Just as the in the land of Equestria, dawn broke upon the land of Mexicolt. As the early ponies started going about their daily routine, the two friends were about to leave the hotel.
“Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!” Rainbow Dash fluttered about, wearing the Daring Do costume she had made for last Nightmare Night. “I can’t believe we are actually going to the temple. Come on Twilight, move those legs!”
Twilight shook her head. “First, it’s called the Sun Pyramid, not The Temple.” Cinching her saddlebags, Twilight floated them onto her back. “Second, are you really going to wear that costume out?”
Landing near the door, Rainbow looked at the khaki shirt she wore. “What? it’s practical. The shirt will keep the sun off me, and it has lots pockets,” she said smiling as she pulled a bottle of water out of one of the mentioned pockets.
“And the hat?”
Dash knocked on the helmet with a hoof. “You said we were going to go off the trails. A pit helmet will keep loose rocks for hitting me in the head.”
“Pith, not pit” Twilight said opening the door. “They were originally made of... Oh never mind. Lets go get breakfast downstairs.”
- - -
“Buen día1, did you sleep well?” Flor greeted, from the room next to the lobby, where the breakfast was going to be served.
“Like a rock.” Said Rainbow.
“I must say, I didn’t expect you to be up this early.” The earth pony continued.
Twilight stepped into the room, and surveyed the breakfast offerings. “We are-”
“We are going to the Sun Pyramid where Daring Doo prevented Ahuizotl from making everlasting lunar eclipse with the golden skull.” Dash interrupted, butting past Twilight to take a bowl full of oatmeal.
Flor did not understood clearly what the pegasus said, but it was clear what their destination was. “Sounds fun, do you need any help with directions?”
Twilight nodded, floating a curious-looking dish of colorful vegetables, and sunny eggs over to a table. “Actually we do, could you mark the place on my map? The pyramid doesn’t appear here.” Setting her meal down, Twilight fished the map from her bag and hoofed it over to Flor.
“How weird, but don’t worry.” Flor took the map, and went to the front desk to get a quill and some ink “Here, just go across these hills. You can’t miss it.”
“Thanks,” Twilight said floating the map back to where she was eating. Mulling over the map once more, she added Flor’s mark to her guidance spell. “By the way, what is this place in gray? I can’t find a note, or anything that tells what it is.”
A quick look was all Flor needed to know what it was. “Oh, that’s the graveyard. You can stop by if you want to.”
“Err… No thanks.” Rainbow Dash downed the rest of her oats in one gulp, before trotting towards the door. “We gotta go. Move Twilight!”
Twilight sighed, and looked down at her half eaten meal. Shoveled a few last bites in her mouth, she made a mental note to try and make something like it at home. “Rainbow, maybe we should go there,” she said running to catch up with her friend.
“To a boring graveyard?” The pegasus rolled her eyes “Yeah, we should go to a boring graveyard instead of the amazing ruins that Daring Doo went to save the planet.”
"I don't know Rainbow. Maybe-”
Dash rolled her eyes in frustration. “Fine, we can go tomorrow. But right now, is Daring Doo time!” She said with an uncomfortable tone.
Twilight smiled and summoned up her magic to guide to the place Flor had marked on the map. The magic lead them through town, and onto a road leaving the city. One the edge of town, they found a procession of ponies leaving the city on a different path. They made an endless line from the city to somewhere over the hill. It was a colorful march, every pony seemed to be holding either something for a party, or a bundle of marigolds.
“Where are they going? Dash asked. “Looks like something Pinkie would organise.”
Twilight consulted her map. Finding the road they were on, she looked to the one the procession took. “That road leads to the graveyard... ”
Twilight and Dash shared an uneasy glance: that was a lot of ponies heading out the the cemetery. Curiosity sparked Twilight’s desire to see just what was going on over there; while Dash had all the more desire not to find out.
Leaving the city behind them, the walked up on of the many green rolling hills that encircled the city. The land here seemed to cradle the city, as if trying to shield it from some great disaster.
Their path finally brought them to the crest of the on the hill, rewarding their long hick with a breathtaking view. Below them sprawled a massive complex of ancient wonder. There was not just one pyramid-temple in this lush valley, but five. The Sun Pyramid dominated the center of the site, but it was only one piece of the complex. In front of the wonder, four smaller pyramids marked off a massive courtyard with wide stone paths the lead to the temple's stairs.
“That’s a lot of steps,” Dash said gawking at the view.
