Fate's Aria

“Wow, I never thought I would find ruins like this in the Everfree Forest. Guess it’s a lucky break after getting lost in there. Guess I will investigate them. Hey, aren’t those … the Elements of Harmony? I never imagined they would be in a place like this! Then again the Everfree Forest is a place nopony would ever enter, so it makes sense. Wow, what was that explosion? Oh wow, is that a rainbow moving across the sky? No, it’s different…, it’s more like a shockwave. Huh? The Elements of Harmony, are they…!?

Waking up before the sunrise, Chrono stretches and yawns, but tries to keep himself quiet to not wake up the other two in the room, who were very sleepy after last night’s party. He goes down the wooden stairs and puts on his unicorn disguise before he goes out the door. He soon finds himself going back inside however, as the air outside is very cold, though it makes sense, as it is already autumn, and the temperature can drop quickly. He sneaks back into the room and uses his magic to get a very old scarf out of his saddlebags, taking it outside the room and wrapping it around his neck as he goes back down. He once again opens the door and goes outside, facing the cold with his scarf. He looks around and sees Fluttershy with a pair of saddlebags heading to the library, and calls out to her, “Good morning, Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy flinches slightly, not having noticed Chrono, “Oh, good morning Chrono.”

“I didn’t expect anypony else in Ponyville to be up this early,” Chrono says, looking around to see if anypony else is around.

“Oh, I need to wake up early to prepare food for the animals.”

“Ah, that makes sense, but why are you here then?” Chrono asks curiously.

“Oh, ehm, I’m sorry, I need a book and I don’t want to bother Twilight or Spike with it…,” Fluttershy responds, looking away a little.

“I’m sure that wouldn’t bother them, let me help you find the book you’re looking for, I have plenty of time anyway,” Chrono says as he uses his horn to open the door for Fluttershy, “It’s not like I can learn everything about Ponyville in one day.”

“Oh, well, thank you, I really appreciate it,” Fluttershy says as she walks inside, “Uhm, I guess Twilight would be the best pony to show you around, if that’s okay with her of course.”

“That’s true, I should just ask her,” Chrono says before looking at the bookshelves, “ So, what book are you looking for?”

Fluttershy looks at the shelves but quickly finds it herself, showing how well organized Twilight keeps the books. Chrono looks over to the book’s title, “Recipes for animal food?”

“Oh, yes, winter is coming soon and some of the critters need special diets in the winter,” Fluttershy says, not sounding as shy as before, “If I try out recipes now I will know what they like when winter starts.”

“Yeah, it’s best to be well prepared,” Chrono responds, turning to the desk to leave a note for Twilight.

“Oh, ehm, yes, it is…,” she says, sounding like her shyness suddenly caught up as Chrono writes the note.

Chrono finishes the note and puts it down, “There, I made a note to Twilight for you.”

“Oh, thank you,” Fluttershy responds, putting the book away into her saddlebag.

“hey, I was wondering, I’ve always been a little curious about animals, would you mind if I tagged along a little bit?” Chrono asks.

“Oh, well, I guess that’s okay,” Fluttershy moves towards the door, opening it and going outside, followed shortly by Chrono who uses his magic to close the door.

Chrono looks down the various paths of Ponyville, “So, which way do we go?”

Fluttershy looks at one of the paths, “My house is this way, the farm is there too.”

Chrono starts walking in the direction, passing by Fluttershy before she starts moving as well, trying to stay besides him and not going ahead of him. She looks at his scarf a moment before saying, “That scarf looks very pretty.”

Chrono looks down at the scarf and holds one end up, showing the name embroidered into it, “Yeah, it seems to suit me well, and it even has my name, even if I already had it as long as I can remember.”

“As long as you can remember?” Fluttershy confirms, sounding curious.

“Well, princess Celestia said I had it when she found me,” Chrono replies, letting the scarf hang loosely in the breeze again.

“Found you? Were you abandoned as a child?” Fluttershy asks, sounding a little worried.

