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// Stardella 
// Story: High School Stories 9th grade 
// by AmethystFire 
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	My name is Stardella and I am fifteen equestrian years old. Well, duh! There is my name! Well, you may have noticed that I am an Alicorn but I have never presented myself as a Princess. That will be explained in here, because it's better than spoiling it.

I was born in the castle of Canterlot, but my birth was unannounced for a while. When it was finally announced, I was about 2 months old. I had my own crown, always greeted as Princess Stardella, and got everything that I wanted when I wanted it. To be clear, I was spoiled. I was happy with my life, I had everything that I ever wanted. But, before I turned eleven, everything in my life changed forever.

I woke up on October 20th and everything was quiet. This was really confusing to me at first, it usually wasn't quiet in the castle. I went all around the castle; didn't see any pony, no servants, no guards ponies, no nurses, and my parents were gone as well. At first, after being confused, I thought that this was the best thing ever!

Then, the whole silence thing got to me. I went out on my own to find them. Yes, I did find them later on, but, not the way any pony wants to find their parents in. I trotted over into this dark cave where I heard their voices coming from. In there I found them all in changling sack thingys that really grossed me out. I started to use my magic to free them.

But, I was stopped by a pouncing changling trying to stop me. I fought off the changling with as much strength as I had, but when he got off of me, I saw a scoundrel looking kind of unicorn pony in front of me.

"Time to dethrone the Princess; Princess Stardella." he chanted as his horn glew.

Soon, when he touched my head, everything went black and my horn hurt. I woke up from what seemed hours, ended up being days with my horn still hurting.

When I asked what was going on, why my horn hurt and why it wasn't wanting to do anything. I got sad looks.

"I'm sorry your highness, or Stardella; but the pony that attacked you last has taken all of your magic. You're no longer a princess my dear." the doctor told me.

To this day, I cannot forget the whole attack, I wanted to get back at that stallion for all that he had done. But after a few years of no magic, I had just learned to cope with it. I left Canterlot dethroned, and wanting to find my cutie mark, because nothing in my royalty life, apparently wasn't being about a princess. I guess that it wasn't my real destiny.

But one day, I was lucky. I moved to Las Pegasus to live with my grandmother at the age of twelve and joined a choir there. Just to say, I was the best there! But for a long period of time, I was too shy to even get up on stage and sing.

But there was one performance, one of the fillies there got sick and didn't even show up. My choir instructor wanted me to go and to get her to shut her trap. I went up on stage and did the solo. I wasn't scared once I looked up at the crowd, like I had been up on stage all my life!

Little did I know, I earned my cutie mark at that performance.

In 7th grade I met Crystal Feather who later in the 8th grade I considered her my twin sister. She was there for me at my hardest times, and took on the drama that I had. Only to lead me the right way.