The​ ​Journal​ ​of​ ​a​ ​Fallen​ ​Star

by dedragon13

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Sad, Starlight Glimmer, Original Character, Tragedy
Length: 1219

Take a peak into the past, as you read the diary of Starlight Glimmer. As reviewed by Broken Quill

“Have​ ​you​ ​ever​ ​wondered​ ​what​ ​leads​ ​people​ ​down​ ​their​ ​dark​ ​paths,​ ​how​ ​their​ ​mind​ ​fell.​ ​Well
let​ ​me​ ​tell​ ​you​ ​a​ ​tale,​ ​of​ ​how​ ​a​ ​young​ ​star​ ​fell​ ​into​ ​darkness​ ​because​ ​of​ ​a​ ​friends​ ​foolishness,
taken​ ​from​ ​the​ ​diary​ ​of​ ​Starlight​ ​Glimmer”
​ ​​An​ ​excerpt​ ​from​ ​Broken​ ​Quills​ ​award​ ​winning​ ​book​ ​​“From​ ​The​ ​Mouth​ ​of​ ​Villains”.
(First chapters mistakes are deliberate)
Starlights​ ​birthday:​ ​980​ ​PDE

Published 2017-02-06 00:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-02-06 00:30:01 UTC

983​ ​PDE​ ​(Post​ ​Discordian​ ​Era)

983 PDE (Post Discordian Era)

June 12
Dear Diary
today i met a neu freind named sunburst, he was niec and freindy, and has ben helping me majkic. it was fun, and i hop to do it gain.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “ From what I could infer, it seems that this is when it all started, Starlight first

meets the aggressor here, leading to further moments and pain.”]

July 13
Dear Diary

me and sunny just learned how to spin pnsel, it waas fun but i kep poking my self it hurt, i
wantd to prove i new majkic to sunny, but i then bleu up da pencel, it was sad.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “As you can see, it seems Starlight always was a powerhouse, as she blew up
the pencil in the spinning exercise, something almost unheard of, the only other pony I heard
of doing this was Sunset, wonder what happened to her”]

July 23
Dear Diary
momi didn fel wel today, so dad is makng her some brekfest, i hop momi is happi, and hungi,
dad made lots

starlite glim

July 25
Dear Diary
momis still not feeling wel, hop she get beter soon, i relly wan to play wih sunny, i mis him

starlite glim

August 3
Dear Diary

momis ben sik, is she going to be ok, dad say so, but i don no, she didn get up, will she ever.
im worried but sunny helps me.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “Shortly after this log her mother, Radiant Gleam, died of Magus Mortem. This
was the start to her decent, but not quite the lynch pin, as the believed aggressor was

Sunburst.”]

September 4
Dear Diary

sunny visited tday, i cried, it hurt, i wish mom was here, wher she go, cant she return. i need my
momi.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “You can almost feel her hurt and sorrow, as though her heart broke into a
million pieces. But from what I know, this was not the worse she suffered, that was still to

come.]

September 25
Dear Diary

dad isn hapi anymor, he wont play with me, is he sik, wil he go away lik momi, i hop no, it mak
me sad.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “Her father, Dark Star, starts to become more disconnected with everyone,

refusing help from people he once called friend.]

October 12
Dear Diary

dad refused to carv a pumkin with me, y did he not wan to carv, he loves pumkins, he nevr didn
carv, is he okay
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “Dark Star was an artist who specialized in carving, so him not carving was a

big warning sign.”]

October 31
Dear Diary
tday is nitemare nite, momi didn com bak, an dad is not leving his room, im going with sunny
as a ghost. hop dad gets beter.
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “It was discovered later that Dark Star had attempted to end his own life, to

minimal success.”]

November 8
Dear Diary
dad went to the docter, is he ok, is he sik, i don no, i hop it not lik momi, also me an sunny wer
lerning how to clen spel, i did wel, but dad wasn ther
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “Another suicide attempt, this time leading to Dark Star to the hospital, the pain

seemed to be too much for him.”]

November 27
Dear Diary
i asked dad wer he got his cuty mark, he startd crying, and told me to shut up, whats wrong
with dad.

[Broken Quill - “Dark Star’s break down was getting worse, and it was affecting her. It hurts to

read this sometimes.”]

December 1
Dear Diary
dad left tday, he said goodbye, he seem beter, i hop he beter, maybe he will play tday, yay

[Broken Quill - “Dark Star went missing that day, it is believed he ran from his daughter,

abandoning her alone.]

December 31
Dear Diary
dad didn come back, y didn he com bak, did i do wrong, did i hurt dad, was it all mi fault ….
was i wrong….
starlite glim

[Broken Quill - “That stallion, Dark Star, doesn’t deserve the title of father, he hurt her deeper
than anyone else, sticking a proverbial dagger through the one who trusted him most.”]

An Interview with Twilight

“Twilight, when you first met Starlight, did you ever think that one day you would be friends”, asked the off gray pegasus stallion with a black mane, Broken Quill. Today was something he had been looking forward to for awhile, he finally had a meeting with the princess of friendship. This interview would be an amazing way to gain information on Starlight, and a closer look into how people saw her.

“No I didn’t, I don't think anyone thinks that their enemy would be their friend, it just seems impossible,” answered Twilight, “after all life is hard to predict, we never know where we are going. If you asked me 3 years ago if I would be a princess in 3 years, I would tell you you were crazy. Life throws me these type of curve balls all the time, like when I found out that I was one of the elements of harmony, I mean …”

“While your an interesting topic,Twilight, you're going off topic, we’re talking about Starlight, not you,” laughed Broken Quill, “Now, do you fear that Starlight might relapse, after all she nearly ended the whole world.”

“No, not at all,” said Twilight, happy to answer, “She has done so much to make up for her mistake, I know she wouldn’t risk hurting the ones she cares about. She fears to be abandoned, to lose us. She wouldn’t go back to her old life, I know it, I trust her.”

He was surprised, he expected her to at least have a suspicion, but this amount of trust, it was interesting. He couldn’t of hoped for more, but he still had questions, after all this was an interview. “So has Starlight told you a lot about her past, or has she kept it from you. I imagine she would have told you things that even her diary doesn’t tell me, so it would be interesting to hear them from you, so how about it.”

Twilight was taken aback, no Starlight hadn’t told her much at all, but she was sure she would tell her, right? “Not really, no, but I trust her to tell me, I know she will,” Twilight said a little too fast for true honesty.

“Really, and you trust her? You must be a great judge of character, I mean how do you trust someone you know nothing about.” ‘Yes, much better then I could've ever hoped,” thought Broken Quill, ‘but let's give her one more test, one more question.’ “Have any of your friends told you about a lot about their past.”

“No,” Twilight said, feeling drained. Could she really trust her other elements, she didn’t know what they had done before, if they were criminals or liars , if they were just playing her. She left for her library, to think over all that she had learned today.

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