It was roughly 7 AM in Ponyville and the first beams of light were rising over the distant hills and mountains. Ponies were beginning to wake across the nation as Celestia raised her fiery star and and Luna was trotting back to her chambers after setting her masterpiece of the night. Celestia was expecting a visit from Cadence today and was anticipating her arrival. She and Cadence were going to have their annual day out where they would do something together like a spa visit, going out to dinner or maybe even having races against aeroplanes. The solar Alicorn was interrupted mid-thought by a royal guard announcing Cadence's arrival. She brushed her mane and put on her tiara, necklace and shoes. Celestia then sat down on one of the red, velvet sofas and awaited her entrance.
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In Ponyville all the ponies had awoken, except for a few. One of those still sleeping ponies was Stardust. She had slept through her alarm and was now being woken up by harsh rays of sun light. Last night was hard to remember although she hadn't had anything alcoholic.
"Urrrrrrrrrgh," She sat up and slowly got out of bed "Lets just hope Pinkie isn't throwing another party today." She shuffled down the stairs and into the kitchen. The kitchen was very heavily lit so it left spots in her eyes which caused her to walk into the counter.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She looked down at her flank, it was now slightly red from the counter 'attacking' her, however she carried on preparing some hay bacon strips for breakfast. Once they were ready, she ate them fast and messily before heading out to Carousel Boutique.
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Celestia jumped as she heard loud knocking coming from the door.
"Aunt Celestia? Are you there?" Cadence's voice shouted from outside her chambers.
"Coming Cadence!" Celestia had no clue how long Cadence had been there, she must've fallen asleep while Cadence was being escorted to her chambers. Her horn glowed yellow and the golden double doors creaked open.
"How long have you been waiting Cadence?"
"About...15 minutes." she was ashamed, she hated keeping people waiting, especially Cadence.
"Oh I'm so sorry Cadence, I must have dozed off!" Celestia apologised and gestured for her to come in. Cadence walked in and took a seat on one of the sofas as Celestia followed and sat next to her.
"I've been having this strange recurring dream, ever since Stardust moved to Ponyville."
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Stardust was trotting up to Carousel Boutique, looking at the sky watching the Pegasi clearing clouds instead of paying attention, then she stopped. She'd walked into one of the pristine wall's of her destination! She backed away from the wall and moved towards the door. Pushing it open she stepped inside the shop only to be greeted by Rarity.
"Welcome to Carousel Boutique! How may I- Oh hello dear, have you decided to take up my offer?" She pulled a puppy dog face which she had to admit was really adorable.
"Why yes, I came for that reason exactly!" She was excited, there was no doubt about that.
"Then take a seat and we can begin."
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"What happens in this dream, Cadence?" Celestia was confused, why would that event cause Cadence to have recurring dreams?
"Well I see Stardust at this little shop called Carousel boutique, with one of the Elements-" the pink Alicorn was cut off.
"Which element?" It's probably Twilight, my dear student is probably pestering her about Canterlot she thought.
"I think it's Rarity, but I'm not sure," That was a surprise for the age old goddess.
"Could you describe her for me?"
"Hmmmm a white Unicorn with a carefully groomed, purple mane?" Cadence had indeed seen the element of Generosity in her dream. She wanted to hear more.
"Yes, that's Rarity, so what were they doing?" Probably giving her a makeover, Rarity loves giving other ponies makeovers Celestia thought to herself while Cadence was recalling the dream.
"Rarity was using Stardust as a model for her dresses for the Gala when Stardust slips and finds herself kissing Rarity." Well that's different Celestia wanted to shrug it off, but what if it did happen? What would her mother think? What about Sweetie Belle?
"Well Cadence, that's is a strange-" She paused as she noticed Cadence asleep on the floor. "Cadence? Cadence! Wake up!"
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"Thanks for the makeover Rarity!" Stardust thanked Rarity as she finished brushing her mane.
"You're ever so welcome Darling, I was wondering if you could do me a favour?" She pulled the puppy dog face again which just made Stardust want to hug the mare and not let go.
"It depends on what it is."
"Could you model my new clothes line for the Gala?" Modelling? She'd never modelled in her life but on the other hand, she didn't want to disappoint Rarity.
"I don't know..."
"If you model for me, I do have an extra ticket for the Gala!"
"Aw alright, I'll do it, when do you need me?"
"Next week on Thursday, if that's alright with you."
"Its a date."
"Ponyville, I finally made it!" Stardust was excited about meeting ponies, but she was mostly excited about the fact that she could go gem hunting instead of buying them in the Canterlot Fabric Store where Fashion finds you! Her thought were then interrupted by a bouncing pink pony with a deeper pink mane and tail. The pony gasped and ran away leaving Stardust on her own again.
"Weird," And with that she set off to find her new house.
Stardust finally arrived at a huge house made of Cobblestone with a wooden door.
