Starlit Hour

Act One

He kissed her.

Starlit felt the pressure of the wall against her back. "Snails, I've got to get to class."

"Just a little more." Snails rubbed his horn against Starlit's. His gaze met her sparkling blue eyes. "That old witch can wait."

Starlit used her magic to push him away. "What happened to you, Snails? Come on…"

He looked groggily at her. "What do you mean, babe?"

Starlit took her witch's hat from the ground and secured it over her hair. "You…" she paused. "I need to start my learning session. Just because you already had yours…"

"I missed mine to be with you." Snails took a step towards Starlit.

"That's what I mean. It's just, we used to get along so well, especially with our studies… but our relationship…"

Snails lifted her head with his hoof. "I love you."

Starlit's hoof met his. "Me too." She broke contact. Things had been different before. Snails had gotten increasingly physical with her; she was starting to feel uncomfortable.

Snails surrendered. "All right. Hey, can I crash at your place today? My dad's being a jerk again."

Starlit nodded. With that, she galloped away.


"You're late, Starlit. What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Ma'am."

The teacher scoffed. "Ma'am! Remember what I told you- that makes me sound OLD. I'm the Great and Pow- I mean, Trixie."

Trixie swept towards a mirror, murmuring to herself. "I'm the appointed protector of this town. Meh muh meh muh… So, my pupil, did you finish your assignment?"

"Indeed I did, Mrs. Trixie. Might I add, I think I far exceeded it's expectations."

"Sure, sure… don't say 'Mrs.,' it's 'Miss,' thank you. Anyways, enough chatter- let's see your spell."

"May I have an animal? I need it to-"

Trixie remained at the mirror. "Make one appear, lazy…"

Starlit pulled a rabbit from her Hat. "Assignment 42.0," she announced, "Speed Spell."

Starlit's horn began to glow. The rabbit began to glow. Suddenly, it started jittering. It's simple step flung it halfway across the room; Starlit had made it a super-speedy bunny.

Trixie saw it from her mirror's reflection. "Speeding up is simple. Now, the counterpart."

Starlit flashed her horn again. The rabbit fell like a sandbag, this time straining for the slowest advancement.

Trixie turned. "Good. Not bad for my star pupil." She grinned, "I guess I'm a great teacher. Now, we'll begin-"

"Wait! I need to show you something else."

Trixie winced. Her nose twitched. "Something more important than the lesson?"

Starlit hunched. A pause.

"Well, hurry up and show me!"

Starlit jumped up. "Well, I figured, speed is a function of time, right? Well… if I can alter the time for him, then I thought of amplifying the power for my entire surrounding. In theory, I could apply this as a time travel spell."

"In theory…" Trixie was intrigued, "But a pony of your status, well, even for mine, it would take an incredible feat of power!"

"It did."

"What?"

"It took an amazing feet of power. Look-" Starlit pulled out a scroll from her hat and handed it to Trixie. "Today's lesson."

Trixie stared, baffled. "But- how! You- What?"

"I jumped to the future. The spell took all of my energy- people said I was passed out for most of the day. When I had gathered strength, I jumped back to the past. Surprisingly, I sort of woke up at the exact moment I had left off at that time… except with the things I had in my hat."

Trixie stood aghast. She had a twisted look on her face, which she usually had whenever Starlit "showed off," but this time, it had a very different sense.

"Leave."

"Excuse me?"

"Get out of here."

Starlit shuddered."But Ma'am, why?"

Trixie lowered the rim of her hat over her eyes. "I don't know what to do with you. I, I, I just don't."

Tears began to swell in Starlit's eyes. "But, Teacher, aren't you… proud?"

Trixie refused to look at her.

Starlit didn't giver her a chance to answer. She crashed through the door of the library, speeding towards her home.

TO BE CONTINUED...

**** This is an introduction to one of the OCs in this story: s/10726166/1/Seasons-of-Magic ***** STAY TUNED FOR ACT TWO!