It seemed like an ordinary day at school for the Cutie Mark Crusaders, sitting through another class period.
"Sweetie Belle, did ya hear?" Applebloom whispered to her friend as she looked around, "There's a new filly coming."
"Really? ...Well… now that you mention it, I think I heard of somepony arriving from a place called… Neighpon… I think," Sweetie Belle answered.
"Neigh wha?" Scootaloo asked.
"Not sure, some place overseas or something like that," Sweetie Belle answered.
"Do you think she'll be nice?" Applebloom pondered.
"Nicer than Diamond Tiara hopefully," Scootaloo yawned, "Sorry. I was out practicing with Rainbow Dash. She was showing me some tricks."
"It's alright. Just don't let the teacher see you fall asleep," Sweetie Belle said before ms. Cheerilee walked in.
"Good morning class," Ms. Cheerilee greeted her class.
"Good Morning Ms. Cheerilee," they all greeted politely.
"I have some good news. Today, we're receiving a new student… one that just moved to Ponyville from a very far away place," Ms. Cheerilee stated with a smile before one of the students raised their hoof up, "Yes?".
"Where exactly is this pony from?" the young filly asked.
"Good question. You see… she's from a place called Neighpon," Ms. Cheerilee replied as she moved the class globe and pointed to said land.
"Wow. That's very far away," the filly admitted.
"Yes it is. Now Everypony..give a warm welcome to our newest student,Timid Swallow," Ms. Cheerilee said as she motioned to the door, only to get silence in response, "..Timid Swallow?" She walked over to the door and whispered, "That's your cue dear."
"...Ano...Ano….I'm sorry C...Cheerilee-san demo..I..I'm afraid.." a voice squeaked.
"... It's okay dear… nopony's going to hurt you," Ms. Ceerilee reassured the filly from the other side of the door.
"...I can't." the voice squeaked.
"...What if I helped you inside? Will that be okay, dear?"
"...A...Ano...h...hai," the voice squeaked in response. "...Ju…jus...just let me talk to my friend real quick. He's shy." she added.
"It's okay. Take your time," Ms. Cheerilee nodded.
At that her voice could be heard talking to someone quietly, and her response from the person was a series of random sounds and noises.
"The hay is going on out there?" Applebloom quietly asked her friends.
"O...okay. w..We're r-ready," the new filly said as the door was slowly opened.
The filly that walked in shyly had soft, pale pink fur while her mane and tail was a pale yellow color. The front of her mane drooping over the shy filly's left eye. Her eyes were also a soft Cyan color. Weird enough her backpack seem to be...moving?
"I-I'm…T-Timid… S-Swallow," the little filly muttered shyly.
"Now then..I want everypony to behave and show Timid Swallow around the school during lunch time, and I don't want anypony to act nasty towards her…" Ms. Cheerilee stated to her class before gazing at two, certain spoiled fillies, "That goes for you two as well Diamond Tiara. Silver Spoon."
The fillies in question just silently pouted at that.
"Hey… doesn't she remind you of somepony?" Scootaloo whispered to Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.
"Now that you mention it… she kinda reminds me of Fluttershy," Sweetie Belle noted.
"Ahh… just like you remind me of Rarity at times," Applebloom realized.
"And how you remind me of your sister at times," Sweetie Belle replied, "And how Scootaloo reminds us of Rainbow Dash at times."
"Yeah…" Scootaloo nodded before an idea popped into her head "...Brain blast."
"Huh?" Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looked at their friend.
"Meet me behind the school during lunch. I just got a wicked idea for our club," the young Pegasus smirked.
"...Excuse me, but d...does...anypony have c-candy?" Timid asked nervously as she was heading for her seat.
"Oh, yea," Sweetie Belle nodded, pulling some from her bag. at that something fast and shadowy shot out and swipe the candy...then it moved around and swipe candy from the others ponies. "What the?"
"Misty come back!" Timid shouted as the shadow went back into her backpack.
"Who?" Applebloom gawked.
"...My...umm...umm...imaginary friend," she gulped.
"Then who took the candy I offered you?" Sweetie Belle asked as the backpack...burped?
"...You got a pet hiding in there?" Scootaloo noticed, almost making Timid gasp.
"...Umm...ano...Misty help," she whispered as the school bell rang, "Oh! it's... t-time to s...start c-class then."
With that, Timid Swallow quickly headed to her seat at the back of the class, confusing the CMC.
'..What's she hiding?' Diamond Tiara pondered as she watched the whole thing happen from her seat.
"Okay...what did ya want to talk to us about, Scootaloo?" Applebloom asked as the CMC stood behind the school while everypony else was eating lunch.
"...I think we should recruit Timid Swallow into the Cutie Mark Crusaders," Scootaloo replied.
"You really think we should?" Applebloom asked.
"Yeah. I mean think about it. I'm like a mini-Rainbow Dash. Sweetie Belle's like a mini Rarity, and you're like a mini version of your sis, Applebloom," Scootaloo replied.
"...True…" Applebloom noted, "But… do you think Timid Swallow will accept our offer? I mean, if we approached her and suddenly asked her to join us, she'll probably freak out or faint."
