It’s a new day in the Crystal Empire, a very gloomy and rainy one, when there is a knock on the door. Cadence opens it and finds a crying infant foal on the steps in the arms of another foal. “What happened little ones? Come inside.” Says the princess. “Please tell me what happened,” she continues to inquire.
“Momma got killed and daddy abandoned us,” cries the colt. “It’s just me and my baby sister left. We had nowhere else to go.” He sniffles and begins to bawl.
“Who killed your mom?” Inquires the princess. She grabs the foals blankets and some hot chocolate and warm milk. She hands it to them.
“Thank you,” responds the colt. “The name is Trigger or Trig for short by the way.”
“Well Trig,” responds Cadence, “will you please tell me who killed your mother?”
“Okay,” sighs the colt with eyes full of tears, “there’s a sect of Sombra loyal unicorns not far from where we grew up and mom was strongly opposed to Sombra and his methods, as a result, they killed her. Now we have no one.”
“Well,” responds Cadence, “I knew there were some sects left but I didn’t think they’d go that far. I’ll have my guards deal with them right away.”
“Thank you,” responds a still sniffling Trig. “That means a lot, really.” Cadence heads out to talk with Shining Armor and the guards in her office down the hall.
“Love, why are you being so secretive? What’s wrong? What do you need from my stallions?” Inquires Shining Armor of his wife.
“I have two foals here whose mom was killed by a rogue sect of Sombra loyal unicorns. They need to be brought in and jailed so this doesn’t happen to more colts and fillies. No more families need to be destroyed by a bunch of power hungry unicorns. Can you do that for me?” She begins to tear up herself.
“Of course, my love,” responds Shining, “our job is to protect after all.” He hugs her. “Now go do your job, welcome those foals into their new home with a proper welcome.”
“Will do and thanks,” responds Cadence as she hugs him, then wipes away her tears and heads out the door and back down the hall to where the foals are. She then welcomes them properly and leads Trig to the colt quarters of the building before taking his sister to the nursery to be cared for by a proper staff of nurses. Meanwhile in the colt quarters, Trig is approached by two or three other colts.
“Hey,” says the leader of the three, “I’m Justice. What’s your name?”
“Trigger, Trig for short,” responds Trig.
“Well, welcome, what’s your story?” Responds Justice.
“Evil sect of Sombra loyal unicorns killed my mom,” responds Trig.
“Well shit,” responds Justice. “That sounds rough.”
“Yeah, it’s just me and my sister now so we came immediately here because we know how caring Princess Cadence is towards orphans because she used to be one herself. We knew it was the place to turn, well I did anyways. My sis doesn’t know anything else, she’s only a few weeks old.”
“Well, sorry to hear,” responds Justice, “whatever you need going forward, me and my boys got your back.”
“Thanks, that means a lot, honestly,” responds Trig. “I don’t think I ever caught the names of your friends though, by the way.”
“Oh right,” respond the other two colts, “sorry about that, we’re Jack and Spade. We’re the Twins.”
“Well, it’s nice to meet you,” responds Trig with a smile. “Can you three introduce me to everypony else here then?” The three nod and take Trig around the dorm to meet the rest of the colts. Right now, his plan is to make the best of the situation and to make new friends. He doesn’t want to be alone anymore.
Meanwhile elsewhere, Shining and his soldiers have finally tracked down the Sombra loyal unicorns and locked them away in the Crystal Palace dungeons. There, he has his men question the unicorns.
“I didn’t know your kind were in the business of orphaning foals these days,” says Shining to their leader, a Gray unicorn named Mystic Nightcrawl.
“Only those whose parents are opposed to us, our methods, and our founder Lord Sombra,” responds Mystic, “they had it coming.” He grins a toothy grin.
“We have orphans here because of what you and your men did! How can you live with yourself?! You’re monsters!!!”
“Monster is relative,” Responds Mystic. “Good day, your highness. I don’t need to answer anymore of your silly questions.” With that, Shining storms out of the room to consult with his men. They then head off to report to Cadence after Shining calms down a little bit. They give her the good news of the capture before returning to their duties elsewhere. Cadence is just relieved that the sect has been dealt with. Now to find out if there are any more orphans because of them which is going to be a task all on its own.