As the girls galloped through the woods as fast as they could, they began to hear the howling and grunting of the wereponies, meaning they couldn’t be far behind. The girls quickened their pace, their legs already burning from having covered so much ground in such a short time. They continue to run, the angry sounds of their pursuers growing closer with each step, they glance at each other, and make the split second decision to split up, Rainbow instantly taking to the sky. All the wereponies follow Rainbow for mere seconds, before turning their attention back to twilight. They chase after her with renewed anger, forcing Twilight to run harder and faster than she ever has in her life. Even with this renewed energy, the wereponies are on her heels. A flash of blue appears in front of her, and suddenly she’s flying, as Rainbow lifts her from the ground and flies with all her might. She flies for several miles, before being forced to set Twi down. She puts her down in a small clearing, devoid of any animal life. In the center is a small chunk of rock with a slight overhang, the perfect shelter for night. Twilight gathers some fallen branches from the outskirts of the clearing to make a fire, checking each of them to make sure they’re dry. When she comes back, Rainbow is already gathering the storm clouds that will provide the lightning. Twilight arranges the branches and sticks so that they will burn for a long time, and proceeds to gather some moss and ferns for bedding, hearing the clap of thunder as Rainbow hits the branches and they burst into flames. The light dances across the clearing as Twilight gathers up moss, suspending in it front of her with her horn. She brings back the moss and lays it out in a sort of bed form, making it thick enough to provide warmth and comfort, but not thick enough to keep out any water that may find its way under the shelf of the rock formation above. Twilight crawls into the little cave, and lies down, resting her sore hooves, and sleep overtakes her in a matter of seconds. When she wakes up, Rainbow Dash is laying next her, her wings around both of her s a sort of blanket. Twilight carefully gets up so as not to disturb her friend. She goes out into the forest to look for food, searching for almost an hour when she stumbles upon
what looks like an ancient ruin, but she knows is too familiar to be that. She runs back to the clearing to get Rainbow.
“Rainbow! Wake up! You have to come with me right now!” she says, nudging her friend. In a matter of seconds, Rainbow dash is up and alert right behind Twilight, looking for what could be causing her friend distress.
“What’s up?” she asks after seeing nothing.
“I… I found part of Canterlot…” Twilight says glumly, feeling the knot in her heart begin to form again as she thought of her lost friends and family, probably buried under the rubble of the once great city. As she leads Rainbow to the site as fast as her legs will carry her, she hears a sound that can only be the very Trump of Death himself. As she runs faster, she realizes the sound is getting louder the harder they run. They’re running TOWARDS the wereponies! Twi turns her head to yell to Rainbow, but before she can speak, she hits a tree, and several wereponies come into sight as her vision fades, she see Rainbow trying to fend them off, Twilight tries to move her arms, but they don’t respond, she calls out to Rainbow Dash, and then everything goes black.
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When Twilight wakes up, it is dead silent. Not even the birds are chirping anymore. When she opens her eyes, fearing what she will see before her, she gasps loudly, around her, are the bodies of not 1 or 2, but 7 dead wereponies. She slowly gets up, looking around to see if it’s a trap. She glances towards the ruins, and what she sees horrifies her. At the base of the ruins, is a heap of what looks like a rainbow. She dashes over to it as quickly as she can, not believing her eyes. When she reaches it, she rolls it over, to reveal her mind was not playing tricks on her. It’s Rainbow Dash, and she’s barely breathing. Twilight is about to start doing CPR, when Rai8nbow’s eyes suddenly flutter open, but they only open about halfway, giving a her a drunken look.
“Tw-Twilight, I n-never told you how much I l-loved you” Rainbow says, blood starting to appear at the corners of her mouth as she speaks, each word becoming more difficult than the last. As she says the last words, Twilight cradles her as best as she can, not wanting to move her too much.
“I love you too, R-rainbow, and I always will.” Twilight says, her eyes starting to well up with tears.
“If s-she is still alive… tell… tell Scootaloo… I always noticed her, and I was p-proud of her…” she slowly closes her eyes as the last word leaves her mouth, her body going limp and her head drooping. Twilight fully bursts into tears, holding Rainbow’s lifeless body in her forelegs, a small growl escaping her throat as she fills with rage at the creatures that did this to her best friend, her lover, her eternal companion. Twilight gently sets Rainbow’s head on the ground, her horn glowing as a deep grave is dug nearby, she floats Rainbow into the grave and places the dirt on top, using her magic again to move a heavy rock over top of it. She wipes the tears from her eyes, smearing blood onto her face as she does. She vows to herself, and to the memory of Rainbow, that she will not rest until every last werepony is dead or has surrendered. She gallops off towards ponyville, her last shred of hope being her library.