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What is the best way to get Starshine to take a bath?
A) Chase until tired
B) Say there will be bubbles
C) Offer fun bath toys
D) Some combination of the above?
Not even the caretakers know what'll get the toddler filly running with a taco shell as a hat to take a bath.
🎶You can get me!🎶
Starshine believes herself to be pretty clever. And it's not without reason. Nopony would guess the giggling, fleeing menace was once so scared of her present home.
But what she fails to remember is the caretakers are clever too.
"I do it! I do it! Yeah! Weeee!"
What has she done? What is going on that she has such a big smile on her face?
Did she color something pretty? Perhaps she helped with a chore. Or maybe she has she gone potty. It would be about time.
Staying up late isn't good for little toddlers, or any little ponies in general.
"Yay! Yay! Look, it's shiny!"
But how can Starshine go to sleep with so much exciting stuff happening around her? It's impossible to do something as dumb as sleep.
It will be her first Hearth's Warming in @mlp_OHO. Nopony would guess, but it's her first real Hearth's Warming in general.
Her sleep and routine will be spoiled tomorrow, but a little happy time with all the other ponies will do her little heart so much good.
The time has come once again.
A nerve wracking, hoof biting time where the pony at the end of the table in the dining area will give her verdict on whether dinner is good or not.
The cook’s success depends on what this very important pony says.
“Yummy!”
…she likes it, and she shows her approval with another mighty, messy chomp of her food.
Ms. Meadow, Ms. Curly, and the other caretakers look on with amused smiles at how Starshine eats, wondering just how messy the little filly will be once she’s finished eating.
Despite a long day of fun, imagination, hugs, and everything bright and colorful, it's a wonder little Starshine is still awake and wants to stay awake.
"Nuh wanna sleepies" she grumbles to @mlp_Jovi as she is tucked into her bed, thinking a few faces will buy her more time.
That's until she hears the music box that Ms. Silver starts playing.
Her protests turn into mumbles, which then turn into the little filly falling asleep while sucking on her own hoof like a tiny little foal.
It's such beautiful, calming music.
She soon joins @mlp_moCupcake, @mlp_Gidgie and all her other friends and housemates in going to sleep, dreaming wonderful dreams.
...though hers are oddly filled with singing metal creatures. Friendly ones, luckily.
And that caretaker would be Nova Nightwing, back from the unpleasant but necessary task of changing Starshine’s diaper.
“Nini, @mlp_moCupcake. Nini” she says from atop the bat caretaker’s back, with the caretaking agreeing that Mocha should go to sleep.
"Uh oh! Hee, hee, hee, hee!"
Now what could little Starshine have done?
Did she make a mess with her food? Did she accidentally send her food flying and get another pony messy? Did she neglect going potty again and make a mess in her diaper while making a mess with dinner?
In not so distant future, perhaps staying up late will be the norm for Starshine Eclipse, eyes turned to the sky as she tries to solve the mysteries of what lies in the world beyond her humble home.
But right now, the little filly should be sleeping.
As unpleasant as it is, he would have to change her. But once that's done, she is back in the former night guard's hooves, cooing to comfort herself, and getting a surprise when he coos right back to her.
Nova is graced with a little smile from her before she closes her eyes.