Chrono scratches his head for a moment before replying, “You know, I never asked her about that.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,”Fluttershy looks ahead of her again, her head slightly tilted down, “I shouldn’t have asked that.”

“Don’t worry, Celestia raised me like a mother, I was never really lonely,” Chrono responds with a smile.

Fluttershy smiles a little again as well, “Well, that’s good. It would be terrible to grow up feeling lonely.”

“Yeah, that’s true. I guess I will just ask Celestia about it sometime.”

Fluttershy smiles as they cross a bridge. Chrono stops for a moment to look out over the river, seeing bridges to other sides as well. He looks on ahead to see a tree standing slightly off in the distance, “Is that your house?”

Fluttershy looks back, and turns around right after, “Oh, yes, my farm is around back.”

“Aah, that’s pretty convenient,” Chrono starts to walk again, Fluttershy resuming as well as Chrono passes by again.

Fluttershy doesn’t seem to like walking in front, and why doesn’t she fly? I could easily keep up … well it would be rude to ask though.

As the two got closer to the house, Chrono couldn’t help but notice there were no other houses near the house, and a dark wood not far behind it. The two cross a small dirt bridge over a small stream before stopping. Fluttershy turns to Chrono and says, “Ehm, can you go around to the back? I have to put this book inside.”

Chrono nods as he goes around the house to the back. He sees the farm behind the house and is amazed at the size. Fluttershy takes care of all these animals by herself? Chrono looks to a clearing beyond the farm, feeling it looks familiar. He walks over to take a closer look as he realizes it’s an entrance to the Everfree forest, but not the one he entered before. That was near the Apple family farm. He exited the forest near a clearing, but there was no farm, nor a bridge over the river.

After about a minute or two, Fluttershy comes out the backdoor, without the saddlebags she carried before, “I’m sorry that took so long, I didn’t know where to leave the book so I wouldn’t forget about it.”

Chrono turns to Fluttershy, his mind still thinking about the clearing, making him react a bit unfocused, “Eh, yeah.”

Fluttershy looks at where Chrono before looking back at him, “What is it, did you see something in the forest?”

“Eh, no, I was just thinking about something, don’t worry,” Chrono reacts, getting his thoughts together.

Fluttershy feels something tugging on her hoof, smiling as she looks down at her hoof, “Oh, hey Angel, you’re just in time, this is Chrono, he will be helping me this morning.”

Looking down, Chrono sees Fluttershy talking to a small bunny, who then looks back at Chrono. The two keep looking for what seems forever until Angel hops off, going inside the house through the back door.

W-What was with that stare….

Fluttershy looks after Angel as he goes inside, “I wonder what Angel wanted.”

“Well, shall we get started? I’m sure Angel will come back if she needs something.”

“Yeah, now let me explain some things around the farm here,” Fluttershy lead Chrono around the farm, showing how to treat the animals. The animals seem to like Chrono, allowing him to pet them and even hold some. Some time passes as the two give food to all the critters, but get the work done fairly quickly.

“Wow, all the critters are fed so quickly, even Angel liked the food you made for him,” Fluttershy says, amazed at how well Chrono worked.

“Yeah, you really do a lot of work every morning,” Chrono replies, a bit exhausted from the work.

Fluttershy feels Angel tugging on her hoof again. She looks at him and sees him holding a pocketwatch and pointing at it, “Oh, oh my! I almost forgot I had an appointment with Rarity.”

“Should I just go back to Twilight then?” Chrono asks, not really sure what else to do.

“Oh, well, you could come along, Rarity only has to get my opinion on a dress, I’m sure she wouldn’t mind,” Fluttershy says with a gentle smile.

“Alright then, I will tag along. I can always go back if I have to.”

“Oh, I’m sure she won’t mind,” Fluttershy says as she starts moving around the house to get back in front.

Chrono lags behind, not sure if he should just follow her, “Ehh, shouldn’t you lock up your house if you go away?”

“Oh, no, that’s not necessary, Angel watches over the house, and there are no bad ponies in Ponyville.”

“Aah…,” Chrono looks at the house once more before following Fluttershy, around the house and over the small stream. The two make their way back to the bridge, crossing the river and walking on in a different direction than before until a colourful building comes in sight.

