The Friendship city clinic was a depressing sight to the young unicorn as she gave it a final once over. For the last few years it had been the closest thing to a home she'd had. The room was about as clean as they got in the wasteland as it had to be for healing the sick. The beds lay empty for the moment and all medical supplies were locked safely away as they always were when things were quiet.

Two other ponies watched as the young white mare tightened her saddlebags and checked her belongings.
"Are you sure she won't change her mind?" One of them, an elderly blue mare asked the other.
"I already tried taking to her, but her mind's set, you know what she's like" the other, a greying stallion, replied.

Spark, surveyed the room closely, her eyes traced the shelves for anything she may have missed. Convinced she had everything, she turned to the ponies watching her, her magic drawing a thick cloak over her head as she did so.

"Are you sure you won't stay?" The blue mare asked, almost pleadingly. "The wastelands a dangerous place and we need you here"

Spark shook her head and looked between the two, her sad eyes just visible under the shadow of the hood.

The stallion stepped forward and wrapped a hoof around her, drawing her into a hug.
For a moment the little mare tensed up, before relaxing a little and returning the gesture somewhat awkwardly.

"Take care of yourself now you hear?" The stallions voice was rough but caring "remember, if you ever want to come back there'll always be a room for you here"

Spark nodded "Thank you for everything" she sniffed, trying to hide the sadness she felt at leaving. "You've been so good to me, but I just..." She broke off, pulling the hood down to hide her face.

"We understand" the elderly mare comforted, "You've done wonders for the folks round here, you'll be missed by everyone"

Spark gave a final nod to the two of them before turning to the door, ensuring as she did so that the cloak covered her fully. Before leaving she turned back for one last look at the two ponies behind her. They looked sad but waved her on supportivly. With a deep breath and a determined nod, she turned and stepped out into the city.

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It didn't take long for Bright Spark to reach the Silver Shoe Tavern. Usually it was the kind of place she would avoid, so many ponies, a loud atmosphere and drunken revelers. Today was different, today was the start of something new.

It wasn't hard to spot the poster on the wall as it had been described to her. The page easily stood out from the rest of the papers on the board simply by being clean. Using her small size to her advantage, she ducked and weaved her way towards it and double checked the writing.

Once finished, she looked around the room and easily spotted a group in the corner. 'You'll know us when you see us' seemed fitting and Spark visibly cringed at the sight of them all gathered there. She took a moment to gather her courage before trotting towards the suited ponies. Unsure exactly how to introduced herself however, she hung off to the side hoping whoever was in charge would present themselves first.