A week have passed since Chloe turned 13 and celebrated her thirteenth birthday, and now she seems very happy to be finally called a teenage girl as of today forward until she will be called a young lady or young woman when she will turn 18 years old, but until that day when she will turn 18 years old and will officially become an adult woman comes, there are five more years she needs to go through before she will finally become an adult woman at 18 years of age. For now, Chloe is happy to be with her Pegasus pony sister Aylene, and their centaur best friend whom they met when he rescued them twice on that same day, about a full year ago - Stephan.

One day, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan got a letter from Spike, and it turned out that the reason he was the one who wrote and sent the letter for them it's because the dragon lord wants to meet them all, and especially Chloe herself, and the dragon lord is none other than Torch's young-adult daughter, who is friends with Spike and is the one who accepted and let Smolder enroll and become the first dragon student in the School of Friendship in the first place - Princess Ember, who is also, coincidentally, friends and allies with Thorax, just as she is with Spike.

Later that same day, Princess Ember flew high in the skies and she's now in midway between and from the Dragon Lands to Canterlot, and while she continued to fly in the skies towards Canterlot, the dragon lord thought to herself "I wonder if that new human Chloe is really indeed a good human like everything I've already heard about her.", and then she thought to herself some more and added "If my changeling friend Thorax, as far as I heard and as far as I know, is the father of that young human girl, and if Celestia is the caring mother of that same human girl, I might as well get to know her as well.", and so the dragon lord continued to fly on her way towards Canterlot to meet Chloe and see and get to know her, and also to see if Chloe is indeed a good human like everything she heard about her.

Meanwhile, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan all waited in excitement to meet Ember, but there is still one problem - how would Ember react when she will meet Chloe? When Ember almost arrived in Canterlot, Chloe spotted her flying up in the sky towards the royal castle and then she called and yelled for her friends, as well as to her mother Celestia and her aunt Luna "Hey! Look up there! I see a dragon! It's her! It's the dragon lord Ember!", and Ember seemed to hear Chloe calling and yelling to her friends to come, and so the dragon lord started to swoop down and dive towards the ground until she ended up landing on her feet on solid ground in front of the royal castle, and she's soon being greeted by Celestia and Luna, as well as Spike and the mane seven, who were also present in the royal castle to greet her in case she comes to meet and see Chloe for the first time.

Then, Ember asked everyone "Where's the human girl Chloe whom I heard about that is good unlike these Yigal, Gilad and Ezra?", and then Twilight said to her "She saw you coming down to meet us, so she went to meet you too.", and then they suddenly heard Chloe calling "I'm coming, everyone! Here I am!", and when everyone turned back, they saw Chloe running fast towards them, and she ended up stopping right in front of Ember, and then she breathed in and out for a few seconds since she ran really fast to meet the dragon lord, and then she said to Ember "Hi! I'm Chloe, Celestia and Thorax's human daughter! It is an honor to meet you!", and then she asked her "And who are you?", but Ember looked a bit confused for a brief moment as she looked at the now teenage human girl, before she then said to her back "Well, I'm dragon lord Ember!", and then she added "You must be the good human whom I heard about who is very much unlike these bad humans known as Yigal, Gilad and Ezra who caused so much troubles to our world, don't you?", and then Chloe said back "You guessed right, your dragon highness!".

Ember smirked proudly as Chloe then gave her hand to her and waited for her to grab and shake her hand with her claws, which then suddenly made the dragon lord confused (at first), but then she decided to give her own claws to shake the teenage human girl's hand, and once they shook their hand and claws with each other, Chloe said "It is a great honor to meet you, dragon lord Ember!", but then Ember said to her back "Please, just call me Ember! You don't have to be so formal with me! Even if I'm the dragon lord!", and then Chloe said "Sorry! I'm just so excited to meet you!", and then she added "I first arrived here in Equestria when I was only 8, but now I'm 13 years old! I'm already a teenage girl!" and then Aylene came to her side and said "Hi there! I'm Aylene, and I'm also Chloe's sister!", but when the now teenage Pegasus mare said that, Ember was taken aback before she then asked "You are Chloe's sister?", and then Chloe answered "Yes! Aylene's my sister for almost 4 years, and she still is my sister right now!".

However, then Ember said to her and asked "But that's impossible! How can a human and a pony be siblings?", and then Stephan stepped forward and answered for them "Because they're both adopted by Celestia as her daughters, and so they're also Thorax's daughters!", but then Ember asked him "And who are you, centaur?", and then Stephan answered "My name's Stephan, and I'm Chloe and Aylene's best friend! I became their friend a year ago after saved them twice on that same day - the first time from the evil brothers, and the second from a mad okapi named Akeno who hated them so much for being a human and a pony!", but then Ember asked "Are you really friend of Chloe and Aylene, or not?", but then Chloe said to her "Stephan is a good centaur, and he's truly handy when someone needs him, because when he sees someone in danger or being bullied or harassed by another creature, he won't hesitate to spring into action and stand up to the attacker, and he would start fighting and beating up the attacker, and he would end up either knocking out the attacker or chasing him or her away!".