"Not if we convince her backpack to say yes," Scootaloo smirked, "I think she's a bit attached to it."
"Uh… Okay…" Applebloom responded, a bit nervous.
"There's a chance she right there." Sweetie Bell said pointing out the window to Timid Swallow talking to her backpack.
"Sweet. Let's…" Scootaloo began before she noticed two certain fillies walking towards Timid Swallow, "..Uh oh."
"Misty. You're going to get fat," Timid said, nuzzling her backpack.
"Look Diamond Tiara. She hugs her backpack like it's a toy!" Silver Spoon laughed tauntingly, startling Timid Swallow as she quickly turn to face them.
"Ano...c...can I h...help you?" the shy filly asked, "Did Misty steal your candy?"
"...First off: We don't even know who this...'Misty' is. And second; No. We're here to tell you a few rules here," Diamond tiara stated.
"Rules? D...demo, I thought we learned all the rules already?" she said confused and looking at her backpack, "Didn't we Misty?"
Then her backpack… shrugged?
"Misty, you told me you were taking notes." she frowned.
"I was, but I didn't think that… oops," the backpack whispered before shutting up.
"Look. She even throws her voice around to make it look like she's having a conversation," Diamond Tiara whispered.
"Yeah..wierdo," Silver Spoon whispered back.
"Oh great, them again," Scootaloo groaned as she and her friends spied on the three.
"Anyway..back to the rules. The special rules," Diamond Tiara said, "Number 1: All new Fillies must show their Cutie Marks..if they have one."
"A..Ano...w..well…" Timid Swallow fidgeted.
"Do you have one, or not?" Silver Spoon demanded.
"Ano..I...I..I don't have one," Timid replied.
"Ooh… did you hear that Diamond Tiara?" Silver Spoon looked at said filly.
"I sure did...She's a Blank flank!" Diamond Tiara laughed mockingly.
"B..b...Blank Flank?" Timid Swallow's eyes widen, tears starting to form in her eyes, 'N...no. N..Not again.'
"Leave her alone, Diamond!" a voice shouted as the two spoiled fillies turned to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"Oh great..more Blank Flanks," Diamond Tiara frowned, "What're you three doing here? Can't you see we're showing the new filly how things work here?"
"All you're doing is bullying her, so knock it off already!" Scootaloo told her, making Timid gasp at how Scootaloo was willing to stand up to Diamond Tiara.
"Or else what? Ms. Cheerilee isn't here at the moment, so you can't do anything!" Diamond Tiara said in a mocking tone as she and Silver Spoon left, "So unless you don't want to get in trouble...I suggest you drop it, Blank Flanks!"
"..." Scootaloo and her friends frowned as they watched the two leave. They then turned to the shaking filly.
"Are you okay?" Sweetie Belle asked her.
"..." Timid just backed away, tears dripping from her eyes.
"It's okay. We're not here to hurt you," Applebloom reassured the shy filly.
"..." Timid just squeaked in response as she covered her face.
"That name Diamond Tiara calls us must've brought up some bad memories for her," Sweetie Belle said in worry.
"Really?" Scootaloo asked before turning to Timid, "Listen to me, not to that Diamond Tiara. We're here to help. We want to be your friends."
"..h...How do I k...know y..you're n...not trying t..to t..trick me a..and b..bully me l...later?" Timid asked with a stutter, the shy filly moving one of her front legs to look at the CMC, "If you do...Misty won't be happy."
"We promise you… we won't do anything to harm you…" Sweetie Belle gave a small smile to the shy filly.
"...Y...You promise?"
"We promise," they nodded.
"...O….o...okay," Timid Swallow answered with a stutter as she lowered her front legs away from her face, "A..Ano..wh..who are y..you?"
"I'm Scootaloo, and these are my friends Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom," Scootaloo answered.
"And we're…" Sweetie Belle began.
"The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" the CMC declared.
"...Ano...C...Cutie M..Mark Crusaders?" Timid swallow repeated in a bit of confusion, "A...ano...w...what's a C...Cutie Mark Crusader, S...Scootaloo-san?"
"We may not have our Cutie Marks yet, but we're friends, and we'll do what we can to earn our marks," Scootaloo answered.
"R...really?" Timid asked.
"Of course," Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle confirmed.
"I...I see. A..Ano...i...is there m...m-more of you o...or is it j-just you three?" Timid asked, the shy filly having calmed down a bit after Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon bullying her.
"As of now… it's just the three of of," Scootaloo sighed, "But that's why we're here. We want to be your friends, and to help you earn your Cutie Mark, too."
"R..Really?" Timid asked hopefully, earning nods from the CMC, "D...demo...wh...what about...?"
"Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon? Don't worry about them. We'll make sure they don't bully you, Timid," Applebloom reassured the shy filly.
"...y...You promise?" Timid asked.
"We promise," all three of the Cutie Mark Crusaders smiled.
"...A...Ano..w..well…" Timid Swallow began before the school bell rang, "OH! G...gomen demo...c...class is a...about to resume!"
With that, Timid Swallow grabbed her backpack and quickly headed inside the school.
"...You think that worked, Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I hope so," Scootaloo replied before looking at two, certain spoiled fillies that were entering the school, "We just got to make sure Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon don't do anything to hurt her."
