Star's POV
The sound of hissing and screeching reached into the dreams of my sleep, causing me to wake, but as soon as I became fully waken and lifted my head up; the noises stopped. I look around to see where the source of the sound is coming from. After looking around my room and saw nothing that can make those sounds I for six minutes and making sure that the door is fully closed, I lowered my head back down on my pillow and tried to go back to my dream world.
As I was about to slip into my dreams the hissing and screeching started up again, but this time closer and appeared to be at the left side of my head. I opened my eyes and turned my head and saw what made my heart stop and felt fear seep into my very soul. After a few moments to comprehend at what I am seeing, I let out fearful scream.
Arcana's POV
I was woken up forcefully when I heard a girl like scream coming from outside of my room, I quickly got out of bed and made my way to the hallway and there I saw Twilight standing outside of Star's room.
"What's wrong? What happened," I asked worried, with thoughts of disasters going through my mind
Twilight looked at me and said, "I don't know, I was downstairs studying when all of a sudden I heard screaming coming from Star's room."
Wait, that girly scream came from Star? I started laughing at that thought, but then Star let out another shrill of fright and cry out, "Oh god, get away from me, away I say."
Twilight looked at me said, "This is no laughing matter, what if Star is in trouble?" apparently with thoughts of disasters going through her mind as well.
"Right sorry, let's go then," I said getting serious, I rushed to the door and slammed it opened and Twilight and rushed in, but when we saw the sight that was inside his room it made us pause.
For there, somehow hanging on the ceiling light fixture was Star, like a monkey, with a freaked out look. He saw us and cry out, "Look out it's still in this room."
We looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary, except for a messed up bed.
"What is it? I don't see anything," Twilight said examining the room, and then we heard hissing and screeching coming from Star's bed, I looked up and saw that Star's eyes widen."
"Oh god it is still in here, get it out, get it out."
I walked to bed and removed the bed sheets with my magic and there in the middle of the bed sat a black and white striped beetle. I looked back up at Star frustrated, "Seriously you're freaking out because of a beetle."
"You woke me up from an ice-cream dream, because all of a beetle," said a voice from the doorway. We all looked and saw a tired looking Spike rubbing his eyes, "I am going back to bed," and with that he walked back upstairs.
"That's no ordinary beetle, that's a freaking June Beetle, and they're creatures from hell," he stated fearfully, "With all of their hissing and screeching. I mean come on, what is up with that?"
I sighed and lift the beetle and as Star said it started hissing and screeching, causing Star to cower more on the light fixture, and walked over to the window, open it and flung the beetle out of the window, "There it's gone," I said to Star.
"How do you know there, were tons of them back on earth, if they're here in Equestria then that means they are everywhere," he argued, "So, beware."
"What's going here?" Twilight clearly confused, "Because this is getting ridiculous and you Star," she turned her attention to him that was still on the ceiling, "Your current behavior is foalish and get down from there, because it's causing a kink in my neck."
"Sorry about all of this Twilight, but I am deathly afraid of June Beetles and I will get down right now," he let go of the light fixture… and didn't come down from the ceiling, instead he fell up to the ceiling, "Um guys," Star said looking down at us, "What's going on here?"
All of sudden gravity kicked in and he fell onto his face, making Twilight and I wince at the sight before us.
Star's POV
An ice pack was being levitated towards me by Arcana as we all sat in the kitchen. I grabbed it in my hooves and put it on the throbbing pain on my forehead, immediately causing me to hiss pain and relief at the same time.
"So will care to explain to us about what happened this morning?" Twilight asked, sitting down with a bowl of fruit and started eating.
"Ya, because I was having a wonderful dream, until your screams woke me up," Arcana added.
I lowered the ice pack onto the table and started, "Alright it all started when I was a human, I woke up one morning due to some hissing and screeching," I explained, "I looked around and saw nothing, and then I felt movement on my chest, so I lifted my head up and saw that beetle, and then it flew into my face," I shuddered remembering what happened that day, I took a breath and continued, "I freaked out, I jumped out of bed and started swatting my face to get it off, and let me tell you," I added and looked at both of them as I got up and walked to the fridge and started scavenging for anything to make into a hearty breakfast and continued from inside, "The feeling of that beetle crawling on face will haunt me for the rest of my life."