When Ember heard what Chloe said about Steohan being good, kind and even handy when necessary, she then asked the teenage centaur "Is Chloe telling me the truth about you? Would you really stand up to an attacker to defend the victim?", and Stephan nodded before he said "Yes, I would! My own father attacked and harassed me and my little siblings before, so we ran away from him and left him all alone for his cruelty and heartlessness he always had and still has today towards us! That's exactly why I will not tolerate another creature who is just as worse as my own father doing the same things he did to me to another creature! And that's exactly why I gave a fair beating to Akeno when he harassed Chloe and Aylene when they tried to leave the Everfree Forest and go back home to the royal castle!".

When Ember heard what the centaur said, she then gasped in shock to know that Stephan is indeed tough, strong and is able to fight other creatures whom he can tell are bullies, attackers or harassers, before she then said "You must be really strong, but don't think you can be as strong as me, Stephan! I'm the dragon lord!", but then Stephan said "You're wrong! Centaurs can sometimes be strong enough to pick on much stronger attackers at any opportunity! Centaurs were also smart compared to dragons, even if most of them, except for royal winged centaurs, can't fly like them!", but then Chloe interrupted "Let's not continue this going-to-be mad talking to each other!", and then Aylene added "Yes! This barely goes to nowhere but troubles!".

When Stephan and Ember both heard what Chloe and Aylene said, Stephan decided to back down from the talking and simply said "Fine!", and then Ember said "I will stop talking for now, but I still give you three a fair warning - I don't really trust Chloe, though, because I already know how Yigal, Gilad and Ezra, who are all human beings from her own kind caused so many troubles to this world! So I give especially Chloe a warning - she does one wrong step, one wrong move, one thing that will look bad in my eyes, and I will have no choice but to consider and confirm her as my enemy! Because humans are still dangerous creatures which are not native to Equestria!", and so she suddenly gave Chloe a stern look which tells that she still warns her if she will do something that will look really bad, thus causing and prompting Chloe to frown back at her as she realized that Ember still thinks that even good humans like her can still be dangerous like bad humans such as Yigal, Gilad and Ezra themselves.

Then, Twilight came to them and said to Ember "Why not show you a tour around Canterlot? I'm sure you would like it!", and then Ember said "Fine! I'm going on a tour around Canterlot so I can see everything that new here and there myself!", and so the mane seven and Spike started to take and lead Ember on a tour all around Canterlot, but Chloe, Aylene and Stephan stayed behind, and the Pegasus and the centaur what's happening to their human sister and best friend - Chloe was offended by Ember's false warnings, but then Celestia went up to them and then she asked Chloe "What's wrong, Chloe? Is something troubling you?", but Chloe simply said as she crossed her arms "Nothing, mother.".

However, Luna also came forward and then she said "I'm not buying it, Chloe. Tell us what's wrong with you so we can all help you out.", and then Chloe took a deep breath before she said, though in a grumpy tone "Fine, let me spell it out for all of you.", and then she added explained "I thought everyone trust me here and that I'm loved and liked without being insulted for being a human, but that so-called dragon lord Ember here thinks I'm dangerous like Yigal, Gilad and Ezra.", and then she said "She thinks I don't deserve to be here with all of you, and she believes I should either return back to my original home on planet earth, or join Yigal, Gilad and Ezra and become one of them.".

When Aylene, Stephan, Celestia and Luna all heard what Chloe said about Ember not trusting her for being a human, they all gasped in shock before Stephan then asked the teenage human girl "Why are you saying this to us?", but then Chloe turned back to him with an angry face and said "You heard exactly what she said to me - she warned that if I do ONE wrong step, ONE wrong move, ONE thing that will look bad in her eyes, and she will consider and confirm me as a dangerous enemy, just because I'm a human!", and this made Stephan to step aback from her and then he asked "What's gone into you, Chloe? What's going on with you?", but then Chloe said "Nothing!" and turned away from him, but then Aylene went behind her and reached her side before she then placed a forehoof on her shoulder and then she said and asked "So, let me get it straight to the point, Chloe - you hate Ember because you think she hates only because you're a human?", but when Chloe heard her Pegasus pony saying that to her, she cried "I don't hate dragon lord Ember! I truly enjoyed meeting her at first, but then she suddenly thought that there's no such thing as a good human being, and this makes me so mad! Just like how Lysander, Sayla, Akeno and even Terrence all judged me badly for being a human, and for god's sake, these four were all racist to humans, and so is that dragon lord Ember!".

