I've been back in Ponyville for almost a year now and after what happened, Rainbow Dash, my sister, was kind enough to offer me a place to stay at her house where she promised me I'd be safe.
It wasn't something that I was used to, being up in the sky, seeing that I originally spent most of my life living on the ground. The only other pony I knew in town who preferred ground life against sky life was Fluttershy whom was also a pegasus. Other pegasi may think it's strange for a pegasus to live on ground other than in the sky because of tradition, but quite a few chose it over the sky life.
It was also nice to know that I could keep Dash company in that huge mansion of hers. It was a rather spacious mansion with some of the fanciest cloud designs I've ever seen in a cloud house and the decorations and effort she put into the work was truly stunning to behold from either up close or afar.
In my opinion, the best addition to the home that gave away who occupied the residence was the rainbow waterfalls, cascading off of the edges of the structure of the building and the foundations and over the sides in multi coloured hues that made every vibrant and radiant colour of the rainbow.
Rainbow Dash even gave me a spare room located next to her own bedroom and that way, we could always be close to each other. It may only be temporary for now, should I choose to move to ground, but I doubt I'd ever make a switch from it. It felt cozy being back in the sky after all these years of being away from it all.
My room was big enough to accommodate myself and some of my belongings, along with a cloud bed that I brought in myself not so long ago and crafted it into a size that I was satisfied would be big and comfy enough to take my size and be strong enough to hold my bodily mass.
Though pegasi did possess the ability to walk on clouds, it didn't mean that the weight of the user didn't affect it.
Currently, I was left on my own in the mansion and like usual when I was alone, I found myself staring at my guitar that was sitting snug on my lap.
Just looking at it now, looking back over the years and reminiscing on all the times I've had with it, both good and bad, I was left wondering if it was such a bad thing or not that I left when I did. I mean, I wouldn't have ever taken up the hobby of playing instruments and soon making them a huge part of my life and that includes when it comes to teaching ponies on how to play them, like I was doing with Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.
I probably wouldn't have ever met my fiance, either, meaning that the band we formed together wouldn't have existed and we wouldn't have been as rich as we were with all that we made together in that time.
That was a separate thought though, one that drowned my still aching heart, no matter how much I was wanting to deny it.
My fiance.
I never wanted to say her name out loud and the mere though of that name that belonged to her stabbed me in the heart. She may be gone from my life, but she surely was still in my heart and always would be. She was by far the most wonderful mare I could ever have the pleasure of meeting. Heck, even ending up in a sadly cut short relationship where we were engaged was on of the best things to ever happen to me when I least expected it!
Thinking of her, I looked across to a cloud table that sat directly in front of me and to a small, framed picture that sat comfortably behind the glass, displaying a moment caught in time of both me and her, at a bar that I remember perfectly was the first time I asked her out and we both ended up getting drunk.
That's what I loved about her; she wasn't just a pretty face and a talented, young mare, she was also a wild-hearted party animal. Placing my guitar aside and laying it gently on the plushy cloud bed's surface, I got up and made my way towards the framed photo and took it in my hooves before retaking my seat on the bed and staring at it, almost as if it put me into a trance.
The memory of the photo still played in my mind like it happened only moments ago and despite all the negativity my mind was rolling in, it managed to bring a smile to my lips.
I still felt the exact same love I felt for her ages ago as I do now. She may have been taken from me, but my love for her didn't and never will be taken from me.
Pulling my hooves closer to my chest, I pressed the photo tight against my chest and I let myself fall back onto the bed, laying down with my head to the wall as I closed my eyes, letting my emotions course over me whilst a long, empty sigh escaped through my nostrils.