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Starfire woke up in bed. He saw the sunlight trying to peek
through the curtains. He sat up and yawned then he got out of
bed and stretched. He brushed his hair and left his room leaving
his golden collar on the night stand.
He went downstairs and heard a noise in the kitchen. He quietly
walked in to the kitchen and saw Rosebud stirring something in
a bowel.
"Good morning," Starfire exclaimed making her jump
and almost dropping the bowl. "Sorry."
Rosebud turned and looked at him taking a deep breath, "Good
morning but umm, Starfire, it's in the afternoon."
"Oh, it is?" Starfire asked.
Rosebud laughed. "You just like Lunarstar, getting up in
the afternoon."
"Where is Luna?" Starfire asked.
"She went out to play with her friends," Rosebud answered.
"Oh," Starfire turned and looked out the back door.
Curious as to what they were doing, Starfire folded his wings
and walked outside in the back yard. Since the yard was fenced
he didn't worry about someone seeing him. He walked to the shed
and peeked in to see what they were doing. He saw Buster helping
Booster with the wood cutting and Charades carving another wood.
He stood for several minutes watching with interests til Booster
saw him.
"Oh, I see your finally up," Booster exclaimed.
"I just got up. What are you doing?" Starfire asked.
"I'm a wood carpenter. I make things out of wood and sell
them. I made most of the tables in the house. Buster and Charades
are helping me," Booster explained.
"Oh, I see. Um well, I'll talk to you later," Starfire
turned and left the shed, heading into the house. He stood and
watched Rosebud putting a spoon full of cookie dough on a silver
cookie sheet.
"Starfire, why don't you explore the town?" Rosebud
suggested.
"I need to hide my wings to do that," Starfire told
her.
Rosebud set her bowel on the counter, "I still have your
cloak. Let me get it for you." Rosebud left the kitchen
and went upstairs. A few minutes later she returned with a black
cloak and handed it to him. Starfire put it on over his wings,
"Thank you. I thought I was going to be stuck in the house
for a month."
Rosebud smiled. "Dinner is at sunset."
"Ok, hopefully I don't forget my way back," Starfire
told her, then he left the kitchen. Rosebud watched at him go
to the door and leave the house.
Starfire walked through the neighborhood looking at the houses.
Then he walked towards town and looked at the shop windows. He
passed ponies on the sidewalk, it even got crowed at times.
"This town is very similar to Dream Valley and even the
houses are similar," Starfire thought. Just then something
caught his eye, He walked across the grass and looked in a window
not realizing he was next to Blizzard.
Blizzard stared curiously at the Barber Shop window when he
noticed a familiar pony reflection. Blizzard looked up and stared
at Starfire surprisingly. At first he thought it was Stardust
but then he noticed the cloak he was wearing and figured it had
to be Starfire hiding his wings. Blizzard looked at his feet
and noticed he didn't even bother to wrap his hairy feet. He
slowly walked away and stood on the other side of the street
watching him.
"If he is here, then Princess Luna is very close by,"
Blizzard thought. He had a plan, if he could follow Starfire,
he would find Princess Luna. He stood and waited till Starfire
was done watching the shop then he followed him through town.
Starfire stopped a lot to look at all the stores, Blizzard was
getting tired of it and hoped he would go back to the Princess.
Starfire walk along the sidewalk passing stores when he noticed
a book store. He went inside and saw several bookcases and tables
filled with books. Starfire picked up a book and looked at it.
"Skyview would like this place. I wonder if I can bring
a book back for him?" Starfire thought. "He'll read
anything so I don't think it matters which book I get."
He put the book down and picked up another one but that too didn't
seem so interesting so he put it down. He left the table and
walked to the first bookcase. He stood up grabbed a white book
when a little pony peeked under his cloak.
"Go away," Starfire whispered.
"But you have.."
"It's a costume," Starfire quickly said.
"Why don't you take it off?" the pink pony asked.
"It's stuck to me. Now please, go," Starfire told him.
