I wondered where I was. It seemed to be dark out. I assumed I would be back in my room. My assumptions were incorrect. I noticed a lamp post light above me. I knew I wasn’t in bed, but in Canterlot. How did I end up in Canterlot I asked myself. I noticed that I was rested up against the post and I decided to get down from the post and walk around, see if I could figure out how I got there in the first place.
In the corner of my eye was a brown colt. I approached him. For some reason, he didn’t notice my presence.
“Um, Hi. I just have to ask you something,” I started. He seem to not notice me at all. Why did he just ignore me I thought. He walks past me, ignoring me the whole way through. I look around to see if I could find any other pony to speak to. Ms. Cheerilee was approaching with her class. I go up to her and try to speak to her and she ignores me, which was odd. I knew that she would never do that to a student. The entire class walks on by too, ignoring me.
I soon notice something about the class that seems off. The first thing is that Sweetie Belle and Applebloom didn’t notice me at all. The second thing was I was walking with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. How could this be? Here I am standing here and yet I see myself walking with them.
I noticed there was one thing about me that was different. The thing different was that I looked a few years younger. I didn’t have my cutie mark, nor my wings. This made me believe that I was in a dream. I decided to follow along my classmates and see where we are heading to. This was the best thing to do in a dream. I also decided to listen to Ms. Cheerilee speak.
Ms. Cheerilee was talking about The Princess Coronation that was about to take place. I remember the event like it was yesterday. I remember that on that day, something felt a little different. For some reason, Shining Armor was the one who felt different. He felt disconnected. I still am curious to why I felt this.
My question was soon partially answered as a loud whisper went into the air, “Stay after the coronation and follow Shining Armor. You will see what has to be done.” At the same time I hear those whispered words, a stallion in all black disappeared from a lamp post nearby. And I saw that the stallion said those words. But how did he whisper those words so loud. He was roughly 20 feet away. I wanted to chase after him, but I knew that I needed to do one task. Follow Shining Armor after the princess coronation.
So, I continued to follow Ms. Cheerilee through the path to the castle. It felt like a very long walk. As soon as we got to the castle, it was clear that it was morning time. It was around the time the sun came up. When we got there, we had to go through guard security. I got through without security at all, for they did not see me. Soon, we headed into the castle and saw how well prepared it was.
The first thing I wanted to do was look for Shining Armor, but it looked like the ceremony was about to begin. I sat down, and was waiting for the event to begin. Apparently a Doctor Whooves decided to sit right on me, and sank through my body. Apparently, my body is 100% transparent, which isn’t good for me, for I could not see through the colt. So, I got up and moved toward the front so I could find Shining Armor. As soon as I got toward the front, the horns went off indicating the start of the ceremony.
In the corner of my eye, there was Shining Armor approaching the stage. He looked, different. His eyes were a bit weird and his eyes were moist. It looked like he was crying for awhile. My mind told me something was wrong. Shining Armor continued to the stage with the thick gold necklace on his back (the gold necklace was also resting on a pillow). He felt like all the happiness was drained out of him. He tried to put on a smile, but that smile was fake. During the ceremony, his sadness seemed to grow.
After the ceremony was over, I followed him as he moved sneakily to the bathroom. He entered it and looked around and made sure everypony was gone. He saw that one colt was in the restroom.
“Everypony in here, LEAVE!!!” he shouted. The colt left quickly. Shining armor then rested his hooves on the sink. He then put his head down and started to cry. I didn’t know why he was crying, but I felt bad for him.
“Why did this have to happen?” he asked. “Why do I have to be the one who will die off? Why can’t I be immortal like my wife, and my sister? Everyday, I pray to you God. I pray that you would let me be immortal like my sister and my wife. I pray that I don’t have to live my life knowing that I will have my wife die alone without me. I pray that I hope my sister could move on cause she knows that after I die, there will be no one left for her to love. She will have no brother that loved her as much as I do. I feel that I need to be immortal because I know that this is for me, this is for my sister. If she wasn’t immortal I would not pray everyday for a gift. For without this gift, life feels like a curse. You say that you have a plan for everybody, but I don’t think that it is alright for me to be out of the plan in my sisters life. If you want my sister to be in your plan and not end up dead, I would be in her plan. For I am one of the ones that will love her forever. My wife will love her, but not as much as I would. My wife would not be able to take my loss. I could take her loss, but I would have someone very close I could go to. My wife isn’t as close to Twilight Sparkle as I am close to her. If my wife and sister weren’t immortal and so close to me, I wouldn’t be asking for this. Please, just let me be immortal. I am begging of you.”
I started to tear up at the last words Shining Armor said, and then I soon woke up. But I didn’t wake up back in my bed.