There was something bothering him, that much was certain. Even though she had known him for many years, and understood how he thinks, even a complete stranger would be able to look upon him and know that there was something eating away at him. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, better known to her friends and loved ones as Cadence, had returned to her home in the Northern Crystal Empire, just a few days after the recent turmoil that had engulfed much of Equestria by the hands of the monster known as Tirek. The vile beast, having escaped his prison in Tartarus, had scoured all of the land, stealing the magic from every living pony, unicorns, pegasi,

Crescent Sparkle paced back and forth in the waiting room of the hospital nervously. He looked at the clock and saw that it had now been three hours since he and his wife had come there. She had told him that her water broke and he rushed her to the hospital on all fours as fast as he could. KABOOOM! The sound of the thunder made him jump. A storm had started outside just before they entered the hospital and it had gotten worse since they came in. 'Why does it always seem to rain whenever something good is about to happen in my life?' Crescent Sparkle thought to himself. 'Heh, come to think of it; it was raining that day when I first met

*Anthea’s POV* I lived in the orphanage on the edge of Ponyville. It was a nice place. The foals there were quite nice too. I couldn't complain. I did wish I had a family though. I would always wonder what it would be like to have a permanent home with a mother and a father. Maybe even a brother or sister. It's too bad my parents didn't want me. They probably thought that I was helpless and wouldn't be able to live up to their expectations or something. I might not have been able to but I am in no way helpless. I guess when you're disabled, ponies automatically assume you can't take care of yourself. Oh yeah, that's right, I didn't qu