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// Extract from Twilight Sparkle's diary; Entry dated 03/11/1020 
// Story: Monument 
// by Equimorto 
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I have seen the life I could have had. I have seen the friends I could have made. I've seen a world where Shining was alive, where I became the Princess's student, where I became a hero. I have watched an entire lifetime before my eyes that could have been mine, and I have almost walked this world. I could see her there, walking through the crowd. Princess Twilight Sparkle. There's no Spire in this world.

I feel myself fading. The dream calls to me. The light will soon swallow me again. I'll miss these ponies, even though they were not friends of my own.

I feel myself forgetting. I can't tell the life I had apart from the one I watched. The song is telling me it'll soon be time for me to go home. It all seems so far ago.

It's not a gateway. It's a window. It was my prison. It won't be my tomb.

I'm leaving this life behind. I leave this Twilight happy. That's all I need to know.

The Spire is singing.