Stargaze with Twinky

by MidnightTwinkle


The past is open

Opening my eyes and looking around, I notice the sun's rays, which are visible through the not drawn part of the curtain, which means that morning has come. I remembered that I seemed to fall asleep on the street, ‘Probably my sis… Twinkleshine carried me to bed.’ My head hurts a little, 'I definitely dreamed something, but I can't remember what.'

Looking around a bit, I noticed that I was inside someone else's room, that is, Twinkleshine room. Turning my head a little to the side, I notice a pony sleeping next to me and realize that it is Twinkleshine. I felt my face heating up more and more because of the embarrassment of sleeping next to her.

I wanted to get out of bed, but I heard and felt discontent in my stomach. I thought, ‘I think I’m hungry,’ and decided that I needed to wake up the older pony so she could cook something.

I gently pushed her body with my hoof, but there was no reaction. I repeated this action, but in response I received only, "I want to sleep mommy, leave me alone."

I chuckled and decided that this would not work for me, so I tried to get out of bed to open the curtains and use the sun to wake Twinkleshine.

Slowly getting out of bed, I felt something soft under my hind hoof, and when I got out of bed, I noticed that it was a teddy bear that I had recently slept with.

I stood and looked at him rooted to the spot. Some strange feelings seethed in me, but after a while I grabbed the plush in my teeth and with the help of my hooves pushed it onto the bed, after which I climbed onto the bed, grabbed the toy and put it on the pillow.

Covering it with a piece of the blanket, as if I had tucked the plush in like a child, I was pleased and got off the bed again and headed for the curtains I originally wanted to open.

I grabbed the curtains with my mouth and pushed them back little by little. Sunlight shone through the window and hit Twinkleshine's head. ‘It seems to be working and she’s waking up,’ I thought.

Suddenly I got the idea to play Twinkleshine, and while she reluctantly woke up, I crawled under the bed, I think I was making too much noise noise, but I hoped that she did not notice it.

The blanket fell to the floor on the side where Twinkleshine slept. I wanted to scare her when she lowered her legs, but my plan was doomed, as suddenly something touched my hind hoof and I instantly flew out of fear from under the bed and hid in the clothes that Twinkleshine had dropped.

While I'm hiding in the blanket, I hear laughter and opening my eyes I see Twinkleshine laughing while lying on the bed, “Somepony needs to be more quiet,” she said with a big smile.

But I did not stop hiding in the blanket, then Twinkleshine, when she noticed this, went in my direction and when she came up to me, she sat down next to me and hugged me. It was so comforting ...

‘I’m not doing this because I like it, but because it’s for the image of her sister, I hoped…’ I thought, hoping that this excuse was true.

While I was thinking, Twinkleshine let go of me, got up and headed to the bathroom. I got up and instinctively followed her.

When Twinkleshine came down the stairs, I was still halfway there, but I heard a familiar voice, "Twinky, did you forgot about the letter, I think it's important."

I went down the stairs and saw Twinkleshine in the living room, along with a letter. I went to her and when I reached the couch, I climbed on it and sat next to Twinkleshine, I wanted to feel her warmth, which calmed me.

"May I open it?" Asked Twinkleshine.

"Of course," I replied.

She opens the letter, sits closer to me, and we begin to read together. But I notice her mumbling, and it distracts me. I look at her and am more and more surprised by her speed of reading. With every second of her reading, her smile becomes more and more, I already want to continue reading, but, as soon as I took my eyes away from her face and turned away, there was an unexpected squeal, I got scared and instinctively hid from this sound on the side of the sofa.

When the terrible sound stopped, I slowly stuck my head out of my hiding place, I slowly stuck my head out of my hiding place and saw Twinkleshine who apologetically said, “I’m sorry please come out."

When I came out she invited me to sit next to her.

I wanted to keep reading, but Twinkleshine got ahead of me and started a very quick story about letter, she seems to be overwhelmed with emotion.

“This is a letter from Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns. I'm so happy for you, are you happy? Of course, you're happy, why am I even asking, this is your dream. The date of the entrance exam is indicated here and it will be in a couple of months. Don't worry, if you need any help, I'll always be there, and, unless of course you mind, I will gladly help you with the preparation."

While I was quite surprised that Twinkleshine can speak at such a speed, I can somehow squeeze out of myself, "Of course."

Twinkleshine seems to have noticed this and apologized for reacting this way as she did, she was just so happy for me.

Twinkleshine, now glowing with joy, said: "Well, young magician, it's time to have breakfast." She turned around and literally jumped towards the kitchen.

I sat there surprised, but I was able to get out of this trance on my own, I sat closer to the letter and began to study it myself.

The letter outlined exactly what Twinkleshine had said, but in a more formal style and not as quickly as Twinkleshine did.

When I finished reading, my nose caught the smell of food from the kitchen. I wondered again, ‘How does she do it so fast?’

I got off the couch and headed towards the kitchen.

I went into the kitchen, climbed into the seat and started eating. As I chewed my portion, I remembered that I wanted to ask about Ivory and Alabaster. I wanted to correctly structure the question so as not to be revealed, and therefore carefully tried to think it over.