“Yeah, it is.” Twilight’s hooves hurt from just looking at legendary stairway to the sun.
The two fell silent as they watched a few ponies walking around the grounds and taking pictures. Not as many as they imagined there would be, but that was a good thing. No ponies meant no waiting in lines.
Dash spread her wings, and smiled as the mountain air ran through her feathers. “Good thing we have wings.”
Twilight perked up at the mention of wings. “Oh yeah! We do!”
Dash snickered, and kicked off into the air, Twilight followed right behind her. As they flew their way down the hill, they marveled at how something built so many years ago remained in such good condition. Lost in the beauty of the gardens that they didn’t noticed two pony guards that had flowen up, and placed themselves directly in their path.
“Hey! What’s the big idea?!” Rainbow Dash, barely managing to stop and hover before running over the guard.
The guard on the left cleared his throat “Sorry, ladies. If you want to go to the pyramid you gotta go on hoof.”
“Why can’t we fly there?” Twilight asked fluttering up next to Dash.
“It’s a tradition. When the aztec ponies built these ruins, they had to walk all the stairs to get to the top, no matter the race. It was a symbol of how all of us make our way to the the sun,” Explained the other guard.
“Wow, really?.” Twilight asked.
While Twilight loved to hear about ancient cultures and their beliefs. Rainbow Dash was not as enthusiastic. “Really... ”
Flapping their wings slowly, the both glided back to the ground. The guards gave them a bow of thanks. “If you have any questions, feel free to talk to any guard,” one of the said before turning to return to their posts.
Rainbow Dash raised her eyes looking at the structure, she didn’t remember it being so tall when they were flying, in fact it looked more like a mountain than a pyramid.
“Hey Twi, how many stairs are in total?” The pegasus asked nervously.
“Shoot! I knew I should have asked them that. Guess there’s only one way to find out.” Twilight winked to her friend in an effort to keep the good spirits.
Trotting across the courtyard, they gave a brief glance to the smaller pyramids surrounding them, but their goal was the Sun Pyramid itself. The stoped at its base. Taking time to catch their breath, and admire what they were about to climb.
A crooked grin formed on Rainbow’s muzzle. Twilight was about to ask what she was grinning about, when Dash answered the question for her.
“Race ya!” Dash said, bolting up the stairs.
The two ponies raced their way to the top of the pyramid where the entrance was waiting for them. Their hooves moved quickly from one step to the next, as if they were running for their lives from the evil King Sombra, or trying to catch up to a couch with four stallions pulling it.
The flight of stairs would be easy to run up; or so they thought. As the sun shone with all its might, their hooves started to move slower with every step. Twilight came to a gasping halt only a moments before Dash did. Looking back to see their progress, Twilight found they had only managed to get to the middle and they were both soaked in sweat..
Resuming their climb at a slower pace, Dash set one hoof down, then lifted another; over and over again. It’s like we are walking to the sun, Rainbow Dash thought. The stairway appeared to be endless, or maybe it was that her energy started to deplete. Suddenly, a shadow could be seen casting over the stairs: that only meant the end was neigh.
The top of the structure wasn’t different from the rest of it. But to them, it was the manifestation of the fruits of their labor. Climbing the last few steps to the top, the two looked around. The major difference up here was the imposing stone entrance to the inner temple, and a guard under a small greeting kiosk. Some other tourist ponies, who already made their way there, were taking picture of the scenery around, some others were sitting on the ground taking their breath back.
“Finally!” Dash shouted, when she had all four hooves on the landing.
“And that’s the last one. There are a total of 860 stairs2,” Twilight said.
“Really? They seemed a lot more. Anyway, let’s get in. I can’t wait to see the tomb of the aztec king!”
“Rainbow, is not like in the books. A. K. Yearling may have changed some stuff to make the stories more interesting for the readers.”
“They weren’t in my book” Said Rainbow Dash with a smirk on her face. Twilight ignored the comment and continued towards the entrance.
As they approached the guard, who remained motionlessly on his spot, Twilight got her Spanish dictionary from her saddlebag and opened it. She was determined to at least once say something correctly in the foreign language.
“Disculpa,” She said “Nosotros querer dentro de piramide.3”
“Ustedes ¿Qué?4” The stallion asked with a surprised look.
“Enough of that,” Rainbow Dash said pushing past Twilight. “Hey buddy, can we get inside of that thing?”
