//------------------------------// // It is Finished // Story: The Final Wish // by xd77 //------------------------------// Kyle's news about Celestia getting worse with her memory fading had been sadly confirmed, because it had gotten to the point of where she was now on the verge of it. Luckily enough, Nathan and Kyle had managed to bring up a church choir, friends, their old orphanage leaders, local townspeople, and everypony that really loved her. The time had come, Zodiac and Luna walked outside of the retirement home with a dying Celestia in her bed, her senior adult body lying helpless on her pillow awake, but a bit barely. As Zodiac walked out with her, she was greeted by Cinnamon Swirl, who wanted to participate in this event as well because she had made a very special flag she had told Celestia was made for her, and she was very pleased with it, and it was going to be hung on an abandoned flag pole that the nursing home had not used in years. But, out of respect, the nursing home gave them permission to use it. "Everypony's here, Celestia." she said, "You've got your own personal choir, my mom, my dad, old Mrs. Red Rose. We got Mr. Sherbet, the Apple family, Nathan's church choir, a bunch of teachers from my school and his, even my principal. I've gotta get the flag for the flag pole." As Celestia stared at the unused flag pole, someone from the crowd that came to support her spoke up, it was Luke. "Celestia, your friends, your neighbors, and especially your sister and son, are proud to present in your honor, and to the glory of God, the world premiere of the 151st Psalm." Luke then turned around to see Nathan with his wife Apple Bloom, his sisters Skyla and Flurry Heart, and Kyle, who was holding a guitar strapped around him, Kyle started tuning up his guitar and playing it as Nathan started singing....... "All the colors of the rainbow, "all the voices of the wind." "Every dream that reaches out," "reaches out to find where love began." "Every word of every story," "every star in every sky," "every corner of creation, lives to testifyyyyyyyyy." As the choir group started vocalizing, Luke stood on a wooden box and directed them using a conductor's baton as Apple Bloom, Skyla, and Flurry Heart joined in with Nathan in signing. "For as long as Ah' shall live," "Ah' will testify to love," "Ah'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough." with every breath Ah' take, Ah' will give thanks to God above," "for as long as Ah' shall live, Ah' will testify to looooooove." As drums started playing, Cinnamon walked over levitating the folded flag she had made for Celestia and gave it to her father who then turned towards the unused flag pole and started unfolding it carefully. "From the mountains to the valleys," "from the rivers to the seas." Celestia softly looked at the group then looked at the flag pole as well. "Every hand that reaches out," "every hand that reaches out to offer peace." Once the flag was unfolded fully, Cinnamon's father slowly used his magic from his horn to position the rope upward until it reached the top. Once it was fully on the top of the pole, the flag fully read with beautiful sewn lettering CELESTIA LIVES HERE and she could not be more happy as Luna blew the flag with her breath. "Every simple act of mercy," Zodiac stared at the flag with sadness while Cinnamon was picked up, held, and kissed by her dad. "Every step to kingdom come." "All the hope in every heart," "will speak what love has donnnnnnnneeeeeee." "It is finished now." Celestia said to Luna as she nodded her head at her, while Nathan and the others continued to sing, Zodiac turned his attention to his mother, knelt down to her position as Celestia turned her head to him with a look that she was about to go. "For as long as Ah' shall live, "Ah' will testify to love." "Ah'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough." "Yes, it is finished." said Zodi. "You're going too?" she asked as her eyes lidded halfway. "Yeah." said Zodi as he rubbed his mother's cheek, she then started to gently tilt her head back as Zodi watched with tears in his eyes. "For as long as I shall live," "I will testify to love." Celestia's hoof then flopped down onto the wooden deck floor, indicating she was now dead as Nathan and the rest of the group continued singing. While they did, Luna levitated a notebook that Celestia had kept as a treasure trove of things she had written, and on the last page contained a list of what she wanted the day she died. Eight of these requests had been scratched off, but one remained and it read...... "9. Go to Heaven" With tears in her eyes as well, Luna levitated a pencil and scratched it off. Meanwhile, Nathan, was comforting his wife and sisters as they cried over this while the rest of the crowd continued singing, Cinnamon was crying too as her dad comforted her. Suddenly, they all looked up to see a white dove perched on top of Celestia's corpse, it cooed and flew off from the building and passed the flag. As this dove flew, the flag then changed from "Celestia Lives Here" to "Celestia Lived Here", Nathan continued to huddle his closest ones together as they all cried, but Nathan knew that this dove that flew away was the soul of Princess Celestia flying to Heaven. On the outskirts of Canterlot, the statue that held Tirek and Chrysalis was covered in vines and leaves as it had been untouched for many moons. A zoom in would show a light taking shape and causing part of the statue to crack open, and it showed Tirek's hand moving, meaning something or someone had managed to give them another opportunity for a plot of magic theft.