The sun shone above the gardens in Canterlot. Ponies filled the outside halls of the castle, the stairs, and the garden itself. The ponies that couldn’t make it, were watching the funeral on the television. The casket was a pure white, with black roses surrounding the outside.
Inside the coffin, was a lavender alicorn mare. 5 white roses lay between her hooves, symbolizing her 5 friends that she first made when she lived in Ponyville. The dress she wore, was made only by Ponyville’s fashionista, Rarity. The dress was a simple black, with a silver lining around it. The sleeves went all the way down to her hooves. Her mane was in it’s usual place.
Her friends crowded around the coffin, looking at the Princess. The only one that wasn’t in attendance, was Princess Celestia. Ever since she received the news that Twilight had died, she never left her room. She barely ate, and nothing could get her to leave her bed chambers.
Of Twilights friends, Rarity took it the worst. When she was given the task of making Twilight’s funeral dress, she burst into tears. She knew she couldn’t make anything too extravagant without crying, so she made something simple, but still elegant. At the funeral, Rarity looked horrible. Her eyeliner that was so expertly put on before the funeral, was flowing down her face.
Pinkie Pie was given the task of placing everything perfectly. She could barely do that. A few black roses here and there. As she stood around her friend, her mane only got flatter and flatter, until it lost all of it’s puffiness. Tears fell from her eyes as well. She was trying to stay strong, but she lost it. After only 2 minutes, she ran away, tears flowing from her eyes.
Fluttershy was in charge of coordinating the fly over of the 100 white doves, once Twilight was buried. She was able to do it, somehow. When it came to the funeral, Angel was hiding in her mane, keeping her as calm as he could. She was a pretty quiet cryer, so it was hard to tell if she was crying or not.
Rainbow Dash had Cloudsdale clear the skies for her that day. She couldn’t clear the clouds like she was told to. No pony knew how to console the cyan pegasus, but they tried to lighten her mood. Her colour had shifted about 2 shades gray-er than it should have been from the excessive stress. Everypony found out just how sad she was at the funeral. She threw herself down upon the coffin crying her eyes out. She begged Twilight to come back. She, of course, failed to bring Twilight back.
Applejack was in charge of catering. Apples were everywhere. She didn’t cry, as far as anypony knew. Back at Sweet Apple Acres, she bucked so many apples, even Big Macintosh was impressed. She triggered all her sadness into bucking apples. At the funeral, she was doing the best at staying strong for her friends. A few tears slid down her face.
Spike ended up going into the Everfree Forest when he found out, and no pony was quite sure where he was, or ended up, since he didn’t show up at Twilight’s funeral.
Another pair of ponies who didn’t show up to the funeral, was Twilight’s parents. Last anypony knew, Twilight Velvet ended up throwing the guard who came to her door out of her house, and into the street in anger. When he landed, she yelled at him saying that he better come back when he actually found out that her baby was alive and well. Crescent ended up being chewed out “for believing what the stupid guard pony said.”
Princess Cadance wasn’t able to make it, as she was overseeing the Crystal Empire. She ended up watching it on the television. Shining Armour was able to make it, however. He excused himself from his guard duties to mourn his younger sisters death. He shed “liquid pride”, as he put it, when he saw his little sister laying in the coffin.
Princess Luna managed to stay strong throughout the whole affair. If she ended up crying, she must have done it in her bedroom.
***
The bell to the Carousel Boutique rang out. “Hello, and welcome to the Carousel Boutique where…” Rarity trailed off as she turned around to see a Canterlot guard standing the her store. “Uhm, how may I help you today, sir?”
The stallion walked towards Rarity and held out a folded up letter. “Ma’am, I’m so sorry for your loss.”
“What are you talking about?” Rarity opened the letter with her magic. Her eyes widened as she read the letter. “No. No, this can’t be correct. She- she is immortal. she is an Alicorn. Alicorns can’t die. This isn’t possible!” She shouted.
“Ma’am, I’m sorry, but it is correct. Princess Twilight Sparkle has been confirmed dead. I’m so sorry for your loss,” He walked out of the store, to the sounds of items being thrown around the room forcefully.
The guard walked into Sugarcube Corner, to be greeted by a very pink pony. He gave the letter to Pinkie, before she could say anything. She she read the letter, her mane fell flat, and tears fell out of her eyes. “No. Twilight…” she dropped the letter on the tile floor of the shop.
The guard walked over to Pinkie Pie. “I’m so sorry, miss,” With that, she walked out the door, and went on his way to go see Applejack.
When he arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, he was surprised to see Rainbow Dash there. As he made his way over to Applejack and Rainbow Dash, she braced himself for whatever these two ponies were going to do.
“I’m the toughest pony in Ponyville!” Rainbow Dash shouted at Applejack.
The guard cleared his throat. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground, and Applejack trotted over the guard. “Hello. Does Twilight need us up in Canterlot for something?” Applejack questioned.
“No. But you will need to travel to Canterlot,” He handed Applejack another letter. Rainbow Dash flew over, and read the letter along with Applejack.
