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// Journal Entry One: The Rock Farm 
// Story: One Last Party: When Laughter Ends 
// by Flaring Dawn 
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	Twilight rushed to the party that was being thrown for Pinkie Pie's memory. The journal was safely secured in her saddlebag. Twilight rushed inside and went to where her friends were. 
"Twilight nice of you to join us..." Dash said with a hint of rudeness. Twilight ignored her for she knew the reason for the rudeness. Fluttershy noticed something about Twilight. 
"Um...Twilight.. You seem a bit flustered, is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked with concern. Twilight sighed and pulled out the Journal that Celestia gave her.. Her friends gasped. 
"Uh.. Sugarcube...Mind tellin us what in the hay your doing with Pinkie's Journal?" Applejack said with a hint of fear. Dash looked at Twilight with a glare. Twilight gulped a mouthful of air and began to talk. 
"C-Celestia asked us to read it to sooth our mourning, I agreed to it.." Dashie got in Twi's face. 
"Of  COURSE you did!! Celestia's pet! What if Pinkie don't--" Before she could finish Fluttershy glared at Dash, something Shy has never one before. 
"Well Dash I think its a great idea. Honestly Pinkie would want us to be happy..." Shy said with a shaky voice. Dashie looked at Shy and frowned. Then she sighed. 
"Okay... Fine I'll read the damn journal with you girls..." Everypony smiled for the first time all day. Twilight opened the book and began to read: 

 JOURNAL ENTRY 1: 

It's no fun where I am. This place is like a prison to me, although my family is the best family I could ever ask for, the work is less then fun. Everyday we have to move rocks from one side of the farm, to the other. Those rocks are not light either, everyone of the rocks is about 50 to 60 pounds each. The food is even worse. My father barley makes enough to get by, and my mother has been injured for a long time thanks to a rock falling on her back. Sometimes i really wish that something bright and cheery would happen here, so this feeling of dread would lift from me...  As I sleep in the night all I hear is screaming. I wonder why these screams haunt my dreams. Maybe it's the lack of fun and sunshine here, maybe, just maybe its my sanity finally breaking like a twig. You know for a little filly, I have a dark mind. Do you blame me? My life isn't very cheery nor will it ever be.  Twilight sat the Journal down and shuddered. 
"Wow..." Fluttershy said as she covered her mouth.  Dash stood there shocked. 
"I never thought Pinks would ever have a dark thought in her..." She said. Twilight simply picked the journal up and continued to read. 

Darkness aside, my family is the only reason I care to stay here. Inkie and Blinkie try their  darnest to help me, but to no avail. As I said before, I  may never smile...Today has been quite eventful though. We finally finished todays work. I gotta say It killed me. I have never been so exhausted in my life... I am calling it a night...  JOURNAL ENTRY END   Twilight sat the journal down and spoke up. 
"By Celestia's mane... That was very dark.... Oh my dear Faust..." Twilight placed her head in her hooves and began to cry. Fluttershy held Twilight in her hooves and let her cry on  her shoulder. 
"It's okay Twi, like she said in the entry, her life back then wasn't very fun..." Shy said through some tears. 
"Lets read on..." Twi simply said as she opened the journal to the next entry.       .