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// The Melody in My Mind 
// Story: Knight of the Heart 
// by Neroson40 
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The Melody in My Mind
Why would Princess Celestia do that? Pulling me out of all of my classes wasn’t the right thing to do, was it? I mean sure I hated everyone in the classes I was in, but… I don’t know; I just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that I would be leaving my classes for Princess Celestia’s personal tutelage. Then there was that new mare, Melody. Just who was the friend that she was the daughter of?
I was watching the sunset from my tower; it was the only thing that brought me happiness in this school, along with the ice cream I ate with the show. Princesses Celestia and Luna always took their time with it, to make sure I had something to look forward to every day. But today, the only thing that filled my mind were thoughts of my family, and the horrible accident that happened to them, leaving me to wander Equestria, looking for a home.
Then I heard the music, a pan flute coming from Princess Celestia’s tower. It snapped me out of my depressing daydream to notice that the sunset was over. Scorch was sound asleep in his bed, just at the foot of mine, so I guess it must’ve been late. I looked at the tower to see who was playing, and saw melody, moon raising behind her, using magic to hold the pan flute to her mouth… she looked beautiful. 
That one thought made me depressed; if she got a chance with everypony else in the school… she could’ve been very popular, unlike me who had a chance and wasn’t given hay. She put the flute away inside and I heard a voice in my head.
“Feeling better Champ?” I looked to Melody to see if she could hear it too, but she was looking right at me, like the gentle voice in my head was a… telepathy… spell… she… cast… oh… “That’s the whole reason I play, after all.”
“Thanks,” I said telepathically. “But I learned a long time ago, not to trust or rely on anypony.”
“Well, that’s not how the world works,” Melody said. “In order to get anywhere, you need to trust other ponies.” Trust other ponies? Yeah right. It was because of other ponies that my family is gone… and the entire school hates me. Immediately I regretted that thought, because telepathy spells work both ways.
“I just don’t think I can.”
“Everypony can, you just need to find the strength to do it.”