“Ha! Twilight? Dead? She is an alicorn. She can’t die. You should know that,” Rainbow Dash laughed.
“Ma’am, this letter is correct. Princess Twilight Sparkle is dead,” Rainbow landed on the ground shaking her head. “I’m so very sorry.”
Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked at each other sadly, as the guard left to go see the final pony, Fluttershy.
When he told Fluttershy, she erupted into tears, saying that it wasn’t true. He was ended up being shooed out of the cottage by Angel. Fluttershy ended up laying in bed for 3 days, only getting up to make herself a quick sandwich, to go to the bathroom, and to feed her many animals.
***
Princess Luna walked up on a small platform behind Twilight’s casket, and began reading a eulogy written by her sister, Princess Celestia.
“‘Twilight wasn’t just my student, she was like a daughter to me. She would run around the castle halls whenever she would pass one of her tests when she was a filly, and it brought my great joy. When I banished my sister to the moon, I never thought I would ever feel true happiness ever again, but I was wrong. Twilight Sparkle was able to bring me joy again. Ponies would comment saying that the day seemed a little bit brighter. I never really knew what they meant, until now. My happiness manifested itself into the sun. The happier I became, the brighter the sun became.
“‘When she brought my sister back, I was ecstatic. I couldn't even do it. The Elements ended up banishing her. But with Twilight and her friends, it brought her back. When she ascended to be a Princess, I knew she would do great things. She did what she had always done in the past, exceed my expectations. Some ponies don’t know why she passed, but she passed of a failed spell. It backfired, and killed her.
“‘When the news arrived to me about her death, I was in shock. I would never see her smiling face again. She would never come up to me again, asking for help on how to solve an issue of hers. I will miss her dearly.’”
A few tears fell from Princess Luna’s face. Applejack had finally lost her strength, and buckled down and cried along with her friends.
As Twilight’s friends and Shining Armour read their eulogies, the sadness in the air was hard to miss. It was like a dark cloud hanging over Equestria.
Once all the eulogies were over, Twilight’s friends got to say their final goodbyes to their best friend. Applejack had to pry Rainbow dash off the coffin, so they could bury Twilight. As the coffin was being laid into the ground, Twilight’s friends cried like nopony had seen before. Rarity excused herself, and Pinkie Pie sat there, tears flowing her face in waterfalls. Fluttershy and Applejack were consoling Rainbow Dash as they watched their friend be out into the ground.
“It should have been me!” Rainbow Dash wailed into Applejack’s mane.
Fluttershy left Rainbow Dash to let the doves go. She opened the cage, and birds flew across Canterlot, symbolizing the burying of Princess Twilight Sparkle.
Princess Celestia looked out of her window onto the scene below her. Her mane was frazzled, and tears were falling down her face onto her white carpet. As Twilight’s coffin was being buried, Celestia turned away, and retreated to her bed.
Back down in the gardens, Twilight’s friends watched as the coffin slowly disappeared before their eyes. Twilight had always told them that she was immortal. They would never know why she would lie to her best friends.
“Being an alicorn comes with one small fee. Immortality. Per knowing this, I will outlive you all, and be forced to watch all of you die while I live forever. I don’t find it very fair, but that is the way it is,” Twilight told her friends.
Fluttershy looked sadly at the floor of the library. “So, you’ll never die? You’ll be forced to live forever? That’s horrible.”
“There are spells that can take away an alicorns immortality, but they are extremely hard to master. I’m too scared to use them myself,” Twilight mentioned.
Once the hole that Twilight’s coffin was put into was filled, a gravestone was placed at the head. “Here lies Princess Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Magic, best friend, and the most faithful student. Will she forever be remembered in the hearts of ponies.” the gravestone read.
Flowers were placed in front of the gravestone, and ponies filed out of the Canterlot gardens. The last to leave were Twilight’s friends, as they placed a bouquet of flowers on top of the gravestone.
“Goodbye, Twilight. I hope you are safe up there in heaven,” Applejack said as she wiped away tears.
“I don’t want to live forever. I want to live and die with my friends,” Twilight exclaimed as she grabbed a book from the shelf.
She had read that it was possible to take away an alicorns immortality. The only problem was that she didn’t know where to find a spell that would actually do that. “Aha!” she exclaimed as she found the spell she was looking for.
She never told anypony that she wanted to die, not even Princess Celestia. She was going to do this on her own, and die of old age, just like she was supposed to. After reading the spell a few times over, she noticed how complicated the spell would be, even for an alicorn to perform.
When she was sure that she could cast the spell, she began. As she lit her horn, she felt the effects begin. She felt the warm glow of her magic surround her, as it stripped her immortality away.
Twilight screamed as she felt her magic pull on her immortality. Putting more magic into her horn, she tried to get rid of the last bit of immortality that was still hanging on to her body. Her horn glowed brighter than ever before.
Twilight screamed once more. It felt like her body was on fire. She felt the spell backfire, and drew her final breath. Her magic drained from her body, and she landed on the floor, never to breath again.