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The tavern was empty, save for a mare slumped across the counter. Twilight pushed through the batwing doors, her eyes adjusting from the bright outside to the darkness within.
Concerned for his sister, Big Mac had told Twilight that Applejack had been practically living there since the funerals.
Twilight sat quietly on the barstool next to Applejack.
“Applejack, I know it’s hard, but this isn’t—”
“Ah shouldn’ta run, Twi,” Applejack whispered as she nursed her twelfth hard cider for the evening. “Ah shoulda, Ah dunno… I shoulda stayed. Ah shoulda saved Rainbow.”
“You did the right thing, Applejack,” Twilight replied, sternly.
“Th’ right thing?” Applejack screamed, waving her forearm and scattering the empty tankards across the floor. “Ah was a coward, an’ th’ right thing got Rainbow Dash killed!
“Ah did th’ right thing, an’ now one’a mah best friends is in th’ ground, and the other’s in the loony bin!”
“It’s not your fault, Applejack. There— there was nothing you could have done for Rainbow,” Twilight whispered.
“Y’all don’t know that!” Applejack sobbed. “Ah coulda, Ah dunno. Ah coulda done somethin’!”
“No, Applejack, there was nothing,” Twilight replied shaking her head from the memory.
“How c’n ya say that, Twi?” Applejack said, before taking another pull on her cider. When she found it empty, she threw it angrily to the floor.
“I read the official reports, Applejack. They were pretty grim.
“Rainbow Dash had been dead for over eighteen hours before you even arrived.”
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I see you've made some changes since I last looked this over.
It looks good.
Hey!
Do I not usually say you should WAIT to publish until edits are done? Sheesh. 
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Yeah, but then I realised we'd likely have another Floret on our hands (and I don't mean that as a slight, as you do have your own life going on!)
Actually aiming at releasing a story like this once per week up until Halloween anyway, and that is just not fair on you to expect that kind of commitment to editing.
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Yeah, I tightened up a few bits and pieces based on what you and Forgoten Null mentioned.
6492162 Truth. And yes, school does have me working up the wazoo (and this past weekend's wedding and Comic Con next week doesn't help matters
). Thanks for trying to keep the workload lessened. I can settle for prereader status. 
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In the future, please use the spoiler tag quotes like that. That's a pretty major spoiler right there.
Also:
Yes, Rainbow Dash did indeed die in the first chapter. The 'Rainbow' that is talking to Pinkie Pie in the second chapter is actually Pinkie Pie herself. She is projecting her 'good side' onto Rainbow Dash, believing her still alive. There are subtle hints to this through out the second chapter, foreshadowing the third.
Well there goes my heart. its not like the last time when it decided to jump out the window this time it was a high rise. yeah the story is that sad nice work.
