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// Chapter 2 
// Story: When Mother Left 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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Later that day at recess, Starlight and Sunburst go overt and sit in their corner on the bench under the tree. "I know having your mom abandon you was hard, but are you sure you're alright?" 

"I'm fine," says Starlight. After awhile, she finally breaks down. "Ok, I'm not fine to be honest. It scarred me for life. I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive her. I don't know much about her. Just that she read me stories every night or bandage my boo boos, but until last night I didn't know she hated my father and considered him a coward." She lets out a sad sigh as tears begin to stream down her cheeks. 

As soon as two bullies begin to see Starlight cry, they begin to come over and pick on her. "Oh, we're sorry your mom doesn't love you enough to stay!" They say to her meanly before galloping off. This just makes Starlight mad and she goes after them and shoots them in the rear with a bolt of magic and with no teacher around, she gets away with it too. After that, the bullies left her alone for good. 

A few minutes later, the students return back to class and take their seats once again. They then begin their math lessons for the day. As she works on her math sheet, all Starlight can think about is her mom running into the woods, leaving her forever. She can't help but think maybe the bullies were right. Eventually, she breaks back down into tears and the teacher pulls her out into the hall to talk. 

"What's wrong, Starlight?" Asks her teacher, getting down on her knees to be on eye level with the filly. 

"Mommy left us forever. She abandoned me and my daddy," says Starlight with a sniffle. 

"Well, I grew up in a single parent home. Dad died in the war against King Sombra. After that, I was devastated, just like you are now," responds her teacher, "so I understand your pain."

"Well, I'm glad somepony does," responds Starlight as she gives the teacher a hug. 

"You know what," responds her teacher, "go home early today. I won't mark you absent for it." 

"Okay," sniffles Starlight. She then goes and grabs her bag and goes and spends the rest of the day at the book store with her dad, reading every single book in the restricted section. She's just glad her teacher understood her pain right now. To her, that truly means the most to her at the time being.

After a few moments of sitting there, Firelight looks down from his ladder and sees his daughter sitting there. "Hey baby girl, why are you home so early?" 

"My teacher let me leave early after a bullying incident occurred," responds Starlight. 

"Well, come help me with these books," responds her father with a smile. Starlight nods and levitates a book up to him and he sticks it in its place. She then does this with the remaining pile of books. After they finish up with that, they go to the market, get food, and go home and cook it up together before sitting down to dinner and a nice movie on the couch. Starlight really enjoys this especially after a rough day of school.