The human girl of Equestria

by Y the monster master

Chloe is an eight years-old girl who's been abused by her own family. Willing to have a much happier life, she runs away from home, but she got attacked and she fell down a bottomless waterfall, and she accidentally ended up in Equestria. However, despite of having great fear of all kinds of animals, she accepts Princess Celestia as her mother and a new family bond began to form.

153. Chapter 152:Filimon in the royal castle

Now, it's still nighttime, and far outside the Everfree Forest, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon are all searching everywhere for their way back to their home in the forest (and also for the way back home to the united herds), but so far by now, their attempts to find the Everfree Forest turned out to be in vain, but after no more or less than five minutes of vainly searching for their way back to the Everfree Forest (and to the united herds), the four baby animals suddenly spotted a town standing not too far away from them and also in the close distance to which they can all reach before it turns midnight (because right now it's already past 11 P.M.), and knowing that they will have to take the risk in order to reach safety, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon immediately ran as fast as they all could towards the nearby town in order to escape Tony Black, Chunga, Karoosh and the last jackal who works for Lysander and for his own animals team, but then it would also mean that as a result, they also got away from Lin Raju, who is still looking for them and is trying to find them and bring them back home to the Everfree Forest and to the united herds (and also back to where and to which they all belong).

However, little did the four baby animal friends know is that the nearby town to which they all just reached and entered was none other than Ponyville, which means that for the first time in their lives, they entered one of the Equestrian towns of ponykind's society, but then they still didn't know what everypony and perhaps even every creature alike who lives in Ponyville could and would do with them upon waking up, spotting and seeing the four baby animal friends in Ponyville, but we still know that there's a big chance that Twilight and her friends (who all live in or anywhere near Ponyville) will accept Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon and will let them all stay, until Lin Raju comes to pick up the four and take them back with him to the Everfree Forest and to reunite them with the still worried, united herds.

As they started wandering around and through the streets of Ponyville and also looked from side to side at all the houses and buildings on both their left and right, Cheeky said to his friends "I wonder who lives here in this town.", and then Maisie added "If I may say, this town looks really nice.", and then Riley nodded his head and said in agreement "Yeah, I've never been in a town before, and it makes me curious to know who lives here.", and then Filimon let out a small trumpeting sound with his head and trunk and the three other baby animals understood that he was trying to say something to them about Ponyville, and so Cheeky turned to the newborn baby Indian elephant calf and asked him "What are you saying?", and then he added "You're saying that you wanna know who lives here in this town?", and when he heard what the little jerboa just said to him, Filimon let out another small trumpeting sound and then nodded his head in agreement in order to tell Cheeky and the other two baby animals that he's trying to say yes, since he's still unable to talk or even say any words properly, due to him (Filimon himself) being just a newborn.

However, it soon turned out that Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon are not the only animals who reached Ponyville - the same lone jackal who survived being swept away by the strong river current have also reached Ponyville and it is now searching everywhere for the four baby animals, and since it's following their scents, it won't be long before it'll be able to find them and start chasing and hunting them down, but when the jackal started getting closer to find them, Filimon suddenly sniffed and smelled the air and he was able to get the jackal's awful scent into his trunk and he also heard it's quiet footsteps approaching, and knowing that the jackal is close and nearby made the newborn baby Indian elephant calf start running away in fear, and when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky saw him running away and then turned around to see the jackal coming towards them, they gasped with fright and then they too started running away and rejoined with Filimon, and so that's when the four baby animal friends started running away together through the streets of Ponyville with the jackal quickly following behind them and trying the best it can to catch up with them and hunt them down.

Then, as Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all kept running away, they looked both up and forward and saw a huge castle standing in the horizon with many more houses and buildings around it, and we all know what place or better yet to say what city it is - it's Canterlot, and the huge castle which can be seen in the horizon along with the city is the royal castle, and when the four baby animals saw Canterlot and the royal castle in the horizon, they immediately left Ponyville and started running towards Canterlot as fast as they could, and because the jackal is still chasing after them, they knew they have to keep running away for their lives, and they also hoped that they will lose the jackal on the way to Canterlot.

