The stars shimmer above Galaxy Lake, their light dancing on the water like sprinkled sugar. A small purple duck waddles to the edge, her lavender beak twitching nervously. She peers into the surface, and her reflection stares back.

"Hmm… Do I look… beautiful enough today?" Tha Black Sugar Duck fluffs her feathers dramatically, tilting her head. A sigh puffs out.

"Why does she get all the sparkles? All the bows? All the adoration? I bathe in rainbow dew every morning! I practiced my graceful glide on the Latte Hot Springs! And yet, quack, the Sugar Swan didn’t even glance my way at the last festival…"