Droplets of water drizzled down towards the Earth, like a light spring shower. A cold wind blows through the land. Dark gray clouds loom over the horizons, bringing faint thunderous booms along with them. The storm is coming.
Maxspell watches from the castle balcony. The only thought in her mind was the Princesses lying dead at her hooves. She knew they'd come back for their kingdom. She knew they wouldn’t come alone.
•••
All eight ponies; including Spike stood several miles outside of Canterlot. They stared at the city, which was now a shadow of its former glory. It brought pain to Celestia every second she stared at it. How could she have let it all comes down to this, but she remembered not too constantly blame herself for everything and focus on the task at hoof.
"Ok, let's go over this one more time," Luna announced, to which Aurora Flash responded with a groan. Twilight shot a glare like daggers at the pegasus before returning her attention to the Princess of the Night.
"Twilight, you and the others will go through the new district in order to get to the train station. Once you're there, follow the tracks until you reach the bridge connecting the two districts, there you will find a hatch. Open it and use the tunnels to reach the palace, where you all will confront Maxspell so that we may bring her into custody. And remember to use the signal if you are in need of assistance. Do you understand?"
Twilight nodded. "Yes princess, but I might I ask, what are you and Princess Celestia going to do?"
Celestia approached her to stand by her sister's side.
"I'm afraid we're in poor condition to assist you all on your journey. However, we will come if you are in need of help. I am sure I don't need to remind you to signal us only in the event of an emergency."
Twilight smiled as she went to hug the two alicorns. Afterwards, she went and approached the large dragon standing nearby.
"So you’re leaving again?" he asked.
"I'll try to make it back Spike."
"Yea, I hope you do. I just don't want to lose you a second time."
Twilight patted his scaly hide.
"Um, I hate to interrupt, but we need to get moving if we're going to save Equestria," Aurora said, pressing the two to hurry up. Finally, Twilight waved goodbye before joining the other five ponies.
•••
Guards stood at the entrance to the city. More were guarding inside. The six arrived not far from it.
Hiding in the brush, Twilight noticed a sewer cover. She hoped she wouldn't have to go down there, but desperate times called for desperate measures. She levitated a rock and threw it several feet away from the guards. It got their attention and went to investigate, giving Twilight and her friends to head for their target.
Everyone, with Elegance diving in last, entered the sewers. Twilight’s horn illuminated with magic to provide light in the dark.
"Alright, which way?" Aurora asked.
"Forward. Hopefully this tunnel will connect to the one need to reach. Hopefully there aren't any guards down here too," Twilight informed, with Aurora rolling her eyes at her.
They headed forward, just as Twilight said. Along the way, they did encounter the occasional guard now and then, but they were nothing the six of them couldn't handle.
A while later, they reached a dead end.
"I told you we should have taken that turn back there!" Aurora Flash argued.
"Well I don't hear you telling us where to go," Elegance retorted.
"Hush y'all! We don't have time for ya arguin’. We need ta keep movin’!" Appleseed scolded at the two arguing mares before going up the ladder towards the surface.
Lifting the cover up high enough to catch a glimpse, she quickly took note of the surrounding area outside of the sewer cover. She first noticed that they were in the middle of a road, but ahead of them was an alleyway. Surprisingly, there were no guards anywhere. It was another chance given to them by fate. They needed to act fast.
Appleseed quickly explained to the others what to do, to which they were all on board.
The first to exit the sewer was Softheart. Next was Sweetie Pie, then Elegance, then Aurora Flash. They continued this process with Appleseed checking to make sure the coast was clear ever now and then.
Twilight was next to go. Before leaving the sewer, Appleseed peeked outside, and saw that her worst fears had been realized.
Two guards were approaching the pony hole and the alley.
"Hold up there," Appleseed told Twilight.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Appleseed stood there coming up with a way for her friend to get past the two goons. Then an idea hit her, and she didn't like it.
"Alright look, there are two of ‘em guards out there. Now I'm gunna go out an’ distract ‘em while you go an’ fly ta safety with the others."
Twilight didn't like this plan either.
"Are you CARZY!?"
"Ah know it looks bad, but you have to trust me, an’ when ah say you'll be safe, ah speak the honest truth."
Twilight still felt doubtful, but what other choice did they have.
"Alright, but be careful."
Appleseed nodded before slowly climbing out of the pony hole. The two guards had their backs turned towards her. She slowly moved a few feet away from them and whistled for their attention. They turned and saw her waving her flank with a smug look on her face before running off in the opposite direction.