However, the jackal kept chasing after the four baby animal friends, but that is until it accidentally tripped over a rock and fell and hit with its own head against the ground, thus getting knocked out cold and unconscious, but even when the jackal got knocked out cold after hitting with its head against the ground, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all kept running away as fast as they all could for their lives, hoping to find both refuge and protection from the jackal, Tony Black, Chunga and Karoosh, who are all willing and eager to hunt them (Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon) down and kill them all, and after running as fast as they could for a while in order to both escape and avoid their enemies, the four baby animal friends slowed down their running pace into a walking pace as they all slowly started growing weak and tired as the night slowly passed, and later, by about 3 A.M., this is when Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all finally lost all of their energy to walk, and so that's when they all finally collapsed and fell unconscious all together while they are all still in midway to Canterlot.

However, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon are not going to be the easy targets of their enemies for long, and about no longer than six minutes after the four baby animal friends collapsed and dropped unconscious on their way and also in midway to Canterlot, a shadow suddenly appeared flying in the night sky, but once the shadow flew up in front of the moon and showed itself up against the moonlight, the shadow cleared and its colors are soon revealed, and it soon turned out to be none other than Princess Luna, the princess of the night herself, and she was seen flying up and soaring through the night skies, but when she looked down and spotted and saw the four baby animals lying down unconscious on the ground below, she suddenly became curious and decided to descend down from the sky to investigate and see the four new baby animals from a closer look, and so like a vulture, she started flying both above and around the four unconscious baby animal friends in circles while also slowly descending down from the sky towards them, and so it wasn't long before she landed on the ground and came to a stop as she then stood right in front of them.

When she saw the four baby animal friends lying down unconscious from a much closer look, Luna soon recognized Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, for she and Celestia have already met them before, but she didn't know Filimon, who wasn't yet born at the events which followed after Agatha's redemption, and so that's when she took a good look at him and saw his size compared to the other three baby animals, which was much bigger than all of them together, but still appeared to be much smaller than either a normal pony or even a human, likely about the same size as a large dog, but still though, judging by both of Filimon's size and appearance, Luna could easily tell that she's looking at a baby Indian elephant calf, but she knew that he's not an independent calf - he was just a newborn who is probably only about a day old, which means that he's depending on his mother's guidance as well as he supposedly feeds on her milk in order to survive, yet Luna could see that the baby Indian elephant calf's mother is nowhere to be found anywhere around, and nor is the rest of his herd, and when she realized that the calf (Filimon) is all alone by himself with only Maisie, Riley and Cheeky with him to keep him company, Luna was worried and concerned for them all and at the same time, she also wondered how did the four baby animals ended up lying down unconscious in midway to Canterlot in the first place.

Then, as she looked down at Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon, Luna asked herself "I wonder what these four little baby animals are doing out here all alone? And where is this little baby Indian elephant calf's mother? Why isn't he with the rest of his herd?", and after looking down at the four baby animal friends who still lied down unconscious in front of her for no more or less than ten minutes, Luna said to herself "I should probably take these cute little ones to Canterlot so that they can stay there until tomorrow, then I'll send some of the royal guards to go searching for the little baby Indian elephant calf's mother and also for the rest of his herd.", and so with these words being said, Luna lit up her horn and surrounded Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon in her magic aura and just then, with the blink of an eye, she teleported both herself and the four baby animal friends to Canterlot, where they can all stay for the time being, and then Luna will inform Celestia about the four new baby animals first thing in tomorrow's morning before she'll send some of the royal guards to go find Filimon's mother and the rest of his herd.

Hours later, Celestia's sun rose calmly against the crystal clear blue canvas of the morning sky as it radiated a shower of both warmth and light over Equestria, and the rays of sunlight glistened through the royal castle's windows, and through one certain and specific window - upon a large bed on which Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all lied down unconscious, but when the rays of sunlight from Celestia's sun glistened through the window upon their bodies, that's when the four baby animal friends finally started to recover, and just then, the four of them started to stir and slowly opened their eyes, but at first, their visions were all blurry for a few moments, but soon afterwards, after no more or less than just three minutes, the four baby animal friends' visions finally became clear, but once their visions were all clear and they were all able to see properly, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all soon turned and moved their heads in different directions as they all started looking around them, only to see that now they're no longer lying down outside on the road.

Instead of seeing Canterlot and/or the royal castle in front of their eyes, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all looked around them and saw that inside a big room, and when they looked down at their own bodies and feet, they noticed that they're no longer lying down on the cold and hard, stone and brick road on which they collapsed on their way to Canterlot, but instead they're lying down on a very big, soft and warm bed, which made the four baby animal friends even more confused than they were just a few moments ago, and just then, shortly after they became confused about what just happened to them while they were lying unconscious, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all suddenly heard the sound of footsteps going down the hallway which was outside their room, and they also heard that the sound of footsteps started getting both louder and closer with each passing second as someone who walked down the hallway approached towards the door which leads to their room, and upon hearing the sound of footsteps coming towards their room, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all started growing nervous, whereas Filimon grew terrified, as he thought that the sound of footsteps likely belongs to Karoosh or even to Saut, and he absolutely didn't wanted to meet neither of these two cruel and heartless rhinos again.

