O, Dearest Friend

by Dumium


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We can’t forsake those who have already abandoned us,
For the act holds no meaning as thus.

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—And if a fiend is what they see in their protector and overseer, perhaps a fiend is what they should get!”

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I had to try and learn what had happened that made sister so furious and conspiratorial at and against me all of a sudden, as soon as possible.

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Few had been the times when I wouldn’t know how to act in difficult a situation.

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—as a terrible reality was revealed to me: I was to blame for all that would follow thenceforth.

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I was too busy on focusing on fighting in order to pay it any heed at first.

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I knew immediately to whom that voice belonged to, because it was the one my little ponies heard when the would come to me for guidance.

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But after suffering too much strain and injuries, I could no longer dismiss it, as its words were becoming—