//------------------------------// // The Funeral // Story: Anatomy of a Friend // by atomicponies13 //------------------------------// The funeral of Pinkie Pie was terrible. Everypony was crying, shouting, or just not there. The ponies who were there all had a speech. The funeral itself took at least five hours. Or six. Or one. Nopony really payed attention. The pony who was crying the most was probably Fluttershy. Sense she was the pony who witnessed her death it made some sense. All the princesses were there, besides Luna. And Applejack still hadn't gotten to the funeral even though she said she would come. Twilight Sparkle eyes were completely bloodshot. It took hours of persuading from Spike to even show up. She was too busy crying and saying it was her fault but she got over it now. '' Celestia, where is Luna?'' Twilight asked. '' I would have thought she would want to come to Pinkie's funeral, saying she was the element of laughter and all.'' '' Well, my faithful student... Celestia paused for a moment to think of what to say. '' There is two reasons. The first is that Luna didn't know Pinkie very much. Whenever she tried to talk to her at a party she was always drunk. Even before that, Pinkie was always too loud, annoying, or scared of her, you know with the whole Nightmare Moon thing.'' '' What is the second reason?'' Twilight replied. '' Luna has what you would call a weak heart,'' Celestia explained. '' She cries over many things and it takes her a while to recover. So she would be here but she is crying at the castle.'' '' She's going to come to the after party right? We're going to celebrate Pinkie's life tomorrow.'' ''She might. I'll tell her after the ceremon-'' '' Celestia hold that thought, I think Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are arguing for some reason,'' Twilight interrupted. ''I'm going to see what is wrong.'' '' That's okay I'll just talk to Cadence instead,'' Celestia replied. When Twilight got to the argument she couldn't really tell what was going on. The argument was full of crying, shouting, and stuttering. Twilight thought that was normal for Fluttershy, but Rainbow Dash was stuttering even more. '' W-w- what do you mean t-that it's your fault!'' Rainbow Dash shouted. ''If it's anypony's fault it's mine!'' '' B- But Dash it is my fault,'' Fluttershy shouted back. '' If I was paying more attention she wouldn't of died! '' Yea, but I could have saved her too! If it was I didn't storm out like that I could have flown in and saved her from falling and breaking her neck! I also shouldn't of let her get in that fight either! A-and I could have also made it so she didn't get so drunk! '' That's a good point but it doesn't give me the excuse to have just stood there and let it happen!'' The fight continued on until finally Twilight interrupted. "Girls!" Twilight screamed. '' It's none of your faults! It's mine." ''And how would it be your fault?'' Dash questioned. '' Why did you think I became an alicorn?'' Twilight replied. '' Studying magic and saving the world?'' Fluttershy asked. " No, well sorta, but mostly because of friendship!'' Twilight answered. " I could have easily persuaded Pinkie to stop the party and sober up. I've done things like that hundreds of times before!'' '' Now y'all listen here!'' Applejack had finally gotten to the funeral. '' It ain't none of y'all's faults. We all knew this was eventually going to happen!'' '' But the-'' Rainbow said in a quiet voice. '' No butts!'' Applejack interrupted. " Pinkie Pie was an alcoholic when it came to parties. This is why I didn't really ever show up to her parties. I don't want to be a bad role model for Apple Bloom! I also knew that this would happen!" "Applejack, you make a good point," Twilight said. " We shouldn't be fighting, we all know that this was Pinkie's fault. Now let's sit down and remember Pinkie's life." The rest of the funeral was pretty uneventful. Mostly what you would see at a normal funeral. Ponies were telling different stories, laughing, crying, and walking to the casket. A few speeches were made. Rarity had a emotional breakdown and had to go home sadly. " Do you remember how Pinkie used to always joke about planning her own funeral?'' Twilight giggled. " Yea, Fluttershy was always freaking out about that thinking it wasn't a joke and she was actually going to die to plan it," Rainbow Dash joked. " I wasn't that bad," Fluttershy said. " Your right," Applejack agreed. " You were worse." Everypony giggled. " I think they're about to bury Pinkie Pie soon." Twilight stated. " So let's go help out and bury her in peace." The gang walked over to the casket of Pinkie. Two stallions were trying to carry the casket all by themselves. They were obviously having trouble carrying the casket. They looked around and nopony was coming to help. " Let us help you there, boys," Applejack offered. "Thanks, we really needed it" one stallion said. The gang walked over to the casket and heaved it on to their shoulders. They carried it outside to a wagon outside. It was long, black, and had curtains in the back. " Did y'all hear that Mayor Mare made a order to make a memorial to Pinkie?" Applejack said. " No, but that's quite interesting," Twilight replied. " Do you know when they'll build it." " I think I heard it was in a month or so," Dash stated. After the burial ceremony everypony went home. "Let me walk ya home, Twilight," Applejack offered. " No, I can walk home by myself, but thanks for the offer!" Twilight replied. " Come on, it's on my way home anyway," Applejack was trying to convince Twilight to walk home with her. " Fine," Twilight finally gave in. When she got home she said her goodbyes to Applejack. She was thinking about Pinkie Pie. She was also looking at some picture books with her in them. " Ah good memories," Twilight said and let out a single tear. "Hmm, I wonder."