"Why that little!" one guard said as the two gave chase.
After witnessing the events that took place, Twilight emerged from the sewer and took to the air, not so high as to get spotted by nearby patrols, but to find the rest of her companions. She did in fact see them making their way through the alleyways. She quickly flew to their location and landed right in front of them, causing them to jump.
"Whoa! Gees Twilight, don't scare us like that," Aurora complained.
Twilight simply smirked as they carried on.
•••
As they continued on, they stared at all the devastation in the city. Buildings were in ruin, citizens running in fear, and dead bodies everywhere. Softheart and Elegance had to cover their eyes every time they'd pass something like that to prevent either one of them from falling over.
As they turned a corner, they spotted a mother and child cowering next to an injured guard. As the five ponies approached them, they saw that the guard was somehow not under Maxspell's spell. The reason they could tell was that all of the corrupted guard's irises were red. This one's was his normal blue color.
When the mother and child spotted Twilight and the others, they quickly bowed in her presence. This made her feel both guilty and uncomfortable.
"It's alright, we mean no harm," Twilight said with ease. This didn't seem to change the two pony's attitude.
"Please, you have no reason to fear us, we're here to save you from this awful mess."
"A-and how d-do you p-plan on d-d-doing that?" the mother stammered in fear.
"Don't worry, will find a way."
This did seem to calm the two’s nerves a bit.
Twilight turned to see if she could help the injured guard in any way, but she was already too late for that.
Softheart had been already hard at work treating him. In no time, his back and hind legs were bandaged up.
"There, that should help. Oh I wish I had some better equipment to help heal your injuries, but I um... hope that's still alright with you I mean." The guard slowly propped himself up on a stick that was nearby.
"Gees, thanks miss. No one's ever patched me up like that before," he said with a rough voice.
Softheart smiled before quickly attending the mother and colt to see if they needed any medical help. Twilight smiled as she watched her friend finishing up with her two patients.
"Wow Flut- er, I mean, Softheart, that's really kind of you."
"Well, as I always say, all we need is a little kindness.
•••
At last they reached the train station. There they met up with Appleseed.
"Appleseed, what happens to you? What did you do with those guards?" Twilight asked.
"Well let's jus’ say they ended up jus’ like the other guards we took care of. An’ might I add, this cast is doing me wonders."
"Oh, alright then." Twilight replied as they ducked behind a building when they saw a guard come out of the station.
"That there place mus’ be crawlin’ with guys like ‘em," Appleseed commented.
"Well how do you suppose we'll get passed all of them? Elegance asked.
"Ya know we don't really need ta go through the station." Appleseed told her, to which everyone responded going "Huh?" in unison.
"Ah'm serious. The tracks are right down there. We can jus’ climb down an sneak right under their muzzles," Appleseed suggested. All gave second thoughts before finally agreeing to follow her. They quickly made their way to the tracks several feet from the station.
All of them climbed down onto the railing and slowly moved in single file, leaning against the concrete wall. No one made a sound. All of them kept their breathing steady.
Sweetie Pie was at the back of the line, holding her breath. They managed to get a good amount of distance and out of earshot from the station that they began to relax. However, it wasn't far enough. Sweetie Pie released a full breath of air when suddenly; something tapped her on the shoulder.
"Yes can I help-" she cut herself off when she turned and saw the two gargantuan guards standing before her.
"You?" she squeaked.
One of the guards, a unicorn to be precise, held her in a magical grip.
"Hey! Put me down!" Sweetie demanded. Everyone saw what was going on. They quickly dashed to their friend's aid. Twilight was able to free her considering her magic was stronger, but her friend wasn't finished with them.
"Ok, we can play this game," the white, pink mane pony giggled. The two guards were about to tackle her, but before they could, Sweetie got her puffy tail and rubbed the end of it on their noses. Both quickly fell to the floor laughing. Sweetie also joined in on the laughter as she tickled all over them. Everyone else stood there wide-eyed and jaws dropped, but then they decided not to judge Sweetie Pie's methods of torture. Instead they joined in on the laughter.
After a few minutes of torturous tickling, the two guards quickly got up and bolted.
Everyone laughed, even harder at the embarrassing scene.
"Now that was pretty funny," Aurora chuckled.
"A good laugh always makes things better," Sweetie giggled.