Just then a bright pink pony arrived, "I'm very sorry,"
She took the little boy and walked out of the store. As Starfire
put the book he noticed an ice blue pony walking to the other
bookshelf. Starfire thought the pony looked familiar, as he thought
about it, he remembered the Barber Shop window reflection.
"It looks like the same pony," Starfire thought. He
left the store and continued walking. He walked till he noticed
a hat shop. Se walked in and looked at the hats.
"I wonder if I can get Skyview to wear one?" Starfire
thought.
After looking at the hats, he decided to leave since he couldn't
find one tall enough for Skyview's horn. When he left the store
he noticed the same ice blue pony looking in a show window. Starfire
was staring to wonder if he was being followed. He decided to
find out. Starfire walked past him and continued walking for
awhile till he found the library. He walked in and wondered through
the aisles hoping to loose Blizzard for a while.
Blizzard walked in the library and saw Starfire going to an
aisles but just as he walked into the aisles he soon lost him.
He wondered around and was starting to wonder if he had lost
him. Blizzard eventually gave up and left the aisles when he
suddenly stopped almost bumping into Starfire.
"Why are you following me?" Starfire asked in a whispering
voice.
"I wasn't following you. I don't even know who you are,"
Blizzard lied.
"You were at the barber shop, the bookstore, outside the
hat shop and now here," Starfire replied.
"I...uh...had just got a haircut," Blizzard showed
his wrapping hoping Starfire would believe him, "I was looking
for a book at the book store and since I didn't find what I was
looking for I came here but I stopped at the store next to the
hat store on my way here," Blizzard had made a convincing
story and hoped Starfire would believe him. The last thing he
needed was the black ponies to know he was in town after Princess
Luna.
"Oh, then I'm sorry," Starfire smiled at him then he
turned and left.
"That was too close. I'll have to follow him later,"
Blizzard thought.
Starfire left the library and walked through town. He was
starting to feel hot. The sun beating down on him just made it
worse. He soon left town and saw an ice cream shop. He peeked
inside and saw Luna in her earth form at the counter talking
to her friends. Starfire smiled greatly, he walked in surprising
the girls.
"Hi, Luna," Starfire exclaimed.
"Starfire, it's the other name," Luna whispered to
him.
"Oh, I'm sorry Lunarstar. I'm not used to calling you that,"
Starfire replied.
"She was just telling us you were here," Patch commented.
"We finally get to see you during the day," Melody
exclaimed.
"I'm here for a month," Starfire told them.
"Are you hungry?" Starlight asked.
"Yes I am but I don't have the money...in this world."
"It's alright. It's on the house. My mom owns this place,"
Starlight explained.
"Great. Well, I'll take anything cold. Being outside makes
me hot," Starfire told them.
"Well, that cloak isn't helping you," Bright Eyes pointed
out.
"You know I have to wear it," Starfire told her.
"Oh, I remember. I'm sorry," Bright Eyes quickly said.
"Have a seat, " Luna exclaimed excitedly.
Starfire sat next to Luna and looked at Starlight standing behind
the counter. "Um I'll take what ever they're having."
Luna laughed, "It's a shake."
"Yes, I'll take a shake."
Starlight quickly made him a shake and then gave him a glass
with a straw in it.
Starfire took the glass and sipped on the straw. He could feel
it cooling off his body. The cool air inside the shop was also
cooling him off.
"Do ponies really cut their hair?" Starfire asked.
"Sure, everyone does," Melody answered.
"There's one over there," Sweetheart added. "But
only for girls."
"Why cut it? It'll just grow back."
Starlight laughed, "For you and Lunarstar but for the rest
of us in this world it won't."
"Oh, I see now. You ponies are really different from us,"
Starfire told her.
"I noticed that a while back," Patch replied.
"It's great to know you girls. Perhaps you can visit...us
sometime," Starfire looked out the window and noticed it
was sunset. "Luna...I mean Lunarstar, we have to go."
Starfire quickly finished his shake and left, thanking the girls.
They walked through the park towards home.
"What do you think of it here?" Luna asked.
"It's not to bad. For once I got to look around town,"
Starfire replied, "Well, lets hurry back. We don't want
to be late for dinner."
They walked to the house, enjoying the rest of the night together. |