Firo sat in a tub, her feet hanging over the edge by a toe. Rarity was sitting behind her, scrubbing Firo's scalp with her hooves. "Now darling, where do you come from? I could tell that you were fibbing, I tell a little white lie every now and then, too." Firo thought to herself, it couldn't hurt to tell the truth, but I'm not sure that she's going to believe me. Blaze, you have two choices: tell the truth, and die informing people, or die without giving a warning to anypony. "Are you comfortable, darling?" Firo pulled her feet to her chest and turned around in the sea of bubbles to face the glowing unicorn. She felt awkward having Rarity being so kind to her, since she had never know kindness unless she was with Echo or her father. She smiled at how much she missed them, then dropped it as she looked at the pensive Rarity.
"You won't believe me, Rarity. You don't know me, or what I've been through, or who I am, so you won't know if I'm telling the truth or not." Firo admitted fearfully.
The mare took a seat on the green stool, next to the tub and crossed her legs looking straight at Firo. "I don't have to know you to trust you, my dear. Tell me everything from the beginning."
Firo sighed, and thought about what to say next. "I was born an alicorn, my mother a pegasus and my father a unicorn. One day I was with my parents in a lone field, we saw this... Rainbow explode in the sky. My father and I were amazed, but my mother acted as usual; distant, and unloving. Then, my heart felt hot and I felt like I was fainting, but I was still aware of what was going on. I looked at the sun that was so prominent in the sky, and I felt connected to it. When I was in my memorized state, I didn't notice I set the field I had just came from on fire. Princess Celestia came, offering me peace. I could tell that this Celestia was an illusion, for I could see straight through her. It all happened so fast, and I was so young. I remember somepony else there, but I only remember hearing yelling. Then there was a bright yellow light, and everything stopped. Celestia, now completely whole, walked up to me, and her eyes shimmered over with this greenish color.
"After that, I can't remember much, except I was turned into this thing. Probably so I would never be able to tell anypony my story in fear they would run from me." Firo looks up at the stunned, white mare. "You probably think I'm crazy."
"Darling," Rarity said, "I believe you. Even though most of what you said doesn't quite add up, I can see the truth in your eyes and that's what matters. Now," she said dumping a bucket of water over Firo's head, "how did you find your way through the Everfree forest?"
"Well, I'm not sure exactly. I just ran, I guess," she shrugged and smoothed her hair out of her face making sure it was parted to the right. "I wasn't in there for long, I couldn't be or Celestia would've killed me or something."
"Dear, I can feel your hatred towards the Princess, but she would not kill you. Not after she went through all the trouble of turning you into, well, this and locking you in a tower. That I am sure of," the white mare used her magic to levitate a towel around Firo's body as she stood from the bathtub. Firo watched as the white mare left the room, leaving Firo to be alone to her thoughts.
It was only a few quiet minuets before Rarity came into the bathroom with two of her friends following her. Fluttershy nudged Firo to sit on the bathroom stool while Pinkie Pie bounced around the room with a large smile on her face. She was singing a song that went, "making cloths for our new friend! Oh, she's our new friend! Not just a pony and not a bug, but a friend! The bestest friend that we don't kn-"
"Pinkie be quiet, please," Rarity said patiently.
"But I was singing Firo a song! She deserves it! Don't you agree with me Fluttershy?" She stopped bouncing long enough to stare at Fluttershy hiding behind the stool. She mumbled a sound that sounded neither like she was agreeing or disagreeing. "Weeeeeeeeellll, Firo liked my song! Isn't that right, Firo!"
"Uh... Yeah, Pinkie... It sound very musical and stuff." Blaze said looking past Pinkie and at Rarity. She was mesmerized by the needle and thread on the machine. It moved up and down like the waves of the ocean, moving just fast enough to pierce the fabric. The fabric was golden yellow with shining swirls in the details, it looked beautiful and elegant. Just like the mare who was sewing the dress.
"Pinkie, Fluttershy, can you two wait in the living room with Dash and Jack?" Princess Twilight said walking into the bathroom which made Firo feel all the more claustrophobic. Both nodded, Pinkie bounced out of the room smiling with Fluttershy timidly walking behind her. Twilight closed the door with her magic glowing its normal color. She stared at Firo deeply as if she were about to throw something at her, but instead she spoke with a hardened tone. "I don't know how to reach, at this point I don't care. Celestia told me that everyone is a friend no matter who they are and that's what I believe. But I don't like the way you spoke about Celestia earlier. I could hear the anger in you voice and all I want to say is that if you are a threat to our Princess we are going to take you out."
Firo was speechless and refused to look into Twilight's harsh eyes. Then a burst of despiration came from deep inside of her and she blurted, "Princess, believe me! Celestia is not the good, and kind pony that you know and love, she's something else. I'm not sure what, but why would she lock me up in that tower when I was a filly? She said she wanted me to learn my own powers, but never taught me how. Doesn't that seem a little fishy? She would normally teach a filly with overwhelming power, but instead she locked me in a tower, changed my form, and told me to control my power even though I can't even use it."
"This is not my argument," Rarity said turning away from her sewing, "but I might add something that did seem very odd. In the story you told me, you said Princess Celestia came after the rainbow happened and that she wasn't completely visible. You also explained that after wards Celestia had green shimmer over her eyes," she paused for a moment thinking. "Twilight, does that ring any bells? I feel like I'm drawing a blank here."
Twilight gasped suddenly, "Queen Chrysalis!" Firo looked at the horror on the ponies faces as they passed a worried look between one another. Twilight, for a moment, seemed to be moving in and out of focus. As if she was there, but also in another time, perhaps a flashback. Rarity shook her head and gave the saddened Twilight an apologetic look.
Firo was about to let the silence continue, but her curiosity couldn't take it and she asked, "Who's that?" After she had spoken she glanced nervously back and forth between the two mares.
"You've been gone a while, so it is understandable that you haven't heard of our lovely friend." Rarity rolled her eyes and continued, "I have finished your dress. Put it on and we shall all disgust this with the girls in the other room." They both left Firo alone once more.
I wonder if this will ever change, she thought picking up the dress from Rarity's sewing machine. Ponies coming and going, but never actually being there for me, is that it? She rubbed the softness of the new dress as a big tears slid down her cheeks, staining the dress. She hugged the clothing tightly and sobbed silently to herself with no pony to comfort her as always.