Apple Sprite entered the class right on time. Her two best friends, Jumper and Golly Flower, sat near the back. They waved to her.

"Apple! Apple!"

But she shook her head no. "Sorry girls, you know how I get near finals... I am sitting up front!" She settled into the seat closest to the board. Today, Princess Luna was coming in to teach astronomy. Perhaps today she would receive her cuite mark?

Apple Sprite had not received her cutie mark in foal school, so she hoped high school would finally reveal her purpose.

The door opened, and in walked the illustrious Princess Luna. Her moon-aura mane seemed to make the air around her colder. Her deep blue eyes scanned the class, as all the students fell silent.

"Hello, my beloved subjects. Today, I will show you the first threads that create the tapestry of the heavens." She spread her wings, and the room was flooded with darkness. The blue magic of her horn pierced the black, and shot thousands of tiny pricks of light across their vision.

"This" came her voice "Is the sky above Equestria. 'Tis hardly a speck, in the vastness of space, but we shall start here nonetheless." bigger multi-colored orbs appeared. Planets. "These are the six closest planets to our world..."

Apple Sprite lost her hold on Luna's voice. She was speechless, staring into the deep vision. Her mind wandered. She pictured that she was a Pegasus, stretching her wings into this dark sky, soaring alongside Luna. But she was an earth pony, and even though she knew the importance of her kind, she still thought they were the lesser of the pony species.

"... can tell me what this constellation is? You in front, the white mare. Can you identify it?" Apple Sprite was suddenly thrust back into the present.

"U-uh... Ursa mmmmmajor?" she searched the cluster of stars for an identifiable sign, but to no avail.

"Incorrect. That is the constellation of Princess Celestia, after she vanquished... an evil being." The lights int the class faded back into view. Golly Flower was asleep in the back.

"That is all for today, students..." The door to the class opened, and in stepped a unicorn, a red stallion, who looked about the class with no interest.

"Excuse, sir?" Luna asked him.

"I am Breeze. I have just transferred from Los Pegasus." he looked blankly around the class room. His Deep magenta mane was styled perfectly. Apple Sprite felt an instant dislike to him.

"Of course! Welcome, welcome" Luna nodded at him. "Class is currently not in session, but what do you have next hour?" He tuned and walked out of the room, and to Apple's shock, Luna trotted after him!

Apple walked to the back of the room. "Can you believe the nerve of him?" She fumed to her friends.

"Um.. yeah. I gotta go." Stars sparkled in Jumper's eyes, as she collected her things and galloped out the door.

Her too? Apple SPrite felt that something strange was going on. And she would find out what.