Out in the Everfree forest, in a small cave there was a large prism and inside it was a small filly with a purple coat with hot/light pink mixed mane, her eyes were closed like she was asleep. Suddenly her prism started cracking as light leaked out from the cracks.

Then in an instant, the prism exploded and the filly fell to the ground, “Oomph,” She grunted as she opened her eyes, revealing they were bright blue and looked around, “H-Hello?” She called nervously, walking out from the cave and into the forest. “W-Where is evericorn?” She asked fearfully.

The filly wandered further into the forest as the beams of light shone on her sparkling purple wings…and her little horn.

In Ponyville, Twilight and Midnight were walking down the streets towards Sugarcube Corner, “So Pinkie’s actually taken in a protege?” Midnight asked in surprise.

“Yeah. I'm even a bit surprised that she has.” Twilight said with a small smile. “Usually, she either calls me and the other girls to help her out with her cooking. But never take a protege under her hoof.”

“I never really took Pinkie for the teaching type,” Midnight admitted. “I never even imagined Volt as a teaching type.”

“Can’t imagine why,” Twilight said while rolling her eyes as the two chuckled, knowing their friends were more into fun than facts.

Eventually they reached Sugarcube Corner and walked in, “Alright, now let’s see how the Pinkie Protege is-” Midnight started before Twilight looked ahead and eyes widened in surprise.

“Cake!” Twilight yelled and ducked down.

“What?” Midnight said before he got caked in the face. The cake slid off, leaving frosting and strawberry in his face as Twilight looked up and stifled her laughter. “Not a word.” He said tiredly.

And then a spring green earth pony filly with a pink and white twirled mane came up to them, “Oops. Sorry Sir. That cake got away from me again,” She apologized.

“Well, he sure took the cake,” Twilight quipped with a giggle.

“I said not to say it.” Midnight said with a smirk before he licked some cake off him. “Mm, but tasty.”

Pinkie then walked in, “Oh, Minty, Minty, Minty. I told you, before you can throw a cake, you have to carry it.” She told the filly.

“Sorry Pinkie,” Minty said with an embarrassed smile.

“I take it this is the filly you took under your foreleg, Pinkie?” Twilight asked with a small smile.

“Yep. This is Minty.” Pinkie said with a cheerful smile. “Me and her parents are good friends, and she always wanted to bake some sweet goods! So, I took her in as my tasty treat protege and I’ve been teaching her all my Pinkie Party and Cake secrets!”

“And it involves her throwing a cake?” Midnight asked as he wiped some of the frosting off his face.

“If you wanna bake, why not do it in a fun way?” Pinkie asked with a smile and a shrug.

“Which really is.” Minty said with a smile.

“Well, that is impressive, Pinkie. Taking responsibility to teach a filly, that’s really mature of you.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Hey, like I told you before, I’m a very responsible mare,” Pinkie said puffing her chest proudly, “Nothing gets by me,”

“Ooh, is that a triple strawberry milkshake?” Midnight asked, pointing behind her.

“Where?!” Pinkie said as she turned with a smile, which made Midnight give a small laugh as Pinkie kept looking. “Where, Midnight, I don’t see it.”

“Oh, you just missed it. It went into the kitchen.” Midnight lied with a smirk.

“Oooh! I gotcha now, you sweet beverage!” Pinkie said as she trotted into the kitchen while Midnight kept his laugh while Twilight giggled.

“You got her, Midnight.” Twilight said in amusement.

“Even I wouldn’t fall for that.” Minty said with an amusing smile.

“Well Minty, what do you think of Pinkie?” Twilight asked the filly.

“She’s the best! She’s super fun, creative and really nice!” Minty said, doing a little prance, “She’s like the big sister I never had.” She said, which made the two alicorns smile.

“Well, that’s good to hear.” Midnight said with a smile as Twilight leaned down.

“But watch out, because Pinkie tends to be unpredictable when she does things.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Minty, come on! We got to work on your Cupcake settings!” Pinkie called from the kitchen.

“Coming!” Minty called as galloped into the kitchen.

“Well, that was something.” Midnight said with a chuckle. “Let’s leave the two of them be before any other sweets come flying by.”

“Good idea,” Twilight agreed as they two left Sugarcube Corner.

Down the path, Rarity, Hydro, and Sweetie Belle were walking towards Fluttershy’s cottage, “We just need to get Opal from Fluttershy and then we can head down to join your friends, Sweetie,” Rarity promised her sister.

“I hope so, we just got new ideas for cutie marks,” Sweetie Belle said with a smile as she saw her flank. “I still can’t believe me, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom still don’t have our marks,” She complained.

“Oh, be patient, darling. You’ll find yours.” Rarity encourages. “I was patient.”

“You found your quicker when you found a bunch of jewels in a boulder in one day, Rarity.” Sweetie said with a dull look.

“She got a point.” Hydro said with a chuckle.

“Oh, come now.” Rarity waved off. “Anypony can find gems. Unless you know where to look.” She said as they made it to Fluttershy’s cottage. “Now, let’s get Opal so you can have time with your friends.” She said as she knocked on the door a couple of times.

Then opening the door, was a white pegasus filly with a yellow, purple and green striped mane with a blue hair tie and golden eyes, “Oh hello.” The filly said with a kind smile.

“Uh, hello there.” Rarity said in surprise, as she, Hydro and her sister didn't expect a filly to be in Fluttershy’s home. “Uh, is Fluttershy here? We have come for our cat.”

“Oh, give me a second.” The filly said as she went back into the cottage. “Fluttershy, your friends are here to see you.”

“Oh right,” Fluttershy’s voice was heard, as she came in with Opal in her foreleg, “Sorry for taking so long, Arbor was just helping plant new medicinal trees for me,” She told them.

“Oh, no harm done, old girl.” Hydro assured her before looking down to the filly, “But dare I ask, who’s this?”

“Oh, this. This is Coconut Cream.” Fluttershy said as Coconut waved her hoof.

“Hello.” Coconut said with a smile.

“She’s been coming by to help out with my animals before we met the boys and faced the Nightmare,” Fluttershy explained as she placed a hoof around Coconut, “She’s been such a nice little helper.”

“Oooh, well, that’s great to hear.” Rarity said in surprised and a smile.

“Indeed.” Hydro said with a smile.

“It’s nice to meet you,” Sweetie said, offering her hoof to Coconut.

“You too.” Coconut said with a small smile as she and Sweetie shook hooves. “You must be Sweetie Belle, Rarity’s sister that Miss Fluttershy told me about.”

“Uh-huh,” Sweetie nodded before she noticed Coconut Cream had a blank flank, “Hey, you don’t have a cutie mark either.”

“No. I haven’t earned one yet. Still haven’t found my talent, but I will someday.” Coconut said with a smile. “But it’s nice to know there are others out there without a mark. Because I feel a little bit out of place.”

“Well I have two friends who don't have marks either.” Sweetie said with a smile. “I should introduce you to them.”

“Really, I have one too, her name is Toola Roola,” Coconut said with a smile. “She’ll be glad to hear there are others without marks.”

“There are, and we even make a group out of it.” Sweetie said with a smile. “Even have a treehouse for it.”

“Really?” Coconut said with a bright smile.

As the two fillies conversed, the three grown-up ponies watched with smiles, “Well, they seem to be hitting it off,” Hydro said with a smile.

