Chapter 18: A Celestial Canvas
Twilight’s eye twitched. Strands of her mane shot out from the carefully brushed pattern, curling slightly. Her mouth was open and her body began to pick up speed as it shook back and forth. Short and taken breaths fell from her lips as she witnessed the horror I had fraught.
I took my time to carefully grind each piece that wasn’t already dust into it. My hoof slammed onto her dismembered stone horn, shattering it with a boisterous crackle. The poor purple unicorn’s form writhed in mental pain. The twitch worsened, her mane continually frizzled into a mess of hair and lost sanity. I licked my blazing teeth with satisfaction. Why did this feel so good?
Twilight was helpless, holding herself back from attacking me. But what good would it do her? At least if she attacked it would signify some form of willful revenge. She needed to embrace her anger, and every moment spent idly was nothing more than a nuisance to me. I should, *Thwack* a lightning bolt struck me in the face. I staggered back, unintentionally crushing a few more of the Princess’s shards.
“What in the world!?” I raged.
Rainbow Dash scorned me, “I think it’s about time for me to break you.”
Rushing in for another attack, the pegasus had little time to stop when I raised my hoof to the next statue. Fearing the worst, she veered off course and slammed her face into the wall. I winced at this, but the other me chuckled.
“Go ahead, attack me again. That is, if you want to see the other princess suffer the same fate.”
The ponies backed down. Rainbow Dash wanted to fight me, but Applejack, sensible as she was, held her back. Pinkie Pie was looking rather confused, her eyes bouncing all over the room as if something here could actually help her. Fluttershy shrunk to the floor, trying to be as small as possible, while Rarity, disgusted, turned from me to comfort her friend. Twilight took a small step backwards, still trembling.
She began ranting to herself, “This, this wasn’t supposed to happen. Princess Celestia told me the whole plan. She said she knew everything that was going to happen. She said everything would be ok, that everypony would make it out. She showed me dark magic. She taught me everything she knew about Discord. She showed me how to perform the sealing ritual. Everything on my checklist happened in the order she said it would. She told me how to free Rainbow Dash and how to undo the stone spell. She told me how to seal the Roc in the pit.”
Her ramblings eventually boiled down to her repeating “she said” and “she told me” with a lot of “but this” and “but that” mixed in. Watching her squirm thrilled me. I hadn’t seen some foolish being tormented like this in eons! Even the other ponies were dumbfounded by the mare’s incessant babbling. No one knew what to say to her, driving her deeper and deeper into the abyss of madness.
But one being did speak up, one I hadn’t been expecting. What’s more was that what he said threw the entire situation out the window and into a field of spikes.
“I could never have imagined what kind of chaos death brings about. Now of course that’s not true, I knew very well, but still… She’s really dead. After everything I did just to get here, I didn’t think it would feel like this.”
“What are you on about, dragonaquis?” I assert.
“Tell me Roc; when Creation, the Hydra, was imprisoned to Tartars, did you feel any pain?” he asked with an inquisitive flair.
“I create pain. If I felt anything, it would be on my own accord.”
“What did I do wrong then? I got my revenge. Celestia is dead, but it doesn’t feel right. I feel empty. I want to know what this emptiness is; bring her back so that I might find out!” he demanded.
“I told you, abomination, nothing commands me.”
I sneered at him and beat my wings vigorously. They created a whirlwind of flame that engulfed the pitiable creature ahead of me. He screamed in agony, but it only made me want to supply him with more. As expected, he used his magic to dispel my fires.
“This is not what I wanted. Go back foul demon, back into that pit! I do not want you anymore!”
I flew at him, my blazing wings breaking his ribs on impact. Sparks littered the floor and air around me, glittering across the dust from his fall. He fought bravely to stand up, but it only took one hoof to crush his pathetic claw back to the ground. With my other hoof, I branded his wing. Fire danced along the battered beast as I cackled above him.
“Chaos cannot exist without an order to destroy, Pandemonium. You are unnecessary now. Destruction will always continue to destroy what had been created; and when I am finished, I may return to the pit, if only to gloat at my accomplishments.”
“Haven’t you learned? It takes more than one Spirit to defeat another. You can’t kill me.” he confessed.
“Watch me.”
Hoof poised and ready to strike the monster’s face, a beam of light thrust into my side, sending flying across the room into the nearest wall. Elderly bricks toppled from the cracks and turned to rubble as they fell upon me. Picking myself, I looked to where my attacker was standing. It was the purple unicorn again.
