Kimono glanced around at the empty, bright world and sat by herself. "There," Twilight seethed, "we've restored your stupid world. Will you come with us now?"
"Yes." Taking one last glance around Old Ponyville, she sighed and kept her head down. Nothing was worse than having to say goodbye to the only place that she knew and loved. "Let us go, and please let me come home as soon as I possibly can." Kimono wobbled up to her wooden leg and limped along, keeping her head down all the way.
"Uh, Kimono, are you alright?"
"Yes, Pinkie, just leave me be." The pink haired pony sighed and kicked rocks along the silent way back home through the Everfree. Kimono felt a tug at her mane and tail after a while and looked back to see it was swirled up into neat, pristine buns held with chopsticks. "Rarity, what-"
"I felt like you needed a bit of, you know, fashion. Like we were talking about earlier," the white unicorn offered with a smile and a grin.
"Alright." Kimono nodded and continued to stare at the ground. The raindrops plinked gently on Kimono's back and ran off of her face, tickling her scaly ears softly.
"I love you so much," she heard from behind and her eyes shot back to Rarity and Spike, both making out deeply. Kimono gasped and galloped as fast as she could on her leg far ahead to Twilight Sparkle, her eyes wide and her lip trembling.
"Twilight Sparkle!" Twilight ignored her, keeping her nose in the air. "Twilight Sparkle, you have to do something."
"Oh, you can't this time?"
"You do not understand," Kimono whispered and Twilight noticed the panicked look on the usually calm pony's face.
"Okay." Kimono and Twilight both ran ahead and burst through the brush of the Everfree. "What's the matter?"
"They are in love!"
"They always have been-"
"No, Twilight Sparkle, listen to me! If they are in love at the start of this war, your Ponyville will end up like my Ponyville! I was the reason that I was left alone!"
"What do you mean?" Twilight tilted her head and sat down across from Kimono, furrowing her brow.
"I loved a dragon," Kimono wept, holding her head down. Her soaking wet fur stuck to the scaly parts of her body and Twilight gasped when half of her deep, eggplant purple tail swirled to a scaly, gem-like tail. "I loved him so much... Then he gave me his powers, told me his legacy would live through me, then he took advantage of me! He created a monster out of a pony! A wise pony that was so foolish, did you not listen to my story? I was that pony, and I must pay for it for the rest of my life!"
"You? Oh, no, Kimono... Please don't cry, I can help," Twilight stuttered, placing a hoof on Kimono's back. She spotted the other girls that all stared and Twilight shook her head, nodding them away from Kimono.
"I am wise to your queen because I am old and I have experience with dragons," she whispered. "Without me, you would have gotten that award that meant so little to me but so much to you."
"But Celestia wants to see you. You're her only mystery, you're New Ponyville's only mystery! Everyone wants to know if Kimono is dead or alive, beautiful or ugly, or if she's even real, and here I, Twilight Sparkle, have the Kimono of Old Ponyville! Can we put that fight behind us and please let me help you?"
"Yes," Kimono whispered, "that, to me, is the wisest idea of all."
"Alright," Twilight agreed with a kind smile, hugging her arms around Kimono's neck. "I'm going to get your friends back, even if it's the last thing I ever do. You shouldn't have to live your mistake forever in a rotten wasteland of pity."
"Thank you, Twilight Sparkle. Now, who is this princess again? I do not know her."
"You'll love Princess Celestia, come with me!" Then with that, Twilight ran ahead and Kimono tried to keep up on that wooden leg all the way through Ponyville.