With a Princess as tidy as Twilight, there were more cobwebs in the basement of the castle than Fizzlepop imagined, especially in a place this new. According to Starlight, she had actually helped Fluttershy replace cobwebs that had been disturbed in a magical-based animal gathering incident.
The state of the basement corridors didn't really matter to her, as she came up to a set of double doors, and opened them, magically carrying the framed newspaper article that Rainbow had given to her. What mattered was this; her new barracks for her squad. Directly under the library and previously used as storage, Princess Twilight was all too happy to clear it out and get her library back. In the two weeks since Spring Rain and Glitter Drops visited, she had quickly renovated it into everything they needed. Mannequins for armor now lined the outer walls. The center of the room was open and clear for training sessions. Just down the hall through the very next door, a smithing furnace had been set up with all the tools needed for basic maintenance.
Walking to the back wall, Fizzlepop stood before a six-pointed star lavender emblem; the Kingdom of Friendship's coat of arms, or crest; the same that adorned the front of each of their chest pieces. She then gazed down at her newest addition to her uniform, this one somewhat informal; a simple necklace, at the end hung the remains of the top half of her horn.
Though the orchid coat had long since rotted away by the time Spring Rain and Glitter Drops found it, with the aid of the teachers at the school, they were able to use polyurethane to preserve the bone that was left. Even with Starlight's magical know-how, it would have been impractical to try to reattach it in any manner; the nerve endings had died long ago. But with Rarity's expertise, Fizzlepop was able to string a ball chain through the thickest section of what was left. It was a way to keep the part of her that she had lost with her from now on.
Before departing in the morning, Spring and Glitter gave her the address of the Vanhoover Weather Team headquarters, and they promised to write letters and share updates in their lives with each other. It wasn't a renewed friendship yet, but they could consider themselves acquaintances for now.
Smiling briefly at the neckace, she took the framed newspaper, and hung it directly under the six-pointed star emblem of the Kingdom of Friendship. The squad's first sign of recognition, now on display for all of them to see.
She could only hope it was the first of many.