“Didn’t I warn you?” I declared “The Princess shall die for this insolence.”
Another beam of deep purple light found its way into my forehead, snapping my neck backwards like a rubber band. The resounding magical energy left a smoking wound right underneath my hat.
My hat, I thought to myself. I was still wearing Applejack’s hat. Even more than that, I could feel the tip of Fluttershy’s father poking through it. Looking down, against the will of my controller, I saw the vest from Rarity with a pair of drumsticks still locked in place. Flexing my wings, I felt the magical medical tape still in place. Even while on fire, the tape was still there.
Another blast of light struck me, this time closer to my ribs.
“Think straight mortal, I am being hit.” Complained the Roc to me as an aside.
Facing the six ponies while pointing at Discord, he called “You would save this one in favor of keeping your princess safe? How unwise.”
Twilight’s eyes began to glow in a radiant purple and white light. Unlike the times before, she did not rise in the air, but rather walked forwards, towards me. Her body no longer twitched, and was now steady as a rock. Her face was determined and purpose solid. She planned on fighting me, one on one. The other me realized this as well and snickered.
“You, a mere unicorn, plan on challenging the mighty Roc? It took your kind and several others all of their living populous to simply seal me away, and you want to try for more by yourself?”
No matter what I said, she would only walk closer. She wasn’t afraid, no, not Twilight. Twilight was infuriated. So far past her breaking point from the very beginning, now she had nothing to hold her back. Her friends awaited the confrontation with anticipation and anxiety. She awaited it with rage and calculated sorrow.
She chanted aloud, “Ma ceferro giasu jukatchuai FA!” summoning a swirling vortex in the sky above the roofless room. “Erasse a cotulu hegisuai DONOTERRU!” she continued, unleashing a barrage of magically coated meteors from her conjuration.
I dodged them with ease, flittering my wings about to one side or another. While she was still for her spell, I rushed her with a speed that would have surpassed even Spitfire. In the blink of an eye I had crashed into her, or what I had thought was her. My face collided with the back hooves of a certain southern farmer, while my wings were held back by another pony.
“You do NOT hurt my friends!” screeched the yellow pegasus, thrusting my wings backwards. Applejack followed with her hooves and together they were able to repel me.
“Friendship and Dark Magic, who knew?” coughed Discord.
My scowl did not lessen. There was no room for survivors in my future, and these ponies were not going to stop me. I readied myself for another attack.
“You know,” Discord continued, uninvited “I underestimated these ponies once. Terrible mistake. Sure I had backup plans, that means you by the way, but look where it got me?”
I was about to speak, but Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash both attacked me before the words came out. as easily as with Twilight’s spell, I dodged, but their presence was still a nuisance. Left and right, up and down, I moved out of the way every time. Sick of their games, I flared my wings, blowing them both back in a wave of fire.
“Enough. I care not for your dark magic, unicorn. Nor do I care for your so called ‘friends’.”
Rarity used her magic to form a shield around Twilight. Applejack and the others all regrouped in front of her and readied themselves for the fight of their lives. I on the other hand was not in the mood for a fight. I wanted a slaughter.
“Grei grefi terr agustona VA!” the enchantress called out.
Discord stood up, brushing himself off. He cracked his back in a few places, then realigned his claw. All of his bruises and burns disappeared.
“Well I really should thank you Twilight. After all I’d done to you and your poor friends, you still find it in your heart to heal me.” he bowed jovially.
At last Twilight Sparkle spoke, her voice itself coated in an echo that exuded power and wisdom, “Discord, I have broken your spells on Rainbow Dash. She will no longer be your slave. For the damage you have caused to those I care for, I am going to personally destroy you.” Discord’s eyes shot back, never having expected to hear such things from any of Equestria’s kind. “But first, I am going to seal this demon back in the pits of Tartars.”
Her already white eyes glowed even more deeply, her entire body giving off its own flashing purple aura. Her mane raised into the air from the intense magical pressure and her cutie mark shone especially bright for her.
“Rallos o jusadarayn killevo NORGONO!” a deep and frightening voice that was not Twilight’s emitted itself from her lips. The Elements of Harmony appeared around the necks of her friends. They looked down in turn to make sure they all had theirs, but weren’t surprised that they had appeared. In fact, they looked even more ready than before, sly smiles all across.
