Mavis stirred in her sleep. Sitting up, she saw that she had fallen asleep during her talk with Raiden. She felt the feeling of guilt in her gut for conking out, 'That was very rude of me. I will need to make it up to that human somehow,' Mavis thought to herself, clutching her new toys plushies. She decided to go and find Cadence, as she felt the alicorn was the only one she could trust, 'I just hope she isn't too busy,' Mavis thought, as she got out of bed, and went over to the door. She tried reaching for the door, but the door handle was too far up. She tried jumping up to grab the door, but it amounted to only grazing the bottom of the handle. Mavis saw the chairs that she sat in when talking to Raiden. She set her toys on the bed, and tried moving the chair closest to the door. With some effort, she was able to move the chair to the point where she could reach the door. She climbed up onto the chair, and opened the door. She collected her toys, and made her way out of the room, "Now, what way to go?" Mavis wondered, as she wandered aimlessly through the halls. As she walked, she eventually was cut off when Guard Armor and Skyla darted out in front of her. Mavis was caught by surprise, and fell on her butt, dropping her Teddy Bear and Ducky in the process.
"Gaa goo?" Skyla babbled, as she pounced the teddy bear, while Guard picked up the ducky.
"Uh, excuse me, but.... th-those are m-mine, I think," Mavis said quietly. The two Alicorn foals looked at the timid girl, make her jump, "O-On second thought, you can keep them," Mavis said, backing away slowly. She continued to back away until she bumped into something, or rather someone. Looking up, she saw the very pony she was trying to find.
"Oh Mavis, you're up," Cadence said. She then noticed her two youngest foals playing with Mavis' new toys, "Now isn't that cute? Now Skyla, Guard, why don't we give Mavis back her toys?" Cadence asked, gingerly taking the two plushies. Guard seemed to understand, but Skyla was fussing, trying to reach for the teddy bear, as it was given back to Mavis. Skyla then began crying.
"Or not," Mavis said, quickly giving her teddy bear back to Skyla, who calmed down instantly.
"Now Mavis, that's your teddy bear. Skyla has all sorts of toys for herself," Cadence said, taking the teddy bear once again. Skyla shot Mavis a grumpy look, "Don't be like that young lady. You know you have all sorts of toys to play with," Cadence said, picking up the two baby Alicorns.
'Great, I've only been here one day, and someone already hates me,' Mavis thought glumly, as she clutched the three plush toys, as Cadence came back from putting the two babies in their room.
"Now then, Mavis," Mavis shrunk under the voice of the Crystal Princess, "I know you're just getting used to the Crystal Empire, but I think I know a way for you to get to know more of Equestria," Cadence quickly added, seeing the scared girl looking more fearful.
"O-ok," Mavis said, her tone indicating she felt she was being forced into doing whatever Cadence wanted. Cadence could tell by the young girl's tone, and frowned.
"You don't quite understand. This is something I think that YOU would want to do, not something I'm forcing you to do," Cadence clarified. This seemed to do little to improving Mavis' meek demeanor, as the walked through the halls, eventually reaching the entrance, where the others were gathered, "Ok guys, Mavis is, more or less, ready to visit Ponyville," Cadence said. Mavis was once again on edge upon being around so many humans.
"Twilight, could you let Silver know that I may be staying the night here?" Raiden asked.
"Of course," Twilight replied. Mavis was still shocked at how a human talked so casually to a princess.
"Ah can go with them, at least so Mavis doesn't feel too alone," Nathan offered.
"Would you please?" Cadence asked.
"Ya can count on me," Nathan said.
"Alright Mavis, if you're ready, we can go," Twilight said gingerly. Mavis timidly nodded, not wanting to anger a princess.
"Oh! Before you go," Cadence said, pulling a small, child sized satchel out of a nearby closet, and gave it to Mavis, "This is so you're arms don't get too tired carrying your toys," she said.
"M-Merci," Mavis said, placing her ducky and her puppy inside, while still holding her teddy bear.
"We'll be sure to bring Nathan and Mavis back tonight," Twilight said, as they all took their leave. Twilight took Mavis' left hand, and led her out of the castle. Mavis was once again lost in her own thoughts.
'They're bringing me back? I didn't do something to upset Princess Cadence, did I?! Am I going to be a prisoner?!' Mavis thought to herself.
Mavis' overactive imagination,
"Mavis Gustou, how do you plead on the charge of being in the Crystal Empire illegally, being a mermaid, having an artificial metal arm, imposing on the Princess, and arguing with her?" a judge pony questioned, as Mavis was in shackles, being put on trial.
"Uh... I, uh," Mavis tried to form the words, before being cut off.
"She pleads guilty of all charges!" Mavis turned to see Cadence, glaring down at the young girl.
"Has the jury reached the verdict?" the judge asked.
"GUILTY!" the jury all chimed. Mavis' heart sank.
"Mavis, for crimes against royalty, I hereby sentence you to the sushi bar!" the judge said, as chains wrapped around her, and dragged her away. She saw all of the humans, preparing rice, wasabi, vegetables, and seaweed. She knew what this meant, and it terrified her.
Reality,
Mavis was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt something jerking her around. She looked up to see that she was in a rail car. She looked out the window to see that the train she was on was leaving the Crystal Empire behind. Looking around the inside of the rail car, she saw the humans, all mingling with one another, while the adults were chatting as well, 'What is going on with me? Why is any of this happening to me?'' Mavis wondered. The adults could see the saddened look on Mavis face, as she huddled up in her seat, clutching her teddy bear.
"What do you think the princess saw in the kid's memories?" Rainbow Dash wondered.
"Whatever it was, it must've been bad. She looked like she was ready to loose her lunch," Pinkie Pie replied.
"She seems very adamant about distancing herself from the other human kids," Twilight observed.
"I've also noticed she doesn't want anyone touching her right arm. What do you think that means?" Fluttershy asked.
"Something bad might've happened, and she doesn't want anything or anyone touching her arm," Rarity theorized.
"Well, we should just give her some time. She needs to open up to us at her own pace," Twilight said, as the Ponyville Station came into view.