Stella Moonshine

By LittleRawr

• October 9, 2013




Age: 16

Gender: Female

Species: Non-Pony

Cutie Mark: A half-moon with a smaller then bigger star underneath.

Personality: Obsessed with Astronomy, bubble-headed, dreamer, curious, easy to impress, giggly, clumsy, sheepish, friendly, (over)eager.

Backstory: Stella, who prefers to be called Moonshine, was born in Canterlot into a family of nobles.<br /><br />Moonshine was born a bat pony, which shocked her unicorn parents. After some extensive research of their family trees, her mother and father discovered that they both had some bat pony blood, which was enough to produce a daughter of such kind. The parents would have given her away, but before they could, they were sent a formal letter from the Princesses, congratulating them on the birth of their bat pony daughter. Because of this, they were forced to keep Moonshine. <br /><br />Since Moonshine still was considered a noble, she was sent to one of the top schools in Canterlot. There, everypony stayed away from her out of fear, except a few bullies. These bullies would make fun of her and taunt her at every chance that they got. This made Moonshine miserable, even though she never showed it. <br /><br />Around this time, Moonshine discovered the beauty of the night sky. She would stay up very late, just to see the stars. The little filly would try to learn as much as she could about it, but her parents forbade her from buying such books. They did not want her to partake in a 'silly, un-ladylike hobby'. Instead, they forced onto her lessons of etiquette, piano and the violin. However, she still had a way to get the books that she wanted. She had a uncle, who would constantly visit her. This uncle was also very kind, and disproved the way her parents were raising her. He agreed to sneaking her some books whenever he came over.<br /><br />The filly would always daydream in class, never paying attention to any of her professors. Combining this with the bullying, Moonshine's grades began to drop. <br /><br />And so this continued until she reached the age of twelve. She still did not have her cutie mark, brought on further shame to her parents. They wanted to send her away to a boarding school in Manehatten. Moonshine did not protest, since she hated her current school. The only thing, or pony, that she would miss was her uncle. <br /><br />On the night before that she was to leave to her new school, her uncle paid her a visit. He took her to one of the leading universities, one that specialized in astronomy. He took her to the telescope room, and there Moonshine quickly ran to view the night sky from the giant telescope. She saw what she usually only could see in books, giant galaxies, breathtaking planets and faraway shining stars. Moonshine rapidly made drawings, to study it all later. She didn't notice the cutie mark appear on her flank. <br /><br />When she was done, her uncle pointed out the cutie mark to her. After some leaping around and giggling with joy, it was time to go home. However, before they did, they made a stop at the astronomy shop. Her uncle brought her a very expensive collapsible telescope, so that she could study the night sky whenever she wanted. <br /><br />---<br /><br />Things were not much better at her new school. She still had no friends, and everypony thought that she was a freak, which made things even harder. <br /><br />During the breaks, she sat alone at a table in the corner of the cafeteria. She would smile at anypony who passed, hoping that they would decide to sit down with her for a chat. To her sorrow, nopony did. <br /><br />Moonshine didn't have a roommate, which she had really hoped for. However, during the second term, a new student had come to <br />*To be continued*<br />