Endless Night Terror

by The Critical Wizard


(alternate ending 3) Dealing With Loss

"And do you believe that's what she told you?" a purple alicorn asked with a very stern face.

"Yes that's what she told me she and her friends were doing and that's why she's not here anymore." I said moving my rainbow hair out of my face.

"So Scootaloo told you that she and her classmates where spending a night at Alucard manor and that it is haunted and that once you go in there is no way out." Twilight said not changing her expression.

"Yes, I told her not to go but she didn't listen."

"And that's what you believe is the reason why Scootaloo is no longer with us?" she asked keeping her eyes trained on me at all times.

"Yes, Twilight I already said that like a hundred times by now."

"I know I wanted to make sure." she sighed, "Rainbow, we all deal with trauma in different way's, I think your way is fabricating this crazy story so that your not weighed down by the truth."

I gulped, "What are you talking about?"

"Scootaloo and her classmates didn't go to a haunted house, none of what you just said ever happened. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle are in the next room over to prove that fact." Twilight said delicately.

"O-oh so then what did happen?" I asked shakily.

"Rainbow you already know, you and her were practicing flying and you flew on a head, she got a wing cramp and fell face first in to a mud hole, the fall knocked her unconscious and she drowned." Twilight said calmly. "When you went back to find her she was already gone, and you feeling responsible created this crazy story to stop yourself from blaming yourself."

"What that can't be true, it can't be."

"I'm sorry but it is." Twilight said, "But don't worry we will all be here for each other and we will get by this tragedy, together. But it isn't your fault."

All at once the event came back to me and I began to cry. "It is my fault Twilight, I pushed her too hard, I saw she was struggling and I didn't even let her take a brake. I over worked her and she died because of it."

Not knowing what else to say Twilight just wrapped her arms around me and held me tight as I sobbed. The two of us stayed that way until the sun set three hours later.