"Agreed," Applebloom nodded.
"Yeah," Sweetie Belle added.
---
After school, the trio of friends were about to head off to their clubhouse when…
"Wait… you think we should help Timid home?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Hmm...good idea, Sweetie Belle. We don't want to leave her alone, especially if she runs into Diamond Tiara," Applebloom nodded.
"Good point, let's go help her," Scootaloo agreed as the three walked back to see Timid nuzzling her backpack again.
"Misty-kun...y...you need to be more c...careful. Y...you nearly got caught," Timid slightly scolded the back back, earning a shrug from it, "Hmm? Were' being watched?" she turned to see the CMC walk towards her, "O...Oh! H...hi minna-san. C...can I h...help you with s-something?"
"We were just going to offer to walk you back to your home," Scootaloo answered.
"...ano...o...okay. I...I don't w-want to m-make Onii-chan w..worry?" Timid replied.
"..Onii-chan?" the CMC replied.
"Ano...I...it means 'B..Big brother' In N..Neighponese," Timid replied as she put her backpack back on.
"And by the way, what did you call us when you saw us?" Applebloom added out of curiosity.
"A...Ano...E...Everypony. M...minna means 'Everypony' in Neighponese, A...Applebloom-san," Timid replied.
"Oh, okay. You'll have to teach us more sometime… just so we don't get too confused," Applebloom nodded.
"O...Okay," Timid Swallow replied.
With that, the four fillies began to leave, unaware that two certain spoiled fillies were spying on them.
"Darn...I was hoping we would mess with that new filly some more," Diamond Tiara frowned.
"Yeah...and that's going to be impossible as long as she's with those Blank Flanks," Silver Spoon added.
"Yeah…" Diamond Tiara noted as she looked at Timid's backpack, causing the spoiled filly to gain an idea, "And I just thought of something to pull her away from them."
---
"A...Ano...w...we're here," Timid said as she and the CMC stopped at her place.
Timid's house was a bit different from the other houses in Ponyville. It had a bit of an Eastern theme to it with some writing on the door, one that Scootaloo and her friends didn't recognize. But to Timid Swallow, it meant 'home' in Neighponese.
"...Nice place," Scootaloo commented.
"A...Arigatou, S...Scootaloo-san," Timid replied as she knocked on the door and spoke a little loudly, "O...Onii-chan! I...I'm home."
With that, a male Pegasus pony with snow-white fur and an ice-blue mane and tail opened the door. His eyes were a soft emerald color while his Cutie Mark was that of a hawk with silver wings.
"Oh! Timid Swallow. Welcome home," the older Pegasus smiled at the shy filly before he noticed the CMC, "...Who're they, Timid?"
"Oh… a-ano… they're… my new friends," Timid answered, introducing the CMC.
"I see…" Timid's brother noted before he looked at the CMC with a smile, "Hi there. My name is Silver Hawk. May I know your names, please?"
"I'm Scootaloo."
"Name's Applebloom."
"And my name is Sweetie Belle."
"I see...greetings then Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle," Silver Hawk nodded, "Would you three care to come inside real quick? I'm sure you three must be thirsty or hungry."
"Thank you," they trio nodded.
"By the way, where are your parents?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"..." Timid couldn't reply as she gave a sad sigh.
"Let me," Silver Hawk said to his little sister before he looked at the CMC, "You see..me and Timid are the only ones living here at the moment. Our Kaa-san and Tou-san, which is Mom and Dad in Neighponese, are back in our homeland of Neighpon."
"Oh…so…it's just you two here, then?" Scootaloo asked.
"Yeah...come in and I'll explain everything," Silver Hawk said as he walked inside.
"Okay," they nodded as the CMC joined Timid and her brother.
"Timid...why don't you head to your room so you can drop off any schoolwork you have?" Silver Hawk asked his little sister.
"O...okay, Onii-chan," Timid nodded as she headed for her room while Silver Hawk and the CMC walked into the living room.
"You have wonderful home, Silver Hawk," Sweetie Belle admitted.
"Thank you, Sweetie Belle. I try to keep it nice and clean for when Timid Swallow comes home," Silver Hawk smiled.
"But… this style… is it traditional for you in Neighpon?"
"It is...and it helps remind Timid Swallow of home," Silver Hawk replied once he and the CMC were in the living room, "Now then...before I begin my explanation about my and Timid's parents, what do you three want to eat? I just picked up some fresh fruit from the market this morning."
"I'll take some grapes if you have any," Sweetie Belle spoke.
"I'll take a banana," Scootaloo added.
"I guess Ah'll take an apple," Applebloom added.
"Sure thing," Silver hawk nodded as he headed for the kitchen.
"...Timid's brother is really nice," Applebloom noted once Silver Hawk left the room.
"He sure is," Sweetie Belle agreed before an idea popped into her head, "Do you think he has a Special Somepony?"
"Don't know...but let's not try and do something like that again," Applebloom said, recalling what happened when they tried pairing their teacher with Big Macintosh.
"Yea… that was a bad idea," Scootaloo sighed.
"Agreed," Applebloom and Sweetie Belle nodded in agreement before they saw Silver Hawk walk back in.
