The Rise of Starlight Glimmer

The next morning, Starlight was awoken by her mom opening the curtains.

"Darling! Up! We must not be late for school." her mom sang.

Starlight moaned, digging deeper under her covers who where taken away from her by her mother.

"Alright, alright! You win I'm up!" Starlight squealed feeling the cold air against her body.

Her mom smiled and trotted out the room, still levitating her sheets incase her daughter had a change of mind.

Starlight got up, brushed her teeth and hair and walked down stairs to the kitchen, that sadly wasn't next to her room (she had wished it was for she liked having a midnight snack now and then). Her mom was making pancakes and her dad drinking coffee. The filly sat down at the table, asking where her sister was.

"Oh, Moonlight left earlier, her school starts an hour before yours."her dad answered.

Or maybe she just didn't want to see me, thought Starlight sadly. They had not resolved the issue between them and Starlight could not find the courage to say sorry. But she had to, and soon.

"Oh dear look at the time, her father said, Bluespace would you mind giving me a few pancakes to take to work please?"

"You're going to eat those at work?" her mother asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Um... Yes?" Starbeam said sheepishly.

Bluespace sighted and put two pancakes in his briefcase. Her father thanked her and kissed his daughter on the cheek, then left.

"You're going to have to eat yours in the cab too darling. We're late!"

Starlight nodded and picked up her saddlebag (luckily she had packed it yesterday evening), pancakes in her mouth.

They both got in a cab and arrived earlier than they expected. Her mom left her in front of the school and rushed back to the cab to go to work. The pink filly went through the doors and admired the beautiful interior design of the castle. Everything was so shiny and perfect! She spotted a griffon in the hall as well as a few fillies and colts where gathered in a corner. Maybe one of them is going to be my new best friend! Starlight thought excitedly.

"Impressive!" a voice behind her said.

She turned to face a gray colt with brown hair and eyes looking up at the decor amazed. She smiled at him.

"I know right?! Can you believe we're gonna study here! It's so cool!! "

He looked at her and smiled back.

"Me too! It's going to be awesome!" His horn gave a little spark as he finished his sentence.

"I'm Starlight by the way" she said happily.

"And I'm Leafgray! Nice to meet you Starlight!" he held his hoof out and she shook it. "C'mon let's go explore!"

"Great idea!"

Leafgray trotted of to the classrooms and Starlight thought : A colt best friend? Why not! And she dashed after him. He was inspecting a closet full of brooms. His head popped out :

"I once read a book where ponies could fly on brooms so each time I see one, I check cause it would be awesome to ride one!"

"I'll help!!" She started copying him, lifting brooms up and letting them go about a feet away from the ground. Somepony tapped her shoulder and she turned around to see two fillies, one with an orange tail and main and light green fur and the other with orange fur and a light green tail and main, glaring at her in disgust.

"Are you seriously believing his nonsense about that magic broom story?" one said.

"Yeah cause it's like impossible" the other approved.

Leafgray sat up looking at his hooves.

"But it IS a possibility right?" Starlight asked.

"Well no DUH. Why would it be? Flying brooms?? How would you even ride on those?" the first filly said.

"You shouldn't hang around with that loser! I mean, just look at his cutie mark." the second filly said, pointing at Leafgray's flank.

Starlight managed to catch a glimpse of it before her friend hid it with his tail. It was an upside down horn.

"So?" she asked.

"Ugh you don't understand how much Leafgray is a baby? Still believing in fairy tales, tricking other ponies into thinking the same thing and causing disasters with his horn because of his cutie mark!"

Leafgray stood up :

"I didn't trick her! It really could be real!"

Starlight's heart shattered when she realized how sad and broken her new friend was.

"Well if you came here just to bug my friend, well I think you can leave now because... because... you're not nice at all!" she replied harshly.

Well that was pathetic, thought Starlight. The two fillies raised an eyebrow. Quick, add something!

"And...And I think those horseshoes that you're wearing are... uh... really ugly!!"

They gasped.

"We just came here to warn you and maybe give you a chance to hang out with the popular ponies but if you're going to throw a hissy fit, we might as well not!"

"Yeah! Bye looooosers!"

They both trotted off, heads high.

"Thank you" Leafgray whispered.

"It's ok!"

"Those two have been taunting me for my cutie mark ever since I've got it. I met them in magic kindergarten, they're sisters : Orangeleaf and Orangelime."

"They look alike, have the same voice and almost the same names. I'm not surprised that they're sisters."

Leafgray groaned.

"I can't believe they're at the same school as me! And in the same class!"

"How do you know that?"

"It's written on a sheet of paper outside." he said.

"Let's go see if I'm in your class!!" Starlight exclaimed.

They trotted back to the entrance when Princess Celestia passed them, her cheeks muddy, and talking with a young purple unicorn that had a streak of pink in her main. Her hooves where muddy too as well as her nose.

"What happened to them?" asked Starlight to Leafgray.

He shrugged.

"Go figure. Come on let's go!"

They  looked at the piece of paper and happily noticed that they where in the same class.

"So cool!!!!!" squealed Starlight, jumping around "Now I can defend you against those bullies!!"

"Thanks soooo much!!!!" he squealed, jumping around too "This is gonna be so much fun!!!"

A tear ran down the unicorn's face as she paused the memory orb to take a break from the scene that looked happy but brought sadness to the mare watching it.

"If only I knew..." she whispered.