However, luckily for the four baby animal friends, when the sound of footsteps stopped and then the door which led into their room slowly opened up right before their eyes, they all saw none other than Luna herself appearing before them as she opened the door wide with her magic, for she lit up her horn and surrounded the door which led into their room with her magic aura, and once she finished opening the door wide, Luna stepped into the room to say hello and introduce herself to the four baby animal friends, and when she stopped right before them, Luna said in a calm and friendly tone so not to scare any of the four new animals whom she rescued "Good morning, little ones. No need to fear me. I'm Princess Luna, Princess Celestia's younger sister and the princess of the night. It's a pleasure to meet you four.", but then Riley said back to her, for he and his friends (except for Filimon) already know her "We already know you and your sister, Luna. My friends and I we've already seen you two before in the Kirin village, when you both sent the big bad meanie female African bush elephant (Topsy) who killed our mothers to Tartarus.".

Then, after Riley finished talking to Luna, Maisie asked her "Excuse me that I'm asking you such a question as this, but...how did we got here in the first place?", and then Cheeky added in agreement and said "Yeah, the last thing I can remember is that we four collapsed and dropped unconscious outside and on the road.", and when she heard what they said, Luna said back and explained "I believe I have the answer you little ones are looking for.", and then she added and explained to the four baby animal friends, I was soaring through the night sky after midnight and I looked down and discovered four baby animals lying down unconscious on the road and in midway to Canterlot, and these four baby animals were all of you, and I decided to take you all with me to the royal castle in Canterlot, because I didn't have the heart to leave such poor little animals as you four lying down unconscious and outside on the road all by yourselves, so I used my magic to teleport you four and take you along with me to the royal castle in Canterlot so that you can have your rest for the remainder of the night and then wake up and recover here in the morning.".

When the four baby animal friends what the princess of the night just said to them, Maisie said "Oh, so that's how we got here to this room in the first place. This fixes everything.", and then Riley added "And that's exactly what this place is called - the royal castle, and the city which surrounds it is Canterlot.", and when she heard what the baby fennec fox just said, Luna said "You're right, little one." and then she asked "Can you please tell me your names?", and when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky heard what she said, they introduced themselves before they also introduced Filimon, but then they also explained that he and they got separated from the Everfree Forest's united herds and are all being hunted by two male rhinos (Saut and Karoosh), a black hyena (Chunga) and a black tiger (Tony Black), but upon hearing from the baby animals that one of the animals who attacked them before they arrived in the royal castle and in Canterlot was a black tiger, Luna explained to them about who is the black tiger who attacked them before, told them about his name and even told and explained to them that he's Yigal's pure black and melanistic tiger who is just as evil as his human owner, and upon hearing that Tony Black have an evil human owner who is just like him, the four baby animals gasped with fright to know that he was actually being sent by the same evil human owner to hunt them down and kill them all.

However, just then, Luna calmed down the four baby animal friends and she reassured that she, her sister, their subjects and all their friends won't ever let Tony Black or the three other animals (Chunga, Saut and Karoosh) to get them and/or destroy them under their evil owners' orders, and then she said to the four that she will take them with her to see Celestia and Shujaa and perhaps will introduce them to Chloe, Aylene and Stephan as well in order to show the four baby animal friends that they're all safe and sound within ponykind, good centaurids and many other creatures' society, and she also told them that after she will them go outside to explore Canterlot, she will send the royal guards to the Everfree Forest to find and bring Filimon's mother and the rest of the Indian elephants herd (and perhaps even all the other herds) to Canterlot to reunite them all with Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon.

A few minutes later, Luna took Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon out of their room and started leading them as she showed them everything around and inside the royal castle, and along the way, they will meet Celestia, Shujaa, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan during their tour in and all around the royal castle, and after walking down the halls and following behind Luna, they all finally stopped in the royal castle's dining hall, and just then, they saw none other than Celestia coming into the dining hall from the opposite direction and right in front of them, and when they saw her beautiful appearance again, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all looked at her with happy smiles, for they were so glad to see her before their eyes again, but the same cannot be said for Filimon, who just stepped aback in fear and trembled when he saw the even bigger and taller Alicorn mare standing in front of him and his friends, thinking she's going to hurt him if she sees him.

