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// Run Away With Starlight 
// Story: A Day in the Life 
// by TheHardie-Boy 
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It was no good. Starlight was in too bad a state to stay.

I didn’t think to ask if she was okay, because I knew she wasn’t.

“Sorry, but we gotta go. Uh, bye!” I picked her up, buried her face in my chest to help her feel safer, and ran out of that village as fast as I could.





Back in Ponyville, when we were on our way to Twilight’s castle. Starlight was more or less back to her old self, but was still a little shaken up. As we walked, we passed by some of our friends. They were acting...odd. Even Pinkie Pie acted weird, and that’s saying something.

Once the castle, we spotted Twilight and ran up to her. She took some steps back as we did, something she's never done when we wanted to talk to her.

I asked, “Twilight? Our friends were acting odd. Do you have any ideas of what’s going on?”

“Uh, me? Nope, no idea at all! But, uh, how are you?”

Starlight answered, “Not great. I bet you’re wondering why we came back so soon?”

“I didn't want to ask, but yeah, it did seem strange. Did something go wrong?”

“The villagers kept asking me to help with the events, like they wanted me in charge or something. But being in charge is the last thing I should be,” Starlight explained.

“Starlight got overwhelmed, so I took her and we left. And if you’re thinking that she should go back, for now, I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Actually, I wasn’t. Starlight, you should definitely not go back.”

Starlight asked, “Wow, really?”

Twilight nodded her head. “Really. If you were worried about what the ponies there thought of you before, it's probably far worse now.”

“That's...surprising. I thought I’d have to talk you into not making her go back,” I admitted.

“Well, Starlight doesn't need those ponies, and she can always make more friends. But if you’ll excuse me, I have, uh, important business to attend to.” Twilight trotted to a door, and I saw Rainbow Dash waiting for her on the other side.

I shook my head. “Okay, that was really weird. I’ve never seen Twilight talk about friends like that.”

“Yeah, she taught me that every friend is important, not something that you replace without a second thought. What do you think is wrong, Jake?”

“Maybe she’s just tired, and maybe the others are too. In fact, I think we should go and rest. What do you say?”

Starlight agreed, “That sounds good, and I am a bit tired.”

Starlight and I went to our rooms to rest. Something wasn’t right, but I thought Twilight and our friends would be their old selves again after a good night’s sleep. Tonight was Starlight’s turn to cuddle with me, so once we were sleepy, she came to my room. We did our usual cuddling and when we went to sleep, I had my arm around Starlight and her head was against my chest. As usual, she looked so cute.





“Jake! Jake! Wake up!”

“H-Huh? What’s wrong?”

“Princess Luna told me in my dream that the Changelings have returned!”

“What?! You sure it wasn't just a nightmare?"

"Yeah!" You believe me, right, Jake?"

"Well, Starlight..."

Believe Starlight

Don't Believe Starlight