A month have passed since Chloe met Shining Armor, Cadance and Flurry Heart, but it's also a month since she also met the new villain - Lysander the shape-shifting crocodile, from whom she recieved one of his teeth after he's defeated, though not for good because he managed to escape the Crystal Palace, but now Chloe is happy, though she still needs a father in Equestria.

It was been ten months since Chloe have accidentally arrived in Equestria and it was also been two months since she turned 9 years-old, but now she got her newest allies as her new auntie, uncle and cousin, and she's also very happy to live in Equestria, and with the course of time, most foals at Ponyville Schoolhouse began to like and befriend her, but the filly she loves the most (who also loves her too after she saved her from a trio of bullies) is Aylene, and the two were close friends and their friendship grows stronger with the course of time, but what if Aylene's mother will find out that her daughter is friends with Chloe? Will she accept Chloe as Aylene's best friend or not?

One day, Chloe went out of Ponyville Schoolhouse with all the other foals when the day is over, but on the way back to Canterlot, Chloe spotted and saw Aylene sitting down and crying, and this made Chloe concerned and worried and so she quickly ran towards her friend to see what's wrong with her.

When she finally got close enough to Aylene, Chloe gasped in shock and horror when she saw what happened to her friend - Aylene has lots of injuries and bruises all over her body and on her flank too, and then Aylene turned around to see Chloe, before the turquoise Pegasus filly jumped onto Chloe and hugged her while she cried out her very soul, and then Chloe snapped out of her shocked and horrified state and then she asked Aylene "Aylene, what happened to you? Who did this to you? Where did you got all of those injuries and bruises?", and Aylene cried "I can't tell you! If I'll tell, I'll be punished!" as she still hugged Chloe.

"Please, tell me, Aylene! I promise you I will help! I know how to fight, and if that wasn't enough, I'll just tell mommy Celestia and auntie Luna so they'll come to help you!", and Aylene sniffled as she wiped her tears away from her eyes and then she looked up at Chloe, who gave her a warm and reassuring smile. Then, Aylene took a deep breath and then she began to explain what happned to her and who or what or caused her injuries and bruises on her body.

"My mother, she blamed me on my father's death, and so, she took my doll my father bought me when I was a baby filly away from me, and then she torn it apart in front of my eyes and made me cry, before she began to beat me up as she continued to say that it's all my fault!" Aylene explained as she sniffled and then she started to cry out loud again, but then Chloe hugged her tightly and said to her "It's okay, Aylene. I'll talk to her for you. Now, tell me where you live. Take me to your home.", and then she let go of Aylene to allow her to take and lead her to her home so she can talk to Aylene's mother.

Then, Chloe and Aylene began to walk, with Aylene leading the way to her home so Chloe can talk to her mother about her actions against her daughter. Whn they finally arrived at Aylene's home, Aylene opened the door to allow Chloe and herself go inside, but Aylene's mother wasn't home at the time, so they had no choice but to wait for her to return and then Chloe will talk to her about her actions against Aylene.

When it was afternoon, Aylene's mother finally returned back home, but when she entered and got inside her home, she saw Chloe sitting down on the couch in the living room while she gave her a dark glare, before Chloe got off the couch and then she walked towards the Pegasus mare and then she stopped right in front of her, looking at her face-to-face in the eyes, and this made Aylene's mother ask Chloe "Who are you, little human? What are you doing in my house?", and Chloe gave her an angry look on her face as started to speak up to the Pegasus mare "I know what you did to your daughter! How could you do this to her?! She's just a filly! She don't even deserve that!", and this shocked Aylene's mother as she stepped aback from Chloe a little and then she asked her "Wait, how do you know my duaghter?", and Chloe answered "Because I'm friends with you daughter after I saved her from a trio of bullies!".

