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// Prologue: 'Snowy' 
// Story: My new friend... 
// by Part-time Rarity 
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	Not a single colt, filly, mare, or stallion knew what had happened. She just seemed to be born that way. For as soon as that small, ice-coloured Pegasus emerged into the world, her eyes had been drained of their life. The bright green filly's irises  had turned a sad pale, stealing her sight the moment she opened them. Snowdrop, as she was eventually called, had been entitled to a dark, blank world. 
Her parents were driven to tears from guilt, unable to provide a normal life for their beloved daughter. As compensation, they showered her with material happiness. Toys, pets, and playthings alike were served upon a silver saucer. From this, Snowdrop's 'friends' materialized, fabricated from greed and pity. They robbed her of her possessions, and taking their 'friendship' with them. 
"Don't be sad little one." Her mother would say. "We love you more than anything in the world." Snuggling her mother, Snowdrop would say the same. 

But not a single thing in the world 

she would think, 

Could make me love myself...