Starlight was currently at the kitchen of Twilight’s castle, Twilight had called her down to tackle another friendship lesson, she was kinda relieved if she was being honest. Starlight had been so caught up over the whole Discord vision, she figured that a friendship lesson would take her mind off the Spirit Of Chaos and Disharmony.
She then let her mind wander as Twilight placed her purple plate on the kitchen table, and then adjusted it, Did that whole conversation I had with Discord actually happen… No, I was just being silly. He’s stone, he can’t hurt me.
“We very carefully set the table-“ Starlight vaguely heard Twilight say.
Starlight didn’t need to be told twice and used her magic to levitate the plates and utensils to the correct position and when she was done, she smiled at Twilight.
“Did you...?! How? When? What?!” Twilight asked in shock.
“What?” Starlight asked in confusion, had she done something wrong?
“I said no magic. You were supposed to do it by hoof so I could work in a friendship lesson.” Twilight told the unicorn.
“Oh… I heard set the table, and… kinda went for it.” Starlight smiled sheepishly.
“Well, if you hadn't used magic, you'd have heard me say, uh...” Twilight began speaking before turning to the utensils and the plate, “This plate represents your head, this spoon is your heart, and the knives... are sharp! Always be careful with knives.” Twilight smiled nervously before sighing, “The metaphors make more sense when you're actually setting the table.”
Starlight began to feel bad for Twilight so she suggested, “Should I change it back.” Starlight could easily do so, she had the magic prowess.
“I just want to make sure you're ready for this dinner. Princess Celestia will be joining us tomorrow night to see how the friendship lessons are going.” Twilight explained.
Starlight paled a bit when she heard that, she met Celestia before, but to meet her again, especially after her supposed encounter with Discord. Was Starlight sure she’d be able to deal with it? But soon, she focused her attention onto the four seats.
“If it’s just you, me, and Princess Celestia, why are there four seats?“ Starlight asked curiously.
Twilight smiled and walked over to Starlight, “Well, the whole point is for you to bring a new friend. That way, the princess will see for herself just how far you've come.” Twilight explained happily, “And how good a teacher you have.” She playfully nudged Starlight’s shoulder with a smile.
“Well, I can't choose. I like all your friends.” Starlight smiled warmly.
“That’s the best part!” Twilight said enthusiastically, “You have to make a new friend.”
“Really? Are you sure? Ponies are probably still mad about what happened with Tirek.” Starlight said nervously.
“Oh trust me Starlight. The town isn’t that mad at you as you think. I clarified you were trying to help track him down, even if it badly backfired, you’ll be fine, don’t worry.” Twilight warmly reassured the unicorn.
Starlight sighed in resignation, she may as well try.
Starlight sighed as she walked to the fountain of Ponyville, not a lot of her attempts to make friends went well, Pinkie tried to introduce her to Mrs. Cake but she ended up accusing her of trying to put her out of business for making an extravagant cake, she tried to make friends with Big Mac but he wouldn’t even talk to her, and Rarity and Rainbow Dash’s advice didn’t help.
She did befriend Angel Bunny but that wasn’t what Twilight had in mind, she was also sure Angel and Fluttershy might end up having commitment issues for some reason.
She looked down at her reflection and sighed. “What is going on? This is Ponyville! If I can't make a friend here, there's gotta be something wrong with me!”
Suddenly her reflection turned into Discord wearing a smirk, causing her to scream fearfully, and back away, gaining weird looks from the townsponies.
She chuckled nervously and walked to the right, she soon saw the Spa Hut, “Maybe I could work with this.”
Soon she headed to the spa, as she was oblivious to the fact that something was in her hair, a barely noticeable brown dot was there.
We then see that Discord was still in his void, watching the events with Starlight unfold.
“That magic camera I placed is working wonders. Take a spa day all you want Starlight Glimmer, you’ll accept the chaos eventually.” Discord spoke with a grin.