Lessons Learnt

by jukyter

Rating: everyone
Tags: Sad
Length: 390

A story of the greatest trickster, cast out, all alone...

Her sisters loved her, they really did. But she was the stars at night, the unpredictable, the lost and gone. She annoyed her sisters, until one day, they decided to play their own just desserts on her…

They cast her out of their castle. Gave her a new form, one of an ugly earth pony. Told her to live with the people she had tricked. Told her that lessons must be learnt.

Lessons of empathy, when she lived with Flutterbree, the excitable pony who made sure that everyone was well in times of great stress.

Lessons of trust, when she lived with Roarold, the pony who had travelled far from her homeland to help heal Princess Luna.

Lessons of honour, when she lived with Edith Apple, the pony who would always tell the truth, or her honour would disappear.

Lessons of reliability, when she lived with Ocean Breeze, the young pony whose life was shaken by the War Against Discord, but whom stayed reliable through it all.

Lessons of giving, when she lived with Beauty Belle, the reclusive pony whose face scared all, and the only way she believed she could be accepted was by giving.

Lessons of optimism, when she lived with Diana Pie, the pony behind the scenes at all times, whom lived for and fed off gratitude.

Lessons of integrity, when she lived with Night Dash, a staunch follower of the teachings of old King Zephyr, alicorn of the clouds, and as changeable as the wind.

Lessons of knowledge, when she lived with Twilight Golden, the builder of the first library in all of Equestria Proper, and the caretaker of the knowledge that lay there.

These are the lessons Vafer Stella learnt when she went wandering.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-02-16 11:41:06 UTC

Prologue: The Celestial Sisters

Lessons Learnt

Prologue: The Celestial Sisters

"I need you to shut up for once, Stella! I need to mourn! Our mother, our sisters, our subjects! I need some space! Just go away for once!"

Stella had left. She'd left the Everfree Borderlands for a whole ten minutes yesterday, but while she was out there, no one else was there, and that had left her alone, without anybody to play tricks on. Only her own crackling yellow mane and her orange mane. "I dids. No ones were out there so I didn't knows what to dos."

"It's called making your own fun! Pretend something! You have a strong enough imagination!" The truth was that Celestia was scared. She was scared that Vafer Stella's talents would turn to evil, and at the moment they were-or at least for mild annoyance. She would never confide that fear in Stella, for fear of proving those fears.

"Can't you wakes Luna? I likes Lunas!" It was easy to forget that Stella was still a young child, just with a talent for handicrafts. Though Celestia supposed that at this age, almost seventeen years old, most foals would've been married off to a dashing-or not so dashing-stallion. However, the Royal Sisters were to set an example as independent mares, detached from any stallion who might desire them.

"No!" Celestia screamed. "Luna's going to have to sleep for a little longer to regain her strength!" Celestia pointed towards the outside.

Stella's face dropped and paled but it instantly regained its colour as soon as she stepped outside. "I thinks I knows what my pranks is going to be todays." She smiled maliciously and rubbed her hooves together.

***

"Right, Vafer Stella, that is it!"

"Whats did I dos?" Stella said, sounding genuinely anxious. Celestia knew it was a farce.

"Oh, you only DESTROYED the Borderlands! You know, woke up LUNA, so now she doesn't- CAN'T recover from the spell the zebra witch put on her!" Celestia spluttered. "You only created a- just get out! Live with the people whose lives you've ruined! See how much NICER than you they are! Come back when you have six lessons learnt!

"I don't want to see you before then."

And so begun the legendary Journey of the Six Lessons, in which the Trickster learned to wander.