As Star approached Ruberiot's studio, she could hear him trying to compose her princess day song.

"Perfect Princess Star, is great in every way. Hm... Perfect princess Star is-" Suddenly, he exclaimed, "UGH! It's so awful!"

There was a noise that sounded like him smashing the piano keys all at once.

"Stupid, Princess Star, why do I even try?" He pounded random keys on the piano in frustration. "Face it… Ruberiot… you are… a hack… like all the rest!"

He started to sound a little choked up and Star started to feel even worse for what she had said to him earlier. As she rounded the corner to enter his studio, she heard him say "You'll never amount to anything."

Star watched from the entrance as he balled up a sheet of music and threw it over his shoulder. The wad of paper bounced off her chest and into one of the numerous piles of attempts at music. They littered the floor of the studio.

"Whoa, so you're like a totally tortured artist? Cool!"

Star realized her previous impression of Ruberiot was completely wrong. Hope started to blossom in her chest. "Maybe we can do this. Maybe it won't be some trite, cookie cutter song if I work with Ruberiot" she thought to herself.

With hope renewed, Star started to wade through the piles of discarded paper, towards where Ruberiot sat, dejectedly hunched over his piano.

"That is a looot of paper, just to plug a name into a previously existing song."

She was now standing behind him, uncertain how he would react to my presence.

With a look that was equal parts sadness and fear, Ruberiot whipped around to look at her. His eyes began to tear as he backed up against his piano like a cornered animal. "What do you want?" he managed to choke out.

Star felt awful for what she had done to Ruberiot. He wasn't like the other songstrels. This man was possibly willing to do it her way. She couldn't "Star" it up here, there was too much at stake.

"You, uh, you forgot your stupid notebook" Star said with a nervous chuckle as she presented it as a peace offering. Star hoped this would help Ruberiot see that she was willing to try.

With a scowl plastered on his face, Ruberiot snatched the offered notebook from her hands.

After a short pause, she asked "Ruberiot, do you really hate princess songs as much as I do?"

"I do, Princess" he said, still looking a little upset. "I-I thought I could change them. I-I know they can be better. I can do better, but the show is tomorrow and I have nothing!"

At this point his fear and sadness had turned into apprehension. Now that Ruberiot knew Star was willing to work with him, the looming deadline was his biggest worry.

"If I go out there with your mom's old song, I'll be just as bad as all the others" He heaved a dejected sigh and slid down in his chair.

"This is bad. Why did I drop out of Law School School?" he murmured to himself. "Goodbye aspirations! Hello flipping cornburgers."

He was right, they were running out of time and had not even started. But, Star was determined. She wasn't going to let the one songstrel who was willing to work with her on making a real song give up now. She needed to act quickly, time was running short.

Star interrupted his despair by saying, "Ruberiot, nothing is that bad when you have a magic wand. How 'bout you and I turn this silly tradition into something real." With that she loosed a few blasts of magic to clean up the studio, make herself a chair, and sit him back up.

"Ok, so what is the plan?" Ruberiot asked after everything settled and the flames were extinguished.

"Well, you are supposed to write a song about me right?" Star asked.

Ruberiot gave a skeptical nod, but it was all she needed to continue.

"So what if we did just that, but instead of some silly, cookie-cutter song, we make the song describe my time on Earth so the citizens can see who I really am."

Ruberiot perked up at my suggestion and said, "This could actually work, the song can have multiple parts too, so that we can cover the multiple facets of your new life!"

"Oh this is so great! I'm so happy you are on board with this Ruberiot! I'll start at the beginning, the day I got my wand."