Applejack has always been known as one of the strongest and most dependable ponies in Ponyville. She is sturdy, down-to-earth, and unwavering - the kind of pony others knew they could rely on through thick and thin. But the inexorable march of time never ceases, and the cruel hand of fate knows no mistress. Even the most reliable of ponies can be pushed past their breaking point, and even the strongest can be brought to their knees. How can one mare hope to keep her hooves on the ground when her whole world is falling down around her?
Mood music, and a major source of my inspiration: "Below My Feet"
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I will read an post when I am done.
EDIT: Why do you always give me feel! ALWAYS! This was beautiful as all your stories are.
Ughhhh, SO MANY NEW STORIES! I have to study, damn it! At least it gives me a reason to finish my homework early....
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I can't miss a new story from you!
I knew your entry was going to be amazing, but I didn't know it was going to be so gosh-darned sad. Why, Bronyneumo ... why did you ... oh god.
This story was sad in almost every aspect. But not so sad to make you want to stop reading. It brought many a tear to my eyes, but it was beutiful. The serenity of the condition she was in and the acceptance, the love for each other, and everything they went through together. You brought them all into harmony and created something that was beutiful. very truly sad, but I can say a very very good story. Poor Rainbow...
As I'm reading, any mistakes I notice...
Minor typo, should be "lounged."
And that was the only one. Now I'm crying, dammit. Wonderfully, beautifully sad.
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Only one mistake this time? Whew! And thanksI
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Thanks guys!
1925582 Hehe, that was the only one I noticed outright. I didn't spend too much time looking for them after I started tearing up, though. Cancer needs to just go die in a hole.
Such a great fic yet the ending makes me wish it was a bad one
If even Dash couldn't beat the disease, there would be no hope for ANYpony once they had it
Damn it, I'm trying my best not to cry in the middle of class.... Ughh, you and your amazing writing skills
Wha-what the
what the HELL MAN
I just *sniff* oh god *silently cries* 
its a good story but what the hell *silently walks off to cry more*
not cool i hate cancer stories ugh, great writing as usual the part of burying her on the hill was the only part that made me want to cry. ohwell cant win them all
still great writing
I think I need to go crawl into the corner, get into a little ball, and rock myself comfortingly. That was probably the most emotional fan fic I have ever read......
Tears will be shead by all who read this!
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Indeed it should.
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Cancer. Statistically, I don't think Dash had much better chances than anypony else.
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Thanks guys!
man this one hurt. didn't help that "day that i die" by zac brown was playing as i was reading this....
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There are people who recover fully from cancer and if there's anyone who's a fighter, then it's Dash
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Whether or not you're a 'fighter' has nothing to do with it. Cancer operates on its own terms, depending on the type of cancer. Cancer restricted to a certain bodily location (example: Breast, Ovarian, or skin) takes a long while to spread out through the body, which means doctors can kill what cancer they find, and then the patient waits to see if it spreads out. For more information on these basic types of cancer, see this: informative piece
Other types of cancer, like Leukemia, for instance (which I imagine Dash has), are hardly curable because the cancer spreads out into the body immediately, as it is inherently a cancer of the blood, and thus has it's own mode of transport. Here, the cancer spreads rapidly to many parts of the body, and the patient often doesn't even last a year (depending on the success of the Chemo), leading to a lingering time of only a few months. (Hence,the timeframe of the story).
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I curse you for using this type of cancer then
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Had to. Most other types have a timeframe of many years, which would not be conducive to a shorter story like this one.
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Let me rephrase that.
I damn you for picking a cancer with pretty much no chance of survival :(
Now AJ is gonna find someone else to love and she WILL live happily with her/him
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But it's what Dash wanted!
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Dash and AJ are perfect for eachother
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No argument there, only life is hardly ever so easy.
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Only you as a writer are forcing them in a situation where they can't be together -_-
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I don't prescribe to "perfect world" methodology.
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I noticed :p
but using the imperfect word to tear a perfect pairing apart, that's just evil
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"Evil" is subjective. Others would say "realistic", or "good writing".
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It's good writing alright, that's why I care so much
This is beautiful. Seriously, this is beautiful.
Damn. This was pretty heart-wrenching, and your "mood music" pushed it over the edge to cry-worthy. I did tear up, I admit. I think most people have been affected by cancer in some way or other, so this type of death fic strikes closer to home than one where Dash injures herself flying or something. Really nice job - it wasn't in your face with the tragedy, and you got a lot of the moods across really well, I thought, regarding how the characters felt about the cancer as it progressed. Thanks for an emotional read and good luck in the contest.
Kinda unrelated to the story this time, but after recommending Mumford and Sons (who I had never heard of before) I checked out some of their other stuff - and I really like it. So thanks for introducing me to a cool band
Crying so.. Many tears. Not even manly ones
Thank you. Truly an amazing fic.
Why must everything you write provoke me to manly tears
Really this was beautiful, absolutely beautiful and heart warming 
Brovo man, Brovo!!
No,no,no I am not emotionally stable enough to read this without... O Luna, why cant I stop these tears!? I loved it but I was not prepared
Hi, it's LBTDiclonius from Deviantart.
FAVOURITING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
That was beautiful. I just ... I don't really know what to say. The only other time a fic has made me cry was MLD, but with was just amazing, and I'd like you to know that it's one of the best fics I've read in my time as a brony. Thank you for writing this amazing piece of work, you're a great writer.
Wow. Just wow. That was simply amazing, so heartbreaking. The first time in a very very long time I've actually shed a tear, or two, or possibly more over anything.
A thumbs up and favorite hardly seems enough but have them anyways.
Commence read.
That was a nice story. Sadly Dash didn't make it. Though Applejack will have to move on. It was still a wonderful relationship.
I love how stories like these can be so sad and yet so beautiful. This is definitely going into my favorites.
I,... I couldn't cry. I read this, and I wanted too.... but I can't. Its a wonderful sad tale, so why can't I cry?
Maybe... maybe that is the definition of twisted....
1929671 Curse you!
because I know about it 
. estupid teacher who is a oncology!
I was in the mood for something sad (is that weird?) and found myself coming back to this fic. Still as poignant and heartbreaking the second time, so I just figured I'd say thanks again for a good read.
Omg this is so sad. I'm crying right now.
so sad. I'm just wondering but what is 'it'. Ya no the thing that rainbow had?
out of all that's my only question. Great story, really emotional, that's th only thing that's confusing.
still crying.
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Well, to anyone familiar with the symptoms, her condition is pretty obviously a form of Leukemia or a like strain of cancer.
Of course, it would be completely naive of me to think everyone would be so familiar with such symptoms, so I don't blame you for not knowing! I agree I didn't make it too obvious in the story itself - that was the plan. Lends a certain mystery to it, don't you think?
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Yeah I do. And thanks for telling me.
You need to add the Tragedy tag to this ;)
I think you need to add a bit more foresight. I didn't know what was happening until half way through the story. Other then that it was good.
This is... greatly...