Visiting good friends
Waking up this day of the year did not get any easier, ever.It was already noon. Twilight was free from her royal duties for today because of the occasion, she should be spending the day celebrating another year in which she fulfilled her obligations as the princess of friendship exceptionally well, maybe throwing a party and invite Celestia, Luna and the friends she had made over the years. But she didn't. The times where her birthday filled her with joy have long been gone. Nowadays it just always feels like there is something missing. The purple Alicorn rose out of bed and prepared for the day.
Some hours later she was on her way to Sugarcube Corner in order to pick up the last item on her list, aside from the cupcakes she already had everything needed for a picnic in her saddlebags. After going through the list in her head one more time just to make sure she really did pack what´s necessary, Twilight found herself infront of the bakery and headed inside. Behind the counter stood a blue coated earth-pony with a red-brownish mane, Sponge Cake, the daughter of Pumpkin Cake.
"Hello Princess, here to pick up your order i presume?".
"Indeed so." confirmed the alicorn. Sponge Cake put a box filled with cupcakes on the counter, which Twilight proceeded to levitate with her magic.
"Thank you, that would be 20 Bits, correct?" Twilight moved to open her saddlebags, but the earth-pony signaled her to stop.
" They´re free of charge princess. Take them as my birthday gift to you.". Twilight smiled and nodded, expressing her thanks on the way out.
"Ok, that would be everything, time to head to my destination!", and with that, Twilight headed off.
...
Somewhat outside of Ponyville was a hill, which served as the cementary, and right on top of it where the 7 stones she was walking towards. As she arrived infront of them, she couldn't help but let out a sigh upon seeing how beautiful a sight they were, beeing covered in the red light that's beeing emitted from the sunset. They were carved into the silhouttes of the pony´s ( or the dragon) who´s names they were bearing. Those names being all to familiar to Twilight. Pinkamena Diane Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Starlight Glimmer and Spike. A feint smile escaped Twilight´s lips upon seeing those names. She began preparing the picknick, and soon the blanked was laying on the ground with all the food and beverages spread out on it. The princess sat down infront of the stones and the blanket and began to speak.
" Once again, here we are together to celebrate my birthday. Before we get started i just want to tell you how glad i am to have the privilege of calling you guys my friends. I could always count on you, na matter how rough the times were getting. I am the luckiest Pony in all of Equestria to be surrounded by such great individuals and every second we spend together truly fills my heart with joy. The memories we forged together are irreplaceable and will forever be my most precious possession.".
Her voice was trembling. She took a brief pause, but as was always the case, nopony was there to answer her. She magically grabbed hold of one of the cupcakes and took a bite, the extremely sweet flavour filling her mouth. Twilight then turned to the first stone with a light chuckle.
" Pinkie, remember when you were so determined to spend quality time with all of us at once, you resorted to the legend of the mirror pool? It was crazy how out of hand the whole thing got, prior to that day i´d never thought i would be sitting in a room with 50 copies of yourself watching paint dry... But of course, it all resolved itself in the end, it was truly amazing how you overcame your hyperactive nature because you wanted nothing more than to be with us. It almost makes me tear up everytime i think about it."
Twilight noticed that speaking became more difficult, it felt like something was stuck in her throat. She could almost make out her friends laughter as they remembered the occasion, but soon realized that it was merely her imagination. She then turned to the second stone.
" And Applejack , remember that time you were so afraid of disappointing everypony, you stayed out of town to work with cherry jubilee? It was sweet to see how m-much you cared about our opinion, although we sure were w-worried when you didn´t r-return to ponyville as planned..."
The alicorn felt something build up in her eyes as she moved on to the third stone
"A-and R-rainbow, remem-m-mber the d-day you became a f-full fledged wonderbolt? It was so nice t-to s-s-see you achieve the g-goal you strived for for so l-l-long, back then w-we a-all r-really...."
Twilights vision started to get blurry and she felt something flow down her cheeks and the overly sweet cupcake which used to be pinkie´s favourite suddenly tasted salty and was quite damp. That wasn´t the reason she could barely swallow another bite though. Twilight tried to finish her sentence, but even though her mouth opened, no words wanted to come out. She just stared at the engraved names, her heart captured in a state of agonizing pain. The alicorn could barely hold herself together.
Suddenly she heard a soft voice right behind her
"I thought i would find you here..."
Twilight found herself standing next to Celestia. She looked up to her former mentor, and the pain visible in her eyes hit Celestia hard.
