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// Alternate Ending: Sudden Realization 
// Story: Abstracted Spectrum 
// by Abstract Spectrum 
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THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE AFTER RAINBOW DASH IS TRANSFORMED INTO NIGHTMARE MOON.


"Rainbow Dash! Wait!"

Rainnightmare Moon lowered herself closer to the ground to listen easier.

"Rainbow Dash... please... I know you're in there, I know you can get out of this! You're being controlled, you can't let that happen! You have to fight it!" Twilight yelled.

"Think of that special somepony, that pony you loved the most! Soarin'! He always loved you, Rainbow Dash! He was never mad, he always wanted to be with you since the day you two met!" Applejack shouted.

Nightmare Moon's eyes widened, and there was a long pause for a moment. Suddenly, Nightmare Moon dropped to the ground, and landed hard. Suddenly she began to glow, the dirt around her started swirling around everypony. A quick flash blinded everypony around for several seconds, and when they opened their eyes, there lay Rainbow Dash, with tears in her eyes.

"I... I never meant to hurt him... I always loved him too..." She sobbed.

"It's okay, Rainbow Dash. We'll help you through this, you're gonna be just fine." Twilight said, patting Rainbow Dash lightly as she hid her face in the dirt.

When the flash occurred, Shiva, the tower, and the Equestrian wasteland that they were once surrounded by was gone. Everything seemed to have gone back to normal. Over the next few months, Rainbow Dash eventually got interested in other colts, but she'll never forget the one she truly loved, one of her life-long heroes that drove her to become the Wonderbolt that she was today.

Soarin'.