What do you do when the world ends around you?
Twilight Sparkle decides to write a poem.

On this day, every year, Pinkie sits at the crossroads and waits for her.

Image by DawnAllies of deviantART

Every night, in a little stable just outside of town, an old mare lays down to sleep. And every night she has the same dream of rainbows and open sky...

They can stare for… a really long time.

"How can I die easily knowing I never got my Cutie Mark?"

Cover Image by 13light on DeviantArt and preread by MagnumOpai and Neogreenyew

After a terrible accident in the Everfree Forest, Twilight and company must face life without their shiest friend. But when a mysterious message arrives from Zecora, offering them hope of seeing her again, just what consequences await their attempts to bring her back from the dead?

Originally published on Equestria Daily August 29th, 2011.