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// Chapter 1 
// Story: When Mother Left 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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It was a stormy night when a slamming door and thud of thunder awoke a young Starlight. She then rose and looked out her window and saw a figure running away into the wood. "Mommy!" Cried Starlight as she watched the figure disappear into the trees. "Mommy! Mommy no, don't leave me!" 

A few minutes later, her father, with a depressed, disappointed expression on his face, enters the room. "You okay, sweetheart?" He asks concerned. 

"Why'd mommy leave us? Abandon us? Leave me?" Sniffles Starlight as tears stream down her cheeks. 

"I don't know, honey," responds Firelight. "I don't know. She yelled 'I hate you' to me before she fled out the door and into the storm. I don't know why she hates me. Maybe I'm incompetent. I wish I knew." He gives Starlight a kiss on the cheek and lays down by her to help her try and fall back asleep. Soon he's out, but scarred beyond compare, the young Starlight stays awake all night continuing to wonder why her mother left her and her father for good. 

The next morning, Starlight nuzzles under her father's arm and nuzzles him awake. "Daddy, morning daddy," says Starlight. 

"Morning, sweetheart," responds her father, Firelight with a smile. "Ready to go to the bookstore with me this morning before school like you always do?" 

"Yes," responds Starlight. The two then get dressed and head for the bookstore. There, they spend an hour enjoying breakfast, tea, and books before an hour later, they walk to the school together and Starlight's father drops her off but not without a hug. Starlight then walks in with Sunburst at her side. The two then sit down at their table together and she spills out all her woes from the night before to him as he does his part of listening to her and trying to comfort her through the pain.