"Walk eastward along the Crystal Mountains, through the coldest Snowland, and you will come to the place where the sun rises, climbing up the highest and steepest peaks , and you will see the bright sun shining in the sky, like a crystal of neon light. And in the endless stretches of the higher and farther sky, where your parents are to watch you grow up."
"But they always said that grandparents crossed the Lunar Bay in the west far away from the place of extreme night, and looked at me every moon rising night. Why are parents and grandparents no longer in the same place?" Little Hope blinked and asked her new mother curiously.
At this time, Sorrel was depressed and wanted to hit herself on the mouth. Although she had to deal with these silly foals all day, she had never met such a clever and difficult filly. But the blue-haired pony was so lovely and cute that she had no choice but to complain secretly about why the fairy tales told by the Equestria and Crystal Empire to the young foals were so different. She hastened to add, " Every day when the sun rises, the stars will use their magic to follow the steps of the sun and bring your parents from the east to the west, finally, they will be reunited at dusk ."
"That's it ......"Hope, of course, did not notice the obvious logical loopholes in Sorrel's discourse, but silently lowered his eyelids, "I will be obedient, waiting for them to come back."
Sorrel's eyes were moist. Although she had to face these fatherless and motherless children every day, she had no resistance to the painful tears of the bereaved children. "Tomorrow you will go to school." She forcibly shifted the topic. "With the money donated by Princess Amore, you have the chance to obtain the best education. Well, tomorrow you can play with other children. Then we just need to go to the hospital for a check-up."
"........." Hope looked out of the window and didn't say something. Although these crystals had the motherly taste, they smelt by several times and the feeling would as if she was once locked in her mother's wardrobe breathlessly. Moreover, the room was full of crystal, even the beds were made of crystal. Her back still ached after sleeping last night.
"We need some new crystal mattresses, crystal basins, crystal bookshelves and crystal cushions!" Sorrel was counting what needs to be purchased.
"Why is everything here named after crystals?" Hope couldn't help asking.
"Without crystal, there will be no Crystal Empire; without crystal, there will be no crystal magic; without crystal, there will be no crystal pony." The teacher laughed and said, ( Actually, she was trying to say"Didn't your mother tell you about the Crystal Empire? She must be a crystal pony, too." Fortunately, she stopped her mouth in time. )"Crystal......bring us wealth and strength, you are also a noble crystal pony, Hope, do you feel the call of crystal?"Sorrel made a joke.
"......I can not feel that, "Hope tilted his head."But there's a fairy calling me! She's hiding under the bed. I'll find her out." Then she crawled on the crystal floor and moved towards the crystal bed step by step, which was no sadness at all.
Sorrel looked at the young filly in some surprise,she seemed to imagine some interesting games to divert her sadness. If only she had a little fun, the children would be happy. Although she only experienced the disaster of losing her loved one yesterday, after experiencing, the sadness seemed to be absorbed by her. Maybe this pony, like her name, was born to bring hope and happiness to other ponies. And no matter what the facts were, she won't disturb herself all the time, which made everyone happy. So she picked up the crystal pencil and made a list on the crystal sheepskin scroll.
In fact,Sorrel was right to think that Radiant was not a simple pony......at least that was what her parents thought. She was kind and lovely. If you stay with her for a long time, you will find that she is like a small sun,radiating the power of love and hope everywhere. Unfortunately, there was no pony to tell her what was special about her. The pony of Crystal Empire was so arrogant, and she was a little shy with them. So she had to pretend to be brave and play with her imaginary friends and dared not approach other ponies any more. Therefore, they used the term "freak" as a salute to her. This is what Hope experienced this afternoon. While she was waiting outside the store for Sorrel, she saw several young foals running by, so she shyly walked over.
"Well, can I play with you, please?"
An older-looking young stallioncame out of the queue. "I haven't seen you before." He tilted his head.”You're new here, aren't you?” Just as Hope was trying to answer "Yes", the little male colt suddenly laughed wickedly, " Or how could you be so untidy? Is your tail muddy?" Hope then turned to look at her tail. Indeed, the long blue mane was now covered with red stains. So she remembered how her mother used to keep her beautiful mane crystal shiny.
"You're right." So she said, while the colt opposite was still stunned, she turned and ran away. "You're right, Rabia, I already have friends with me." Then she ran away quickly, hiding her mane from the right side of the line of sight so that no pony could see her tears.
"...... She's a real freak." A pony said.