When Twilight woke up she saw Night Dusk wasn't in bed. She went downstairs and saw him on the floor reading a book. When he saw Twilight he quickly got up and closed the book.
"Sorry, when I woke up you were still asleep and I didn't want to wake you so I came down and found a book." Night Dusk said.
"Calm down I'm not mad or anything. It's nice that you like to read." Twilight said.
"I mostly read adventure and mystery. They're my favorite kind." Night Dusk said.
"Really? That's great. And if you want to read anything you don't have to ask, just pick any book you'd like." Twilight said.
"Thanks." Night Dusk said.
"No problem." Twilight said. "Now how about we have some breakfast."
"Already done." Spike said coming out of the kitchen. He put three plates of food and the table and Twilight and Night Dusk sat down. Twilight and Night Dusk had some eggs with hay bacon and orange juice and Spike had a bowl of gemstone cereal.
"Twilight, can I ask you something?" Night Dusk asked.
"Sure, anything you need." Twilight said.
"Do you think that my parents are still out there looking for me?" Night Dusk asked. Twilight felt her heart drop a little.
"I...I'm n-not sure. Maybe they are out there trying to find you." Twilight said. "But never loose hope."
"What if I already lost it." Night Dusk said putting his head down. Twilight wanted to tell him something to make him feel better but she didn't really know what. Instead they just finished eating in silence. Spike picked up the plates and took them in the kitchen while Twilight started doing chores and Night Dusk read a book. When Spike came out of the kitchen he had a scroll in his hand.
"Twilight, this letter just came for you." Spike said giving Twilight the letter.
My dearest Twilight,
It saddens me to hear about this young colt. I can only imagine what he must be going through. But I think it's best to talk about the situation face to face. Please come to Canterlot whenever you can with the small colt. But first give him some time to calm down. Wait a few days before you come so that he doesn't get so overwhelmed by everything happening so fast. I await your visit
-Princess Celestia
When Twilight finished reading the letter she looked over at Night Dusk.
"Umm...Night Dusk." Twilight said making Night Dusk look at Twilight.
"Yes?" He said.
"I have some chores to do here and I don't think you want to be stuck in here all day so why don't you go and explore ponyville. Get your mind off things, maybe even make some friends." Twilight said.
"Are you sure?" Night Dusk said.
"Of course, you go and have fun." Twilight said. Night smiled and nodded before he went out the door. He started looking around town and at all the ponies passing by. He wasn't looking where he was going and accidentally bumped into somepony.
"Hay! Watch where your going!" Said a filly with a tiara on her head.
"I'm sorry. I didn't see you there." Night Dusk said.
"I haven't seen you around here before. Are you new or something?" She said.
"I guess. Well, I better be going." Night Dusk said Trying to walk by her but she only stood in his way.
"I'm not done talking to you, you little blank flank." She said.
"Leave him alone Diamond Tiara!" Said a filly with a country accent and a big bow on her mane.
"What do you care Applebloom. Why don't you just go crusading with your loser friends." Diamond Tiara said.
"Hay we are no loser. If anypony's a loser it's you for always teasing ponies." Scootaloo said.
"Yea, so why don't you stop it. It's not nice." Sweetie belle said.
"I don't need to be around you blank flanks. You are all losers." Diamond Tiara said before she walked away.
"Thank you." Night Dusk said to the three fillies.
"No problem, Diamond Tiara is one of the biggest bullies ever. She cares about nopony but herself." Applebloom said.
"I can tell. My name's Night Dusk by the way." Night Dusk said.
"Hi Night Dusk. I'm Applebloom and these are my friends sweetie belle and scootaloo." Applebloom said. "Are you new in town? I haven't seen you in school before."
"Y-yea, I'm new." Night Dusk said.
"Where are your parents?" Sweetie belle asked.
"I-I don't really want to talk about it." Night Dusk said.
"Alright, we won't force you to tell us. But we were heading to Sugercube corner if you wanna join us." Scootaloo said
"Sure." Night Dusk said. He followed the CMC into Sugercube corner where they were greeted by a hyperactive pink earth pony.
"Hi you three. Who's your friend? Is he new? Do I need my party cannon?" Pinkie said moving closer to Night Dusk with every step.
"Calm down Pinkie. This is Night Dusk. Yes he is new but we just came here for a milkshake." Sweetie belle said.
"Alright then, four milkshakes coming up." Pinkie said. She disappeared into the kitchen in no more than one second leaving Night Dusk wide eyed.
"Wow...she's really, umm...Fast? Is she a friend of yours?" Night Dusk asked.
"Yea, although she's friends mostly with our sisters and some other ponies. The six of them are best friends." Applebloom said.
"Who are the six?" Asked Night Dusk.
"Well, there's Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight." scootaloo said answering for Applebloom.
"Twilight?" Asked Night Dusk.
"Yea, she really loves books and reading and studying new things. Rainbow Dash says she's an egghead sometimes but the six of them are the best of friends. Even if somtimes they have their moment." Scootaloo
"Everypony has their moments, it's nothing wierd." Night Dusk said.
Two seconds later Pinkie Pie came out of the kitchen and put three milkshakes on the table. "There you go, enjoy." She said hoping away.
"Is she always this random?" Night Dusk asked.
"It's Pinkie Pie, you never question it. It's better to just go with it. But don't worry, you'll get used to it." Sweetie belle said.
After the three of them finished their smoothie and talked they decided to show Night Dusk the tree house.
"What do you do in the treehouse?" Night Dusk asked.
"We have a club. It's called the cutie mark crusaders. We try and help ponies find their cutie mark." Scootaloo said. "And we were also wondering if you wanted to join."
"I don't know. Isen't your cutie mark supposed to appear when you find your special talent? I don't think it's supposed to be forced. " Night Dusk said.
"Come on Night Dusk. Don't you want your cutie mark?" Scootaloo said.
"Sure but, I don't know." Night Dusk said.
"You'll have fun." Applebloom said.
"I guess I can give it a try." Night Dusk said. "So what do you want to do first?"
"Ohhh I know, why don't we go ask Zecora if she needs help with anything?" Asked sweetie.
"Zecora?" Asked Night Dusk.
"She's our Zebra friend. She lives in the everfree forest." Sweetie said.
Night Dusk looked at the forest and he started taking a few steps back.
"I'm not going in there." Night Dusk said.
"Nothing bad is going to happen. We've been there lots of times and barely get hurt." Scootaloo said.
"I still don't want to go there. I think I'm just going to head back. You three enjoy yourselves." Night Dusk said. He turned around and started trotting away. He was never going back to that place, not after what happened. When he reached the library he saw Twilight was done cleaning. She was just writing something on a scroll.
"Hi Twilight." Night Dusk said.
"You were gone fore a while. Did you make new friends?" Twilight asked.
"Three fillies. Scootaloo, Sweetie belle, and Applebloom." Night Dusk said.
"They didn't make you do anything you'd regret, did they? They can be really sweet but sometimes they're recluse." Twilight said.
"No I didn't do anything like that." Night Dusk said.
"Good, I don't want you to get hurt." Twilight said wrapping a around Night Dusk.
He felt safe and warm with Twilight. She reminded him of his mom, except that his mom was a peguses. He felt protected, secure, even a little loved around Twilight. Even if he might never see his parents again, he hoped he would always have her.