Twilight looked over the necklace Queen Novo had given her with a confused look before looking back at the queen. "So what exactly is this anyway?"

Novo smiled. "Your own Pearl Necklace. Everyone in Seaquestria has one. Within it is a piece of the Pearl of Transformation."

Twilight looked up at where the Pearl itself rested. She knew what the Pearl could do, and why it was both powerful and incredibly dangerous to have.

The power to transform into literally anything you could think of was something that was both awe-inspiring and worrisome. It had the goal of every invader to get their hands on the Pearl.

If they had, they could rule all of Equus, above and below the waves. None ever had of course, but it had come close to it several times. Most recently with the Storm King.

"Is it safe to take pieces off?" Twilight asked as she fastened the necklace around her neck. It fit her comfortably as if made for her. Immediately she felt the Pearl's power flow into her. It wasn't the full strength of the Pearl, but it was still awesome.

Novo nodded. "The Pearl regenerates when a new piece is removed. We've done so for millennia and the Pearl always returns to its full self."

While Twilight had a hard time believing that at first, she couldn't argue with the fact that the Pearl looked brand new with no chips on it all.

Novo sighed. "There is another thing Twilight. Princess Celestia is coming later today. She says she has something for you."

Twilight was confused. "What is it?"

Novo shook her head. "She didn't say. All she said was that it is yours by all rights and that it should be with you."

Twilight was conflicted. On one hoof she was curious as to what on Equus this Princess Celestia would want with her and what she was bringing her. But another part was worried about what it could mean. She had no intention of returning to the surface world above the waves.

If Celestia thought this would change her mind, then she was a fool. "Is she bringing anypony else?" She asked, doing her best to hide her annoyance at the thoughts running through her mind.

Novo nodded. "Your friends are coming as well. They weren't going to be left out from what Celestia told me. And I couldn't say no."

Twilight frowned. She didn't understand why they had to come. They may have known her, but she didn't know, and she doubted they would stay long enough for that to change.

Novo sighed. "And she is bringing your parents and family as well. I promised your mother that I would not keep you from her."

Now Twilight bit her lip. Out of everything that had been her past, her parents and family had been the one thing she couldn't bring herself to want to forget.

Her parents especially. Even if her memories of them were gone, a part of her still loved them. That would never change. But what would that mean for her future?

Twilight hoped it all worked out when they arrived later that day.

Author's Note

Up next is a blast from Twilight's past. Whether she wants it or not. As for her reluctance to meet the rest of the Mane 6. That has nothing to do with being unopen to friendship.

She has friends in Seaquestria. It's that they know so much about her when she knows nothing about herself or them.