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// Chapter Seven 
// Story: When You Wish Upon a Star 
// by Nightshine_Eclipse 
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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."



My time in Ponyville was quite... well, let's say normal? Quiet? Or at least it started out that way. My Journey led me to a far away place to collect five sacred items for who knows what. But it also led me to making new friends, something I hadn't had, and I was honestly loving being here. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, are the greatest friends I could ask for. They are even helping me collect the items I need for my Journey. Twilight Sparkle, or should I say Princess Twilight Sparkle, has also been a great help. I mean, she is the one providing me with a place to sleep and food to eat. Her and her friends, the element bearers, are a great help, though, I don't think the element bearers like me very much. 
Though, I do have to say, it was very interesting watching Princess Twilight Sparkle's flying lesson... 



"You gotta really flap them hard!" 
Twilight Sparkle gave Rainbow Dash a nod, then, concentrating hard, she started to flap her wings harder and harder. Apparently, she flapped her wings a little too hard as it sent her spiraling into a nearby tree. This caused Rainbow Dash to give out a slight laugh as she flew over to the violet alicorn in the tree.
"Uh, maybe not quite that hard," Rainbow Dash said, trying to be encouraging to the alicorn.
The violet alicorn then descended down from the tree, still slightly -if you could even say that- unable to control her wings, causing her to crash into the ground as she landed. The orange-ish earth pony -Applejack- come over to the violet alicorn and offered a hoof to help her up. 
"Lookin' good up there, Princess Twilight," Applejack said, as Twilight Sparkle got up.
"Applejack, you know you don't have to call me that," Twilight Sparkle said, slightly confused.
Comet Blaze stopped listening to the conversation of Twilight Sparkle and her friends after that. It wasn't that she was eaves-dropping on the violet alicorn, but more so as she was interested in learning more about her, and even so her element bearing friends. She didn't understand why she was so interested in the violet alicorn and the element bearers, but something was telling her to learn as much as she could about the group of friends. 



... She seems to be having trouble with her wings. I don't blame her, though. Controlling new parts, like wings, is a very hard thing to learn. I mean, she isn't even used to having wings, only her horn. Rainbow Dash, the element of Loyalty, seems like an alright teacher, but I guess I have only watched their one lesson, but Rainbow is showing her loyalty to her friend by helping. I really enjoy learning about the elements from every adventure, or even lesson, that the element bearers go through... 