•••
The tunnel underneath the rails of the bridge was not too hard to find. Celestia was correct in telling them that the tunnel would lead them straight to the Old District. However, she was wrong about one thing. When they arrived at the end of the tunnel and went up to the surface, they found that they were not in the palace, but in the Canterlot Archives.
"I don't understand. How did we end up here? The tunnel didn't branch out. Did we use the wrong one?" Twilight asked herself. Everyone shrugged. They were confused as she was. Just then, a cloud of green smoke came in through a hole in the ceiling, which then turned into a scroll. Taking it into her magic, Twilight began to read it.
My dear Twilight,
I'm afraid we have made a mistake. The tunnel underneath the bridge will not lead you to the palace, but to the Canterlot Archives. We apologize greatly for the confusion. For now, just continue on with the mission.
~Celestia
"Oh shoot," Twilight said in a panic state.
"What's wrong?" Softheart.
"It looks like we're going to have to figure out another way as to getting into the palace."
Everyone groaned at that, and Twilight couldn't blame them.
"Ok, the palace isn't far from here. We can probably sneak our way through the sculptor gardens."
"And then?" Aurora asked.
"We're just going to have to figure it out as we go," Twilight told her. She motioned everyone to follow her.
As they made their way out of the archives while sneaking past more guards, they would pass rooms that were ransacked. All of them would bring pain in Twilights heart. Just the thought of priceless historical artifacts being stolen or destroyed sent chills up her spine.
They exited the archives and made their way to the sculptor gardens.
The rain began to pick up.
Upon entering, they found saddlebags and suitcases all around them, with some of their contents spilling out.
One of the suitcases was opened and had clothing scattered around it. Amongst them was a gorgeous dress. This caught Elegance's attention.
"Oh my! What a beautiful dress!" she exclaimed.
"Dag gum it Elegance! We don't have time for this!" Appleseed complained.
"I can't just leave this here so it can get ruined later on! A dress like this must be seen,” she said as she quickly put on the dress.
"Girl, you're gunna get killed jus by wearing that."
"Says the pony wearing nothing but metal."
That stung Appleseed. She decided to simply leave her be. She just didn't want to have to say to her 'I told you so'.
Deeper within the sculptor gardens were ponies in tents, huddled near the fires that kept them warm. They had converted the gardens into a refugee camp. Everything about it looked depressing. Most of Equestria's highest elite ponies were now huddled together wearing raggedy clothing and eating soup from a can.
Every pony there gave Twilight dirty looks as if she was the cause of their misery, and who’s to say they were wrong.
Twilight ducked her head to avoid the burning glares.
They passed one mare that was huddled near a fire, shivering from the cold and rain. When she spotted Elegance's dress.
"My, what a b-beautiful d-d-dress you h-have th-there," she chattered. Elegance felt praised for the nice comment.
"I-I always w-w-wished I c-could have d-d-dress l-l-like that."
This made Elegance confused.
"Oh? And why is that?"
"Well, I-I'm c-could never afford s-such luxury, w-which is why I-I moved t-to Canterlot for a b-b-better l-life," she said before chuckling.
"Funny though. I g-guess I moved a-at a b-b-bad t-time."
Elegance felt sorry for the poor mare. All she wanted was to look as elegant as she was, and look where it had brought her. She couldn't let this pass. This should have been a crime against fashion itself.
“I-I feel like I-I-I’m gunna f-f-freeze to death out h-here.”
Elegance took off the dress she was wearing and handed it to the poor mare.
"Here, take this. Not only do you need this more than I do, but you deserve it as well."
The mare took it in her hooves and smiled, with tears forming in her eyes.
"I... I-I d-don't know w-what t-to say. Thank you miss, may f-fate r-repay you double!" the mare thanked in delight.
The pride Elegance felt before was nothing compared to the warm, generous feeling in her heart.
Appleseed approached her, bit her mane, and dragged her back towards the others.
•••
"So you gave her that dress you found?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Indeed. The poor darling was so upset that I couldn't have just left her there freezing to death. Besides, I have another that looks exactly like it back in Ponyville," Elegance replied. Twilight rolled her eyes at that.
They drew closer to the palace, and the closer they got; the more guards appeared, monitoring the ponies in the camp.
It got to the point where the group had to split up, agreeing to meet up at the exit. Twilight didn't want to have to do that, considering the last time they did something like this, their memories were corrupted by Discord back when he was evil.
Several feet away, Aurora Flash was crouched near a barrel fire in order to avoid detection. Slowly crawling towards the back of a tent, Sweetie Pie appeared from underneath a statue, startling the aurora colored mare.
