A thousand years of raising both sun and moon can take its toll on a pony. There comes a point when you just need to rest.
Celestia, after over a thousand years of rule, is in need of just that. As she closes her eyes, she is presented with visions of ponies she has met, which if life had been different, she would have liked to call friends. Visions which all seemingly have something in common. Then there's the constant nagging from an all too familiar voice.
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I guess this straddles the line between sad and comedy, but as I'm not allowed to pick both, I just went with sad. Meh.
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Hm... it got a tad repetitive around the time you reached Rarity, since even though it was obvious what she was "Supposed to see" Celestia never really caught on. This would just require varying the banter a bit for the remainder of the visions. I was also a tad confused on when we were set other than in a dream and I for some reason from the description thought it was pre-show which of course was obviously not true. But that might be something you think about for editing the description and such. Decent story thumbs up.
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Thanks for that, I'll definitely give it some thought.