‘If Ivory and Alabaster, these are the parents of Twinkleshine and me ... that is, this body. Why, why have they been gone for a long time? And I haven't even seen a third bedroom they could sleep in. Maybe then we live separately? Then why didn't Twinkleshine ever mention them? There are too many questions to make a logical chain. I mused.’ I thought.

"You are brooding now, what are you thinking about?" Twinkleshine asked.

I instantly got out of my thoughts and immediately tried to come up with an answer that would convince her.

“I… um...” I tried to lower my ears and hoped it worked. “I… seems to have forgotten because of the magical explosion, where… um”, I wanted to say it with confidence, but I got it less and less. “I forgot where my… that is, our… parents…” I muttered hesitantly and looked up to see how Twinkleshine would react.

It seems to hang for a few seconds and process what I said. I started to feel like I was exposed, but Twinkleshine's face began to change.

At first there was sadness on her face, then when she looked at me, there was sympathy in her eyes. I felt somehow uncomfortable and a strange melancholy attacked me. But in an instant, determination appeared on her face, and without even finishing her portion, she got up, came up to me and hugged me.

It was a strange hug, it was still warm, but it felt... sadness or something like that.

Twinkleshine pulled away from me and said, “Come with me.”

I obediently walked down from my seat and walked with Twinkleshine towards the stairs. She climbed the stairs and began to wait for me, when I caught up with her, she went towards her room, and I followed her.

I went into Twinkleshine's room and looked at her, she pointed to the bed and I took her hint. While Twinkleshine was doing something, I climbed onto her bed and waited for her and watched what she was doing.

Twinkleshine opened a shelf, parted something and took out an item. When she turned around, I saw that she took out some kind of book, but it looked unusual, “more like an album,” I thought.

She came to me with this book. Twinkleshine sat next to me on the bed and pulled me in.

The book, which is in the magical aura, opens and I see many photographs. Twinkleshine begins her story, and at this moment I begin to remember my whole dream.


And then I hear some familiar, soothing and caring melody, which is getting louder and louder, someone is humming, ‘It seems the series of memories is over,’ I thought.

I sit and cry, buried in Twinkleshine's chest. She sways and hums a familiar melody. I remember how Ivory sang this melody, it brings comfort, and then sadness, that melody calms me down so quickly. 

“It's okay, it's okay, I'll always be there,” Twinkleshine said when I stopped crying and calmed down a little.

I conclude: "I was born in this world because I died in the world of humans."
But why didn't I remember all this at once? There are gaps in my memories, I feel that this is important and I want to restore it.

I thought about what might be the reason that I did not remember everything at once, but since I did not know the true reason, could this prevent me from moving on.

Twinkleshine noticed that I was thinking and decided to try changing the subject. I decided not to interfere with this, it seemed like a good idea to me.

“Do you want to practice magic? It's time to start preparing at school, Twinky.” Said Twinkleshine.

"Yes, but... first I have to go... um... to one place," I said and quickly got out of bed. And as I ran to my room I noticed, as if my movements were now not constrained, it was much easier.

‘Now I have to come up with a plan for what to do. From what I saw in these memories, Twinky loved magic and if I can't do anything now, I will definitely be discovered,' I thought.

While I was thinking about these memories that I saw, I got upset again, but I decided that I would not touch this topic and think about it, at least for now. I will have time to think about it, but now something else is important, such as magic.

I decided to try my magic, in the hope that something has changed.

I decided that I would use the *first light* spell, and went to the mirror to track my progress, but again forgetting about hypnosis.

I started looking for streams and mana reserves in my body, but this time it was the fastest to find. I was surprised, but when I got to the source and it was complete, I was even more surprised, because it was not just filled, but it felt more than before and seemed more easily accessible.

I took some of this energy and directed it into my horn, trying to ignite the light. I opened my eyes and through the mirror saw my horn glowing, but as soon as I looked at it, my concentration decreased and the light began to dim, but I closed my eyes again and regained concentration. Slowly opening my eyes and trying not to lose concentration, I fully open my eyes and look at my aura, but this does not hypnotize me. I am happy and my light is immediately extinguished as I have lost all concentration.

I was glad that my aura didn't hypnotize me, and then I believed in myself and decided to try levitation. 

I took the book out of the closet and put it in front of the mirror. I enveloped this book in my aura and channeling some of my energy into the spell, I tried to lift this book. It was really hard, but I held it back and opened my eyes a little so as not to lose concentration. I open my eyes and see that I have lifted this book, by one edge, and raised it just a little. ‘I was able to do it, but I think I need a lighter object for my training,’ I thought and immediately dropped the book due to small exhaustion.

Suddenly, the voice of Twinkleshine sounded from the side: "Well done, but it's time to get ready for entering school, so more complex spells are needed, and they work a little differently, so I want to teach you how to work with new spells. This will be very valuable knowledge on the entrance exam."

I slowly turn towards Twinkleshine and ask: "Have you been standing here for a long time?"

"Enough to make sure my little sister is the best!" Said Twinkleshine.

Her answer made me embarrassed, but I tried to remove the blush as quickly as possible.

Twinkleshine noticed this, but just smiled and said, “Now you need to take a break, and then we can start our lesson with you,” Twinkleshine said and left the room.