"Sweetie Pie, what are doing?" Aurora whispered.
"Shhhh!!! I'm sneaking!" Sweetie whispered back as she disappeared back underneath the foot of the statue. Aurora shrugged as she continued on.
With her head down, she passed another tent, but something caught her eye. There was some pony in there, a guard to be exact.
This looked just like the situation with last one, but something was different.
Drawing closer to him, Aurora went to see what was wrong. She'd soon regret it.
The guard turned around with his eyes glowing bright for a few seconds before dying. Opening his mouth, a black mist emitted from it. It quickly shot into Aurora's mind.
There she saw images of devastation, destruction, and death everywhere, as well as an army of royal guards marching through Equestria, with Aurora Flash as their captain. She was enjoying the idea of her being their leader, and then she heard a voice in her head.
"All of this can be real my dear. However, this comes at a price."
Aurora Flash nodded for the voice to continue.
"I just need you to do one small thing. Kill your friends. Kill them for me."
Aurora nodded. She turned and left the tent. She looked around to find the first friend to kill. That pony, happened to be Twilight.
Twilight saw her and felt a little relief.
"Aurora Flash, have you had any problems moving through this camp, cause there's a lot of guards here,” Twilight asked.
Aurora stared at her with an angry glare.
"Aurora, are you alright?" she asked, right before she noticed it. She saw Aurora's eye color change from magenta to red.
"Aurora?" Twilight asked nervously.
Then she jumped on her, both tumbling around on the ground. Twilight tried to pry her off, but she wouldn't budge. She was trying to break her neck. It got to the point where Twilight needed to use her magic to pry her off.
Levitating in a magical grip, Aurora shook around trying to break free.
"Aurora, listen to me, whatever's controlling you, you have to fight it!" Twilight urged as she slowly got up from the ground. Aurora wasn't listening. She was too far-gone now. To corrupted by the dark magic in her.
Twilight didn't know what to do. She thought of how she could free her friend, so she decided to try the one spell she performed before.
Lowering her horn on her friend's head, she tried to perform the memory spell, but instead, something else happened.
Opening her eyes, she found herself in a bright room. In front of her was Aurora Flash, and beyond her was darkness. She saw Aurora talking to someone.
That someone was her.
Like what happened to Twilight, Aurora Flash was being lured into the darkness of her alternate evil self.
"Join us. No one will dare stand against you. No one would be a better flyer than you. Picture it; Aurora Flash, leader of the entire Equestrian army!" her evil self-persuaded her. Aurora stood there thinking about it, she did like that title.
"I will admit, that does sound pretty cool!" she said.
Then she heard another voice behind her. Turning to see where it's coming from, she saw Twilight calling for her from the brighter side of her mind.
"Aurora, don't listen to her or you or... whatever! Don't fall for it! Don't go through what I've gone through!" Twilight urged.
Aurora Flash stood there nervously eying both of them.
"Don't listen to her. What has she ever done? Only boss you around and making you risk your life for her. You deserve better," her alternate said.
A black slimy tentacle emerged from the darkness and coiled itself around Aurora's leg.
She stood there thinking until she finally came to a decision.
"Well?"
She took a deep breath before speaking.
"Thanks... but no thanks."
Twilight and Aurora Flash's evil alternate were both surprised. The tentacle burned off her leg.
"Thanks for the offer though, but my answer is no."
Her evil alternate growled as it disappeared within the darkness.
A bright flash came and Aurora slowly got up from the ground while rubbing her head. She then saw Twilight getting up next to her.
"Twilight, are you all right?" she asked as she helped her up.
"Yeah I'm fine," she replied.
"Did we have the same dream or something?"
"You were corrupted by the dark magic in the guard. I tried to help you and then somehow I ended up in a really strange place."
"Was I talking to an evil version of myself?" Aurora asked.
"Yeah, that's right. What happened back there Aurora?"
"I'm not sure exactly, but let's just say, I would never leave my friends hangin’."
•••
The six mares reached the end of the gardens where they regrouped and were fairly close to the palace. The problem now was to figure out a way inside without alerting any of the guards.
Twilight stopped to think of a way to get inside.
"Come on Twilight, think. How are we going to get passed hundreds of guards patrolling the palace without alerting any unwanted attention?" she asked herself.
"If only we could turn invisible that way we don't have to worry about being seen," Sweetie Pie suggested.
