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// Ch. 6 Day 2: Pt. 2 
// Story: CKF 
// by Doctoroctagonapus21 
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As Kody cleaned up the kitchen, Fluorescence sat in the dining room staring out the window at the raging storm. As she sat there gazing at the pounding rain and lightning flashes. She was lost in thought. Just as there was a flash of lightning she felt somepony tap her on the shoulder. Fluorescence yelped as she turned around and saw Kody.

"Whoa, sorry." Kody said with a chuckle.

"It's okay." FLuorescence replied. "I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"Home."

"I see... come to think of it, where ARE you from?"

"Well..." Fluorescence began as she noticed smoke pouring out of the kitchen. "Uh, I think you missed a spot."

"What are-" Kody turned around. "Oh you've gotta be kidding me." And dashed off to take care it.

"Awww..." groaned Kylie as she entered the room.

"What's the matter little one?"

"Oh, I have school tomorrow and everyone'll make fun of me just because I don't have my cutie mark."

"Don't worry about it. You'll get yours eventually."

"AAGH! I'm so sick of hearing that!"

"That may be, but I'm afraid it doesn't change a thing."

"... Hey, how did YOU get your cutie mark."

Fluorescence thought for a second. "Oh... you don't want to hear THAT story."

"Yes I do."

"Well that's too bad, cause I have an even better story."

"A better story?" Kylie asked, eyes practically sparkling.

"The story of Hearth's Warming Eve."

"Oh..." Kylie looked a bit disappointed.

"What? It's a good story."

"And I've heard it like a gajillion times."

"Oh? Well I bet you don't know what REALLY happened." Fluorescence said with a cheeky smirk.

Kylie perked up again. "What really happened?"

"Uh-huh. You said yourself you've heard the story a gajillion times so let me ask you: why did the three tribes dislike each other?"

"Because all three were selfish, and the pegasi and unicorns demanded food for the rain and the day and night." Kylie recited from memory.

"Very good. Now, let me put it this way: Plants NEED water and sun in order to grow, right?"

"Yeah."

"So it seems only fair that the pegasi and unicorns get a cut of the food, right?"

"Well when you put it that way..."

"So if that were the case, what reason would the tribes have for not liking each other?"

"... I don't know."

"Come closer and I'll let you in on a big secret." Kylie leans in, anxious to know something nopony else would. Fluoresence whispers in her ear, "There was a fourth tribe."

"No way."

"Way. A fourth tribe who lived in the shadows. The only ones who knew were the leaders. For the longest time, the 3 tribes lived together in the same harmony as they do today though each keeping to their own tribes with the fourth blending in among them. In fact, the pegasi and unicorns were given EXTRA food just for this fourth tribe, though they didn't know it."

"seriously?!"

"Yeah. The trouble all started when Puddinghead became Chancellor. Yeah, she was a bit crazy but she was also pretty nasty. She was suspicious of everypony who wasn't an earth pony and forced several members of this fourth tribe to spy on the pegasi and unicorns."

"That's awful."

"It gets worse. She learned that some of the pegasi and unicorns were STEALING food."

"Wow."

"Some of those spies got caught and were forced to working for the pegasi and unicorns. THAT was why the mistrust started. Once the blizzard started the fourth tribe hid even more than usual."

"What about when the leaders went out and found Equestria?"

"Well, as far as I know, what you think happened is what happened. But I DO know that after the three tribes left, the fourth tribe stayed and made the land their own. To this day, the only ones in this whole country who knows this fourth tribe exists are the princesses and yours truly."

"How did YOU find out?" Kylie asks.

"I'll tell you some other time." Fluorescence replied with a wink.

"Wow, I can't wait to tell everyone!"

"No no no no no. You can't tell anyone. This is our secret."

"Oh. Okay." Kylie said as she happily pranced off.

"Then I guess it's my secret too." Kody said, walking up to her.

"I guess so."

"I take it you know all this because your ancestor belonged to this fourth tribe?"

"Don't you worry about that. Just remember, our secret."

"My lips are sealed..." Kody said with a wink.