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// Prologue Part 1- Mind Mender 
// Story: Student Life 
// by TheDuoBronies 
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Prologue Part 1:

Canterlot, the capital of Equestria, the city upon the mountains. The city has many names, most know it as the place where the Princesses of the night and day hold their courts. It mostly houses Unicorns of the upper crust of society, ponies who think they are above everyone else and that common ponies should kiss the ground they walk on. Its not common you see any other race of pony or otherwise walking around Canterlot. Of course you have the weather team full of Pegasi and the odd Earth pony to look after the parks and flowers around the city. But the majority of the population is the Unicorn race.

Canterlot also houses the most popular school in Equestria simply named ‘Canterlot University’. It was created by the princess sisters in order to let ponies from far and wide attend to learn a number of different subjects or to just learn more about what their cutie marks mean. It takes a lot of work and dedication to succeed in Canterlot University as it requires that you give your work 110% effort, any less and the school will fail your course and kick you out. Families whose sons and daughters who manage to finish their course have gone on and led successful lives in their area.

A new year is about to begin at Canterlot University as new students with goals in their life sign up, hoping to get through the grueling years and join the successful few who have finished. one such hopeful is Mind Mender, a unicorn who lives with his mother, Divine Pendant, his father Blue Topaz and his adopted sister Shimmering Radiance.

Mind Mender is a dark blue Unicorn with a blonde mane and tail, he found his cutie mark when helping his sister with a bullying problem at school. He used to sit down and let her talk about her problems and give her advice on how to deal with it. Within a few weeks she came home with a massive smile on her face and said that the advice helped her deal with the bullies. At that moment, Mender felt something strange, he helped his little sister with a problem she had and he helped her overcome it.

From that day he wanted to help ponies with problems they can’t deal with, thats why he decided to attend the best school around. Today would be the day he started school and his new life.





Mind Mender started his day as he always does, waking up before anypony else in the house and getting ready for the day. But this day was a bit different from his usual day, today he started a new milestone in his life, student life. He applied for a position in the psychology class and was accepted. His family had been so proud that a family member got accepted into the most prestigious school in Equestria.

Mind Mender walked out of his room into the hallway of his family house, as his room was situated at the far end on the corridor he had to quietly tip-hoof past his parents room and his little sisters room. He got to the end of the hallway and looked around the house. It wasn’t a big house like the uppercrust of Canterlot always seem to live in, it was a simple cosy house that had everything the family needed to live inside it.

Mender walked towards the fridge to pour himself a drink, before opening it, he noticed a piece of paper held up by magnets at either side. Mender read over it “Dear Mr.Mender, we’re happy to inform you that your transcript and application have successfully made it to our offices and we looked over them several times. Congratulations on completing all 4 years of High School and making it into the top 20 grade rankings. We are definitely happy to let you know that we have accepted your application to our prestigious school and look forward to seeing you stay with us for the full 4 years. Welcome Aboard and see you soon.” Mender smiled as he remembered the reactions on his parents face when he told them. He is still sore from the hug they gave him.

After getting his drink, he went back to his room to makes sure he has everything he wanted to take with him. Whilst he was packing he heard his door creak as it slowly opened, he turned around and saw his little sister rubbing her eyes “Hey Raidy,” Mind whispered “what you doing up?” he asked as his levitated his last bag against the wall “I..I heard something and wanted to see what it was” Shimmering Radiance said as she walked over to her adoptive brother. He cleared the bed and motioned her to jump up, she jumped onto the bed and laid down beside mender “I’m going to miss you Mendy” Shimmering said, her eyes slowly tearing up. She looked up to Mind “Hey,” Mind put a hoof around her and used his magic to levitate a tissue to wipe her eyes “It’ll be ok, Mum and Dad will be here for you and I’m only a couple of minutes away if you ever need to talk to me” Mender said as he pulled his little sister against him. He felt his coat get slightly damp from her tears but didn’t let her pull away. 

They stayed like that until the door opened up again to reveal two other ponies, the first was their mother, a unicorn named Divine Pendant, she had the same coat colour as Mind Mender and had blue mane and tail with purple highlights. The other was their father, Blue Topaz, he had a brown coat with a two toned red mane and tail. Divine and Topaz both looked at each other and smiled as they both turned to look at their son and adoptive daughter curled up next to each other.





After a while, everypony was in the living room saying goodbye to Mind Mender as he prepared to leave for University. Divine Pendant had her son stuck in another hug as she went through a set of rules for him to follow, Topaz was observing his wife hug their son to death and Shimmering was conflicted on whether she should stay put or join her mother. Mind took it all in stride and stopped his mother before she talked his ear off “Mother, I’ll be fine” he interrupted her “I’ll only be a few minutes away so I can come visit on my days off”
“I know,” Divine replied “You can’t blame a mother for looking after her son, can you”
“No, I think that the normal response for a mother whose son is leaving the nest” Topaz said as he walked beside his wife “You look after yourself over there son, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you and this family. Work hard and you’ll be rewarded with a well educated life afterwards” he told Mender as he held his wife back. Shimmering was still sitting in the same position since she came downstairs, only looking up when she noticed Mind Mender had approached her.

She looked up and jumped up, wrapping her legs around his neck and nuzzled him, Mender did the same “Remember what I said, if you ever need to talk, come see me, okay?” Mender said quietly so only she would hear, she nodded her reply and let him go. Mender then opened the door to see the taxi carriage waiting for him, he nodded to the pony pulling it and levitated his bags to the back. He turned to his family “Well, I guess this is it. I’ll write and visit as much as I can” Mender said as he walked towards the taxi. He heard his family say a chorus of goodbye as he hopped into the carriage.