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// One Apart From the Others 
// Story: Meaningless in Their Dreams 
// by Briarpelt 
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Come and hear the story told
Of six friends, who brave and bold
Left perusing their own dreams
And left their hearts behind, it seems.

Then listen to the two who fought
Chaos, and then chaos brought.
Fate cast one away, apart
From her home and from her heart.

After these come three sad foals,
Those who strived to find their roles.
Once they found their purpose, though,
Meaning from their lives did go.

Next, the one who constantly
Stayed at home in Everfree.
When her friends all disappeared,
She was left alone, uncheered.

Finally, the last to fall:
One who stayed true through it all.
Sick of being second-best,
He went on a power-quest.

All these beings speak one verse,
Each lamenting their shared curse.
It matters little why or how,
This is what they suffer now.

"Ink on parchment, scroll and seal
Nothing else to me is real
Letters of the bonds we had
Before the world went crazy mad."

"Silk and velvet, running stitch
Dresses made without a hitch
They look like the friends I'd made
Mem'ry is a two-edged blade."

"In the fame I'd dreamed to reach
Clouds are kicked across the breach
Though the sky connects us all,
Even sky will someday fall."

"Hoeing, planting, working land
Why did we choose to disband?
Apple cider we once shared
From the time when we still cared."

"Fluffy bunnies, kittens, mice
Free from danger, friendly, nice.
Cling to whispers of the past
In their fur, so it will last."

"Parties, crazy, fun galore
Everypony wanted more!
Now they're gone, out of my life
Laughter only fighting strife."

"On the ground, I'd missed the sky--
On the moon I used to fly.
So I fought a losing fight
Banished to rejoin my night.'

"Sisters now, as we were then
How could she betray again?
Forced to cast her far away
Is there nothing that can stay?"

"Songs have taken me afar
Songs of hope, of who we are.
Now my flank's no longer bare
There's no purpose resting there."

"Building houses made of rocks
I've lost all my building blocks.
Friends and home and family
Were the things that set me free."

"Chained no longer to the ground
Acrobatic leaping bound.
Now I know my scooter tricks
Left a hole I cannot fix."

"On the freedom-forest floor,
Friends come visit me no more.
Speaking in my constant rhyme
Can't bring back a happy time."

"Ever faithful follower
Always I had stayed with her.
Though I have the power now,
I wish I could go back somehow."