However, when Luna turned around and noticed that Filimon is afraid of Celestia, she went up to him and placed a forehoof on his cheek and said "It's okay, Filimon. There's no reason for you to be afraid of my sister.", and then she added "Celestia is really nice and she won't even dream of hurting such a young and precious little elephant as you.", and when he heard what she said, Filimon stopped his trembling but still kept his distance away from Celestia, who then said good morning to Luna before she suddenly walked up to her and then looked down to notice Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon standing right next to her, and upon seeing the little galago, fennec fox and jerboa, she soon recognized them and then she said to them "Well, hello again, little ones. Long time no see.", and then Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all said hello to her before introducing themselves so to let Celestia know their names.

Then, shortly after Maisie, Riley and Cheeky introduced themselves to Celestia and told her their names, she turned to see Filimon standing a few yards away from her, with Luna standing right next to him. Growing curious upon seeing the new baby animal, Celestia decided to walk up to meet the baby Indian elephant calf from a closer look, for she haven't yet seen or met him before, and once she was close enough, she stopped right in front of Filimon and then she said and asked "Hello there, little one. What's your name?", but since Filimon was just a day old, he was unable to speak to the Alicorn mare who stood right in front of him, but luckily for him, however, Luna introduced him to her and said "This is Filimon, and he's a new friend of Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, and yet despite he's much bigger than all three of them together, he's actually much younger than them.".

When she heard what Luna just said about Filimon being younger than the other three baby animals, Celestia asked her "Really? Then how old is he?", and then Luna said back and answered "I assume that he's just a newborn, because judging by his appearance, his small size and the lack of tusks on his face, he must've been born at least two nights ago, which means he's likely only about a day old or so.", but when she heard what Luna just said about Filimon being just a day old baby elephant calf, Celestia gasped in shock and then she asked "Then what is he doing here in the castle? And where's his mother?", and then Luna said and explained to her what happened to Filimon and to his friends before she (Luna herself) found them and brought them with her to the royal castle.

Once Luna was done explaining what happened to Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon the day before, Celestia couldn't help but shed tears upon realizing that Filimon was separated away from his family and herd by Tony Black, Chunga, Saut and Karoosh, who tried to kill him and his friends under their respective human and Pegasus owners, but she's not the only one who was sad - Filimon heard what Luna said about what happened to him and to his friends the day before they were brought to the royal castle, and he too had tears forming and then rolling down his eyes, because since he is now far away from his mother and from home, all the poor little baby Indian elephant can do is cry.

When the other baby animals and Luna turned their heads to look at Filimon and saw his tears, they couldn't help but feel sorry for him, for they all knew that now he's missing his mother and his herd, just like a little colt or a baby human boy who misses his family, and when Celestia opened her eyes and saw Filimon's tears as well, she went up and reached very close to him and then she wrapped her forelegs and wings around his body, which was no bigger than a large dog's, and then she said to him "I'm so sorry to hear that Tony Black separated you from your mommy.", but just then, a male voice suddenly asked "What's going on here?", and when Celestia, Luna and the baby animals all heard what the new voice just said, they all turned to see Shujaa standing at the entrance which leads to the dining hall, the one through Celestia came just a few minutes ago.

When they all saw the adult male albino orangutan standing at the entrance which leads to the dining room, Celestia slowly pulled away from Filimon and broke her hug with him so to turn around and face Shujaa, who is now looking confused at her and at everyone else who are already present in the dining hall, and so that's when Celestia said as she turned to face him "Oh, Shujaa! I didn't know you're here at the entrance of the dining hall!", and when he heard what she said, Shujaa said back to her and explained "Well, I was just walking down the halls and minding my own business as a royal guard, but just then, I suddenly heard somebody crying, and so I followed the sounds of crying and I decided to go investigate, and so I came here to the dining hall and I found you and Luna here, and now I see that you're the one who's crying.", and then he asked "Is there's something wrong?", but just then, when he looked down and saw Maisie, Riley and Cheeky standing right next to Luna, as well as he saw Filimon slowly coming out from behind Celestia, Shujaa asked "Who are they?" and then he added "Where did these four little guys came from?".

