I stared blankly for a few moments at the objects in the suitcase. But I couldn't hold back any longer.
Reaching in and grabbing everything out, I laid it across the floor.
Apparently, somepony had went to my house, and packed up my most treasured belongings, how they knew which ones to grab, I shall never know.
I began to tear up when I held a small picture frame in my hooves.
It was a picture of me and Rainbow Dash together at a Wonderbolt show. I sat it down and picked up another, this one was me when I got my cutie mark.
I looked through them all, about four were there.
Another of us flying, Twilight Sparkle took that one, I remember it.
Then, lastly, was a simple picture. Just us together, in her cloud house. She's got her hoof over my shoulder, smiling, her eyes brimming with defiance and excitement.
I stand up, and find a small shelf, just enough room for the pictures, and then some. I go back to the case, and pull out a Wonderbolt poster.
Hanging it up on the wall, I dry my tears.But that doesn't last long when I pull out something else.
It's so simple, but it has such a great meaning to me.
A ticket.
Just a ticket.
It was the ticket Rainbow Dash gave me the day before she..she...you know...
A ticket to the Wonderbolts latest show. We were going to go the next day.
I whisper something silently to myself, not entirely sure what I said.
I lay it down on the shelf, next to the pictures.
The remaining things in the suitcase are mainly clothes, a few other memorabilia of my life, mostly me and Rainbow.
A leather flying jacket.
My cutie mark embroidered on the chest. Dash had one just like it, only her cutie mark instead.
A crown thingy I got. I won the Best Young Flyers competition myself, after I first learned to fly.
And lastly, some simply, plain ol' flying goggles.
I sit everything down on the shelf. It all connects together somehow, they all seem to match as if they belonged on that shelf together.
I whisper a silent 'good bye' and hang the jacket up. I leave the large closet after turning the light off.
I wander around for a little while, passing other large rooms, one time I think I even found the kitchen...
Eventually, I end up back to the large room with the windows. I notice that Spitfire is there too, she must have finished her shower and came here earlier.
I silently step up, and stand next to the yellow mare.
She is the one to speak first.
"Did you find that little surprise?" she asked, smiling.
"Yeah, how did you know which things to get?"
"Just a lucky guess," she sighed and looked back to the window.
I pause, I couldn't control what I was about to say, for some reason, it came out.
"Who pushed you towards this goal?"
I can sense her tense up. There was no reply for a while, until she turned to me.
"My big sister..."
I feel like something is caught in my throat. I'm unable to move, but I swallow the knot and ask another question.
"Who was she?"
There was another pause.
"Lightning Fire...She helped me learn to fly. Wait no, she TAUGHT me how to fly. I owe her everything..."
"Do you still see her very often?" I ask gently, not wanting to pry.
It seemed between everything I said, there was a pause.
"She's dead..."
I instantly freeze. What was going on? Spitfire was opening up secrets to me, things that must hurt. But before I could reply, she said something else.
"I miss her, but I promised that I would not give up because she was gone. I promised I would be the best I could be..."
Wait what? Spitfire went through the same thing as me? I am fighting the thoughts in my mind, but I say something else, lowering my head.
"I'm sorry, I know the feeling..."
"No, don't be sorry. I kept my promise. I'm now the captain of the Wonderbolts. I became what I could become. And I don't regret it. I loved my sister, and I still do. But she is still with me, in my heart."
There was a very long silence. I don't know what to say. But I am the one to start back up conversation.
"I made the same promise...to Rainbow Dash... I promised I would become the best I could be, I promised her I would join the Wonderbolts, which was what she always wanted to do. She was my big sister to me, and your right, she is with me in my heart," I think for a moment, and tun back to her gaze. "Forever"