Break
Celestia rubs her temples, as she stares into Luna’s eyes, in full despair and nervousness. She was holding a slip of paper, which was folded to cover the writing inside.
“I-I, just can’t believe it, Luna. Sure, she did horrible things, but she didn’t deserve this. Not like this.”
“I know it’s hard for you, but it is the truth. She did it to herself. She was the one who chose her path. And there’s nothing you can do about it, Celestia. You know that.”
Celestia’s eyes suddenly became blurry, filled with tears. She wipes them off and sits up straight, looking back down at Luna.
“I suppose your right, Now, we have an announcement to deliver.”
Luna nods. And together, they leave the principals office, straight to the Rainboom’s class.
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Back at the classroom, RD opens up her phone under the desk, checking the barrage of texts she sent the last 2 days.
“Hey, do you guys know what happened to Sunset? She hasn’t even seen my messages.”
The other 5 shrugs.
“Mine too. She’s been incognito since Friday last week. Since today’s Monday, that means it has been 3 days now.” Fluttershy replies.
AJ gives a glance at Fluttershy. “Let’s just hope she’s okay. Maybe she’s in a situation or somethin’.”
RD was the first to respond. “If she’s in a situation, then she would’ve called us for help! But this time, it’s nothing. No text, no calls, no nothing. Something’s wrong with her, and we have to find out what.”
Immediately as she says her sentence, Principal Celestia enters the classroom, with Vice Principal Luna beside her. RD quickly hides her phone inside her track’s pocket.
“Good morning, class. Now, I’m only here to give some news, and it’s not long.”
Everybody stares at her, awaiting the news.
“It appears, that one of our students...” she says, as her eyes begin to fill up, again.
“Has left us.”
Shock begins to flood inside the student’s system.
They all couldn’t believe it.
Somebody died.
Somebody. Died.
“And the student, is Sunset Shimmer.”
“Cause of death, suicide.”
“We found her yesterday, at her home.”
For a full second, the Rainbooms were stunned. Their best friend, Sunset Shimmer, the Sunset Shimmer, has left them for good. The one, who had beaten Midnight, the one who had saved Everfree from impending doom, the one, who cared most about them, is dead.
Dead by her own hands.
“The funeral is set at 3 pm, in which all students are dismissed from school. Everybody is allowed to attend.
To her surprise, it was Twilight who shed the first tear.
“You can’t be serious, Principal Celestia! Sunset wouldn’t have committed suicide! I know she wouldn’t!!”
“What Twilight said is right. No way, our friend, our goddamn friend, for fuck’s sake, would have done something like that to herself!” AJ added. The other students look at her in tears.
“I know what you all are handling is har-“ Celestia says, just before Rarity cuts her short.
“Hard!? HARD!? This is a monstrosity! Our friend, just killed herself, mind you, and your calling this HARD?! ARE YOU FUCKING OUT OF YOUR MIND?!”
Fluttershy look’s over to Rarity, her eyes already flooding with tears. “C-Calm down, Rarity, let her finish.”
“Thank you, Fluttershy. As I was saying, I know what you all are handling is hard, but it is the truth. There’s nothing you can do about it, girls. It’s already happened.”
The Rainbooms look at each other’s broken faces, hoping whatever Principal Celestia just said, wasn’t true.
Of course it was.
Nonetheless, none of them didn’t believe it.
None of them wanted to.
“D-Did she said goodbye? Like, a note, or something?” said Pinkie Pie.
“Unfortunately, no.”
And, just like that, she left.
Without a saying.
A conclusion without an end.
A formal end.
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It’s now 3 pm.
The funeral.
The girls all wore black outfits, each bringing a white flower, which supposedly meant the flower of purity.
All of them went to funeral, located at the Canterlot Cemetery. They all said their goodbyes and left their flowers and gifts at the grave, as a symbol of goodbye. The last goodbye.
A goodbye Sunset never gave.
Of course, tears flowed through every single person, as they watched the grave which held the remains of Sunset. They gave hugs to each other, and filled some inspiration for the Rainbooms. Sure, it patched up some of the pain, but not fully. They still felt the emptiness inside of their soul. The emptiness that will never leave them. That will always haunt them, no matter where they go, or how attached their friendship becomes.
In a way, her death had became a wake up call to everybody. To respect and treat everybody equally. To always remember, that even if somebody had a bad history, or a bad personality, for that matter, he or she will always deserve life. No matter the negativity.
After the funeral, the Rainbooms had a small talk with each other. Of course, it was small, since none of them wanted to talk.
They were all too broken to talk.
“S-so, y’all got somethin’ to say to Sunset, before, y’know, we leave?” AJ speaks up.
None of them answered. They all had already said their own goodbyes, and, of course, their personal things. They had nothing left to tell. They spilled everything to her.
All except Twilight.
“I do, actually.”
She immediately walks up to the gravestone, and holds it tightly, with her head looking down on the dirt. The girls back up a little, in order to give her some personal space. Her eyes suddenly became a flowing river, with tears dripping out of it.
“Sunset, I know you can’t hear me, but I have something to tell you.” she says, stumbling on her words.
“I-I, I loved you.”
“I loved you more than anything I’ve ever imagined before. You were my guide, and will always be. Ever since you saved me from Midnight, I’ve always been so in to you.”
“You had power, you had passion, and most importantly, you had courage. Courage to move on, and leave your past behind.”
“I even thought to myself, if I can propose you to be my wife. Sure, it is bisexual, but I didn’t care. I was just so in to you.”
“And now, I can’t do anything. I’m so sorry, Sunset. If I was a little early, I would’ve had the chance. Now, I don’t. Just because of my dumb hesitation.”
“You know, I’ve wondered, what caused you to do this to yourself. Was it because of our friendship? Was it because of your fear, whether you wouldn’t meet our expectations or not? Or was it because of your fear, you’ll turn evil again?”
She hesitates.
“Whatever it was, you did what you thought was best.”
“And I’m proud of that.”
She lets go of the gravestone, with a heavy heart.
“Goodbye, Sunset Shimmer.”
“You will never be forgotten.”
She pauses for a second, before continuing.
“You have my word on that.”