When Celestia heard what Shujaa just said, she immediately wiped her tears away from her own eyes and then she went up to Shujaa and told him to come and meet the four baby animal friends, and when Shujaa came with Celestia into the dining hall and saw Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon from a closer look, that's when Luna introduced each and every one of the four baby animal friends to the albino orangutan, but after they were introduced to him, Shujaa asked Celestia and Luna how did the four baby animal friends arrived in the royal castle, for he haven't seen them coming towards Canterlot and/or the royal castle during the night, and upon hearing Shujaa's question, Celestia and Luna's faces turned saddened once again, and just then, the two explained to him about what happened to Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon before they arrived in the royal castle.

After the explanation about Filimon and the three other baby animals being separated from his mother, from his family and from all the other animal herds (the united herds) was retold, Shujaa was so sad and he too was in tears on the outside, but then he was also in pure rage and anger on the inside, for he couldn't believe that his former best friend, who is now his worst enemy (Tony Black) would do such a horrible thing as separating a newborn baby animal from its mother and from the rest of its family, and when he heard the part of the explanation where it was told that Tony Black tried to kill and eat Filimon and his friends, the already reformed albino orangutan's blood started boiling in fury and madness, and it traveled all the way up from the core of his heart to the top of his head and it made it all the way up and right into Shujaa's brain, which eventually led to his face forming into an angry scowl as he started bearing his teeth at the mention of Tony Black's name.

Then, Shujaa angrily said to himself inside his own mind "How dare he! How dare that monster of a tiger do such a horrible thing to this poor little newborn baby elephant and to his little friends! Now I really want to go find him and destroy him for being such a ferocious beast towards these poor little guys! And when I'll find him trying to hurt this poor little baby elephant and his little friends again, I'll kill him and will bring his whole body back here to the royal castle and I will ask Celestia and Luna to make his skin and fur a trophy and turn it into a tiger skin rug which will be lying down and will be displayed on the floor of the throne room! That will show Yigal, Gilad, Ezra and Black Heart what happens to those who try to take away the lives of innocent babies and newborns!", and after his mind was done talking and speaking inside him, Shujaa tried to take a deep breath and calm himself down a little bit so not to scare the four baby animal friends, but Celestia and Luna both knew how angry he was at Tony Black, and they couldn't blame him for his anger towards the villainous black tiger, for they already knew for all these years that Tony Black was always a ferocious beast and a heartless brute who is also a dangerous predator who will do everything for his evil human owner who raised him from babyhood.

However, just then, the four baby animal friends saw and noticed a little bit of Shujaa's anger, and so Cheeky stepped forward and asked him "What's wrong? Why are you angry?", and when Shujaa heard what the little baby jerboa just said to him, the albino orangutan said back "It's okay, little one. I'm not angry at you or at any of your friends, I promise.", but when he heard what he said, Cheeky asked "Then why did you just scowled like that? Who are you angry at?", and when Shujaa heard what he said, he knew he would have to tell him the truth, and so that's when the albino orangutan took another deep breath to ease his own anger a little bit more so not to scare Cheeky or any of his friends and then he said and explained "Well, the truth is...is that I'm really angry at who tried to kill you little guys before you all arrived here at the royal castle.".

When he heard what Shujaa just said, Cheeky simply asked and said "What?", and then Shujaa added and explained "You see, I know Tony Black very well, and much like his owner, Yigal, that pure black Bengal tiger indeed have shown all of Equestria his cruel heart. But that's not all though, because besides of Tony Black being such a cruel and heartless tiger, there's something else that you little guys still need to know about me and my friends - we too were once villains who followed and obeyed our respective owners who raised each of us from such a young age, but so far by now, Kenai, Agatha, Russell and I we have all chose to leave the villains' side and join the good side instead, and our wise decisions gave the four of us much better lives than we've ever had before our four respective redemptions.", and then he continued and explained "I was the first villainous animal who have reformed and became good, and after my redemption, Kenai was the second animal who have reformed, and after his redemption, Agatha was the third animal who have reformed, and she's also the only reformed female animal so far, and after her redemption, Russell was the fourth animal who have reformed, and his redemption was the most recent to date out of all four.", and when Cheeky and his friends all heard what Shujaa just said about himself, Kenai, Agatha and Russell all being reformed animal villains who already joined the good side, they all knew and understood through that information that the four adult animals were once friends with Tony Black but are now his enemies, and even Filimon couldn't help himself but stare at Shujaa and look at him in awe to know that he's now looking right at the first out of all four villainous animals who have already reformed so far.

