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//  Shattered 
// Story: Forever and Always 
// by WoefulWriters 
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              Rainbow remembers her past with Rocket quite fondly. She normally wasn't one to date “egg heads” as she called them, but he was different for an earth pony. She met him at a convention for fans of her favorite book series. Their courtship was rather brief, but filled with excitement. From conventions to writing books together, they bonded fast. It was Rainbow who asked for his hoof in marriage. Now, since Rainbow isn't one for frilly things like weddings, they eloped with only a few of their friends there. Everything was just perfect for Rainbow Dash: becoming a Wonderbolt, moving closer to Twilight, her novel becoming a bestseller.
Then their perfect life was shattered when Rocket got drafted to serve in the army.
She knew there was trouble on the borders, but she didn't see why they couldn't just use the Elements of Harmony to solve the problem. She didn't get to say goodbye, for he was called away while she was at work. All she got was a note nailed to her door that says:
                   “Let all stallions old enough to work, come to Canterlot at once, for conscription into the  army, and location assignments”
-Flash Sentry.
She wished they could have at least let her say goodbye; it wasn't if Equestria would fall without her husband fighting in the war. Three weeks went by without a word of Rocket’s location or if he was even still alive. One month after her husband’s departure, she gets a letter from Celestia that read:
   “My most loyal of subjects, it is with the utmost sorrow that I write this letter to you. Your dear husband has gone missing in action. We doubt his survival.
Deepest sympathies- Princess Celestia.
Rainbow Dash felt sick to her stomach. How could she let him leave her so quickly?
She wanted to just march to the borders and destroy whoever took her love from her. Her friends tried their best to console her, but it didn't help. She started working overtime just to keep her mind away from the searing  pain in her heart. One night while working her third shift that day, she suddenly collapsed with a horrible pain in her abdomen. Fluttershy saw this and rushed her to the hospital emergency room, and what the doctors told her changed her life:
“You’re pregnant, Rainbow Dash”