There Will Always Be Light

by Semaj

Bonus: Deleted Scenes!!!

Now this first scene was originally in the place of the Golden Straw scene from Part V. The day I wrote it I had gone a long time without writing anything and honestly didn't want to do it. That is NEVER a good environment for creativity. So the result was a poorly paced nonsensical scene with one dimensional (mildly offensive) stoner stereotypes. I hope you get a kick out of it because honestly I hate it.

I took a deep breath as I felt the light rainfall on my wings. I always loved the feeling of flying in the rain. It was refreshing somehow. That night I was bored, so I decided that I might as well go for a flight. I wasn't quite sure where to go, so I just sort of flew randomly. As if by a weird instinct I ended up in the same forest that I found Starry Night 17 years before. After a short time I was able to find the rock face I had rested on when I heard that explosion. I sat down on the edge and looked at the trees below. It was beautiful but also somehow surreal to be back in that place. I closed my eyes and thought about the moment that changed my life. I never really stopped to think about how lucky I truly was coming across Starry that night. It was almost like it was meant to be. I smiled and rested my head on the ground, but before I knew it I had drifted off into a light sleep.

"Hey you!" Came a voice shocking me awake.

"Huh?! What?! Who is it?!" I cried out with fear.

"Calm down sister." Came another more feminine voice. I turned around to see three figures, two mares and a stallion. All three of them were various shades of green and had vacant expressions on their face.
"Yeah," said the other mare, "you need to slow your roll a little."

"Uh... Okay? Who are you guys?" I asked breaking the awkward silence.

"I don't know man, who are you?" Said the first mare pulling her dreadlocks from her eyes.

"Yeah, and what are you doing on our hangout cliff?" Asked the stallion calmly.

"Your hang out cliff? What are you talking about? What are you even doing out here!?" I said frustrated.

"We just got back from a protest man; it was awesome!" Said the first mare, a weird grin on her face.
"A protest? And what would that protest be for?" I asked cautiously.

"Look around you man!" Said the Stallion making a slow gesture to the dark sky around us. "We've been trying to end night!" My heart sank. I had just come muzzle to muzzle with some of the very ponies I had been trying to avoid for years. I backed up a bit, scooting right to the very edge of the cliff, so that it would be harder for them to figure out who I was.

"Oh really?" I said, desperately trying to keep my cool. "And why is it you would want to do that?"

"All this darkness clogs my chakras man. All I want is to play in the light like I was meant to!" Said the second mare passionately.

"Plus that moon princess really disrupts my flow, if you know what I'm saying," complained the stallion shaking his long blonde mane.

"No," I said, offended. "What exactly are you saying?" The stallion rubbed his fully bearded chin and after a long pause said,

"I just get some weird vibes from her. You know she's just so..."

"Audacious!" Blurted out the first mare.

"Exactly!" Said the stallion clearly pleased.

"Excuse me!" I droned through gritted teeth, trying very hard to keep my cool.

"Woah man, is there something wrong," Said the second mare getting right in my face. "You seem a bit agitated."

"No! No it's nothing!" I said frantically, flying up in the air to avoid the mare's gaze. But it was too late; she knew. There was a long pause and the mare just stood at the edge of the cliff a confused look on her face. Just then the rain began to pour down harder, and thunder could be heard in the distance.

"Wait a minute. That's her!" She shouted angrily. "I couldn't see her in the dark, but that's her! The moon princess!"

"What!" Shouted the the other two ponies, straining their eyes to see me.

"We don't need you here day killer!" Shouted the stallion as he chucked a speeding which struck me right on the left wing. It stung but it wasn't much.

"Hey calm down! I don't mean any harm!" I screamed trying to calm them down.

"You take away the sun every night!" Said one of the mares.

"What's wrong with the moon?" I asked desperately.

" it ruins hours where we could be doing things! At night we barely even have enough light to see!" Said the other mare indignantly.

"Yeah! You take away what we love, just to replace it with your own selfish image!" Cried the stallion picking up another rock.

