III
Loose dirt filled the air, covered with the scent of fresh rain. Weather ponies had a wonderful job. I thought about the idea of being a weather pony in my youth. The only problem was no wings, only pegasus ponies seemed to perform the task. Another day had passed, I hardly remember what had happened previously. I felt some sense satisfaction from the waking moment. Something had been done yesterday, it could explain what was going on. I heard the door open, and then the familiar clattering of hoofsteps came to me again. I remembered.
Home was a place that brought a sense of happiness to me. She felt like home. Fluttershy returned, and I didn't feel pain or resentment. She sat next to me. She didn't talk, but sat there. I felt anxiety rising up from the back of my hooves, to the top of my head. I heard no words. I still felt comfort, a strange awkward thing to feel during this moment.
She spoke.
Why do you love me?
Questions, one thing I knew I was terrible at, especially from a mare. I thought about it, wandering around an endless void to figure out the answer to it. Why did I love her?. I suppose the answer was simple enough. I replied.
You remind me of an old friend I knew once.
Fluttershy was quiet again, she seemed less shy than her other visits. Another moment had passed, and I felt a kiss on the side of my face. She kissed me on my cheek. Warmness rose up from the deep waters of my old age, and numbed the continuous throbbing in my bones. Flesh and Bones both had forgotten their sense of pain.
I'm sorry, but this is the best I could offer.
I listened her words. I didn't blame her for mentioning my true thoughts, and told her not to be apologetic. Closure was something I felt, it was closure to knowing what would've happened if I spoke sooner to an old friend.
Unforgivable mistakes tend to happen, and it's best to move on from it. I never forgave myself over the past, and now closure had brought me to a peace. Fluttershy stayed with me for the remainder of the day, until it was time for her to go. She said goodbye for the last time and left. I went into my dreams with a smile, drifting off into an eternal world. I made a new friend in the last days of my life, and it was an enchanted moment I never regretted.