I'll tell you this. Death does not feel good. After a few seconds of silence and void, I felt movement again. I hovered over my body, which was just laying in the snow. There were shapes moving toward me. Six tall figures, with white robes that nearly shrouded them in the wintery area. The radiated a powerful aura, which made the air feel heavier and denser. I then realized what happened.
The Ancestors had all gathered, for my death had brought them together. They looked down at my body.
"Quite a shame. Another has fallen."
"She has a beautiful heart. She would have made it to the top."
"She can prevail. We must not let death stop her."
The Ancestors closed their eyes, and let a single, heavenly hum in unison. My body was picked up from the snow, and I felt my essence become sucked back into it. My scarf and robe had vanished, exposing my purple mane and cutie mark.
I opened my eyes and jolted awake, gasping my new breaths. I felt the numbness fade away, and new power filling me.
"Your true task has yet to be completed. Go, Rarity. Complete your journey." They spoke to me, as I began to glow with a gold light.
The mountain was close. I lept up into the sky, burrowing through a tunnel of clouds with a new determination. A pinpoint of light grew closer as I flew closer and closer to it. The war serpents roared at the sides, dashing through the tunnel in an attempt to stop me. I easily outmaneuvered them, and reached the point of light.
It was then I felt awe. The mountain top was high above the clouds, with a clear blue sky. The sun was rising behind me and golden runes slipped up from the clouds, sparkling in the air. Cloth creatures of all sorts were following my path, beside me and in front of me. I was so amazed! It was a truly wonderful feeling, and I just let out a cry of joy and laughter, which delighted me even more. My voice was back! I felt a wide smile appear on my face, as I was free from the bonds of gravity and suffering. Why, I looked up to see my own mane glimmering a divine gold!
It was truly perfect. I kept flying upward, taking in all the sights and sounds of the sky. The shining runes and misty peak, the hums and chirps of the cloth creatures, and the true feeling of freedom. The peak was literally right in front of me. I would finish what I had started, and achieve what seemed impossible from the start. I was then enveloped in a gold streak of light, which propelled me at a faster rate.
When I reached the peak, I dropped down. I stood on the edge of the cliffside, the center of the mountain emitting a golden light which obscured whatever was on the other side. My mane had lost its glow, and I could no longer fly. Red stood a few feet in front of me, and I was happy to see he was alive. I trotted up to him, and he strolled beside me as we made for the center. A short walk.
"You've done well. I must say I've never had a companion quite like you before." It was Red's voice. He was speaking to me in my language. But the odd part was, he sounded like a male and a female being speaking in perfect unison.
"Well, thank you. I'm glad I had a friend along the way." I said, just happy to finally connect with Red.
"Friend..." He said, a little perplexed at the word. "Well, 'friend', I must ask you something. Your final task." He said, instantly getting my attention. The light grew a little brighter as we moved toward it.
"I know you are not of this world. When you get back, chances are this world will be gone. Maybe forever."
"So... what do you want me to do?" I asked, as the light enveloped us both.
"Leave a trace of us. If even one other being discovers something of our world, it will open a new ray of hope to us, even if we do not truly understand how." Red said, as the the light made everything disappear.
Everything just...stopped. The ground below me vanished, and the sound of the wind was silent. I heard Red's voice one more time.
"To each day I am given. I say this. 'Tis my time that I fare from you. Lost is my homecoming. Along this road goes no-one. Do not pity me. I was born for this."
I then heard another voice. The realm changed around me, and I heard singing. It was a beautiful voice, like from a goddess, or Princess Celestia herself. I caught my eyes watering at the heavenly lyrics.
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"Stat sua cuique dies
Stat sua cuique dies
Mael is me to feran
Aleto men moi nostos
Aleto men moi nostos
Cest pour cela que je suis née
Kono michi ya
Yuku hito nashi ni
Kono michi ya
Aki no kure
Cest pour cela que je suis née
Ne me plaignez pas
Cest pour cela que je suis née"
And now, I knew was going home.