Finally, with her last chant she screams “FALPORTA TARTARS ENPAREI SALMANOR!”
“What, wh, what are you doing!” I yell back, trembling.
The deep black circle that had since faded after my summoning returned. This time however, it glowed more of a white glow that intertwined with Twilight’s purple magic as it skipped across the floor. The multitude of details that made the sealing and summoning circle lit up, beginning the spell. I couldn’t go back, not after just being revived. My mind made up, I roared, igniting my wings and letting off sparks of lightening about the room. Concentrating my energy on Twilight, I launched a massive column of flame and lightning at her.
I was going to hit her dead center and incinerate her annoying body forever. I couldn’t contain my joy as I laughed maniacally into the wind. But my joy was short lived, as the five other mortal beings shielded her with their own magic. But how, how can this be? They were not magic! And yet, my column of flame was at an even pace with their barrier.
“The Elements of Harmony are magic, idiot.” I told off the Roc, vying for control.
“They are nothing to me. I will crush them just as I did the alicorn.”
“No you won’t. Don’t you get it yet? Two of the other spirits have already failed due to the Elements, you are no different.”
“I am the strongest, I will never be beaten.”
“Maybe you are the strongest, but I’m not. And guess what, you’re me.” I admitted.
“I will never be you. I will never be some pathetic mortal being who relies on others for survival.”
“Why not? Look what happened to Discord when Celestia died. He didn’t even know what to do with himself.”
“And he is a fool. Had he not bothered, he might’ve survived a moment longer. I will not have others bring me down.”
“Eh, too bad, cause we’re both going down now.” I smiled internally.
Confused, he focused back on the situation at hand. He didn’t even have a single second to comprehend it before his own fiery blaze blasted him out of the sky. My body, our body, fell from the sky in a spiraling daze. Smoke lifted from the spaces between our feathers.
I smiled as we fell. I was falling again. Out of everything I had done here in Equestria, I had fallen the most. Fell from the sky, fell from a tree, fell from a bed, fell from a stage. I just kept going. But no matter how many times I had fallen, I always got up afterwards. Something kept me going, something always pushed me to keep trying, to keep my head high. Singed and beaten, he struggled to stand up. I fought against it, preferring the ground as a place to lay my head. I was done getting up. I was tired. Let me rest.
“Get up!” he yelled at me.
“Nah, I’m good.” I joked.
“You’ve tricked me!”
“Is that what I did? I don’t recall.” I laughed sarcastically.
I felt that he wanted to strangle me, but it couldn’t exactly work that way. Even more so, the spell was near completion. As we laid upon the floor, I could feel the pull of the circle beneath us.
At first it was a light tug, like a tight shirt gripping onto you. But it quickly escalated, eventually coming to the point where it felt like I was being sucked out of a spaceship. The pain was excruciating and all I could do was scream. I could hear myself as well, wailing louder and longer than I thought I could manage. The fire drained from my wings into the circle as well, painfully extracting each particle of the Roc’s spirit from me.
I kept screaming, it was all I could do. My body felt locked to the ground, pins and needles shooting through every vein in my body. My limbs told me they were slowly being torn from my torso, ripping away at each muscle individually. My bones ached, my organs squirmed, my skin burned, everything was in pain. But in the midst of my agony, I felt a hoof lightly brush the hair in front of my face.
Opening my eyes was painful. The movement required to simply lift my eyelids was enough to break an army’s spirit. The light inside the room was blinding, not helping my current situation. Despite all of that, I could still make out the face of the figure by me. It was Rainbow Dash.
“Hold on DR, you’re gonna be ok.” she whispered lightly, smiling.
As much as I wanted to smile back, I couldn’t. It wasn’t the earth shattering revelation of Rainbow Dash’s betrayal, or rather expected return. It wasn’t that I had been possessed by some ancient demon from another era. It wasn’t that Discord had had his twisted ways with us and the princesses. It wasn’t even the crushing pain of the sealing spell. No, I couldn’t smile back, because I was already smiling.
With one last twist and pull from the pit, I felt my very soul strip itself from my mind and body. Floating next to me was the spirit of the Roc, still screaming in agony and defeat. I waved goodbye to him as the portal drew him in. cursing, his wispy form disappeared forever in Tartars. I happily awaited my fate, satisfied with my purpose. I had come to Equestria uninvited, and was now having the grandest send off. What better way to send a stallion to his doom?