“Yes, indeed.” Rarity said as Fluttershy gave her Opal. “Oh, Opal, how was your day with Fluttershy?” She asked as Opal just gave her a blank stare. “I’ll take that as a lovely day.”

“She had a great time. Even with Coconut.” Fluttershy said with a smile.

“That’s great to hear.” Rarity said as she turned to her sister. “Come along, Sweetie. I must take you to your friends before we return home.”

“Okay, Rarity.” Sweetie Belle said as she looked at Coconut. “Catch you later?”

“Yeah,” Coconut said solemnly.

“Actually, I think I can manage here on my own now,” Fluttershy told her, “Go with Sweetie Belle, Coconut. I know that you will have a great time with her and her friends.”

“Really?” Coconut asked in excitement as Fluttershy nodded with an encouraging smile, which made Coconut squeal in joy as she jumped next to Sweetie Belle. “Thank you, Miss Fluttershy!”

Fluttershy giggled with a smile, “Well, we’ll be off then.” She said as they nodded as the four ponies walked off as Fluttershy watched them go. “Have fun, Coconut.” She said as she went back into her home.

Out in the town square, Sunset was standing next to a pale pink unicorn filly with a red, yellow, pink, indigo and blue mane and teal eyes. The two of them were painting the town hall together. “Wow, Sunset, you’re the best artist I’ve ever seen.” The filly said with a smile.

“Oh, I’ve been doing art when I was your age, Toola.” Sunset said with a smirk. “I even did a bit of street art from time to time. Don’t tell anypony, I still do and try to keep it a secret, even from my friends.”

“Oooh, now that’s amazing.” Toola said with a smile.

“Yep. And I sometimes did it to impress ponies and sometimes I just like to express myself.” Sunset said with a smirk. “Though, you’re not so bad with art yourself.”

“Well, I don’t know,” Toola said unsurely, as her painting of the town hall came out more abstract than Sunset’s, “I wanted it to look exactly the same but it just came out silly.”

Sunset chuckled, “Toola Roola, art isn’t about following rules, it's about showing others how you feel or how you see the world,” She explained as she looked at the picture, “And I have to say, that’s pretty expressive.”

“Thanks.” Toola said with a smile. “It was a bit hard, but it’s pretty fun.”

“Keep up the good work,” Sunset told her, ruffling her mane.

“GANGWAY!” The two perked up and saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Coconut cream riding on a wooden makeshift plane towards them.

“Whoa!?” Sunset said in surprise, before grabbing Toola and jumping out of the way as the plane rolled past them before crashing into a tree.

The two saw the CMC groaning while on the tree as Coconut turned to them. “Do you ponies do this all the time just to find a mark?” She asked in wonder while rubbing her head.

“You have no idea.” Sweetie Belle groaned. “And that is only when Scootaloo comes up with extreme ideas.”

“I thought piloting would definitely be it this time.” Scootaloo said in defense.

“Well it sure shootin’ didn’t,” Applebloom retorted.

“Hey, girls,” Sunset said, walking up the four, “Still up to more mischief I see.”

“Just trying to find our Cutie Marks, Sunset.” Scootaloo said with a smile.

“Hey Coconut Cream,” Toola waved to the fourth filly.

“Hi, Toola Roola.” Coconut said with a wave and smile.

“That’s your friend, Coconut?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“Uh huh, girls this Toola Roola,” Coconut introduced with a hoof around Toola, “Toola Roola, this is Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo.” She introduced.

“Hello/Hey/Howdy!” The CMCs waved with smiles.

“Uh, hi.” Toola said with a smile before she noticed their flanks. “No Cutie Marks? Huh, I thought me and Coconut were the only ones.”

“We thought we were the only ones too,” Scootaloo told her.

“Until we met, and then met Coconut and now you.” Apple Bloom said with a smile. “Nice to meet ya. And if you’re a blank flank, we can understand since we’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders, looking to find our Cutie Marks and our purpose.”

“Really?” Toola asked with a surprise look. “Wow, that’s an interesting group. And it must be fun. But there is a bit of danger from what I can tell.” She added as she saw the crashed plane.

“Don’t worry, that’s just one, we got plenty of ideas,” Applebloom told her, “Hey, how ‘bout jam making?” She suggested.

“That’s your family style of jam, Apple Bloom.” Sweetie Belle reminded her with a brow. “Great for exercise and good jam, not much for a Cutie Mark receiver.”

“Yeah but what if we tried making a new kind of jam?” Applebloom suggested.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle gave brows to her. “AB, same results.” Scootaloo said to her.

“Good point.” Applebloom said in defeat.

“Maybe we should go back to our clubhouse to see what we haven’t done yet,” Sweetie Belle suggested.

“I second that.” Scootaloo said.

“I third that.” Applebloom added.

“Fourth.” Coconut said.

“Fifth.” The fillies perked up and saw Minty standing next to them, “Hi!” Minty smiled.

“Minty?” Toola asked in surprise.

“You know her?” Scootaloo asked in surprise as they looked at Toola.

“She’s another friend of ours,” Coconut explained.

“Yep. And Pinkie told me to have some time off and have fun!” Minty said with a smile. “And I just saw Coconut with you three flying by and thought I saw you and hung out with you ponies.”

“Well, you’re welcome to join, Minty,” Toola said with a smile. “We’re heading to their clubhouse.”

“Race ya there!” Scootaloo told them as the six fillies raced off while Sunset watched with a smile.

“Heh, as wild as their human counterparts,” Sunset commented with an amusing look, since she knew the human counterparts of the CMC are similar.

Then Blaze flew in, “Hey Sunset, Twilight and Midnight just called,” He explained, “Meeting in the castle.”

“Okay, on my way.” Sunset said as Blaze flew off as Sunset trotted after him.

In the Everfree Forest, the Alicorn Filly continue to tread through the forest a bit in fear. “A-At least it’s daylight where I can see.” She said a bit nervously as she looked around. “How did I even get here? Why am I here?” She asked as she tried to remember but all her memories were fuzzy. “I-I can’t remember. H-How long have I--” SHe trailed off before she made her way out of the forest and saw Ponyville in the distance.

“A town?” The filly said before smiling, “Maybe somebody there can help me,” She suggested to herself as she spread her wings and flew off.

The filly then flew over the crowd as she then landed close to town hall as she looked around and saw a bunch of ponies going about their day, “Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns. But where are all the Alicorns?” She asked as she looked around and saw no sign of Alicorns. “Shouldn’t there be Alicorns around?” She asked as she then noticed some ponies looking at her in a bit of wonder, which made her uncomfortable. “Uh, I better get going.” She said as she quickly trotted off while avoiding eye contact with the crowd.

As she kept walking, the filly decided to distract herself with a bit of singing.

I've never seen a place
That's quite like this
Everything is turned around
This crazy world is upside-down

As she sang, the filly looked around Ponyville, watching as all the ponies walking around, getting a little nervous by all the unfamiliar things. As she saw Big Mach walking by with an applecart and moved out of the way.

Getting on my hooves
It's the hoof that I was dealt
But I don't have much time with them
Got to learn all that I can

She then gave a determined look and began to observe her surroundings, picking up every little thing she saw, the pastries at Sugar Cube Corner, the Town Hall. She looked into the school house and saw Ms. Cheerilee was teaching as she saw some rich ponies walking by while the mare spritzed herself with perfume.

