Dawn's new day.

When I made it home I found mom napping and snuggled up with my dam on the couch. Dam was still awake though and with a tilt of her head to look past the book she was reading she quietly asked. "So, how was Starlight? Your mom told me you went to see her."

After setting my saddle bags down, I wiggled up onto the couch, assisted by her magic once she set her book down, and snuggled in next to her. After getting comfortable and pressing my muzzle into her side, I replied with muffled voice. "She wasn't good dam. Sunburst leaving effected her more than I thought," Pony Coats can get so soft.

She wrapped a foreleg around me but let me continue, "She did finally get her cutie mark though, so that has really helped. Also she will be going with us to Canterlot," I finished, smiling as she Idly groomed my messy mane with her tongue . No idea why this isn't gross.

She ended her grooming and let out a content sigh, "Much better, Well that's good sweetie, I was honestly starting to worry about that filly. Anyway you can tell me more later," She smiled while setting me on the floor with her magic, "We have a big day tomorrow so head to bed." She leaned over and playfully nuzzled me while giggling at her own rhyme.

"Night sport," mom mumbled, the movement having woken her, "see you at breakfast."

"Night dam, night mom." I grabbed my bags in my magic and headed back to my room after my nightly routine. Once inside I pulled out my new book and flopped onto the bed.

Ok, 'Earth pony and Pegasus magic', oh wow its by Clover the Clever, this book is older than I thought. I knew her name from both sets of memories so expected it to be a good read. "Surprising to most unicorns we are not the only ones with magic. Earth and Pegasus ponies have just as much potential as we do..."

As I continued reading I found the concepts doubly fascinating from both my human and pony perspectives. The way she described magic was similar to some of the concepts on earth but, with solid details such as rune usage, their meanings and methods for ponies of all kinds to use them to expand a ponies magical casting potential. Way better than the incomplete ideas from earth, though science kind of took that spotlight.

I yawned rolled onto my back and was surprised when I reached the end of the book, though it was close to midnight. "... so to sum up, all ponies have magical potential and with the proper channels, such as rune infused crystals, even non unicorns can cast high level spells or unicorns can learn a few new tricks like Earth pony hoof casting, suitable for low level spells."

I sat up a bit, floated the book over to my desk, closed my eyes, then flattened my ears in thought. Can a unicorn really cast with their hooves instead of horn? Awesome!

I rubbed my forehooves together a bit and concentrated. After a moment I opened my eyes and raised my right forehoof like Vader, trying to lift my book with levitation. The moment I did my hoof glowed faintly with my familiar pale blue magic and the book raised just as easily as if I used my horn, then suddenly dropped as my excitement took over. Oh my gosh we just did magic. I mean we have been channeling magic all day but, not from our HOOVES!

I happily flopped backwards and flailed at the air while laying on my back then splayed out my limbs once I got a bit winded. Glancing out the window, I spotted the mare on the moon and once again thought about the future. Roughly Eleven years to go before Luna comes back huh. My continued excitement quickly banished the stray thought.

After a few more moments and another big yawn I turned myself into a pony loaf and got comfortable. That's something for future me to worry about.

Boom! The sound of thunder and rain was almost deafening even with my ears splayed back against my head. More troubling was they were the only part of my body I could move. "ugg" A small moan escaped my muzzle as I gasped for air. What the Hay happened? Slowly a few sensations returned but I began to wish they hadn't, the rain pelting my face made it impossible to breathe as it and acrid smells flooded my nose. It took everything I had not to choke in my disabled state.

As time slowly passed and the rain cleared all I could do was stare up at the sky through the fresh hole in my roof as everything around me went dark again. Just my luck, we're finally getting back to normal after the Divorce and then struck by God/Harmony dammed lightning.

Things change though as I notice someone tapping my shoulder and I open my eyes, "dawn, Dawn, DAWN!"

"Yeah starlight what's up?" Starlight and Sunburst were both watching me as we sat around a board game in her living room, though everything, outside of us, was blurry and twisted.

"Its your turn," Sunburst passed me the dice after adjusting his glasses, too young for the vision correction spells.

