My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 6

Uh-Oh

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhgjncjOTc

Oleg Petrovskey - Mass Effect 3: Omega OST

The red pony reappeared back in his castle, happy as can be. His disguise melted away that would make someone sick if they didn’t know that this was someone else.

“Oh, this is just too perfect.” the evil black unicorn laughed. “I’m so lucky she’s so naïve, otherwise that would’ve gotten a lot more difficult.” he walked up to his throne and pressed a button, making the screens pop up. They all focused on the dance club, where everyone was pretty confused by Starlight’s outburst. “hmhmhmhm…”

He pressed another button and focused on the library. That’s where the show is going to happen. “wish I had Popcorn.” he chuckled as he sat down and got comfy for the show.

End Song.

The door to the library slammed open and Starlight stormed in. she was absolutely furious at her mother, And Halo, for lying to her all her life. She used her magic and slammed the door shut on her parents.

The door opened and Twilight walked in. “Starlight!” she sternly said.

“Leave me alone!” she angrily replied.

“Starlight, Get down here right now! We need to talk!”

Starlight ignored her mother and just kept climbing the stairs. “I don’t want too!”

Angry at her daughter’s attitude, Twilight used her magic to block Starlight’s path. “What is going on?”

“something that doesn’t concern you, now leave me alone!” she turned around and headed towards the kitchen, only to have that blocked by Halo’s magic.

“Starlight! What is going on?!” he angrily asked. “Why are you acting like this?”

Starlight angrily scoffed. Why would he care? “Fine! you want to know!?”

“Yes!” both Twilight and Halo said.

“Fine!” she angrily walked past them and kicked the table in the center. “I know that you were lying to me!”

“Lying?” Twilight gasped. “How?”

“I heard you and… Halo talking. I know that he is not my real father!” she pointed to Halo.

Twilight scoffed, trying to get this to go another way. “what? Starlight, I think you heard wrong.”

“I DID NOT!” Starlight yelled. “I heard you both talking in your room! Halo is not my real Dad! The two of you have been lying to me my whole life!”

Halo and Twilight just stood there, not sure what to say next. They didn’t want Starlight to learn about it like this. “S-Starlight…” Twi gasped.

The Alicorn teen lowered her head. “Why!?” she pleaded. “Why did you lie to me!?”

Twi and Halo looked at each other, not sure what to say. “Starlight… I… I was looking out for you. I was worried that if you found out of Halo wasn’t your real dad, you’d…”

“I’d what?” Starlight interrupted. “Throw a hissy fit? Try to destroy the house?” Twilight stayed quiet, giving Star her answer. “I see.” Starlight started to leave but stopped. “I’d figure that my own mother would care enough to tell me the truth.”

“I do care about you, Starlight. I truly do. I was… just worried for you.”

“Worried? What do you have to be worried about? The only thing you should be worried about with me is my--” Starlight stopped in mid-sentence as her mind finished it for her. Twi and Halo were also worried about her assumption. “that’s it. You weren’t worried about me at all. You were worried about my powers over time.”

“No. that’s not true.” Halo said.

“Yes, it is. That’s why you forbade me to practice my powers and never leave Ponyville or Canterlot. You were worried I’d find out and leave, taking my powers with me.”

“No!” Twi said. “that is not true.”

“it is! Stop lying to me!”

“We’re not lying!”

“SHUT UP!!!” Starlight yelled, her horn and Cutie Mark briefly glowing. “JUST STOP LYING!!!”

“Starlight, we are not!”

“YES, YOU ARE!!!” her Cutie Mark briefly glowed again. “Who knows what else you lied to me about? Is Celestia really my aunt? Did you really raise Spike? Did the humans really come here?” a fearful thought entered her mind, making her stop for a moment. “are you… are you my real mother?”

Twilight gasped at the accusation. “of course, I am Starlight! I went thought 7 hours of pure torture giving birth to you.”

“It’s true. I saw it.” Halo said.

Starlight sternly looked at them both. “When why don’t I believe you? Why do I think that you’re just lying to hold me back!?”