They don't seem Alicorns, with horns and wings
I don't get why some wear funny clothes, rolling things and smelly water to the nose
Everything's confusing when it seems so new
But I look a little closer and it starts to feel familiar too

The filly then saw fillies and colt playing tag and she was tempted to join them but was too unsure. As she continued searching the town, hoping to find any alicorns like her but found none.

What a strange new world (what a strange new world)
I'm trying to make heads or tails of this strange new world (what a strange new world)
Sorting through the small details of this strange new world

The filly stood at townhall, watching the colts and fillies playing as she gave a sad look. “I-I want to play, but, from there being no Alicorns, I guess they might be mean.” She said with a sad look. “Just where am I?”

“Pfft. What is this?” A rude voice spoke up as the filly turned and saw Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon looking at her. “Seriously, that is so fake.”

“What?” the filly said confusedly.

“Yeah, where did you get those wings or horn? The 99 cent store?” Silver Spoon questioned.

“Ahaha, good one, Silver Spoon.” Diamond Tiara said with a smirk.

“Can’t you even tell the real wings or horn when you see them?” The filly questioned while gesturing to herself.

“Oh, please, blank flank. You have totally fake props.” Diamond Tiara said as she pulled the Alicorn filly’s wings, which made her yelp.

“Ow! Hey!” The filly yelped as she yanked her wing away and caressed it. “My wings are real wings!”

“Oh. Uh, okay, so you might be a pegasi.” Silver Spoon said with a sheepish look.

“I bet this horn isn’t real. Probably some silly headband.” Diamond Tiara said as she did a hard flick at the filly’s horn, which made her yelped.

“Cut it out!” The filly yelled as on reflex, magic shot out from her horn, which spooked Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon back as they looked at the filly in shock as she realized what she did. “I-I-I’m sorry. R-Reflexes.”

“Y-You can use magic?!” Silver Spoon asked in complete shock. “I-I thought there were only six A-Alicorns…”

“Wait, there are still Alicorns?” The filly asked with a hopeful look.

“You don’t even know?” Diamond Tiara questioned with a brown before she gasped. “You must be a changeling!”

“A-A w-what?” The filly asked with a confusion and uneasy look while backing away in worry.

“Oh, don’t play dumb! If you’re trying to trick us, at least pick a better disguise than an Alicorn!” Diamond Tiara said with a disgusted look.

“T-This is not a disguise!” The filly said as everypony gathered around as they noticed what Diamond Tiara said as they gave a suspicious look. “Uh, I, uh, can I just…”

“Get that changeling!” Diamond Tiara yelled out as the filly yelped.

“Uh, bye-bye!” The filly said as she used a small magic blast, which knocked some ponies back a bit before she took to the air as the ponies all yelled in anger and chased after her. “Not how I wanted this day to go!” She cried out as she flew around Ponyville with the ponies chasing her.

At the Castle of Friendship, the Heroic 14 and Spike are gathered around the Map of Friendship while the Seven Swords just stand there since there were no extra thrones for them. “So what’s this about you two,” Applejack asked Midnight and Twilight.

“It wasn’t me, just Midnight.” Twilight explained. “It’s about Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.

“Oh dear, what trouble have they gotten into this time?” Rarity asked tiredly.

“No trouble this time.” Midnight said with a dull look. “Why do you always think they’ve gotten into trouble?”

“Well, you haven’t noticed, since you were around, but whenever those three fillies get around trying to find their Cutie Marks, things always happen around here.” Applejack said with a tired look.

“But you have to admit, I like their enthusiasm.” Rainbow said with a smile. “They never give up.”

“Yes, when they're not causing trouble.” Rarity said before Storm spoke up.

“Okay, okay. We get it, they’re a trio of troublemakers.” Storm said before turning back to Midnight and Twilight. “So, why do you want to talk about them anyway?”

“I was gonna ask where they get all these crazy ideas from?” Midnight questions.

“Yeah, I wonder the same thing.” Sunset said while rubbing her chin. “I mean, earlier, they tried piloting, which ended up with them crashing into a tree. Ouch.”

“They’re willing to do anything to get their marks,” Rainbow commented. “I mean, since they met, they’re trying more options to get their Cutie Marks. I remember they tried out ziplining, which didn’t work out well.”

“And that eventually led to us all finding out we got our cutie marks together!” Pinkie Pie said with a cheerful look.

“That’s a weird coincidence,” Blaze said with a brow. “But Midnight, I still don’t get why you’re making a big deal out of them. So, they’re trying every option to find their marks, big deal. At least they got spirit.”

“I mean, well, two things, alright, one, is that their ideas are a bit dangerous and extreme for fillies their age.” Midnight pointed out. “I mean seriously, who even allows them to do those things?”

“And the uh, the second one?” Spike asked with a brow.

“Well, I know that they are not being well respected by some ponies these days.” Midnight said with a frown.

“What makes you say that?” Volt asked in confusion.

“I mean, you girls are the Elements of Harmony, and two of them are your related siblings?” Midnight asked as the Mane 7 nodded in agreement. “Yet, from what I’ve seen whenever I see them, they get the cold shoulder and are disrespected by certain ponies. And discouraged at times.”

“What? Impossible.” Hydro said with a frown.

“Yeah, who could hate those three tykes?” Blaze questioned, knowing even though the CMC were a hoof-ful they were very loveable.

“Not what Twilight told me.” Midnight said with a frown as he looked at the girls. “Does Gabby Gums ring a bell with you girls?”

The girls all cringed from that. “W-Well, they got themselves into it.” Rainbow said with a cringed look.

“Really?” Midnight questioned with a look. “Shut them out, yell at them, being rude, dousing rain over their heads, drowning yourself in tears, turning your backs on them?” He questioned before turning to Twilight, “Putting up a forcefield around your own house?” He added with a look.

The girls and Twilight gave sheepish looks. “Okay, we may have gone a little overboard.” Twilight said in embarrassment.

“And you know, I also remember Applejack being so overprotective of Applebloom, she couldn’t allow her to be home alone, even when she was doing a great job.” Rocky said with a look.

“I-I thought she needed me.” Applejack said in embarrassment.

“She was doing gosh darn fine before you suddenly slammed in.” Clay said with a brow as Rainbow chuckled.

“She got your number, Applejack.” Rainbow said with a chuckle.

“And for a certain fashionist, I happen to notice that you barely even give at least appreciation or notice your sister around, let alone give her a chance,” Hydro said, looking at Rarity, who gave a flinch.

“Though, uh, I guess I was too caught up in work to even give my sister some time together.” Rarity said with a sheepish look.

“Rarity, you couldn’t even appreciate your sister even when she did a great job doing things for you, yet you overreacted when they were in the simplest wrong order in your standard.” Blaze said with a brow, which made Rarity cringed.

“T-They were in the wrong order!” Rarity overreacted as she noticed her friends giving her weird looks, which made her blushed in embarrassment. “I-I guess I do tend to lose it a tad.”

“A tad?” Rainbow questioned with a brow. “Rarity, you make a big deal out of a simple rip.”

“I-I… Uh… I mean…” Rarity stammered as she lowered herself in shame.

“And don’t act like you’re not free, Rainbow.” Midnight said with a look. “I mean, compared to these girls, you may have been a sister figure to Scootaloo…”

“Thank you.” Rainbow said with a proud smile.

