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// 2 - Meeting the Elements 
// Story: A Light in the Black 
// by Ask_Dj_faUn 
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The small black pony napped under the big tree, laying on his side as the sun beamed around the tree, which blocked some of the light and offered some shade for the colt to rest within. The wind softly whispered in his ears and made a leaf to fall off of the tree, dancing in the air as it fell downwards and very softly landed over his nose. Feeling the slight discomfort of the leaf resting on his nose, the colt stirred from his nap and sat up, yawning after letting the apple settle in his stomach. After a few moments of stretching his legs and looking around, he began to hear something from afar. This was a new noise that he hasn't heard before. However, being new to him, he couldn't help but feel like he has heard this sort of noise from before. The colt perked his ears up as he very carefully listened, now looking towards the new sound and. As the sounds rang softly into his ears, trying to think about what it was. It was right on the tip of his tongue. He tapped his hoof on the ground as he puzzled about what he was hearing. Talking... that's it, talking. Wait, who was talking? The very question made the colt curious. He listened carefully and learned that the talking was coming from that large red building, which wasn't that far away from him. Being as quiet as he could, the colt started to approach the red barn, sneaking around the corner and looking around.

His searching was very short and quick as he spotted two creatures close by. Spotting them, he moved his head back behind the corner. He poked his head out, less than before, as he watched closely and waited to see what these two things would do. He was afraid to come out. He doesn't know what they are... Wait... Those legs... He looked at his own legs and saw that they were kinda the same. Was he like them? Was he one of them? He looked around some more. These two creatures were the only ones here. Maybe he could get closer to them? He cautiously began to step out into the open. The light gently beamed against his body as he made his way out of the shade and back into the warm light. As his coat was hit with the warm sunlight, his eyes responded and began to change into a deep crimson. It was a warm red, which represented how warm he felt as he walked out and into the light. He loved this feeling of warmth. It was so comforting and inviting. He loved to be warm.

As he approached, the two ponies spotted him after hearing a small twig snap under the colt’s hooves. He stopped as soon as the loud snap went off, and the two ponies turned to see the colt. Just a moment after they spotted him, the seemed to very slowly and worriedly back away from him. They saw his black coat and could see the piercing red glow in his eyes. They panicked and bolted away in a rush as they began shouting in fear. The young colt was a bit spooked as they moved so suddenly and darted away as soon as they did, too scared to do anything else. He hid in the shade once again, his eyes still a bit red, showing his warmth. He remained in the shadows and shivered in fear. He didn't want to do that again.

"Are they gone?" He wondered and looked out again. He was alone again. He cautiously came out and looked for the ponies, curious to see if they were still here or if they really did leave. "Okay... They left... I'm safe." He thought. His eyes scanned everywhere as he came back into the light.. They continued to glow light red due to the warm sun beaming against his dark coat. He walked slowly, following a path that left the place with food and trees. It lead him towards an even larger place. It was more colorful, showing more shades of countless new colors than he has ever seen so far.

"What is this place?" He asked himself and looked up and down at everything he could spot with his fascinated and glowing eye. He even saw a few more ponies and froze. He was suddenly scared, recalling the panic that happened not too long ago. They saw him and also hurried away after noticing his eyes. He backed away as he saw them stare and flee, saddened as everyone else that spotted him fled the area, abandoning him and gone into hiding.

"Why are they leaving me?" He asked himself and frowned. He walked out a little more. And suddenly there was an entire street of ponies, all of them hearing about this small colt and quickly running away at first glance. He watched as the streets were quick to grow deserted, leaving him the only one outside in the sunlight. Windows closed and doors slammed shut. He was once again all alone. His eyes began to turn a bit lighter red as he was beginning to think about something other than warmth. He slowly walked down the street and saw the there wasn't a single pony out here. He was just left alone.

Across the town, a pony was walking peacefully in the quiet afternoon. She had a pink mane and tail, light green eyes, a cutie mark of butterflies, and had a yellow coat with wings. She walked and listened to the birds sing their songs as she carried a few things to her house. On her way however, she saw that the town was completely empty. She has never seen this happen in a while. Maybe something happened? The Pegasi, named Fluttershy, walked further into town and began to investigate.