"Selfish! How dare thee!" I spat taking up my "Royal Canterlot Voice" "We slave over creating a night sky that thy would love every single night, but this is how thy thank us! We hardly think that we could be called the selfish one!"

"We don't need you deciding what we want!" Shouted the stallion hurling the rock at me, this time hitting me in the chest.

"Yeah! Get out of our lives man!" Cried one of the mares beginning to throw the small stones as well. I felt as the three ponies smacked me repeatedly with the small objects, unsure of what to do. At first it was only little stings which was tolerable, so I stayed and tried to reason with them. Unfortunately the more I said, the worse their attacks got. I tried my best to keep my cool, but when one of them used their magic to throw a much larger rock right at my head, it was just too much.
"How DARE thee!" I screamed dodging the rock and promptly shattering it with my magic. "I SHALL NOT STAND FOR THIS!" I then completely lost control for a moment and let if a powerful concussive wave from my horn causing the three ponies to be thrown back at great speed. Thankfully I didn't blast them hard enough to cause real damage but they certainly flew back quite far.

"You're a monster!" Screamed the stallion as he galloped away at full speed.

"I AM NOT A MONSTER!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, lightning cracking the sky around me. I looked up at the sky and let the rain pour on my face. I wanted to scream again but I felt too weak. Instead I became light headed and fell to the ground, landing in a large puddle of mud. For the few brief moments I was left conscious I felt a strange feeling. It was almost as if something was trying to make its way inside of me.

Excuse the aweful title puns.

anyway this scene was cut out because of a major lack of purpose in the narrative. I wanted to open myself up to the possibility of a romantic subplot, but I was never too keen on it and ended up cutting it. These kinds of things are why I wanted to completely finish the story before posting it. Had I posted it chapter by chapter, this crud would still be in it.

It was late in the night when Starry's letter arrived. I was sitting at my window again when there was a light knock on the door. I didn't answer because I didn't want to deal with whomever was acting as mailpony that day. I just continued to stare out into the blackness. There was absolutely no moon out that night; the only visible thing in the sky were a few lone stars.

There was another brief knock and then A quiet shuffle of hooves. I trotted over to the door and cracked it open just to make sure the pony was really gone. Nopony was there, only the darkness that clogged the hallway from end to end. I looked at the ground and saw a large envelope with a thin red string tied around it. I picked it up and smiled as I read the golden letters that adorned the front of the envelope.

From: Starry Night
P.O. Box A113
Timbucktu, 22015

I slowly ripped open the letter and pulled out a piece of nicely folded paper. I carefully unfolded it and took a deep breath, preparing myself for the contents.

Dear Princess Luna (Mom), it said in Starry's typical fancy cursive.

It's been a really interesting week, and I felt it's past time I send you another one of these updates. Training was as rough as ever; somepony tried to prank the drill sergeant by dumping paint on his head. He was so mad that he shouted at us for an hour and then made us fly 100 laps around the course. He did look pretty funny with a purple head though.

I smiled trying to imagine a muscular drill sergeant covered in a purple blob.

Anyway, grueling exercise aside I had a lot of fun this week. I've been getting along with the other stallions much better than I did back home; I even managed to make friends with some of them.

Probably coolest of all though, I met a really nice mare at the coffee shop on my day off. She asked me if I'd like to meet up again next week. Obviously I said yes because she was really funny and kind of pretty too! I think that's all I have to say this time. I really miss you Mom, and I can't wait to finish here!

Love, your son Starry Night.

A mare! I thought dumbfounded. I dropped the letter on the floor and just stood at my window for a moment, trying to process what I had read. I knew it was going to happen someday, so why was I so surprised?

At first I didn't know whether to be happy or not. Look maybe I'm just misinterpreting, I told myself. No, what are you thinking? What else could it have been? It's not that I didn't want him to find a mare for himself. I had just never thought about the possibility. To me, Starry Night was still the little foal that I had found in the woods.

My head began to hurt, so I laid down on my bed. My son is really growing up. I guess it doesn't matter. As long as he's happy, I'm happy.

That was the peaceful night I would have for a long time.

Anyway, that is all I have for now. Thank you for being there for me and reading all the way through!