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To her everlasting shame, Twilight saw her friends knew, from her expression alone. She heard herself speak the words We have a decision to make but they barely registered. Some disassociated part of Twilight’s brain knew that she was going into shock, but didn’t know how to stop it, or even if she should.

Yet the Elements of Harmony were in agreement.

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You are a leaf on the wind, let us watch how you soar...

Comment posted by Dainn deleted Dec 12th, 2013

Rainbow dash is my favourite pony. I hate seeing her die. But I still loved this story. I will add it to my favs and upvoted it as soon as I post this comment.

I really hope you say yes... Could you do an epilogue? Just to see how life goes on without her, how everypony is affected... Stuff like that. It would be really nice if you did. Anyway, loved this, but I still had a sad smile at the end, because it was so beautifully written. :heart::pinkiesad2::yay:

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I'm not done with the story. This has just begun...and thank you for your kind words.

Umm, Even Q at his worst would mourn the death of Picard, as it stands the shows makes a case for him being an impish mentor type. He still has fun in Chaos but seems to legitimately enjoy the girls being friends. I think this would hit him hard, even an unreformed Discord wouldn't want someone he considered a nemesis killed.

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Which is why once Discord realized Fluttershy wasn't joking, he got serious. I figured that Discord would assume it was a joke at first (it would be something he would pull, and RD is a notorious prankster). It's why he feels bad that it wasn't a joke and he just made things worse for his only real friend. Maybe Discord should've realized that Fluttershy doesn't ever kid about such things, but then again, he's not known for having much of a conscience. (His first reaction to Celestia and Luna possibly being dead? Make fun of Twilight.)

When you get down to it, a murderous Discord would be a terrifying villain.

3620936 Still not as terrifying as an evil Twi though..

This story makes me smile sad smiles. You captured Pinkie perfectly. What I really want to know is how Scootaloo is dealing with this.

Yup, knew it. Hopefully Scootaloo isn't headed for Ghastly Gorge, that cliche's getting old.

AJ's accent was fine.

I was reading this aloud with my rainbow dash stuffed animal because as weird as it might be I read pony fanfics with her :pinkiehappy: weird for a teenager. but hay:ajbemused: I am unique :twilightsmile:
so any who I did not really read what this was about I kind of assumed twilight loves dash story which is cool with my little dashie ( reference) :twilightblush: but instead of :twilightsmile::heart::rainbowkiss:
my pony prefers :ajsmug::heart: :rainbowwild: so I got to the part about the tree and I was like :twilightoops::pinkiegasp::rainbowderp: so I put my pony away and told her do not follow me while I read it myself. I. DID NOT want her to become scarred from this fiction:pinkiecrazy: also I say :fluttercry::fluttershbad::fluttershyouch::raritycry::raritydespair::applecry:

You cannot believe how emotional words can make you. I just... god.

I don't believe that I'm about to say this next, but this is inspirational (in a bad way).

3620936 ............don't even think he is even technically capable of killing anyone to begin with. seems that altering a pony into something else to begin with is not always going to work well. if what we see happen with a certain frog hit by an orange spell, beings can survive to a certain extent as something else.
also while he oculd technically make someone's head fall off with his powers............. them being dead would be the natural thing to happen. meaning they would still be alive even if he had killing intent to begin with.

seems to me his power of chaos is a useless killing tool to begin with.

“You need to eat. How about some hay bacon strips?”

You realise these are vegetarians we're talking about right? Unless bacon is not implied.


I actually would assume that :yay::raritywink::twilightsmile: and :pinkiesmile: would not swear
:twilightsmile: cause she is a prized student
:raritywink: cause it would be un lady like
:yay:cause well she is :yay:
:pinkiesmile: cause cussing generally get's you this reaction :pinkiegasp: instead of this reaction:pinkiehappy:
I can totally see :ajsmug: and :rainbowkiss: cussing regularly
:ajsmug: cause yes the farm life and she is rough and tumble
:rainbowkiss: cause she is tough
then again I guess you say a bunch of things you do not mean during grief

Poor pinkie:pinkiesad2:
also Dashisim is now:rainbowwild: my catch phrase

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Um...

*rewrites next chapter*

I keed, I keed...

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Fluttershy and Rarity probably wouldn't cuss, true. Pinkie strikes me as someone who would cuss if it was a dirty joke. Twilight? Swears a lot in private, occasionally in public when she loses it. I agree Applejack and RD would swear like sailors.

