Vinyl Scratch woke up and did her daily morning routine in order to wake herself up and get ready for her day, when she realized something.
"MC?" /Where has he gone to?/ "MC!"
Vinyl Scratch looked on her counter, and found a message,
"Scratch,
Went to the library.
~MC~"
"Short, and to the point. Not nesicarily sweet, but whatever. I had to go there anyway." And off to the Ponyville Library Vinyl Scratch went.
...
"Hey, Twilight!"
"Hi, Vinyl..." Twilight Sparkle replied with a saddened tone.
"What's wrong? Don't try hiding anything from me!" Vinyl Scratch said, trying to cheer Twilight up.
"Vinyl, MC left." Twilight answered. "He told me to give you this..."
Twilight levitated a note over to Vinyl, and she enveloped it with her magic as she began to read.
"Vinyl,
I'm so sorry I left like this. I just realised that I was not the one. I don't want to hurt you, so I wanted to cut it off before we started anything. Thank you for letting me face my fears, and I know you will find somepony. You deserve better than me. Just don't let this get you down. I'm not saying goodbye. I'm just not there right now. Send me a letter if you need me, but let's just keep it as friends.
Thank you,
MC"
"I..." She paused, then came to the grim conclusion. "I agree. I want to keep it as friends so we don't lose what we have. Twilight, can you please get a book for me?"
"Of course." Twilight replied. "Which one?"
"'Ride upon the black wind's love' by Dark Flight." Vinyl requested.
"Here you go." Twilight said as she passed the book to Vinyl, who put it into her saddlebag.
Before she walked out the door, she stopped and looked at Twilight. "Thank you." She said. "For being my friend. Noone does that other than a friend back home."
"You are more than welcome, Vinyl Scratch."
Vinyl Scratch walked out the door and stopped to look at ponyville. She could see everything from there. The Carousel Botique, Sweet Apple Acres in the distance, Sugar Cube Corner, and Rainbow Dash clearing the skies.
"I picked a good place to live. I picked good friends." She looked into the sky. "Thank you."
And for the first time since her family died, she smiled, and truly felt happy.