When the Light Goes Out
Th-Thunk!
Props gasped. It was intensely dark inside the Noble Jury's engine room. She spun around.
There was no lavender light coming from the black iron cage.
Muzzle quivering, the blonde engineer shuffled nervously towards the container. Gripping the bars, she pensively peered in.
The ancient tome lay on its side, completely dormant. Nothing was glowing—not a single rune.
The mare's eyes turned instantly glossy.
Up on the top deck of the Jury, Zaid lay limply against the railing, his eyes thin as he gazed at Roarke and the forest beyond.
Suddenly, there was a loud galloping of hooves.
He turned around just as Props skidded to a stop. He stood up straight, ears twitching at attention.
Props stared back, panting, her eyes wide as saucers.
Josho, Booster, and Floydien craned their necks to see. Once they witnessed her expression, they slowly exchanged confused glances.
Zaid shuffled towards her. His mouth hung open on the edge of an unspoken question.
That was when Props bit her lip. She shook her head, harder and harder. Tears welled up in her eyes as she collapsed right there, sobbing pitifully.
Zaid's ears folded back. Gulping a lump down his throat, he squatted alongside her and held the mare close. He peered nervously over the ship's edge, where he made eye contact with Bellesmith. He wished that he hadn't, so he instead buried his face into Props' neck.
Belle gasped, clasping a hoof over her mouth. Pilate tilted his head curiously towards her.
In the meantime, Kera gawked, her mouth agape. She shook, she fumed. With a growl, she galloped straight into the misty tree-line. Pilate and Belle were too late to stop her.
Roarke, however, only needed to fling one hoof aside. She caught Kera and lifted the foal up into her forelimbs. The filly shrieked and struggled and fought. Her horn glowed and the branches of the trees shook overhead. As the leaves fell and Roarke's grip tightened, Kera's body untensed, melting into a series of pent-up sobs. She clenched her eyes shut and let loose one long howl, surrendering to Roarke's embrace.
Ebon awoke with a start, glancing worriedly towards the treeline. Eagle held him close along the hangar's entrance, his body shaking with crying heaves as he clung to the changeling.
Belle and Pilate nuzzled each other, helplessly looking on... listening on while Kera's wails echoed against the trees ahead of them.
Roarke was silent. She weathered every sob that wracked through Kera's body. Only when it was time to nuzzle the child did she finally break eye contact with the foot of the mountain, her lenses devoid of glint or starlight. She caressed the filly's mane, murmuring a single word over and over again that even she couldn't be bothered to remember.
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There's no way she stays dead.
Is there?
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...
...
so is KeraxRoarke a thing now
Edit: Maaan. You guys have no spine. Tis clearly a ruse.
Well, then.
It seems that we have a couple of chapters left here.
L-let's see how things turn--
Aw, forget it.
Could this be Dashie's death throes? Or will the Flame recognize her potential and save her?
No pushups today, ):(. For now, we wait...
C'mon, this can't be the end for Rainbow, it just can't be
GAH THE SUSPENSE!
4997296 Woah, Swanny, too soon.
Besides, Kera only has room in her heart for Diamond Dogs.
4997296
No, sir. Downvoted. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Perhaps Yaerfaerda is rebirth? Or perhaps the talons take off the thingy- er, the pendant on her neck?
4997307 It sounded like the flame went out right before the creatures converged. Maybe she nabbed it in time and is gonna go super saiyan next chapter.
But this is a Skirts fic, so maybe not...
Well, I guess the Jury's grounded now. Seriously, Axan. You've saved Rainbow once. Now what are you going to do? You're not seriously going to let her die, are you?
Have you tried turning your Dashie off and on again?
Welp, I fell behind about 10 chapters and decided if I was gonna catch up before the end it would have to be now. Maybe I should have just waited, because we're at that weird point where we're not sure if we should be sad because we don't know if she's actually dead. Do we
? Do we
? We don't know!
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Playlist. Sonique, Sky.
Dear Celestia.
Release Me.
This seems like a good time to go through the first of the five phases.
There's no fucking way she died guys.
No way.
