/* This was written because the main story is too short to publish. This is the other side of events.*/
I look up from my book, the white room I lay in is brightly lit, accented with gold and radiant colors. A light rain patters against the glass, it was leftover from a storm that hit Ponyville last night. I have a small fire going because of the cold night, but the flames have started to die. I shift the logs with my magic from where I lay, then pull another blanket over me. I don't know why, but something tonight just feels off. It's as if I'd forgotten something. And not something trivial like leaving my book on the desk. No, this was big, like a dinner I was supposed to attend, but Celestia only knows what it was. I swear, if my mind slips anymore... I return to my reading, my eyes glancing over the near incomprehensible text arcana before me.
Hours later I looked up at the mantle above the warm fireplace. Pictures of friends I could never forget rested there. The group photo was off to one side, it was taken the day that Princess Luna returned. That one always made me smile. But tonight, the one in the center. A picture of me and Dash, the mare I loved. The mare I left behind to come here and teach. Looking back on the night I left, and even thinking about the argument between us, it physically makes me sick to think that I treated her that way.
I stand before her, so proud of where I've found myself. "You remember that teacher I was standing in for? Well it turns out that he's going to be out the rest of the year! Isn't that great? Well not for him, but it means that I'll be there a few more months!" I never considered her feelings. "Isn't that great?"
"What's so great about it?" She asked, her voice bitter. "Is it great that I end up alone?" I never though that would happen to her. "Is it great that I passed up my chance at the Wonderbolts for you, and then for you to accept this job a week later?" I can't believe the venom in her voice, the sheer anger pouring out of her. It degraded to name calling and accusations after that. On both sides.
But now I know that I deserved every word. The names she called me, the accusations she made, they all turned true. I'd done the one thing I swore to Celes... the ONE thing that I'd promised her I would never do. I'd abandoned her. This was supposed to be temporary, and she's promised to wait for me. "I'm so sorry." I say.
I could swear that she was in the room with me.