Bright as a Star

The sun has fallen and the moon has risen. Night has come, and every pony in Equestria is fast asleep in their warm cozy beds under the starry-night sky.

"SPIKE!"

Okay, maybe not EVERY pony is fast asleep.

In a town called Ponyville, there lives a unicorn mare by the name Twilight Sparkle (and her number one assistant, Spike the baby dragon), who lives in a library called "Golden Oaks". Twilight Sparkle, a very special mare indeed. How special? Well, she is Princess Celestia's faithful student, has saved Equestria a few times, recovered the "Elements of Harmony", and is also a great... oh wait, where was I... ah yes.

"Spike! Where's my "The Astronomical Astronomers Know about Stars and Comets" book!", Twilight screams.

On the second floor of the library, Twilight's going back and forth; from here to there, collecting supplies such as: ink bottles, quills, scrolls, a red-white blanket, daisy sandwiches, and her telescope. As always, Twilight has a list to make sure she has everything that she needs. "Check, check, check, and..." As she was checking off her list she notice something was missing. She looked around her, high to low, left to right, she couldn't find it. So she went down stairs. Yet she didn't seem to find it...her book.

While searching she yelled, "Spike did you burn another book?!" No answer. "Oh come on, come on, where are you!" she whispered to herself as she continued to look. She stopped and panicked, "What if I left it at Rarity's, o...or maybe I left it at Canterlot, or..." Twilight took a deep breath, and used her magic to bring her saddle bag and supplies towards her. "I can't just stay here and run around like crazy, I have to go before it's too late." she calmly said with a sad face.

As she was walking towards the door, Spike finally decided to show up. "Twilight," he yawned, "wait." Twilight turned around and saw Spike coming down the stairs slowly. As Spike walked down the stairs, Twilight noticed he was carrying a little blue blanket and... "Twilight, *yawn* it's right here." Spike yawned once more as he showed Twilight the book. "You found it!" Twilight piped as she grabbed Spike and twirled him around while cheering. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" Once placed on the ground, Spike rubbed his little eyes and said, "Your welcome, and now if you'll excuse me *yawn* I'm going back to bed now".

Twilight still had a grin on her face, "Thank you Spike." she whispered. Now that she has the book, she levitated her list and a quill and put a check on a box that said "The Astronomical Astronomers Know about Stars and Comets" Book. She put the items in her saddle bag, and exited the library.

Twilight was running fast! Her heart was pumping, her breath was labored, and when she ran, it sounded like a dragons roar. Twilight's hooves were in pain; swollen and red. She could use magic and teleport there, but there are two problems. One; it's a far destination, and two; it could waste her energy and magic in a flash.

She continued to run until she reached up a hill. Twilight collapsed to the ground, she was out of breath. "I...made...it..." Twilight said as she gasped for air. She lay down for a while now, breathing in the fresh, cool, night air. Once Twilight was able to breath easily, she got up on all four hooves and turned to where she came from. She was up on a high hill, looking down at Ponyville. This hill was where Twilight and her friends came to watch the Meteor Shower.  Twilight loves it when she spends time with her friends and while enjoying a pretty good show from Luna's night. Twilight still didn't understand why Luna would be so jealous of her sister and think that ponies would just ignore her night. Twilight could stay up all night and enjoy what Luna's night has to offer.

Twilight would have to go to bed at some point, but right now, she can stay up all night and watch the stars. Speaking of stars, Twilight needed to get her telescope ready pronto!  She started unpacked everything, from her red-white blanket to the telescope. "I hope I'm not too late", Twilight said while adjusting her telescope. Twilight looked through the telescope eyepiece and pointed the telescope to a certain star. Using magic, Twilight levitated the book in front of her and started turning the pages. "Mira, Mira, Mira," Twilight said as she went through her book, "ah, here you are, page 148; Mira the Red Giant." Twilight looked back at her telescope and started to focus it on the star she found. Once focused, Twilight went back and forth from her book to her telescope to see if it was the right star. Indeed it was, she found Mira the Red Giant Star.

"If my calculations are correct, like every other star, Mira is getting ready to transform into a super-nova." Twilight confirmed. She looked away from her telescope, placed her book on the ground and got out a daisy sandwich from her saddle bag. Twilight lay down on her belly and started munching on her sandwich. It was so peaceful. Twilight can't remember the last time she took a break, for everyday was a busy day. There was Nightmare Moon, Winter Wrap Up, Celestia's Phoenix, Aloysius and Spike, Discord, Luna making friends, Cutie Pox, MMM Mystery, Cadence and the Wedding, Twilight could go on and on, yet she doesn't recall having a day of peace.

Stars seem to be the answer for Twilight. Once she finished her midnight snack, she got up and went back to her telescope. "You seem to have it easy, you just stay up there looking pretty...and that's it, while I have to stay here and help every ponies problems." Twilight huffed, She looked away from her telescope and looked straight at the star, "Sure, I do love to help others, but...sometimes I wish I could spend some more time with my friends. I know I'm with them every day, but I mean...can't we have some peace, like a day at the Spa or go out and eat or...I don't know. I just feel like something is missing, that my destiny may be more than friends, maybe something powerful. But what's more powerful than friendship? What..." Twilight shook her head, "I'm talking to myself again, this is just getting ridiculous."

Twilight went back to her telescope. Though something wasn't right. "That's strange...I don't recall readjusting my telescope to get a closer view..." Twilight was confused. The star was so big and bright that it blinded Twilight, she screamed as the light hit her eyes. It was so bright that Twilight looked away from her telescope and kept her eyes shut tight. Her eyes were in such pain that she could barely open them.

As she rubbed her eyes, she started to get a bit warm. That made no sense, it was cooler earlier, how did it just get warm all of a sudden? But then it got worse. It was so hot that Twilight had beads of water coming down her face. Once her eyes had recovered, she slowly opened them to see what was causing this heat. But right when she opened her eyes, she saw a red light. She looked up to see where this light was coming from.

Her eyes shrunk. She couldn't believe her eyes on what she saw. "Oh...my...Celestia...", she gasped.

Coming straight at her was a big, red, glowing ball of light! Twilight couldn't move until the light came closer that it almost made her blind again. The light in her eyes broke the trance, and Twilight was able to run away. She didn't want to leave her stuff, but that light was coming down so quickly Twilight didn't think she would have enough time to save them.

She was running away until she tripped and fell all the way to the bottom of the hill. She twisted her back-left foot when she fell. Twilight couldn't run anymore and the hot, red, burning ball of light was still coming. Twilight ducked for cover and hoped for the best. Her eyes shut tight as the ball of light finally hit the ground.