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Ninjadeadbeard


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Many, many years into her reign as the ruler of Equestria, on the night before Hearth's Warming Eve, Princess Twilight finds that she must say goodbye to one of her oldest friends, one last time. But will she have to say goodbye alone?

Partly inspired by the FiM song, Days Gone By.

Some Season 9 spoilers if you haven't seen the finale yet.

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Absolutely brilliant! And an excellent incorporation of Applejack's Heart's Warming carol from the album! Brought a tear to my eye, it did.

Have a thumbs up!

seems to be a lot of dust in the air this morning.

Really good job on the exchanges, characterizations and general wrap-up in this one-shot. I particularly liked Twilight and Honest both reflecting on the final Hearth's Warming they spent with Applejack. All in all, exactly the right mix of bittersweet and heart-warming.

And, for the record, I was tearing up enough simply from "the Magic of Friendship Grows", which really is exactly the right mix of bittersweet and optimistic to end the series on.

Days Gone By is the only MLP song that made me cry. If this happened in the actual finale, I would cry so much.

Nice story, bud. You get like.

This was a great read. I'll definitely be reading this again. But the new element bearers bothered me a bit. What did Flurry Heart do to get such a responsibility? She's the daughter of an alicorn princess ruling the Crystal Empire. You'd think she would be with Cadance, helping out there. I don't mind that Flurry is an element, but perhaps you could add a bit of a backstory. For Flurry, why isn't she in the Crystal Empire? What did they all do to deserve something like that? Why them? Did they go on some sort of quest together, like Starlight, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord? Something along those lines. Otherwise, I loved this story. Was nicely written, and with just the right amount of description. Good work! :twilightsmile:

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New Bearers of Harmony just seemed like a detail that would be noticed in its absence. I couldn't imagine Twilight not inviting all her current friends to this sort of thing, so I came up with 4 other bearers to fit in alongside Honest. Flurry Heart was there because she's a character that should be there, and I figured a little more identity as a Bearer would be nifty. I don't have current plans as to how these creatures ended up the new Bearers, but I could find inspiration later. Definitely an adventure to save Equestria, of course. :pinkiesmile:

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Of course! Don't take it the wrong way; I love how you incorporated them all into this story. Especially Flurry Heart! :pinkiehappy:

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No prob, bob. Just explaining my process. Glad you liked them!

So beautiful I am having trouble writing this through the tears.

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Thanks so much! The song itself just destroyed me, so I figured this needed to be written.

:applecry: :applecry::applecry: and that's why I try to avoid these type of fics, Celestia the feels.

Oh, that song. Quite possibly one of the best in album.

Okay, this was pretty good. Even though I'm against Twilight outliving her friends and have her give up her immortality to be with them for my headcanon as the writers left it up to us to decide for ourselves how long everyone lives, seeing her focus on the good things in life after the others are gone is nice. That does show strength in its own way. Life has its ups and downs, you just focus on ups I guess. Still, I would choose to pass on with my friends rather than watch generations of others pass. Either way, good story. Merry Christmas Ninjadeadbeard!

Tears were shed.

Excellent job.

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