“Oh, equestrianas,” The stallion clear his throat to speak clearly “Sorry, girls. Because of preservation reasons, the inside of the pyramid is for authorized ponies only.”
Twilight’s face frowned, she could always read about all the information of the inside of the ruins in any book, but there was something about being there and see it with her own eyes that books could never match.
Rainbow Dash glared at her friend, before flashing a mischievous grin. Stepping closer to Twilight, in a swift motion Dash flared her wings, and pointed at her friend. “Look! Is Princess Twilight Sparkle!” Rainbow yelled.
Everypony turned their attention to the pair, the lowered their heads and bowed before her, even the guards stepped out from his post to show their respect to the princess.
“Dang it, Rainbow! I told you not to do that!”
“Say that again when we are inside of the place.”
A unicorn appeared from around a corner they hadn’t noticed, his outfit seemed similar to the one Daring Doo is portrait as, like the rest of the ponies he took a bow.
“Princess Twilight, is a pleasure to have you here,” He announced in an eloquent voice “My name is Hoofington, I’m a professor from Manehattan museum and leader of the investigation of the pyramid. If you wish to I can guide you to the inside of these ruins.”
Twilight Sparkle put her hoof on her mouth and thought. She did not want to abuse of her influence as princess, but this might be the only time she could have to view it’s interior “I accept your invitation.” She said.
The guard opened the door, letting the princess in, but when Rainbow tried to get in her path was blocked once again.
“Hey! Now what?”
“Sorry, Dr. Hoofington invited the princess only.”
Twilight giggled before she interfere for her friend “It’s okay, she’s my personal guard.” The guard nodded to Dash, and moved quickly out of her way.
The place was filled with darkness. If it wasn’t for the light of the unicorn’s magic, they wouldn’t be able to see their way in. Dr. Hoofington gave them a lecture about the aztec ponies culture and history. But only Twilight was paying any attention to him. Rainbow kept darting around looking at every single thing in awe. The pegasus was trying to find the hoofsteps of her heroine, or at least find the places portrayed on the books, however, she couldn’t find anything as she remembered.
“Hey! Where are the golden statues, and the spears, and the dead traps.” Rainbow Dash interrupted.
“All the artifacts are in the museum being examined or displayed. Now as I was saying…” Hoofington was about to resume his lecture.
“Hey, why is it called the Sun Pyramid and not include Princess Celestia anywhere?” She asked further.
“Well, the ponies who lived here never knew or heard of Princess Celestia until the Equestrian Crusade. These ponies believed that the Sun and the Moon were moved by their gods Huitzilopochtli and Coyolxauhqui. This temple was to honor their Sun god.” The pony clear his throat before going on another lecture about Mexicolt history.
Rainbow Dash had her question answered and felt there was no need for the other pony to stay with them any longer “Alrighty, doc. I guess is time for you to move on.” She said while pushing the pony to the entrance.
“Huh? Why?”
“The princess… The princess…” She bit her lip, thinking of something to say “Needs to… Meditate… Yes!... She needs to meditate and connect with the rest spirits and all that.”
“Can she do that? Hey, what about you?”
“Royal guard, remember? Now go!” She threw the pony to the outside, when the guards her heard they immediately sealed the door letting the two of them have the privacy they wanted.
“Every time I think you can’t go any lower on my expectations, you show me you can.” Twilight Sparkle scolded.
“Well, we can’t reenact the scenes from the book with that professor walking around.” Rainbow Dash reached her saddlebag, from it she took sets of costumes she prepared for that occasion: A regular Daring Doo costume, another one though this one had some aesthetics scratches to make it look fearsome, a generic temple guard set, and a dark robe.
“Did… Did you bring these for this trip?”
“Yup, and also this.” She held a shiny camera, it had a label attached to it that reads Property of Rarity. Rainbow Dash, keep your hooves off!.
Twilight wanted to scold her friend as she had never done before, for taking advantage of every single thing she could; however she couldn’t hide her enthusiasm. Just as her friend she always dreamed to go on an adventure with Daring Doo, and this was the closest thing to that.
“Alright, just this once I’m going to let you get away with this… But only if I’m Daring Doo first.”
“Deal!”
The two of them started their private photo session, taking posses from their favorite moments in the books. They switched roles each time to let the other have her moment on the spotlight. As the free space in Rarity’s camera reached it’s limits, they begin to feel like they had been there for too long. With no windows or open doors, they have no idea what time of the day it was. After packing everything up, they decided to go outside to see what was happening.