Then, Aylene's mother asked Chloe "Very well then, what's your name, little human?", and Chloe answered "Chloe.", and then she added "And your daughter, Aylene, is my best friend!", and this shocked Aylene's mother to know that Chloe is friends with her daughter, and then she asked her "What do you want from me?", and Chloe explained "You blamed your daughter on something she didn't even done on purpose, didn't you?!", and then the Pegasus mare asked her "What do you mean?", and Chloe answered "You torn apart Aylene's doll which was the only thing she had from her father, and you also beaten her all over her body, didn't you?!", but then Aylene's mother said as she stepped aback from Chloe and gave her a fake smile "Listen, I did shouted at her and I blamed her on my husband's death, but I didn't torn apart her doll and/or beaten her all over her body like that!".

However, this made Chloe to shake and tremble in anger as her eyebrows furrowed and she clenched her hands into fists, and then she said angrily as she's about to attack Aylene's mother "Do you think you can fool me with your lies?!", and this made the Pegasus mare step aback from Chloe as she started to shake in fear as she looked at the angry human girl in the eyes, and then Aylene showed up and stood by Chloe's side, much to her mother shock to see that her daughter is indeed friends with Chloe.

Then, Aylene's mother looked in anger at her daughter and then she angrily shouted at her "HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU DELIBERATELY DISOBEYING ME AND TELLING ON ME TO THAT FILTHY HUMAN GIRL?! YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUNISHED! RIGHT NOW!", and this made Aylene to tremble in fear as she stepped aback and hid herself behind Chloe, and Chloe understood her and that she's scared of being punished by her mother, and so she said to Aylene's mother "I'm not gonna let you punish Aylene, you big bad mare!", and then she added "If you want to punish your daughter, you have to go through me first!" as she stood proud while looking angrily at the Pegasus mare in the eyes while protecting Aylene behind her back.

However, the Pegasus mare suddenly stepped aback as her anger got suddenly replaced by fear, and then she cowardly said as she didn't wanted to mess up with Chloe because of her being a human "No, thank you!", and then she cowardly turned around and ran away from the house, and at some point she flew up into the air and disappeared into the skies, and then Chloe turned to Aylene and then she said to her "It's okay, Alyene. Your mother is gone, you can calm down.", and when Aylene heard that, she stopped trembling in fear as she looked up at the Aylene, and then she said to her "Thank you, Chloe. Thank you for saving me from further harm.", and then Chloe said to her "No problem, but I suggest you should come with me to the royal castle so I can explain everything to mommy Celestia and auntie Luna about what your mother did to you so their royal guard will go into the inside of your house to investigate and consider what really happened at your house at the time your mother torn your doll apart and beaten you like she already did.".

When Aylene heard what Chloe said, the Pegasus filly said to her "Oh, yes, I want to come with you! I always wanted to see Princess Celestia! I'm the only filly who have never met her before! My mother forbade me to mention her name, and she also forbade from going to the royal castle to meet her and see what she's really like!", and when Chloe heard what she said, she asked Aylene "Why would she forbid you from meeting my mommy, Celestia?", and Aylene answered "Because she told me fake stories about Celestia being evil, cruel, selfish, unkind and heartless, and that she likes to harm and even destroy little fillies when she first meets them!".

"How could your mother speak such nonsense about mommy Celestia?! And especially to a young and innocent filly like you who haven't even met her yet?!", and Aylene answered "It's because my mother hates Celestia so much she even tried to attack her and steal her magic once!", and Chloe asked her "Why?! How?!", and then Aylene explained everything she knows about her mother's fight against Celestia.

"My mother wanted to steal Celestia's magic so she can become the most powerful pony in all of Equestria. That's when she decided to go to Canterlot to invade the royal castle, but she wasn't alone - three adult human males whom are accompanied by six different animals joined her and teamed up with her to help her steal Celestia's magic, but Celestia managed to outfight them all, and then she blasted my mother, those three adult human males and their six animals out of Canterlot and into the Everfree Forest, defeating them.". Aylene explained as she finished telling Chloe the story about how her mother wanted to fight Celestia and steal her magic but failed and got defeated by her.

