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// Heartbreak and a New Look On Things 
// Story: My Life in a Nutshell 
// by Dylan Scraton 
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	Fast forward three years after I met Eternal. Violet and I have broken up and I have been spending a lot more time with Eternal, whom I called “E” for short. Life was good and E had pretty much become my best friend…and perhaps a little more than that…

I couldn't have been happier. Then I noticed she started to look ill. And even more so by the day. So I decided I would take her to see a doctor in town. The hospital had given me his address since they were going bankrupt and wouldn't be able to help me. So, I picked Eternal up from her house outside of town and we walked down to this doctors house.

“Psyche, why are you taking me to this doctor?”, she asked as she looked over to me. “I’m not feeling ill…” “I know, E. But you’ve been acting strange lately…you rarely eat, you’re becoming more and more violent…for Celestia’s sake you ran away to an island for three bloody weeks!” I was beginning to show my concern, and worry for her without meaning to. I looked down at her with pleading eyes.
“I know Eternal…I just….I worry about you…” I said quietly. I wasn’t sure of my feelings for her. 

Ever since that day at town hall I noticed she wanted to spend more and more time with me. Violet wasn’t around very much anymore so I always had a bit of free time to spend with E. 
“Psyche…” She placed of hoof on my chest and stopped me dead in my tracks. She took my goggles off of my head and looked me straight in the face.

I still remember that warm and comforting smile, her mane flowing gently in the cool morning air. Then she said the six words I’ll never forget for as long as I might live. “Let’s go back to my place.” 
This took me by surprise. But what happened next changed everything between Eternal and I. She held that warm smile across her face and and took me by the arm. 

“Come on silly! Don’t just stand there with your hoof up your ass! Let’s go!” She said with a burst of joy. I laughed and followed her. It was then I had realized, I’d never actually seen the inside of her house. Sure I’d walked her home on a few occasions but not once had she invited me to come inside. But then, just as we passed by Midnight’s house something strange happened. She stopped and held her stomach as it if were about to fall out. 
“Eternal? What’s wrong?” I asked. It was then she started coughing uncontrollably. 

“Psyche,” She muttered between coughs. “help…me…” she stopped and turned to me and coughed once more, this time however she was coughing up blood. I panicked. She fell forward, looking almost lifeless. Luckily I was able to catch her before she was able to hit the ground. I looked around, but there nopony in sight. 
“HELP! SOMEPONY! ANYPONY!” I yelled. I wasn’t about to lose her. Then I noticed a house that looked familiar. I looked at the mailbox to check the address. Was this my stroke of luck? 
“Midnight! Yes!” I exclaimed in joy. “Eternal, you couldn’t have picked a better place to do this.” 

I rushed into the house and started searching for Midnight. “DOCTOR? MIDNIGHT! IT’S ME, PSYCHE!……WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!” It was then I heard hoofsteps coming from the stairs. I sat Eternal on the couch and galloped over to see if it was him. To my surprise it was a mare.  She trotted down the stairs slowly shooting a strange glance my way, the kind of glance you get when you accidentally walk in on your sister while she’s taking a shower. 

I galloped over with Eternal still passed out on my back. I looked up at the mare with pleading eyes. Her short purple and black mane covering her left eye, and the jacket she wore looked strangely familiar. 
“Who are you?” She asked sternly. “What? Did you not just hear me shout my name?!” I shouted. It was then I noticed Eternal shiver slightly and wrap her fore hooves around my neck. 

“Psyche…I don’t feel good…” She whimpered. I laid her down on the couch in the living room and knelt beside her, placing a hoof on her cheek.

“It’s alright E, you just lay here and rest. Save your strength.” I said, giving her a warm smile. She smiled at me and kissed me my cheek. A cold rush surged through my body and up my spine. Followed by a feeling of relief. She was still alive and holding on. But how long would this last? I rushed back to the mare who was now joined by a gruff looking stallion. His arm thrown around the cute white coated mare. I couldn’t tell if his coat was a light black or a dark grey but it was one of the two. Tall, very well built, he looked like the spiffing image of one of Princess Celestia’s guards. He stretched his wings and looked down at me as if I were his mortal enemy. “This must be Midnight…” I thought to myself.

“What do you want?” He said with a very stern tone. I replied quickly. “My name is Psyche Scraton, this is my friend Eternal. We were on our way through town and she started coughing up bloo-” I was cut off mid sentence by the mare who stood by Midnight. “What did you say her name was?!” 

I jumped slightly. “E-Eternal…Why?” I asked quietly. The mare quickly galloped into the living room and fell to E’s side. She looked E over from head to hoof, and started to weep. I was extremely confused. Who was this mare and how does she know Eternal? What’s going to happen to E?