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// III - Rebirth 
// Story: Together 
// by Alfoals Trottenbauer 
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She heard hoofsteps in the distance. They became progressively louder. A figure started to appear. It was dark grey, with a black mane and tail with red tips. It slowly became more recognizable. It was Ace!

"Twily!" He exclaimed.

"Ace!" She almost squealed.

They embraced, standing on their hind legs. He was very short of breath.

"Twily... I think... I think I just died." She felt him shudder.

"You did! how are you back?" She questioned.

"I... I Don't know..." He answered, terribly confused.

They trotted the opposite direction to where they were, in the hopes of finding their way out. Although it was to no avail as the walls had closed with them in it. Ace had finally caught his breath when Equestria suddenly reappeared, still frozen. They trotted to Ponyville to see if anypony hadn't been frozen. The paths were completely empty, devoid of any ponies at all. They galloped to Twilight's library. Everything above the first floor had crumbled, rotting. The papers were everywhere. An old cup of tea from Sugarcube Corner had been replaced with blue mold, the mold washed out of the cup onto the table it was on. A paper by the door read 'HELP ME' In scabbed-over blood.

Twilight was severely depressed about her library being in complete shambles. 

"Ace, How are we ever going to get things back to the way they were?" She asked.

"I haven't the slightest clue." He replied.

They left the library and trotted over to the other half of it. They saw multiple fragments of purple and green. Two shards of what looked to be green slit-pupil eyes were among the rubble. It seemed that a frozen Spike had been shattered from the library's collapse.

"Sp-Spike?" Twilight stuttered, trembling. "C-Celestia help us!" She shrieked.

"Calm down, Twi. I'm sure that Spike will be alright after we fix this." Ace attempted to calm her, a hoof on her shoulder, although it failed miserably.

"You're... Sure!?" She exclaimed as she pushed his leg off of her. "Sure, we can fix this." She pointed to Spike's shards. "Sure we can fix this." She ranted on her hind legs, waving the front two toward the sky.

"Calm down, Twilight, please." He pleaded.

"Do you expect me to calm down when everything is wrong with the world!?" She continued.

"No, but I expect you to take responsibility in fixing what has been wronged, instead of yelling at nothing." He asserted coldly.

Twilight glared at him.

"Now come on, let's go try to fix this." He asked.

"...Alright." Twilight answered.