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// Chapter Three 
// Story: When You Wish Upon a Star 
// by Nightshine_Eclipse 
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"Change is never easy, you fight to hold on, and you fight to let go."





It was almost night when Comet Blaze had decided to start walking a bit. After she had sprinted away from the town, she took cover under the pine trees that were about a few miles away from her home, as she didn't want to travel by hoof in the daylight. She knew it would be best to wait until the night had fallen so she could fly, rather than to waste her energy walking throughout the daylight. When night fell, Comet Blaze unfolded her wings and starting flapping them, letting them take her off of the ground. The little filly traveled higher and higher, until the ground below her seemed to become unreachable, like it was almost impossible to ever reach again. But the little filly didn't care. She liked flying, as it helped her feel free from the ground trying to contain her. 
Comet Blaze soared over the ground, debating on how she was supposed to get the Everfree forest without even knowing what it looked like or where the forest is. How did they expect the little fillies to find the way to the forest? The task at hand seemed to become even more impossible to the little filly. Was she ever going to the find the answers she needed? Comet Blaze could only hope and wish upon the shooting star that passed over her head.
Like a wish come true, she felt a hoof touch her shoulder. Comet Blaze turned around and her eyes widened. Before her stood -or flew- the princess of the night. Princess Luna!
"P-p-princess Luna? W-what are you d-doing here?" Comet Blaze stuttered slightly.
"My dear, I felt as though you might need my help?" The princess of the night asked gently.
Comet Blaze stared at the princess, speechless.
Princess Luna sighed. "Where are you trying to go, my dear?"
"T-t-the... E-everfree F-forest," Comet Blaze, again, stuttered.
The Princess was stunned. Why would a little filly want to go there?
"Why dost thou wish to travel there, young one?" Princess Luna asked.
"The Journey," Comet Blaze said.
Princess Luna was confused. 
"The Journey?" she asked, the confusion was obvious to Comet Blaze.
"Do you remember the time before you and your sisters ruling? The time of Princess Asteria?" Comet Blaze asked in a very quiet voice.
The princess of the night was shocked. It had been a long time ago of that age. Long before the little filly before her would know. That name seemed to foreign and forgotten by most every pony. Why was this little filly bringing up the long lost Princess that once ruled Equestria?
"I do remember, young one. Why is this important to thy request of going to the Everfree forest?" The princess said, confusion still very noticeable.
"A pony of age must be sent to the place where darkness feeds, and never leaves. Five items are collected to show them their fate. Upon their age of eight, it must be complete. For one day, you may find The One Who Has Gone Away..." Comet Blaze recited. "This prophecy has given the vampire ponies the hope that the beloved princess of long ago would one day return. When the fillies reach the age stated, they are sent to the Everfree forest to retrieve five sacred items." 
"What are the five sacred items, might I ask?" Princess Luna asked, curiosity had replaced the princess' confusion.
"First, The Plant of Blue that plays you for a fool. Second, A strand of hair from magic itself. Third, Potion of Pink to open your eyes. Fourth, Flower of Desire that comes from the heart. Fifth, A Single Seed From the Infinite Night. These are the five items I must find during my journey," Comet Blaze spoke softly.
"Very interesting, I must say. Now, my dear, dost thou know thy way to the Everfree Forest?" Princess Luna asked gently.
"No, princess, I do not," Comet Blaze said, bowing her head down in failure.
Princess Luna put a hoof under Comet Blaze's chin and made her look up. "Now, my dear, do not fear. If thou would like, I can take thee to the Everfree forest," Princess Luna offered.
Comet Blaze's eyes lit up. "Oh, would you?!" she said in excitement.
"I would," Princess Luna said, laughing. "Now, if I remember correctly, we must make it there before the sun should come up, am I correct?"
"Yes, Princess. I am not able to fly while the sun is up," Comet Blaze said, sadly.
The princess looked at the little filly. It pained her to see the little filly so upset. It also made the princess wonder. Why was the little filly only able to fly during the night? Unless... Could it be... Luna shook her head. Pushing the thoughts away, she turned her attention back to the little filly before her.
"Then we better start flying if we are to make it before sun rise," Princess Luna said with a small smile.
"Let's go," Comet Blaze said, returning the same small smile.
The vampire and alicorn took off into the dark night sky. Leaving behind the life the filly knew, and leading her into a life were everything she had once knew and believed would turn out to be false. Never looking back once, the little filly followed the Princess of the night towards the place where her destiny will be found.