"Here you go," Silver Hawk replied, bringing them the fruits they requested, "Dig in girls."
"Thanks," the CMC nodded as they took the fruit they wanted and began eating.
"So… about your parents…?" Scootaloo started.
"...Oh right. I apologize, Scootaloo," Silver Hawk said as he sat down, "You see...my and Timid's mom and dad are very important CEO's back in Neighpon. They hardly have time for me or Timid...in fact, the only time I've ever seen them together was when Timid was born."
"...Oh… I see."
"Yeah...mom and dad suggested that me and Timid move to Ponyville..but there's another reason for that," Silver Hawk began with a sigh, "You see...the fillies back at Timid's old school were very mean to her...they always bullied her non-stop and called her Blank Flank. The bullying...it was starting to get out of hand. Everytime I saw Timid come home, she always had a black eye or a few bruises or cuts on her with tears flowing from her eyes. I...I couldn't stand to see my sister suffer like that."
"...did you try talking to the teachers?" Applebloom asked out of curiosity.
"I did...but that didn't help…" Silver Hawk replied with a sad sigh, "Let me tell you something about teachers...there are good ones...and bad ones...and Timid's School was full of bad ones that receive bribes from the parents of the fillies that bullied Timid."
"That's just cruel," Sweetie Belle noted.
"I know...I was glad I pulled Timid out of there when I did...because those fillies that were bullying her..they were about to do something no pony should ever go through at such a young age," Silver Hawk sighed sadly, tears starting to form in his eyes.
"I don't even wanna know what that was," Applebloom gulped.
"Trust me Applebloom...you don't even want to know," Silver Hawk said as he turned to a picture of him and Timid Swallow, only...Timid didn't seem so shy in that picture, "Timid was put into the hospital for a week. And once our parents found out...well, they were furious. Once Timid was better, Tou-san and Kaa-san gave us some money so we could move here to Ponyville and put Timid into a better school...one where she could finally make some friends."
"...Honestly… we're the only ones she has so far…she's been subject to bullying again by two spoiled fillies," Scootaloo sighed.
"...I see...Applebloom. Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle...I want you to promise me something…" Silver Hawk stated as looked at the three fillies, tears flowing from his eyes, "I...I want you to protect Timid and make sure she doesn't get hurt. I...I.." he choked back a few more tears, "I don't think I can bare to see her go through 'that' again…please...promise me."
"...We promise," the three nodded.
"Guess that's why Timid likes to talk to her backpack," Scootaloo guessed out loud, she and her friends missing Silver Hawk pale at that.
"I thought we left him with mom and dad," he muttered under his breath.
"Are you okay?" Sweetie Belle asked, snapping Silver Hawk out of his small scare as he shook his head a bit.
"Y...yes. Just...thinking about something," Silver Hawk replied.
---
Meanwhile upstairs, Timid was stuffing all kinds of food into her backpack.
"You were very bad today, Misty," Timid frowned at a figure hiding in the shadows, "If Onii-chan finds out you followed us here, he's going to send you away."
"Not if I turn him into a ant and squash him," the figure snickered before Timid Swallow gave the figure a disapproving frown, "...Fine. I won't...but can I at least turn those two fillies that bullied you today into frogs? Or, better yet, newts?"
"No."
"Oh come on! They're asking for it!" The figure whined, "Everyone knows bullying you is my job anyway. I remember back home, I taught your teachers and classmates that lesson."
"...what did you do, Misty?" Timid frowned.
"...Nothing. Forget you heard me say that," the figure replied as it quickly ran back into Timid's backpack. "Plus, are you sure those Blank Flanks aren't pulling your leg?"
"..." Timid began to whine.
"S...Sorry! I forgot that word's a no-no to you!" the figure yelped, "Please forgive me, Timid-kaa san!" he whimpered in a baby like voice.
"...Okay. I forgive you, Misty," Timid smiled.
"Really?"
"If you promise to behave tomorrow. Okay?"
"As long as we don't see those two fillies tomorrow, I'll be silent as stone. But if we do and they upset you, then I'm not responsible for my next course of action. Not even your wicked and mesmerising "Stare" will stop me!"
"...Okay," Timid sighed as she laid down on her bed.
"...Are you sure you can trust those three fillies that saved your flank today? they could be trying to trick you, ya know," the figure in the shy filly's backpack stated.
"...N...No they aren't. I...I feel like I can trust them," Timid replied as she looked up at the ceiling.
"...Okay. But if they try anything funny, I'm turning them into newts. Now...good night," the figure in Timid's backpack said before snoozing sounds were heard from said item.
"O...okay. I think…" Timid Swallow began before yawning, "I'll take a quick nap before I do my homework…" she then looked out her window to see the CMC starting to leave, 'I...I really hope I'll s-see them again tomorrow.'
---
(the next day)
"I hope Timid won't mind if we pick her up," Scootaloo smiled as she and the others headed for their possible new friend's house.
"Of course she won't; She'll be happy to see us," Sweetie Belle smiled.
"Yeah. Plus, you remember what we promised her big brother, right?" Applebloom asked.
Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo nodded at that before the CMC gained sad expressions.