“But telling her scary stories, making her reckless stunt ideas, which she clearly got from you, and not being that supportive to her is not right.” Midnight continued, much to Rainbow’s disbelief.

“Aw come on!” Rainbow complained.

“Rainbow, you might be good at being a sister type, but not knowing much on Scootaloo isn’t the way to go. Especially since you dump a rainstorm worth on them during the Gabby Gums incident.” Midnight pointed out.

“That was… I mean…” Rainbow stammered as she tried to find the words before she groaned in defeat. “I guess I was too much in temper at the time.”

“Whew, those three had it rough,” Rocky whistled, with a foreleg overlapping the other.

“More so than other foals.” Arbor said with a concern frown as he turned to the girls. “And yet you mares couldn’t even be supportive to them one bit?”

“W-We were busy with other things at the time.” Twilight said with a sheepish look.

“You mean your own businesses like reading, apple selling, practicing, selling, baking cakes, and taking care of animals?” Volt questioned with a brow, which made the girls flinch back.

“You know, they make a point.” Spike said with a brow.

“Says the dragon who slammed the door on them after the Gabby Gums thing.” Blaze said with a look, which made Spike flinch from that reminder. “Seriously, you didn’t need to do that.” He said with a look as Spike tapped his claws sheepishly.

“Wait, Spike did what?!” Twilight asked in shock as she turned to her dragon. “I know I placed a force field around the old library to keep them out, but do you have to slam the door right into their face, Spike?!”

“I guess I was pretty angry at the time, and I kinda did slam it too hard.” Spike said with a sheepish look.

“Oh for the love of…” Midnight muttered as he looked around. “It’s no wonder those three fillies are doing so much on their own and being so disrespected, you girls didn’t even give them the support they needed.”

“W-We have.” Applejack insisted. “I-I mean, we were there for them.”

“Name one time,” Midnight challenged.

“Eh… that time when Applebloom and I…” Applejack thought. “There was that time when… no. Uh… maybe the…” She stammered with a concern frown. “Uh, Rarity, Rainbow, help me out?”

“Uh… we have that sister camping trip.” Rainbow said with a smile.

“Yeah, with part of it with Sweetie Belle was forced to carry Rarity’s overpack suitcases twice, that nearly strain her back.” Blaze said with a look at the fashion, who gave a sheepish look. “And the rest, well, you have a fun time, but other than Rarity’s suitcases, name another.”

The three tried to think of something but nothing came out when they realized the detail as their eyes widened. “O-Oh my…” Rarity muttered.

“Why gosh darn it. I can’t believe we didn’t realize it sooner.” Applejack said with a frown.

“Oh, man! How are we so stupid?!” Rainbow complained as she planted her face onto the map.

“Well, better late than never,” Storm said, patting her shoulder.

“Okay, you girls really don’t give your sisters much credit.” Blaze commented. “And I thought you girls would be better than they are.” He said to the rest of the mares. “I mean, normally, I expected Rarity, Rainbow, Applejack, Sunset and Twilight, but Pinkie and Fluttershy, you two as well? I thought you girls were the sentimental ones.”

“Actually, come to think of it, did the girls even come to you Pinkie?” Volt asked.

Pinkie thought for a moment. “Actually, I don’t think so.” She said while rubbing her mane. “I mean, I was out in the forest collecting berries for my pity ice cream, but when I got back, Mr. and Mrs. Cakes told them they were here but just shoo them away.”

“Twilight, you knew that Gabby Gums was doing something wrong but didn’t do anything to stop it, why?” Midnight asked his marefriend with a look.

“I-I wasn’t authorized!” Twilight said in defense. “I mean, I was just a Unicorn at the time and well, you can guess why.”

“You could have told your concerns Cheerilee about this and she could have looked into it,” Midnight pointed out, “Even the smallest action can have an effective impact,”

“Did I mention Celestia got on Gabby Gums as well but did nothing?” Pinkie asked, which shocked the boys.

“What?!” They all exclaimed in shock.

“Even the most high and mighty ruler of Equestria did nothing for that?!” Storm questioned.

“Oh, now I wish I was there to see it.” Sunset said with a snicker.

“Then again, who doesn’t love cake?” Rainbow shrugged.

“Good point,” Arbor nodded.

Midnight grumbled. “Plagues and Vexs. I’ll have to have a word with her about that later.” He muttered.

“But you’re right, I should’ve told Ms. Cheerilee about what Gabby Gums.” Twilight said with a frown.

“And if I had to guess, that secret of the identities of the Gabby Gums wasn’t known until Rarity realized it was Sweetie Belle.” Midnight guessed. “Because if I had to guess, after she got exposed, she decided to do the same to her own sister?” He added while giving a glare at Rarity.

Rarity flinched from that. “Okay, I may have gotten out of line there.” She said in shame.

“Okay, girls, while I may have Starlight for that matter, but we hardly have any memories before were separated and look how that turns out for both of us.” Midnight started off with a frown while the group gave sympathetics looks. “But, if you ponies keep trying to do this to the CMC, you’re just gonna push them away and discourage them.”

The Mane 7 and Spike all looked at each other in guilt as they realized how they were treating the CMC from time to time and they never realized it. “Oh, man. We really were idiots.” Rainbow groaned while rubbing her head.

“I can’t believe we didn’t realize we would do something mean to those sweet little angels.” Fluttershy said with a frown.

“Dang, now I feel bad for not including them.” Spike said with a frown. “And I’m the youngest in this group.”

“Oh, why do I keep forgetting them? I always remember parties, but those fillies.” Pinkie said sadly.

“Hey, you made a mistake, what matters now is what you do to fix it,” Blaze told them.

“And we can see you have made some improvements with girls,” Hydro noted, “They have Coconut Cream to spend time with,”

“And Toola Roola and Minty,” Sunset added with a smile.

“So now, Twilight needs to add her own,” Pinkie said, pointing to Twilight.

“Wait, my own what?” Twilight questioned.

“You’re own little sister. Like Rainbow with Scootaloo, me with Minty, and Fluttershy with Coconut, you should get one of your own as well.” Pinkie said with a cheerful smile.

“Which might be hard since there’s no other filly who is like Twilight. I sure don’t know any egghead fillies.” Rainbow joked.

“You’re an egghead with the Daring Do books.” Storm jokes, which made Rainbow slap him with her wings. “Ow.” He grunted.

“And the closest thing Twilight has to a little sibling is Spike,” Midnight pointed out. “And even then, you two are more, mother and son, than brother and sister,” he added with a smile.

Spike and Twilight blushed a bit as they gave sheepish chuckles. “W-Well… I don’t…” Twilight stammered.

“I mean, she did hatch me… but…she didn’t lay it,” Spike stammered, twiddling his claws. “I’m sure there’s a filly out there Twilight can take in.” He quickly said, wanting to change the topic.

“It would be nice to be a big sister,” Twilight said with a thoughtful smile. “My brother has always been a big brother, so I wonder how that would be for me.”

“Well, you certainly w--” Midnight trailed off before his ears perked up. “Wait, did you ponies hear a crowd of ponies yelling and screaming or is it just me?” he asked.

Just then, Starlight and Flash rushed into the Throne room and panted tiredly, “Guys, we have problems!” Flash told them.

“What’s going on?” Fluttershy asked.

