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// shadows of heroes 
// Story: Meet OliveDrab 
// by OliveDrab 
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Olive never made it out of the Everfree forest. The Wonderbolts went into the forest after hearing commotion and roaring. When they finally found Olives dad he was barely holding on.
The manticore was dead buried under a pile of rubble near the remains of Olives pack. After Olive charged into the forest to save his father the manticore struck his father fatally. Olive rushed to his fathers side and tryed to save him but it was useless. Olive could only live if his father died. Olive wasn't ready to accept those terms. In his heroism he noticed a group of rocks that he could cause a landslide with. With his wing injured he couldn't fly up to trigger it so he acted as bait whistling for the manticore to come his way and once it was upon him he threw his pack at the rocks crushing the manticore and himself.
I was escorted by the guard to speak with his dying father at the scene of the incident. "he's safe now, watching from above." Were the last words his father ever spoke. Among the pack were the books I gave him, stationary he used to write me with, and a worn photo of me.
His memorial service was large. Many politicians and Guards attended. He was deemed a hero for rescuing the Wonderbolt in the valley and for giving his last full measure of devotion protecting an officer in the royal guard. I received his medal because I was the closest thing he had to family. His mother jumped from Cloudsdale upon his abandonment taking her own life. They never recovered his remains. All I have of him now is the final letter he wrote to me that I received in the forest. "Dear Twilight, I have made it to my final destination maybe now I can live on in peace. You cant leave your studies but I wish you were here with me its wonderful. Love, Olive Drab." Even now I can still hear him call out to me, but perhaps its just a fading echo of things that were never meant to be.