Chapter 2

The next morning Amera woke up and got out of bed. She walked into the library and flew up to grab a book. "Okay, where is the basic magic?" she asked herself before hearing another voice.

"It's at the bottom," Twilight said as she grabbed the book that Amera was looking for.

"Thanks, Princess," Amera said as she landed in front of the purple unicorn.

"Please no formality," Twilight said as she sat down.

"Okay." Amera said as she sat down next to Twilight.

"Let's start with levitation," Twilight said as she used her magic to bring a couple of apples over. "Try lifting these apples."

"Okay," Amera said as her horn sparked with magic. One of the apples started to hover, but then immediately fell.

"That was a good try," Twilight said as she looked at the filly. "Let's keep trying."

After hours of practice, Amera was able to lift an apple. "I did it." Amera says as she jumps happily.

"I knew you could it," Twilight said as she folded her wing over the filly.

Amera saw something remarkable, she noticed that she got her cutie mark. It was a shooting star surrounded by magic. "I got my cutie mark," Amera said as she looked at it.

"I never have seen one like it," Twilight said as she looked at it. "I'll have to write to Celestia about it."

"Can I write to my mom?" Amera asked as she looked up at Twilight.

"Absolutely," Twilight said as she grabbed two scrolls and quills. "Here."

Amera grabbed the scroll and quill with her magic and she started writing to her mother.

Dear mom,

I'm living with Princess Twilight. She's teaching me magic, and I'm doing pretty good. And guess what? I got my cutie mark. I have to go but I love you, mommy.

Love, Amera.

"How do I send it to my mom," Amera asked as she handed the scroll to Twilight.

"I'll send it to Celestia and she can send it to your mother," Twilight said as she sent the scrolls to Celestia.

Amera's stomach started to growl and she looked at it.

"And it looks like somepony's hungry," Twilight said as she started walking towards the door.

"Yeah I guess I forgot about eating while I was moving in here," Amera said as she caught up to Twilight, "so where is the dining room?"

"Follow me," Twilight said as she led Amera to the dining room. "If you want we can have breakfast with my friends?"

"That would be nice, I want to get to know them more." Amera said as she saw how big the dining room was. Hanging on the ceiling was the roots of a tree. There were crystals tied onto strings that were dangling off the tree roots. Amera pulled out her sit and sat down. "Wow that chandelier is pretty," Amera said as she looked up at it.

"Thanks, my friends made it for me," Twilight said as she took a seat next to Amera. "My friends should be here soon."

As if on cue Twilight's friends walked in. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were talking about new pranks to pull. Fluttershy and Rarity were talking about Opaleastena's new bathing treatment. While Applejack was carrying a basket of apples in her mouth.

"Hello, Twilight," Rarity said as she noticed that Twilight was talking to Amera, "hello Amera."

"Hi," Amera said as she waved to Rarity.

Pinkie gasped as she stopped dead in her tracks. "I get to throw a cutesanarea," Pinkie said happily as she looked at Amera's cutie mark, "and it suits you so well."

"Amera I got you a dress to try on," Rarity said as she used her magic to pull the dress out of the bag, "I made it myself."

"Thank you," Amera said as she tried on the dress. It was a perfect fit. The dress was a light purple with glitter covering the whole dress. "I love it."

"You look beautiful in it." Rarity said as she looked at Amera.

"I'm sorry but I never got any of your names," Amera said as she looked down.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry. My name is Rarity." Rarity said as she flipped her hair to the other side.

"I'm Pinkie Pie," Pinkie said as she bounced up and down.

"I'm Applejack," Applejack said as she crossed her hooves.

"I'm Rainbow Dash," Rainbow said as she flew into the air.

"I'm Fluttershy," Fluttershy said as she pushed back some of her mane. "May I see your wound so I can help you?"

"Sure," Amera said as she walked up to the yellow pegasus, "will this hurt?"

"Of course not, I want to help you," Fluttershy says as she grabbed bandages from her bag. Fluttershy started to wrap the bandages on Amera's stomach. "There, done."

"Thanks, Fluttershy." Amera said as she walked back to the table. "I would like to see Ponyville."

Pinkie gasped. "Tour!" she shouted as she jumped onto the table.