//------------------------------// // Fixing friendship's // Story: Feeling Alone // by KikoGamez //------------------------------// It is the next day, Sandbar has woken up and looked out the window. He remembered the painful moments last night. He remembered seeing Gallus with that knife in his chest and seeing him in the hospital. He then remembered when they left the hospital, and he promised himself to Gallus to recover friendship, so he won't be alone anymore when he wakes up. "I have to hurry," Sandbar thought. Moving as fast as his hooves could go. He made his way to the rooms of his friends. And he knows which one he is going to see first. Before him stand the door to Smolder's room. She was blamed for what happen to the tree. And if he is going to get Yona and Silverstream to listen to him. He is going to need her help. After all, he was the one who accuse her in the first place. He knocked on the door and got no response. "Smolder, it's me, Sandbar." But there's still no response. Sandbar knocked again, but she didn’t answer, "Smolder I know you’re in there." Sandbar said, "And I know you're probably going say 'go away,' but I’m here.... to apologize." Sandbar waited for a response but again just five seconds of silence. Sandbar thought that it was no use, but he wasn’t going to give up. With a look of determination, he starts shouting at the door, “Okay Smolder I don’t care if you won’t forgive me for what happen yesterday. But I need you to listen to me. And if I have to shout at your door for hours until you open up then I am going to do it starting now!” He then starts to sing a song Professor Fluttershy was trying to teach them in class, but purposely singing out of tune. He only got to ten words of the song before a very angry dragon open the door. “What is your problem!” Smolder said rubbing her eyes, “It is way too earlier in the morning for this!” “I have got to talk to you it urgent.” “Looks Sandbar, unless somepony is dying. I really don’t care right now.” Sandbar hushed up at how on point her sarcastic comment was. He looked around trying to think of a way to tell her, but the silence between then was starting to get Smolder worried. “Dude I was kidding,” “Can we talk in your room. I rather not let anypony else know.” Smolder open the door for him and closed the door behind him. Inside the room Sandbar can see that her room was a mess, stuff shattered, walls scratched, it looked like she's been so angry for a while. "Wow, um... Smolder, your room is a mess," Sandbar said, trying something to speak because the silence was getting awkward. “Well I was angry okay. Now what this about somepony dying. You better not be joking about that.” “I am not. It Gallus.” “Is Gallus trying to kill somepony?” “NO! Somepony is trying to kill Gallus!” Smolder felt a wave of shock wash over her. She didn't even say anything for five seconds. "W- w- what?!" “Like I said somepony was trying to kill Gallus.” “What makes you say that?” “Last night I went to his room trying to apologies for what happen with the tree, and I found him on the floor with a knife stuck in his chest. There was blood everywhere.” “Calm down Sandbar. Where is Gallus now?” “Headmare Twilight got him to a hospital in time. They said that he is going to be alright. But they haven’t found out who would want to kill Gallus.” “This is starting to sound like one of the mystery books Ocellus has being telling me about. A group of friends have a disagreement with leaves their friendship shatter and the next thing they know someone turns up dead.” “Now is not the time to joke around Smolder.” “Who said I am joking? I am being serious here. If somepony want to kill Gallus it would have to be somepony from Griffenstone.” “What makes you say that?” “Hey we all may had a fight last night. But something like that is not enough to make any of us wanting to kill each other. I already had time to cool off already and was going to look for the girls in the morning to see if they still wanted to hangout today before you show up with your awful singing voice. To which I am going to tell professor Fluttershy about.” “Please don’t.” “Take it up with her. Anyways we are going to need the others help with this investigation. Come on,” Sandbar and Smolder went to gather the others before going to the hospital to see Gallus. Later that day, In the Castle of Friendship, the Main six and Starlight were having a meeting in the throne room. Applejack, Fluttershy, Starlight and Pinkie Pie had no idea what the meeting was about, they were about to have a holiday with their families when Twilight and Spike came in their place because something’s wrong in the middle of Hearth's Warming Eve. They were concerned to know what happened. Rainbow and Spike already knew what happened, but Twilight told them not to tell them about Gallus until she was ready to tell them about it. Twilight on the other hoof still feels like it’s her fault that The Young Six broke apart, and it made her feel even worse that Gallus tried to kill himself. But she needs to calm herself and not panic and try her best to try and get rid of the guilt. She breathed in and out when she opened the door, which caught her friend’s attention. "You might be wondering what's going on, girls," Twilight said as she sat down her throne. "Yeah. I was about to make the best Christmas party with Applejack and my family," Pinkie said, and Applejack nodded. "I even brought a holly jolly delicious Christmas cake that me and Sugar Belle made." Then she took a slice of cake from Pinkie's mane. "I even got one slice of cake if you want soooommmmeeee." No even said a word. "Eh, suit yourself." She tossed the cake into her mouth. "Well, I was just about to hang out with Trixie in her wagon with some hot cocoa," Starlight said. "Me and Sweetie were just about to go to our parents and celebrate." Rarity said. "And I was about to fly to Cloudsdale to visit my parents and my brother." Fluttershy said and then finally asked the question