Closing my spiritual eyes, I felt the pull of the spell reverse, sending my spirit back through the circle. Feeling the heavy thud of my two halves fusing together again, my eyes shot open.
“See Drumroll, I told you you’d be ok.” Dash giggled.
She helped lift me up and let me lean against her until I could stand straight. Even when I was still wobbling, I let go and tried holding myself up. Surprisingly enough, I could manage. I took a sweep of the room with my eyes. The ponies were all smiling and laughing. Fluttershy and Rarity were helping Twilight regain her composure. It must have really drained her to perform all of those powerful spells.
“Twilight, are you alright?” I asked.
A tired Twilight laughed, “I’ll be alright. I’m honestly surprised you’re still standing. I’ll have to add that into my report.”
I raised a suspicious eyebrow. “Report?”
“You know, my friendship report on this whole experience.” She smiled.
“But….” I trailed off before finishing, not wanting to mention Celestia’s death.
An old voice popped up behind us to explain the situation, “You still don’t get it boy do you?”
“Discord.” I sneered.
“Exactly, of course it’s me. After all, these girls are in no shape to be ending me anytime soon.”
Rainbow Dash snarled, “Hey buddy, I’ve got more than enough buck left to beat you to a pulp!”
“That, I sincerely doubt. Besides, I think you might want to hear this.”
“Discord I thought I made myself clear.” Twilight began, albeit she wasn’t in any condition to make threats.
“Now now, hear me out. I figured out why I began feeling weird when Celestia ‘died’.”
“It’s because she’s your special somepony isn’t it!” Pinkie Pie yelped.
Discord blushed, but refuted the response. “No, no, that’s not it. I knew something wasn’t right when the statue crumbled. She wasn’t inside of it when it happened.”
“What!?” we exclaimed collectively.
“Yes, you see. She and Luna must have teleported elsewhere before I cast the spell. I don’t really believe it myself, but hey, I’m sure you’re unicorn friend there knows exactly what I’m talking about.”
“Twilight, is he, um, telling the truth?” Fluttershy asked timidly.
“I wasn’t sure when it happened, but now that Discord said he feels the same, it must be that the princesses are elsewhere. I’m not entirely sure where though.” Twilight admitted.
“Well, it was a nice chat, but I must be on my way.” Discord grinned as he tipped an imaginary hat.
“Oh no you don’t, varmint!” Applejack said, racing at him.
“Applejack, wait.” I said, stopping her.
“What in tarnation, why?”
Discord’s face twisted into its usual evil smile, “Yes Drumroll, why?”
“I want you to tell me something, and you better tell me the truth, or Applejack here’ll beat the living tar out of you.”
“Oh I’m shaking in my boots.” He mocked. “But go on.”
“Those portals that you opened when you first returned; are the ponies you sent through them still alive?”
“How should I know? I don’t keep tabs on everyone, I’m far too busy for that.”
“Could they be alive!?” I demanded an answer.
“Well yes, I’m sure somehow they might be. Not like it’s my problem though.”
“That’s all I needed to hear.” I replied, satisfied.
“Wait, you’re just gonna let him go? Just like that?” Rainbow Dash retorted, extremely annoyed with us.
“Yes Rainbow, we are.” Twilight announced, properly but with a hint of sarcasm.
“Glad you agree, Ms. Sparkle.” Discord smirked, snapping his claws.
His expression quickly changed as he began to snap his claws again and again; each time more violent than the last. Eventually he found himself snapping his claws so fast that he ran out of breath.
“What is going on here!?” he shouted aloud.
Twilight giggled, “Oh Discord, did I forget to mention something else about that spell that I used?”
Discord’s eyes grew wide with fear and then narrow with anger as Twilight’s words entered his ears.
“You didn’t dare.” He growled.
“I did.” She winked victoriously at him.
“GRAAAAAAAAAAAH!” he screamed in rage.
With no more option left, he spread his mismatched wings and took off through the sadly dilapidated hole in the ceiling. Twilight looked up with a smile, satisfied with her spell.
“Uh, Twi, mind tellin’ us what that was all about?” Applejack inquired.
“Well, when I used the spell to seal Destruction back into the pit, it also forced the other Spirits, Order and Pandemonium, to be sucked in as well. That way, nopony, or no one as it may be, can ever use those Spirits ever again.”
