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// A Short Epilogue 
// Story: When the Rain Goes Away... 
// by IwuvWoona 
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" ... " 

"Wow," Sweetie Belle whispered.

"Yea," AB sighed.

"That's...that's rough," Scootaloo stuttered.

Applebloom looked at her friend. "Yea."

"You're taking it well," Sweetie pointed out.

"They've been dead since ah was a little babe. Ah've always wanted to know what happened to 'em, but ah never really...knew em."

AB leaned onto the windowsill, staring plaintively at the stars. "But at the same time, that point...makes me kinda sad. Everypony in mah family knows how to feel about them. And ah'm just..."

A lone tear rolled down her cheeks.

"Ah wanna know how to feel about em. Ah wanna be able to miss em, but ah can't."

Sweetie sympathetically set her hoof on her shoulder "I'm sorry AppleBloom."

"At least you know what happened to them, living in an orphanage can take a- What?" Scootaloo paused at the odd stares that followed her half-statement.

"You're an orphan?" Sweetie asked.

"What? No! My mom is the caretaker at Ponyville Orphanage. The other foals take a lot of time away from her, so I don't really have many chances to ask her what happened to my dad."

...

"Oh..."


Sweetie Belle sighed. "If it helps, my parents pretty much don't care about me. They just leave me at Rarity's whenever there's some huge school event I ask them to go to. At least Rarity's upfront about when she doesn't want to go somewhere with me."

"And I might as well be an orphan, no dad and my mom's always too busy with everyone else to be with me."

Sweetie smiled. "If you want, we could help you plan a party for AJ."

"She's never wanted a party, but I'll bet she'll have a change of heart if one of her best siblings plans one."

AB smiled. "Ya know what? Ah think she'll like that."