The pony Eliyora is known to be a strong, hot-tempered, fiery mare who doesn't take crap from anypony. Most ponies that know her see her as a pillar of strength, as somepony to emulate and admire.

There are very few who know of how she became the way she is.

This look into Eliyora's life from foalhood onwards will answer the questions that nopony ever thought to ask. Who she used to be is very different from who she wound up becoming.

Twilight has become an Alicorn, moved to Canterlot, and begun her new life as the princess of magic. Back in Ponyville, there are those who miss her greatly, especially one shy farm pony who regrets never admitting his feelings.

Thanks to ICCUWAUSIMTOI for being my editor!

Currently being rewritten.

A pony gets his or her cutie mark when they're young, sometime in early grade school. So what happens when you live in a city full of ponies who feel no shame in tormenting you when you don't have a cutie mark in high school? You get Windsong's life.

Poor Windsong has spent her life not knowing who she is or what it is she's good at... other than fighting, which is something she does very well, especially when her classmates decide to crack jokes at her blank flank. After getting in trouble one time too many with the principal, Windsong's parents decide to have her get away from Manehatten for the summer. They send her to stay with her grandmother, Harp Note, in Ponyville. Wind is convinced that it will be no different from her own home, and doesn't have high hopes. After all, who would be nice to a teen blank flank?

This story takes place some years before the first episode, back when the Mane Six were teens themselves, so there will be some considerable differences. Please, be gentle with me. It's my first pony fanfic.