It was a few days before the Summer Sun Celebration that Twilight Sparkle left to Canterlot, as the celebration was being held there this year. Comet Blaze was left alone in the tree-library. It was weird to be alone, as the violet alicorn usually spent most of her time in the library, anyways. With absolute boredom, and nothing to do, Comet Blaze decided that, since her friends were busy with the celebration party here in Ponyville and she had nothing else to do, she would read. And by read, she meant it. 
It took only a few moments before the little vampire-bat pony had her nose stuck in a book. Comet Blaze was a quick reader and had a great, burning passion for learning. Twilight Sparkle's library was filled with books on magic, every type of it, and history. Being a special kind of vampire-bat pony, with both a horn and wings, Comet Blaze was really excited to learn magic. She was hoping to get some ideas on how to actually perform it. Being a special kind of a pony type has its downsides, like for her, there was no where that she could learn how to use her horn, her magic. She was stuck only learning how to fly, which she knew how to do very well... during the night.
As the vampire-bat filly read, she also took notes about anything she found interesting in her journal. She had only just started writing her days in Ponyville in the little book, and she really liked the idea. It would give her a reminder of all her adventures in Ponyville once she returned home. And taking notes on Twilight Sparkle's books would give her something to study more after the Journey was over, too. 
It seemed to be only a few minutes, which it had actually been hours, before Comet Blaze heard something. Getting up from the current book she was reading, she went over to the window, opening the curtains, so she could see what was happening. Her eyes widened as she saw the sky. The sky was half day, half night! Confused, she looked at the rest of the scene before her. Plants the color of darkness were growing wildly all over the ground, and in the sky clouds of the same darkness hung. It was absolute chaos! Ponies were running all over the place, trying to avoid the plants that grew from the ground at random places and times.
What was happening? Comet Blaze thought, but was soon interrupted by the door opening.
"There has to be something in Twilight's library that'll help us," somepony said, as a group of five ponies entered.
Hiding behind a pile of books, Comet Blaze looked over at the group of five ponies. She relaxed when she realized it was only Twilight Sparkle's friends, the elements bearers. Still hiding, she watched them quietly. They were all looking through the books, hoping to find something to help them with the chaos outside.
Suddenly, something tumbled out of the air into a pile of books. Thankfully, that something was actually a some pony, and that some pony was Twilight Sparkle.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Rarity sighed in relief as the violet alicorn stood up .
"Oh, I hope you know we wouldn't normally go through your books without permission," Fluttershy said softly as the door opened.
"Sweet ground!" Spike entered the tree-library, kissing the ground. "Sweet, sweet, wonderful ground!"
Annoyed, Twilight Sparkle exclaimed, "Okay, I get it! I need to work on my flying!"
"I dunno if you've noticed, but the Everfree Forest is just a teeny-tiny bit out of control," Pinkie Pie said, appearing next to Rarity.
The pink, fluffy earth pony's tail then started to shake, confusing Comet Blaze, as she had never seen that before. The pink earth pony ducked, and one of the dark roots shot through the window, hitting Rarity. 
"Guess it turned out you were missin' something here in Ponyville after all," Applejack said to Twilight Sparkle as she closed the window that the root had came through.
"But perhaps you already know what's causing all of this calamity. Has Princess Celestia sent you to dispel it posthaste?" Rarity asked, hopefully, getting up from the ground.
"Not exactly. You see, Princess Celestia is, well... she and Princess Luna are both..." Twilight Sparkle started to explain, unsure of how to tell her friends.
"Gone missing!" Spike exclaimed, jumping up before putting his hands over his mouth. 
They all gasped.
"I don't know who has taken them, but I've got a hunch we're going to need the Elements of Harmony to get them back," the violet alicorn explained as she used her magic to transfer the elements from the case to the bearers.
"Oh, yeah, just like old times," Rainbow Dash said, smiling, as her element necklace was placed onto her neck.
"A-boo-yah!" Pinkie Pie said as her element necklace was, also, placed onto her neck and she and Twilight Sparkle brohoofed.
"I told ya we'd always be connected by the Elements," Applejack said, again, as her element necklace was placed onto her neck. She sighed. "Now we just gotta figure out who to aim these bad boys at so we can get Celestia and Luna back and keep the rest of Equestria from becoming plant food! Any ideas?"
"Hmm..." Twilight Sparkle said, thinking. Applejack, along with the others -except for one-, was looking at her, hopeful that she would have an idea.
"I haven't found squat in any of the books I've been looking through!" the pink earth pony exclaimed, causing every pony to look over as her. "Oopsies! Missed a spot!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, as she scribbled in the missed spot with a crayon in the coloring book.
Ignoring the pink earth pony's input, the other four ponies turned their attention back to the violet alicorn, hoping she had an idea.
"Half day, half night... strange weather patterns... out of control plants. I think I'm starting to get a pretty good idea of who we're up against," Twilight Sparkle said, explaining her thoughts. "Discord."
With that, the violet alicorn and the other element bearers left, quickly. 
Sighing, Comet Blaze got out of her hiding place. She was tempted to follow the violet alicorn and her element bearing friends, but as she looked around the library, she noticed all the books were scattered everywhere. Shaking her head, she started to reorganize and put away all the books. Comet Blaze hated when things were scattered everywhere, and she knew she had been one of the six to scatter them every where. She sighed, shaking her head clean of her thoughts. 
Better get to work, I want to see what this Discord creature is and maybe I'll get a hint on what the next item is! Comet Blaze thought.

Maybe I'll get a hint...