Chapter 1 (Espie goes to Ponyville)

Espie twiddled with the Cube of Dimensions under the grand Spirit Tree, imagining the endless exploration of parallel dimensions that she might go to. She stared into the starlit night skies, gazing at all its beauty and saw a shooting star. "Maybe now would be a good time to go for some dimensional travelling."

Espie decided that the shooting star was a sign for her to go on another adventure again, just like her journey to the Valley of Dreams.

The next morning, she packed all of her necessary items in her sling flax-woven bag and prepared to travel. She visited Teva, now a medicinal herbalist and healing expert, for a jar or medicine to apply on wounds.

Teva greeted her, chatting about their past achievements. She gave Espie a bottle of Spirit Blossom Essence for healing, preparing her for the worst. Espie thanked her, proceeding to her next stop.

Next, she went to visit her best apprentice's, Lucie, who had taken over her for teaching and guiding newly-born Light Spirits. After finding Lucie, she informed her that she was going to a faraway place for another adventure, leaving her responsibility with her.

"But where exactly are you going Master Espie? I can commit to handling responsibility, but I'm just worried that you might not return to Nibel." She asked Espie, concerned about her.

"Well Lucie, I will be travelling through dimensions and will come back every now and then. Don't worry about me, I will be fine. Just make sure that my students, including you, practice the skills I taught you before. Anyway, I will be leaving today. I'm gonna leave it up to you. Farewell, Lucie."

Espie left Lucie's home, moving to a clearing before using the cube to warp her into the dimensional space, full of rifts to different dimensions. "I think I'll explore this place first," she spoke to herself, determining that she was going to the dimensional rift that she saw. She placed the cube in her bag, flying towards the rift appearing somewhere in an unknown forest.

"Hmm, this place looks kind of unwelcoming." Espie soliloquized, looking around in the dense and gloomy forest. The dark, overcast night made it seem even more ominous. Not even the crickets dared to make a sound. She looked around for a clearing to fly out of but ended up fruitless. "The forest is too thick, guess I'll have to wander around till I can reach the forest edge." She uttered, reluctantly going on foot.

Suddenly, two wolf-like creatures made of wood, charged at her, clawing her arm and the side of her face, bruising her legs, making her yelp in pain. Espie shot her light spells at both of them, scaring them away. Espie staggered her way out of the forest onto a grassy meadow and collapsed due to exhaustion and injury.

When Espie awoke, she saw herself in a bed, with cloth bandages on her arm and her leg. She was surrounded by animals from small animals like bunnies to a big brown bear. Upon seeing the bear, she screamed "Aah!" Her squeal startled Fluttershy for an instant.

"Don't be afraid, she's a friendly bear. I'm Fluttershy, nice to meet you. Are you doing fine?" A soft and seemingly shy voice was heard.

"I'm Espie, I still feel a sharp pains, but it's manageable. Last night, I got attacked by wolf-like creatures made of wood in the forest nearby. Can you explain to me about what those creatures are?"

Fluttershy replied "Well, those creatures you saw were Timberwolves. They live in the forests that you came out from called the Everfree forest. These creatures are aggressive most of the time and I do not recommend you going back into the forest. I am also afraid of them, that's why I do not go there unless I'm forced to."

Espie understood what she meant and requested "Can you show me around this place? I'm not from around here so I am not familiar with this place."

"Sure. I'm going to show you and introduce to you all of my other friends while going around Ponyville. But you're still badly injured, and your leg is badly bruised. I do not think it is wise for you to move around on your own. Why don't you ride on me? Mind the wings." Fluttershy suggested amiably.

"Wings?"

"Yes, wings. I'm a Pegasus pony. Hop on! I'll bring you around."

"Wait! My bag!" "Don't worry, it's safe under Angel's care, he's my favourite white bunny over there. I don't think you want to carry your bag around in your current state. Climb up, I'll show you around Ponyville."

Being assured, Espie climbed up onto her back and they started to move out of the cottage.

"Espie, can I ask what sort of creature are you and why do you have a golden lining around your eyes? And why do you have a slight golden glow? They make you look beautiful."

"I'm a Light Spirit from Nibel. I was born with the golden lining and a golden glitter around my fur. Other spirits call me the Golden Spirit as I was born with these marks and the slight golden glow. And yes, they do make me seem alluring, which is sometimes a disadvantage to me as it makes male spirits motivated to show off so that I can get attracted to them."

Espie continued chatting with Fluttershy on the way "One of my friends even tried to show off his muscles a few years ago during my journey to the Valley of Dreams. He was arrogant most of the times during the journey, flexing muscles just to impress me, but still leaving me unimpressed."

"Sounds like one of my friends, Rainbow Dash, who also loves to show off, but I will be introducing her later. First, I'm going to bring you to see Pinkie Pie first. She'd love to see you. She is very friendly and extroverted."

"Fluttershy, I hope I'm not causing any inconvenience or discomfort to you while riding on your back." "Espie, I can handle it. If I can handle Angel, why can't I handle you? It's no problem at all."

Fluttershy had intentions of introducing Espie to the Mane Six, first moving towards Sugar Cube Corner.