This fiction has been completely rewritten since it was originally posted, and then some. (More rewriting of one particular chapter is in order, if I ever get around to that.)

Acceptance. It is a wonderful thing, sought for by many. For the unfortunate ones who do not find it, it is the symbol of all the joy in life that escapes them. For those that find it, it becomes expected of them: a reality that is neither special nor unexpected. When a seeming misfit by the name of Twilight Sparkle arrives in Ponyville, she becomes the lone hope of a cast-aside, wall-eyed, bluish-grey pegasus in search of a home…

This takes place in and around the first two episodes of season one, and is designed to be canonically accurate. It is only labeled "slice of life" because there is no "normal" tag, although it does fit both tags.

Ditzy's story is continued in Equestrian Concepts.