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// Best friend 
// Story: Life in Ponyville 
// by Arosis 
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	The Sun had set a while ago and Everypony else had already left. Only two of us stayed here, only you and me.
I still think of that terrible moment when we found you lying lifeless beneath our favorite apple tree.
We always lie down after hard work under those old branches just resting for a while, remember? Me with my back leaned against its rough bark and you with your head resting in my lap. I stroked your hair and together we were listening quietly to the whispers of wind in treetops.
It’s strange that we lived through many adventures together, but I prefer to remember those moments than any other else. I regret that those times will never return.
We buried you here on a small hill in the very center of our Sweet Apple Acres so you can watch those places you loved most …
I’m sorry for those tears, but I miss you already. I know I should be stronger like you taught me when I was lost in grief after my parents’ death. That day we actually met for the first time. Two lonely souls wandering through Everfree Forest. We immediately became friends and have remained faithful to the very end. I don’t know what I’d do without you …
What the hay! Those tears again? What would others think about me if they saw me like that? Good thing they're gone already, huh?
But even I was surprised by the number of ponies who came here this evening to bid you farewell.
Apple Bloom and Big Mac stayed longest of course. Both of them miss you greatly. Granny Smith would surely come too, but she is very old now and her legs are not what they used to be, but I’m sure you know that.
Our friends were there naturally too. From Twilight to Pinkie. There were even some other ponies.
We would miss you here at Sweet Apple Acres and before I said final farewell I would like to give you something.

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Applejack took of her stetson hat and placed it on a little grave at her hooves.     
“Goodbye Winona,” she whispered to the night. “And thanks for being an awesome friend.”