The Chessmaster - Season 8 Remake

Chapter 2 - Enter Cozy Glow

"Evil comes in many shapes and forms, but the most important thing to know is that evil does not care for gender or for species; the only thing that matters is for someone to actually be evil in the first place." Personal quote brought on through life lessons.

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Ponyville - Twilight's Castle

"Pardon me, but you said your name was Cozy Glow?" Starlight asked Cozy Glow.

"Yep. That's me." Cozy Glow stated.

"Oh...well you really didn't give us much to work with. All you gave us was your name. You never filled the rest out..." Starlight said, showing Cozy Glow her application.

"Oh...I didn't know I was supposed to fill out the whole thing...I'm sorry...as soon as I heard about this school of friendship, I thought to myself 'this sounds like the perfect place to make so many new friends' and thus sent in an application as soon as I could..." Cozy Glow explained.

"Wait...you want to join the school of friendship to make friends?" Twilight asked. Cozy Glow nodded.

"Ever since I was a little filly, I've always wanted friends, but no one really got me in my very early years. That's when I took up playing chess one day after I lost my parents to an accident." Cozy Glow said.

"Oh you poor thing..." Twilight Said, before bringing Cozy Glow into a wing hug.

"A-anyways one day I managed to beat this really mean kid in a chess match standing up for this kid he was always bullying, and that's when I got my cutie mark." Cozy Glow said, motioning to her cutie mark that was a rook from chess. "That's when I started treating my chess pieces like I would the friends I hope to one day make: With the proper respect and kindness a true friend would give you." Cozy Glow finished explaining.

"Wow...that's actually quite the story you got there." Trixie said. "I mean, standing up to a bully with a chess match for a total stranger? I think she's perfect for the school." Trixie said.

"I couldn't agree with Trixie more." Starlight said.

"For once, I agree too. But she has no legal guardian if she has no parents. What orphanage do you come from?" Twilight said.

"Oh...I kind of...never got admitted to one..." Cozy Glow said.

"WHAT?!" Everyone but Cozy Glow suddenly exclaimed.

"It's true. No one but the four of you even know that I'm an orphan. Not even the orphanage realizes that I'm an orphan..." Cozy Glow said.

"Aw...you poor, poor thing..." Twilight said, pulling Cozy Glow into another Wing hug. "There there...if you like, I can be your momma..." She said.

"You? But your a princess!" Wild Star spoke up.

"It's completely up to her anyways..." Trixie said.

"Well...if I'm going to be in the school of friendship...might as well get used to calling her highness 'momma'..." Cozy Glow said, adding a giggle at the end. Wild Star face hoofed.

"Someponies are just this lucky it seems..." Wild Star said.

"So...about my application momma..." Cozy Glow said.

"You still have to fill it all out. I won't bend the rules just because your my daughter now, Cozy Glow." Twilight said. Cozy Glow nodded in understanding.

"Okay momma. I'll fill out the form right away." Cozy Glow said and went to do just that.

"...She's quite the eager beaver when it comes to wanting friends huh?" Wild Star said.

"Well at least she's not evil." Starlight said. Everyone looked at her again. "...What? Did you think I wouldn't have the spell active just in case?" Starlight asked.

"Like I said, I hope the day never comes when that spell will be useful." Twilight said. Trixie and Wild Star nodded in agreement. "That said, it could come in handy if a threat DOES show up." Twilight added.

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Ponyville - Prism's House

"And there's the last bag. Thank you miss...Rarity was it?" Prism Gem said to Rarity.

"Just Rarity will do, darling. Now, I best get home before Sweetie Belle cooks something." Rarity said.

"Why, is something wrong with her cooking?" Prism Gem asked.

"You could say that..." Rarity said and left. As she left, she smiled. Such a nice stallion. She'll have to ask later if he's taken.