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“Star? Can I come in?”
No response. Not that Starlight Glimmer was expecting one, anyway. She opened her son’s bedroom door and nearly tripped on the stray books scattered on the floor. In the middle of it all was Shining Star, wrapped in a cocoon of blankets. As usual, he had his nose stuck in a book.
”I brought you some spaghetti. Your favorite!”
Star continued to ignore her.
”Hey, the least you could do is eat,” Starlight set the steaming plate down and lightly rubbed Star’s back. “You’ve been this way for weeks. What’s wrong?”
The blanket squirmed slightly. <sub>”Nothing…”</sub>
”…Is this about Flurry?”
“No,” Star grumbled. “Leave me alone to study.” Still, his body was unusually tense under Starlight’s hoof.
”You can’t lie to me, Star.” Starlight pulled the blankets away, revealing a colt who looked like he hadn’t slept in days. “I’ve been in the exact same situation as you, you know. This isn’t unfamiliar to me.”
”No you haven’t,” Star moped. “Nopony’s left you for a bunch of stupid foals.”
”Well, maybe it didn’t go exactly like that. But I have,” Starlight kneeled down to her son’s eye level. “Did you know that your father and I were best friends when we were foals?”
”Yes…”
”Right. We did everything together—helped each other study, practiced magic…kind of like you and Flurry.”
”But you’re married now…” Star made a face in disgust.
”Okay, forget I said that,” Starlight chuckled awkwardly. “But one day, things…changed between us.”
Star’s ears perked up slightly.
”As soon as he got his cutie mark, his parents shipped him right off to magic school. I thought I’d lost my only friend. We tried writing letters, but we eventually fell out of touch. He was too busy with his own studies, his own friends, to spend any time with me anymore. Sound familiar?”
Star lightly nodded, despite himself.
”Star,” She held up her son’s chin to look him in the eye. “I wasn’t a nice pony after that. I pushed everypony around me away. I dabbled in dangerous magic, including mind control. I had an entire village under my power, until Princess Twilight stopped me. I nearly destroyed the space-time continuum, for pony’s sake!”
”You did?”
”Yes. And it all started because I let a lost friendship ruin my life. It’s one of my biggest regrets.” Starlight grew stern. “Don’t be like me, Star. You have to snap out of this.”
Star was quiet for a moment. He mumbled in a strained whimper, “B-but…without her I have nothing…”
”Flurry’s not going away, you know,” Starlight pointed out. “She’ll still be around, just busier. She still wants to spend time with you, Star. She told me so. I didn’t forget about my friends when I married your father and had you, did I?”
”No,” Star admitted. “You see Aunt Trixie, Missus Maud, and Princess Twilight all the time. But Flurry-“
“You need to let that go. Yes, she’s having three babies and will be busy. She has her own family and friends,” Starlight stated bluntly. “You can’t study your life away, and Flurry can’t be your only friend. You really need to get out and make some friends your own age.”
”But Mother-“
“It’s for your own good, Star. I don’t want to see you like this. I don’t want you to isolate yourself like I did. We’re going to Ponyville tomorrow to make some friends.”
“But-“ Before Star could protest, his mother was on her way out the door. No longer interested in reading, he put his book down and mulled over the spaghetti set in front of him. Maybe she had a point…Flurry was happy with her family. Why couldn’t he be happy for her? At the very least, his moping around was only making him hurt more. He certainly didn’t want to turn into a bad pony like his mother apparently had. But he still didn’t want to make friends; that would do him no good in his quest to become a great wizard. Still, when his mother told him to do something, he had to do it. He couldn’t get out of this one.
No response. Not that Starlight Glimmer was expecting one, anyway. She opened her son’s bedroom door and nearly tripped on the stray books scattered on the floor. In the middle of it all was Shining Star, wrapped in a cocoon of blankets. As usual, he had his nose stuck in a book.
”I brought you some spaghetti. Your favorite!”
Star continued to ignore her.
”Hey, the least you could do is eat,” Starlight set the steaming plate down and lightly rubbed Star’s back. “You’ve been this way for weeks. What’s wrong?”
The blanket squirmed slightly. <sub>”Nothing…”</sub>
”…Is this about Flurry?”
“No,” Star grumbled. “Leave me alone to study.” Still, his body was unusually tense under Starlight’s hoof.
”You can’t lie to me, Star.” Starlight pulled the blankets away, revealing a colt who looked like he hadn’t slept in days. “I’ve been in the exact same situation as you, you know. This isn’t unfamiliar to me.”
”No you haven’t,” Star moped. “Nopony’s left you for a bunch of stupid foals.”
”Well, maybe it didn’t go exactly like that. But I have,” Starlight kneeled down to her son’s eye level. “Did you know that your father and I were best friends when we were foals?”
”Yes…”
”Right. We did everything together—helped each other study, practiced magic…kind of like you and Flurry.”
”But you’re married now…” Star made a face in disgust.
”Okay, forget I said that,” Starlight chuckled awkwardly. “But one day, things…changed between us.”
Star’s ears perked up slightly.
”As soon as he got his cutie mark, his parents shipped him right off to magic school. I thought I’d lost my only friend. We tried writing letters, but we eventually fell out of touch. He was too busy with his own studies, his own friends, to spend any time with me anymore. Sound familiar?”
Star lightly nodded, despite himself.
”Star,” She held up her son’s chin to look him in the eye. “I wasn’t a nice pony after that. I pushed everypony around me away. I dabbled in dangerous magic, including mind control. I had an entire village under my power, until Princess Twilight stopped me. I nearly destroyed the space-time continuum, for pony’s sake!”
”You did?”
”Yes. And it all started because I let a lost friendship ruin my life. It’s one of my biggest regrets.” Starlight grew stern. “Don’t be like me, Star. You have to snap out of this.”
Star was quiet for a moment. He mumbled in a strained whimper, “B-but…without her I have nothing…”
”Flurry’s not going away, you know,” Starlight pointed out. “She’ll still be around, just busier. She still wants to spend time with you, Star. She told me so. I didn’t forget about my friends when I married your father and had you, did I?”
”No,” Star admitted. “You see Aunt Trixie, Missus Maud, and Princess Twilight all the time. But Flurry-“
“You need to let that go. Yes, she’s having three babies and will be busy. She has her own family and friends,” Starlight stated bluntly. “You can’t study your life away, and Flurry can’t be your only friend. You really need to get out and make some friends your own age.”
”But Mother-“
“It’s for your own good, Star. I don’t want to see you like this. I don’t want you to isolate yourself like I did. We’re going to Ponyville tomorrow to make some friends.”
“But-“ Before Star could protest, his mother was on her way out the door. No longer interested in reading, he put his book down and mulled over the spaghetti set in front of him. Maybe she had a point…Flurry was happy with her family. Why couldn’t he be happy for her? At the very least, his moping around was only making him hurt more. He certainly didn’t want to turn into a bad pony like his mother apparently had. But he still didn’t want to make friends; that would do him no good in his quest to become a great wizard. Still, when his mother told him to do something, he had to do it. He couldn’t get out of this one.
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