Paradox's Castle...
"But I had the power of the legendary dragons!", Paradox screamed as he was blasted apart by the true power of the legendary dragons wielded by Burst, Inferno, Ace, Gold, and Shadow! Starlight was released form the seal that bound her in place. She was falling but Shadow had caught her just in time.
"Hey beautiful.", Shadow said with a small smile. Starlight opened her eyes and kissed him.
"I knew you would come.", she said with a small smile. Soon the castle began to crumble!
"Come on lovebirds!", Burst said. "Chances are that when Paradox goes, this place goes too!" The group rushed to meet with the others at the main entrance. But before they could leave, Paradox had somehow survived the last attack!
"This place shall become your grave! None of you are leaving alive!" Burst and Inferno had other ideas as they charged up their blasters.
"Jackpot.", Burst and Inferno said as they fired twin charged shots that obliterated Paradox! Nothing was left of him when the blast cleared. Everyone made a mad dash for the exit, and made it out as the castle crumbled away into nothingness. Burst suggested that they celebrate their victory, and Pinkie was then busy planning the whole party. Celestia decided to hold the party at CHS. That night, Burst and the guys and their respective girlfriends gave a performance. Shadow had convinced Starlight to be a part of it too, and a good time was had all around. Shadow walked up to Starlight after the performance and gave her a hug.
"Welcome to the club Starlight."
"Thanks Shadow. I've got a good feeling about my time here..."
The next day....
Starlight was pretty nervous walking the hallways of CHS the next morning. Everyone seemed to be friendly towards her, but the feeling in her gut was telling her otherwise. 'Did they really forgive me that easily? Back when Paradox was using me for his dirty work, I stole legendary dragons from duelists. Not to mention that I attacked the school and I tried to take the dragons of those kids!' Starlight frowned as those unpleasant memories flooded her mind. She was so occupied with her thoughts she barely noticed Sunset and Sonata heading her way.
"Hi Starlight!", Sunset greeted. "You okay? You look like something's got you pretty down."
"Oh. Nothing. Just...bad memories." Sunset and Sonata both gave a knowing glance at each other.
"Boy do we know what that feels like.", Sunset said. Starlight was surprised to hear this.
"Really? How can you two relate to what I'm going through?"
"I wasn't always the nicest person.", Sunset said as she remembered her own dark past. "But a friend of mine helped show me another way. And before I knew it, everyone started to accept me and I had made good friends."
"Ditto.", Sonata said with a smile. "My family and I tried to take over the whole school and Sunset and her friends had to stop us in a battle of the bands. I left to duel my troubles away and that seemed to make them get their act together. Soon people were able to move past that incident and I wound up getting a boyfriend out of it." Sonata fondly remembered her first date with Ace. "And I'm sure people would be willing to do the same for you too!"
"Thanks you two.", Starlight said with a small smile. 'I hope you're right...' On her way to class, Starlight also ran into Shadow.
"Hey Star!", Shadow said with a big smile on his face. "How's your day going so far?"
"Oh! Great! Everyone seems pretty nice!", Starlight said as she tried to hide the fact she was still troubled. However, Shadow could see clearly past her facade.
'You're still hung up about what you did aren't you Star?' "That's nice! I hope you're free Saturday night! I was wondering if you'd like to go out."
"I'd love to."
"Sweet! See ya around Starlight!" 'I hope Burst and Ace can help me find a way to help her move on. Those two have the most experience with girlfriends that were former villains.', Shadow thought to himself.'I can't bear to see Starlight like this. There's got to be some way to show her that I love her no matter what.