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// There's a Super Star in Town 
// Story: Making Hearts Melt 
// by Faith Everlasting 
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	I never knew that she had even existed. Another alicorn was rumored to be coming to Ponyville and it wasn’t Princess Celestia or Princess Luna. The town was all a buzz when they heard about it and went to see Twilight Sparkle to see if it was true. She being a princess, she should know all of the members of the royal family.
“I have no idea whether or not an alicorn is coming to Ponyville,” she claimed as dozens of ponies swamped her home. “I was not notified of any other alicorns who would make a special appearance… unless… SPIKE!” Everypony flinched as she yelled for her assistant. “Check the schedule! NOW!” With that, she slammed her door in everypony’s faces so that she could go away to think. The crowd murmured their disapproval and slowly trotted away. I was aware of all of this thanks to Apple Bloom (remember the yellow earth pony with the bow that I mentioned earlier?). She and I had become quite good friends. In fact, I was even a part of her club: the Cutie Mark Crusaders (although, I never really went on any missions with them because I never wanted to come outside). 
Oh, yeah, that reminds me; I got my cutie mark a few days ago when Fluttershy was teaching me some calculus and trigonometry. I had aced my homework and my quiz which finally made me realize that my talent was… well… being smart. A big red apple with the bold symbol “A+” was stamped onto my flank. Fluttershy, Big Mac, and I celebrated the occasion with a small party consisting of Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, myself, Big Mac, and Fluttershy. 
Suddenly, somepony knocking on the door threw me out of my daydream and I stood up to answer it. Sweetie Belle was on the other side, still showing off her new cutie mark which consisted of a few notes and a microphone. She was a very amazing singer.
“Did you hear the news?” She asked me, becoming excited.
“Yeah, an alicorn is coming to town,” I responded, trying to copy her enthusiasm.
“No! That’s old news! She’s already here! Come on!” she started to gallop off before I could stop her. I hadn’t been outside in more than 10 years now, except when I went out to play with Fluttershy on few occasions. And I also came out to attend Rainbow Dash’s class for disabled pegasi. Rainbow Dash had been my biggest inspiration all throughout my years of being known as a ‘cripple’ as was Twister Clap and Floral Whisper (my two other friends who have recently moved to Cloudsdale). But Rainbow Dash had fallen with Lightning Dust over the cliff at the Wonderbolts Academy. Rainbow Dash saved Applejack’s life and each afternoon we search for her, unfortunately never finding her. 
I snapped out of my painful memories and I looked around in fear that somepony would see me, scream, and then run off. I definitely didn’t want to be spotted by Diamond Tiara again, but Sweetie Belle was getting farther and farther away and I did want to see this new stranger. So I timidly placed a hoof outside the door, held my breath, and galloped after her.
Once we arrived near town square, I gasped at the marvel I saw before me. A young alicorn, no doubt much older than I was, stood on top of a makeshift stage, holding a bedazzled microphone with her unicorn magic. She smiled proudly as many of the stallions in the town fawned over her hooves, making me roll my eyes in disgust. 
“What’s gotten into them?” I asked Sweetie Belle, pointing towards the adoring colts.
“I don’t know,” she replied, scratching her head. “But some of those stallions are married!” She pointed towards a light brown stallion with a dark brown mane and an hourglass cutie mark that was drooling all over the ground and gazing up at the alicorn. “That’s Mr. Whooves! He’s supposed to be engaged to Ditzy Doo!” I glared at the incompetence of the stallion and removed my gaze from the awful sight. But I saw many other married, or otherwise ‘taken’, stallions that were fawning over her as well. Something about all of this just didn’t seem right. Suddenly, all of the mares in the audience squealed with pleasure and I looked over to see what the commotion was about. What I saw made me almost squeal. 
“He’s gorgeous!” I heard Sweetie Belle exclaim, galloping off to join the rest of the herd. She was right. He was gorgeous! A white Pegasus had trotted onto the stage and had posed with the alicorn before us. He smiled to the mares and they all fell to the ground in a heap, sighing and laying their hooves on their foreheads. His spiked red and black mane seemed to hover in the low lighting of the morning and his dark blue eyes sparkled with pride. I sat on the ground in awe and admiration… wait… something… isn’t… right! I shook myself out of the spell and looked away from him, immediately I was back to my normal self and I could think straight again. I looked back at his face and instantly I sat back down again and sighed romantically. 
“Stop it!” I told myself and I slapped my hoof across my face, wrenching myself from the powerful spell. I willed myself to look at them again and this time not to become a love-struck school filly again. I noticed that almost every mare in Ponyville was reaching out to try and touch the handsome stallion and every stallion in Ponyville was reaching out to try and touch the alicorn. Both ponies on stage smiled at one another and then looked back out towards the crowd. Then I heard the voice that I had dreaded to hear for 10 years.
“So, you’ve finally come out of hiding,” I turned around to see Diamond Tiara, ten years older, sneering down at me. “You’re still as ugly as ever, I see!” she announced loudly. It diverted the attention of the few ponies that were just now coming to see the alicorn, but then they saw the wonders on stage and squealed in delight. I cowered on the ground as Diamond Tiara stood over me, casting her shadow upon my body. “I also see that you got your cutie mark!” I glanced down at my flank. “An apple and an ‘A+’, huh? Well, at least you got something to cover up that blank flank of yours!” She then trotted away and immediately spotted the stallion on stage. She squeaked with pleasure and then went to join the crowd. I stood up from where I was laying and shook some of the dust off of my coat. Then I finally heard the alicorn on stage speak.
“Greetings, Ponyville!” the stallions roared with pleasure, but she held up a hoof to silence them. “I am Super Star and this,” she gestured to the stallion on stage with her. “Is Heartburn.” The mares cheered with admiration and one determined mare even leaped onto the stage to try and kiss him.
“Marry me! Marry me!” she screamed insanely. I then noticed that it was Lyra Heartstrings who had caused the commotion, but what the stallion did was much unexpected. He leaned over to her and gave her a slight kiss on the cheek. Lyra did not say a word, but her body did happen to become rigid and still until she lost her balance and fell off the stage. More and more mares tried to make their way onto the stage until the alicorn forced them back down with her magic and continued. I listened to the entire conversation that the alicorn named Super Star had with the city of Ponyville, but I also watched the crowd. None of the ponies were even paying attention to what she was saying, but they kept their eyes fixed on both ponies and repeatedly sighed. Something wasn’t right.