“Is that … Rarity’s house?” Chrono asks, amazed at how the building looks.

“Yes, it’s also her shop,” Fluttershy responds.

“Her shop? What does she sell?”

“She makes amazing dresses and sells them,” Fluttershy says enthusiastically.

“I think I passed here before when I just started my traveling, but I don’t remember this shop,” Chrono says, looking at the area to be sure he passed there before.

“Oh, then you were here a lot of years ago, I didn’t have my house, and Rarity redesigned her house as a shop.”

“Really?” Chrono asks with surprise, “Guess that explains is.”

Maybe that clearing behind Fluttershy’s house really is how I got out of the forest the last time.

Fluttershy knocks on the door. Rarity’s voice answers from inside, “Just a second!”

After a few seconds, the door opens and Rarity comes out to greet Fluttershy, “Oh there you are darling, I was worried you had forgotten after last night’s party.” She looks over to see Chrono besides Fluttershy, “Oh, and I see you brought a friend, oh it’s so nice to see you Chrono! Come on in you two, no need to stand around outside.” Rarity leads the two inside, “Fluttershy, I already have your dress prepared for you.”

“Oh, where is it?” Fluttershy asks, sounding much less shy around Rarity.

“Right here darling, now let me get some … things, I already have an idea of what to try on Chrono.”

Chrono points at himself, somewhat hesitantly saying, “M-me?”

Fluttershy walks over to the mannequin with a green themed dress and looks at it closely. Chrono looks at it as well, unsure of what to expect.

“The dress looks amazing Rarity,” Fluttershy says as she inspects the last part of it, “What do you think Chrono?”

Chrono looks closely at the dress for a moment before replying, “The dress looks good, the colours go well together and the stitching is done really well.”

“My, you certainly know what you’re talking about, besides Fluttershy I don’t know anypony in Ponyville that has such eye for detail,” Rarity says as she walks down the stairs, followed by a few magically levitated mannequins with dresses on them, “Oh, you simply get more and more amazing. You must tell me, did you study dresses when you were in Canterlot?”

Rarity somewhat pushes Chrono to a stand, while Chrono tries to stay polite, “Ehh, no, I just said what popped into my mind.”

Rarity takes a dress off a mannequin and starts putting it on Chrono, “Well then you have quite a talent.”

“Ehh, Rarity, are you su-,” Chrono says, before being cut off by Rarity, “Oh don’t worry, I won’t hurt you with any needles, I’m very careful when it comes to dresses.”

“Rarity, I don’t think…,” Chrono tries to say again, before Rarity replies again, “Oh but I’m sure these colours will look great on you!”

Chrono is helpless as Rarity slaps the dress on him bit by bit, Fluttershy watching as the pieces start to form the dress. Rarity puts the last part on, completing the dress on chrono, which is in similar colours as his scarf.

“Oh darling, you look just marvellous, you even look a bit feminine so the dress really suits you~.”

“B-but I’m a guy, I shouldn’t be wearing a dress,”Chrono replies, unsure of what to do.

Fluttershy tries to keep her laughter in. “Oh, I’m sorry,” she chuckles, “I shouldn’t be laughing at this.”

Chrono can’t help but laugh a little as well, Rarity following soon after as she looks past the dress. The three share a laugh until suddenly the door swings open and a cyan coloured pony flashes in, “Hey Chrono, it’s almost noon, so I came looking for you, and…,” Rainbow Dash looks at Chrono and sees him in a dress, pausing for a moment before she resumes, “Okay, I’m just gonna go wait outside and pretend I didn’t see anything.”

Rainbow Dash leaves through the door again, leaving Chrono to blush deeply.

“Oh dear, I’m terribly sorry Chrono, I had no idea it would be so embarrassing for you,” Rarity says as she starts to take the dress off Chrono again.

“It’s okay Rarity,” Chrono stutters, still embarrassed over Rainbow Dash having flown in.

“I will be more careful next time,” Rarity says, putting the dress piece by piece back onto the mannequin.

