A figure moved through the quiet town of Ponyville in the middle of the night. It came up to the door of Twilight Sparkle's treehouse and knocked. No response.
Under the door light, Skyfire was visible. She knocked again.
A familiar violet pony answered the door, her mane out of place and drowsy eyes from sleep. "It's too late for this, who is-", Twilight began, "ggGGAHH!" Twilight's eyes shot open.
Skyfire walked in as Twilight began speaking again. "What were you thinking? I saw you on the news breaking out of the jail with a guy."
"That's not your problem. You know what? It's nopony's problem anymore." Skyfire said.
"Skyfire...what did you do to him?" asked Twilight.
"I said it's not your PROBLEM!" Skyfire said, raising her voice.
There was silence for a few moments.
"I advise you stay hidden from now on. Oh, and Skyfire, I think you have a burn mark or something on your flank. Did your mane do that? Or..."
Skyfire turned her head around and looked at her flank. It was definitely something new. Skyfire turned her head around and found the exact shape on the other side of her cutie mark. It was a symbol of one of her shards of armor. The shard had flames coming off of it.
"My....cutie mark...." said Skyfire, looking at her flank in awe.
There was another silence as Skyfire was still in awe. She had waited so long for this moment.
"I can't go out there. Not at daytime at least. People know who I am now." Skyfire said, looking worried.
Twilight's face showed that she was pondering intently. "You're a great mare, Skyfire. I have no clue what you did to that stallion, but honestly, I don't think I want to know."
"Actually, he was the pony who killed my father."
Twilight kept looking at Skyfire. "Oh, I...see. You're a friend Skyfire, we may have not known each other for long, but I trust you. You can stay with me for a while until this mess clears up. Although, we will have to change your look."
"What do you mean?" Skyfire asked.
"I'm going to have to cast a spell on you.."
"Really?" asked Skyfire, in a state of disappointment.
"Yes, really, if you want to be kept out of trouble. I do have a shape-shifting spell that I can use on you. It will last as long as I don't remove it. I have no clue what it will make you look like, but I can at least make you the same shape as regular earth ponies."
Skyfire had a blank stare. "Do it."
Twilight's horn glowed, making the walls of the dark tree house glow with a purple tint. Twilight focused her horn and sent a beam towards Skyfire's chest. Skyfire was thrown into a purple glob, and reformed, the purple slowly fading from her.
A yellow-coated and blue-maned earth pony stood in front of Twilight. "Thank you, Twilight."
Skyfire admired her new body. "I'm going to need a new name." Skyfire turned around and looked at her flank. A cupcake with sprinkles on it appeared. "Not what I planned, but okay."
"What do you want your name to be?" asked Twilight.
"How about...Sugar Sprinkles." Sugar said.
Sugar Sprinkles and Twilight Sparkle walked into Sugarcube Corner.
"Maybe we can find you a job here, Ms. Sprinkles." said Twilight, pretending she just met Sugar Sprinkles.
A pink maned and pink coated mare bounced out to the front counter. "Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!" she announced.
"Hey Pinkie. I have a new friend who moved in from Saddle Arabia. She's really good with sweets, and I was wondering if you could employ her here." said Twilight.
"Sure. I'll show her around! Follow me!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie.
"I'm not used to this kind of set-up, but it looks swell." said Sugar, admiring the interior of Sugarcube Corner.
"If you don't like it I'm sure we can do something about it. C'mon, what are you waiting for?" said Pinkie, happily bounding up and down.
Sugar waved at Twilight as she walked out the door.
Sugar Sprinkles was about to start her new life in Ponyville.
Two ponies were somewhere dark and wet. They turned on their headlights and looked around. "Yep, she was definitely here." said the voice of a stallion, stepping through a pool of blood."
He noticed something laying against the wall right wall of the cave. "Oh...my Celestia. What is that?"
They admired the burned hole through the stallion's stomache. "We're dealing with something....different, here."
"Don't tell the public" the other stallion said. "We don't need people panicking even more."
The other stallion nodded. "We need to figure out what the hell this thing is."