Little Sprite the filly is not content with her life because she doesn't know her true parents.
Little Sprite is a filly living in Ponyville but is sad, because she lives without knowing who her true parents are. She is avoided, and most fillies don't like her because she is an alicorn, and think that she should be living in Canterlot. Little Sprite seeks the answer to her problems, and goes throughout a good amount of her life trying to find the answer.
It was a sunny day, a day that a pony like Fluttershy would have enjoyed. She started of her day by heading ot he river to let her pets have something to drink. Fluttershy thought she saw something floating down the river, but wasn't completely sure what it was. She would have gone in herself, but the river was churning unnaturally fast. She decided her vision probably just wasn't so good today.
Just five minutes later, Cheerilee was walking though town center to buy some food for the week. As she was walking along the riverside, she saw a filly in a basket, floating down. The basket was close enough to the bank for her to grab it for a moment, so she immediately raced over to the river and swooped up the basket before it could float away. There was a note strapped onto the filly's belly. It read this.
"To whoever finds me: Thank you for picking me up. As you can see I am an alicorn. I am in need of a home, for my parents could not take care of me. I trust and hope that you are a kind pony and will take care of me. My name is Little Sprite, and I am two months old today. My birthday is July 2nd. Please, if you would take me under your wing, even if you're not a pegasus, I would be very happy. My only rule is don't feed me food you know I won't like. My parents believed I would grow up to be a very kind and gentle pony, but also very knowing. Thank you. By the way, I've probably wandered off by now."
As Cheerilee carefully read the letter, the little filly was up to different things. She crawled around center, and found herself at the foot of a shop with a very good smell to it. Little Sprite decided to go in.
As soon as Cheerilee finished the letter, she looked up just in time to see the filly crawl into a store. "Wait up!" she screamed.
Cheerilee ran into the store to see the shopkeeper playing around with the filly. "Ah, hello Cheerilee!" said the clerk. "Were you looking for her?" He nodded at the filly.
"Yes. I found her in a basket floating down the river. I was just about to find her somewhere to stay.
"Ah, I see. Well, I'd hate to see her end up with the orphanage. If no one else will take her I will."
"You make a good point. And you know, I guess it wouldn't be too much trouble to take care of her." Cheerilee didn't know how wrong she was. "I think that I'll take her. Tomorrow I'll head right over to the adoption center."
"Good idea. And if you change your mind, I'll be glad to take her off your hands. Goodbye!"
When Cheerilee was about to leave, she stopped and turned around. "Excuse me, sir, but I never caught your name."
"Ah, yes. That would be Billybob Joehankins. I hope to see you around!" And with that, Cheerilee left.
In the following six years, Little Sprite was raised without a care in the world. To Little Sprite, she had always lived in Ponyville, under Cheerilee's wing, so to speak. She was an adventurous little filly, and soon everyone in Ponyville knew her. Mostly, though, she just liked to sneak off to Mr. Joehankins candy shop. She also always liked to wander off to Fluttershy's cottage, to see all of her animals. It seemed like no one had the ability to stop Little Sprite from wandering off. Occasionally she might wander too far, and stumble upon trouble. But that wouldn't stop her from going on her adventures. It never really came to Little Sprite's mind that there were some times when she had to ignore her adventurous behaviors.
There was one occasion where Little Sprite wandered farther then normal past Fluttershy's cottage, so much that she found herself at the brink of Everfree Forest. As she was walking, Little Sprite wasn't watching where she was placing her hooves and accidently stepped into a snake hole. As the snake came out and approached her, she backed away slowly, but the snake kept on following. Luckily, before the snake could do any harm, Zecora happened to be walking out of the forest into Ponyville to stop it. "Next time, Little Sprite, you should look before he can take a bite."
Despite it all though, Little Sprite never stopped. Normally Cheerilee would have stopped her from doing all these things, but she could tell how much Little Sprite loved to explore, so she never held her back. And besides, Little Sprite seemed to have her own way of gathering knowledge through experience, whether it being good or bad. For example, when she was only four, Little Sprite was able to learn how to count money just by watching Mr. Joehankins tend to a few of his customers. Being a teacher herself, that was something that Cheerilee counldn't bear stopping.