“So … no more dresses?” Chrono asks, somewhat hesitantly.

“Oh no, next time I will be sure to lock the door first,” Rarity giggles, somehow sounding serious.

“W-what?!” Chrono says, intimidated slightly by Rarity.

“I’m just joking dear, no more dresses, that’s a promise,” Rarity takes off the last bit off the dress, leaving Chrono with only his scarf as Fluttershy giggles at Rarity’s joking, “I must say though, that scarf looks really good on you.”

“Chrono holds the end of his scarf up, looking down at it, “Yeah, I really like it.”

“I must ask though, how long have you had that scarf?” Rarity asks, putting the mannequins away on some stands, “The colours seem to have faded quite a bit, it’s quite old for a piece of clothing.”

“I’ve had it as long as I can remember,” Chrono responds, thinking for a moment before continuing, “How old do you think it is?”

“Well, let me have a look,” Rarity walks over at the scarf, taking the end on her hoof and looking closely at it for about a minute, “I would say that the scarf is … between twenty and thirty years old.”

“More than twenty?! Then it was made years before I was born,” Chrono reacts, sounding very shocked, “That would mean somepony made a scarf with my name, and with colours that fit me perfectly, so far in advance? Is that even possible....”

“Quite a mysterious scarf then,” Rarity says, pondering it as well, until Rainbow Dash calls into the shop, “Hey, are you coming soon? It’s already noon!”

Chrono listens to what Rainbow Dash said as he finishes up with Rarity, “I will ask princess Celestia when I see her, got a lot to ask her anyway. Now if you will excuse me I have an appointment,” before moving out of the shop and joining Rainbow Dash.

“There you are, took ya long enough,” Rainbow Dash says as Chrono passes through the doorway, “Now come on, let’s get to flying.”

“Wha? Just like that?” Chrono says, while Rainbow Dash had already taken off, leaving Chrono to follow her.

“Well you’re already late, so we can’t waste any more time, now come on, I wanna see how well you can fly,” Rainbow Dash says, looking back over her shoulder to see if Chrono is keeping up.

Chrono decides to just go along with it and follows Rainbow Dash, easily catching up to her and flying at her speed.

“Well at least you CAN fly, just follow my lead, if you can,” Rainbow Dash starts slaloming a row of trees, which Chrono can follow, even without practice.

“You’re better than I expected, lets see what you can do at those fields over there,” Rainbow Dash starts flying faster, heading to the fields south west of Ponyville, Chrono following her speed but unable to talk. Arriving at the field, Rainbow Dash starts testing Chrono’s flying abilities, making him do acrobatics, dives, cloud spinning, sky clearing and various other things. The two end up high in the sky, Chrono panting fast while Rainbow Dash is barely even sweating.

“Hey, you’re pretty good, I didn’t expect you to last this long,” Rainbow Dash compliments.

“Well, you’re really good, I’ve never seen a pegasus fly like you in my travels,” Chrono responds with a compliment as well.

“Well I AM the best flyer in all of Equestria,” Rainbow Dash boasts confidently, “I guess I shouldn’t push you too hard, but you’re pretty good too so maybe you can be my training buddy sometime.”

“That would be fun,” Chrono says, finally catching his breath.

“How about we do one dive as fast as we can before quitting? The Wonderbolts are flying at Cloudsdale soon and I HAVE to be there to show off my moves!” Rainbow Dash says excitedly.

“You want to be a Wonderbolt?” Chrono asks, even though it’s very obvious.

“Well, yeah! It’s my lifelong dream to be a Wonderbolt!” Rainbow Dash can hardly contain herself when talking about the Wonderbolts.

“Well I think you’d make a great Wonderbolt,” Chrono says with a smile.

Rainbow Dash smiles as well before she gets the competitive look on her face again, “Alright, give it your all in this dive, go as fast as you can!”

