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// Chapter 2: Advice 
// Story: Starlight's Shadow 
// by Bahamut0 
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	Lunch period had arrived sooner than expected, and Shadow used this chance to talk to Burst and Ace. "Hey guys! What's up?"

"Hey Shadow!", Burst greeted. "So what brings you over here?"

"Well, I was hoping I could ask you and Ace for some...relationship advice."

"We'd be happy to help in anyway we can! Fire away bro.", Ace said.

"It's about Starlight. She seems to be having doubts that everyone's actually forgiven her. I could see it on her face even when she tried to hide it from me when I ran into her this morning. And I can't bare to see her like this. Both of you have experience with girls who've had some pretty bad pasts. So what should I do to show her that I don't care about what she did? That I love her no matter what."

"He's your family Ace. I think he should hear from you first.", Burst said.

"I think so too. Let me tell you about my first date with Sonata. I had dueled Burst over here to get her to notice me. And when I did she thought I was under the same spell she and her family used to control the students. And she didn't want to break my heart so she went on our date to see whether or not I was. She told me what she and her family had tried to do. And I told her that I didn't care about that. Then she told me about what she was afraid had happened to me and why I tried to get her attention. I knew what she was getting at. But the truth was I was under her siren's song before she even sang, and I kissed her after I told her that. She even wound up getting her singing voice back because I loved her regardless of her past. So my advice would be to speak from your heart. I think he's ready to hear from you now Burst. You won't be disappointed by his advice. Trust me."

"In my case, the girl would be Moon. You see, I knew she wasn't from our world thanks to my dragonic powers. Her energy felt like it was from Equestria, like how Sunset's energy felt. But i hadn't known about her past. When she had teamed up with Dark Ice, he told her about the consequences that her actions would wreak. And the realization hit her like a ton of bricks. You see in Equestria, Moon was nothing more than the dark persona of Princess Luna. She was born from her jealousy of Princess Celestia and took over Luna's body to bring eternal night to make Luna's subjects love her just as much as Celestia. But she ended up causing nothing but pain for Luna and Celestia because Celestia had to banish her and Luna to the moon for 1000 years. After that time she returned, but Luna was purged of her and Celestia got her little sister back. And Moon was nothing more than a cloud of magical mist. That is, until Inferno and I wound up in Equestria when we tried to help Princess Twilight fix the portal between our worlds. However, I had no idea that I'd left a strong amount of residual magic from my temporary stay. Moon used that magic to make herself a new body and came to our world through the same portal. Originally, she had the same plans for Earth as she had for Equestria and she even stayed at my house for a day or two. But after she realized the truth of the possible consequences , she had horrible nightmares about what would have happened if she had won and also old nightmares about her banishment. She told me everything about her. But most of all, she told me that she didn't want to be feared or hated. She didn't want to be alone anymore. I already knew she wasn't from here, and I pulled her into a hug. She thought I would hate her. But I didn't Whatever she had done or tried to do didn't matter. Here she had a fresh start, and a chance to not be alone. I told her that as long as she had me, she'd never be alone. My advice to you Shadow? Stay with Starlight no matter what people think of her, or what they think of you for staying with her. She needs you Shadow, because you see the best of her when she sees only the worst. That's why she needs you, and why you need to remind her that she's not alone."

"Thanks guys. I'll tell her on our date this weekend.", Shadow said with a determined gaze. "I'll make sure she knows that I love her no matter what."