the everypony had going on in their heads, "Is there something wrong?" Twilight then took a deep breath and explained to them. "Yesterday somecreature pulled a prank and ruined the Hearth's Warming tree, and it's one of my six students." Everypony gasped, and Pinkie was the first one to speak, "That seemed like a Christmas party pooper to me!" But Twilight wasn't finished "Well, me, Spike and Rainbow Dash figured out that it was Gallus, but we agreed that we should let him try to speak the truth because honesty is one of the friendship lessons... but it backfired" "Really... what happened?" Starlight asked. "We heard a huge argument coming from the lobby, and we just saw Gallus just sitting there breaking down, and he said that their friendship broke apart" They gasped again. "And then what happened?" Fluttershy said, sounding very concerned. Twilight had to tell them the most heartbreaking moment. "While me, Spike and Rainbow Dash were trying to process what had happened, Sandbar came in and told me that... that," She couldn’t even finish that sentence. "What... WHAT IS IT!?" Pinkie shouted. Applejack agreed "Yeah what happened... did something happened to our students-" "Gallus tried to kill himself!!!" She finally said it when she snapped. Everyone in the room was shocked by the news. A student committed suicide because a friendship broke apart. "WHAT!?" Starlight said. "Oh, no!" Fluttershy said in tears. "By Celestia," Rarity said. "AAAH!!" Pinkie screamed because of what she said. "What do you mean he killed himself!?" Applejack asked. Twilight continued, "When Sandbar found out about it, he led me and the others to his dorm, and there he was, with a knife in his chest. I got him to the hospital in time he is going to be alright. I sent word to Canterlot on what happen, and they sent a squad of guards here.” “Well that explains the guards, I saw near the school this morning,” Starlight said, “At first, I thought that somepony tried to kill one of the students to close down the school. However, the Doctor that treated Gallus said that wounds he found on him were self-inflicted. Apparently, for some reason, he felt so scared and alone and committed suicide. It might have been because I told them to stay here in the school and clear the mess Gallus made and that made them break apart, or something else entirely, but I have no idea! And I FEEL LIKE IT’S ALL MY FAULT!!!" at this point, she started to sob because she can't take this guilt anymore. Her friends are speechless not only because one of the students committed suicide; it’s because The Princess of Friendship is the one who blame everything that happened yesterday. "But Twilight" Starlight said. "this isn't your fault that Gallus tried to killed himself" "Yeah, Twi," Applejack said. "I mean sure you told them to stay during the holidays, and they were mad about it, but you were just doing what the headmare does in the school of friendship." "Yeah," Rainbow added in, "That's what me and Spike said when we find out about it." "I know you guys are trying to help me, saying that I wasn't the cause of what happened," Twilight said, trying to calm down. "But I just need time... to think." Twilights friends stayed silent and wait until she calms down. Then over five seconds of silence Starlight Glimmer approaches to her "Twilight... I know things are bad now but were not here judging about what happened. We are your friends and we’re here to comfort you even if you still think you’re the one to blame that one of your students killed himself, were here for you Twilight" then she smiled Twilight looked at Starlight and her friends, and she knows that she's right even though she blamed herself, she always has her friends back, so she smiled back. "Thanks, Starlight." After she calmed down, Applejack asked, "So what do we do now?" “For now, I would like Starlight to have some private session with Gallus once he is discharged from the hospital. Maybe she can find out why he did that and hopefully stop this from happening again.” “I will do my best,” Starlight said, “And what about Sandbar?” Applejack asked, “How is he trying it?” “Sandbar thinks that it was somepony else who tried to kill Gallus last night. For now, we will let him continue to believe that. I know that it doesn’t sound like a good idea. But if Gallus is to move on from this, then he is going to have to be the one to tell his friends what happen. Even if I were to tell Sandbar the truth, he wouldn’t believe me. He has to hear it from Gallus himself.” “I see your point dear.” Rarity said, "Well, then. What are the rest of us going to do about this?" Applejack asked. “Well for now we are going to keep a watchful eye on Gallus once he is out of the hospital and hope for the best. This is a very delicate situation. If we intervene too much Gallus might run away and kill himself somewhere else. He needs to know that we are here for him, and not trying to ruin his life. For that, we are going to have to be supportive and patient.” “Well... um, can I go see Sandbar?" Fluttershy said as the girls turned to her. "I think that one of us has to keep an eye on him and the rest of them to make sure that they don’t do anything rash. If that alright with you.” "She does have a point," Spike added. "Ok Fluttershy you can go," Twilight said "Well, since this is happening," Pinkie said, "when Sandbar's finished making up his friends, I’m going to set him an 'im-sorry-about-what-happened-everyone's-is-given-you-love-so-you-don't-have-to-be-alone' party." "Do Griffons even had parties?" Rainbow wondered. "We can trrrrryyyyy!!!!" Pinkie said, and Rainbow has no responses; she only sighed. The Mane Six, Spike, and Starlight are now trying to think about the situation, and Fluttershy left the castle to find Sandbar. Twilight on the other hoof is still blaming herself, but she has her friends comforting her. As they were, Twilight thought about Gallus. "What happened to you my little griffin?" Twilight thought. (To be continued)