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// Last 
// Story: With Heart and Sword 
// by FALG 
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When it was 7 PM I met with Fluttershy at the castle's entrance.
"Hey there, you ready?" I called
She nodded, and we parted off.

After a while that we got to the restaurant and that we ordered our food, Fluttershy looked sad. I asked her what's wrong, but she just said she was fine.
"C'mon Fluttershy, there is something bothering you, I can feel it."
"Please Flare I'm fine" she insisted, looking away.
"It's because of the little time I have left?" I guessed.
She looked at me askance, I guessed right.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't worry about that, but I just can't help it Flare; now that I was starting to open my heart to somepony, I'm about to lose him because of a strange situation." she explained.
"But there are plenty of colts out there waiting for somepony like you Fluttershy. You just have to search for them."
"I don't know, you know I'm not very sociable; and I just can't expect for every colt to take the iniciative to talk to me, what if they don't like me?"
"There will be colts who will, and those who won't. Fluttershy I can guarantee you, that you won't be alone your whole life; there will be colts (or mares, who knows) that will make your heart race at the first sight, or after some time of knowing them." I assured her.
"Maybe but, what if I don't want that to happen?" she said "What if the pony I want to spend my life with is no longer in it?"  she accidentally hinted.
I looked at her confused, was I really making a big impact on this pony? I mean, sure, I had kissed her before, but sometimes things can take a 180º turn.
"Fluttershy, are you...?"
"Sorry, this is wrong, all wrong" she snapped and left the table. I followed her but a waiter stopped me.
"Yeah I know what you're telling me but I don't have time" I grabbed a pouch full of bits and emptied it's content in his pocket "keep the change." I told him and rushed outside.

I looked around, Fluttershy was nowhere to be seen, so I ran through the streets looking for her. I found her near an alley, on the floor.
I tapped my hoof to the wall to make her know of my presence.
"Fluttershy! What was that back there?" I asked a bit angry.
She looked at me, there were tears coming down from her face.
"Why did you do this? Why did you want to take me out on your last day?!" she yelled back.
I didn't respond.
"Why did you tell me you like me after all this started? Now I have to deal with your departing, but I just can't do it!"
I kept silent for another while, her crying was the only thing I was hearing.
"Listen Fluttershy" I said while sitting next to her "I didn't want any of this to happen, but it happened. I told you I like you because if I didn't say it, I'd have to take it with me forever, so I took the chance to tell you on the train." I explained.

"I told you to search for other ponies for you to forget me, as my time was very limited here on Earth." I kept explaining.
I took a deep breath before resuming "And this dinner with you, it has been selfish on my part, I can see that now; but" I paused "I only wanted to share the last moments of my life with you."
She stopped sobbing, and looked at me.
"You are a pony I really care for Fluttershy, I wouldn't picture my life without you, be it as a friend or something else."
We kept looking at each other for a while.

"Well well lookie here the two lovebirds!" a voice came from the alley.



Fluttershy jumped out and got behind me.
"Who is it? What do you want?" I asked looking at the darkness.
"C'mon my friend, don't tell me you forgot about me? It's been a week since we last met, you can't forget something that easily." the voice implied. It was awfully familiar.
"Fluttershy?" I called the pegasus behind me "isn't he...?"
"...the pony we helped back in Ponyville?" she finished the question.
I heard a few clops coming from the shadows, and a pony showed up.

It was the shadowed pony from before, and this time he was hooded.
"It's been a while friends" he said
"What are you doing here?" I asked him
"Looking to restore some self-esteem you took away from my buddies last week." he replied, and instantly kicked me.
I've been sent flying a few paces out of the alley before falling on my back.
"Hey! What is wrong with you?! We helped you back in Ponyville!" I yelled.
"Oh yes you did help me, but now there is no need of your help now; I finally found my way to solve everything on my life" he said with a smile.
"Please sir..." stepped in Fluttershy from behind him.
"Don't bother trying that on me again sweetie" he said while shoving her towards a wall in the alley, and Fluttershy fell to the ground.

"Fluttershy!" I looked at the unknown pony "Please leave her alone." I pleaded.
"Oh sure, we'll leave her alone" he scoffed "after beating you dead and having some fun with her." he finished with the most disgusting grin I could have seen.
"WHY YOU...	" I raised from the ground.
"I would think twice before doing something fella" he said while levitating a knife.

"You are a unicorn" I said
"What gave you the hint?" he mocked.
"Please, you know you don't want to do this."
He looked away a bit, and looked at me again.
"Nah, I actually want to do this. So if you don't want to get hurt you better turn away." he told me.
The other two were approaching the dizzy Fluttershy.
"Please leave her go, she has nothing to do with this."
"You keep thinking that? She is in this as much as you do. You two made me lose the confidence the last time, it won't happen again!" he snapped.

Out of reaction I half-moon kicked him in the face with my right hind leg, making him lose the concentration on the knife and letting it fall. I took advantage of the surprise and with the same leg made a roundhouse kick, again to the face. I pushed him against a wall and kept punching him.
The other two left Fluttershy alone, and now headed towards me to help his partner. I threw the one in my grasp against the other two, making them fall.

The three got up and surrounded me.
"Bad idea boy, bad idea" the unicorn said to me.
"You never know if it was a bad idea, until it shows an outcome." I replied.
He was in front of me, so one of the other two grabbed me from behind, leaving me defenseless.
"Will you now say it was a bad idea?" the one grabbing me said.
And the unicorn started punching me in the stomach, leaving me with less and less air with each hit; until they left me fall.
"Guess this is where you die partner" the unicorn said while levitating the knife from before.
I was doomed, as the knife was drawing nearer the unicorn mocked:
"Once we take care of you, we're gonna have some fun with your friend."

I don't remember what happened the next moment, but I do remember that after that I had him pinned down to the ground punching him ferociously. I had his face raised a little so that with each punch his scruff would hit the floor.
Once he wasn't moving anymore, I made sure he was really unconscious: I turned his face to the ground and slammed it with a force I wasn't aware I had.
I looked at the other two behind me, but they weren't there anymore, I assumed they got scared and ran away. But I noticed something else, they weren't actually afraid of their partner being beaten up to unconsciousness.

The light in my rear has grown brighter, with even more pain than the last time.
I approached Fluttershy limping as soon as I saw the light. I shook her to wake her up, she fainted when she got hit to the wall.
When she regained conciousness and saw the light, she hugged me.
"This is it, right?" she asked.
"Fluttershy I have to tell you something." I said.
She listened.
"It doesn't matter where I am; be it another dimension, or the afterlife, or Celestia knows where. But I will give my life for your well being."
The stabbing pain became stronger. The light has started to surround me.
"I will risk my life for yours, no matter how or where. Whenever this light takes me, I will still ensure your well being."
"How?" She simply asked, crying, her voice was sounded lower.
I grabbed her hooves and made her look at me.
"When it comes to love, nothing is impossible."

Then the light shone even brighter, I was levitated from the ground. I could hear Fluttershy scream, calling me, but she sounded far.

I closed my eyes, expecting the inevitable.



I'll never see her again. But I don't care as long as she is okay. She is somepony to fight for, I'd fight against Death itself to ensure that she is okay. I'll protect her with my life, even in death.

When it comes to love, nothing is impossible.

Absolutely nothing.