Then, with the explanation being said and told, Riley also stepped forward and stopped right next to Cheeky and then he said and asked Shujaa "So, from what you just told us about yourself and about three of your friends, we can understand and see that you four were once friends with Tony Black, but in the end you all reformed and became his enemies, right?", and then the Albino orangutan said back to him "That's right! After we reformed and joined the good side, we four cut all of our bonds with Tony Black and with all the other villains who are still on his side, including our respective and now also former evil owners! Mine and Kenai's was Gilad, Agatha's was Yigal, the same evil owner of Tony Black, and Russell's was Black Heart, respectively!", and then he also added and concluded "There is also Ezra, who is the owner of Saut and Lin Raju, but for some reason, we came to realize that there's a sudden change in Lin Raju's behavior which causes him to leave the villains behind him and join the united herds, and now he's likely more good than bad!".

However, when Celestia and Luna heard Shujaa mentioning the united herds, Celestia asked him "Wait, Shujaa! Do you know the united herds?", and then Shujaa said back "Sure I know them. They all live in the Everfree Forest, and they make that place much less dangerous and more friendlier in the part of the forest in which they all live together, and among the animal herds, one of them consists of a big family of Indian elephants led by a matriarch known as Queen Tukta.", and then he added and asked "Why are you asking that?", and then Luna explained to him "I think that Filimon belongs to Queen Tukta's herd, and I also think that his friends may also be part of the united herds too.", and then she added and asked "Which makes me think...maybe you can help finding them and bringing them all, especially his mother here to Canterlot so that we can reunite Filimon and his little friends with them?".

When Shujaa heard what Luna just said about bringing Queen Tukta's herd to Canterlot in order to reunite Filimon and his friends with them, the albino orangutan said back "For the princesses and co-rulers of Equestria, I'm ready and willing to do just that! I also promise you that I will bring them all here to reunite Filimon and his little friends with them before sunset!", and when they heard what he said, Celestia said to him "Then you may leave right now and go to the Everfree Forest to find Queen Tukta's herd and bring them here to Canterlot before sunset, Shujaa.", and then she added "I'm pretty sure that out of all of them, Filimon's mother is worried about him for the most.", and when he heard what the princess of the sun just said, Shujaa said back to her "I will leave you, Luna and your little guests right now, but I promise that I will come back here to you with Queen Tukta and her whole Indian elephant herd before sunset. I promise you that you can always count on me.", and so with these words being said, Shujaa immediately left the dining hall and started running down the halls inside the royal castle, and once he found and reached the exit, he got out and soon left the royal castle and then he started making his way from Canterlot to the Everfree Forest in order to find Queen Tukta's herd and bring them all to Canterlot before sunset, leaving Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon in the royal castle with the princesses.

Then, after Shujaa left the royal castle, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon's stomachs all suddenly growled hungrily, and that told Celestia and Luna instantly that the four baby animal friends are now hungry and need to eat, and then Celestia went up to the four and asked them "Are you all hungry?", and when they all heard what she said, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all said yes while Filimon just nodded his head in agreement, and so that's when Celestia went to make Maisie, Riley and Cheeky some of her tasty and delicious morning pancakes she makes every morning for breakfast (and she also saves some, if not, a lot of these for Chloe, Aylene and Stephan to eat as well), and after no more or less than 20 minutes, Celestia came back to the four baby animal friends with eight beautiful piles of pancakes with strawberries, blueberries and raspberries surrounding each of the piles of pancakes on each plate and around the bases of each pile of pancakes, and pony-like faces with smiles on the top pancake of each of the piles, complete with whipped cream on top and above each of the pony-like faces for the manes, and two strawberries on top and above each of the faces pointing both up and to the sides and near the mane for the ears, and in order to make sure that nothing bad will happen to the breakfast meals, Celestia used her magic to hold and levitate them all at once before she then gently placed them all safely on the dining table.

Then, after Celestia prepared and made breakfast for not only herself, Luna, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, but also to Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, she used her magic and made a big bottle full of warm milk appear out of thin air and then she levitated and moved it towards Filimon and said to him "And this milk is for you, Filimon.", and then she added "Go ahead, drink it. This milk is just for you.", but when Filimon saw the big bottle full of warm milk which was levitated and was brought forward to him, he hesitated at first, but when he saw a single drop of milk coming out of the rubber teat which was attached to the top of the big milk bottle and then dropping down to the floor, Filimon slowly approached and then he started inspecting the bottle in front of him, and after no more or less than a minute, he opened up his own mouth and then he closed it right on the milk bottle's rubber teat, and then he started pressing with the pressure of his mouth and lower lip and started releasing the milk from the bottle, through the rubber teat and into his mouth, and once he swallowed a bit of the warm milk, a happy expression formed on his face as he then started drinking, swallowing and gulping down all the rest of the milk that's still in the bottle, and once he drank all of his milk, he let go the hold and grip of his mouth of the bottle, turned to Celestia and Luna and trumpeted for them to give him more milk, for he was still hungry, and when Celestia and Luna clearly understood what he was trying to say, Celestia lit up her horn again and then she used her magic again to refill the bottle with more warm milk so that Filimon can continue drinking until he is satisfied.