“So you mean, that the Elements, um, the Element’s are gone?” Fluttershy wondered.
Twilight nodded. The group of them collectively looked around at each other, each one of them showing some sign of acceptance to the others. It was almost as if they were happy that the Elements were gone. I guess there wasn’t any reason for them not to be though, right?
And so began the long and tipsy walk back to the throne room. Twilight and I were both drained physically, and the group as a whole was emotionally and mentally worn out. Time was of no relevance to us though. In the end, it never mattered when we got back, only that we made it in one piece.
Eventually the fires and ashes ceased and the regal appearance of the palace started up again. The closer we got to the throne room, the less it looked like we had just fought a giant ancient bird spirit bent on destroying the known world. Step by step, we arrived to our destination.
The black trail of ashes and dust behind us stained the perfection in the room. The shine and shimmer of royalty and godliness was gone to the light cover of desolation. It felt better, in my mind at the very least, to have something so contrasting in a place where such controversy would be frowned upon. The rebellious dust was a revolutionary is the times of cleaning products and maids. In my mind, it was the true brilliance in this room, not the shine of the polish.
“The princess isn’t here.” Twilight sighed.
“No, but they’re about to be!” Pinkie beamed.
“What in Celestia’s name ---” Rarity cut herself off after realizing the saying she had used.
“Just wait.” I smiled, knowing Pinkie.
One flash of blinding white and blue light later, the two ‘dead’ sisters appeared before us. They stood tall and determined as ever, just as Twilight had during the fight. Before they could even get a word off, the battered Twilight jumped on them both.
“You’re still alive!” she screamed ecstatically.
I didn’t think she had the energy left, but I was fine with being proven wrong at this point.
“Princess it worked, your plan, it worked!”
“You planned this, Tia?” Luna investigated.
I had not yet been able to meet Luna, and I frowned at the thought that I missed such an opportunity. Her mane was a sparkling blue and purple. Fitting for the Princess of the Night. Still, her blackened blue coat was gorgeous in its own reflection. And of course her eyes, a dreamily dashing shade of royal blue in the castle light. Although not as bright as many of her subjects, she was a unique masterpiece of pony perfection.
“Yes, I’m sorry I kept you in the dark Lulu.” Celestia apologized. “But I had to cover my bases. I assume that you succeeded in sealing all three Spirits Twilight?”
“Yes, princess.”
“Good. Then all is as it should be.”
“Princess, how can you say that after all that has happened?” I asked her, my tone a mix of mostly confusion and a dusting of annoyance. “Discord has been causing chaos for months and picked up especially in the past few days.”
“Yes, Drumroll, I am well aware. During your fight, I spent that time fixing the problems that Discord created. And Twilight, I also freed your brother and Cadence from their stone prisons as well.”
“Thank you so much Celestia.” Twilight sniffed, happy to know her family was safe.
Before anything else could get in the way, I had one last pressing question on my mind.
“Celestia, before you disappeared, you told me that my being here was all your fault. Why?”
The demigoddess sighed heavily. “You see Drumroll, I knew Discord was back again and causing trouble. Unfortunately, I needed some time to figure out what to do so that I could truly stop him, once and for all. To make that time, I decided it would be best to instigate his more playful nature, not yet knowing that he was wrathful. So in out banter, I told him that his game was too predictable and we needed another piece. Of course he agreed; anything for his fun. And so you were brought here, from wherever you truly belong.”
The six ponies all looked at me with quizzical looks, save Pinkie whose expression was more of an I-was-waiting-for-this face. I nodded at them, telling them that that did indeed make sense. As I looked at them though, scanning the room, I thought of all the fantastic adventures I had been on. From Twilight rescuing me and talking with Spike, to my morning with Big Macintosh. Applejack and the farm, Pinkie’s party and the band I played with. Fluttershy taking care of me, playing with the CMC. I even gained a new step sister in Scootaloo. All the way to my talks with Rarity and finally meeting Rainbow Dash in the sky. It had been the grandest and most wonderful escapade I had ever taken in my life, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Still…
A tear fell from my right eye to the dirtied floor beneath, “Princess?”
“Yes, Drumroll?”
“…can you send me home?”
The group let out a collective gasp.
Rarity spoke up, “But Drumroll you can’t leave! Not after all this.”
“Drumroll, I thought…I thought maybe…” Dash turned her head.
“Roll, I didn’t think you’d be the type t’ just up ‘n split on us.” Applejack frowned.
