Meanwhile, in a Hut somewhere on the outskirts of Ponyville, Starswirl The Bearded was using his horn to levitate a couple item, putting them in a bowl and mixing them up, and sprinkling in some seasoning, mixing that in too, before levitating the spoon out, taking out the fire below his Bowl, letting his horn glow, to levitate the Bowl over to him, walking as he goes to sip his Soup.
"My my.. That's good..." Starswirl admits, before continuing to sip it, walking across a hallway, into The Living Room, lowering the Bowl of Soap onto his coffee table, before sitting onto a stone slab.

After Starswirl The Bearded sits down on the stone slab, he lets his horn glow, levitating a book on his bookshelf, bring it to him and putting it on the coffee table, before levitating the Bowl of Soap again, bringing it to his mouth and sips it a small bit, opening the book with his Hoof, looking down at it, reading it in his head, with the image of Twilight Sparkle in his head, deeply sighing to himself, eventually finishing his Soap and lowering it down on the table, continuing to try and focus on reading, but as he does, Twilight keeps popping up in his head, before grunting over some time, before moving his book away and getting up.
"I need to find out what's up with her..." Starswirl says to himself, before walking out of The Living Room and out of his Hut.

As Starswirl The Bearded walks out of his Hut, he slowly begins to make himself to the Village known as Ponyville, walking into the distance.

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