The new day finally came and they all had to leave, but they made sure that the bodies would receive the proper funeral, all of them, even Flash Sentry.
It was quite a nice funeral, and the whole entire kingdom came to see the body of Luna as it was put into the coffin and then not buried in the ground, but instead was sent off into space and whether to went to the moon or the sun or a star no pony knew, but Celestia said it is what her sister would have wanted.
And then the time came for them to say their final words of remembrance.
“I didn’t always treat my sister the way that I should have,” Celestia began, “And as most of you know that caused her to rebel, but despite all her faults and falls, I still loved her even if she thought that I didn’t care for her.
But no matter what happened between us we always were together, but now we’re not, and now I have no idea what will happen to us or to her either.
Is she in a happy place that’s better? I don’t know, but I hope so, and I have to have faith in that otherwise I’ll just crumble under my emotions, and I cannot let that happen, I will not allow that. But know this, I will be and remain strong with your help and all the help and support and love of my friends. But I will also not let her die in vain or ever be forgotten again, when you look up in the moon tonight don’t think about me raising it, think about my sister, whenever you see the stars think of my sister, when the night and darkness and shadows come, think of my sister, think of all the good that she did, and think about how much that she failed in, but also how many times she was forgiven too.
Any pony can be forgiven of their mistakes and falls are just a part of ignorance and no matter what they did it can be passed through with help, hope, faith, and love, and perhaps maybe even your friends. So my little ponies, always remember the night, always remember the stars, akways remember the moon.
Always remember my sister.”
And with that said she stopped and then the crowd clapped politely.
Then the next one to go up was Twilight Sparkle.
“I didn’t know Luna as well as Celestia, but I still did understand her, and although I may not know the names of every pony who died today, Celestia does, she told me so before she went up to talk, she just forgot to mention that, but now I can remember their names because she can remember and care, and so can I, and what are their names you ask? Well let me tell you even though you probably already know, they were Vinyl Scratch, Octavia Melody, Sweetie Drops, Lyra Heartstrings, Roseluck, Moondancer, Lemon Cake, Carrot Top, Minuette, and Finally Flash Sentry. And I knew some of these ponies, and even if I didn’t know them that well they still meant something to some pony out there, did they have friends, family? I don’t know for all of them, but I can say yes for some of them, but they all did have hopes and dreams, and they all had ideas and thoughts that they wanted to share even if they couldn’t ever do so.
And their loss is going to affect Equestria for a long time, so remember them too, they didn’t die in vain if you will remember them, and though they may have died out of pure spite and hatred and anger and fury and wrath, we will still love them for who they were and what they stood for always.
So that’s my message to you I guess, always remember the real heroes.”
And with that said the crowd applauded again and she stepped down to make room for the next pony who was Rarity as it turned out to be then.
“These ponies all had very beautiful special talents and faces, and I am sure that Equestria will indeed mourn the loss of such beauty, that is all.”
And with that said the crowd applauded at her very short speech as the next pony went up to the stand, and it was Rainbow Dash who now spoke.
“Look,” she said, “I don’t know what to say here at all really exactly, but I do know that Flash Sentry, he was loyal and brave until the end, and that always counts for something, and I’m sure that Equestria has lost a great hero.”
And with that said she flew off leaving the stand to Applejack as the crowd applauded, and after they finished she started to speak up.
“I honestly don’t know what to say either, I didn’t really know these ponies either, but I just want to say that I hope they were happy before they died, and in the end that’s all that any pony can really ask for, to die
happy.”
And with that said she stepped off leaving the stage to Fluttershy.
“Um, I don’t really want to speak,” she said in front of the huge big wide vast crowd, “But I just wanted to say that I believe that they were all very kind.”
And with that said she left leaving the stage to the last speaker, Star Swirl.
“What makes a hero?” he said, “I have heard many say and speak of great heroes, but what really makes one? Is it their principles, their morals, their values, or is it perhaps maybe their motivation, their drive, their dreams, their passion? I guess that you could say a hero is a bit of all of these, because they will never give up on any of their dreams or passions, and they will make their thoughts and ideas happen, in that regard you could say a villain is a hero, but they’re not, and that’s because a villain is one we see as potentially harmful to society thus creating a negative effect and result. But the truth is that there is no such thing as a hero or villain, there’s just ponies doing what they think is good because somehow in some strange mysterious way they believe that what they are doing is right, and that’s why there’s no such thing as an objective good or evil, because they are based upon our thoughts and ideas and actions and they change when our perception of reality changes. Because you see ‘heroes’ and ‘monsters’ and ‘villains’, they’re all made into what they are, they aren’t ever born that way, they’re formed and shaped into something terrible.
But we still do nothing to change that, we don’t change how we think or act or what we say, so the real question here is this, who is the real monster here, them or us? For if we do not change, how can we expect them to ever do that?
So next time before you act, think, and then choose very wisely.”
And with that said he went to sat down as the crowd applauded politely.
And then the time came for the rest of the bodies in the coffins to be lowered into their place in the ground with magic, and then every pony tossed in a bit of dirt and then the rest was filled in with magic and shovels.
And soon enough they were all buried and then every pony left very slowly to go home, but as for the group who fought Nightmare Shadow, they didn’t really know where to go so instead they went to the Canterlot Gardens to watch the fountains spray up their majestic glorious water. And as they watched they slowly all began to have an idea of where they wanted to go now and what to do next, but they didn’t speak it because of some unspoken arrangement however. Star Swirl wanted to teach and not be isolated and alone anymore.
Twilight just wanted to go home and read some books until she was over the death of Flash, but she knew that she couldn’t do that, but perhaps maybe she would teach too, she still wasn’t sure what to do yet exactly.
Celestia wanted to eat some cake and mourn and weep, but there would be some other royal regal matters to deal with when she got back, how annoying.
And so every pony left each other in silence one by one until it was just Star Swirl who was left there to contemplate the beauty and gift of life and the wonder of the sight before him, and then he too eventually left.