or bears touches this net, you'll be mine! MINE!"

She then broke into maniacal laughter, lightning striking from nowhere. Fluffball did not know whether to be scared or amused. It was hard to believe that the mare she was watching was her sweet, nurturing grandmother.

Screwball stifled a snicker. She poofed the image away. "Now you know not to get on your grandmother's bad side. The treatment I gave you and dad today was nothing."

"Okay, so it's not as bad as I thought," Fluffball admitted. "It's worse! I'm crazy on both sides!"

She groaned as she collapsed her head onto her pillow.

"Fluffy, Fluffy, Fluffy" Screwball said, shaking her head. "Every pony's crazy! Some just show it better than others."

"I being one of them," she mumbled, flipping onto her side.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, sweetie," her mother assured her, stroking her head. "You have something that other ponies do not: chaos!"

"And where is that going to get me? Look at what it did to you!"

Screwball was taken aback by this. Fluffball sat up and faced her.

"I'm sorry, but..." She hugged her knees. "Sometimes I think I might go too crazy...that I might turn evil...that they'll have to turn me to stone!"

"Oh, honey, don't say such a thing!" She tenderly wrapped her arms around her. "No pony's going to turn you to stone, or bring you any harm of any sorts, not while I'm here to protect you." She wiped her tears from her face. "Did I ever tell you of the time your grandpa snapped in front of your grandmother?"

The filly shook her head with a sniff.

"Well, it happened while he had your grandmother imprisoned. It was her birthday and he brought her friends over for a visit. In the midst of that...she told them she didn't love him. She didn't know he was listening and...well, it broke his heart as well as his sanity. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say his rampage involved turning Aunt Applejack into cereal and Twilight Sparkle's horn into a candy cane."

Fluffball snickered at the thought.

"It may sound funny to you, but if you had seen him at that time, you wouldn't have laughed." She sighed as he remembered that fateful day. "he had lost so much control that he ended up physically hurting your grandmother. he could no longer keep her, knowing what he did, knowing that she would never forgive him. So he let her go.
"But you know something? She returned to me and we finally confessed our feelings for each other!"

"So how does this apply to me?" Fluffball asked, growing slightly impatient. "Are you saying that no matter what I do, every pony's going to be okay with it?"

"Not every pony, only the ones that matter. Tell me, Fluffy. After today's incident, did any pony forgive you?"

She pondered. "My friends?"

"Then they're the only ones that matter. For Grandpa, that was your grandmother and that is what saved hi, from losing complete control. Your powers are special, hun, but never lose sight of what is really important. Understand?"

She did not understand completely, but she nodded anyway.

"Good," her mother smiled. "Now let's get you back to bed, shall we?"

Fluffball crawled back under the covers and smiled up at the earth pony as she tucked her in.

"Would you sing me a lullaby, Mommy?"

''Sure, hun. Which one?'' Screwball asked.

''The one you usually sing. It's my favourite.'' Fluffball replied with a warm smile.

She sighed and sang the lullaby he had written for her. This time, he added a new verse:
"Remember that one time,
Your rampage took to that baseball game,
You got, your cutie mark.
And things were never quite the same,
Your wild pitches flew,
Driving the ponies all insane
'Cause I...am your mommy, Screwball
And you...are a piece of me."
It was a subtle reminder of how special she was to her.

"I love you, Mommy," Fluffball said when she was finished.

She kissed her on the forehead. "I love you too, honey.''

A few minutes after Screwball had left the room, Fluffball was still wide awake. That had still not answer the question that remained in her head:

What did the mean by, ''Another one?''

Fluffball looked towards the open door. The room next to hers was still there. Had it something to do with this. The more questions she asked herself, The More curious she got. She wanted to know more about that door...So much more...

She shook her head at the thought. No. She had to be best behaved for her parents. She didn't want to disappoint them after all...

Suddenly she heard a small creak. She looked towards the door. The room's door was open. just a tiny bit. She figured if she went there and shut it, that would be the end of it, but she was SO curious that curiosity got the best of her. She had to know. She HAD to know her parents' secret.