I looked inside the fridge and saw leftovers, eggs, hay, flowers, jar of milk and some apples. Feeling lazy I brought the apples out, carried them over to the table and sat down, as I was about to eat Twilight said, "Surely you were overacting at the time Star."
Taking a bite out of the apple and swallowing it is said her, "I thought that too, but when I was getting something to eat I stepped on another June beetle, barefooted," I shuddered at the memory, "Well you imagine what happens next," I said to them and then I took another bite out of the apple.
"And another thing Star," Arcana spoke up, "What was up with you standing on the ceiling?"
"That I do not know," I said as I swallowed another bite of apple, and then I started to feel thirsty. Remembering where the milk was in the fridge, I concentrated and though about the milk and it being here. There was a small flash and there, sitting on the table with its contents shaken up, was the jar of milk.
"You are getting better at that Star," Arcana said after she rubbed her eyes and saw the jar of milk on the table.
"Yup," I said as I lifted the jar of milk to drink it straight from the jar, but the jar was yanked out of my grasp, and saw Twilight with a 'not cool' on her face with her horn glowing and the jar of milk levitating besides her.
"Use a cup," Twilight instructed as she set down the jar of milk, "Because other ponies drinks the milk too you know."
"Fine," I concentrated on a cup that was in the cabinets behind me, and then with a bright flash, a cup appeared, but above my head instead on the table. It fell and hit me on the spot where I landed on from my panic attack. In a matter of seconds, I was on the floor holding my head and saying incoherent things about dogs, dams and dung.
After the pain had dulled to an aching pain, I sat back down at the table and put the almost melted ice pack back on my head.
"Hay Star," Arcana said to me, "A thought came to me."
"What is it then?"
"What if that phenomenon this morning is another part of your abilities?"
I was immediately intrigued by this, "You think so, "I said putting down the completed melted ice pack.
"Well think about it," Twilight then started to explain, "Your abilities have something to do with space, because after all, remember what that one bushwooly called you?"
"Ya it called me a Space Bender, wait do you think I just bended the space-field right there and then?"
Arcana and Twilight nodded, "Do you think you can repeat what you did this morning?" Arcana asked.
I thought it over and said, "I can try, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to repeat the incident."
All of a sudden Twilight looked happy and started clapping her hooves together and said, "Oh I can't wait to study and document this," and then she ran out of the kitchen.
I looked at Arcana and said, "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" she just merely shrugged as I took another bite out of the apple.
An hour later
"Ok I can get why you and Twilight has to be here Arcana," I said towards her, "But remind me why the others are here?" I mentioned to the others. We were all in the main room of the library preparing for my testing.
"Well I am here, in case you get hurt," Fluttershy explained as she set a first-aid box in front of her.
"I am here, to see a new achievement for all pegasi-kind," Dash proudly announced as she flipped in the air, "This is so totally awesome."
"Well partner, mah reason fer being here, is that I am curious to see what ya can do?"
"I agree with Applejack here, darling, for this is a once in a lifetime to see a pegasus to discover a new ability," Rarity gave her reason.
"I'm here so I can throw you a congratulation party for unlocking a new ability," Pinkie happily said bouncing all over the place.
"You all are just here to see me fail, aren't you?" I said in a deadpanned tone, Rainbow and Pinkie nodded, while the others shook their heads.
"Ah Twilight, what does that machine do?" I asked as I saw Twilight pushing a machine that looked like one of those first computers ever outside from her laboratory that is the basement, with Spike following behind them.
She looked at me from behind the machine with a 'really' look, "This machine Star examines the surrounding area and analyze it, then it calculates the magical output of nearest active magical object and measures the objects magical power potential, anymore questions?"
"Ya I do, hay Spike what does the machine do?" I asked towards the baby dragon.
Spike looked at me, "It measures the strength of one's magic," he said, simplifying what Twilight said, causing giggles to be made from everypony.
"Alright let's just get this experiment, ah I mean test started," Twilight said turning on the computer like machine, which then started to whirl and hum, "Ok Star, go."
I closed my eyes and concentrated feeling the surrounding area fade away, what did I do this morning for me to bend space? I tried to remember the process that made me to bend the space-field. I stood there what seems like hours, then I started to feel the others and things around me as my abilities became active, and then I felt something, it felt like waves and pulses flowing around me and the others, I think I just found the space-field, but how do I bend it.
