//------------------------------// // Did she actually!? // Story: Life after Death // by Weisted Machine //------------------------------// Green scenery filled the view, the tree tops blocked out the suns rays from beating down onto the mare. Octavia saw through the eyes of her marefriend, and watched in awe as Vinyl trotted through the beauty. She darted across logs, through ferns and under tree branches. She moved so swiftly.. The sight ahead seemed to be a blur at the white unicorns pace. She looked back, and an unfamiliar mint green unicorn raced along on her heels. The two seemed to be laughing, and playing. As they raced along hills, they skidded to a stop by a wide far open plain. "Hey Vinyl?" The other unicorn asked. "Yea?" Octavias mouth opened as if she was Vinyl. "We shouldn't go passed here. Earth ponies rule from here on" She said. "Yea ... Hey Minty?" Vinyl asked. "Yea?" Minty asked. "I gotta go somewhere, I'll catch up with you later" Vinyl said, as she trotted back into the misty forest. She broke into a run. As she ran further away, she slowed down to a trot. Vinyl stopped fully at a log. She hopped into it and sat. Why is she resting here? Octavia thought as she took in the view. "Hey Vinyl~ I'm here as I said I would be" A soft and gentle voice called from behind. Octavia felt her head being whipped around to face the oppisite direction, where a yellow Pegasus sat there, smiling. "Oh great! I'm glad you're here dear" Vinyl sat up to kiss the mare, who shyed away, blushing. Anger and rage filled Octavias heart, to be replaced by sadness and betrayal. As much as this pained the earth pony, she continued to watch. But, was Vinyl really cheating on her? Are they even still dating? The questions kept coming. "Are you ready to go?" Vinyl asked, standing on her hooves. The pony, who Octavia recognized to be Fluttershy, nodded. Vinyl turned and trotted away from the forest, with Fluttershy at her side. "Vinyl ... Can we please, make this the best last meeting?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "Of course it can Flutters. We'll make sure the moment never ends" Vinyl said, nuzzling Fluttershys cheek. "Vinyl, I don't want these meetings to end" Fluttershy said sadly. "Me neither" Vinyl said grimly. "We will find a way to be together, and together in the end" Fluttershy said, brushing into Vinyl. That little bitch Octavia thought angirly. If she lays another hoof on Vinyl, I will- "I'll love you forever Vinyl ... You are the most beautiful mare on this world, and Equestria" Fluttershy whispered, facing Vinyl and leaning foreward to a long kiss. Octavia tried to open her mouth as she felt Fluttershys mouth connect with hers and Vinyls. That little slut! Did she actually!? What the BUCK IS HER PROBLEM!? Octavia screamed in her mind. “Shall we go, my love?” Vinyl asked in a hushed voice. Fluttershy closed her emerald eyes and nodded. The two ponies trotted away from the direction they came from, and as they moved through the lush forest, they noticed the trees growing thicker, and the space seemed tighter. Octavia looked through Vinyls eyes uneasily. What happened to the beautiful forest back there? “Vinyl? Where are we going?” Fluttershy asked. Vinyl had come here awhile ago, and just past here was a clear blue pond, reeds sticking out of the bed, and it was a home to animals and such as ducks, beavers, and squirrels were they? “No … This .. This isn’t supposed to be here” Vinyl muttered. The white unicorn turned around. Their path completely blocked off by overgrown trees. The canopy of the trees covered the suns ray, and nothing lit the space except a light blue fungi growing on dead trees. “Vinyl .. I’m scared” Fluttershy said, terrified. The yellow mare pushed herself into Vinyl, and Vinyl stroked her mane, trying to keep calm. “Flutters?” Vinyl started. “Yea?” “Do you think you can fly up above the trees?” Vinyl asked, not wether its safe or not for her marefriend to go. “I- I can tryy” Fluttershy stammered, her voice wavered slightly out of fear. “You don’t have to go if you want to” Vinyl said after a moment of silence. “I am going to! I wanna prove that I’m strong! Prove that I can look out for others as well as I” Fluttershy then said, letting her gaze rest on Vinyl. “You don’t need to prove anything! I know you can do those already, theres nothing to prove” Vinyl then exclaimed. Fluttershy looked hurt. “So you don’t believe I can?” She said, before unfurling her wings. “No! I believe you can do this! But I don’t know if it’s … safe or not .. This place here wasn’t like last time I came” Vinyls voice trailed off. Fluttershy narrowed her eyes before taking to the sky. And soon, she disappeared towards the tops of the trees. She was almost out of sight now, only her silhouette remained. Vinyl examined her surroundings again. Something here … It didn’t seem … normal.