Light Luster had friends. That was true. But he'd never had a friend like Orange Fizz. So, when he was asked to leave the only city he'd ever lived in, how could he say no? They wouldn't be gone forever, and a smiling face covered in snowy freckles is very difficult to say no to.

I didn't do it. They did. The voices and the eyes and the ponies I wanted to protect. No. Yes. Stop. Help. Please. I didn't.