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Throughout the years, Nova has been living under his shell, a little depressed because he can't make any friends here in Canterlot. Their high standards makes it difficult for him to make a friend or a job let alone getting a date. Will there ever be a hope? Or, he must accept his fate? These choices are crucial in life, and even he couldn't decide it back then. This is a story about a lone unicorn, seeking for peace and friendship from the darkness of being rejected by other ponies. Nova is a single male unicorn, with a cerulean body, combed, but a little spiky royal blue mane and tail, with streaks of white and grey, an ice blue eyes, and of course, a three-pointed gray star, with a light and dark blue swirls around it as his cutie mark. Nova currently lives with his parents, Aura Dust, his mother and Dawn Light, his father. He's the only son in the family and didn't have any siblings. They live in a simple two-story house, with the usual "Canterlot-style" architectural around it.

Nova has a pretty simple life, performing various spells, experimenting with other objects, and occasionally, spending most of his time admiring the stars at night at the balcony with his telescope as a hobby. Nova is also quite skillful with his magic skills. He can perform various spells, the usual ones, and also the hard ones, such as transfiguration, shield, and teleportation. The teleportation spell however, is the most hardest to perform, since it requires full concentration and a lot of magic power to perform it. Despite his experience, he can barely perform it.

Of course, on the other hoof, he was never good at his social side, which is kind of shame for somepony skillful like him. Nova is a good at casting spells, but not a very good socialist, with an exception of his parents. Every time he tries to talk to other ponies, he stutters almost constantly and ended up being rejected before he can even say a thing. He tried to get some tips from his parents but, no such luck. This might seem Nova had lost his hope but, he did managed to make a friend...or at least his "colthood friend".

When he was a little colt, his parents decided to sent him to the best place to study magic : Schools For Gifted Unicorns. His parents thinks it was a perfect place to study magic as well as making friends...well, except for that second part. Even as a colt, he always get nervous to talk other ponies during his school time. During free time, he usually spend most of the time for himself doing some simple magic tricks and experimenting it with his toys as his "personal assistant". It might sound silly at the time but, it works for him. Thankfully, with some various lessons from his former teachers, they told him not to give up on life and you must show your true colors in order to make some friends by simply, just being yourself. After some trial and errors, he managed to successfully made a friend. He's a male green unicorn with the same age as his but he's not quite remembers his new friend's name. Unfortunately, at the time, he's already a full-grown adult and had a few weeks before the graduation day took place. His old friend had to move out of town to settle down and start a new life. Talk about a bad timing. Even though he had a poor social skills, Nova is a kind, forgiving, loyal and a grateful pony at heart.

The friendship the he made didn't last very long as he expected. He only wishes him good luck and be safe in the outside world out there. However, Nova is also not a kind a pony to give up, even at worse times. So, he did some little research and found out there's a place called Ponyville. a small place populated by all kinds of friendly ponies there and not too far away from here in Canterlot. Taking this opportunity, he finally decided to move out of the town and settle down there and hopefully he can find somepony to guide him in his problems. But of course, since he stills lives with his parents, he must get his parents' permission first thing in the morning for the benefit of doubt.

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Celestia's sun begins rising in the morning, shining through the streets of Canterlot, and finally reaches the window of a small room, which is Nova's room, still sleeping comfortably in his soft single bed with a blue blanket. Shortly after, the alarm clock placed on top of his dresser placed beside his bed, starts to ringing loudly to force him to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes and get out of his bed, still blurred by his vision and quickly rubs his eyes with his hoof and finally snoozes the alarm clock before its getting annoying.

"...Hrmmmngh..." grunted Nova, as he stretches his hooves individually in relief and proceed to tidy up his bed with his magic and continue to his balcony's door and steps out to get some nice cool fresh air in the morning. The birds starts to sing on the nearby tree and the sky's color is golden brown with a hint of yellow and purple. Nothing beats the scenery in the morning.

"Ahh...there is nothing more relaxing than a long glance at the morning scenery in the morning." said Nova to himself.

While Nova were enjoying the the beautiful scenery, his bedroom door were knocked lightly by his mom, Aura.

"Nova sweetie? Are you awake? Breakfast's ready. Are you coming to join us?" asked his mom.

"Uh...yeah, I'm already awake, mom. I'll join you in a minute!" replied Nova with a slightly raised voice to allow his mother to hear him.

"Okay, sweetie, we'll be waiting for you." said his mom, as she trots away from his bedroom's door and proceed to the dining room downstairs.

Not wasting any time, Nova returns from the balcony to his bedroom and proceed to step out of his bedroom and continue to the bathroom located beside his room and starts to take a nice, warm shower. After that, he quickly dries his hair and his whole body and starts brush his teeth as well as comb his hair to his usual hairstyle. He continues to step out of the bathroom and proceed to the dining room downstairs where his parents are waiting for him for breakfast.

Author's Note

Welcome to my first entry of the series! Show some support by following me and liking this story. This is my very first story. So, criticism is welcomed.