After a minute, the young colt sat down with upset eyes. He closed them and just remained still. He felt so alone. So sad. So blue.
Around the corner, Fluttershy walked by and then looked over to find the young pony by himself. He was the only one out here... Maybe he was scared? Lost? Fluttershy cautiously began to walk up and get close to him. She looked over him and saw he was just looking down at the ground. She wondered why he was out here alone.

"Are you okay?" She asked with her soft voice. The little colt was startled and panicked. He quickly began to run to the shadows, tripping over himself a few times and cowering in the dark. He hid in the closest shadow he could find and shivered in fear.

Fluttershy felt bad that she spooked him and watched him try to hide. She cautiously followed him after he went behind a bush. "It's okay, little guy. Don't be scared." She said to him. His little tail shook as he tried to keep calm and quiet so he wouldn't be noticed. When he heard her voice again, he flinched and tried to go further into the bush. He listened to her voice and felt somewhat calmer... But he was still too scared to realize. He slowly turned around as he tried to stay hidden in the shadows the bush had to offer. His eyes were a light yellow, once again showing his cowardice. He looked at her and tried to keep quiet, as if she was still looking for him and didn't know where he was. His eyes were fixated on her.

"Please don't be afraid... It's okay to come out." She assured. She backed away slowly so he had some room to breathe. As she moved away a little, he started to calm down, sensing she really didn't mean any threat. He shyly crawled out just enough so that she could see his yellow eyes, but he remained inside the bush.

"Come on out, it's okay. My name is Fluttershy." She said and waited for him to come out.

"Fluttershy." He repeated in his head. He kind of liked that name. He slowly poked his head out of the bush and looked around. He and Fluttershy were the only ones outside. He cautiously brought out his front hoofs as he cautiously and nervously left the bush. He remained right in front of it as a way to hide in case something spooked him again. He sat down and looked into her eyes curiously.

"What's your name?" She asked him with a warm smile. He thought for a moment. What was his name?... Name... Name... He didn't have one! He frowned and his little ears folded down. Fluttershy looked at him curiously. "Do you... Do you have a name?" She asked. The colt only frowned again and shook his head. "Oh, you poor thing!" She said and began to move closer. The pony saw the sudden motion, startling him and making him back away into the bush.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a friend." She said, trying to help him calm down. He came back out shyly and even began to come closer towards her as she remained where she stood. He felt comfortable around her... He wasn't too scared of her. His eyes changed back to a light red, showing he had a sense of safety near Fluttershy.

Fluttershy noticed this change and was slightly startled. She assumed it was natural and meant he was happy, based on how he was acting now. As he moved beside her legs, she watched him and felt good with herself in getting him to relax and move beside her. She got him to feel less scared of her. She could easily tell he wasn't scared anymore just by watching him sit next to her and started leaning on her front leg. She looked around again, seeing if there was anypony outside. There still wasn't a single pony out here except for her and the colt. What happened to everypony?

"Why don't we get you somewhere safe?" Fluttershy suggested, slowly standing up and even more slowly walking forward. The little pony stood up as she did, and started to follow her, keeping up as best as he could and staying at her side. His eyes slowly changed to a calm blue as he kept by her side.

They walked together and eventually made it to a big tree. Fluttershy walked over and walked inside. The colt curiously went in with her and looked around, seeing some new things.

"Twilight? Are you here?" Fluttershy called out. After a minute there were steps coming from above. The colt heard this and grew worried once again, hiding in Fluttershy's pink tail and covering himself in hopes of keeping from being seen by what was coming closer. After a moment, a purple unicorn started coming down and welcomed Fluttershy.

"Hi Fluttershy. What brings you here?" The mare asked. She looked over and noticed the black colt and looked back at Fluttershy and, now feeling very uneasy. "Who is that behind you?"

"Oh, I found him all by himself out there. Everypony in Ponyville is gone. He was just sitting out there all alone. He looked so upset, too." Fluttershy said and moved aside to let Twilight see him. The colt felt her tail moving off of him and revealed his jet black coat. He nervously moved back into her tail, covering his head with her pink colored tail and hiding as much as her tail would allow. "The poor little guy must be so scared."

"The only one out there? That is a bit strange. I just saw the streets filled with ponies a few minutes ago." Twilight looked out the window. Fluttershy was right. The whole town was empty. Everypony was just gone. "Maybe they all went back inside?"

"Maybe... But why was he all alone out there?" Fluttershy wondered and looked back at the colt. She helped him to relax like before and slowly helped him approach Twilight. "I don't think he can talk either. I tried talking to him, but he won't say anything back."

