//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Shining stars above // by Glissa_GoldSwirl //------------------------------// The castle was quiet, all the ponies were asleep... CLIP CLOP CLIP CLOP There was a sound of trotting hooves that filled the tower CLIP CLOP CLIP CLOP Suddenly, a door creeped open... CLIP CLOP CLIP CLOP A mare came trotting into a bedroom and stood beside a bed, looking down at the pony that was sleeping in it. The pony went closer to the mare in the bed... She reached out and.... " GLISSA! Wake up!" The pony said, shaking the mare that was asleep in the bed. "Carmella, go away..." Glissa replied, she was the pony sleeping in the bed. " Do ya remember what day it is?" Carmella said, sitting on the chair that was beside the dressing table. " Well, I don't know. You tell me." Glissa said, making a sort of confused face. She then sat up and took her mane out of the band that had she tied it up in. Then, her long dark blue and yellow mane went flowing down the pillow. " Well, you see... Ugh! Don't you remember?" Carmella said, getting frustrated at her friend. " Wait! I know!" Glissa exclaimed, she jumped from her bed and used her magic to fix her bed. " Well, can you tell me?" Carmella replied, moving the chair closer to Glissa. " It's Princess Celestia's birthday!" Glissa shouted, she was jumping around the room like a mad pony. " It's the day when all the ponies of Equestria celebrate their ruler's birth and every town, city and village has a giant party!" Glissa exclaimed, jumping into Carmella's face. Soon after they both got up and went out the room to go to the library. The two mares quickly ran into the room to look for a book about how to plan a perfect party. It had taken them both a while to find the exact section on were it should be. " Found anything Carmella?" Glissa asked Carmella, who just went head-first into one of the book trolleys. " Nope, nothing!" Came a muffled reply from Carmella, who was now completely covered in hardback books. Well, that must've hurt a bit. Glissa kept on looking at all the books on the shelfs. " Princess no, Party planner no, Purple horse disease, wait what?!" Glissa said to herself, she had just found the book the the two mares had been looking for at least thirty minutes now. " Found it!" Glissa shouted down to Carmella and before Glissa could even say 'it', Carmella shot out the book pile and quickly teleported to the blue mare to see if the book was actually found. " Well, problem solved eh Glissa?" Carmella said, opening the book and starting to read its contents. Carmella flicked through some of the pages to see what was there. " Princess Celestia's gonna love this!" Glissa said, bursting into fits of giggles. The girls both walked out the library with the book and went into Carmella's room to begin planning.