Then, Chloe asked her "So you're saying that Yigal, Gilad and Ezra actually teamed up with your mother to help her invade Canterlot so they can fight mommy Celestia and steal her magic?", and Aylene answered "Well, yes. I didn't know those three adult human males actually have names. My mother didn't even told me that.", and then Chloe said "Then I suspect your mother might be a friend of Yigal and his brothers, Aylene.", and the Pegasus filly asked her "Are you sure?", and Chloe said "I would be so sure after what you told me about them helping your mother!", and then she added "We must go and tell everything to mommy Celestia, auntie Luna, and auntie Twilight and her friends about all this!", and then she said to Aylene "Let's go!", and then the two left the house together and they went together to the royal castle.

Chloe led the way to allow Aylene follow her all the way to Canterlot, and once they both arrived in Canterlot, Chloe still led the way for Aylene until the two arrived at the entrance of the royal castle, but two royal guards were blocking Chloe and Aylene's path. However, when the two royal guards recognized Chloe, one of them asked as he and his partner also saw Aylene cowering in fear behind her "Oh, Hi, Chloe! It's nice to see you again! Welcome home!", but then he quickly added "But I still must ask you something - who is this little Pegasus filly who is cowering in fear behind you.", and Chloe answered "Don't frighten her! Her name is Aylene, and she my best friend!", and then she added and expalined "I brought her hear so she meet mommy Celestia face-to-face for the first time, because she never met her before due to her mother forbiding her, and she's now injured because of her own mother wounding her and blaming her on her father's death!".

Then, after hearing what Chloe said about Aylene, the two royal guards looked at each other for a moment, and then they turned back to the human girl and Pegasus filly and then the other royal guard said "You both can go inside! Celestia would like to understand your friend, and I think she might even help her!", and then they moved to the sides to allow both Chloe and Aylene to go inside the royal castle, and then Chloe said to them "Thank you two so much!", and then she told Aylene to follow her behind so she can meet Celestia for herself and maybe even talk to her and explain to her about herself and her life story.

Then, Aylene confessed to Chloe as the two are getting closer and closer to the doors which are leading right to the throne room "I'm sorry, I have to admit.", and Chloe asked her "Excuse me? admit about what?", and Aylene took a deep breath before she said "I did saw Princess Celestia before, but only once - when we all celebrated your ninth birthday, Chloe.", but Chloe smiled down at her and then she said "It's okay, because I know you did saw her just this once, but the real reason which I believe I know why you're scared it's because you believe she'll hurt you purposely just like your mother told you she will. Isn't it the real reason to your fear?", and Aylene nodded and then she said "Yes, I'm afraid she might use her magic to blast me off and eliminate me when I'll try to talk to her.", but then Chloe placed her hand on Aylene's back and then she said to her "It's alright, you'll see how good Celestia really is when we first enter the throne room. Is that fine?", and Aylene nodded as she continued to follow Chloe until they finally reached the doors which led to the throne room, and then Chloe opened the doors to allow Aylene and herself go right into the throne room to meet Celestia and Luna.

When Chloe and Aylene entered the throne room, they met Celestia and Luna, who sat on their thrones, before Celestia got up on her hooves and then she descended down from her throne and towards Chloe and Aylene to greet them both, and when Celestia got close enough, she stopped in front of Chloe and then she said to her "Welcome home, Chloe.", and then Chloe threw herself at Celestia and hugged her chest, thus leaving Celestia to hug her back by wrapping both of her wings around the human girl and then she placed both of her front hooves around her to give her a tight embrace, but then they broke off their loving embrace when Celestia saw Aylene watching them from a distance.

Then, Celestia approached Aylene and then she asked her "Hi, there young filly! What's your name?", and Aylene answered as she was still a little bit scared of Celestia's presence and appearance "M-my name is Aylene, and I'm friends with Chloe.", and then Celestia said to her "Yes. I do know you. Your father told me so much good things about you.", but then Aylene said as tears began to form and roll down her eyes "My father...he's gone!", and then she went down onto her haunches and then she covered her face in her hooves and then she started to cry.

