After
Slowly, Twilight lowered the letter. Fighting tears, she looked at the four ponies in front of her. Fluttershy was weeping in the corner, hooves over her ears in a feeble attempt to drown out the letter she had already read. Applejack had removed her hat out of respect at some point and sat with her head bowed, dry eyes closed. She was not one for tears, but it was still clear she was upset. Rarity’s eyes lacked the farm pony’s dryness; tears slid down her face, smudging her perfect makeup. Yet the fashionista made no attempt to clean herself up, she just stared as Twilight slowly rolled up the letter and placed it on the ground before her. Pinkie Pie sat uncharacteristically still, wide eyes dry. Her head, cocked to one side, portrayed her confusion: the party pony could not understand what the letter meant. Twilight sat down before her legs could fail her, allowing her tears to fall freely. She looked at her friends as the silence stretched on. Slowly, Fluttershy stopped weeping. She uncovered her head and sat up. After looking hard each of her friends, lost in their own pain, she broke the stillness of the air.
“I killed her,” she said. It was a statement, not a question. Four heads snapped to face her, four sets of lungs tried to regain the air stolen by the sudden words. Fluttershy blinked slowly and took a deep gulp of air. “I killed her,” she repeated, louder, as if daring her friends to contradict her. But there was no response, so Fluttershy nodded her head mutely. She stood up and turned to the door to leave, but she was stopped by Twilight.
“Fluttershy, wait.” The Pegasus stopped, her hoof on the door to open it, but did not turn. She waited stiffly for Twilight’s next words. “You didn’t kill Rainb-”
“Didn’t I?” Fluttershy softly cut across her friend, still facing the exit. She had stopped crying, but when the tears had left her, they had taken all of her emotions with them. The Pegasus spoke in a low monotone as she continued. “I was her oldest friend, I should have seen this was bothering her. I was the one that told her about the Hydra. I-”
“Would you let me finish?” Twilight burst out, reclaiming her place as the speaker in the conversation. Fluttershy said nothing as she turned to face her remaining friends. “Good,” Twilight continued, momentarily using her usual brisk manner before returning to one of grief. “Now, as I was saying, you did not kill Rainbow. We- we all did.” Twilight waited, expecting one of her friends to say something. This time it was Applejack that spoke.
“You’re wrong, Twi,” the farm mare said. “We didn’t. Mare Do Well did.” Applejack looked at the ponies around her, wishing for one of them to make a move, to break the silence. She slowly turned back to Fluttershy as the Pegasus took another step to the door. She stood there for a moment, her head bowed and eyes closed, before speaking once more.
“Isn’t that the same thing?” she asked. Without waiting for a reply, she opened the door. She froze for a moment before speaking. “Who are you?” she asked the Pegasus mare before her.
“My name is Rainstorm. I’m looking for Twilight Sparkle, the librarian. Is that you?” the mare asked. She raised a dark blue hoof and ran it through her pale red mane.
“No, I’m Twilight,” the unicorn spoke up from inside. Fluttershy stepped back to allow Rainstorm to enter the building. Twilight wiped her tears from her eyes and tried to be businesslike again. “How may I help you? Is there a particular book you want?”
“Oh, no. I’m- I’m not looking for a book.” The Pegasus blinked her yellow eyes as she looked around. “But it looks like you’re in the middle of something, I can come back later,” she said, backing up.
“No, now is fine. If you’re not looking for a book, then what are you looking for?” Twilight asked.
“If you’re sure. I’m looking for my sister. We- she- I haven’t spoken to her in years. Something happened and-” the mare broke off with a sigh. She looked down, digging at the ground uncertainly. “I just- I want to apologise. I made a mistake. I just need to find to her again and I was told that you are her friend, Twilight. Do you think you could help me?”
“I could try, but I’m not friends with many ponies. All my friends are right here,” Twilight said, gesturing around her at the solemn ponies. “You might want to talk to Pinkie Pie here,” she continued, nodding to the pink pony. “She knows every pony in Ponyville.” Rainstorm nodded.
“Her coat is lighter than mine and her mane,” she started, only to be cut across by Pinkie.
“I’m sure I already know what she looks like. It’ll be easier if you tell me her name.”
“Alright,” Rainstorm agreed, nodding. “Her name is Rainbow Dash.”
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Huzzah! An update!
Can't wait to see where this goes.