Twilight turned to look at the small black pony. As she looked at him, she noticed a change in his eyes. They were a new color now. "Wait a second. His eyes just change! Weren't they just blue a second ago?" She asked and looked at him closely. He became nervous as Twilight stared at him closely and started backing away, returning to Fluttershy and sitting in front of her, keeping closer to her yellow coat and prepared to hide if the new pony tried to do anything.

"Oh, I noticed that too. I think he's controlling that. Do you think it's his magic?" Fluttershy wondered and looked at the new color of his eyes. As Fluttershy asked the question, the word magic sounded familiar to the tiny colt. He thought for a moment and tried to think about that word... He couldn't remember anything.

"That could be an answer. I might have something in one of my books." Twilight said and started to search her large bookshelves. She looked through one book after another and eventually found a thick book and pulled it off the shelf. "I think this is it. Equestrian Myths and Legends." Twilight said as she began to open the book and search the index. She then surfed through the pages until she found where she needed to read. Clearing her throat, Twilight began to read out loud.

"Chapter 14: Spectrum Ponies," Twilight began, "A very unique type of unicorn that have the power to change their eyes into different colors, each one symbolizing a different emotion at several levels. The deeper the color, the deeper the emotion they currently are attempting to express." Twilight read further down the pages and smiled as she spotted a list of examples. "This book even has the list of colors and what each one means. Hmm, let's see here." She hummed while quickly looking at the colt's eye color. They were yellow right now. Knowing this, Twilight searched this list. "A light yellow hue can represent a feeling of cowardice." Twilight thought about what she read and looked over to Fluttershy. "So... he's scared of us?"

"When I found him, he got scared and tried to hide in some bushes. His eyes were a bit yellow then. Maybe he was afraid of me back then, too?" Fluttershy suggested.

"That could be it. The book also has red on this list. We might want to be sure he doesn't scare Ponyville into hiding." Twilight said as another quick thought rushed into her mind. "Or did that already happen?" Twilight looked back out the window. A jet black colt with deep red eyes? Yep, that made sense. "It says red stands for heat and warmth. I would assume that he was out in the sun when they saw him?" Twilight suggested. The colt listened and nodded. That's exactly what he did. "Well, that explains why Ponyville looks deserted. He must have scared some ponies and then the whole town was told about it."

"You mean he's why everypony is gone?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, you found him alone in the streets, right? That has to be the only reason he'd be by himself. He scared everypony and made them lock themselves in their houses."

"But he's so little." Fluttershy said and looked back at him, watching him looking around at the tall shelves filled with books. His eyes scanned all over the place, feeling a little less nervous around Twilight now that he's calming down and distracting himself by looking at what was around him. Both mares smiled at him and thought about how cute he looked. Fluttershy had a good point. He was very small and young, so he can't possibly be a threat to anypony. There was no way he could do harm. He wasn't acting like he was dangerous.

"Well, this book has a lot of information about him. I'll let you keep it so you can find out some more information, maybe even add some things that you might learn." Twilight said and used her magic to put the book in Fluttershy's bag. Just then, there was a knock at the door. The three ponies looked at the door. The colt recognized that noise back when Fluttershy did it. It could only mean one thing, and he knew this very well now. Somepony was on the other side of the door.

As Twilight opened the door, a white unicorn trotted in. Her mane was purple and delicately curled. Something about this mare just emanated elegance. “Twilight, darling! Thank Celestia I found you! I heard there was a black pony around here and I came here to warn you about him!” she cried as she quickly walked inside and noticed Fluttershy.

"Black colt?" Twilight repeated. "Oh, you mean that little guy over there?" She pointed behind Fluttershy, revealing the hiding pony with his eyes looking at the new unicorn nervously behind Fluttershy's tail. His eyes were once again light yellow, almost matching Fluttershy's coat as he looked to the white Unicorn.

The white unicorn widened her eyes and let out a frightened squeak. “AAAHH!!! There he is!”

The small colt was frightened by the shriek and started to run away. In his attempt, he ran into a very tall bookshelf, causing a few large books to fall over him, hiding him from the mares. He poked his head out and tried running away again, squeezing his way under a nearby desk.