" You know, you were always the perfect friend to them. I know that they valued your friendship more than anything else in their lifes."
...
Upon hearing that, Twilight couldn´t hold it in anymore.
All of the sadness and distress over the loss of her friends she hides all year in order to be the confident and strong princess Equestria expects her to be finally caught up and numbed out all of her other senses. All she could think about was the pain she has to suffer through and hide everytime she thinks of the other bearers of the elements of harmony.
She broke out into a stream of tears and cries, leaning against the other alicorn to have at least some hold while everything around her seemed to crumble into nothingness.
Celestia gently sat down beside her former student and gently wrapped her wing around the crying princess.
As had become custom for this day of the year, the two princesses would not spend the night in their castles, but instead on this hill. One trying to grasp at every happy memory she had with the figures she would only ever meet again in her most happy and most sad dreams, the other pondering on how to ease that pain.
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Really well done!
It's short, sweet, and to the point. I like that Twi didn't immediately break down into tears and tried to put on a brave face until she started to talk to them. It's a good short story
This story has given me an idea for a potential future story for me to write.
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Nice to hear. Will be watching your profile to see it once done
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Thanks alot, glad to hear you liked it.
Yeah, her inner struggle was supposed to be the main part of this, so i
nice to hear that it came off well ( it also helped me reach that 1000 words minimum
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Thank you !
As far as first stories go, it's definitely not the worst, but it still needs an editor. Not just for the grammar and punctuation mistakes, but also someone who will help you structure your story.
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Yeah i can see that, i thought that there would be many mistakes in terms of grammar and such, tried my best to avoid it but i still have lots to learn in regards to when it comes to writing an entire story in english.
As far as an editor goes, i just wrote this on a whim so i didn´t really think about getting one, if i want to post another story i will definitly consider getting one.
Or i might just actually plan ahead that time and take the time to get it right, though both together would probably be the best
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Plus I have several other stories I am working on in the meantime. But I will definitely PM you when it comes out so you won't miss it in the sea of all my other junk. 
Cool, thanks. It might take a good while though, like several months just because I am a bit lazy and procrastinate a lot.
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Oh now procrastination is something I know all about
No worries, it's done when it's done, gonna look forward to receiving that PM
I love all stories about immortal Twilight being sad about her friends' deaths, and this is no exception. However, I just have one thing to point out: shouldn't Spike still be alive?
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Dammit, you noticed.
Yeah, spike should still be alive, i screwed up there.
Let's say he died due to unnatural circumstances?
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Okaaaay (I call excuses!). But, wouldn't Twilight have protected Spike with her life?
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Well, yeah, it is an excuse.
I said i screwed up there didn't i? Spike beeing dead is a mistake i made and something i have no explanation for.
This was just a joke, take notice of the emoji
Gotta love how you were the first one to point that out though, congrats.
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Heh, I guess you could make the Spike being killed a thing. Actually, I have an idea for a fanfic because of this conversation! Thanks!
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Did i just encourage you to kill off spike?
Damn, i actually like the little fella...
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Nah, it's gonna be inspired, but not completely the same. In here, Twilight dies sacrificing her life for Spike, and he's the reminiscing one.
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Looking forward to reading it
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Sorry to say, but it'll take a while, as I'm busy with two other stories.
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Hey, no rush. It's done when it's done.
The plot's pretty good, but this needs some major editing.
Mainly missing capitalization of 'i', and removing the full-stops when you've already got one.
I'll see if I could come back to this and fix it up, but I wouldn't hold your breath...
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Yeah, I realize this needs major fixes. I would do it myself, but sadly this story is just really low on my priority list...
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Fair enough.
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Yeah. Currently editing for another user and after that another story of mine is gonna be edited first. Also working on new stories and of course doing stuff outside of fimfic. One day I'm gonna fix this story up, but until then, I am not ashamed to show the level I started at...
This is so sad...but what happened to spike? He’s a baby dragon in the series, and I always thought that dragons lived longer than ponies. Besides that, I loved it.
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Yep, the Spike thing is a plot hole in this x)
This was the first story I've ever written, and it was a spur of the moment decision. There was no planning or anything involved, I just typed what came to mind.
Spike!? Kinda surprised.
Dragons should life longer then that.
Ps. There are cute story s in which she uses stainglas windows to speak with her "sleepy" friends ...
Non the less. Immortality remains a curse.
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you're not the first one to discover the spike issue x)
completely went over my head back when I wrote this thing
And yes, it is
Wow...
This is the ONLY twi story that made me tear up