After finding out about Timid Swallow's past, they've learned the world can be a cruel, heartless place, and that there are ponies out there that are almost as bad, possibly even worse, than Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon..
"...KYAHHHHHH!" Timid's scream filled the air.
"That sounded like Timid!" Scootaloo gasped as the CMC ran towards the source of the noise.
---
Meanwhile, at the center of town, Timid was panting like crazy as she looked everywhere.
"Where is it? Where is it?!" Timid whimpered, "P...please tell me I didn't leave it at home."
"Looking for something?" a voice asked as Silver Spoon walked up to Timid.
"..." Timid whimpered as she backed away from the bully.
"I've seen your backpack and I saw who took it as well," Silver Spoon told her.
"Wh..who?"
"The Cutie Mark Crusaders, that's who," Diamond Tiara spoke.
"Wh...what?" Timid's eyes widened at that.
"It's true. Go to their clubhouse and see for yourself," Silver Spoon added.
"A...ano...I...I don't know where it is…" Timid replied in a shaking voice.
"Oh...well nevermind then," Diamond Tiara said before giving a smirk, "I guess that also makes you an idiot...Blank Flank."
"B...B...Blank Flank?" Timid eyes started to water as she started hyperventilating.
"Aw...look at the baby. She can't take being called Blank Flank!" Diamond Tiara laughed cruelly.
"Yeah! What a loser!" Silver Spoon added with a cruel grin.
"Blank Flank! Blank Flank! Blank Flank!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughed cruelly at Timid Swallow
"...M...m…..MISTY!" Timid cried loudly, making the two bullies back away in surprise before they shook it off.
"...You really think we're scared of your 'Imaginary friend'?" Diamond Tiara scoffed, "Only loser fillies like you believe in kiddy stuff like that!"
"W...w...w...why're you s...so m-mean?" Timid asked in a quivering voice, tears dripping from her eyes.
"Because we have Cutie Marks, and you don't!" Diamond Tiara replied with a cruel grin before she and Silver Spoon resumed laughing.
Timid couldn't take it anymore. The cruel memories of the bullies from her old school started flooding back into her head. She couldn't take it anymore as she ran away, running into the Everfree forest.
"And don't come back until you actually get a Cutie Mark! Oh wait..you can't!" Diamond Tiara laughed cruelly before she noticed the CMC running up to her and Silver Spoon, "Oh great...you three again."
"Where's Timid Swallow?" Scootaloo demanded.
"I don't know who you're talking about," Diamond Tiara denied.
"...you did something to her, didn't you?" Applebloom frowned.
"Maybe...maybe not. But she did deserve it for being a…" Silver Spoon began.
"Don't you even say it," Sweetie Belle growled a bit
"Say what? 'Blank Flank?!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughed.
"Why...you no good…!" Scootaloo began.
However, before she could finish her sentence, sudden earthquakes were felt as everypony started to run away in a panic.
"Huh? What's going on?" Applebloom pondered.
"Run for your lives! Dragon!" an adult pony shouted as the footsteps got louder and closer...and then a shadow covered the CMC, the bullies, and even the entire town.
"..." the CMC just looked up as their jaws dropped to the ground...literally.
"Huh? What're you looking…?" Diamond Tiara demanded before a gawking Silver Spoon tapped her shoulder before pointing up. The spoiled filly then looked up before she paled.
"BRRRINNNNG MEEEE DIAMMMMONDDD TIARAAAAA!-!-!-!"
"...That's her!" The CMC quickly pointed at Diamond Tiara before dashing out of there, leaving the two, scared bullies.
"I TOLD HER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND NOW YOU AND PONYVILLE ARE GOING DOWN TIARA! AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!-!-!-!" the figure roared as it lowered it's head to the shaking fillies.
"Uh...Uh…..Uh…" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon hugged each other in absolute fear.
The dragon-like figure didn't move at all while giving them a blank look until finally stating in a monotonous tone, "...Boo."
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon screamed their lungs out as they bolted out of there, screaming like crazy.
"...PFFFFFFT!" the giant figured snickered before he began to laugh aloud as he shrunk in size, "Oh man! That never gets old!"
"...Huh?" the CMC blinked as they popped up from a nearby bush to see who was laughing.
It looked like Spike...but he was a different color. His scales were a dark red color while his spines were a bright blue. His eyes were both different colors, his left being a bright purple while the right eye was a dark green.
"I...I wish I had something to record that!" the small dragon laughed like crazy, "Oh wait...I do!" he smirked as he took out his own left eye and squeezed it as it played the scenario over again like a movie.
"Is that...Spike?" Sweetie Belle blinked as the CMC spied on the laughing dragon.
"It can't be. His scales are a different color," Applebloom said.
"Hah, little brats all of them!" he laughed before stuffing his eye back in and poofing into thin air.
"Huh? Where did he…" Sweetie Bell started till something wrap around her neck.
"So what are we looking at?" a voice asked her.
"We're looking at…" Sweetie Belle began before she slowly turned her head to see the small dragon grinning at her.
"Hi~!" the dragon smirked.
"KYA!" Sweetie Belle, along with Scootaloo and Applebloom yelped as they jumped out of the bush.
"Ohhh~ baby! Do I love me a screamer!" the dragon laughed right next to them.
