It was a dark and starry night. It was gloomy to those who needed comfort. The moon was full. The fireflies danced. The bats fluttered in the air. Crickets were chirping. Yep, everything was quiet. The moonlight beamed down on Ponyville Cemetery. It was just filled with the remains of the dead. They all just stayed there. Though all this peace was about to be disturbed in a moment.
The gates were tall and closed, but two creatures were able to get inside. Due to the fact that one of them could float, they were able to get through the tall gates. Though they were light, they were very cautious to make sure that they didn’t attract any unwanted attention. They slipped through the graves as quiet as they can. They looked at the names one by one, until they finally found the one they were looking for.
Fluttershy
Bunny and Spike felt sadness again, but they had to shake it off to get ready. Bunny reached into her bag, and got the objects ready. She placed them all infront of the grave. Then, she lit and candle and her stripes glowed.
“You sure this works?” Spike asked.
Bunny nodded. “Spike, this will be a very painful process. When I do this, I’ll go to the Halloween Town of my Uncle Jack and reclaim Fluttershy’s soul. And I need you to do something for me, okay? If I start to scream in pain, don’t come near until the spell is done”
Spike nodded. “What does it feel like?”
“Like getting hit in the back with a sledgehammer ten times, and set on fire”
Spike shuddered at the thought.
Bunny then took a deep breath. She then began to chant as the candle danced.
Elementum repraesentat , non ad captum in tempore non tuo
De morte , vocavit vos etiam vivere
Bunny kept chanting the same phrase, her eyes turning completely white. The stripes’ color then transferred to the objects and grave, before engulfing them all in a light beam. Spike could only watch on as the alien went through her own process.
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Bunny opened her eyes to see that she was in a dark room. She looked down to see she was wearing the black dress and spider ribbon rested on her ear. She looked up again to see who she was looking for.
“Uncle Jack!”
Jack turned around to see his little niece. “Ah, Bunny, my horror niece! What brings you by?”
“Uncle Jack, I’m here to reclaim a soul. One that was taken when it was not her time”
“Oh, you mean your friend Fluttershy. Of course you can take her back”
“Thanks, uncle. Where is she?”
“This way, she’s waiting for you”
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Spike watched as Bunny began to cry in pain in between the chants. He then couldn’t help but notice that she was beginning to bleed in the nose and eyes.
C’mon, Bunny
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Skeleton Jack and Bunny kept walking on until they came across a mare. This one was yellow, pink maned, and was sobbing uncontrollably. Bunny recognized the soul anywhere.
“Fluttershy?”
Fluttershy turned around. What she found made her smile. “Bunny!” she said as she ran up and hugged the alien.
Bunny looked up at the soul of her Mistress, crying tears of joy. “Oh Fluttershy, I’ve missed you”
“I’ve missed you too, even though I’m dead”
“Well, now you can come back. I can bring you back”
Fluttershy beamed. “I can come back?”
Bunny nodded. “You just have to hold my paw tight, and we’ll go back to Equestria, and you can go back to your body”
“Will it hurt?”
“Only for me, but you won’t feel any pain”
“You’d do that for me?”
Bunny nodded. “Now take my paw” Fluttershy looked at Bunny’s outstretched paw. She bit her lip at first, but she took it. Bunny and Fluttershy bid Skeleton Jack farewell before a white light engulfed them.
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Spike was getting very worried now at what was happening to his friend. Bunny had already been bleeding too much now. And just when he thought things were about to get worse, Bunny inhaled deeply and fell to the ground. The glow from the objects and stripes flowed into the soil. A small butterfly landed on the grave, before becoming a symbol on the soil.
“It’s done” Bunny whispered, smiling.
Spike didn’t wait anymore; he ran over to the alien. “Oh! Are you okay? Bunny, speak to me! Say something! Are you a vegetable?”
Bunny opened her eyes to reveal they went back to normal. “I’M NOT A VEGETABLE!” she yelled out loud.
“Oh, thank goodness. Did it work?”
Rather than an answer, they heard muffled whimpers coming from the grave. Bunny got out of Spike’s arms and began to dig very fast and hard. She didn’t stop until she got to the coffin. There, she and Spike heard what sounded like somepony punching on the door. Bunny opened the coffin, and a yellow mare came out.
Fluttershy took a long deep breath before panting. “Oh my. That was one thing I’ll never get out of my head”
“Fluttershy, you’re alive!” Spike exclaimed as he jumped down to hug the Pegasus. “Oh, Twilight will be so happy”
“Mistress!” Bunny exclaimed as she hugged her too.
Fluttershy was in shock for one moment, before she hugged the duo. She then noticed something new: her thighs were healed and she looked as though she was never rotting at all.
“Bunny, how am I suddenly all healed?”
“The spell heals the cause of death and makes sure your rotting is taken away”
“Well, that’s good”
“Uh, shouldn’t we go find Twilight now? She’s practically crying” Spike chimed in.
“Oh my goodness!” Fluttershy exclaimed at the thought. “Twilight!”
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Twilight sobbed into her pillow. She had a dream about Fluttershy that caused her to wake up. Now, she was just upset that those things could never happen again. She just knew it. Fluttershy is dead and she couldn’t do anything about it. She loved her, now she’s gone. She’s gone and she’s never coming back.
She didn’t notice that three beings just entered her room.
“Twilight?” Bunny called out.
“Leave me be, Bunny!” Twilight sobbed.
“Dream about Fluttershy again?” Spike asked.
Twilight then sobbed hysterically. “FLUTTERSHY!”
Bunny and Spike then looked over to the yellow mare. She was just standing there, staring at the sight. Twilight really missed her, and she missed Twilight. She longed to see Twilight again after she died, and now she can. Fluttershy didn’t hesitate to step forward.
When she was right beside Twilight, she could hear what the Alicorn was trying to say.
“Flutters…I’m…sorry…I’m so sorry”
Fluttershy couldn’t take it anymore. She gently placed a hoof on Twilight’s back. “There now, Twilight. Don’t cry”
Twilight perked up at that sound. It can’t be. She turned around to see a familiar face. One she hadn’t seen in a whole month. “Fluttershy?”
“I’ve missed you, Twilight” Fluttershy smiled.
Twilight felt the mare’s face. No, this isn’t a dream. This was real. She then wrapped her hooves around the Pegasus, crying tears of joy.
“Fluttershy, you’re alive! But how?”
“Bunny found a spell” the mare pointed to the alien.
“Painful, but worth it” Bunny rubbed her head.
“Thank you, Bunny” Twilight then turned back to her marefriend. “I missed you so much, Fluttershy”
“I missed you too” Fluttershy said before she pulled Twilight in for a kiss, which the mare accepted.
Bunny covered her eyes again as Spike led her out to give the couple some privacy.
Spike told Bunny to take her paws off now. “You did well”
“Thank you” Bunny yawned. “But now, I’m tired”
“Would you like me to read you a story?”
“If I fall asleep on your shoulder again, please put me on my own bed”
“Like you had to ask”