"Twilight! Twilight!" "Huh? Uh...Spike, what do you want?" "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna want to see you!" "What?!" "They say it's important! See! They sent us letter!" "Ok! Do you need to come?" "No. Just you!" "Ok, tell Rainbow Dash I'm going to see the princesses and I won't be able to see her today, got it?" "Yes!" "Thanks! I'll be going!"
Princesses Celestia and Luna were very patient with Twilight considering it wasn't always easy getting to the castle. But when she did get there they were very courteous. "Hello Twilight. We called you for a very important reason." "I understand." "We have a...twice removed cousin, named Mariposa. She lives far from us, a long way out in Equestria." Celestia began. Luna continued. "We were recently able to get in touch. She's a lot like us in appearance, but there's one thing..." "What's that?" "Instead of bird-like wings, she has...butterfly wings." "But...that's...I've never..." "Heard anything like it. Neither have we. But Mariposa hasn't heard of Pegasus's wings being feathered. So we've arranged for her to come here with some of her people and we can unite our kingdoms." "Ok. Where do I come in?" "Well, she'll be staying in ponyville, and we decided to put her comfort in your hoofs. But the thing is, the changelings from your brother's wedding come from that region there. So we have to be careful. Because we've established that Queen Chrysalis isn't just pretending to be our cousin, but she might have her minions pull something while Mariposa is traveling here." "I understand. Should I tell anyone?" "You can tell your friends, and spike. But try not to let the news spread to much..." Luna told her. "Got it. So when will Mariposa be here?" "Tomorrow at dawn. She'll meet you here." "Okay, I'll be going." "You can go."
When Twilight sparkle got back with her friends they immediately asked her what happened. Except Fluttershy. "The Princesses have a cousin, named Mariposa. She's...got Butterfly wings and coming here tomorrow." "Wow...like a butterfly..." Fluttershy whispered. The other's immediately asked more questions. "I'll let you guys meet her if you just stop asking questions until tomorrow." Everyone agreed to that.
The next day...
In the celestial castle Rartity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie pie And Twilight Sparkle waited for Princess Mariposa. "Hello there Twilight. I see you've brought your friends." Celestia greeted them. "Oh, hello Queen Celestia. Yes, they wanted to meet her so I decided to let them come." "That's great. Luna's excited, but she's not totally sure whether she should greet her personally." "I think she should. Mariposa would probably prefer meeting her as soon as possible." As Twilight finished a large whooshing sound caught everyone's attention. "It's Princess Mariposa!" Twilight called. A large pink and gold carriage landed on the palace's roof. A large pink butterfly-winged unicorn stepped out, followed by a short, green, dragonfly winged unicorn. The pink one bowed, and with a glance the green one followed suit. "Welcome Mariposa." Celestia greeted. Luna rushed in. "Am I late? Did I-" She noticed the two other ponies. "Oh." The pink one stood up. "Hello. I am Princess Mariposa of the Flutterponies. This is Jezebella my personal protégé." She nodded at the smaller green pony. "Forgive us. We misunderstood. We thought you meant that all ponies had wings such as yours." Celestia and Luna said together. "Oh that's fine...Oh my! So these are your wings!" Mariposa looked at the sister's wings with great interest. "Yes. These are our wings. And this is Twilight sparkle, my personal protégé." With that twilight came forward and bowed to Mariposa. "Hello your highness." "Oh please! Call me Mariposa." "Sure thing, Mariposa." Twilight replied lifting out of her bow. "Oh, yes! Mariposa, may I introduce the elements of harmony?" "Why of course. I'm not truly a princess here. I mean sure I might be royalty but I don't truly have any command over your ponies, or you or Luna." "If that's how you want things. Anyways, if you five could introduce yourselves?" Celestia asked the group. "Of course we can! I'm Rainbow Dash, element of Loyalty!" "I'm Rarity. Element of generosity at your service!" "Well I'm Applejack, the element of honesty." "And I'm pinkie pie! I'm the element of laughter!" "
And I'm Fluttershy...and I have the element of kindness..." "And I'm the sixth element of Magic." Twilight Sparkle announced. She thought she heard Jezebella mutter "I'm sure I'm sure...just keep on believing that." But Twilight didn't want to start an argument." "Impressive! Well, Celestia and Luna, if you don't mind I'd like to learn more about the elements of harmony. It seems these girls have a lot of special abilities."