Chrono nods as the two go into a dive, speeding up greatly in a short amount of time. The two are evenly matched, Chrono being at his top speed, but Rainbow Dash managing to pull ahead and increase her speed more. The air starts to form a cone around her before she explodes forward, letting a rainbow coloured shockwave spread out from her in front of Chrono as she turns back up, a rainbow following her tail. Chrono is so amazed at this shockwave, remembering it from his past that he turns around after passing by it, looking at it. He forgets that he’s flying down however, and soon finds himself crashing through the branches of a tree, before hitting the ground hard and everything going black.

”Thanks to that rainbow I was able to get out of the forest, I guess I was pretty lucky. This clearing isn’t where I entered the forest though, well I guess it doesn’t matter, this is still Ponyville. Huh? What’s that mare doing with all those animals? Oh, I need to catch the train! Where’s a bridge when you need one … well I can just jump over it….”

Chrono slowly opens his eyes, seeing the orange sky of the late afternoon. He moves his head around to see Rainbow Dash sitting beside him, watching the slowly sinking sun. She looks at him and smiles, “Hey, you’re finally awake.”

“Wh- … what happened…,” Chrono says, still very dazed.

“You crashed through that tree and were out cold for a pretty long time,” Rainbow Dash responds.

“Long time? Oh, its evening, didn’t you have to impress the Wonderbolts?” Chrono asks, worried he caused her trouble.

“Yeah, but, well, I couldn’t just leave a friend behind, and I couldn’t lift you either so I had to wait till you woke up,” Rainbow Dash gets up and walks towards him. Chrono was amazed that the impatient and quick Rainbow Dash would wait hours to wake up, and that she called him a friend, “A … friend? I thought you didn’t trust me….”

“Well, no changeling can keep up with me like that, and, well, you look pretty cool,” she gets besides him, holding a hoof out, “Can you stand?”

Chrono smiles and takes her hoof as she helps him get up. He tries to stand but his right foreleg buckles from pain when he tries, “Ow, I don’t think I can walk well.”

“Then just lean on me,” Rainbow Dash slides under his leg, letting it rest on her, “We’re getting you to the hospital, even if it has to take all night.”

Chrono smiles as the two start moving slowly, being quite a distance from Ponyville. The sun slowly sinks under horizon, ushering in the short lasting period of twilight in the sky before only the starry night sky keeps the two company. When finally Ponyville starts to get in view, an orange pony comes walking up to them, with a hat that Chrono would recognize everywhere, it was Applejack.

“Chrono! Rainbow Dash!” she calls out before arriving at them and stopping, “Golly, I sure was worried when I couldn’t find either of ya. What happened?”

“We were doing some flying when Chrono got into an accident,” Rainbow Dash explains.

“You weren’t pushing him too hard were ya now?” Applejack asks Rainbow, unsure of whether she caused it or not.

“No, I got distracted in a dive and forgot to pull up, it was my own fault,” Chrono says as his view starts to get a little hazy.

“Aww, I’m sorry, can I help ya get to the hospital? It’s still a long way from here,” Applejack asks, worried about Chrono’s condition.

Chrono starts to nod off, trying to keep awake as Rainbow Dash replies, “Yeah, that would be great, you can carry him much faster than I can.”

“I don’t … feel so…,” Chrono’s head hangs as he collapses and faints, Rainbow Dash barely able to keep him from falling.

”The Elements of Harmony, are they … glowing!? No, their resonating, with that strange rainbow? I wonder what it means….”
I can’t ever forget that sight, the five stones glowing, with a sixth glow in the centre of them, sparkling like a star….

Chrono opens his eyes again, seeing Twilight, where the centre spark was, with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity around her like the other five elements were. Thinking for a moment, Chrono realized that Twilight and her friends were the ones that used the Elements, and wondered if it was just coincidence that he woke up to see them like that.

“Chrono! He’s awake! He finally woke up!” Pinkie pie shouts, turning the attention of the other five to Chrono, who rush over to him.

“I was so worried when you fainted sugarcube,” Applejack says, followed by Rainbow Dash, “Yeah, but we managed to get you all the way back here together.”

“How did you find us anyway, Applejack?” Chrono asks, still not completely awake.