Then it came to her. The one thing Twilight had completely forgotten about. It irked her how she had forgotten the one thing that could have been essential to their entire plan.
"Pin-, er I mean, Sweetie Pie, you're a genius!"
"Yeah, I know. I get that a lot," she replied.
With her horn aglow, Twilight immediately vanished.
Everyone began to panic. "She's GONE!!!" Sweetie Pie said shockingly.
"Sweetie, I'm right here," Twilight said from nowhere.
"Eek! A ghost!" She cried in fear.
At that moment, Twilight reappeared in front of them.
"Oh hey Twilight! I thought you were a ghost," Sweetie Pie said.
"Don't worry Sweetie Pie, it's just a cloaking spell," Twilight told her.
"Woo wee, now that's a cool spell right there," Appleseed said.
"And you couldn't have used it earlier?" Aurora accused, causing Twilight to blush.
"Eh he he," she chuckled. "Um, anyway, you will be happy to know that no one will be able to see us now."
"Wait what?" Aurora asked?
"I've just casted it on all of us, I think."
Everyone looked at each other, and weren't buying it.
"Well we don't look invisible."
"Trust me, you are. You can only see each other because you are all under the same spell."
"Prove it," Aurora challenged. Twilight sighed as she looked around and saw a nearby guard. She approached him stood right by him with a smug look on her face while the guard simply stood their unresponsive. They all stared as their minds were blown away.
Aurora Flash flew up to the guard's face and made silly expressions. The guard did not respond.
She tried hard to resist the urge to laugh so she won't get caught. All of them moved away from him and made their way inside the palace.
•••
Twilight led them through the halls of the royal palace. The only thing she found harder than sneaking past guards, was to keep her friends from messing with one.
Thankfully it didn't take them too long to reach the throne room. Outside of it, Twilight deactivated her spell, and all were now visible to others.
"Alright every pony, Maxspell is in there, and we're going to get her to surrender, whether she wants to or not," Twilight said motivating the others. Everyone felt excited and was ready to do this.
"On the count of three, we breach. One... two... THREE!!!"
She burst through the door with her magic, and all six ponies raced inside.
Examining the room, they found Maxspell staring out the shattered window.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my little pawn," Maxspell said, not tearing her attention away from the outside world beyond the shattered window.
"And I see you've brought some guests."
"It's over Maxspell. It's time for you to end all of this misery and suffering," Twilight demanded. Maxspell only chuckled.
"Aw, now? I was just getting started."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, that's none of your concern dearie," Maxspell said, moving away from the windows.
"And might I ask, how did you get back here without alerting the guards?" she asked.
"Oh, that's none of your concern dearie," Twilight replied with a playful look.
"Ha ha, real cute, but I'm afraid your time is up for all of you."
"Oh really?" Twilight asked unamused.
Maxspell smiled before she called for the guards. Soon, a great number of them stormed in and encircled all seven mares, with their weapons pointed at them.
"Believe me when I say that your time is up," she said with an evil grin.
Twilight and her friends looked around nervously.
"Any last words princess?" Maxspell asked. An idea surfaced deep within Twilight's mind.
"Why yes, but if you don't mind, I would like to submit my final words in writing."
"Well I um... I guess not," Maxspell said confusedly.
Twilight then got a piece of parchment and a quill to appear with her magic. Furiously, she jotted down exactly what she wanted to write. Once she was finished, she rolled it up and sealed it, but before Maxspell could take it in her own magic, it instantly burst into a cloud of smoke and floated out a large hole in the ceiling.
"Why on earth did you do that for?" Maxspell asked.
"You'll see," Twilight told her.
Just then, a faint burp was heard in the distance.
"What was that?" Maxspell asked again, but decided to rather ignore it and return her attention to her captives.
"Well, as I was saying-" she said before being cut off by a pony screaming. She looked to see what was wrong and saw a large claw approach them. It grabbed one of the guards, dragged him outside, and released its grip on him from high up in the air, allowing him to fall to his death.
Though some the guards ran out of the throne room for their lives, others stayed to fight. That turned out to be a huge mistake for them. Instantly, they met the same fate as the first guard.
Finally, the room was cleared of guards. Everyone was silent for a minute until Twilight broke it.
"Thanks Spike!" she called.
"My pleasure Twilight," he replied.
Maxspell stood there dumbstruck with her jaw dropped.
"Wow, that was quite an event," she said.