By the time the vampire and alicorn made it to the edge of the town located by the Everfree forest, it was almost sun rise. The alicorn led the little filly into the town, which Comet Blaze soon learned was called Ponyville, towards what Comet Blaze thought was a big tree. The Princess of the night entered the tree, which Comet Blaze, also, soon learned was the library, cautiously and slowly. Comet Blaze entered, slowly, after the princess. When Comet Blaze could see the interior, she gasped silently. Books were arranged neatly against the wall, leaving no space for anything else. 
"Twilight Sparkle?" Princess Luna called out.
Upstairs, the violet alicorn stumbled out of her bed, still a bit asleep, and tumbled the stairs. When she noticed Princess Luna and the unfamiliar filly, she bounded down the steps quickly and stopped short before the two ponies.
"Luna? Why are you here?" The pony, Twilight Sparkle, asked.
"I am here, because I have a favor to ask," Princess Luna told the violet alicorn. "This filly, Comet Blaze, has an important task to complete an-" 
The violet alicorn, Twilight Sparkle, cut of the Princess of the night. "What is the task?" the violet alicorn said, obviously curious. 
Luna glared at her and continued on. "And she will need a place to stay."
"I will gladly allow Comet Blaze to stay here at the library," Twilight Sparkle said, smiling.
"Thank you, Twilight Sparkle. For now, I must return to Canterlot. Good Luck on thy journey, Comet Blaze," Princess Luna said, before taking off out the door.
Comet Blaze looked at the alicorn before her. "Hello, Twilight Sparkle," she said, nicely.
"Hello, Comet Blaze. If it is alright, may I know what your important task is?" Twilight Sparkle asked, in a nice tone.
Comet Blaze nodded. "Do you know of the time before the royal sisters? The time of Princess Asteria?"
"I do not recall that name," Twilight told the filly. "Please, explain."
"Countless moons ago, before the alicorn sisters came to power, there was one even more powerful ruler. She was Princess Asteria, Goddess of the Stars. Like Celestia and Luna, she raised the sun and moon. She was the most powerfully pony to have ever been in our history. But the one thing keeps the difference between the past princess, and the present princesses. Princess Asteria was once a vampire pony, like myself. No pony knows what happened, but the princess soon fell ill. The unknown disease took the princess' life. When she was gone, a legend was formed. A pony of age must be sent to the place where darkness feeds, and never leaves. Five items are collected to show them their fate. Upon their age of eight, it must be complete. For one day, you may find The One Who Has Gone Away..." Comet Blaze recited to story Burning Flame told to her and the class.
"Okay, but has this got to do with you task?" Twilight asked, still very confused.
"I am at the age to start The Journey. I am to collect five Sacred Items from the Everfree Forest," Comet Blaze explained further to the confused alicorn.
"What are the five items you are to collect?" Twilight asked with curiosity. 
"First, The Plant of Blue that plays you for a fool. Second, A strand of hair from magic itself. Third, Potion of Pink to open your eyes. Fourth, Flower of Desire that comes from the heart. Fifth, A Single Seed From the Infinite Night," Comet Blaze told the violet alicorn.
"Riddles?" Twilight asked, mostly to herself. "Do you have any clue to the items you must find?"
"Um, I haven't really thought much about it yet, as it was only yesterday I set out to begin my Journey," Comet Blaze replied.
"If you would like, after you rest, tomorrow I can take you to meet my friends, and then we can start on your task and help you find the five items," Twilight offered.
"Oh, would you?" Comet Blaze asked.
"I will. I am sure my friends would like to help, too," Twilight said, smiling. "Now, lets get you to bed, before you fall asleep on your hooves."
The violet alicorn led the vampire up the stairs. 
"You can sleep on my bed for tonight," Twilight told the young filly. Comet Blaze wanted to argue, but the look from Twilight and her lack of thinking and the over exhaustion stopped her. The little filly climbed onto the bed, and uttered a quiet thank you to the violet alicorn and closed her eyes. 
Twilight smiled down at the little filly. Using her magic, she pulled the blanket over Comet Blaze's small body before heading back down the stairs to continue with her readings. 
The vampire pony smiled. This was the most kindness she had received in a long time, and she liked it. The violet alicorn, Twilight Sparkle, was very generous and kind to the little filly. Comet Blaze smiled at the thought of what she has experienced on the journey so far. This has been the best thing to ever happen to the little filly in so long. After that thought, Comet Blaze fell into a dreamless sleep.