“Twilight, you know how dangerous black ponies can be!” The white unicorn whimpered, just as scared at the little colt. She looked to see that it was gone and tried to keep her eyes out for it. “You know what they’re capable of! Don't you remember when we came across King Sombra? This colt could be just like him!” She said and backed up a few steps, looking around for the colt and hoping he wouldn't jump out at her.

"I know, Rarity, but King Sombra was a king and a fully grown alicorn. This colt is a Unicorn, and he barely looks older than 10 years old." Twilight said and grabbed the book she just gave to Fluttershy. She opened it to the same pages as before and let Rarity read it with her. Meanwhile Fluttershy went over to where the colt fled and tried to calm him down and help him come out from his hiding spot and move into the open.

“A Spectrum pony? That’s new.” Rarity said and looked at the colt as he was gradually talked into coming out from under the desk. “But I’m still not sure about all of this. I remember the stories they told me about how... chaotic and dangerous these black ponies can be.” She said, cautiously watching the colt from afar.

Fluttershy slowly helped the tiny colt out from under the desk and stayed by his side as she and Twilight talked wit Rarity. His eyes were still that familiar light yellow.

"Well, maybe he's not like those ponies in those stories?" Fluttershy suggested and looked down at the colt. He kept his eyes from meeting Rarity's, still very scared from her sudden and loud shriek. He was still shaking after her scream. "Can you give him a chance? I'm sure he's very nice and would never want to hurt anypony. Just look at him!" She said and gave another glance at the scared pony next to her.

"I think Fluttershy has a point, Rarity." Twilight added. "He's only seen me for about five minutes and already he seems pretty calm and okay around me. He might act the same way to you."

"Please, Rarity?" Fluttershy asked. "Just say hello to him? That might make him less scared."

The little black pony nervously looked up at Rarity, still a bit frightened that she might do something scary again. His small yellow eyes looked into her own and wondered what she might do. His eyes only stayed on her for a moment before turning away.

“I suppose it's worth a try." Rarity said as she cautiously moved closer to the black pony. "He-Hello, little pony." She spoke with a nervous posture, shaking nervously as she took a few steps forward. She didn't move any further, worried that he was just acting like he was innocent and harmless.

The tiny colt looked up at her and tried to give a smile. As he and Rarity kept still for a brief and quiet moment, he cautiously stood up and even more cautiously began to take baby steps towards her. Her shaking made him a bit worried, knowing she was just as scared as he was. But he dared himself to keep going and try to be nice.

Both Fluttershy and Twilight watched as the little colt tried to be brave and moved closer... But what about Rarity?

Before anything else could happen, the front door burst wide open and a very loud and sudden noise went off like a bomb. The colt was in a quick panic and hid by the closest thing he could reach, which happened to be Rarity. He jumped in horror and clung to her leg, holding on for dear life.

From the looks of it, Rarity had a nervous expression on her own face. The black colt was extremely close to her, and she wasn’t sure what to expect. The little pony seemed more afraid of the door suddenly busting opening than he was of Rarity. But she kept calm and collected, and looked up at the door to see who barged in.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Did you hear the news?!" A new voice shouted with joy. "There's a new pony in town! Let's welcome him with a PARTY!!!" The pony jumped playfully and excitedly, shooting around some confetti and balloons. The poor colt was terrified, just clinging to Rarity and unable to even move anymore. He just stared in terror.

"Whereishewhereishewhereishe?" She asked. Fluttershy acted fast and tried to quiet the new pony, but to no avail.

"Pinkie, stop!" Twilight spoke quickly and placed her hoof over the pink mare's lips. The room went quiet again as everyone looked to see the terrified black colt still holding onto Rarity's leg for his life.

“Pinkie, that was just plain rude!” Rarity exclaimed. “Not only that, but we have a colt in our midst. Try to show some control.” Rarity half-shielded the little colt with her other hoof. The poor thing was shaking like a leaf, much worse than just a few moments ago. If she looked closely, she could see him hiding his face in her coat as he began to cry a bit. Her thoughts of the colt suddenly changed, now feeling sad that he was this terrified and how she assumed he was a threat in the first place. She only now realized just how little he truly was and how innocent he was being. Fluttershy and Twilight were right. He was NOTHING like what she was told about. He was an all new story.