"W...who are you?! A..and stop doing that!" Sweetie Belle yelled before she yelped in surprise when the dragon poked her on the nose.
"Name is Mischief and I am….the son of Discord!" he told them, making a neon sign appear above him with a picture of Discord in it, "Hail to the dragon king, baby!"
"...D...DISCORD HAS A SON?!" The CMC gawked.
"Ahh yes...let's see how to explain this...when a mommy Discord loves a daddy Discord very very VERY VERRRRY much they get, ahem...busy in the night," he explained.
"...W...We don't want to know!" the CMC blushed.
"Wait...maybe he knows where Timid Swallow is," Applebloom said to her friends.
"Ain't telling you girls nothing and there's no way or no one who can convince me otherwise." he smirked...however the CMC looked at one another and smirked.
"Gahhh! Get it away!" Mischief screamed as the Mane 6 had him captured and Fluttershy used...the "Stare" on him, the young dragon adapting a Captain Kirk like voice "So...much..Disapproval! Must..try..and get away before..these ponies...kill me with cuteness!"
"Your father would be so ashamed young man," Fluttershy said, intensifying the "Stare," "Now tell your Auntie Fluttershy what she needs to know."
"No! I don't…" Mischief began before Fluttershy intensified the 'Stare', "...Okay okay! She went into that forest over there!"
"The Everfree forest?" Fluttershy asked looking at him closely.
"...The Everwhat now?" Mischief blinked in confusion.
"Didn't your father teach you anything?" Twilight asked.
"Why should he? I haven't seen him in three thousand millennia," Mischief said before snapping at Flutteshy, "And stop it with the eyes!"
"Can you find Timid, no matter where she is?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yes I can. But I can't teleport her here or anything like that! Now please stop with those eyes~!" Mischief whined.
"If I do, you'll lead us and the CMC to Timid so we can all help her, right? Because you're a good boy." she said blinking.
"Y...Yes. I...I'm a good boy," Mischief nodded before gaining a boy scout uniform, "Scout's honor ma'am!"
"...Wimp." Spike uttered under his breath.
"..." Mischief sent a small glare at Spike, 'I am SO going to turn him into a gecko later.'
"Ohhh, a gecko!" Pinkie asked Mischief. "Can you turn me into Pinkie Pie? I wanna be a real Pinkie Pie!"
"..." Mischief slowly looked at the reader while holding up a picture of a screw and a baseball.
"What'cha got there?" Pinkie asked.
"Nothing," Mischief said as he made the sign dissapear.
"This is Discord's kid right? How can we trust him?" Rainbow Dash asked, eying Mischief suspiciously, "Let's just turn him into stone like we did his pop and leave him to rot!"
"I agree with Rainbow Dash," Rarity agreed. "I do not trust this nasty imitation of my adorable Spikey-wikey one bit."
"...Guys. Did you forget that we had to give the Elements of Harmony back to the Tree of Harmony?" Twilight reminded her friends.
"...Oh yeah/I nearly forgot about that," Rainbow Dash and Rarity recalled.
"But maybe we can still do that. We just need cement!" Pinkie smiled, pulling out a bag of quick drying cement from her Hammer Space, "Added with a bit of magic and friendship!"
"Pinkie...as much as I don't trust him myself...we still need him to find Timid," Twilight stated to the pink party pony.
"Fine...I'll tell one of my other selves to do it later," Pinkie said, writing down a note.
"...Ooookaaaay," Mischief blinked a bit in confusion before shaking it off, as he suddenly vanished and reappeared on Rarity's back, "Weren't we going to go and look for Timid, cause it's almost dinner time and she needs to make my favorite…" he suddenly donned a parka and a whip, "Now mush!" he shouted, "..." he frowned as his outfit dispelled itself, "...no wait...that's not right…" he pondered for another moment before a cowboy getup appeared on him, "Giddy up!" he shouted as he spanked Rarity flank, making her yelp and run.
"After that unicorn!" Pinkie yelled as the rest of the Mane 6 and the CMC ran into the Everfree forest.
"High Ho Silver away!" Mischief laughed, waving his ten-gallon hat in the air.
"...Revenge…" Rarity growled quietly to herself.
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"Timid! Where are you?!" Scootaloo yelled as she, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom looked for the shy filly.
"She's not in this bush," Applebloom sighed.
"She's not behind one of these trees," Sweetie Belle added.
"Hey, maybe you should be asking me, where she be." Mischief said, still riding Rarity, "Though after the way you treated me...I'm possibly going…"
Fluttershy immediately gave him the stare.
"Ahh! Okay! Okay! I'll tell you!" Mischief yelped, "Sheeshe! Even when separated from the other group, you won't let up!" he growled. "She's going to be found with alot, and I mean alot of animals talking to them. Despite how ugly, mean and scary they are!"
"Just please tell us where she is!" Scootaloo asked, the small, orange Pegasus filly having almost about enough of Mischief's...well, mischief.
"...Idiot, look!" he snapped, pointing to a pair of bushes nearby, "She's over those bushes over there!"