Fluffball got out of bed and trotted towards the door. A ray of pink shone from it. Fluffball peeked inside and pushed the door wide open. She stepped in hesitantly and trotted forward. She gasped at what she saw. it was a camera. a camera. She squinted. THAT was her parents' big secret?

She picked the object up with her magic and turned it on. Static showed on the small screen for a few minutes. Fluffball gasped as she saw a younger, pregnant version of her mother, smiling brightly as she held the camera.

''Ok, so...'' The Screwball in the video said. ''It's the ninth month of my pregnancy, and... I am so excited to meet our baby girl/boy, and... I hope it looks just as beautiful as me or as handsome as it's father.''

Fluffball smiled. She was guessing that was her when Her mother was pregnant with her.

Just then Screwball started to breathe heavily. Then changed from breathing heavily to blowing out wind. Fluffball could tell that she was ready to come out.

''Whew! You're-You're really kicking hun...'' Screwball panted. ''You... wanna.. come out...? That badly...?''

Just then Screwball's eyes narrowed. It was then she realized. It was time.

''MOTHY!!'' Screwball screamed. ''GET MOM AND DAD! THE BABY'S COMING!''

''WHAT?!'' Mothball shouted in the distance.

In an instant, More static showed, but only for a second, the next thing you knew Screwball was in a stroller, being pushed by the magic of Nurse Cold Heart. Mothball was right next to his wife, holding the camera.

''Don't worry, Screwy! It'll all be over soon! We're finally gonna meet our daughter/son!''

Then next thing you knew Screwball was in a pregnancy room, Screaming her lungs out. Then more static, this time for a minute. Fluffball wondered what she looked like as a baby. was she fat or slim? Was her hair short or long? Was she-

''Here she is,'' A voice said.

Fluffball shook her head out of her trance. She then looked back at the screen. Her mother and her father were smiling warmly as they stared a the blanket the baby was wrapped in. She heard small gurgles coming from the blanket.

''Wow... She's really got your eyes Screwy...'' The Mothball In the video said with a small grin. ''And a mixture of our hair.''

Fluffball giggled as she placed a hoof on her hair. She really did have a mixture of her parent's hair, didn't she?

''She's even got her grandma's skin colour.'' Screwball said with a smile.

Fluffball gasped. ''Huh? I don't have-''

''Or a least a slightly darker shade of it.'' Screwball snickered.

Fluffball gasped as Screwball turned the mysterious baby to face the camera. That did not look ANYTHING like her. The filly in the video had a yellow coat, lime hair, and lime, swirly eyes. Fluffball was shocked. Who was this? Maybe they switched with the wrong baby?

''What should we name her?'' Screwball asked her husband while staring at the filly lovingly.

''Well... She kinda looks like a tennis ball...'' Mothball replied.

They looked at each other for a moment, then smiled brightly. ''Tennis Ball.''

Fluffball was in awe at what her parents were doing with this filly, But watched on. Screwball and Mothball play with their so called: ''daughter'' While the baby laughed in delight. Fluffball kept glowering at the seem to be imposter. How her parents are not realizing they had the wrong baby.

The next thing you know, Screwball was signing the name of the baby on the glass which surrounded the filly, And a new video was shown with Screwball's face on the camera.

''Ok so...'' She said. ''Tennis Ball is starting to walk, she tried walking like, a week ago. So now we're gonna try again, with Mothy recording the whole thing!''

Screwball handed Mothball the camera and Mothball stood four inches away from them, still recording Screwball and Tennis Ball.

''Ok, honey, come to Mama.'' Screwball gestured to the baby.

The baby looked at the pink pony with large eyes, then wobbled as she stood to her hooves.

''She's doing it! She's doing it!'' Mothball cheered under his breath.

''That's it, Come on!'' Screwball smiled.

The baby stepped her way to her mother. Step-by-step, she wobbled towards The pink earth pony. Screwball, trying to hide her outbursting joy, embraced the infant with outstretched hooves.

''SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT!''' Mothball screamed with joy.