“Please Drumroll, don’t leave yet.” Fluttershy begged.
“Who’ll party with me like you do!” Pinkie cried.
Twilight thought about what she was going to say for a moment and then added, “You have to go back, don’t you?”
Nodding sorrowfully I said “Yeah, I really should.”
Pinkie Pie stretched her arms out farther than she should’ve been able to and pulled all of us into a giant group hug, squeezing as tight as she could.
Releasing us, she said to me with the biggest possible smile on her face, “Be sure to throw a “I Survived Being Taken Over By An Ancient Demon Party’ when you get home, right after your ‘I’m Home’ party, ok?”
“Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, Pinkie.” I laughed back.
“Keep up the reading.” Twilight told me, smiling. “I’ll always have more books here if you want some.”
“I will,” I said “and I’ll keep that in mind. And tell Spike I said goodbye. He’s a great dragon, and I’m sure he’s got a bright future ahead of him.”
“I’ll be sure to tell him first thing when I get home.”
“I hope you keep yourself well Drumroll. Everypony deserves to be taken care of, but don’t forget to treat yourself every once and a while.” Fluttershy advised me.
“Of course I will Fluttershy. Thank you.”
“Well Slick, this is it Ah reckon.”
“Yeah, I suppose it is, ain’t it partner?”
“Keep up the hard work back home, ya hear me Sugercube?”
“Darn tootin’ AJ.” I smiled back, tipping my hat. “Oh, and AJ?” I asked.
“What is it?”
“Tell Mac I said thank you. and tell him that I’m glad he’s alright. It wouldn’t be the same without him.”
“Ah’m sure he’ll be mighty appreciative of it, Slick.”
“Darling I think I’m going to name my new line after you. Vests are going to be so in next season.” Rarity smiled giddily.
“And I’ll be sure to tell everyone what a great designer you are Rarity. Everyone will want a piece by you.”
“Oh you flatterer, you.” she blushed.
I turned to Rainbow Dash, the only one who had yet to say anything. I really wasn’t sure what to say, having just become friends with her and even more so just having forgiven her for betrayal. Then again, it hadn’t been her fault.
“Dange.” I addressed her.
She spoke up before I could get any further. “Roll, I gotta tell you, after everything I’ve been through with you, even in the past few hours alone…I, well I still don’t know. You remind me of a stallion I used to know, you know that?”
“No Dash, I didn’t.”
“His name was Rocketeer. He, well he got sucked into one of Discord’s portals a long time ago.”
“Scootaloo’s brother?” I asked.
“You know him?” she said surprised. “Well, that doesn’t really matter. You see, when Discord told you that he might still be alive, well, I wanted to thank you. I had almost given up hope, but now I know.”
“You know what?”
“I’m gonna go find him. Is he’s really in Griffhala, then I know where to go. I’m going to go find him and bring him back. I’m gonna do it for little Scoots.”
I reached my forelegs around Dash and pulled her in tight. I held her tight, giving her the best possible hug a pony could. If there was one thing that I did more than fall here in Equestria, it was cry. And just as I was done with falling, I was done with crying.
Eyes dry and spirits ready, I told her, “Dange, I want to thank you. I want to thank all of you. I’ll never forget any of you, not a single one. But I’m not all for the sappy endings. I’m not gone forever, if that Roc is any proof, no one’s gone forever.” I laughed, everyone joining me. “I know you’ll find him Dange, and I know all of you will be just fine. I’m going to miss you guys.”
“Does this mean you are ready Drumroll?”
“Yes Princess Celestia, yes I am.”
I turned to face my six new friends. I would probably never see them again, at least not like this, but I was ok with that. I felt complete, in a way. I had just helped save the world, well, I almost blew it up too, but that was beside the point. I watched as my body starting fading away into little glowing bits of stardust. My friends watched too, some smiling, some tearing up, and Pinkie being Pinkie.
The colors were beautiful. The bright halls and dirt covered floor. The purples, pinks, reds, oranges, blues, greens, yellows, blacks, whites, browns, golds, silvers, all glowed in my eyes. This world was a fantastic new place, filled with glorious new colors. It was the truest essence of beauty.
As I faded, I began to sing. It was soft, and I knew they probably thought I was crazy, but as I hummed to myself, I spoke the last line aloud, for all to hear.
“Do you know, you’re all my very best friends.”