After Star had left the room he ran down a very large hallway, it looked as if he was in some sort of castle. Star watched as he exited through a door at the end of the hallway then, his position changed once again following his memory self.
He appeared to be in some sort of castle courtyard, he couldn't admire the sight because as soon as he could see it he exited through another door. Once again Star was running through some sort of hallway but this time at the end of the hallway there was a large double door. He arrived at it and spoke to some guard looking ponies "I need to get out it is an emergency" he said urgently
"Yes sir" was all one of them responded before opening the door for him to leave
He was outside in what looked to be a beautiful forest, lush trees, bushes, and multicolored flowers everywhere. He ran into the forest until he came upon a strange cave, the real Star realized that it was the one he saw during his first memory flashback.
He ran into the cave and quickly came upon a dead end, he pulled out the emerald amulet that he wore around his neck and the gem started to glow brightly, opening up a passage at the once dead end. He ran through the cave and eventually came upon a large door.
Instead of pulling out his amulet he instead knocked on the door shouting "You can't do this! It is insane! You will get yourself killed!"
When nopony responded to him he seemed to get more frantic and bucked at the door, which budged just enough that he could see through it when he looked through it he saw
Pink. All he could see, was pink.
"Aaaaahhhhhhhh!" he yelled suddenly realizing that he was back in the real world and not in the strange memory realm he was just in "I was so close! I almost found out what I was panicking about!" he said to himself forgetting the pony that had woken him up.
"What are you talking about silly willy?" Pinkie pie said questioningly
"I was having some sort of flashback and it was all leading up to one moment and when it got there, you came in and woke me up" Star answered disappointedly
"I am sorry! I didn't know!" Pinkie said in a very apologetic voice "I know what will cheer you up, Twilight told me to come and get you because she had something to tell you!" Pinkie said in a very happy tone
"Really?" he said in a very excited tone "Maybe she figured out the book I left for her!"
"It might be, let's get going!" the pink pony said in a very excited tone grabbing Star and pulling him out the door
The entire trip to ponyville was a blur of pink, blue, and green. He assumed that the blue was the sky and that the green was the grass, he had a hard time telling as Pinkie Pie was traveling at the speed of Pinkie. (A/N Yes, I just said at the speed of Pinkie. I think she deserves her own speed setting)
They soon arrived at the town of ponyville and soon after that at the library where Star suddenly found himself surrounded by all the books in the library on the ground around them and a very grumpy Spike grumbling as he picked up and put them away "Hey Spike where is Twilight?" Pinkie asked as she finally let go of Star
"She is in the basement, why?" Spike asked as he put a few books away
"Twilight asked me to go and get Star and bring him to her" Pinkie said once again grabbing Star and dragging him down into the basement where a very anxious looking Twilight was waiting for them "What took you so long Pinkie? You left to go and get Star over an hour ago"
"I had to do something first" Pinkie replied simply "Anyway I gotta get back to Sugarcube Corner now bye!" she said hopping out the door
"Alright, well good thing she finally brought you because I found out something towards deciphering what the book says" she levitated the book over to herself "I haven't found anything to decipher what the book actually says, but I did find something that will help"
She walked over to Star still levitating the book right beside her "What did you find?" Star inquired
"See this?" she gestured to the symbols at the bottom of the book "This is the symbol that Starswirl the bearded used as his signature! That means that Starswirl wrote this book!"