“The town’s ponies are chasing after a little filly!” Starlight cried out. “And they say it’s a Changeling in Disguise!”

“What?!” The Heroic 15 all yelled in shock.

“A Changeling?!” Rainbow and Storm exclaimed.

“Here?!” Rarity and Hydro added.

“That’s not good.” Sunset and Blaze muttered.

“Well, we better get after it before those ponies tear it to shreds.” Midnight said seriously as he turn to Starlight and Flash.

“Wait, catch it?” Spike asked. “Shouldn’t we let the ponies do the work?”

“Spike, now’s not the time.” Midnight said as he turn to them. “Flash, Starlight, what does this changeling look like last? Because if it takes forms of other ponies, it will be hard to figure out which is which.”

“That’s the funny thing.” Flash said. “We only seen one form and it never change into something else, it’s taken the form of an Alicorn filly.”

“Wait, an Alicorn filly?” Midnight asked as he and the others looked surprised before Rainbow scoffed.

“As if an Alicorn can be a small filly.” Rainbow said before she heard Twilight clearing her throat, which made Rainbow turn and saw Twilight giving her a glare as Rainbow realized what she said. “Uh, I mean, real ponies that are rare like Flurry Heart, I mean. Heh.” She quickly said with a sheepish look.

“Still, an alicorn filly may not be the best disguise,” Midnight noted before his eyes widened. “Wait, what if it's not?”

“Huh?” They all said..

“I mean, a Changeling is too smart to even pick a form that is not real for a disguise.” Midnight said to them. “What if this really is an Alicorn.”

“B-But that's impossible.” Rarity said to them. “I mean, we know it’s rare for an Alicorn to be born, but for it to be more out there, it’s impossible!”

“Well, there is only one way to find out.” Storm said as he flew up. “Let’s go find her and talk to her before those ponies do something they regret.”

“I’m down.” Rainbow said with a shrug as the others nodded to themselves.

“Well, let’s go before it’s too late.” Midnight said as the Heroic 14, Starlight, Flash, and Spike rushed out of the castle.

Meanwhile, at the CMCs’ clubhouse, Applebloom stands at her lectern, “This meeting of the Cutie Mark Crusaders is called to order.” Applebloom hitting with her gravel, “We welcome our guests, Toola Roola, Coconut Cream and Minty.”

Coconut gave a chuckle. “Nice hangout you have here.” She said with a smile.

“This was my older sister’s old hangout, but she doesn’t use it anymore, so it’s ours.” Applebloom said with a smile.

“Yeah, we had a lot laughs in here,” Scootaloo said with chuckle.

“So, what should we try next?” Minty asked.

“Well, we sometimes discuss on how to get our Cutie Marks, which as you can tell, isn’t going well.” Sweetie Belle said as she gestured to the drawing board of attempts to get their Cutie Marks.

“Wow, you girls really tried a lot.” Toola commented as she, Coconut, and Minty looked at the board in surprise.

“Yeah, and everytime we try, we get jacksquat,” Scootaloo complained before she gave determined look, “But we’re not giving up yet!”

“We keep going to find our marks.” Sweetie Belle added with the same expression.

“And we never stop until we find our place.” Applebloom said with a smile. “Still think we should try making jam.”

“Enough with the jam already, Applebloom, please.” Scootaloo said with a groan.

“Seriously, it’s getting old.” Sweetie Belle said tiredly.

“Okay how about-” Applebloom was cut off when they suddenly heard the sounds of yelling and fearful screaming.

“Help! Help!” A filly cried.

“Sounds like a filly is in trouble.” Toola said as they then felt the treehouse shake. “And an Earthquake?” She asked in confusion as the six rushed out and looked and saw the alicorn filly flying towards them. “What in the name of Celestia?!”

“Who’s she?!” Coconut said in shock.

“Help!” The filly cried as she dove towards the Clubhouse, “You gotta hide me!” she pleaded.

“What?! W-Wait, are you an A--” Scootaloo tried to asked before the alicorn filly shoved them back in.

“No time! Hide me!” She cried out as she quickly jumped into the clubhouse and quickly shut the door just as the ponies ran by as she watched them go before they were out of sight before she sighs in relief. “Phew, I think I lost them.” She said before she turned and saw the CMC looking at her in shock and confusion while she realized their reaction. “Uh, I take it you've never seen a pony like me before.” She said sheepishly.

“You're an Alicorn!” The six said in amazement before crowding around.

“You're our age!” Sweetie Belle cheered.

“I've never met an Alicorn before!” Toola Roola added.

“I thought Twilight was the only Alicorn in Ponyville!” Applebloom said in wonder.

“Can you do any spells?” Coconut asked.

“How fast can you fly?!” Scootaloo asked excitedly.

“What's your favorite snack?” Minty asked last.

“W-Wait? What?” The Alicorn filly asked in confusion. “S-Slow down, I can’t understand what you’re saying.”

“Sorry, it’s just that, you’re an Alicorn!” Scootaloo said in pure excitement. “And around our age!”

“You mean, there aren't any others?” The filly asked them with a frown..

“We only know five grown-up Alicorns, and well, there is one and she has just been brought to the world from what Rarity told me.” Sweetie Belle said while remembering what Flurry Heart Rarity told her about. “But you’re the first to be around our age!”

“What’s your name!?” Toola asked in excitement.

“I, I'm Starsong.” The filly said with a nervous look.

“Starsong?” Applebloom said with a smile. “Great name.”

“What’s your Cutie--” Scootaloo tried to say, but after seeing her flank, her eyes widened. “Wait, you're a blank flank too?!”

“Umm, yes?” Starsong said nervously.

“This is a first!” Coconut said with a smile, “We’re blank flanks too!” She said as she and the others showed their blank flanks.

“W-Wow.” Starsong said in surprise. “And uh, can you ponies back up a bit. Y-You’re crowding me.” She said as the group realizes how close they are to Starsong as they back up from her.

“Oh, uh, sorry.” Minty said with a sheepish look.

“W-We’re just excited.” Coconut said while rubbing her head.

“I see that.” Starsong said before her eyes widened. “Wait, you said that there's an Alicorn here in this town?” She asked hopefully.

“Uh-huh, Princess Twilight Sparkle.” Sweetie Belle answered.

“She lived at the Castle of Friendship with another Alicorn, Midnight Shadow. You can see it through the window.” Applebloom said as Starsong quickly turned the window and saw the castle of friendship sparkling in the distance. “Surprise you didn’t notice.”

“Maybe because I was being chased by an angry mob.” Starsong said naturally.

“Right.” Applebloom said sheepishly. “Why did they chase you?”

“They think I’m some kind of changeling due to two ponies who were messing with me that I accidentally shot my magic at them and made a panic, and now, everypony is out to get me.” Starsong explained with a nervous look.

“Well you can hide out in here,” Applebloom told her, “Nopony ever comes ‘round here.”

“I think she’s in the blankflank’s clubhouse!” Diamond Tiara’s voice yelled out from outside, which made the seven flinch. “Check there!”

“Except for Diamond Tiara.” Sweetie Belle said as Starsong started to panic.

“I-I gotta get out of here!” Starsong cried out in anxiety. “Is there a backdoor in this treehouse?!”

“Watch this!” Scootaloo told her as she opened up a trapdoor, “This way, through the emergency slide!””

“We have an emergency slide?” Applebloom asked with a brow.