The CMc, Fluttershy, and Rarity looked at eachother before nodding a bit as they looked over the bushes Mischief pointed at. Once they did, they saw a herd of manticore, chimera and a lot scary and mean animals and in the center was Timid...talking to them?
"And...and then...then they called me a Blank Flank." Timid cried as the animals growled in anger.
"Woah...she really is talking to those animals…" Scootaloo gawked a bit.
"Yeah...just like Fluttershy," Sweetie Belle added.
"L...Like me? Really?" Fluttershy asked, "I seen those animals before, they are really good listeners once given a chance."
"Huh...go figure," Mischief smirked a bit as he layed on Rarity's back, drinking a berry smoothie, "...Something's missing from this smoothie...I know!" he snapped his fingers, adding a chocolate bar into the smoothie before he took a drink from it, "Much better." he then snapped his fingers again as ice cream appeared before Timid.
"Eh? I...Ice c-cream? Ano...w...where did…?" Timid began before she realized who made it appear, "...Misty? Misty, you came!"
"Of course," Michief grinned as he poofed off Rarity's back, much to the unicorn's relief, and appeared before Timid Swallow, "I couldn't leave you. Besides…" he looked at the fourth wall, "...this story would be short if we never found you."
"..." Timid just giggled a bit at Mischief's randomness. "...Just one thing really quick…" she smiled before doing...the "stare!" "What did I hear about a giant dragon terrorizing Miss Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?!"
"GAAH! I'm sorry! They asked for it after they bullied you!" Mischief yelped before getting on his knees, "Just please! Stop giving me that look! I already got it more than once today!" he began to bow as he turned into a worm, "I am a lowly worm to thee, lady Timid!"
"And what did you do to my old school and my old teachers and bullies!"
"I turned them into farm animals~!" he cried in shame, changing back into his dragon form, "They're still working their butts off at the new farm that used to be the schoo!"
"Change them, along with the school, back...now!" Timid ordered, intensifying the 'stare'.
"Okay okay! Sheesh...try and have fun once in a while…" Mischief mumbled as he snapped his fingers.
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A cow mooed and a few pigs oinked before they all changed into different ponies as the farm changed into a large school.
"...What just happened?" one of the teachers blinked in confusion.
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"...There. I did it!" he snapped.
"Did you?!" she and, for some reason Fluttershy also doing her stare, demanded.
"Graaaahhhh! One's bad enough! But two?!" Mischief screamed, "Stop the madness! Stop the MADDDNESSSSS!" he screamed running and hopping on Rarity, donning the Lone Ranger's outfit, "Get me out of here, Silver!"
"My name is not Sil-KYA!" Rarity yelped when Mischief smacked her flank again, causing her to run out of there with Mischief facing backwards on her.
"High Ho Silver away!"
"...Sis." Sweetie Belle sweatdropped.
"Um...th-thank you for watching over Timid. I...I really appreciate it," Fluttershy said to the herd of animals.
"...Grrr." they growled smiling as they left, one of the Manticores waving good bye to Timid.
"G...Good bye minna-san! And th...thank you again for l-listening to me!" Timid waved good bye to the animals.
"...you speak Neighponese?" Fluttershy gasped.
"Ano...h...hai," Timid Swallow nodded.
Fluttershy just squealed as she started speaking in perfect and complete Nieghponese.
"...Kyyaaa!" Timid Swallow screamed in delight as she started speaking her native language as well.
"...What're they saying?" Sweetie Belle asked her fellow CMC.
"Ah don't know. We don't speak Neighponese, remember?" Applebloom reminded her friend.
"Oh...we really got to have Timid teach us," Sweetie Belle said.
"Eeyup," Scootaloo nodded before wondering, "Where'd Mischief go?"
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"Hiyaaahhh!" Mischief roared, dressed as the Lone Ranger still with Rarity as his loyal horse. The two would go down in legend as the Lone Dragon and his Silver unicorn.
(the next day)
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"Wow! This news stuff is great," Pinkie Pie said as she read the newspaper, "The Lone Dragon and his trusty steed steal millions of jewelry and not get caught once!"
"Doesn't the pony in this pic look…" Twilight started till Rarity, battered, bruised and dirty kicked down the door.
"Never...again," Rarity said in a very irritated tone, carrying carts and carts of jewels, which were actually rock candy.
"..." Rainbow Dash began to snicker.
"One word, and I'll make you wear a dress so girly, you'll lose your credit as coolest pony in Equestria," Rarity frowned.
"...Shutting up," Rainbow Dash gulped.
"So, where's your Lone Dragon?" Applejack chuckled.
"Whoohoo!" Mischief whooped, dressed as a woman while waving a tissue at them, as he rose up from the rock candy pile before diving back down, the outfit vanishing.
"...Nevermind," Applejack sweatdropped.
"I want some! WHEEEE!" Pinkie Pie shouted, diving in as well.
"...Revenge," Rarity swore once again.
"Dive dive dive!" Mischief declared as he and Pinkie, acting like ships of sorts, went deeper into the rock candy 'pool,' leaving only their tails sticking up, "Up periscopes!"
"...Oi vey," Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes until she noticed how quiet Fluttershy was...well...even more so as she was staring out the window, "You okay, Fluttershy?"