Fluttershy moved over to the colt and tried to calm him down once more as well as help him off of Rarity's leg, but he wouldn't let go. He kept himself there and was just overwhelmed by the sudden attack of sounds and fast motions. "Don't be scared.” Fluttershy quietly spoke. “It's okay. It's just a friend. You don't have to be scared." She spoke as calmly as she possibly could, doing her best to have the colt calm down, but it didn't seem to work right away.

Pinkie noticed that the pony was black and was about to panic. Twilight tried to keep her quiet as Rarity and Fluttershy worked on actually calming down the poor colt. "Before you say anything, Pinkie, he's not what you think." Twilight said and explained everything just as she did to Fluttershy and Rarity. After a few more minutes the colt was finally able to calm down and started to let go of Rarity, but was still very frightened by Pinkie. As he let go, his legs lost their hold and he flopped to the ground, softly landing on his back. He stood back up and kept behind Rarity, hiding in her tail and keeping his eyes on Pinkie Pie.

Fluttershy continued to speak to him, doing everything she could to calm him down at last as he stayed close to Rarity still, hoping she would offer him protection. He shivered behind her leg and in her tail, hiding from Pinkie with his eyes still bright yellow. They both looked at each other, but the colt kept himself hidden behind Rarity.

"Don't be afraid little buddy." Fluttershy whispered and lowered to his eye level. He looked at Fluttershy and cautiously moved by her side, looking around at everypony as they all watched him quietly. "That's just Pinkie Pie. She won't hurt you. Go say hello to her." Fluttershy gently nudged the colt closer towards Pinkie and watched as he then very slowly approached the mare, still shaking wildly. He was still scared by the loud noises she made.

"He looks so terrified." Twilight said and frowned, feeling bad for him. She watched as the colt began to slow down half way and came to a stop, slowly beginning to back away. He shivered some more and made eye contact with Pinkie. "Why don't you try to get closer, Pinkie?" Twilight suggested. "Just move slowly so he doesn't freak out... This must be so new and overwhelming for him..."

Pinkie Pie slowly moved closer, smiling warmly at the small colt. He watched her approach and began to hesitantly back away even more. Pinkie watched and also backed away. She sat down and decided to let him come to her again, hoping he would try. He calmed down some and tried to encourage himself.

"Just go and say hello." He thought to himself. "Just go up and say hello... I have to do this..." He slowly began to walk closer, being as brave as he could. His hooves slowly closed the distance between them, almost two feet apart now as he kept a careful eye on her and prepared himself in case she tried anything again.

Pinkie Pie decided to try something. She knew about little ponies being shy and always tried this one little trick to help ease their minds. Pinkie lowered her head down very slowly, eventually settling down on the floor and laying down. Her slow movements showed that she was being careful not to spook the colt, and laying down on the floor helped show she meant no harm. The colt watched her do this and began to understand she was not as scary as he first believed. He walked a little bit faster and was soon by her side. As he made his way next to her, the colt decided to settle down with her, laying down with her as she let him make his way over. He was still a bit shaky, but the mares could easily see that he was much calmer than when Pinkie first showed up. They awed at how cute he looked as he and Pinkie Pie laid on the floor together. His eyes slowly became a calming blue again and he became fully relaxed. Pinkie's little trick had earned her another victory.

Pinkie watched his eyes change as he looked up at her and she oohed in astonishment. She looked back at the book Twilight showed her before and looked back to it mentioned the color blue. Pinkie gave a smile as she read the text, liking how the color was described and defined. Pinkie looked at the other colors and chuckled when she saw pink listed in the book. The little colt lifted himself up and went over to Twilight, feeling like he hasn't given her much attention as he did with the other mares. He moved next to her hooves and looked up in her eyes. She smiled at him, showing she was okay with him close to her and offering to be at her side. As he sat down and simply looked up at Twilight, there was a knock on the door. Twilight made her way to the door and poked her head out to see who was there.

"I'll take care of this." Twilight said and grabbed her book and carefully left the house, leaving the mares alone with their new friend. The colt watched her leave and tried to follow her. She left without him and left him a bit confused. He looked at the door and wondered where Twilight went. He lifted himself up and tried to open the door, but sat down in failure. He looked over to the others and wondered what to do next.

Pinkie moved up to him and smiled. "What's your name?" She asked and sat down beside him.

"Oh... Uh, Pinkie, he... Doesn't have one..." Fluttershy said and sat up. She looked over at him and frowned after remembering that he had no name. "Should we give him one?" 

