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// Do you... Like me...? 
// Story: Dark Ascent 
// by Wildluigi77777 
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Twilight nervously walked up to Wild, the dark stallion sitting on the edge of a building, looking down at Ponyville. Her eyes were full of fear as she nervously opened her mouth. "Wild... Do you... Like me...?"
The stallion was startled at her sudden voice. He hadn't known that anyone had joined him up here. He almost fell off the building, but catches himself before it's too late. He turns his head to her. "If you mean the way I'm thinking, no. Not at all. You're a friend, and a good one at that but, as far as liking you like that, no. I don't like anyone in that sense. If you came a few years sooner, maybe I would have. But I'm still married, even if my wife is dead."
Twilight looks down with a slight frown. Her student was a powerful hero and she had a small amount of feelings for him. While she too was a hero in Equestria, he was a hero on a more universal level.
She sighed and walked off, sobbing a bit. He turns and watches, sighing.
"Come here, Twilight. Don't run off." She turns, tears coming from her eyes. "Sit down. I like you, alright. Just not in that sense. You're my friend, my teacher. I can't love you." He pulls her into a tight hug. "But I can help you find somepony who does. Somepony who can love you."
Twilight continues to look down. "But what if I can't love anypony else? What if you're all I love? Flash Sentry died a few years back in an unknown war and I've been lonely ever since... Then I met you, the most interesting stallion I've met... I love you Wild."
"How would you feel if I knew how Flash died. Hmm? Sad? Surprised? Depressed?"
"I'd feel sad and a bit surprised you knew him."
"He was part of the squad Celestia allotted us when we fought the Horde. He was always by my side. Until I hatched a scheme to take a core from the enemy lines. I'd distract the guards and he would rush in, then out. However, when he ran in, he never came out. I'm sorry Twi, but I'm the reason he's dead..."
Twilight immediately quiets herself. "But... but..." she begins to breakdown upon hearing the facts. "I don't believe it! I don't believe you caused his death! He's dead, that much is true! But where's proof that you caused it! Tell me, Wild! Show me the proof!"
Wild stares at her, unsure of what kind of answer to give.
"What's the matter? Can't admit there's no proof that you caused his death?" Twilight's mood suddenly changes from depression to excited. Her tone changes from sad to confident. "Listen, you didn't cause his death. It's natural to feel like you caused it but you're safe. You've not done it. You didn't cause his death!"
Wild sighs. "I quickly defeated the foes there and ran in. I saw his bloody body on the floor. I closed his eyes and took what was left of his soul. You can talk to him if you wish."
"Yes. I would like to talk to Flash."
Wild sighs and closes his eyes. upon reopening, his eye color changed to that of Flash Sentry's. "Wild had devised a plan. I was to sneak in around the front and take the core while he distracted the Horde. I waited for his act to start and when I did, I made a break for it. Upon entering, Dark shadow ponies appeared out of the ground. They crowded around me and I tried to fight back. Within seconds I was killed, my dead body sprawled across the floor. Beaten and bloody. It was not his fault. No one could have predicted this ambush. Explain to him, Twi, that he didn't cause my death."
Twilight sighed and began to open her mouth until a loud bang is heard. In the distance, they can see the local hospital fall. Wild stands up, and without thinking, jumps forward. The last that is heard is screams as he falls.