This shocked Celestia to hear that Aylene's father had died, and then she turned to Chloe and asked her if she's telling the truth, and Chloe said "Yes, he died, a long time ago.", and then she added "Look at her, mommy. She's wounded! She needs our help to heal those injuries and bruises she just received!", and when Celestia turned to look back at Aylene and looked closer at her, she saw all the injuries and bruises that she received from her mother, and this made the Alicorn princess gasp in shock and horror to see her like this.

"Who did this to her?" Celestia asked Chloe, and she answered "Her own mother did this to her on purpose. She even said that Aylene's father's death is all Aylene's fault, and that's why she not only beaten her up like this, but she also torn apart the doll she received from her father before he died, which was the only thing she had to remember her father.", and when Celestia gasped in shock and turned back to look at Aylene, she saw the wounded Pegasus filly looking up at her and she nodding in agreement with everything Chloe have said about her father's death and about her mother's cruel behavior.

"How could she beat up her own daughter like she did?! She's barbaric and outrageous! How could she even blame her own daughter on her father's death despite she done nothing bad to him but instead loved him the most?! Aylene's mother must be imprisoned for such cruel behavior against her own daughter! I can't and I won't accept or let a mare like her who commits foal cruelty on her own daughter walk and roam freely! I'll send my royal guards to investigate Aylene's home!" Celestia said as anger began to grow in her eyes, and Chloe said to her "That's an excellent idea of sending the royal guards to investigate Aylene's home, but there's one problem left for us to solve.", and then she asked "Where will Aylene live after her mother will be imprisoned?", and Celestia answered "She'll live here in the royal castle with me, with Luna and with you, Chloe.", and then she added "I can see clearly that you're carrying for her and worrying about her because of her being your best friend, so I'm doing her a favor which is allowing her to stay and live in the royal castle for as long as her mother is in imprisonment.".

When Chloe and Aylene heard what Celestia just said, and Chloe turned to Aylene and then she said to her "Now you believe me you can trust mommy Celestia? She's willing to help you get rid of your cruel and heartless mother and start a new life in the royal castle with me! You and I will be closer to each other than we've ever dreamed of!", and this made Aylene to cry tears of joy when she heard what her best friend said to her, and then she jumped on Chloe and hugged her tightly and then she said to her in excitement and happiness "Oh, thank you, Chloe! Thank you so much for helping me finally escape my bad life I had with my mother! And for addition, we can now live closer and closer to each other more than ever!".

Then, Celestia said to Aylene "Tomorrow, my royal guards will go to investigate your home and to deal with your cruel and heartless mother for committing foal cruelty on you! From now, you're staying and living in the royal castle, with Chloe, with luna and with me!", and Aylene approached the Alicorn princess and then she hugged her and cried in joy "Thank you, Princess Celestia!", and then she said back to the Pegasus filly "Now it's getting late, I suggest you two should go to your bedroom to go to sleep together, and tomorrow, my royal guards will go to investigate your home and they will put your cruel mother in imprisonment.", and then Luna also got up onto her hooves and descended down from her throne and then she approached Chloe and Aylene and she said to them both to come with her, and so she led the two of them right into Chloe's bedroom, and then she opened the door to allow Chloe and Aylene to go inside, and then the human girl and Pegasus filly entered the bed together and then Luna used her magic to cover both Chloe and Aylene's bodies with the blanket and then she said to them "Goodnight.", and then she approached Aylene and then she kissed her on her forehead, before she turned to go and then she went out of the bedroom and then she used her magic to quietly closed the door behind her, thus alowing Chloe and Aylene to finally go to sleep together, and deep inside their minds, the two knew together that tomorrow will be the day that will finally end Aylene's nightmare for good.