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// Prologue — Say My Name 
// Story: Worlds 
// by WritingSpirit 
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There's something you should know about the stars.

Now, you're probably wondering why I'm telling this to you. Why you should know whatever it is that you should know about the stars. It's kinda important. Somewhat. Well, not exactly important to you, but if you're to understand everything that's happening, if you want to know why I'm off on this journey, then you should know about the stars. Actually, thinking about it, to sum all my lessons, trials and tribulations up, it was all about the stars.

It began with a star and ended with a star.

Thinking about it, that's actually the fastest way I could finish this story. It began with a star and ended with a star... that's pretty much it, I guess. That's my journey, in a nutshell. Then again, it would also be the most boring, so I won't be going with that, because we both know that this journey has far, far more to it than just the stars. You know what, lemme just try this again...







There's something you should know about the stars.

Why, you might ask? What should I know about the stars?

Simple.

The stars are there, in the night sky.

Before you come and tell me off about how great my observation was, let me explain.

We do quite a lot of things with the stars: we wish upon them, we chart them like explorers with a map, but most important of all, we look at them. We all look at the stars from time to time, some of us more often than others. We gaze at them, wondering why they're there, what they're doing there, and we would spend the next day with it at the back of our heads only to be brought up when we look up in the night sky once again. What many of us don't know is that when you look at them long enough, you'll find that those stars are looking right back at you, and when they realized that they caught your eye, they then tell you things — many strange, wonderful things — and if you listen hard enough, you'll learn things that you never knew you would learn. Then, after learning so much about them, you will learn to talk to them. And when you learn how to talk to them, they will learn to listen, but that's really a common misconception.

The stars are always listening.

Always had, always will.

They listen to the brightest of experiences; to the darkest of secrets; to the blackest of truth; to the whitest of lies. They listen to words of happiness, sadness, anger and fear. They listen to secrets that you never told anyone else, advice that you could never give, memories you could never forget. They listen to voices old and new, dead and alive, and though you had never, ever spare a passing thought about it, they listen to you as well.

The stars — the same ones you see when you head outside and gaze upon the night sky — are listening.

That is one thing you must know.

The stars are listening, and they are listening very closely.

Now, onto the other thing.

My name is Sweetie Belle. You've probably heard of me before, being a Cutie Mark Crusader and all, alongside my friends Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Babs Seed. I'm in my late twenties or so and had lived in this small but wonderful town called Ponyville ever since I was born. If that doesn't ring a bell — Haha! Bell. — maybe you've heard of my sister Rarity, who's kind of a household name in the world of fashion and couture. My sis worked hard to reach where she was and you should also know that I did too. Just wanna get that out of the way.

Of course, where my sister finds her passion in dresses and boutiques, I find mine in the complex simplicity of music. I'm kind of a popular-ish singer. Nothing close to Sapphire Shores or Coloratura though. Sure, had an album or two out with a few hit singles, something like that, not that I'm trying to brag or anything. I'm also kinda married to one of my old friends— I think some of you might know him as Button Mash. I'll admit, he wasn't my first choice to be with — I even blacklisted him at some point back when I was young — but he just... he made things work. Somehow. And it worked well. Somehow.

We have a really healthy relationship, Button and I. Even had some children together as well— we have two sons, Chipper and Quicksilver, who can be really energetic and funny at times, just like their father, and a daughter, Pixie, who was our youngest child and was a lot quieter compared to her brothers. They were my pride and joy, my three kids, and I would never trade them for anything else.

And... I think that's it.

Hi there!

Alright, now that you know a bit about little old me, who I was and where I had came from, and also that bit about the stars, it's time you should know where I'm going.

Where we're all going.