Nu-huh.
that was not a badass enough way too die. She better not be dead.
goddamit
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It ain't over yet...It just ain't over yet....Can't be over yet...
Wait for it...
Wanna see chaos dash somehow murderlize the serpents. I won't believe dash is dead until someone recovers her body
i bet the last chapter will end with words along the lines of 'deep in the machine world, a tiny flame appeared."
From this point of the play onwards the part of "Rainbow Dash" will be played by her twin sister Prismatic Speed
I've read a lot of things over the years. Millions of words of fanfiction; more books than I can count. I've even written some stories of my own. I like to think that I've developed pretty good instincts as far as story mechanics go--the flow and alchemy of narrative. And what my gut is telling me now is that Rainbow's not out of this yet. It doesn't... feel right, story-wise. Something is up. Something is going to happen. I don't know what. But something big's gonna happen in the next two chapters, and not just a funeral. The symbol was leading her here for something. This story has mentioned fate many times. If Rainbow really was destined to make her journey, I find it hard to believe that whatever magical architecture set her on this course didn't take her chaotic condition into account and provide some... options.
Or maybe I'm dead wrong. Instincts are pretty limited things, after all. This whole comment might just be wishful thinking.
4997372 We are diamond dogs.
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Did we see the body? Did we see the freaking body? NO.
She's not dead yet. Something major just happened in Equestria, and I hope Celestia/Luna are going to do something. I very much hope.
I have enough doses of denial to last a while longer. Dash made it out of Austraeoh, and Belle and Pilate survived the end of Odrsjot. This can't be the end...
Current theory - Dash gets stuck inside machine world in chaos form, is split from the Jury for a bit of next book, Jury fights Chrysalis by themselves believing Dash is dead.
Well it didn't actually say she died so I'm gonna assume she's alive.
"what doesn't kill you makes you stranger!"
This might be how the next book goes.
4998179 Well, I doubt the chaos serpents left much...
I don't think she is dead yet, or she will not stay dead at least anyway. The worst case scenario is the Jury or someone finds a way to resurrect her at some point in the next book. Heck it wouldn't surprise me if she goes to heaven and meets Twilight and the others, who then just push her back to life because her journey isn't over yet.
However assuming she is dead I don't see the Jury going past Val Roa really, they have no real reason too other then finding homes for them selves. If they do however continue with RD journey they could to some extent, as Ebon could open the doors as he is a changeling. However I forget if they would be able to do anything with the flames.
Another possibility is she might actually be a chaos monster right now instead of dead. The next book could be about bringing her back to normal or something.
Burdened Loyal heart,now she is the Spark. Austraeoh.
Broken shattered wings,listing in their slings. Eljunbyro.
Scattered and alone,friends away from home. Innavedr.
Together and afraid,the hunters due be paid. Odrsjot.
Long lost legend found,hidden darkness crowned. Urohringr.
Flying into death,a kiss with the last breath. Yaerfaerda.
4998742 Interesting point, that as a changeling Ebon could open the door by changing into RD. I haven't really considered this much, but it seems like it could be important.
FATALITY
Come on guys, this is Colon we're talking. If the story does not specifically, in writing, say that the character is well and truly dead, they are always alive. Remember Shell?
I wonder what she was saying?
5000330 Yeah, but he was a villain.
I wonder how she'll stay alive. Surely she has to.
-Spirit
Ahem. Axan?
Deus Ex Axan?
I'm not gonna lie. These eyes just barely started to collect moisture when Props was shaking her head more and more and Zaid was all like Imma shove my face in your chest and just sob. I didn't cry. But I'll be damned if my eyes didn't try. I know RD lives. But... it still has that sadness. And what's more, IC could have just ended it. Right here. With this. But luckily, he kept going. Good, only 1,498 chapters left, approximately. If there are indeed to be 12 stories and all have 200 chapters each, that is.
Without the tome, they won't be able to outrun the monsters.
was any one man or woman meant to feel these feels
inflicting emotions of this magnitude should be a fucking war crime
This is NOT OVER!!!
You hear me!?!?!
06/13/2017
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Fuck you, you just did! D;
Well fuckedy fuck
Godspeed rainbow horse
COME ON DASH, COME ON!