"Starswirl the bearded?" Star asked questioningly
"I forgot, you don't have a memory so there is no way you could know about him, just one moment" she said walking out the door for a moment then reemerging with another book being levitated behind her "This" she said pointing one hoof to the inside of the book "Is Starswirl the bearded"
Star looked at the picture "Starswirl the bearded? I can't help but feel I know something about this pony"
"So, who was this Starswirl pony?" Star asked finally getting to the point
"He was one of the greatest magicians of all time! The only problem was that most of his notes and books were never found and those that were are incomprehensible and I suspect that they all looked like this" she said pointing to some symbols on the other book
"So, you are saying that I have a book that was written by one of the greatest magicians of all time?” Star said summing up the conversation
"That's right, which means that we just have to figure something out that ponies have been trying to find out for over a thousand years" Twilight summed up
"Piece of cake" Star said jokingly
"Yes, but I think that we might be able to get some of his other books from the royal library if Princess Celestia will allow it" Twilight said hopefully
"Didn't you say you didn't want to involve Princess Celestia until you figured out my whole "Discord" problem?" Star said remembering the problem for the first time in days
"I will just tell her that I want to see if I can decipher Starswirls writings as a project of mine, I won't mention you" Twilight said as she levitated a scroll and quill over to herself
"Dear Princess Celestia,
I was wondering if I might be able to borrow a few books from Starswirl the bearded from the royal library, I decided to take on the project of trying to decipher his writings."
Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle"
She finished up the letter and yelled "Spike! Will you send this letter to the Princess please?"
A moment later Spike came hurrying down the stairs "Sure I will! But isn't it a bit early for your weekly friendship report?" Spike asked
"This isn't a friendship report Spike this is just a letter to the princess from me requesting if I can use some books from the royal library" Twilight answered levitating the baby dragon the scroll
"Alright" Spike said simply blowing fire onto the scroll
"What are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be sending the letter not burning it?" Star said in surprise
"That is just a way of magically mailing it, he didn't burn it" Twilight explained
"Oh, alright I was worried that Spike had decided to burn your mail just to spite you" Star said relieved
"Spike has his moments, but he wouldn't do that for any reason" Twilight said simply
Suddenly Spike burped out some green fire and along with it a scroll; Twilight levitated the object from the floor and read it out loud
" Dear Twilight Sparkle,
Of course you can get some books from the royal library! I don't see why you would have to ask to come and get some books from it, seeing as you grew up in that library. It would be delightful to see you again; I haven't seen you since the Gala. If you would like me to send you a carriage to deliver you from Ponyville to Canterlot please respond and tell me so that I can make the arrangements for one to pick you up tomorrow.
Your Friend
Princess Celestia"
"Well it is settled then, I will leave tomorrow to go to Canterlot and get some books on Starswirl the bearded" Twilight concluded once again picking up the quill with another parchment.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
It would be very kind of you to send me a carriage to help me travel to Canterlot, I appreciate it a lot and I look forward to seeing you again
Your Faithful Student
Twilight Sparkle"
Spike took this letter and mailed it too making Star wonder how you could burn things and send them to another intact "Star, why don't you come with me to Sugarcube Corner, I'm hungry and I would appreciate the company" Twilight asked walking up the stairs
"Sure, I don't have anything else to do today" Star said following
"What do you mean "rest of today" it is dark out already" Twilight said motioning to one of the windows in the library
"Really?" Star said looking out the window she motioned to "How long were we down there or how long was I asleep" Star said quizzically
"I think that you just slept in today, Pinkie didn't bring you by until about six" Twilight answered
While they walked to Sugarcube Corner they stayed silent and Star was lost in his thoughts "What was behind that door? Who was I so worried about? Where was that castle at? Where was that cave?" Star shook his head "If I keep thinking about all of these questions my head is going to explode" He decided to give up on the matter and take in his surroundings. Ponyville was peaceful during the night, there was nopony around besides the occasional group of ponies going about their business and it was completely silent.
As they arrived at Sugarcube corner he saw that it was completely quiet inside and even though he didn't know Pinkie very well, he knew that this was too quiet "Maybe she is asleep?" thought Star as they walked in.
"SURPRISE!" Yelled every pony in the room
Looking around he saw Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Spike, and Big Macintosh
"Um, what is this?" he said gesturing to the whole room
"Earlier today I realized that I didn't throw you a welcome to Ponyville party, to welcome you to Ponyville so I talked to Twilight about distracting you long enough so that we could set up the party and she had me go and get you so that she could talk to you about something so I went and invited everypony but I didn't invite anypony you didn't know because they would question you about why you wear your cloak and it would make you feel uncomfortable and that wouldn't be very good for a party now would it?" Pinkie Pie answered bouncing around in excitement
"I….well I um….." Star said, speechless
"Come on everypony, let's dance!" Pinkie yelled as music started to play from nowhere in particular
Everyone was dancing except for a very self-conscious looking Big Macintosh, a bored looking Spike, and a still dumbfounded Midnight Star who was standing by the snack table
Noticing this Pinkie hopped over to Star "Come on! You have to dance with us, it is your party!"
