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// Funeral by The Princess Rarity 
// Story: Magic of Love: A Twidance Prompt Collab 
// by ArguingPizza 
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by The Princess Rarity
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Cadence was a very emotional pony. Anyone who knew well enough was aware of this, but to see her actually break down; with tears in her beautiful lavender eyes, and to hear choked sobs slip past her lips, it was painful. Right now, Twilight Sparkle felt bad to say that she was heartbroken...

She couldn't look at the gravestone, she just couldn't. Especially not with Cadence crying on her shoulder.

In honor, everypony in the nation wore yellow. Black was inappropriate for the death of somepony who was so bighearted and kind. The nation was grieving, but no one felt the pain more than Cadence, and that was clear as day. Twilight wanted to say something, anything, comforting, but words couldn't form. Even her thoughts were blank. No one would have expected a legend to pass; yet when the belief died, so did the pony that was apparently no Goddess...

"She was practically my mother," Cadence muttered, as she buried her face into Twilight's mane.

"I... I know," Twilight whispered.

Together, they briefly glared at the memorial. Glorious, a spitting image of Celestia. Luna had left the nation, isolating herself on the moon, and Discord had literally disappeared into thin air, seeing how he was too depressed by his wife's sudden death to attend. The only ones who could drag themselves to the ceremony were Twilight and Cadence. They couldn't help but feel overwhelmed as the entire nation wept over the loss of such a beloved figure; the mare who kept their nation safe for so many years. The sad thing is, none of them knew her as her family did.

Celestia's very small, but very tight-knit family.

"There might be an afterlife," Twilight said softly, as a form of encouragement. "You never know."

Cadence wiped away her never-ending tears. "I suppose you're right," she mumbled.

...the sun didn't shine as brightly as it used to anymore.