As the door opened with Twilight’s magic, they expect the light of the sun to blind them. But they were surprised instead to be greeted by the night covering the sky. Stepping outside, the realized they were utterly alone. There were no ponies around anymore, not even the guards.
“How long were we inside?” Asked Rainbow
“I don’t know. Maybe we over did it. We should get back to the hotel.” Twilight suggested.
With nopony around to say otherwise, they spread their wings, and took a flight back to town. The streets below them were completely barren. Not a hoof step, nor a voice could be heard, only the noise of crickets and the wind in the trees.
The gloom and silence, was starting to unnerve Twilight. She found humming just to fill the silence. “Giggle at the ghosties... ” she sang to herself.
‘You say something, Twi?” Dash asked with an uneasy tone.
“No, just- Hey, what's that?” Twilight pointing to a glimpse of light that caught Twilight’s eye. “Look, there’s light coming from the graveyard.”
“I really don’t wanna go to the graveyard right now. I just wanna lay on the bed and eat something I can actually pronounce.”
Twilight thought about convincing her friend to find out what was there, but she too felt tired as well. Taking pictures for hours, debating about inconsistencies on the books, and just looking around the ruins had drained her out.
Skipping what ever festival was in the graveyard, they arrived the town only to find a similar scenery like the one at the pyramids. A deserted city with no light, no ponies, and no sound. The doors at the hotel were closed, and so was every house and store they could lie eyes on.
“What is going on?!” The pegasus protested.
“I don’t know. Something really weird is happening,” Twilight said, looking around in confusion. By the corner of the street, she saw the silhouette of a pony walking
“Wait!... Espera!” She yelled as she trotted as quick as her hooves allowed, trying to catch up with the pony.
Rainbow Dash followed her, keeping an eye open to try and spot somepony else.
The pony seemed to make a game of dodging their pursuit; turning at every corner, and somehow speed up every time they began to gain. Dash and Twilight, strained their eyes in the dim light to see the pony better. But whenever the moonlight was close to revealing the pony, a shadow appeared, returning the pony to the gloom. Twilight, tried her best to talk to the pony, asking it to stop, but no matter how much she pleaded, the pony never turned back.
Turning yet another corner, the chase lead the ponies into the main plaza. However it seemed like the pony had gotten away.
“Okay, this place just keep going creepier. Whaddaya say we buck the hotel doors open, get in our room, and call it a day?” Rainbow suggested.
“I don’t know what else to-”
The crack of pistol fire and a laughter interrupted Twilight.
Frightened, they crouched and looked around; trying to find the source of the noise, only to find that the plaza was just as empty as the rest of the town. Movement caught Rainbow’s attention. Looking to the roof of a near by building, she saw a familiar figure standing on it: a white stallion, with a long bushy mustache, and the sombrero she worn the day before.
“This… This can’t be.” She mumbled to herself.
“Oye! Morrita colorida. Ya supe que te andas burlando de mí. A ver si te sigues riendo!5” The stallion said while he laughed and fired a couple more rounds from his ghostly guns into the night.
Jumping from the roof, a white vapor trailed him as he fell. Despite the two story fall, he landed as if having only taken a step. Pausing only to give Dash a crooked smile, he fired his guns once more into the air before walking toward the girls.
Rainbow Dash was frozen in place, her bones quivered at the ghastly image right before her eyes.
“Come on, Rainbow! We gotta move!” Twilight used her magic to tug at her friend. Thankfully, that was enough to snap her friend out of her state.
Their saddlebags fell to the ground as the two of them darted to the sky. There was a measure of safety in knowing that an earth pony could not harm them into the clouds: but when they looked, back they saw the ghost following them closely.
“That thing can fly?!” Rainbow asked.
“How should I know? I’ve never seen a ghost before.”
Diving into the clouds, they tried to evade the specter. But for all their struggle, the ghost kept up with them as if it were a casual thing; his laughter always just behind them.
“I got an idea,” Rainbow Dash said “Follow me!”
Twilight followed her friend down, back toward the city. Nearing the buildings around the main plaza, Twilight understood what Dash was thinking. Rainbow had invented a little a little escape maneuver a while back---when Twilight was chasing after her for snatching one of her books before the release date. They will go through some narrow alleyways as fast as they could, and ducking around a blind corner, they would go as high as possible. The pursuer would assume that had kept going forward, and pass them by.
Following their strategy, they soon found themselves watching the ghost fly under and away from them. With gentle wing beats, they landed on the roof of one of the houses, keeping an eye on the ground in case the ghost came again.