"Pinkie, I don't even know what dancing is, so maybe we can do it another time?" Star said hopefully
Pinkies eyes widened in surprise "What! You don't know wha-" she suddenly stopped remembering who she was talking to "Oh yeah, well next time we spend time together, I am going to teach you to dance" Pinkie said hopping back to the middle of the room with the other 5 ponies
"Uh, yeah sure I look forward to it" Star said mostly to himself
Big Macintosh walked over to Star "You actually convinced Pinkie Pie not to make ya dance? How'd ya do that?"
"I don't even know what dancing is let alone how to pull it off, so Pinkie let me off with a warning" he said jokingly
"Wish ah woulda thought of that when she made me dance first time ah went to one of 'er parties" Big Mac said enviously
"I was serious about not knowing what dancing is" Star said seriously
"Oh, ah thought ya were jokin 'bout it. How don't ya know what dancin is?" Big Mac asked
"Guess I haven't told you yet have I? Well I have no memories about my past and I have no idea who I am" Star said summing it up
"Ah never woulda guessed it, but ah haven't really talked to ya so ah wouldn't know" Big Mac answered honestly
They made small talk for another before few moments before Spike walked over and joined in too "Man this is boring," Spike said as he grabbed a cupcake "I never really liked dancing but at least I have somepony to talk to now"
They continued with small talk until eventually Rainbow Dash made her way over from the dance floor "Hey so what are you guys talking about?"
"Just stuff in general" Star responded as he ate a cupcake
"Sounds fun, you can only dance so much before it gets boring" she said stating why she had come over
"I bet so" Star said simply
"So what were you guys talking about before I interrupted?" Rainbow asked hoping to restart a nice conversation
"Oh yeah, so Macintosh you were saying something about apple bucking?" Star said turning to Big Macintosh
"Eeyup, ah may have ta leave it up ta Applejack now unless ah learn ma own strength, instead a bucking down some apples yesterday ah bucked down the whole tree!" Macintosh said incredulously as if he still didn't believe it
"Wow, you must be pretty strong to buck down a tree after kicking it" Star complimented
"Ah guess so" Macintosh said "ah hope ah can just learn how ta deal with ma strength"
Star turned to Rainbow Dash "So, I haven't really talked to you before, at least not without you threatening me or glaring at me" he said jokingly "what do you do for a living?"
"I usually help with the weather, but when I am not doing that I practice to become a Wonderbolt" Rainbow dash looked smug "not like I need practice though I AM the fastest flier in Equestria"
"That sounds like an admirable dream to pursue" Star said ignoring her bragging
Just then Applejack decided to walk over from the dance floor
"That was fun, but I am tired from all that dancing! What’re yall talkin 'bout?" she asked
"Macintosh's strength and Rainbows future goals" Star said
"What 'bout Macintosh's strength" Applejack asked
"I hadn't told 'er yet" Macintosh said glaring at Star
"Sorry" Star apologized
"What do ya mean?" Applejack asked again
"Applejack, ah didn't do any Applebuckin yesterday or today" Macintosh paused before continuing "because last time ah tried ta ah broke a tree" Macintosh said embarrassed
"Ya broke a tree? By buckin it?" Applejack said incredulously "Me ‘n you are gonna have ta start workin on you controllin yer strength"
"Alright sis" Macintosh said
"Now that that's settled, what about you Applejack, what do you do for a living?" Star asked
"Ah do tha same thing as ma brother, ah spend ma days buckin apples" Applejack answered
"At least you have your life already figured out" Star answered
"Well, most ponies do by tha time they're about Appleblooms age" Applejack said
"How do they do that?" Star said curiously
"They find their Cutie marks" Applejack answered as if everypony should know about it
"What is a Cutie mark?" Star asked curiously
"A Cutie mark is a mark that appears on tha flanks of ponies when they figure out their callin in life" Applejack explained "Ya haven't seen any of our Cutie marks?"
