It was time. He was gonna do it. Pipsqueak was finally going to end his life. He was finally going to end the pain of his past. The memories of his mother and father that he lost long ago. He didn't want to kill himself, but he didn't know any other way. Pipsqueak finished tying the other end of the rope to the strongest support beam. The noose dangled down in front of his face. The swaying loop intimidated him, but he wanted it. He wanted an escape from the gnawing pain of his parents death. The guilt he felt was agonizing, though he did not know it was misguided. Pipsqueak, still standing on the stack of chairs he used to reach the support beam, which was now a single chair, placed the noose around his neck.
"Goodbye Equestria. I'm going to stay with my parents." He said aloud to no one. A single tear streaking down his cheek.
The chair tipped over! The rope tightened! It was done! Or was it?
Pipsqueak opened his eyes to find that he was still alive. He was being levitated by magic. The noose was magically untied and thrown to the side. Pipsqueak was placed on the floor. He turned to find five familiar faces. Rumble, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Princess Luna were standing in the doorway. Pip was filled with discontent.
"Why did you do that?! I was finally going to escape!" He yelled at them.
"How? By killing yourself and leaving your friends to wonder 'why?!'" Rumble yelled back. Pipsqueak looked blankly and smacked himself in the forehead.
"Idiot! I completely forgot about that." The group sighed.
"You really are a dummy." Rumble said. Pipsqueak looked up confused.
"Wait. How did you guys even know I was going to do this?" He asked. Rumble pointed to Princess Luna.
"I can enter the dreams of all ponies in Equestria undetected. I have observed your dreams, and I was deeply saddened. Losing your parents has damaged you greatly. To the point of suicide. I could not simply stand by and let you complete such an action. That is why I gathered your closest friends and brought them here to talk you out of your depression." Luna said.
"Pipsqueak. Buddy. I know you haven't really had the best of time lately, but you've have some truly great ones with us." Rumble started. "Remember that time we were playing hoofball after school?"
Pipsqueak flashed back to the time Rumble invited him to his house after school. Rumble's backyard stretched out long enough to fit fifty colts and fillies in it. The center of it was a dirt patch. Perfect for play wrestling in. After it rained, the mud it made would be the best time to splash around and make mud pies in. The grass provided soft cushion for when you fell on it. There was a trampoline that could fit ten ponies on it. There was even a pool to swim in.
"Hey pipsqueak! Catch!" The young Rumble called out. He threw the ball with all of his might.
Pipsqueak ran over an jumped to catch the ball.
"Pipsqueak dashing over for the ball! Will he get it?" Rumble said, acting as an announcer. "He catches it! And he's running for the end! He going top speed! Will he make it? Will he make it?! Almost there!"
Pipsqueak passes the dirt lane that marked the endzone. Rumble yelled out and threw his front hooves in the air.
"Touchdown! Touchdown! He made it! The crowd goes crazy!" Pipsqueak yells out it excitement.
"You did it! We won! We won the game!" Rumble said, sunning over to Pip. The two colts embraced each other like teammates that just won the greatest game of their lives.
"I'm glad you invited me over Rumble. This is fun!" Pipsqueak said.
"No problem Pippy. We're buddies after all. That's what buddies are for." Rumble said. Rumble's mother stepped out the back door.
"Boys! Come in! Dinner's ready!" She called.
"Well, chow time~!" Rumble said.
"Thanks for inviting me to dinner too." Pip added.
"No problem. Now, let's go!" Rumble said. The two colts walked to the house, both having a foreleg wrapped around the other.
"Yeah. Yeah, I remember that day. It was....one of the best time I ever had at a friends house. Just the two of us." Pipsqueak said.
"Yeah. That was just the two of us. I bet you had an even better time with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo on Nightmare Night." Rumble said.
"Yeah. That's when I met Princess Luna. I was scared that night, but it was the fun kind of scared." Pipsqueak said.
"So? You see the big picture here. You had some major downs, but you had some major ups too. That's life." Rumble started. "Losing family suck. I wouldn't know, it never happened to me yet. I can kinda get a picture of how you feel right now. If I lost my mom and dad right now, I'd be super depressed. I love them both, but I'd wanna live on so what they made wouldn't be in vain."
"What do you mean 'they made?'" Pipsqueak asked.
"You man. They made you. They want you to live a happy life.So do it, for them." Rumble said.
Pipsqueak thought about his parents. All the happy times, the sad times and everything else in between with them. He imaged them standing in front of him. They looked down at him with smiles on their faces. They placed their front hooves on him and pulled him into a close hug. He hugged them back. tears ran down his face. The hug felt like it went of for eternity, and Pip wished it did. When his parent finally let go, tears ran down their faces as they turn around and walked off into a bright light behind them and disappeared. Pipsqueak looked on.
Pipsqueak broke down. Tears and pained wailing were all he could do at that time. Rumble pulled him into a tight hug. Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo did the same. No pony said a word. They let Pipsqueak cry out his pain. He needed it. He needed to know that the ponies he loved were gone, but there were more right with him and they weren't going anywhere anytime soon. Pipsqueak finally opened his eye. They were pinkish-red from the crying. He looked around him at all the ponies he met surrounding him in a hug. He sniffled,closed his eyes and laid there. He thought that it was finally time to let go of the past. Remembering his parents, but not thinking of their death as them leaving. Rather seeing it as them waiting for him in another place.
"Thank you everypony. Thank you." Pipsqueak said. He was finally happy....again.
The End