Twilight’s heart sank at her daughter’s attitude. Why is she acting like this? “Starlight…”

“I’m only going to ask this once and you better answer truthfully.” Starlight sternly said. “are you my real parents?”

Twilight was still stunned by Starlight’s earlier accusation that she’s not her real mother, leaving Halo to answer. “no… no, I’m not. But Twilight is. Honest.”

Starlight’s horn glowed as her anger reached a boiling point. “I SAID STOP LYING!” her eyes turned green with purple fire coming out of the sides. Without thinking, she blasted Halo and sent him flying into a bookcase.

“STARLIGHT! THAT IS ENOUGH!” Twilight yelled. Thinking for the safety of her husband rather then thinking clearly, Twilight got up and slapped Starlight across the face. The glow in her eyes dissipated as Star rubbed where her mother hit her. Twilight couldn’t believe what she did. “Oh my gosh. Starlight, I’m…”

“you… you hit me…” Starlight gasped as she rubbed her cheek.

“I’m so, so sorry. Starlight. I didn’t mean to. I--” Twi reached out to comfort her daughter but Starlight backed up. She had fear in her eyes, fear of her mother, who never struck her before.

“you… hit me…” she shakingly said. Tears formed in her eyes which, in turn, made Twilight start to cry. Twi started to speak but Star didn’t want to hear any of it. She spread her wings and flew up to her room.

“Starlight… I’m so sorry…” Twilight gasped. She fell to her knees in shock.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhgjncjOTc

Oleg Petrovskey - Mass Effect 3: Omega OST

The Black Pony chuckled as he watched the events unfold. He was laid back in his chair with his head resting on his left hoof. He grinned wide as Starlight blasted Halo.

“This is better then a soap opera.” he commented.

When Starlight unfurled her wings and flew off, the pony shut off the screens and got up. “she is just so easy to manipulate.” his eyes turned green with purple fire coming out the sides. “it’s just too perfect.”

He walked to the double doors to leave when a letter suddenly materialized in front of him. He grabbed it with his magic and pulled it close. He flipped it over to see a seal on the back which he instantly recognized. “Orochi… what do they want…?” he opened it up and read the contents. It said something awful and horrible but he chuckled and ignored it. “Really, Orochi? Well, when I get there…” he used his magic to make the letter burst into flame. “it won’t happen.”

He walked off and disappeared in a flash of dark fire.

End Song.

“I just… I don’t know what came over me…” Twilight said breathlessly to her mentor. “it just… happened…”

“Twilight…” Celestia calmly said. Cadence just sat there, not sure what to say.

“When she blasted Halo, I just lost control and… and I struck her. What kind of a mother does that?”

Celestia had no answer to give her. She struck down Erys a few times herself but that’s because she was out of control like Starlight.

“Argh!” Halo’s cries of pain got both their attentions as Cosmos and Armor helped him up. “dang, that smarts.”

“Halo. You okay?”

Halo groaned as he got up. “no, I’m not okay. She struck me with a magic blast.”

“why did she do that?” Cadence asked.

Twi sadly looked away from them. “you heard her blurt out that Halo wasn’t her father back at the club, right?”

“yeah.”

“well… we confronted her about it; she found out by overhearing us, and… she just exploded, saying that we’re just a bunch of liars. She then began to question if what she told her was true; if I raised Spike, if that humans really did come here… and if I was her real mother.”

“What?” Armor said. “But that’s not true. We saw you grow bigger when you were pregnant with her. We saw- well we didn’t see but we heard you give birth to her.”

Twilight closed her eyes and silently cried. “then why did she say all of that? Why… why did she do this?”

Nobody knew what to say. This was completely unexpected from Starlight. Usually, she’s kind and loveable, if not a bit naïve, so this… this is completely out of left field.

Halo then remembered something from back at the club. “wait. Before she turned into El Diablo, Starlight was talking with some pony back at the club.”

“pony?”

“Yeah. I didn’t get his name but he had a red body with a black mane and tail. I think he was talking to her about this and I think he planted the idea that we were lying to her about everything.”

