It was around mid-day when a strange, majestic pony started teaching to smaller ponies in the middle of the small village about friendship. During this age of new harmony, it wasn't normal for a pony to have been born with both wings and a horn, let alone be twice as tall as a normal pony. Not only that, but it wasn't natural for ponies, either earth, pegasus, or unicorn, to come together all at once just to listen to one pony teach everything that was for, yet against all they knew about peace and harmony. But everything this winged unicorn taught was so intriguing and inspiring that the ponies of the newly established land of Equestria couldn't help but follow in awe. All except a portion of the unicorn tribe.

This clan of unicorns, or more commonly known as the Harmisees, knew what was right and wrong. They knew what must be done in order to keep balance between the three tribes. Yet, this...white alicorn is teaching everypony things that is blasphemy and against almost everything they know about friendship. All this talk about "loving your enemies as you would yourself" and such nonsense was somehow interesting to the normal ponies, making the Harmisees look bad. If this were to keep up, the ponies would lose their minds, so they thought, and also all their bits.

Today, however, they were going to try to outsmart this freak of a pony, and to put a stop to this. The group of unicorns, coming from a distance, walked up to the alicorn as she was teaching.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"Yes, we believe you can." said the leader of the group. "We are very intrigued by your teachings about 'loving your neighbors,' but please tell us. Just who is my neighbor?" he said with a grin. Surely, her answer wouldn't be logical, or even reasonable.

But the alicorn looked at them and smiled. Then, as the other ponies got a little more excited, she started to tell a story.

"Once there was an earth pony who was walking to another settlement. When suddenly, the earth pony was ambushed by two robbers. They beat him, stole everything he had on him, and left him to die on the side of the road."

"An hour passes as the beaten earth pony is slowly loosing his strength when along comes a proud earth pony. She had a beautiful woven cloak, good food for travel, and plenty of bits. The fair earth pony saw the half dead earth pony on the side of the road, but then immediately turned away and kept walking, without so much as a second thought to help the poor colt."

"Another hour passes by as the sun slowly falls down from the evening sky, when along comes a young pegasus coming up the road. He turned and saw the weak earth pony barely moving. He looked at the colt for a few seconds, but started to slowly walk away. He didn't want to touch the disgusting numskull, not after what they have done to their own tribe just a few years ago. So he walked away."

"Another hour passes as the sun is just above the horizon, when then came a unicorn. An ordinary unicorn, on her way to the nearby settlement. She turned and saw the earth pony, dying on the side of the road. She knew that the unicorn and earth tribes were enemies, and she knew the earth tribe shouldn't be trusted. But she also knew that she should help the poor and be-friend others. So she stooped down, picked up the weak colt, used her magic to get some water for him, and carried him to the settlement. When they arrived, she took him to the nearest inn, gave the colt to the owner and paid him to nurse the colt until he was ready to travel again. Then she continued on her way."

"Now, I tell you, who was the colt's neighbor?" she concluded. Everypony was amazed by this story, including the harmisees. Then they answered, "The one who stopped to help him."

The alicorn said, "Your ancestors have taught you to love your family and to curse your enemies. But I say to love your enemies and forgive those who mistreat you. For what is harmony without willing the good of the other as others? We must all forgive others, and help those who are both hurt, and those who hurt others."