"..." Fluttershy just looked out the window, a blush on her face before speaking in Neighponese.
"...A...are you...blushing?" Rainbow Dash blinked when she noticed Fluttershy's blush.
"N...No!" Fluttershy tried to hide the blush with her wings.
"...You met Somepony, didn't you?" Rainbow Dash grinned.
"...W...Well..." Fluttershy stuttered, recalling last night.
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(cue flashback)
"Th...thank you again, F...Fluttershy-san," Timid Swallow said as she and Fluttershy walked towards her home.
"It was no problem, Timid," Fluttershy responded before speaking in Neighponese a bit.
"Oh…" Timid began before replying in Neighponese until the two reached the front of Timid's house, "Ano...w...we're here."
"Good. Now. Let's hope your…" Fluttershy began before the front door opened.
"Timid!" Silver Hawk gasped as he hugged Timid, "Oh, thank Celestia you're safe! I overheard what happened today, and I thought something bad happened to you!"
"Ano...i...it's okay, Onii-chan. M...my friends, along with F...Fluttershy-san and her friends, f...found me in the Everfree f-forest. I...I was talking with some of the animals there before they found me."
"I see…" Silver Hawk noted before he turned to Fluttershy, "Miss. I cannot tell you how grateful I….miss?"
"Um...Um.." Fluttershy stuttered, a heavy blush on her face, 'O...Oh my! I...I know Timid told me s...she had a brother but...but...o-oh my!'
"Miss? Are you okay?" Silver Hawk asked the stuttering,pale-yellow Pegasus in concern.
"Um...s...sorry! Bye!" Fluttershy said quickly as she zoomed out of there.
"..." Silver Hawk and Timid Swallow blinked in unison.
(end Flashback)
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"I...It's nothing really Rainbow Dash. J...just recalling a story I read," Fluttershy replied as he turned back to the window.
"...Okaaay," Rainbow Dash blinked.
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"And do you Timid Swallow agree and swear to dedicate yourself to the Cutie Mark Crusaders?" Scootaloo asked as the CMC, along with Timid Swallow, stood inside their clubhouse.
"Ano...H...Hai," Timid nodded.
"Do swear to be one of us until the time arrives where you achieve your own Cutie Mark?"
"Ano...I...I swear."
"Alright then...we Scootaloo…"
"...Applebloom..."
"...And Sweetie Belle…"
"Welcome Timid Swallow to….the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" all three declared in unison.
"A...Aritgatou, M...Minna-san," Timid smiled a bit, some tears starting to fall from her eyes.
"I'm so proud!" Mischief cried (and looked) like a baby sitting back on the mountain of jewels he had…"acquired." during his 'vacation' with Rarity, "My little girl is growing up! Next she'll get a Cutie Mark and then she'll start thinking about boys…" he then changed back, "...boys I'll humiliate and eat before letting them touch her mind you."
"OH! I just got an idea!" Scootaloo gasped before pointing as Mischief, "We should make him our mascot!"
"...Pegasus filly say what now?" Mischief blinked in confusion, "I'm no one's mascot...I'm a star, idol and a Celestia-damn rockstar...but nopony, and I mean NOPONY makes the son of Discord a…"
(Later…)
"Ahhhh!" he screamed as he was hit again by the Stare, "Okay! Okay! I'll be your mascot! Just PLEASE stop giving me that stare~! It's Evil! EVILLLLL~!"
"What did I tell you about swearing?" she growled as Mischief was wearing priest robes while holding a holy cross to try to make the Stare go away.
"Just stop in the name of Luna and Celestia! I command you, evil one, to stop!" Mischief cried. "...Alright I'll wash my mouth and be your mascot." he sighed in defeat.
"And you didn't do anything else naughty right?" she asked.
"Well…"
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"Ahhhhh!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon screamed, both the size of...bugs? and running from a giant (to them) frog.
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"AHHH come on!" Applejack groaned, seeing a swarm of vampire fruit bats eating and drinking her product.
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"Whoooaaa!" Rainbow Dash screamed as she flew away from a living lighting bolt.
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"Ahh Celestia...I'm beautiful!" Rarity gasped as she was a crystal pony again.
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"Cool!" Pinkie Pie gawked as she was...a pink pie?
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"Spike, have you…?" Twilight started before she was looking and gawking at a female figure, "...Sp..sp...Spike!?"
"Not. One. Word," Spike scowled.
"Why are you so tall?" Twilight asked.
"...I said 'not. one. word," Spike frowned as she put her claws on her hips before noticing what she just did, "Gah!"
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"...What can I say, readers? When I debut...I debut." Mischief snickered, "Oh? 'What did I do to Fluttershy' you ask? ...well..."
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"RARRHHH!" a monster roared as Fluttershy-or rather Flutterbat-merged with her Saddle Rager persona attacked Ponyville.
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"Nah. I kid, I kid," Mischief laughed before whimpering while his holy clothing appeared once more, "If that happened and she got cured, I'd be Stare-ed...™...into oblivion."
"Who's he talking to?" Sweetie Belle whispered to Timid.
"...Ano...I...I don't know," Timid admitted.
"Chance!" Mischief yelled, jumping out the window as he looked at the reader, "See you all in the sequel!"