Crunch, crunch, crunch...!
There was no stopping, no end to this noise as Applebloom raced through the Everfree Forest, crushing leaves under her as she called Scootlaoo's name so loud that her throat began to ache. That didn't stop her from calling her friends name out, however. So deep into the forest, Applebloom had about a millions thoughts racing through her mind at this point, all of them about Scootaloo.
Will ah be fast enough?
Was this my fault?
Could ah have stopped this?
Should ah have payed more attention to her?
I miss her so much..
It had begun to rain down hard, Applebloom's mane falling flat and getting tangled up, her bow chipping off as she got it caught in a tree branch while sliding under it. She looked like a mess, her hair was in her eyes, but that didn't stop her, nothing could at this moment. All she wanted was to see Scootaloo again, to hug her and tell her how wrong she was, that she WAS worth something, that she wouldn't ever be considered dead weight, that she was important.
With hope and determination in her eyes, Applebloom could see the Castle of the Two Sisters come into view, charging forward even harder. Her legs were so worn out, her chest felt like it was on fire, every breath she took burned her lungs, her eyes felt dry and began to water due to this, but she kept on going, despite her pain. She wondered if she was to blame, if maybe she could have prevented this if she had just talked to Scootaloo more and tried to understand her side of things.
It had only dawned upon her now, the full consequences of her actions if she had failed to catch her friend in time. Without Scootaloo, their trio would be no more, what would Rainbow Dash say? She would be heart broken, even though Rainbow Dash seemed distant with Scootaloo, she knew that Rainbow had cared for the orange pegasus a lot and even looked at her like a little sister. She would be heart broken if Scootaloo killed herself!
"Ah've gotta make it, I CAN MAKE IT!" She repeated to herself, teeth clenched hard as she powered through her discomfort.
~POV Switch~
Breath in, breath out...
"Its gonna be okay now, i'll be better after this. It has to be done." A light orange mare whispered to herself, it was Scootaloo.
Her heart felt as if it would beat out of her chest at any moment now.. everything seemed to be so still, so calm.. and yet it felt like it was going so fast. She realized that these would be her final moments. She would dive off of this cliff side, she would land hard into the ground, she would probably feel each and every one of her bones snap at once... and then she would be gone. Dead. Finished. She was scared that it would hurt, but it was too late to back out of it now.
Taking a deep breath, she stepped closer to the edge of the cliff, looking down. Since it was dark, there wasn't much to see but a seemingly endless void of black. She could feel the cold call of death grasping out at her. She knew she was ready now. Closing her eyes softly, she thought one last time about this all. Her throat felt like it was being scratched out from holding back tears.
"Goodbye..." She whispered, taking one last step forward that sent her falling off the cliff and into the darkness.
She could feel the wind swarming past her as she fell. Stretching her front hooves forward and opening out her wings, she imagined herself in Cloudsdale. She was flying side-by-side with Rainbow Dash, the wind flowing through both of their manes as they sped past the finish line of the race, ponies in a nearby crowd cheering and screaming her name. Rainbow had stopped flying, now watching in amazement as Scootaloo flew faster and faster, so fast in fact that she had... preformed the Sonic Rainboom!
She imagined the loud boom of the stunt, the ponies cheering her name even louder than before. She looked back, and she could see Applebloom and Sweetiebelle jumping up and down with excitement, she could see her mother and father crying tears of joy as they watched their daughter do something great.. and then, just when she thought it couldn't get any better, she saw Rainbow Dash, her idol, her hero, fly up in front of her, a proud smirk on her face as she said the words she'd always wanted to hear her star to say..
"I'm so proud of you, Scoots! You've come so far.."
Thats all she wanted to hear, thats all she had ever wanted, for somepony to be proud of her, to care about her- to make her feel "worth it."
Opening her eyes again, she looked down at the ground that would soon be crashing into her. It didn't scare her anymore, she accepted her fate. For now, she just wanted to enjoy the sensation of the cool wind underneath her forever defective wings. She knew nothing could save her now, even if she wanted to stop her death, she couldn't fly out or call for help. This was the end. Scootaloo smiled, hot tears pouring from her eyes that soon streamed away from her as she glided down to her death faster. She only wished that she wouldn't die alone..
"SCOOTALOO!" The scream of a familiar pony shook her from her thoughts, causing her to look back. She only saw the silhouette of what seemed to be a large bow on a mare that looked down on her now. The mare was screaming her name, seeming to know her.
"A-Applebloo-" Scootaloo couldn't finish her sentence, for her body now slamming into the cold hard ground neck first interrupting her. All at once, Scootaloo felt the sudden crack and snap of her neck both dislocating and breaking, her orbital almost instantly getting crushed. That was the last thing she heard before her eyes became cloudy... and her world went dark.