It wasn't that Bridgette didn't like other Stars. That wasn't it at all. She could be very social, very friendly, very warm and welcoming when the occasion demanded it, it just very rarely demanded it. The trouble was that Bridgette found it difficult to get along with other Stars. There was usually something about them that pissed her off, or rubbed her the wrong way. Usually they were just as stubborn as she was, and they would refuse to change their ways. Of course, Bridgette's stubbornness ran the same way. She wasn't going to change just so that some other Star could have the satisfaction that she, herself wanted. No, Bridgette stood her ground. She didn't back down from a fight, and she never would. She did things the way she thought they ought to be done, and she wasn't going to bow down to authority until that authority had earned her respect.So it was no wonder, really, that Bridgette found herself lost and alone after being banished from her herd after one argument too many with the lead stallion. Argument, quarrel...she'd made a bit of a rumpus, really. She may or may not have kicked their leader...anyway, the point was, now, for the first time in her life, she found herself far away from her family and totally alone, and for some reason, she didn't like that sensation. There was something about it that didn't set well with her at all, and she wished she understood why. Loneliness? Sadness? Abandonment? Or maybe it was disappointment. She wasn't sure, but all of those bad emotions had been growing inside her for the past few days as she wandered far outside of her herd's territory. Shock had switched to anger and that had switched to pain, and she could feel the beginning of depression creeping in. It was late fall, almost winter. In winter food got harder to find, necessitating leaving safe areas for dangerous ones, and in winter the predators got even hungrier. There was no good time to be a lone Star, let alone in winter.
Bridgette was so lost in her misery that she didn't notice the light above her, faintly pinkish and orange. For the second time in as many days, her world was about to change forever.