“I love slides in secret entrances.” Scootaloo said before the door started banging. “Now come on! Let’s go!” She called as Starsong and the others then all went one by one through the trap door and slid down the slide.

“Which way now?” Toola asked in worry.

Applebloom looked around before she saw the Everfree Forest. “To the Everfree Forest! They can’t find us there!” She said.

“What? But we shouldn’t…” Minty tried to say.

“There she is!” Diamond Tiara yelled out as she and the mob was behind them.

“On second thought, run!” Minty yelled as the seven fillies got up and ran as fast as they could with the mob chasing them before they made their way into the Everfree Forest, making Diamond Tiara and the mob stopped at the entrance.

“Yeah! You better run, changeling!” Diamond Tiara yelled out with a look.

“Excuse me, what's going on here?” Twilight’s voice called as they turned and saw the Heroic 14, Spike, Starlight, and Flash behind them.

“What’s all this about?” Midnight questioned with a look.

“Oh, no need to worry, your majesties.” Diamond Tiara said. “There’s just been a changeling on the loose. We chased it away.”

“Did you see the Changeling's real form?” Sunset questioned.

“No. But she was disguising as an Alicorn filly. Who would fall for that?” Diamond Tiara scoffed.

“And you didn't think that an alicorn wouldn't be too obvious of a disguise?” Storm questioned with a brow. “Changelings are much more clever than sticking out like a sore thumb.”

“W-Well, it was pretty obvious. She blasted me and Silver Spoon!” Diamond Tiara said.

“Yeah, she blasted us after we flick her horn and pulled her wings to see if they were fake!” Silver Spoon said, which made Diamond Tiara look at her with a glare. “Uh, oops.” She said sheepishly.

Midnight then grabbed Diamond Tiara by the tail and held her upside down with his magic, “You did what?!” He yelled in rage, which made Diamond Tiara flinched while the crowd looked at each other nervously. “No wonder that alicorn ran off! You two bullies scared her!”

“S-She’s a fake!” Diamond Tiara cried out in fear. “I-I mean, who sees an Alicorn who is around a filly’s age?!”

“Well, maybe if you two haven’t provoked her, she wouldn’t have to!” Midnight yelled with a look. “And for the record, in case you haven’t heard from the Crystal Empire, it is possible for somepony to be born an Alicorn! And also, you shouldn’t have bullied or chase a filly just for who she is!”

“Where did she go?” Twilight asked Diamond Tiara.

“U-Um, s-she and the Bl-” Diamond Tiara tried to said before Midnight glared at her.

“Say those words and I'll show you something really scary,” Midnight snarled.

“S-She entered the Everfree Forest, along with the Cutie Mark Crusaders.” Diamond Tiara said a bit nervously while gesturing to the Everfree Forest.

“What?!” Applejack exclaimed in shock.

“Our sisters went in there?!” Rarity exclaimed in worry.

“Oh, that is not cool!” Rainbow said with a look as Midnight growled.

“We’ll deal with you later, Tiara.” Midnight said as he dropped Diamond Tiara, who gave a yelp as he turned to the crowd. “And everypony, we’re gonna have a firm talk about judging a book until it's over!” He yelled out, which made the crowd flinch fearfully while Midnight turned to his friends. “Alright, ponies. Let’s go. Those kids need us.” He said as he rushed into the forest.

“Spike, better send word to Celestia and Luna and tell them what has happened.” Twilight said as Spike nodded and took out a quill and paper as he started writing down the message as the group followed Midnight into the forest.

In the forest, the CMC ran as fast as they could into the forest as they stopped in a clearing as they caught their breath. “I think… we’ve lost them.” Minty said while taking a breather.

“But now we’re lost.” Coconut said as she gestured around.

“And back where I started.” Starsong said with a frown.

“Wait, you were in the forest?” Applebloom said in surprise, “Why?”

“I don’t know. It just, when I woke up, I was suddenly here.” Starsong said while gesturing to the forest. “I spent all night searching my way out before this morning when I saw that town that chased me out.”

“That’s… that is strange.” Scootaloo said with a brow. “You suddenly waking up in the Everfree Forest. Weird.”

“It’s the Everfree Forest, Scootaloo.” Sweetie Belle said with a brow. “A lot of things can happen here.”

“Good point.” Scootaloo said in surprise.

“So, this place is called the Everfree Forest?” Starsong asked as she looked around. “I didn’t know such a place like this existed.”

“Wait, you didn’t know about the Everfree Forest?” Toola asked in surprise. “How could you not know?”

“Well, Equestria is just so much more different than I last saw it, at least I think so,” Starsong explained.

“Wait, when did you last see it?” Minty asked in surprise as well. “How long were you away? Where did you come from?”

“I don’t know how long I was away.” Starsong said with a confused look. “But I am from--” She was caught off guard when they started hearing growling sounds, which made the fillies stiff in fear. “W-W-What was that?”

“Uh, oh,” Applebloom feared, recognizing that sound.

“Not them again.” Sweetie Belle said as she and Scootaloo gave nervous looks.

“Uh, what are you talking about?” Minty asked in fear.

“We know that sound.” Scootaloo trembled in fear. “One of the creatures in the Everfree Forest…”

Then coming out from the darkness of the forest was a pack of wooden wolves and glowing green eyes. “TIMBERWOLVES!” The three CMC yelled out in fear while the Timberwolves howled loudly.

In another part of the forest, the Heroic 17 were walking down the path before hearing the haunting howls, “Timberwolves,” Applejack said seriously.

“Of course.” Rainbow said tiredly while Fluttershy gave a nervous look before they heard screaming, which made Midnight raise a brow.

“Never heard that kind of creature before.” Midnight said with a frown.

“Those are the girls.” Rarity said with a tired brow.

“They must’ve gotten themselves into another timberwolf situation again.” Rainbow said in concern. “We better go help them.”

“We’ll let’s go!” Applejack shouted. “They need us now more then--” She was cut off when they heard magic blasting sounds in the distance, which the group saw pink magical flashes by the bushes.

“What was that?” Fluttershy asked.

“You think that was Sweetie Belle?” Pinkie asked while rubbing her head in confusion.

“No, it was the wrong color,” Rarity said, knowing her sister’s magic very well.

“Come on, let’s go check it out.” Storm said as the group rushed through the bushes and trees as fast as they could as more magic blasts were heard as they ran closer to the source, after a few moments of going through the plantations, they stopped at the clearing and saw the CMC, surrounded by many twigs and branches while they also noticed Starsong, who gave an exhausted look as she panted while her horn was smoking from the magic she used.

“Wow,” The fillies said with sparkling eyes.

“That… was… awesome!” Scootaloo said in amazement.

“Phew. It’s… been a while since… I did magic.” Starsong said in exhaustion as she rubbed her horn.

The CMCs then noticed the Heroic 17 approaching. “Uh-oh.” Scootaloo said in worry.

“We’re in trouble.” Applebloom said with a frown.

“Does this happen often with you three?” Minty asked.

“More then you think.” Sweetie Belle answered as the Heroic 17 walked towards them. “Rarity, ponies. It’s not what it looks like--”

“It’s okay, Sweetie Belle, we know.” Rarity assured her sister.

“We heard it from the crowd and we understood why you fillies went into the Everfree Forest.” Applejack said.

“Which is pretty brave.” Arbor said with an impressive smile.

