Twilight's P.O.V.

As usual, I had things to talk with Sombra about after breakfast today.

"Hey Sombra, my friends will be coming to visit in a couple of weeks." I told him.

"I suppose I'll have that time to prepare for their arrival." Sombra said.

"And be sure to be nice to them this time. Especially because all five of them mean a lot to me. Spike means a lot to me too. I pratically raised him ever since I got my cutie mark." I said.

"I still find it quite the oddity that Rainbow Dash caused you and your friends to get your cutie marks at the exact same time." Sombra said. I laughed.

"Part of me wishes you were born around the same time as me and my friends so you could've seen the Sonic Rainboom the first go around. That way you would be connected to me and my friends and grow up in a much more accepting world then you did." I said. Sombra couldn't help but laugh and nod his head.

"That would be something, huh?" Sombra asked, smiling.

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V.

"Twilight says she can get through to Sombra, and I trust her one hundred percent." I said to Applejack as we had a meal at Sugarcube Corner.

"And just why are you so sure she can? This is King Sombra we're talking about after all." Rarity reminded me.

"Perhaps, but Twilight told me she has something she can work with, and I'm putting my faith in her. The last time we didn't trust her, look what happened: We were dangerously close to becoming Changeling food." I countered.

"Oof...don't remind me..." Applejack said, frowning.

"Exactly. So if Twilight believes she can bring Sombra to the side of good, then I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt." I said. "She did also say that he told her something that I could relate to. I'm not sure exactly the full extent of what he told her, considering she wouldn't disclose any information. Like at all. I think she may have Pinkie Pie Promised him not to say anything to anyone." I explained.

"Then how does she know he has something you can relate to?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"It's the way she said it, not what she said, that gives me a pretty good idea. I think she was subtly hinting at what it was without actually telling me, and knew I'd figure it out from there." I said.

"So then...what is it? What is it that you two have in common? Um...if you don't mind me asking." Fluttershy said next.

"Pretty simple actually: If I'm right, Twilight was telling me in a subtle way that Sombra was bullied too." I said. Suddenly everyone around me went wide eyed, including Spike.

"That...that long ago?!" Spike exclaimed. "That had to be over a thousand years ago..." He pointed out.

"Not to undermine what your saying Dash but...Sombra? Bullied? I find that pretty hard to believe." Applejack said.

"Like I said, I don't have the full details. But I trust Twilight. We should trust her too. We don't want to make the same mistake of not trusting her twice and this close to having not trusted her at the Canterlot Wedding. If we choose not to trust her, and she ends up being right...then do we even deserve to call ourselves her friends anymore?" I asked. I then shook my head. "We don't get to do that if we mess up again. So I won't make that mistake anymore. And the rest of you shouldn't either." I said.

"All right Rainbow...we'll put our faith in Twilight." Applejack said.

"Yeah, she needs to know we have her back." Pinkie Pie said.

"Plus, we are going to see them in a couple of weeks. It would be nice to see just how much progress she is making then." Rarity said.

"That's right...we are going in a couple of weeks. Shining Armor and Princess Cadence both won't be going, but I think we'll be fine..." Fluttershy said.

"And if she has made progress, perhaps that'll be a good thing?" Spike questioned. "I dunno...I really hope Twilight knows what she's doing..." He added.

"C'mon Spike...your no better then the rest of us. Remember, she raised you." I said to Spike.

"Your right Rainbow...I should trust in Twilight just like the rest of you. I too turned my back on her at the wedding. I won't make that mistake again." Spike said.

I smiled. It's times like this that really make me shine. As the element of loyalty, this could be just what I need to make up for what occurred at the wedding.

Author's Note

Yeah expect Rainbow Dash to exhibit more Loyalty in this version of events.