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// A Surprise for Starshine 
// Story: CMS: The Third Generation 
// by RomanceWriter1 
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A Surprise for Starshine


"What is going on here?!" Jacinto demanded as he walked into Valentina's bakery and Poppy, Spar, Hugh and Bubble jumped a little and looked at him in shock. 

"Why, we are just hanging out with our new friends." Hugh responded with anger and annoyance in his voice. 

"With our bullies?!" Jacinto yelled and he rubbed his eyes to make sure that his eyes weren't messing with him.

"They are no longer our bullies anymore, Jacinto. They've changed now." Bubble said defensively and she stomped her front hooves onto the table and looked at him in anger. 

Jacinto then yelled in frustration and stomped out of the bakery then went back to his own home without looking at anypony even his mum and dad.

"That was a great game you played, Dribble." Starshine said with a smile and he smiled back at her and she blushed. 

"Well, I did practice a lot as you would see when I was playing basketball in the school playground at break, lunch or after school," Dribble replied with the same smile. "Star, I like you and all, I'm wondering, do you want to be more than just friends?"

Starshine stopped in her tracks and her mouth hung open a little and her dark purple eyes widened. No pony had ever asked her a question like that before! Not even when she was still living in Prassia. 

"I... I... don't know what to say..." Starshine said with a shaky and shy voice. 

"Why don't you think about it for a while then tell me what you think, okay?" Dribble responded with the same smile, Starshine nodded slowly and he gave her a gentle hug then he walked away back to his home.

"Wow, you've grown up so much!" a stallion said from behind some bushes that were at the side of her house. 

Starshine turned quickly and still had her eyes widened but this time with fear and surprise. 

"Oh, it's you, the stallion who told me that we both had the same learning disability that had to do with maths." Starshine said with a small smile and she had her head tilted to one side.

"Well, Star, I have something to tell you." the stallion responded with a nervous smile and she gave look of confusion. 

He then cleared his throat and opened his mouth to sing:

"I've watched you for a few years

And I've watched you grow up so much

To see how much you've changed

How much you've grown mature

To see you're like your mum

And all the ways that you make me proud"

The stallion and Starshine then walked through the street and Starshine started to sing:

"You've made me feel so very

Confident when I'm around other foals

Now I have new friends

I am now less shy

I feel less self conscious

It's now time for me to find my destiny"

"I can't believe you are my dad even though I suspected it the first time I saw you!" Starshine squealed and she gave him a tight hug and he was surprised as no one had ever hugged him except his parents. 

Not even Svetlana had hugged him on the day that Starshine was conceived.

"I will go and make up with your mum and we'll be a happy family again. By the way, my name is Money Bags." the stallion said and they walked into her house with smiles.