One day Cheerilee walked into Mr. Joehenkins shop looking for Little Sprite. She was amazed when she found Little Sprite at the cash register of the shop, counting the money at the end of the day. "There you are my little shopkeeper!" Cheerilee said walking over to the register. "You'd better not be stealing money from Mr. Joehankins."
"Steal? Me?" Little Sprite laughed. "No. Mr. Joehankins just needed to go fetch something from the back of the store. I figured he might like it if I sorted out the money for him."
Just then, Billybob walked in from the storeroom carrying a papre bag with him. "Ah, Ms. Cheerilee, hello! I see you're keeping the cash register well guarded," he said sarcastically.
Little Sprite ran up to him then. "Mr. Joehankins! I sorted out your money for you!"
"Why thank you, LIttle Sprite! I have something for you too, actually," he said, handing the young and curious filly the bag. "Now don't open it until you get home."
"Aww, do I have to?"
"Sorry, it's the rules."
"Ohh, alright. I'll see you in the morning!" Little Sprite skipped out the door then, and rushed back home, with Cheerilee quick on her tail. By the time they got home, both ponies were excited to see what the gift was. As they opened the bag, they both promised to thank Mr. Joehenkins the next day. The two excited ponies agreed over the best chocolate, apples, and cider in Equestria. The big dinner Cheerilee had planned could wait.
Little Sprite didn't find herself arguing with anypony to often, especially not Cheerilee. But this one time was different. She was almost seven years old now, and Cheerilee thought it would be a good idea for Little Sprite to get some real education.
"But I don't want to, Cheerilee!" Little Sprite complained. "Why spend time in a boring old school room when I could be outside exploring? And besides, I learn lots of stuff anyway? Like when I was three and I looked at the clock, and in no time I could tell time! I'd rather be playing outside, with my friends! I just met them not to long ago and you're already taking them away!"
"Little Sprite, I know you'd rather go outside, but learning can be just as fun! It's why I'm a teacher. And the fact that you've learned what you know so fast is just proof to me that you have great potential for learning! And another thing, you wouldn't be able to play with your friends because they'll all be in my classroom."
"They will?"
"Yes indeed."
"Well why didn't you tell me so? Sign me up!" Little Sprite said enthusiastically. Cheerilee could tell from her that like most fillies, it wasn't that Little Sprite didn't want to learn, she did. But she just didn't like staying in one place for long.
As it would turn out, the friends that Little Sprite was talking about were Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. The three of them were inseparable, and they all had the nature of being very adventurous, so they all got along with Little Sprite very well.
Five days later, Little Sprite was standing in front of the school house with butterflies in her stomach. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all sat with her, helping to get the nervousness out of her.
"Don't worry, it'll be ah-right," Applebloom assured Little Sprite.
"But will anyone like me? I am an alicorn."
"It'll be fine," Scootaloo said. "And if they do, you can just ignore 'em."
"And who wouldn't like you?" Sweetie Belle pitched in. "We liked you the minute we saw you." The three fillies all put on a goofy smile that made Little Sprite laugh.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. They don't have the right to not like me unless someone gives them a reason not to." Lttle Sprite began to feel more confident. "And I was wondering. How come I'm in your class even though you're a grade above me. Or at least you should be."
"Ah dunno," Applebloom wondered. "Ah know that the three of us didn't go down a grade... So maybe you went up a grade, since your so smart!"
"Yeah, that sounds right," Sweetie Belle commented. "And by the way, Miss Cheerilee told me that you'd be sitting next to me, Little Sprite."
"Cool!"
"Did she say where we're sitting?" Scootaloo asked.
Just then, before she could answer, Billybob Joehankins walked up to them from behind as he was passing by. "Well hey hey hey there, Little Sprite!"
"What was that all about? You know what, never mind. And I think that Scootaloo is gonna be sitting next to Diamond Tiara," Scootaloo reported.
"Ugh."
"As for Applebloom, I think she's sitting next to one of the other new kids."
Little Sprite wondered aloud. "I wonder who that could be?"