"Sleeping under the stars on a winter's night. *sigh* Just like when I was a little filly." Shooting Star said as she looked up at the night sky. She put out her tent. Inside, there was an air matress with blankets, a little backpack, and a lantern hanging from a cord on the ceiling.
"What are you doing out here?" a pony said behind her. Star turned around.
"Oh. Prism. It's you." She said sarcastically, returning to work. Prism put his wing over her.
"Go away. I'm trying to read." She mumbled angrily. Star yawned.
"Fine. Goodnight, Starry." Prism said. He kissed her on the cheek and flew away.
"Whoa." She thought. She blushed, looking back at his sillouette in the cold night. "Thank you, Prism." she whispered to herself.
Sweat poured down Starburst's face. She was working out to the extreme. Using her massive wings, she pushed herself up, and pulled back down. Not even her hindlegs were touching the ground. "A few more pushes and you'll-" Starburst fell to the ground, asleep. "Ugh. Tried to tell her." Golden Delicious hauled her up on his sturdy back and walked back to her mom's palace.
"Wha? Where am I? Oh. Hi Del." Starburst said. She was in her mom's castle, up in the library area.
"You need to quit working yourself out like that! You gotta take a break every now and then, otherwise I'll be doing this for the rest of my life! Understand?" Starburst nodded in reply. "Good." Del clarifyed.
"Starburst? I have to talk to you." Shooting Star cried through the crystal hallway.
"Coming." Starburst literally burst through the doorway.
"Is it bad that I think I like Prism....?"
Starburst had to keep her eyes from swelling with tears. She kept a straight face. "No. Does he like you back?"
"I think so..."
Starburst sighed. "Well, have fun on your relationship." Starburst sadly walked away to her room. When she arrived, she plopped herself on her bed and groaned. "I hate being a teenager." She mumbled, the pillow blocking the sound. A pony walked through the door. Starburst tilted her head up and saw it was her mom. "Leave me be."
"I couldn't and I won't, Starburst." Her mom replied.
"What do you wanna know?"
"What's keeping you down?" Her mom kneeled next to her daughter's bed.
"Well, I-I liked Prism and I didn't really know I did, and then I found out he likes Shooting Star and vise-versa."
"Oh, it's okay. Starburst, this is just destiny. It determines what will happen to your life for the better or for the worse. I'm sure it will be fine. After all, everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." Twilight smiled at her daughter. Starburst wiped her tears and got up.
"I guess I haven't been myself lately. I wonder why." Starburst questioned herself. She trotted out the door, spreading her large orange wings across the hallway and gliding her way down the stairs. She raced outside, continuing to glide softly. She flapped her wings slowly and rose up. She stared at Canterlot's mountain. It was dark, covered with black smoke.
"We really need to do something about this." She thought. Starburst flew away from the palace, her dark mane blowing away from her face in the wind. She headed towards Canterlot. Being as strong as she is, it was easy to fly faster than a train across the plains of Ponyville. She was going fast enough to break the sound barrier, but somehow she willed herself not to.
She reached the mountain in no time at all. It smelled like thick rain, and it looked nearly darker than night itself. She noticed all the ponies were hiding in their homes for the shadows to go away. But one emerged from the smoke before her. She was tall, colored dark blue with a red tinted horn atop her head. She had a flowing dark purple mane, curly and mezmerizing. Her eyes were the part that set her apart from other ponies. One was glowing green, with a red pupil and purple smoke emitting from them. Her other eye was a bat eye, colored a nice teal color with long, thick eyelashes and gray eyeshadow.
"What might you be doing here, Starburst Sentry?" The mare said in her deep tone of voice.
"How do you know my name...?" Starburst asked.
"Hmm. I suppose you don't recall me. I am Shadow Nocturne, the daughter of your faithful princess Luna and the all-mighty Sombra."
"Did you cause this?" Starburst asked angrily.
"I would never cause such a horrific thing. This is but my father's doing, for he and my mother have...divorced."
"That's so sad! But why?"
"I'm not sure exactly, but mother told me it was of his doings. He was becoming more evil with the power he had gained from her. It was for the better." Shadow answered.
"Why are you just lurking here?" Starburst asked.
"I'm allergic to sunlight. This place is perfect for me." She answered.
"That's sad."
"Indeed it is. Luckily I have strong, thick helmets and gear in emergencies. I always keep it in my, shall you say, telekinetic storage."
The puffs of smoke began to circle them. "How horrid of this monstrocity to trap us!" Shadow yelled. It span faster. The ponies tried everything they could to make it go away, but nothing worked. The ponies screamed as they were caught in a tornado. They could see nothing but blackness.