"Ooh, I wanna give him a name!" Pinkie bounced excitedly. The colt watched her move up and down. He moved aside both nervously and also tried not to get in her way. He moved back beside Fluttershy and gave her a smile. He felt so safe by her side. A moment later, the front door opened up and Twilight walked in with two other mares. One of them was a bit familiar. The colt looked at the orange pony and nervously laid his ears down. That was one of the first ponies he was seen by. She was the one who panicked after seeing him.

"Ya sure he's safe to be 'round, Twi?" The orange one asked, looking at him and saw how he looked back at her.

"He's completely harmless, Applejack. I can assure you that he can't do any damage." Twilight said and watched the other mare come in. Her mane was full of colors... She also had wings, just like Fluttershy. He didn't even think about it and started to move over to the new Pegasi, very curious about her as well. "Maybe she's like Fluttershy?" He thought as he just stood up and approached the cyan pony.

"Whoa, whoa why's he coming after me?" The Pegasi panicked and jumped off of the floor and into the air. The colt stopped as she flew up, watching her just stay up there with amazement in his eyes. He looked over to the orange mare and remembered that she didn't really like him. He nervously moved a few steps back, keeping his distance as she watched him.

"Perhaps he has a thing for Pegasus?" Rarity guessed. The group of mares watched the colt stand still, keeping his eyes on Applejack as she looked back at him. He looked over her orange coat and blonde mane and tail. As he looked at her tail, his eyes caught her cutie mark. She had those red things on her flank. His curiosity once again ignited, encouraging him to approach and investigate.

"Why is he starin' at me like that?" Applejack asked and watched him move by her and look at her cutie mark. He examined and wondered why she was wearing food... Applejack moved away and watched him curiously. "Where'd he even come from?"

"Fluttershy said she just found him all alone outside." Twilight said. "And we think he's why everypony is hiding. His eyes must have changed red when he was out there."

"Well... Ah did see him at the barn... His eyes were redder than Big Mac." Applejack said. "I warned everypony that he was here, so ah guess it's mostly mah fault."

The colt moved back in front of her and looked into her eyes, his own slowly changed into orange. Applejack saw this and glanced at him. "Is he tryin' to be like me or somethin'? His eyes are goin' orange..." Pinkie Pie looked back at the book and was curious about orange. She then began to read what she found on the page.

"It says that orange is a color of forgiveness." Pinkie stated as she looked back at Applejack.

"Is he using orange for forgiveness? Is he trying to forgive Applejack?" Fluttershy asked. 

"Well, Applejack did warn Ponyville about him being an evil little colt." Rarity said and moved over to his side. "I could hear her shouting it down the street."

"Sorry little guy..." Applejack said and frowned. The colt moved closer and leaned against Applejack with glowing orange eyes.

"It looks like he does forgives you, Applejack." Twilight smiled. Applejack smiled at the colt and placed her hoof over his head, giving a small hug. "What about you Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked and looked up to the pegasi.

"He seems kinda cool... I guess..." The cyan pony replied. She slowly came down to the ground and moved up to the colt. She extended her hoof to the black pony and smiled kindly. "The name's Rainbow Dash."

The colt looked at her hoof and looked at his own. Curious, he placed his tiny hoof up against Rainbow Dash's hoof, but wasn't sure what to do next. They both just touched hooves and stood in an awkward silence.

"What should we name him?" Pinkie asked, breaking the silence. Everyone thought for a moment before they started to list some names.
"Maybe Midnight?" Rainbow Dash suggested.

"That doesn't sound very colt like." Twilight answered. "How about Ash?"

"Or maybe Charcoal?" Pinkie added.

"What about Shadow?" Applejack said.

"I think he should be named Lucifer." Rarity suggested.

"Or Charcoal!" Pinkie repeated. The group started to negotiate and list as many names as they could come up with. The colt looked over and noticed Fluttershy was by herself. He moved away from the others and hurried to her side, not wanting her to feel lonely.

"I wonder what names I can think of..." Fluttershy said and watched him sit down next to her. She thought for a moment before saying the first thing that came up. "Buddy?"

The colt thought about that name... "I like Buddy." He thought. He smiled at her and nodded yes. Fluttershy smiled back as he agreed to her idea. They both stood up and tried to speak to Twilight and the others, but they continued to talk to one another, unable to hear Fluttershy as she tried to get their attention.