"Yep, this is the house!" she walked up to the door and pushed the keys in and turn the handle. The large wooden door opened to reveal a beautiful interior, there were traditional wooden beams, a log burning fire and the walls were painted a soft mint green. She entered the magnificent two story house. She had only expected a small cottage but then realised how silly that was seen as her Alicorn mother, Princess Dream Catcher, was rich enough to buy her way into the royal family. However only one of her sisters, Nightsong, were aloud to stay in the Canterlot Palace, she and Thunderheart had been forced to find somewhere else to stay because only Nightsong was capable of taking over her mothers job of chasing away nightmares with her beautiful, soothing voice. Thunderheart had moved away to Cloudsdale at 12 and she hadn't seen her since. She hated thinking about the red, purple-maned pegasus as it pained her to remember her easily angered sister. Stardust left the house and started to learn her way around Ponyville.
Ponyville was a fairly small town so it wasn't long before she had memorised the layout of the town. She stopped in at the Library and took out a few books on dresses through the centuries and met a purple unicorn called Twilight Sparkle with an absolutely charming personality. She enjoyed her visit to Sugarcube Corner and the company of Mr and Mrs.Cake. She saw a place named Carousel Boutique which indeed looked slightly like one of those fairground rides with the elegant, beautifully decorated carriages, Dragons and Manticores. Although she didn't want to enter the other pony's shop in case of rivalry. She found herself at Sweet Apple Acres while exploring the countryside. Applejack was a very friendly mare and do were the rest of her family: Applebloom, Big Macintosh and Granny Smith. Her hooves started to ache so she made her way back to her house opposite Carosel Boutique.
After a long trek through town, Stardust made it to her house, daydreaming of her new bedroom and it's lovely warm bed. All she wanted was some rest for her poor aching hooves. Sluggishly, she advanced towards the door and found it unlocked, the large door opened and inside were at least seventy ponies! She was dragged in by the pink pony from earlier that day who seemed overly excited.
"Hiya! I'm Pinkie Pie the party pony, what's your name?" Stardust had to admit she kinda liked the pony's excitable personality.
"Hey, I'm Stardust the Earth Pony daughter of Alicorns Princess Dream Catcher and Slash the Wonderbolt." that put a look of surprise on Pinkie's face.
"I thought Catcher only had one daughter which was a Unicorn?" She wondered why Pinkie had called her mother 'Catcher' but that could wait 'til later.
"Oh Nightsong is my sister, how come nopony knows that my mother had a foal of each race?" thoughts rushed through her head as she tried to piece it together which just resulted in a headache.
"Maybe they wanted to hide you and you sister or brother like one big game of hide and seek!"
"Sister, her name is Thunderheart, she's a Pegasus." she didn't want to believe that her mother had been hiding her and Thunderheart away, her mother would never do anything like that.
"Come and enjoy the party properly now!" So she entered the crowd of loud ponies, dancing and chatting.
Stardust now had a headache and walked over to the refreshments which included sarsaparilla, Sweet Apple Acres cider, champagne and various other drinks. It was then that a white mare with a gorgeously styled hair started walking up to her.
"Oh my, darling you must come over to Carousel Boutique sometime so I can give you a makeover, you simply can't go around with your mane like that!"
"May I ask who you are?" So this was the owner of Carousel Boutique, she thought. She seemed like a very generous pony.
"Forgive me darling, I just saw you and had to help you with your fashion dilemma, my name is Rarity and I own Carousel Boutique." Rarity spoke with pride when she spoke about her shop.
"My name is Stardust-" She was cut off mid sentance.
"Daughter of Alicorns?" Rarity finished her sentance which shocked her.
"How did you know? Pinkie didn't," Now she was confused.
"Everypony knows you, your Pegasus sister Thunderheart and Princess Nightsong the Unicorn, Pinkie however, isn't too bright." That put her mind to rest, her mother hadn't tried to hide her and it had just been the pink earth pony's mistake.
"Well that's a relief, I thought nopony knew about my mother having three kids." Stardust's head was pounding. It was about 1:00 AM now and she desperately needed her sleep, hadn't any of these ponies heard about beauty sleep? she thought to herself. She bid goodbye the Rarity and walked away to find Pinkie Pie.
About 7 minutes later, Stardust found Pinkie chatting to Lyra and Bon Bon.
"Miss.Pie, I think its time to finish up the party now."
"Awww but it only just began a-" Stardust didn't want to listen she just wanted sleep.
"Miss.Pie, I do need my beauty sleep."
"Okay Star, PARTY'S OVER EVERYPONY!" Sighs, boos and awws were heard from all the ponies gathered in her home.
"Thank you Miss.Pie, it was a lovely party and it was nice meeting everypony."
"I liked the party too!" She didn't know how Pinkie could have so much energy, it was unbelievable!
"Maybe we can hang out sometime?" Stardust had to admit that she quite liked the pony and wouldn't mind spending some more time with her.
"Okie dokie lokie!" and with that, Pinkie trotted out of the cobblestone mansion off into the early morning, leaving Stardust's house empty. she slowly dragged herself upstairs to her cosy bed and promised herself that she would get more sleep tomorrow.
