Chapter 1: " Just Another Day In Paradise"

It was another peaceful sunny morning in Canterlot. The birds were singing, the sun was shining, and best of all it was quiet. Perfectly quiet for anypony to sleep in, but on this particular morning, that would not be the case. RRRRRRRRIIIIIIINNGG! sounded the loud alarm of Morning Mist's Alarm clock before she silenced it with a very heavy and hard hoof to the snooze button nearly crushing the clock. Morning slowly got up grumbling into her pillow which she still had pressed into her face. With that drowsy feeling everypony has when they wake up early in the morning she walked into the bathroom and observed herself in the mirror she grabbed a brush, and began to clean her unkempt mane and spruced herself up for the day, meanwhile across the hall another little set of eyes were beginning to open.

Starlight's eyes fluttered a little as she began to wake up the blue-grey pegasus filly, with an orange mane, quickly rose up, her eyes widened with realization!

"ITS SATURDAY " she squealed with delight she quickly got up, hurriedly brushing her mane and running off into the kitchen. Sadly to her dismay no breakfast awaited her and her stomach was already rumbling......loudly.

" Only one way to solve that problem" she thought to herself, and she looked up at the top of the shelf sat a box of her favorite oats cereal then it appeared that little expression of determination on her face that said she would get that cereal, that cereal was hers.

Despite the fact that Star still hadn't learned how to fly Star was very determined to at least try. Star flapped her wings as hard, and as fast as she could, she pushed as hard as she could, exerting more, and more force with her wings, she was flapping her wings so hard, and so fast, she felt as though her wings were gonna pop right off, then she looked down, and almost immediately formed an expression of disdain, as she noticed she hardly even got her hooves off the ground, but she couldn't give up, she had to try harder, soon she had climbed from a chair, onto the table, and was ready to try again she took a deep breathe

"this is it" she thought "today I fly" she then gave a little jump a small boost was all her little legs could provide and then she flapped furiously, sadly once again this ended in failure as she came crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

Morning heard the thud from the kitchen, and chuckled to herself as she continued to try to make herself presentable. Now Star was more determined than ever if she couldn't fly up to the box, she'd climb up. Star began to stack pots an bowls and various other objects on top of each other until she finally mad a tower, and finally it was the delicious oat cereal was.....just out of reach and all of the sudden a pot slipped out from one of her hooves and everything filly and all came clattering to the ground.

Morning came bursting from her room to see a still dazed little filly buried under books,pots, and various other miscellaneous items. Morning couldn't help but chuckle at daughters little mishap as she chuckled and helped the filly back on her hooves. Morning quickly turned off the radio, then simply reached for the box and brought it down from the shelf, Star buried her face into her hooves with shame and embarrassment. But all that faded away quickly, as Star heard the sweet sound of oats being dumped into a bowl, and the sound of pouring milk following it. After eagerly waiting, Star finally got her breakfast, and Morning taking a bowl of oats as well sat down next to her.

"So my little Star do you know what today is" Morning said with a smile to the little filly next to her.

" THE DAY I GET MY TELESCOPE!" Star cheered. "Mommy when are we gonna go, I've been waiting forever!". Morning shushed her.

Ever since she was little-er, Starlight had a deep fascination with the night sky, and all of its wonders. Everyday she would sit outside at sunset and watch the moon rise, she loved how the moon glowed, and how the stars twinkled brightly in the darkness of the night.

" We'll go as soon as you've brushed your teeth, do you have the bits you were saving up",

Star pulled out a small bag full of bits, that seemed about ready to explode

" I'm practically rich mommy, look at all that money I saved"

"It sure is a lot" She replied giving her daughter a proud look, she nodded Star off, and the little filly darted off the bathroom to brush her teeth.

While Star was cleaning up, Morning sat down for a few minutes, to her dismay one again another letter from the home owner stating how her rent payment was overdue, Morning looked it over again three hundred bits, even working overtime Morning was hardly making enough to get by, she had a daughter to feed, not to mention herself. There wasn't much she could do; she basically already out of options she needed money, and fast but that could wait till later, she let out a long sigh and folded the letter closed again as she heard the rapid sound of small hooves rushing towards her.

" Can we go NOW mommy pleeease" the filly pleaded with large saucer-like eyes.

" Yes dear lets get going" Star let out another little squeal with cheer, as her mother grabbed her saddlebags and they both headed towards the door.

As her daughter rushed out the door, the smile that had formerly been there escape from Morning, as she looked back at the letter that sat n the coffee table in her living room. She forced the smile to come back though as she heard that little filly nagging her on to hurry up. Morning simply smiled, and shut the door.