Though maybe Fluttershy cuts loose when she's very, very angry. :flutterrage:

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It's a joke reference to "Epic Pie Time," a fanmade YouTube short. (Don't watch unless Pinkie and Rarity swearing and RD drinking whiskey straight from the bottle amuses you.)

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I think Discord could arrange fatal accidents, but wouldn't because it spoils the fun. You can't have fun with a corpse. (Kind of the same reason Q would never kill Picard, although he could've easily. Where's the fun in that?)

3675199 diffrence with q and picard is that Q was a god that defied the laws of the universe and even the very star trek series, and picard was mortal.

Discord is still an entity of his universe. his power is chaos, and it is magic and he has limitations. true he warps reality, but he is not exactly entirely unique in that approach. Q and his b reed were the only ones apparrently able to warp reality like that. magic itself is technicalyl screwing with normal things. i mean Twilight once made a frog orange, which is something discord would be capable of.

Now making amendments...
to the story...
Changing the ending, as I would like it, to be

We were together, in a memory
And We live forever, in finality......

-Woods of Ypres, Alternate Ending


This story is beautiful. My blackened heart hurts once more.
:pinkiesad2:

So, I found another story that works very well as a companion to this.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/155692/that-which-makes-up-a-rainbow

Remind me to give you my thoughts on this later cause im going to bed. I really I joyed this.

What about rarity I wanna know how she is reacting.:raritydespair:

3698385 Thanks. I'm getting to Rarity in the next chapter.

Wow, didn't see Spits coming..

*Hasn't viewed in while* *Refreshes page* YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The world is a weird and amazing thing. I finished this chapter, had a snack while reading an article from National Geographic, and it talks about a storm chaser named Tim Samaras who, to quote you,

"died doing the thing she loved"

(except he instead of she). The universe sees me doing one thing and gives me a similar thing. Maybe it does the same for everyone else?

That was an excellent chapter. Hopefully Scoots takes it to heart.

3704087 Happens to me sometimes too. When I was writing this chapter for Rarity, I chose some soft music for mood. iTunes then started running through every damn sad song I have!

3740150 I'll try and update faster. The holidays tend to throw wrenches in the pumps with trying to keep an update schedule. :derpyderp2:

That and I don't have Applejack's work ethic. :ajbemused:

Hey, hey, you! Author. Stop making me feel things.

Stop it!

Well done.

“Yeah, you’re right…” Scootaloo got on her scooter. “They probably think I went to Ghastly Gorge and threw myself in or something.”

:scootangel:

I think I woke my daughter up by laughing when I read that.

3742440 Heh. You gave me the idea for that line. (And I'm glad you did, because that's where Scoots was originally headed.) :twilightsheepish:

Of all the chapters, this one made me cry. But for the strangest reason. What Luna did made me tear up! How! I applaud you for making me tear up on one of the least sad parts of this story. It's people like you who make me want to write something, but I can't cause I suck at it.

3741581 I don't think anyone has Applejack's work ethic....except maybe Twilight.:twilightblush:

3744115 Never know until you try!

Wonderful chapter; you really know how to make a gal break down and bawl, don't you? Well, you did me, but only someone with absolutely no heart or feelings whatsoever wouldn't have been deeply touched by this.:applecry::fluttercry:

And I feel that I have to make one comment about AJ's parents being dead being only fancanon. I know that Lauren Faust isn't connected to the series anymore, but I believe that she said recently in one of her FAQs that, to her mind, them being dead is canon, and that the two shooting stars at the beginning and end of Season 3's Apple Family Reunion ep is a tribute to them.

Somewhere it was mentioned that her dad's name was Bifrost, so I went with that.

Really? Must have been in like the comics or something, I'm sure I'd remember hearing a name like that in the show. Tis a cool name though(big ol' rainbow bridge from Norse mythology).
I thought it was a fanmade name till I got to the author comments.

For those who have ever seen it, the USAF performing the Missing Man formation is, and always will be, incredibly moving, despite simply being a flyby variation. It's not the act, it's what it represents, and it's suddenly hitting Twilight. She'll never be able to watch it again without crying, based on myself and others who have experienced a funeral with one.

No we don't all try to follow in our father's footsteps because I never got to meet my father he left before I was born I don't even what he looks like all I know is his name.........anywho oh the feels nice chapter.

3784235 You're absolutely right. I based it on personal experience.

it was a heartfelt tale all together. did feel that her jsut being braindead seemed............ odd. it is a world where memory and thought can be altered and reversed. that the soul does in fact exist beyond the flesh.

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