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// November 2020: The Tree of Life (Prompt: A Song I Remember) 
// Story: Fluttercheer's "Everypony is important." Flashfic Anthology 
// by Fluttercheer 
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Sweetie Belle stared at the massive, menacing tree in the distance, from tear-filled eyes. "D-Does it still sing?" She turned around at her companion. "I-It used to sing, didn't it?" Sweetie Belle choked.
He looked at her from empty, shocked eyes. "Yes. Before it died." He turned away, unable to look at her any longer.
Sweetie Belle gasped. The tears began to flow down her face. "But..... But..... I-It's the song I remember. The only thing that's left..... Will I never hear it again?"
As no answer came from her companion, she turned back at the tree, frantic and in agony. Her eyes sought a sign of hope, but there was none. Only dead, brown leaves rustling in the wind.
"Y-You weren't supposed to kill it..... I-It was the Tree of Life. Now everything will fall apart....."
A sob left her throat. The wind carried it to the fallen warden.