As I was contemplating on how to bend it, I heard a faint hissing, screeching and the sound of buzzing wings from above me, causing me to froze out of fear for I know that sound anywhere, oh god I know that sound anywhere, it's back.
The hissing, screeching and the sound of buzzing wings drew closer and closer, making me become tenser and tenser, until I felt something land between my wings and started walking up to my neck, sending shivers down my spine, oh god, oh god, oh god, I panicked in my head, it's on me.
I tried to stay calm, but I heard Pinkie said, "Um Star, you have a June beetle on your back," that was the final straw, for I gave out a girly scream and started running around.
I started shaking and screaming, "Get it off me, get it off me."
"Star…, "I heard somepony called me, and laughter, but I couldn't hear who said it.
"Kill it, kill it," I yelled as I ran around in circles.
"STAR!" I heard Arcana call out stopping me and my panic attack in the track.
"What? What happened?" I asked looking around and I saw that I was on the ceiling and was looking down at the others.
"You were freaking out cause of a June beetle, again," Arcana said levitating the hissing and screeching beetle next her, "Oh and Star," Arcana added.
"Yes Arcana."
"You are on the ceiling," Arcana explained.
I looked around and saw that she was right, "Yes I did it," I praised myself for my accomplishment, and then Dash and Pinkie fell over and started rolling in laughter.
"Ya, with you being frightened from a little beetle," Dash said in between her laughter.
"And I thought I can move that fast," Pinkie added.
"Hay for you information, I am deathly afraid of June beetles," I informed them, but then I realized that I shouldn't have said that, for they just laughed more.
"You're afraid of June beetles, oh Celestia this is too much, it feels like my sides are going to split," Dash said holding her sides.
"Well at least I am not afraid of a simple hooficure," I countered, this immediately silence her and she sat up looking shameful.
"But Star this is to funny," Pinkie said to me, "I mean come on, you're afraid of insects."
"At least I am not afraid of bats and ghosts, "I said to her, when I said those words, she froze and her eyes darted around looking in fear.
"Well gosh partner, I am impressed that ya are doing this," Applejack said to me.
"Ok Star I have a few question for you," Twilight said writing in a notebook, "Are you feeling woozy?"
"Nope."
"What about fatigue or tiredness?" Twilight asked.
"Well now that you mention it, I do feel a bit tired at the moment, "I said to her, swaying back and to from fatigue.
"Um Star," Fluttershy said speaking up to me.
I turned my attention to her and asked, "Yes Fluttershy."
"How are you going to get down?"
Then that realization hit me, for I don't know how, "You know Fluttershy I don't know, let me see here," I closed my eyes and once again I felt the waves and pulses surrounding the area, but this time the pulses and waves were flowing around me, apparently holding me to the ceiling.
Hum, I wonder what will happen if I…I lifted my hoof and made contact with a pulse and it reacted to my touch… and I fell from the ceiling. I heard gasps of surprise and shook as I opened my eyes and quickly unfurled my wings to avoid any unnecessary head injury and glided back to the ground.
When I landed Twilight asked me, "What was that Star? What did you do? Are you ok?"
I put my hoof up, silencing her, and I said, "I am ok Twilight, and for the answer to the first two, I think I know how to been space now."
"Really," Arcana said skeptical.
"Ya, in fact let me show you," I said to them. I concentrated and felt the pulses and waves of space moving around me. I concentrated on a book that was on the bookcase ahead of me and felt the pulses reaching out to the book till I felt that they had grasped, now come here, I ordered, and saw the book shaking in the bookcase, come on, the book was rattling harder and still it didn't come, come here right now damn it, I thought in frustration pouring emotion in the order and jerking my head back.
The book shot out of the bookcase and nailed me in the forehead, causing me to be tipped back from the force, with the book still on my face. This cause laughter to be erupted, except for Fluttershy, who rushed to my side and moved the book from my face, she leaned over and asked, "Oh are you ok?"
"I 'm fine, just get me an ice pack and I will be good as new, oh and what book did I get anyway?"
Fluttershy flipped the book in her hooved and read the title, "How to deal with head injuries?"
Oh god seriously I've just been trolled by the universe, "ok that's ironic, now if you'll excuse me, I think I will take a nap now," I said to her and fell asleep from what I have been through all day.
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