Then, Celestia tried to reassure her that everything will be okay be saying to her "It's okay, Chloe. Everything will be okay. Ember simply don't yet know very clearly that you're a good human, but I'm sure she will know that very soon.", but then Chloe yelled "No! Ember thinks I'm a filthy monster! That's why she threatened me with these false warnings - to keep me away from all of you!", and then tears started to form in the teenage human girl's eyes as she then turned away from Aylene, Stephan, Celestia and Luna and started to tremble in anger and pain, but then Luna placed a hoof on her shoulder and said "Chloe, please. Ember doesn't really knows everything about you yet. Just give her some time to get to know you clearly.", but then Chloe smacked her aunt's hoof away from her shoulder, before turning back to look at her, Celestia, Aylene and Stephan with tears in her eyes, which were mixed with both anger and sadness, and then she yelled "No! No! Ember wants me away for good! She wants me to either live with Yigal, Gilad and Ezra, or to leave this world and never return!".

Bewildered by Chloe's sudden outburst, Celestia said to her "Chloe!", but then Chloe yelled with tears rolling down her eyes "Goodbye, Mother! Goodbye, Aunt Luna! Goodbye, Stephan! And goodbye to you too, Aylene! None of you will never see or hear from me ever again!", and then she started to run away from them all and cry to herself due to being threatened just because of her being a human once again. Stephan called for her "Chloe, come back!", and he was about to go after her, but before he can do so, Celestia stopped and said "Stephan, leave her alone. Let her go, she needs to have some time to herself. Let her cry, she will get over it and calm down eventually, and when she does so, she'll decide to come back here and have a talk with us.", but this made Stephan smash his front left horse hoof on the ground before he then said with anger starting to burn in his eyes "It's all Ember's fault!", and then Aylene cried in agreement "She's the reason why Chloe ran away like this!", and then Stephan growled "She will pay for giving these false warnings to Chloe!", and then he added as he then clenched one of his human hands into a fist "When she comes back here from her tour around Canterlot, Aylene and I we'll both teach her a lesson for messing up with Chloe like she already just did!".

Meanwhile, Chloe continued to run away until she left Canterlot and ended up in the meadow, and when she reached the same tree that was the only one in the meadow, she went up to it, got under it, stopped dead in her tracks and finally collapsed down and cried out her very soul. While sobbing, wailing and crying all alone, Chloe said "How could that cold-hearted dragon lord Ember judge me very badly for being a human?! I did nothing to her, and in fact, I was at first so excited to meet her, but then she suddenly threatened me by giving me these false warnings like if I'm a dangerous pest!", and then the teenage human girl added "Out of all these worse days I've been through in my life, THIS ONE is the worst of them all ever!", and then she started to move her legs and moved with her knees close to her face and then she buried her own face in her knees as she continued to cry.

For about a full hour, Chloe cried as she's unable to shake away the pain from her mind, as well as her heart, as she also remembered how everypony (except for Celestia, Luna and the mane seven) hated her so much for being a human when she first arrived in Equestria, and she also remembered how everypony framed her away just because of her being a human, but having a dragon to repeat and do the same things the Equestrian ponies have already done to her a long time ago just made her feel worse and maybe even worthless and unnecessary to Equestria.

However, after she cried out her very soul for that full hour, Chloe suddenly felt something is touching the top of her head, and when she slowly moved her head and started to look up and away from her own knees, she saw Ezra's Mammophant, Lin Raju, is very close to her, and she felt the end of his long trunk is gently touching at the top of her head without plucking a single hair from the hair of her head, and once Lin Raju lifted his trunk away from Chloe's head and hair, he started to give the teenage human girl some rumbling sounds he, like all proboscideans, can do and make with his own stomach, but Chloe just turned away from the Mammophant, and then she buried her face in her knees once again, much to Lin Raju's displeasure of being ignored, but then an idea suddenly sparked inside the Mammophant's mind and so he decided to go with the new idea, and so he decided to give Chloe a ride to the Everfree Forest so she can meet Asha and her okapi family once again, and since Akeno was already banished from Asha's family, this gave Lin Raju the idea to give Chloe a second chance to make friends with the okapis (without Akeno's interference).

Then, Lin Raju started to slowly wrap his trunk around Chloe's medium-sized body, and once he had his grip on her body, he started to lift her up very carefully from the ground, and he ended up placing her down on his own back, and then the Mammophant gave Chloe some more stomach rumblings before he turned and walked away from the tree and he started to leave the meadow with Chloe on his back, and when the teenage human girl felt she's actually moving and riding on someone's back, she moved her knees and her face away from each other and looked to find herself riding on Lin Raju's back, and then she heard the Mammophant letting out a trumpeting roar, and the loud noise of his roar caused and made Chloe to quickly cover her own ears with her hands until his trumpeting roar stopped, but Lin Raju kept walking away from the meadow and towards the Everfree Forest, and Chloe was still riding on his back, and she suddenly got curious and wanted to know where Lin Raju is taking her to, and when she saw him approaching the Everfree Forest, she realized he's taking her there to have an adventure, and so she said to herself as she looked forward at the Everfree Forest while still riding Lin Raju's back "I wonder what kind of a new adventure is waiting there for me. In the Everfree Forest...".