Sweetie Belle hasn't been home to Ponyville in years. The day she left she said good bye to her best friends, her adopted family, and everything she knew to be familiar. But staying in Ponyville after what happened brought too much heartache and she left to find a new life for herself. Now, years later, she's gone home. Will her friends still be her friends? And more importantly, can Sweetie Belle find the peace she's been trying to find for so long?
Total Words: 6,146,514
Estimated Reading: 2 weeks
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