“It’s true! It’s all true!” Dash panicked “The day of the dead. They took everypony away! We are doomed!”
“Snap out of it!” Twilight yelled “We just need to find everypony else and see what’s going on.”
“Why do I feel so chilly all of the sudden?” Asked Rainbow, as a chill ran through her spine.
Twilight shivered as she too felt the odd chil. Instinct told them both to look behind them. Turning there was a mare ghost just a hoof span away, waving at them.
“Hola ¿Les puedo ayudar en algo?6”
The ponies yelled from the bottom of their lungs.
Jumping off the roof, the flew as quick as their wings would carry them. A moment later they found themselves catching their breath in the plaza. It was just a void of ponies as in had been a moment ago. Except now there were hundreds of ghosts walked around the place as if they were regular ponies, minding their business in a surreal echo of what they had done in their living bodies.
Rainbow and Twilight hugged each other, tighter than they have done before. The image before them was the scariest thing they have seen.
“Oye!” The ghost of a young stallion called to his friend “Mira eso ¿Qué onda con esas chavas? Andan temblando de miedo.7”
The other ghost squeezed his eyes trying to identify the girls “Nunca las habia visto. Parecen equestrianas.8”
Realizing the girls were from the north, an idea sprung in the young ghost mind’s “¿Qué dices? ¿Nos divertimos un rato?9”
One of the ghosts staggered towards them;, waving his legs around and raising them to the air trying to be scary. “What a nice body,” He said in his best wobbling ‘ghost-voice’. “I think I’m going to posses it!”
The girls yelled in fear once again. They tried to run the other way, but they were quickly stopped by another ghost.
“You cannot escape.” The other ghost said, imitated his friend’s silly voice.
“To the sky!” Rainbow Dash shouted, taking off to the sky once again, Twilight following her closely.
These ghosts did not chase after them like the the first one did. Instead they remained on the ground, and only watched them leave with mild interest. They thought it was odd, but it was better than having some specter coming after them.
Landing on a cloud, that tried gathering their wits again. They had just calmed their breath, when a new voice chirped out behind them.
“Cuantos colores ¿Quién te pinto tu melena?10” A small pegasus filly ghost asked touching some of Rainbow’s hairs.
This time they only slinked away from the ghost a few paces, Watching her with a cautious eye. Weather they were starting to get used to this, or they were just too tired to scream and run, neither knew.
“There!” Twilight pointing to the balcony of a house that had it’s windows closed.
From the balcony, they could see almost every street around the plaza and the ghosts walking them. The doors closed and high perch offered them a place no one could sneak up on.
“Okay… It’s gonna be okay.” The alicorn tried to remain calm.
“Okay? Those ghost want to posses our bodies! No wonder no pony’s around.”
“We just need to stay away from them until morning.”
“Morning? How do you know that?”
“In the time we’ve been here, everypony has said that the dead come in the night, and we didn’t see any ghost during the day. My guess is that they go away when the sun comes.”
“Alright, alright. And how exactly are you planning on doing that?”
Their conversation was interrupted by a humming sound beside them. Turning to see what the noise was, they found a ghost pony leaning against the balcony railing. He had a rose between his teeth, looking at Twilight with a sly smile.
“Hola lindura. Me llamo Potrillo Fernandez ¿Y tú?11” He said.
Pressing themselves against the locked door, they both looked frantically for a better hiding place.
“Can you teleport us in our hotel room?” Rainbow Dash asked
“I can’t, the buildings have anti-thievery spells that prevent ponies to just go inside. Even if I tried to-”
Twilight’s words were cut off by a familiar laugh and gun shots.
“Zapata’s ghost!” They yelled pointing at the ghost in the distance looking at them.
“Let’s do the thing again.” Rainbow suggested, flying to the buildings. However, she was quickly stopped by the other ghosts they saw.
“Found you!” One of the ghosts from earlier said. His wings stopped flapping and he floated to the ground.
“There’s no where to go.” The other one continued.
Twilight’s horn instantly illuminated, casting a shield bubble around them. However, the spell didn’t work against ghosts as their pursuers walked through the bubble without pause. Shrinking into a corner, the two braced themselves for the inevitable.
“Twilight?” Rainbow said.
“Yes?”
