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// Six 
// Story: Pony Tails 
// by Jonah Fun 
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Daisy approached Rose who sat in the clearing beside Horseshoe pond. The moonlight glistened off the water, and the great oak tree towered over all, looking formidable and unopposed. The night's air was clean, and silence was only averted by Rose's gentle sobbing. She was on her knees, hunched over the playing cards that she had taken with her. When Daisy saw them she realized why rose was crying; many of the cards were bent and torn in places, a couple of which had been fully ripped in two. 
"Rose?" though she said it softly, and had a warm smile on her face, Rose still snapped her head round to see Daisy and started to panic.
"I-I did a-a bad thing and yo-you told to c-come here if i did-" 
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Calm down okay?" She once again had clasped the sides of Daisy's face. She wasn't trying to make her voice sound as motherly as it was, it just came out that way. " Now don't you worry about the cards. i can fix them." She lied. "Come over here, away from them." The pair moved closer to the tree, Rose being led by Daisy all the way. "Sit down" Said Daisy. Rose did so, eyes still sodden. Daisy looked at the glistening water. A thought popped into her brain. 
"Rose, look what i got for you." She unzipped her bag and pulled out the notebook. Rose's eyes lit up and she hungrily snatched the notebook off her, and she began scurrying through the pages to make things better. Daisy didn't mind the girl's rudeness. She got up, and walked to the water of the pond. She cupped her hands and submerged them, before bringing them back out again, She took a deep breath, and drank all the water that lay in her hands.

And the memories came flooding back.

The Space-country, the orphange, the men in black, being taken away, meeting Rose, her training, her briefing, The language lessons, her failed escape attempt, the memory loss serum... 
Everything that she wanted came to her except comfort. For, what did it matter that they were being surveyed along with five other children? What did it matter that human's needed a new home? What did it matter that she had tried to escape? Nothing could save Rose. Not anymore.
Daisy heard voices in the distance. Her time was running out. She must have taken some time remembering everything. Rose sat quietly with her book, still sniffling every now and again. Daisy walked over to her bag, unzipped it, then hesitated before turning to Rose.
"Rose, you understand everything I do is for your own good, right?"
"Yes, Daisy." The voices began to get louder
"And you understand that what you did at the barn was wrong, right?"
"Yes, Daisy."
"So you must never question my judgement again, right?"
"Yes, Daisy." Daisy sighed, and got up. She put her right hand to her face, covering her eyes. The voices were right on top of them now
"Okay... Okay." She took a deep a breath and hauled her left hand up, pointing the gun that she held to the back Rose's head.
"Then I forgive you." She fired.
Rose fell over her notebook and lay down on her belly, her leg's bent, her eyes closed. Dead, The crowd of horses appeared and collectively stared at her, and then at the killer.

Daisy herself was frozen in place, in disbelief. The only part of her moved was her tears that trickled down her face. 
The orange horse looked at the frozen girl and realized how much the dead alien had meant to the other. Almost like her love for Applebloom. Because of this, for a single moment, the orange horse pitied the creature. The next moment she was in shock, as the girl had suddenly shot herself through the head. Blood pooled out of the two dead aliens, and a silent minute passed. The crowd eventually started disbanding and going back to their own respective homes, mumbling as they did so. Twilight and Applejack stood there alone with their thoughts as the moonlight glistened on the enchanted waters of horseshoe pond and ponies trotted past them tiredly. A raven who was here earlier in the day flew overhead, excited to feed her 3 young hatchlings of whom she had kept waiting. Applejack broke the trance;
"So who in the name of Equestria is gonna bury these things?"