Story
Being a melanistic pony, Shadow didn't have an easy childhood. Other ponies and mothers would be wary and scared of her. There's not many black-coated ponies neither in history nor current times, and most of them are related to dark magic and tyranic royals. This made her distant to others and to herself, which just intensified the feeling. Eventually, she met a tiny blank flank. They helped her realize you can't define yourself by what others think of you, everyone it's their own self, the looks do not matter.
Years later, she stumbled upon a changeling when going back home, searching around the rooms. He seemed nervious, scared, angry. She managed to calm him down, and offered him to stay. Nowadays, the little guy has become a permanent presence in her life, and she sees him kind of as her own foal.
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