"Nope" Star said simply
"At least that means ya aren't some kinda pervert" Applejack said laughing and causing everyone but Star to laugh
After all of the laughing died down Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Twilight walked over to the small group "So what were you all laughing at?" Twilight asked curiously
"Applejack explained Cutie marks to me then asked if I had seen any of you girl's Cutie marks, I said no then she said "At least that means ya aren't some kinda pervert" and they all laughed, but I really don't get it" Star summed up
"You have the innocence of a young pony" Rarity said to Star
"That, or my Cutie mark has something to do with my past" Star concluded "Pinkie, is there a bathroom in this store? I have to check something"
"Sure! Just go down that hallway and it is the first door on the left" Pinkie answered
Star hurried down the hallway and entered the door and to his relief there was a mirror, he took off his cloak and looked at his back left flank to see his Cutie mark which wasn't there which meant that he didn't have one "Or Discords magic is hiding it" he said finishing his thought process, he put his cloak back on and headed back out to rejoin the party.
When he walked back out everypony was looking at him expectantly "Either I don't have a Cutie mark or Discord's magic is hiding it" he announced
"Maybe only you can't see it, why don't you see if we can?" Rainbow asked hopefully
"I really doubt that, but nice try" Star answered
Rainbow simply shrugged "Can't blame a pony for trying"
They all talked and played games for a few more hours before everypony decided it was time to depart. All that was left was Star and Pinkie Pie "Are you sure you don't want help cleaning up? I would be more than happy to" Star asked
"No thank you, it was a party I threw for you, I should clean it up" she said happily
"Alright then Pinkie I will see you later" Star said while walking towards the door
"Okie dokie see you later!" Pinkie Pie responded before jumping at the mess from the party and in a pink blur started to clean it up.
He decided to stop by the library and pick up the four books that Twilight had showed him, one of which had caused him his first memory flashes. When he go to the library Twilight was to his surprise reading a book "How unexpected!" he thought to himself sarcastically
"Hey Twilight, I was just wondering if I could get those four books you showed me the first day I came here" Star asked
"Sure, just one moment" she said her horn glowing bright purple as she levitated the books over to Star "here you go, tell me if you remember anything"
"Alright, I will see you later Twilight" he said leaving the library
As he started to head back to Zecoras hut he noticed how beautiful the night was and he decided to enjoy it and read the books out in the nice cool night time air. He wandered until he found a nice peaceful hill with a beautiful view of a forest that he didn't know the name to.
Finding a comfortable spot to lay in he decided to pick up one of the books and start reading, he decided to start with the one that had given him his first memory flashes "Celestia's rule" he turned to the page that he saw the picture of Celestia on and one again found himself looking at the picture but this time he didn't have sudden memory flashes this time he was just looking at a picture.
He read through the book and read how Celestia had ruled over Equestria for 1000 years and her many political achievements. None of these things caused him to remember anything so he decided to look through "Founding of Equestria"
This book proved to be an interesting read, it was about the three types of ponies earth, pegasus, and unicorn and their fight over land until the Wendigos caused a blizzard that froze over the land forcing all the types of ponies to come to terms with each other and treat each other equally.
Nothing really seemed to keep his interest in this book either so he decided to read "Early Equestrian History" he read through it, it explained the founding of the individual towns like Canterlot, Ponyville, Manehatten, Fillydelphia, and a few more. Once again nothing interested him until he read that one day, the Everfree forest went from a nice peaceful forest into the forest was now. He decided that he would ask Twilight about that when he next saw her.
Finally he got to "Recent Equestrian History" He started reading through this until he came upon a picture of a dark blue pony with a mane that looked like it was filled with stars then suddenly a familiar feeling came over him as he blacked out.