The Rise of Luster Dawn (DISCOUNTINUED)

Over the edge

The moon glowed over the sleeping students. Every single creature fast asleep in their beds. Except for Panacea. For some reason she just couldn't fall asleep, it was as if her body forgot how. She tossed and turned in her small bunk. Her hooves/claws kept dangling over the edge, and her blanket was too small, and her pillow was too flat. While she could easily snap her fingers for a new bed she still didn't know how to use, let alone control her powers. The last time she used her powers PB almost fell down a waterfall, and she couldn't even hold back a simple cake monster! How humiliating. Her dad could have took care of it easily. She missed her dad, always encouraging her to do her best, to embrace her chaotic powers, to not care what any pony thinks.

But the truth was, she did care. She cared about what others thought about her, what they do, what they say. Panacea had hardly any confidence in herself, so she depended on other people. Which probably wasn't healthy but she couldn't help it. She was very insecure about herself. She remembered her mother saying how she just had to be herself and not to worry about what others think, but thoughts kept poking into her head. Thinking about all those people staring at her, whispering about her. She remembered the bullies from the lunchroom. She tried her best to ignore them, but their words kept poking at her brain, keeping her up. She covered her head with her pillow trying desperately to tune out these thoughts, but they just kept coming. Before she knew it, morning had come.

"RISE AND SHINE EVERYONE!" Luster yelled opening the curtains and turning on the lights. "Today is a new day and I am feeling EXHILARATED!" She said with a smile. "Now let's get up to this beautiful day before us!"

"Yeahhh no." Flurry said, quickly sinking back into her blanket. Luster took it off with her magic.

"Nope! No sleeping in today. Your too young to do nothing but sleep." Luster replied.

"Aren't you like, a hundred and something-"

"Shut up Maggie." Flurry mumbled from under her pillow. "And I am NOT getting up today." She grumbled.

"Why not? The sun is shining, the birds are singing-"

"Oh please don't give me that." Flurry said sitting up from her pillow. "It's like that EVERYDAY. At least in the crystal empire the weather was actually INTERESTING."

"Well this may not be the crystal empire but todays still worth liven so, UP YOU GO!" Luster said levitating her pillow away from her, revealing her untamed mane.

"Goodness gracious!" Magnolia exclaimed. "What in Equestria happened to your mane?"

"It's called bed head. Heard of it? Oh wait, you probably haven't since your mane looks perfect constantly." Flurry said in an irritated tone.

Magnolia whipped her mane back proudly. "Why thank you dear, I do keep my mane in check. So glad you noticed."

"Meanwhile I look like something a parasite barfed up." Flurry groaned with exhaustion.

"Oh don't be so hard on yourself you look great!" Luster said. "After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

"Wha?" Flurry asked. "Luster your great and all, but sometimes I have no idea what your saying."

"Don't worry about it." Luster replied. "It's ok to be confused, confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world!"

"My goodness Luster." Magnolia said. "What's gotten you in such a jolly mood?"

"Oh nothing." Luster said cheerily. "I'm just hopeful for what this wonderful new day may bring, besides being happy never goes out of style." She said with a wink.

"O- OH, I see what you did there." Mag replied. "Very funny."

"Are you sure you didn't just hit your head or something?" Flurry asked groggily. "Your much more poetic then usual, or... ever."