In that very moment, Celestia and Luna descended from the ceiling, with Longspear riding on Luna's back. He got off once they touched the ground.
Maxspell stood there now feeling humiliated.
"Maxspell, it's time for you to surrender immediately. Release the royal guards at once so that they may bring you to custody," Celestia said with full authority. A wave of anger washed over Maxspell.
"Seriously? You think I am going to give up that easy? If that's the case, then you are awfully mistaken. I don't need a bunch of buffoons to take care of you," she said before turning her attention to Longspear.
"And you. Don't think I haven't forgotten about you. Once I'm through with these two, you're next."
"Fuck you," Longspear insulted her. She wanted to skin him alive just for saying that to her. The only thing that prevented her was the Princesses.
"Face it Maxspell. There's ten of us, and one of you. What makes you think you are going to win?" Twilight asked.
Maxspell stared at her, with the irises of her eyes glowing bright red.
"You don't know what I am. I have the power to destroy all of you. And this time, nothing is going to prevent me from killing the one pony I solely desired dead for a long, long time. But you know the old saying, if you want something done right, you gotta do it YOURSELF!" she yelled as she fired a deadly bolt of magic at Celestia.
Without a split second to hesitate, Longspear hurled himself in front of the Princess, absorbing the shot of magic into his chest. He then tumbled a few feet away from them.
Everyone gasped at what happened. Maxspell only watched with anger at what happened.
"That no good fumbling idiot! He blocked my shot! Why is it always so difficult to kill you?!" Maxspell exclaimed.
Twilight could not stand for what just happened. She knew Maxspell had done so many awful things, but this was the final straw. She had reached her breaking point.
Deep inside her, she felt a spark of anger. It was a spark she hadn't felt in a long time. Not since she was trying to find an explanation for Pinkie Pie's strange senses.
Immediately, that spark ignited her. She then burst into flames, with both her coat and armor glowing white hot, and her mane and tail a blazing inferno.
Everyone in the room was shocked at what they were seeing.
Instantly, she charged at Maxspell, tackling her to the ground and pinning her there. She screamed in agony as her skin began to burn under the fiery mare.
Right there, Twilight began to buck Maxspell in the face, emphasizing statements with each and every buck.
"This is for pony napping me, this is for hurting my loved ones, this is for making me kill ponies, and THIS. IS. FOR. RUINING. MY. LIFE!!!!" she screamed as she continued pummeling the mare beneath her to a pulp.
Only then did the others had enough. Celestia used her magic to levitate her poor friend off of her adversary.
Twilight fidgeted around wanting to go back to try to end the wretched mare's life.
It took her a minute to calm down. Her body cooled down before returning to normal, only leaving scorch marks all over her bare skin. Celestia lowered her back on the ground, where she eyed one last time at the pony that she almost killed.
There she lay half dead, with her body badly burnt and blistering. Her face was a different story.
Twilight stood there watching until she remembered Longspear. She and the others quickly dashed to where he lay. There he clenched his chest as he lay there in agony. She moved his hoof to see where he was hit, and saw a big black splotch where his heart is.
"Twilight..." he uttered.
"Longspear, what's wrong? Please answer us," she asked.
"She... she struck... my heart. The... immortality spell... is what keeps... my heart pumping," he said working through the pain.
Twilight turned to her friends for help.
"Softheart, is there anything you can do to help him?"
"Oh my, this is far beyond my capabilities. I'm sorry Twilight." Softheart said half-heartedly.
"Princess?" Twilight asked, turning her attention towards her.
"I might be able to save him, but it may take some time," she said. Twilight then felt a tap on her shoulder.
"No... Please... leave me be," Longspear said. Twilight clinched his hoof.
"No please, not you too," she said worriedly.
"Twilight... I've waited... for this moment... for so long… please..."
"I don't want to lose you too,"
"Listen Twilight... all my life... I never knew... much about friendship... but thanks to you... I get it now. It was... slow... but I got it."
Tears ran down Twilight's dark gray checks, faintly hitting Longspear's chest.
"Even though... we've only known each other... for a short time... I think... you're the greatest friend... anyone can ask for."
Everyone's heart ached. This was getting too painful for many.
"You're... a good friend Twilight... believe me... I know," he said before lying down on the marble floor. The clouds cleared for a short time, allowing the sun's light to shine down through the hole in the ceiling. Longspear looked up at the light and smiled.
"I'm going home... I'm going home..." he chuckled as he closed his eyes, allowing his heart to beat for the final time.
•••
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