“But still dangerous.” Twilight said with a frown.

“Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked, coming up to Coconut.

“We’re okay,” Coconut assured, “Thanks to Starsong,” She said, gesturing to the exhausted Alicorn filly as the adult ponies looked at her in shock.

“Wow. So it’s true.” Blaze said in amazement.

“Another Alicorn.” Hybro muttered.

“Yeah, we have the same reaction.” Starlight said while Flash nodded as they walked up to Starsong.

Twilight then approached the filly with a smile, “Hello, my name is Twilight,” She introduced, lowering herself to her, “And you’re Starsong,” She said gently.

Starsong looked at Twilight for a moment as she nodded her head slowly, still feeling a bit uneasy from how she been through today. “Y-Yes.” She said softly.

“I have to admit, apart from my niece, you’re the youngest alicorn I ever met,” Twilight told Starsong.

“That makes two of us.” Midnight said as he slowly kneels down next to Twilight. “And you… you’re a surprise for sore eyes.” He said while Starsong looked away a bit. “I-It’s okay. We’re friends. Alicorn to Alicorn.” He said as he and Twilight spread their wings.

Starsong felt a bit better as she saw them. “T-There are still Alicorns around.” She said with a smile.

“Yeah, but we’re pretty rare,” Midnight joked.

“So far, there’s only six Alicorns. And with you, that makes it seven.” Twilight said before tilting her head, “But where are you from sweetie? Where are you parents?”

“I-I don’t know. I-I can’t remember anything before I woke up in the middle of this forest.” Starsong said with a frown. “I-I try to find other Alicorns like myself, but, I only saw Pegasi, Earth Ponies, and Unicorns, whom they chased me out, thinking I was a Changeling.”

“Yeah, we can tell.” Rainbow said with a brow. “Seriously, were they that paranoid?”

“You really wanna answer that question, Dash?” Storm questioned with a brow, which Rainbow gave a dull look.

“Well, they’re not gonna bother you anymore.” Twilight assured Starsong with a gentle look. “We’re gonna get this all sorted out.”

“Yeah. So, if you don’t know where you lived, you can come with us back to the castle.” Midnight said with a smile. “We have two alicorn princesses there who might be able to help you.”

“Really?” Starsong said hopefully.

“Really,” Twilight nodded, “So, will you come with us?” She said, offering her hoof.

Starsong looked at Twilight’s hoof for a moment before she gave a happy smile and then jumped and gave her a surprise hug around her neck. Twilight smiled back and returned the hug. “Thank you! Thank you!” She said in pure joy while the others smiled from this.

“Hehe, that filly sure got spirit.” Rocky commented.

“Alright, now let’s get out here. It just occurred to me that Timberwolves can put themselves back together,” Arbor reminded them.

“Yep.” So let’s blow ya’ll.” Applejack said as the entire group then rushed out of the Everfree Forest before the Timberwolves have any chance to reassemble themselves.

Sometime later, the group returned to Ponyville, and after the Ponies gave Starsong a heartfelt apology for the misunderstanding. Eventually they returned to the castle and sat in the throne room. With them were Celestia and Luna, receiving the message from Spike, shocking them greatly as they came as soon as they could.

Once arriving, they looked down to Starsong who looked in awe at the Royal Sisters' towering height. “Wow,” Starsong said in amazement, as she felt something itching at the back of her head, looking at the two. “You… You’re so tall.”

Celestia giggled and lowered herself down to Starsong, “And you are certainly small,” She said amusedly. “It’s an honor to meet you, young Starsong,”

“Can you truly not remember where you come from?” Luna asked the filly.

“N-No.” Starsong shook her head. “I-I don’t remember much. I just, woke up in the Everfree Forest one night, trying to remember where I was from while figuring out where I am, and then, I found this town, Ponyville, which as you can tell, wasn’t good after getting chased around, met up some young group of ponies, and well, you can tell from the rest.” She said while scratching her head.

“Yes, sometimes when ponies see things they don’t understand, fear is their only response,” Celestia told her.

“Constantly in this town, apparently.” Midnight muttered while Twilight elbowed him as he gave a grunt and a shrug.

“Still, I’m glad you managed to make some good friends despite you’re less than warm welcome,” Luna said, looking to the CMCs who smiled with halos over their heads.

“Only our sisters can make friends out of nowhere.” Applejack said with a small smile.

“Still, it’s still amazing to meet Alicorns our age!” Scootaloo said as she and the others went up next to Starsong. “Because this is so cool having one around. And you saved us from those Timberwolves with your cool magic! You’re the Super-coolest!” She said fluttering her wings excitedly as Starsong blushed while smiling sheepishly.

“I-It was only reflex.” Starsong said sheepishly.

“Perhaps you should show us what you can do,” Celestia noted before looking at Twilight and nodded.

Twilight nodded back before she conjured up a spellbook and levitated towards Starsong. “Here’s a spellbook that will help you with your magic. Just try something you think it’s easy to do and focus.” She instructed.

Starsong looked at the book for a bit before she opened it and flipped through the pages for anything that caught her eyes, “Ooh, what is this spell?” She asked, pointing to a spell on the book.

“That’s just a transformation spell.” Midnight said with a shrug. “Not sure if you can pull it off. Seems a bit advanced.”

“I wanna try!” Starsong said with an exciting look as she looked at the instructions on the book.

“Now easy, Starsong,” Twilight eased the filly as Starsong closed the book and readied her magic, “Transformation spells can be unpredictable and-”

Just then, Starsong blasted her horn, which hit Spike as he transformed into a bunny, much to his and everyone's shock. “H-Hey, why do I have the urge to eat carrots?” Spike asked before he looked down at himself. “Ahh?! S-She turned me into a bunny!” He exclaimed.

Storm, Rainbow, Volt, Pinkie, and Starlight all gave amusing laughs to Spike while Fluttershy went to him with sparkles in her eyes. “Oh, you’re so adorable as a bunny, Spike!” She said fondly as she petted Spike’s head, much to the dragon’s embarrassment. “Maybe Angel will have a playmate.”

Midnight then gave a laugh while Twilight put a hoof to her mouth, “Haha, good. Very good,” Midnight applauded while Celestia giggled and Luna shook his head.

“And on your first try,” Twilight complimented as Starsong gave a bright smile.

“This filly got skills.” Starlight said with a smirk. “I’m impressed.”

“And turning Spike into a bunny, who knew?!” Scootaloo called out with a laugh.

“Okay, you’ve had your fun and test.” Spike said with a dull look. “Can I be a dragon again, please?”

Starsong giggled. “Okay.” She said as she focused her magic and blasted Spike again, which made him yelp as he transformed back into a baby dragon. “There you go!”

“Phew finally,” Spike wiped his brow.

“And I totally got it on photo!” Pinkie said as she held up a picture of Spike’s bunny form, which made the others share small laughs as the baby dragon gave an embarrassing look.

Spike then went up to Twilight and pulled a wing to hide himself as Twilight gave a giggle. “It was a bit funny, Spike. At least you weren’t a breezie. Don’t be ashamed of yourself.” She said with a smile as Spike kept hiding in Twilight’s wing as she turned to Starsong. “That was an impressive spell you did there, Starsong. You are very skilled.” She said.

“T-Thanks. I just sorta just do it.” Starsong said with a smile. “It was a bit easy for me.”

