The next day Crystal walked up to the school house thinking about what she had learned. She couldn't wait until she told all of her friends about the magic of music. They were going to be so surprised.

She strolled inside to find her good friend PoppySeed sitting at her desk studying for someone. Crystal hopped over to her and smiled. "Hi Poppy! Watchca doing?"

Poppy seed looked up at her friend and smiled. "Oh hi Crystal, I was just studying for that test we have next week. The teacher said it was going to be really hard."

Crystal laughed at Poppy's statement. She was always like that, having her head in a book and such. Crystal didn't hate the idea of reading but found that the idea of actually exploring was so much more fun."You always say that Poppy, I'm sure you will be a A like always."

Poppy smiled under her glasses and laughed. "Well, I don't know about that. But what did you want to tell me?"

Crystal was about to open her mouth when she heard the teacher walk in. "Alright my little filly's, every pony sit down. It's time to start class."

Crystal glanced at Poppy and whispered "I'll tell you later" before settling in her sit behind Poppy.

The teacher, AppleHeart was a kind pony who dedicated her time to help teach young filly's all about the world. She walked up and the board and pointed a hoof at a mark. "Ok. Now, today we are talking about what we want to do when we grow up. Canterbury had many jobs for every pony to pick from. We are going to go down the line and I want each of you to tell me what you want to be, ok? Sm'ore why don't you go first?"

Smo're quietly stood up out of his chair and whispered "I wanna make food like my parents." Everyone clapped at his statement while the shy filly sunk back into his seat. "Good job Smo're. Now, Partycake is your turn."

Partycake raised her head up and smiled proudly. "I wanna make pretty cakes for weddings." AppleHeart smiled and this and said. "Yes, of course, PoppySeed?"

Poppy looked at the teacher and smiled. "I wanna discover all sorts of different plants." AppleHeart nodded her head in understanding.

Now it was Crystal's turn and she knew exactly what to say "I wanna travel across Equestria and sing like my grandma!"

Every pony's head turned towards Crystal and she could hear a few filly's in the back whisper. "Sing? What is that? This that some kind of disease?" and "Did she just say she wanted to leave Canterbury? Is she crazy?"

Crystal's confident smile turned downwards when she saw AppleHearts face. "Crystal Melody, I need to talk to you after class."

Crystals looked around at her classmates and found them all staring at her in disbelief. She then decided to sink further into her seat so that she could be invisible to the wondering eyes.

Crystal sat in the small chair with her parents by her side. After class AppleHeart went to get her parents they were down sitting in the classroom, just waiting for her punishment.

The door to the house creaked open and they were faced with the mayor of Canterbury, Cobalt. He strolled over to the young filly and asked. "Do you know why your here little filly?"

She shook her head no in response and Cobalt turned to AppleHeart. "Tell me about the situation again Miss AppleHeart."

AppleHeart nodded her head and answer. "Of course. My class decided to do a career day for school and when I was Crystal's turned to speak she said..."

Cobalt nodded his head in understanding. "It's alright Miss. AppleHeart, just tell me what the little filly said."

AppleHeart glanced at Crystal and pointed her hoof. "She said that she wanted to leave Canterburry... to...to sing!"

Page and Sports gasped, they had never heard anything about this from their daughter.

Cobalt nodded his head once more and said. "Thank you Miss. Heart. Now, Miss Melody is it? Do you know why we stay in Canterbury?"

Crystal nodded her head yes. "Yes, its because of the sirens."

Every pony in the room was shocked to hear her response. Cobalt regained his composure and asked another question. "Yes but, were did you learn that?"

Crystal was silent at first but knew that she couldn't lie to the pony. "My grandma told me. She told me all about Equestria and music! She even sang for me"

Every pony gasped once more and Mayor Cobalt sighed. This was going to be more trouble then he thought. "Miss Melody, What your grandmother told you is wrong. Signing and music is used to hurt people and do you want to hurt people?"

Crystal shook her head no in response and Mayor Cobalt smiled "Of course not, and the reason we stay here is that the outside world is a dangerous place. Many ponies can get eaten or die out there. And we all care about you so much that we don't want that to happen to you. Canterbury has everything you could ever imagine. You don't need to leave. Do you understand Crystal?"

Crystal slowly nodded her head in response and started to rethink her plan. She didn't want to hurt any pony or get eaten. Maybe Canterbury wasn't so bad after all. Mayor Cobalt smiled and helped her out of her chair. "There you go, now on your way. You must be hungry."

Crystal and her parents filed out of the schoolhouse, leaving AppleHeart and Mayor Cobalt alone.

Once they were gone, Cobalt turned towards AppleHeart and gave her a warning look. "Now, let's see if we can do something about RubyBelle."

A couple days later Crystal walked up the path to her grandmother's house quietly but found that the usual scent of Sunflower cakes was missing.

Crystal raced to the door and knocked quickly under her grandmother answered. She smiled sadly at her granddaughter "Good morning, Crystal. There's something i have to tell you." Crystal turned her head in confusion and glanced into her cottage to find rows and rows of boxes.

Ruby Belle picked up Crystal and sighed "I'm going on an adventure and I won't be back for some time."

Crystal's eyes brightened with excitement. "An adventure?! Can I come?!"

Ruby slowly shook her head and sighed once more. "No honey, I'm sorry."

Crystal's grin shrank and she asked. "But, when are you coming back grandma?"

Ruby tried to keep to together for her granddaughters sake but found her voice start to crack. "I... I don't know sweetie. But I have a lot to pack so you should be on your way."

Before Crystal could reply, Ruby placed a kiss on her head, put her back onto the ground and gave her one last smile before retiring into the house.

As Crystal walked home silent tears graced her cheeks and something inside of her knew she wasn't going to she her again. What if she got eaten like the Mayor said?

She stopped walked when she heard a voice by a nearby tree say. "My dear filly, if you don't want this to happen to you I suggest that you forget that nonsense about music, understood?" She quickly looked over to find Mayor Cobalt walking away from the woods and into the shadows.