Later, after drinking, swallowing and gulping down at least three bottles of warm milk (which means that Celestia had to use her magic to refill the bottle with more milk at least twice after he finished gulping down his milk from the bottle at the first time), Filimon accidentally let out a big loud burp, but that told Celestia and Luna instantly that he's now satisfied, yet the loud sound and noise of his burping made the two Alicorn princesses giggle and even laugh a little bit at how loud Filimon is able to burp despite the fact that he's still just a little newborn, yet we're still talking about a mammal that is not a newborn baby human being or a newborn pony foal, but about a newborn baby Indian elephant calf who is still just under the height of 3 feet (91 centimeters), which makes him small but he's still able to let out some loud sounds which would make even a whole pack of hungry wolves to run away from him with their tails between their legs.

Just then, shortly after Filimon finished drinking his milk and is now satisfied, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan walked into the dining hall to eat their breakfast, and when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all saw the inseparable teenage threesome coming into the dining hall to eat their breakfast, they looked at them in awe, for that's because Chloe, Aylene and Stephan are not only inseparable but are also from different species (Chloe is a human, Aylene is a Pegasus and Stephan is a centaur, and he's also the only male among the three), but when Filimon turned around and also noticed and saw the three new creatures who just came into the dining hall, he immediately cowered in fear, for he thought that Chloe, Aylene and Stephan are dangerous creatures who would try to hurt him or even kill him, like Tony Black, Chunga, Saut and Karoosh already tried to do to him and to his little friends before.

However, just then, Filimon suddenly felt a wing touching him on his back and it was Luna, and when the baby Indian elephant calf turned to look at her, she said to him "It's okay, Filimon. There's no need for you to be afraid. Chloe, Aylene and Stephan are really nice and friendly and they won't ever dream of hurting such a precious little baby as you. You can trust them, Filimon. You can trust all three of them.", and when he heard what she said, Filimon decided to take a step forward and tried to show himself up in front of the human, Pegasus and centaur, who in turn came to notice and see him standing in front of them and in the dining hall of the royal castle.

When the three noticed and saw the new baby Indian elephant calf standing in front of them, Chloe asked Celestia and Luna "Mother? Aunt Luna? Where did that little baby elephant came from?", and when they heard what she said, Luna explained "Well, I found this little one and his three tiny friends, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all lying down unconscious and in midway to Canterlot, and while I was flying in the skies during the night, I looked down and spotted them lying down unconscious and on the ground below, and so I flew down to see them from a closer look and then I inspected them, and I just couldn't leave them lying down on the ground and all alone like that, so I decided to use my magic to teleport all four of them and bring them here to the royal castle.", and after the explanation was being told, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all came up to Chloe, Aylene and Stephan to make themselves appear visible and noticeable to the eyes of the much larger creatures, and then they introduced themselves by their own and respective names to the inseparable, teenage threesome, who in turn came to look down and notice and see them too.

Then, shortly after Chloe, Aylene and Stephan met the four baby animal friends, Aylene asked Celestia and Luna "Mother, Aunt Luna, if it's not a rude question to ask, how old is that baby elephant here?", and then Celestia introduced Filimon and explained "His name is Filimon, and he's a new friend of Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, but despite he's much bigger than all three of them together in size, he's actually much younger than them.", and when they heard what she just said, Stephan asked her "Really? Then how young he is?", and then Celestia explained "Filimon is just about a day old or so.", but when they all heard what the princess of the sun just said about Filimon's age, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan all gasped in shock before their eyes widened and their mouths and jaws dropped open, and that in turn made Filimon feel uncomfortable with the sudden change in the inseparable, teenage threesome's behavior.