“I must admit, magic like yours is quite rare, these three would’ve taken much practice to master transformation spells as fillies, but you, you are really special.” Starlight said with a smile.

“Well, I wouldn’t say special.” Starsong said while playing with her hair.

“After what you just did, I say you are,” Minty said with a smile as she and the other fillies crowded her.

“You’re almost as strong as Twilight, Starlight and Midnight,” Sweetie Belle told her.

“Really?” Starsong asked.

“Really, when I was a filly, I managed to levitate the Magic School judges, turn my parents into plants and turn Spike into a grown-up dragon.” Twilight told her, “And when I was still a unicorn, I managed to put an Ursa Minor to sleep.”

“And I managed to perform Starswirl’s lost temporal voyage spell in order to travel back in time.” Starlight said with a smile.

“And as for me, if I were to show you my full power it would be quite the spectacle.” Midnight said as he gave a proud look, “I’d level a whole mountain,”

“Awesome,” Starsong said with an awed smile and sparkly eyes .

“If this keeps up, powerful magic users will be crawling all over the place.” Applejack joked as the others giggled.

Starsong then gave a sad look. “Starsong, what’s wrong?” Flash asked.

“Well, it’s just… where am I gonna go?” Starsong asked with a frown. “I have no home or family to go to.”

Twilight smiled sympathetically and layed a wing over her, “Don’t worry, honey. Until we find where you come from, you can stay with us in the castle.” She said with a smile.

“R-Really?” Starsong asked with a hopeful look.

“Yeah, there’s always room for one more,” Midnight told her.

“And while you’re here, you can get your cutie mark with us,” Applebloom told her, gesturing to the rest of the CMCs.

“We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders.” Scootaloo added.

“Cutie Mark Crusaders?” Starsong repeated.

“It’s a group where blank flank like us go through many different things to find our Cutie Marks.” Sweetie Belle said with a smile while gesturing to their blank flanks.

“Wow, that sounds… fun.” Starsong said with a smile.

“And now, we got four new members!” Scootaloo cheered as she wrapped her hooves around Starsong as the rest of the fillies got into a group hug while the adults smiled warmly at this.

“Aw, that’s cute.” Storm said with a smirk.

“Looks like our little family just got a little bigger,” Rocky commented.

“And a whole lot more interesting.” Blaze added with a smile while Twilight was giving a concern look. “Twilight, what’s wrong, princess?”

“Well, I am happy that Starsong found us, but there’s one thing that puzzles me.” Twilight said while rubbing her chin.

“What’s that?” Sunset questioned.

“She’s an Alicorn, right?” Twilight asked as the others nodded in agreement. “And she said she was always an Alicorn. But where did she come from? And what does she mean there aren’t any Alicorns?”

“What are you saying?” Blaze wondered.

“I’m saying, that there might be more Alicorns out there, not by earning, but actually natural Alicorns.” Twilight said, which got the groups attention as they gave curious looks.

“Yeah. You’re right. How can she always be an Alicorn when the only Alicorn born we know is Flurry Heart.” Midnight said in wonder. “This is a mystery that we need to solve.”

While they weren’t paying attention, Celestia and Luna glanced at each other in thought, “Do you suppose, Young Starsong isn’t the only one?” Celestia said quietly.

“Perhaps, perhaps a few others managed to escape.” Luna whispered with a hopeful look. “And do you not think it is time to tell them?”

Celestia gave a frown and shook her head, “Not yet, if we tell them now, it could lead us to telling them about…him,” She said worriedly.

Luna gave a frown as she looked at the group who were grouped around the CMCs, more specifically at Twilight, playing around and laughing as she gave a sigh. “Very well. But sister, sooner or later, they will find out.” She said as she walked off.

Celestia watched her sister go before turning to Twilight, who smiled as she placed a wing over Starsong, who smiled in return as Celestia gave a sigh, knowing that her sister’s words are true as there are some things they can’t keep hidden for much longer.

The next day, the CMC are at the treehouse while Toola, Minty, Coconut and Starsong were stand in front while Sweetie Belle was on the counter, Scootaloo while banging the drums, and Applebloom was standing before Scootaloo started banging the drums hard, which made the treehouse shook while the others cringed from the loud drumming before Scootaloo stopped with a serious look before giving one last bang.

“That’s a loud bang to the drums.” Minty commented while the others recomposed themselves.

“Scootaloo, we talked about you doing that.” Applebloom said with a firm look.

“Hey, it part of the ceremony,” Scootaloo told her in defense.

“A very loud one.” Coconut said while rubbing her ears.

Sweetie Belle then quickly took out some paper. “We, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, elect Starsong, Minty, Coconut Cream, and Toola Roola to join us as sisters, friends…” She trailed off as she gave a dull look. “Okay, I am not going that long again. We really need a shorter declaration.”

“I thought I revised that one.” Scootaloo said with a cringed look.

“I guess what we’re saying is, Welcome to the Cutie Mark Crusaders,” Sweetie Belle said, giving them their out CMCs cloaks while some streamers and confetti rain down on them.

The four fillies looked at their cloaks in awed as they all smiled. “Wow. These are amazing.” Coconut said with a smile .

“You three really know some creativity to this club.” Toola said with a smile as each of them wore the cloaks.

“Well, it is our purpose to find our Cutie Marks.” Applebloom said with a smile.

“And this is amazing!” Starsong said as they six fillies showed off their cloaks in a pose. “So, what do we do next?”

“Find our cutie marks.” Sweetie Belle answered with a smile.

“But, where do we start?” Coconut asked, which made the three founders give curious looks.

“Uh, we can try out that jam thing and see if either of us get a mark out of it.” Applebloom suggested, which made them give tired looks to her. “Too soon?”

“Eh, might as well give it a try.” Starsong said with a shrug. “Gotta start somewhere. But how about we make a new berry mix jam.” She suggested.

“I’m down.” Scootaloo said.

“Sure.” Toola said.

“That sounds interesting.” Sweetie Belle said.

“That’s a twist.” Coconut said.

“Would be tasty.” Minty said.

“May not be apple, but berries are good too.” Applebloom said with a smile.

“And hey, maybe we could get a Cutie Mark for Berry picking.” Toola Roola told them.

“Guess only one way to find out! Let’s go!” Scootaloo called as the seven fillies rushed off to begin their first step in getting their Cutie Marks as the CMC have new members and friends to their group to help find their purpose.

Author's Note

And that's another Chapter done.

For those eagled-eyed among you, by Season 6 the CMCs had already earned their cutie marks. Well, in my series, I wanted to do some of my favorite episodes from Season 5 here, and the episode where the CMCs get their marks is one of them.

Anywho, as you can see, I've added some new members to the story. Toola Roola and Coconut Cream, from Fame and Misfortune, but as a unicorn and Pegasus respectively, to fit in with their big sister figures, Sunset and Fluttershy. And there's also Minty, from Gen 3, being the little sister figure to Pinkie since I remember in Gen 3 Minty and Pinkie Pie were quite close.

And finally, Starsong, also from Gen 3, as an alicorn and Twilight's little sister. Though it seems she doesn't remember how she got in the Everfree Forest but the answers to that are to come as well as what is it that Celestia and Luna seem to be hiding.

Next Time, our heroes adventures will be heating up as Spike receives a call and they journey to one of the most dangerous places known to Ponies: The Dragonlands!

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