A/N: I know I put in canon events. Also, there's a reference to a certain Pokemon fanfiction. And that pit is based off of the Sealed Grounds. Also, these are Expies of the rat creatures. So they're more like MLP versions.

"Seize her! Only she knows where the Princess is!" cried the Mayor. Three guards flew towards Nightmare Moon, but her eyes began to glow.

"STAND BACK, YOU FOOLS! AHAHAHAHAHA!" Lightning appeared out of nowhere, and Nightmare Moon turned into blue mist, while Rainbow Dash chased after her.

"Twilight, wait!" Star yelled, but the crowd was too busy panicking for him to get the chance to talk to her.

Well, everypony else was really nervous. Nighttime… forever?

The sun then rose a few hours later. Everypony saw Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie trotting into town. Needless to say, Pinkie threw a party.

Princess Celestia rode into town in her chariot, but another alicorn was with her. Two pegasus fillies put a flower wreath arranged by Daisy, Lily, and Rose over the alicorn's neck.

Twilight then moved into the library with Spike. The evening after that, Star grinned, and started to write a bad love poem. But he knew Twilight hated him. The beans spilled a week later, when he was writing it in the park when Berry Punch just happened to walk by.

"What are you writing, Star?" asked Berry Punch. Star screamed, using his magic to hide the paper that he was writing the love poem on. "OH! YOU'RE WRITING A LOVE POEM! So, who's the lucky mare?"

He sighed. "Berry, please don't tell Twilight…"

She gasped. "You have a crush on Twilight Sparkle?!" Star lowered his head in embarrassment. "Also, I heard she got two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala! And she hasn't decided on who she'll give the second one to!" Berry galloped off. Finally, he could get some peace and quiet.

"Hmm… you are as beautiful as a rose, and your hooves are like…what can I use?"

"Potatoes?" asked a voice.

"Po…tat…oes…" finished Star. He looked behind him. There were two strange creatures behind him.

"Hello, little pony."

Star ran away from the creatures. Because they looked like rats, he named them 'rat creatures'. They ran around the park, through the eastern outskirts, and across Sweet Apple Acres until they ran into the Everfree Forest.

He ran to an old rope bridge crossing a foggy chasm. The rat creatures were still following him. There were some ruins on the other side! Maybe he could hide there!

"Oh, my. How much weight can this bridge support?" asked one of the two rat creatures.

"Don't worry, comrade! I'll save you!"

The second rat creature ran onto the bridge. The ropes began to snap.

"STUPID, STUPID RAT CREATURES!" Star shouted as the three of them fell into the chasm below.

When they reached the bottom, the blue rat creature was the first to talk. "You know, back where we come from, if a pony gets a rat creature, we do th' thing that we always do," he said.

"What?" Star replied.

"We kill them and eat them," the rat creature said deadpan.

"Our solution to everything," finished the other rat creature.

Star galloped as far away from the rat creatures as possible, since murder was their solution to everything.

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That week after that was hectic. Rabbits ate most of the food in town. He got poisoned by "baked bads" as Pinkie Pie called those poison muffins. And only a few weeks later, Snips and Snails brought an Ursa Minor into Ponyville! But about a month later, everypony in town began to treat Zecora more like a friend. And the week after that, Parasprites almost destroyed the town!

And this year's Winter Wrap Up was pretty crazy, too. Mainly because… Star's never sang. But he tried his best, singing with most of the unicorns, Fluttershy, and Rarity. He sang with the animal team (this year, Sparkler was captain). You wouldn't believe his relief that he didn't get a solo!

"Winter Wrap Up, Winter Wrap Up!

Let's finish our holiday cheer!

Winter Wrap Up, Winter Wrap Up!

Cause tomorrow spring is here!"

Then those four ponies that pop out of nowhere appeared.

"Cause tomorrow spring is here!"

But because of Twilight, winter got wrapped up on time!

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It was what happened after the wrap up that scared him. It all started when Star was trying to catch up with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But Scootaloo and he saw a weird pit.

The pit had a path spiraling down it to the bottom. They could see a strange symbol on the bottom, with what looked like… a sword? There were some pillars and walls on the cliffs above the pit. But the most impressive thing was a large temple that looked very old.

The temple doors opened, and the two ponies saw a being walk outside, and whatever it was, it WASN'T a pony.

Star and Scootaloo began to back away from it and galloped towards the closest house, Carousel Boutique. When the unicorn got there, he slammed his hooves on the door. "RARITY! RARITY!"

Rarity opened the door. Star screamed, seeing her in a bathrobe with a mud mask on. "Yes?" she asked.

"RARITY, THERE'S A CREEPY PIT EAST OF TOWN!"

"I knew that," Rarity said. "Go ask Twilight about it. You can sleep here tonight. Just get one of my sleeping bags out of that closet over there," she explained, gesturing her hoof towards a closet. "Then, you can sleep in… maybe Sweetie Belle's room? Scootaloo, I'll take you home."

"Wait, Rarity, why are ya doing this?"

"Element of Generosity, remember?"

The unicorn used his magic to get a sleeping bag out of the closet, then trotted into Sweetie Belle's room.

"Hi, Star. What are you doing?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Sweetie Belle, Rarity let me sleep here tonight."

"OK…? Well, good night!"

"Good night, Sweetie Belle."

That night, Star had nightmares of the mysterious creature.