Then, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan screamed and said out loud all together "A DAY OLD?!", not knowing that the loud tones of their voices managed to scare Filimon, who in turn started to shake and tremble in fear, but then Celestia stepped forward and said to them "Please, lower down your tones, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan.", and then Luna also stepped forward and added "You're scaring Filimon.", and when the three teenagers heard what the princesses just said and then looked at Filimon again, Chloe said "Oops, sorry." and then she stepped forward and went up to the newborn baby Indian elephant calf, but did so very slowly so not to scare him even more, and once she got close enough, Chloe lowered herself down and got down on one knee and also lowered her head to look at Filimon in the eyes, and then she gently started stroking at his back with her right hand and said "Shhh, it's okay, Filimon. We three didn't mean to scare you like that. Don't be afraid of us. We're just shocked and surprised to know that you're just a little newborn. My sister (Aylene), our best friend (Stephan) and I we've never seen a newborn baby elephant like you before, and I must say that it's our pleasure to meet you, Filimon. I also want you to know that you're welcome to stay here and attend to my fourteenth birthday, which will happen today before evening.".

When Filimon heard everything that Chloe just said to him, he looked up at her in the eyes and then he showed her some tears of not fear, but joy forming in them, and that told Chloe instantly that the newborn baby Indian elephant calf not only started to trust her when she tried to calm him down, but he also wanted to stay in Canterlot and attend to Chloe's fourteenth birthday before Shujaa will return with Queen Tukta's herd to reunite them with him (Filimon himself) and take him back home to the Everfree Forest, and so that's when Filimon tried to raise up his own trunk, though he had trouble controlling it at first, but after a few tries, he finally managed to touch Chloe's face and on the left cheek with the tip of his trunk, which in turn made her giggle a little bit before she then said back "I think I'll take it as a 'yes'.", and then she stopped stroking at his back and started wrapping her arms around his neck and started hugging him, which in turn made Filimon understand and realize that Chloe is a good and friendly human who can be trusted and that he can also befriend her.

Then, when Chloe and Filimon pulled away from each other and broke their hug, Aylene and Stephan stepped forward and then Aylene said "You're going to like attending to Chloe's birthday party.", and then Stephan added "And there's also going to be so much fun.", and when he heard what the two just said to him, Filimon decided to make things up in his own mind and so he chose to stay in Canterlot until after Chloe's birthday party, and when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky decided to stay in Canterlot and attend to Chloe's birthday party too, that's when things settled and four more guests are going to attend to and be part of Chloe's fourteenth birthday party.

With things being settled, Chloe turned to Celestia and asked her "Mother, can we go outside and meet our friends?" and then she added and explained "I want them to meet Filimon and his little friends too.", and when Celestia heard what her human daughter said to her, she said back "Of course you can, but first, you must eat your breakfast before you all go outside.", and when Chloe, Aylene and Stephan all heard what she said and then turned their heads to the dining table, looked at all the plates and saw all the piles of pancakes on them, happy smiles formed on the inseparable, teenage threesome's faces, and then Chloe turned to look back at Celestia and said to her "That's just what I wanted to eat today for breakfast! Thank you, Mother!", and then she, Aylene and Stephan all went up to the dining table and took three seats on the side of the table and sat right next to each other, and then they started eating the piles of pancakes on their plates and began enjoying their meals.

When Maisie, Riley and Cheeky looked at Chloe, Aylene and Stephan and saw them eating their breakfast together, the three tiny baby animal friends decided to join and eat with them too by jumping onto three other (and empty) seats which were on the other side of the dining table, and then jumping up again in order to get onto the dining table and eat the other three piles of tasty pancakes which stood on each of the three other plates on the other side of the table, and when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all reached the top of the dining table and started eating their own piles of pancakes on their own and respective plates, Celestia and Luna smiled at the sight of seeing all six eating their breakfast together and with each other, before the princesses too decided to join in and eat their own piles of pancakes which stood on their own and respective plates, which in turn stood on the front side of the dining table, and so that's when Celestia and Luna went up to the dining table, took their own seats right next to each other and started eating their own piles of pancakes on their own and respective plates, and so that's when all eight started enjoying eating their breakfast together and with each other, side by side, while Filimon just stood there away from the dining table and watched them all eating together and enjoying their meals.

Later, after they all finished eating their breakfast meals, Celestia and Luna finally allowed Chloe, Aylene, Stephan and the baby animal friends to go outside and meet the others, and so that's when the seven said goodbye to the princesses and then left the dining room and then went down the halls until they finally found and reached the exit, and then they all got out and soon left the royal castle and went outside and started walking around in Canterlot together, and with Chloe, Aylene and Stephan leading the way, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Filimon all followed behind them and hoped that nothing bad will happen and they also hoped that everything will be okay.