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// Finding Out 
// Story: Losing a Friend 
// by kittycake12 
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	It was dawn. Most ponies were still peacefully slumbering. Except for one lone, yellow Pegasus, who sat upon a cliff, gazing at the sunrise.
“Sunrises,” she thought, “They have at least one use. They wake ponies up.”
She looked down, wondering about the use of her own existence, as here silky pink mane flew in the breeze. All of her life, she too had tried to fly, but it was hopeless. All of her life, people teased her, and thought she couldn’t do anything by herself. Even her best friend had fought bitterly with her the day before. The mare looked up, and a lone tear, falling down her yellow cheek, interrupted her thoughts.
“Not anymore.”  She said in her quiet voice, “No more suffering!”
Suddenly, the pale yellow mare stood on her hooves, and without another thought, she lept off of the soft earth, plummeting hundreds of feet to her freedom.





Rainbow Dash flicked on the television.
“Back to you Bon Bon!” the weatherpony exclaimed.
Rainbow sat on her plump cloud couch and listened to the news. There was a lot of mumbo jumbo, until the mention of her best friend’s name was mentioned. Dash sat up straight and turned up the volume.
“On a more depressing subject, local pet sitter, Fluttershy,”
A picture of the Pegasus’ face appeared in the corner.
“Has tragically been found dead, having committed suicide, at the bottom of Starswirl’s cliff.”
Rainbow Dash’s heart skipped a beat. She could not look away. She turned of the television and rushed to her mail. A single, tear-spattered envelope sat in the box. Dash quickly tore it open. It read:


Rainbow Dash, I hope you watched the news this morning. I can’t think straight at all. I send you a letter to invite you to her funeral. Our friends will all be there, and we need you to be there. She was closest to you. The ceremony is tomorrow. Thanks, Twilight.

She could barley make out the last part. Dash’s face was so wet she thought she might drown.
“No, no, no, no, no, no! This can’t be true. This cannot be happening to me!"
Rainbow bit her lip. This was not a dream.