“Well, I was at Twilight’ in the evening when she said you hadn’t come back yet. She said that she only knew you were at Fluttershy’s who then said you were with Dashy. Then I remembered seeing her sonic rainboom much earlier so I followed that and found ya’ll,” Applejack explains in a calm, gentle voice.

“Yeah, and Pinkie Pie helped out as well when she saw us carrying you through town,” Rainbow Dash adds.

“Yeah, I couldn’t just ignore my friends helping my other friend can I?” Pinkie Pie giggles.

Chrono rubs his head with his left hoof, asking, “Sonic … rainboom?”

“Yeah, that’s when I create a sonic boom and a rainbow at the same time, only I can do that, and it’s so awesome,” Rainbow replies.

“Is that so,” Chrono only then realizes his other front leg is in cast, and he has bandages around his head.

Twilight nudges Rainbow Dash, reminding her of something, “Oh, right, something else happened,” Rainbow Dash sounds a bit less happy all of the sudden as she holds out Chrono’s scarf, “Your scarf didn’t really … survive the crash….”

Chrono takes the shredded and tattered scarf, feeling sadness inside at its state but doesn’t want to make Rainbow sad, “I’m still here right, that’s all that matters.”

“Well, I took it to Rarity, and…,” Rainbow Dash continues before Rarity takes over, “I went to work right away to make you a new scarf,” Rainbow holds out a new scarf for Chrono as Rarity continues, “I tried making it exactly like yours was when it was first made, I do hope I got everything right.”

Chrono takes the new scarf, smiling as he examines it, “It looks exactly like my old one, and it even has the same feel to it.”

“It’s all yours, when I heard you had crashed and Rainbow showed your scarf, I just had to make that new one. It’s the least I could do for a friend,” Rarity says, sounding relieved that Chrono likes it.

“Thanks Rarity, you really did a great job on it,”Chrono says, putting the scarfs on the small table besides him.

“I got something for ya too Chrono,” Applejack says as she goes over to pick up a small box and brings it to Chrono, “Big Mac wanted to make you an apple pie, so I helped him. I was over at Twi’s to deliver it before. Oh, and my brother asked me to tell you ‘better late than never’,” Applejack puts the box down on Chrono’s lap, allowing him to smell the tasty apple pie inside.

Chrono smiles, feeling everypony’s warmth, “Everypony, thanks, I never had friends before, but I can see how important they are.”

Now that I think about it, if they represent the Elements of Harmony, were they destined to be friends? And what did it mean when the Elements resonated so many years ago…. If it was fate that made them represent the Elements of Harmony, maybe the resonating was connected to their fate … their cutie marks? Maybe if I know their stories I can find out if they got their cutie marks when the Elements were resonating.

“Hey girls, I was wondering,” Chrono says, looking around the smiling group, “How did all of you get your cutie marks?”

“It’s getting kinda late,” Twilight says, “But I guess we can stay, right?”

The other five agree and sit down as they start to recount how they earned their cutie marks. First was Applejack, talking about how she went to Manehatten for a while, until a rainbow pointing to Ponyville made her realize that she wasn’t meant to be there and came back.

Applejack left for Manehatten then, and earned her cutie mark when she came back. I remember her brother saying that she wasn’t home when I passed by the orchard, so that could fit.

Next was Rarity, telling the story of how her horn led her to a big rock, which opened after a shockwave and contained the gems she needed to make the costumes she designed perfect.

I really can’t place Rarity near it for certain, but it’s always possible.

Third was Pinkie Pie, telling about her family at the rock farm just outside Ponyville, and how a rainbow one day made her feel happiness, and sharing that happiness with her family earned her her cutie mark.

I think I’ve seen that rock farm, were the ponies there really her family? She barely looks like them. I guess her cutie mark could have been earned while I was in the forest as well.

The next pony to explain her cutie mark was Fluttershy, who stumbled to the ground in an accident, and learned that she could communicate with animals thanks to a shockwave that scared them all.

She was with a lot of animals, near a forest … was she maybe the filly I saw at the clearing when I left the forest? I guess it’s possible, and that would mean that she earned her cutie mark when I saw the Elements resonate.

