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// Chapter 2 
// Story: The Accident 
// by Forgotten Tears 
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Chapter Two
A Decision Made
Rainbow dash slowly sipped the tea that Zecora made for them, they had been talking about the amulet and its consequences if improperly used. "The magic needed to use this token herein, must come from within." Rainbow Dash considered Zecora a good friend, even though she had a hard time understanding her, "From within?" Zecora smiled, sipping her tea. "Look at this tree i grow." She pointed to a small tree that grew in many twists and turns. "Nothing of magic can make it grow, other than the love one must show." She smiled, faintly watering the small tree; "With care to show, Fluttershy will love with the love you grow."
Rainbow Dash nodded, when there was a soft but sudden knocking at Zecora's door. Zecora walked up to the door and opened it. Outside stood Princess' Luna, Celestia and Cadance; aswell as Shining Armor, Twilight Spark, AppleJack, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Rarity. Rainbow dropped her cup of tea, she could see the heartbreak that they all had been through. She saw the rings around their eyes and how puffy they were too. Rainbow lowered her head, her ears flopping down; suddenly the weight of what she'd done had started to take its toll again as she curled into a ball. Covering her face with her wings, she softly cried.
Twilight and the others walked to her and laid down. "Yah not alone here missy, an it wasn't ya fault..." Rainbow Dash sniffled, "yes it was...if i hadn't tried to do that prank none of this would have happened...I killed her, it's all my fault!" She screamed the last part out as loudly as she could. Twilight softly rubbed her cheek against Rainbows, "Its not your fault...We never know when death will come for us, it's all controlled by a higher power that even magic cannot teach us about." Rainbow sniffled again, her eyes turning puffy red as the tears came unwillingly fast.
"She was the only one i could go to, I grew up an orphan...I don't have any parents" She said between tears, "In the beginning it was just me and her, she'd cheer for me when i first started flying." Princess' Celestia and Luna walked up as the others made room for them, they both wrapped their wings around her. "Rainbow, death is a natural part of life; just as the Moon is a natural balance of the Sun...Sure the Moon and the Sun have their differences, but both are needed to keep balance in the world." Princess Luna said quietly to Rainbow as she ushered her head onto Rainbows.
"I miss her so much, i can bring her back..." Rainbow said through a well of tears, Princess Cadance looked quizically at her. "How can you bring her back?" She pulled out the small gold pony amulet. "This...how did you get this?" Celestia said in a more demanding tone, "It was given to me by a friend, to keep the word from turning end over end." Zecora said in her usual rhyming tone. "And i do not lie, with this; dear Rainbow Dash can revive Fluttershy...But pay a heavy cost she must, before her love turns to dust." Rainbow Dash looked at her, "Discord said something like that too..."
Princess' Luna and Celestia looked at her with concern, "Yes, with this you can bring her back; however this will only put you before Death Himself...All things must come at a price..." Rainbow Dash, curled closer as Celestia's horn glowed with black and green magic. The same kind of magic she saw King Sombra use. "This very same object was used by Starswirl the Bearded, he had lost his loved one as well." She used her magic to create a moving illustration of what happened. "He used the object, but didn't heed the warning that must come with it; and when he stood infront of Death himself. The price he was going to have to pay was a trade, his life for the life of his loved one." Rainbow Dash looked up at them, "I'd have to give up her own life to save Fluttershy?" Luna nodded, "The price for such magic is too much for any one pony, so instead Starswirl left his loved one in the Afterlife."
"It was after this time, that the object we see before us became lost in history. How it found its way to Zecora from her friend is a real mystery." Luna said softly, "But Zecora said the choice is ultimately mine, If its a chance to bring back Flutter; i would gladly give up my life." Zecora set her hoof on Rainbows "But Rainbow Dash, what about your friends? Their hearts would surely crash." Rainbow looked at the others, "Most of the time, i'm nothing but a bother to everypony; while Flutter is always helping..."
Rarity walked over, setting her tail on Rainbows back. "Thats not true at all dear, i for one don't know what i would do with you." Twilight nodded walking over "Losing Fluttershy is hard enough...none of us could ask you to make that kind of sacrifice..." Pinkie still sat quietly, her hair was still straight instead of its usual curled puffiness. "Pinkie...what about you?" Pinkie slowly curled in a ball, she was the one that all ways lit up the room. "It's ok, i understand." Rainbow said, slowly standing up. "I know what i have to do, i'm going to bring her back." Before anyone else could interfere she ran off into the now rain soaked forest.