Have Faith
By: Spartan-Guy 88
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The smell of burned wood still filled the air even hours after the remaining flames were extinguished -courtesy of the Ponyville Volunteer Fire Department and the Ponyville Weather Patrol. Scattered throughout the ruined floor lied charred books and paper along with assorted framed photos now barely recognizable.
Twilight Sparkle, recently titled 'Princess of Friendship', sat in front of the destroyed Golden Oak Library.
She honestly couldn't remember how long she sat there staring at the remains of what was once her home. She wasn't even staring at anything in particular, just staring off into the library, completely lost in her thoughts.
After the fires were put out, Twilight along with her friends -including Discord- scoured the destroyed library in hopes to find anything salvagable. Fortunetely, the majority of her underground labratory equipment was undamaged; and whatever was damaged looked like it could easily be repaired. Sadly, pratically every book was now either completely destroyed or unusable. Finally, there was now no upstairs-
"Twilight?"
The lavender alicorn snapped out of her trance at the sound of a very famillar voice. Turning around she saw that it belonged to the once pony she admitidly knew could be the only one to convince her that it was time to leave.
"Oh, hey Rarity." Twilight answered.
The white unicorn took a seat next to Twilight and after a short pause finally spoke.
"In case you were wondering, Applebloom invited Spike to sleep over at her home tonight."
Twilight replied, "That's fine by me. Even with a new castle, I don't think he's quite ready for the sudden move to a new home just yet." She gave a small chuckle and then added, "Besides, I'm pretty sure Applebloom has developed a crush on him."
"Indeed, she certainly isn't as subtle as she thinks she is." Rarity said with a small smile.
A moment of silence passed before Rarity turned towards Twilight and said, "My dear I...I cannot even begin to imagine what you must be going thought right now. I'm so sorry."
Twilight lowerd her head with her ears folded back and replied, "I...I know that the library can be rebuilt. Or should I say regrown? It WAS a tree after all. I've already taken inventory of every book that was in there so they can be replaced. But...it was my home, Rarity. Me and Spike's. Now...look at it." She finished with tears forming in her eyes.
Before Rarity could speak, Twilight continued, "It's where Pinkie Pie threw her first party for me. Where you and Applejack had that slumber party with me. Where your sister first learned how to control her magic. Where Owloicious found a place to live. Where you and I..." she started to choke on her words, "...had our f-first kiss. Where y-you told me that...that you loved me! I...I..."
Whatever Twilight wanted to say came out as choked sobs. Rarity wasted to time in pulling Twilight into a close hug and allowed her marefriend to bury her face into her shoulder and give a long and much needed cry.
Neither one of them moved for several long minutes, with Twilight's cries of anguish gradually becoming more and more quiet. Rarity for her part held onto her alicorn compainion. When Twilight finally stopped crying, she pulled herself off of Rarity's shoulder and looked into her eyes.
"Are you done, my dear?" Rarity asked.
Twilight sniffled before responding, "Yeah...I needed that. Thanks."
Rarity then said, "Good, because now I want you to listen to me."
"Okay." Twilight obeyed.
Taking a deep breath, Rarity spoke; "As I said, I'm so sorry for your home. You may have lost a good majority of those belongings inside. But with everything you just said about what that libary will be remembered for, it proves one thing. That you haven't lost any of the memories that you've had in there. They will always be right up here; " She patted Twilight's forehead; "You haven't lost them, you haven't lost the other Princess, you haven't lost Equestria, you certainly haven't lost your friends..."
Rarity then pulled Twilight in for a deep and loving kiss, which Twilight gladly returned. When they pulled apart, Rarity then concluded;
"...And you haven't lost the mare who loves you with all her heart, my Bright and Shining Star."
Twilight smiled at the nickname Rarity loves to use with her. She then gave a soft kiss on her marefriend's cheek and whispered, "I love you too Rarity."
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