“I… I…” She took a deep breath before she continued “Applejack is stronger than me. I always loved Pinkie Pie’s pies even though I always say I didn’t, I actually loved the butterfly thing with Fluttershy, every night I put on one of Rarity’s dresses and wear it until I go to sleep, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THE MOST AWESOME PONY IN ALL OF EQUESTRIA!”
Twilight hugged her friend. She respected her for being completely honest with her, even though until the last moment.
The ghosts were so near to them that they could almost touch them. Then a voice in the distance took their attention. It was familiar voice, a voice they were so happy to hear.
“¿Qué está pasando aquí?” It was Flor del Desierto, she saw on the street below, looking up at the scene. “Debería de darles vergüenza, por eso a los turistas les da miedo venir. Vayanse de aqui antes de que le hable a los cazafantasmas.12”
The ghosts evaporated immediately hearing the pony’s threat. The friends, who still hugged each other tight, looked around to see that the ghosts that had been harassing them gone.
“I’m sorry about that. Are you okay, girls?” Flor asked from the street below.
“Huh?! What? How? What?” Rainbow Dash couldn’t process what just happened.
“How did you do that?” Twilight inquired.
“What? Making them go? They are friendly ghosts actually, they just like to prank new folks.”
“But they tried to shoot us, and posses us.” Rainbow Dash protested.
“Posses?” Flor giggled. “Oh silly, they can’t possess or harm you. Look.” She raised her hoof and tried to touching a ghost pony who was passing by, the hoof went across it as if it was touching smoke “See? They can’t do anything but scare you.”
The ponies finally let each other go. Having a familiar and non scary pony around made them feel safe enough to be on their own again.
“Thanks Flor,” Twilight said giving her a bow.
“So, where’s everypony hiding?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Hiding?” Flor raised an eyebrow “They are not hiding, they are celebrating at the graveyard… You do know what Dia de los Muertos is, right?”
The two ponies remained silent and looked away.
“Follow me, girls. There’s a lot to explain.”
Flor guided them to the top of a hill outskirts of the city, from there they could see all of Mexicolt’s graveyard. They were surprised when instead of looking at some gloomy, dark, creepy place filled with tombstones, they saw all sorts of decorations, lights illuminating everything. Bands played in every corner, food, fillies and foals playing around. It was a festival, looking more like a harvest celebration, than something belonging in a graveyard.
“Why…?” Rainbow Dash couldn’t finish her question.
“The ancient cultures that lived here thousands of years ago, believed that in this day the dead come from their graves to visit their families.” Flor stopped for a moment and pointed to a nearby table loaded with candles and food. “They welcomed them by building altars, offering their favorite food and drinks, cleaning up their graves, and spending time with them.
“We understand things better now; but it is still a magic day, and we still believe in remembering and honoring them in this special day. We spend time with our families, bring food, and have a great time with those we love.”
“But if you want to honor them, why do you make a huge party over their grave? Isn’t that a bit disrespectful?” Twilight asked.
“We don’t celebrate the fact that they are gone. We want to remember them as how the lived, instead of how they left,” She put her hoof on her mouth, remembering something somepony close asked her once “Here’s a question: If you die, how would you like your friends to react? Would you rather see them crying all the time, or would your prefer to see them happy and just the way you remember them?”
“So, all the ghosts back in the city… Are the ponies buried here?” The pegasus inquired.
“No, those are lingering spirits with unfinished business. They are around all the time, but on this day they can materialize and we can actually see them. Like I said, it is a magical day---we just understand it better.”
The equestrian ponies looked at the festival in a new light. They were amazed at the idea. The place ponies tend to avoid at all cost, the creepiest thing in the world, was now the center of a big party. Ponies of all ages having a fun time and remembering those no longer with them.
“So,” Flor continued. “I know you don’t have deceased loved ones here. But you can join me and my family if you want to.” She smiled.
Rainbow Dash rubbed her hoof with the other. “I don’t know... ”
“If you change your mind, we are on that tombstone over there. I’ll be waiting.” She smiled once again before leaving them there.
They stayed on the top of the hill for a moment, looking around the graveyard. Below them, everypony had a smile on their faces. Some having fun, and some standing silent next to the graves.
“So, shall we go?” Twilight asked.
“Okay,” Said Rainbow “I guess it can’t be worst than the ghosts.”
“Oh, and Twilight…”
“Yes?”
“If you ever tell somepony what I told you… I will destroy you.”
“But I am so awesome,” Twilight raised a hoof over her head dramatically, just like Rarity “I could be silent about it, if you show me that dress of yours.”
“I hate you.”