I couldn't tell what game we were even playing but when I rolled the dice both my friends exclaimed, "not again, how do you always get so far ahead?"

I rubbed the back of my neck, "I don't know, but its not like I always win game night." They both shared a laugh since they normally beat my at chess or other games. Unknown to me someone else came to watch from the corner disappearing just a quickly into the shadow as they arrived.

My surroundings then changed again and I almost tripped over my own, slightly smaller, hooves. The three of us were now running outside of town with Starlight dragging a kite behind us, spindle of string in her mouth, sun high in the sky. "Come on you stupid kite, fly already," she squeaked past the obstacle between her teeth.

Sunburst, out of breath, replied. "We don't have," he huffed, "enough," he puffed, "windspeed starlight," his little legs gave out on the grassy hill we just ran up.

"I have," I wasn't tired thanks to mom's training but still breathing hard, "an idea." I lower my head and light my horn to lift the kite higher up into the air, struggling, having only just started practicing my magic. Slowly, I managed to raise the kite high enough into the air just in time for a pleasant gust of wind to catch it and lift it the rest of the way.

The three of us immediately cheer and almost lose it as the spindle falls from Starlight's mouth only to be caught in her own sputtering light blue magic. I never noticed we had similar magic colors.

As we watched the kite fly in the sky things changed yet again. "Hi there, what you reading?" The little orange colt asked. I showed off the book I was reading under the tree outside the school house during lunch which previously sat between my forelegs. After mom and dam moved us for work, reading was all we had left at the time.

My voice Squeaked as I replied, "It's called 'The elements of harmony a Reference guide' It's my favorite." I put on a shy smile.

"Isn't that a made up book for Foals?" A Slightly older earth pony filly interjected, bumping the orange colt out of the way. She then tried reaching for my book but I slid it under my stomach causing her to falter. "Let me see it."

"And why should he have to do that? You should know better than to pick on colts," a light purple filly had just joined us and asked the orange colt, "You ok sunburst?"

"Stay out of this little Glimmer," The filly was about to shove Starlight but the school teacher interrupted by picking the her up by the scruff. "Just what do you think you are doing young lady?" The fillie's eyes went wide and she panicked while being taken back to the schoolhouse leaving the three of us alone.

"Thanks, um?" I tilted my head questioningly at the new filly.

"Starlight," She held her foreleg out for a hoof bump, which I happily reciprocated, before she wrapped it around the orange colt, "and this is my best friend Sunburst, but of course anyone who likes books can be our friend too."

Once again the scene changed and I was surrounded by Chaos. Starlight, Sunburst, and I had been stacking books when they all came tumbling down towards Starlight and myself. Though before they hit the ground the entire room was filled with a golden light and the books all stopped. Just as quickly all the books flew back to their proper shelves and we heard a whinny from Sunburst who quickly ran outside to show off his new Cutie mark. Starlight broke down crying from the stress and I just followed Sunburst outside, stunned by the display. It's strange to see this all again and know we wern't originally here.

The last change I could now remember clearly as I regained lucidity and looked around. I was inside of Starlight's house the day before getting my mark and knocking on her bedroom door. She had been slowly hanging out with me less and less this past year. "Glimmer, do you want to go play?" I waited a few moments, "come on it's a really nice day out and I miss my friend." My ears drooped and I scuffed at the floor when I got no response, "fine I see how it is, you were only my friend because of Sunburst." I ran out of her house with Firelight calling after me to, "slow down." Ignoring him I continued running until I was outside of town on our favorite kite flying hill. I debated going back, just before a massive rainbow filled the sky. Right, that's why we were out there alone.

After that things started changing much faster.
My Brother and I playing video games in the basement of our old house as kids.
Fixing up some old computers in Highschool for side cash.
Meeting my Ex and getting married way too young.
Having a rough few years working long hours.
Getting divorced after she cheated and switching to a work from home job so I didn't have to go out.
Riding horses with my parents and siblings, on the farm they bought after quitting their jobs, the whole family being happy again. God/Harmony we, NO, I miss them

More events quickly passed by until it all stopped and I passed into a comforting dreamless sleep.