Then Tennis Ball turned back and a small object came towards her in a lime green magic aura. Screwball and Mothball gasped when they saw this, Screwball turned to the camera with an expression of shock, her mouth agape.

''Mothy.'' She said bluntly.

''Yeah?'' He replied.

''Turn off the camera.''

''Why?''

''Just. Turn it off.''

Then more static. Fluffball wondered when this will end. She wondered why her parents kept that baby. Who did she think she was, stealing her parents away from her? Why, if was there, she would knock some sense into her parents, and-

''This is it, Mothy.'' Screwball in the video said.

Screwball and Mothball were at Discord and Fluttershy's doorstep. With Tennis Ball in Screwball's hoof. Tennis Ball started chewing on her mother's hair, Screwball using her magic to pull it out.

''No honey. Momma's hair is not food.'' She said, looking down at her daughter.

Tennis Ball looked up at her mother with her large eyes, but then looked down again. She did not understand. Fluffball stifled a snicker. This kid WAS pretty cute.

The door opened and her grandmother smiled at first when she saw Mothball and Screwball, But then screamed when she saw the Baby.

''DISCORD!!!'' She shrieked. ''OUR GRANDBABY! SHE'S HERE!''

Screwball snickered as Fluttershy screamed those words, Fluttershy turned back to her daughter and Son-in-law.

''May I hold her?'' She shakily asked.

Screwball snickered and nodded. Fluttershy held the baby in her arms while blinking back her tears of joy. Her granddaughter. HER granddaughter she finally met, and now she's holding her!

Her grandfather teleported right beside her, And he gasped and teared up.

''Is that...MY granddaughter?''

The baby teleported into his paw and claw. The baby and him stared for a while, until the filly giggled and attempted to hug him. He smiled, a tear falling down his cheek as he hugged her back. Suddenly, an umbrella hovered over Discord, and Fluttershy gasped.

''Did she...?''

Screwball nodded. ''Yup! Our daughter has powers, alright!''

Fluttershy couldn't stand it any longer and her tears flowed like a waterfall. Screwball teared up as well and hugged her mother.

''Yes, ma'am, Meet the new being of chaos.''

The video was long, and it went up to Tennis Ball's seventh birthday.

''So, what's your wish, hun?'' Mothball asked his daughter when she blew the candles.

''My wish is that Everypony in this town could be happy, and world hunger would end.'' Tennis Ball started.

''Awww~'' was said within the crowd.

''I also wish that Mommy and Daddy would have the first slice of cake.''

Another ''Aww~'' was said within the crowd.

''You raised your daughter well, Screwball.'' Twilight whispered to Screwball. She blushed as a thanks.

The video ended with static. Fluffball looked up at the ceiling and turned on the light. Her eyes widened. There were pictures of the same filly her age. Most of them involving the filly, her mother and her father. She gasped in horror. Who was that filly? Why was she involved in this? AND WHY do her parents consider her as a ''daughter''?

She then saw something shine in the glimpse of her eye. She looked in front of her. It was a locket of some sort. She picked it up with her magic and inspected it. She opened it to reveal The filly with her mother. She looked at the table that was displaying the object. there, a piece of paper was exposed to the light. she picked it up with her magic and also inspected it. It turned out to be a letter. She read:

To my dear Tennis Ball,
We all miss you, Momma misses you, Daddy misses you, Grandma and Grandpa miss you, Everypony misses you. Don't worry we will do everything we can to find you. We will not give up. And who knows, Maybe someday, you'll get to meet your sister.

Fluffball gasped. It all made sense now. The pictures, the video, everything. She had realized now.

''I have a sister.''

She plopped onto the floor in disbelief. She then smiled in joy.

''I HAVE A SISTER!'' she shouted.

She then covered her mouth and made sure no pony was watching. She then placed the locket into her schoolbag. She walked to the phone and dialed a number.

She had to talk things through with somepony.

Author's Note

Yup. Somehow you knew i would upload this chapter. But no worries, though, I will put Tennis Ball's persperctive and where she is.