Twilight started talking about her past, about how she wanted to study magic after she saw princess Celestia raise the sun. She told about the entrance exam she had to take to enter the school, how she was about to fail until a shockwave made her magic go berserk until Celestia calmed her down and made her her personal pupil. She got her cutie mark after that whole ordeal, and Spike was born then.

If Twilight really did earn her cutie mark when I was in the forest, then princess Celestia took Twilight as a student the same day after I left? That seems sorta … wait, Twilight mentioned a shockwave, so did Rarity and Fluttershy. Applejack and Pinkie Pie said they saw a rainbow, could it have been the same thing I saw?

Finally Rainbow Dash started explaining her tale. Full of her usual pride, she talked about how she started racing the bullies, and realized her love for speed and winning. After beating the bullies and performing a sonic rainboom, she had earned her cutie mark.

“And that’s how Equestria was made,” Pinkie adds.

“Huh?” Chrono replies, not sure what Pinkie is talking about, “And what’s a sonic rainboom?”

“Pinkie is just being Pinkie, and the sonic rainboom is when I break the sound barrier and combine a sonic boom with my rainbows, you know, like what I did before you … crashed.”

“That was a sonic rainboom?” Chrono says, sitting up in surprise.

“Well, yeah, you were really pushing me, so I had no choice but to do it!” Rainbow Dash says, trying to sound cool and succeeding at that.

“And you know what else is amazing,” Twilight interrupts, “The sonic rainboom that Dash made as a child helped all of us earn our cutie marks!”

“Really?” Chrono says, being even more amazed, “That’s incredible….”

So they all earned their cutie marks with the sonic rainboom that Rainbow Dash created, that must have been what I saw as well. That means the Elements did resonate with them, when they earned their cutie marks. They were fated to become friends, and to represent the Elements of Harmony even before they had met. That’s incredible. If that was their fate, then what would my fate be….

“Thanks for all the amazing stories girls, I will work hard and earn my cutie mark as well,” Chrono says, looking around the group.

“And we are all here to help you,” Rarity responds.
“Whether its magic,” Twilight adds.
“Or flying,” Rainbow Dash continues
“Or bucking trees,” Applejack says.
“Cause that’s what friends are for!” Pinkie shouts happily.
“But first you need to get better,” Fluttershy says.

“Yeah, I guess it’s getting kinda late too, I don’t want to keep you all awake any longer,” Chrono says, starting to feel tired again himself.

“Yeah, I guess we don’t have to watch over you all night,” Twilight states.

The group says a few more things before they leave, one by one to their own homes, until only Twilight is left, who uses her magic to put her saddlebags on her back. She takes something out of one of the bags, a book and a quill, “Here Chrono, I thought you might like to write so I brought your book and a quill.”

Chrono smiles, using his magic to take the book and quill from Twilight, “Yeah, you were right, thanks Twilight.”

Twilight smiles too even though she looks tired, “You take care now, and get some sleep soon.”

“I will, see you tomorrow?”

Twilight nods before she heads home as well, leaving Chrono alone to write in his book.

Today, I learned a lot, not just about the ponies here, but also about some other things. First, I noticed that all six of them truly represent the Elements of Harmony. Fluttershy is kind and gently with the animals and everypony she meets. Rainbow Dash felt a kinship through competition, and showed great loyalty even though she distrusted me before. And then there’s Rarity, who put a lot of time to make me a new scarf after my old one was torn, and making it feel just like the old one. She is really the Element of Generosity. I also learned about friendship, how those six ponies consider me a friend even though I’ve only been here for two days. They’d sacrifice their time to help me after I had crashed and all helped me to feel better, even if it meant missing some sleep. Finally, I learned about fate, how it can bring ponies together by chance, or connect friends long before they meet. Fate is truly something amazing, but so hard to grasp. That’s why I have decided to use my time in Ponyville to study fate, to learn it’s mysteries and understand it, so I can maybe see my own fate one day. I will write my findings down in this book, so other ponies may one day learn about it as well.