Armor thought for a moment then looked to the princess. “Celestia, requesting permission to put out a A.B.P. for the suspect with that description.”

“Granted.” she immediately replied. Armor nodded and walked on out. “hopefully, if he finds this pony, we’ll get some answers.”

“I hope so.” Twilight sighed. This was a rough night and she was exhausted.

Cadence sensed this. “Twilight, you should go and get some rest. This was a tough night for you.”

“Cadence…”

“I’ll take care of Goldie for the night and I’m pretty sure Cosmos can get Halo to the hospital. Right now, you just rest.”

Twi just stood there in surprise for a moment before she sighed and nodded. “Okay, Cadence.”

Starlight silently cried into her pillow. She was visibly upset that her mother hit her and didn’t want to believe it. Plus, she attacked Halo. There’s no way Twilight will forgive her. It’s just like that red pony said. They’re gonna lie to get what they want.

Her door knocked and her mother’s voice came from the other side. “Starlight…” she hoarsely said. She didn’t answer but just kept crying. Twilight heard that and took it to mean she was still there. “Starlight, Halo’s going to live. He’s being taken to the hospital to be treated for those burns.”

She paused for a moment. Starlight’s crying started to make her cry but she steeled herself and wiped her eyes. “Starlight… I’m so, so, so sorry for hitting you. You know I never did that before in my life and it won’t happen again. But… why do you think me and Halo have been lying your whole life. I agree what we should have told you about Halo long before but… but this is hardly the way to confront us on the issue. And I promise that, except for Halo not being your father, we have never lied to you about anything.”

Starlight didn’t reply. In fact, her room had gone silent. Twilight sighed and turned to leave. “I’ll be in my room if you want to talk. Cadence has Goldie so we have all night.” she took a step. “if you’re willing.”

Twi walked off and left her daughter to think. Starlight slowly opened her door and watched her walk away. “Mom… I’m sorry…” she said., fighting back the tears with determination. “but I have to know.”

she closed the door. From within, the CREEK of window’s could be heard, as well as the flapping of wings.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhgjncjOTc

Oleg Petrovskey - Mass Effect 3: Omega OST

The black pony reappeared outside of a museum in Canterlot. “this is it.” he used his magic and unlocked the door. The doors opened wide and he just strode on in.

Almost immediately, a security guard spotted him and radioed the guy on the other end to prepare to lockdown the place in the event of an emergency. “Sorry sir, but this museum is closed for the night. I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”

The black pony scoffed with a smirk. His horn glowed black as his eyes turned green with purple fire. “not a chance.” he aimed and fired at the guard. The guard yelled as he was sent flying though multiple exhibits before crashing into a exhibit dedicated to the Civilizations of Yore.

The guard watching the monitors went to work and called in a break-in to the police. The pony anticipated this and used his magic to rap the cord around the guard’s neck.

The wall separated the next room from the entrance exploded and the black pony just strode on in without a care in the world.

“where is it?” he muttered as he looked among the relics. After a couple minutes of searching, he found what he was looking for. “Perfect.”

The display case read ‘The Staff of Jeria. Recovered by renounced explorer Daring Do and her sister Derpy Whooves and Gryphon companion Silverbolt.’ the 2-pronged trident stood in it’s case for all to see and admire. Until tonight, that is.

The pony used his magic to pull the staff out of the display case, breaking the glass as it did so. The security alarm went off, for whatever good that will do. Staff in hand, so to speak, the pony turned to leave only to be cut off by another security guard.

“s-s-s-s-stay there.” he shakingly said, pointing a spear at the guy.

The black pony scoffed. He can’t be serious. Just by the shaking of the spear, he could tell that this guy just got the job. He grabbed the staff with his hooves, which made it surge with power.

“D-d-d-d-d-d-don’t move! I mean it!” the guard threatened.

“how about…” the tips of the spear crackled as it sparked to life. “no.” the pony pointed the staff in the guards direction. The staff glowed then everything went white.