//------------------------------// // Glowing Bright // Story: The Horizons Above // by daspacepony //------------------------------// Anything in nature, whether that be the birds flying in the sky or stars hanging in the night sky, all of them grow, evolve, marking the next stage of their lives. And when you grow, change is inevitable. Not just the change coming from yourself, but changes coming from your surroundings. A plant finally showing it’s flowers, inviting pollinators to come. A star finally becoming stable, allowing for planets to form. But how much will this change affect ponies around you? No one really knows. The night arrived. Everypony was sitting in front of a roaring campfire located on top of a nearby hill, listening to stories being told by the camp instructors, singing songs and sorts. Kosmos was sitting near the very back, trying to see the skies above. But alas, the sky had been slightly overcast the past few hours and Kosmos wasn’t too happy about that. Glowing amber ash particles danced in the sky above the campfire, thinking that it would be a substitute to stars for now. Droopy eyes were drawn onto Kosmos’s face, but the loud campfire activity tried to keep them from shutting. Soon the wind started blowing strong. The clouds above started to move in a singular direction. It was only a matter of time before Kosmos started seeing a star shining through in the distance. His droopy eyes suddenly shined brightly with that star. Almost immediately, he started moving back from the crowd, away from the bright light of the campfire, to get a better view of the star. Kosmos was barely a dozen footsteps away from where he was and he could start to see the sky show its true self. He looked back to make sure he knew where he was going and to ensure he did not stray too far away from the campfire. He took his final few steps backward, and looked up. The sky was at its most beautiful Kosmos has ever seen in his life. At almost every corner he looked, a star came to greet him. Up above, the large band of the Milky Way shone brilliantly in its signature faint blues and red. The bright nearby planets shone brightly like large pinpricks of light shining together with a whole bunch of smaller ones that are the distant stars. It was just so beautiful that you would need to see it to believe it. To Kosmos it became the most wonderful reunion he has ever had and this time, tons more were invited to the party. Unknowingly, his horn started to glow. A gentle wave of magic coming from his horn sailed towards the sky. All of a sudden, a portion of the sky started shining more vibrantly than the rest. His magic appeared to be colouring the sky in some unexplainable way. The sky started to glow faintly in vibrant hues of red, yellow and blue. Kosmos was blown away. He did not want this to stop. He start to moving his head around, and the magic followed. Soon, the whole sky turned into a sea of vibrant colours, and Kosmos had just become the happiest he had ever been before. He saw in the distance, his fellow schoolmates pointing towards the sky. Everypony looked up into the sky in awe, with wide grins across their faces. It must probably been the best night sky they had certainly seen and must be wondering what had caused the sky to light up in those brilliant colours. Kosmos, sitting on the ground in the distance with his horn still glowing, shedded a single tear, knowing that he made those ponies’ night a little better. A little while later, his horn’s glow faded away, along with the sky’s vibrant colours, and he eyes started to droop again from all that magic. Safe in the knowledge that he made so many ponies happy with his magic. Something else started glowing as well. Kosmos turned back and saw his rump glow. There it was.