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// Epilogue 
// Story: Blood Curse Boutique 
// by Rarity Belle 
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	Ever since the 'death' of her sister had Sweetie Belle been growing more and more towards herself. She saw once beloved friends almost never again due to her sadness. The only time they actually saw her was at school. When either Apple Bloom, Scootaloo or even Cheerilee tried to speak to her, they never managed to get a straight response from her. The death of Rarity had an even greater impact on her than anypony could have ever expected it to be. From the cheery, little filly she always used to be, to even more silent than the grave and living a lonely life.

Not even Magnum and Pearl didn't had it as tough as the little Sweetie but they couldn't bare the sight of their remaining daughter either. The sadness that ran over her face was more than devastating for the both of them. Yet no matter what they tried, there was nothing that seemed to able to cheer her up.

Even the teasing of the fillies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon became less and less as she just didn't react to it. But they told her one thing as a joke, something they better couldn't have spoken. For they said that her sister was killed by a vampony because of something that was always different. A rumor that came into existence because the two bullies had heard the story of the Crusaders encounter with the winged Rarity.

At one point in time did the remarks caused some wires to snap into the mind of the young filly and she begged the two to stop. But the two bullies didn't know of stopping whatsoever. And it was when the spoke one more word that disrespected her deceased sister, that Sweetie entered a moment of blind and pure rage. Without a warning she just brawled the two of them like they were nothing.

Luckily for them both did Apple Bloom and Scootaloo manage to contain the raging filly whose tears streamed down her face. But the words never left the young filly’s mind as the possibility was there for her. In secret, she never bought the reasons given to her of how Rarity truly passed away.

But one day, a day which laid months after the ceremonial funeral of her sister did Sweetie found herself staring at a moon that was light reddish of color. The filly stood against the window sill as her green rimmed eyes just stared at the rock in the skies as the text of a song she and her sister loved more than any other one. Softly she sang the song towards the moon in the hope that her beloved sister would be able to hear it.


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Rarity on the other end had some mixed feelings on that same night as well. Both Trixie and Fluttershy were nowhere to be found. They were both asleep in their respectable rooms and she just sat upon the stone throne. Her eyes were gazing with a relaxed look over to the oaken door.

The unicorn left her throne after a few seconds and made her way over to the stained glass windows. Instead of looking at the images they held, she looked further than them. She looked over to the same red moon where her sister gazed on that very night. It was the same song that entered her mind as well. She hummed the tunes of it before both of the sister sung the song together, at the same time. Miles apart from one another, but almost appearing to be next to each other like the true sisters they were.
 
~But she sees a star, which guides her the way~
~Before she goes to bed, she’ll look at the same moon~
~Even though I’m far away, it calms you when I say~
~I’m close to you, very close~
~Take me with you in your heart, that way we share the pain~
~I’m close to you, I’ll stay close to you~
~So far away...~
 
While the sisters sung the lyrics of the song, there were tears which made their way from their eyes. They traveled over their cheeks they fell on either a cold castle floor or the warm rug of a bedroom. A clear, watery tear landed on the warm rug while a thick, murky blood one splattered on the cold floor. The both of them could only guess what the next morning would bring for them.