Wasn't this complete or do I really have a horrible memory (which I indeed do have)?
But anyways, I couldn't be more happy that I got something to read, no matter how short. It sure has been boring around here...
After reading:
Words stuck. Must gif.
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Incredible job. Thank you.
This story IS NOT complete.
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^This!
Hope that there are more chapters to come out
This is so good! I really hope the "complete" tag lies.
Don't just stand there girls, go find Dash; she's in trouble!
I'm gonna leave this here
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this story is FAR from done.
You can't just leave it here please continue.
2260297 What did you think?
2260407 No it was not previously completed. Then it was and now it is not again. See below for the long-winded explanation.
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In the season one finale (Prophecy Girl), Giles is being season 1 Giles (aka bossy/mean/jerk-ish) and telling Buffy not to do something she wants to, so basically she knocks him out. Cue Mrs Calendar running to Giles, kneeling down, 'Is he going to be ok, yada yada.' Buffy then says more or less the above quote only with the "her" above being a "him" in the show and adding something like "when he wakes up tell him... I don't know..." first. Something like that. It's been a long time since I watched that season.
2261929 So...
Did you like it?
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OK, five people demanding more. So more we will have.
BUT (there is always a but), it will take a long time to get it out and it will be an alternate ending.
You see, this was not the original ending I had planed. The ending I was going to use wasn't working for me. I hit a writers block as long as the Great Wall of China and the height of Mount Everest plus the depth of Mariana Trench. Then one day when I was totally NOT daydreaming in class iambrony.steeph.tp-radio.de/mlp/gif/mlfw835.gif?1347574475 and the idea of her sister walked into my head, fully formed. No, wait. It did not walk in. It didn't even waltz in. It ZUMBA-ed in, demanding to be written. So it was.
I also wanted to write a story with a very indeterminate ending. Why? I'm not sure. Maybe because Stephen King (my all time number one hero (other than Adam Savage and Joss Whedan (even though Joss and Stephan have caused me so much emotional stress over the last few years, I still love them.))) did that to me not too long ago when I finished "Cell." Damn good book with a ending even more evil than this one. Anyway, I'm off topic.
So, in short, YES I will be adding another chapter and NO it will not be continuing with Rainstorm. HOWEVER (always a however (especially after a but)), I have an idea for an indirect sequel for the first ending. I will post separate as it will be indirect, so one would not have to read this one first to understand it. All I'm going to say about that right now is that it will be staring Rainstorm and it will be her side of what happened. IE, what she did after she left and how she found Rainbow Dash again. It will also be her apologizing to RD.
Wow, that was a long "in short." Let's try again, shall we?
There will be another chapter, but I do not know how long it will take to get up. It will be an alternate ending. There will be an indirect sequel posted elsewhere on this site, which I will put a link to here.
OK then. I hope you all enjoyed this and do not hate me too much for the ending.
I (hope I) will be seeing you all soon(ish)!
2272858 isn't it obvious?
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Okay, so I was both correct and incorrect. Now I'm confused. I should sleep more. It would help my brains notice things.
But if you really want to continue this, you can add one name to the list of people requesting more chapters. I'd love to see more of this one
Take your time, I'm sure the result will be worth it
2273688 Apparently not.
I am glad you enjoyed this.
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Yay. I'll probably get the indirect sequel up first since I have a few ideas for that. But most likely I will get something completely different up because I have a very short attention spa- OH LOOK SOMETHING SHINY!!! 
Besides, I really want to get to work on the next chapter of In The Darkness. I'm probably going to have two more chapters for that, then a really short, really special epilogue. That is all I am revealing at this moment in time.
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I don't think I have ever met anyone who manages to make me so excited in such a little amount of time. Now I have something to wait for,
As much as i like this story. i do not remember there ever being a hydra that was about to attack the town in the episode. there was a hydra in season one that i remember.
2391832 There was no hydra attack in the show. I made it up for this story. Why did I choose a hydra? Why not?
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oh that's cool well hydras are very hard to kill so it was a good creature to use for Dash to go and fight.
2392602 Thanks. I'm glad you like this.
I want, no, need more!!! I love your story sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!
MOARZ!!!
2392205 Huh? There was a Hydra attack in the show. "Feeling Pinkie Keen"
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That was a hydra appearance, not a hydra attack. There's a bit of a difference there. Sure, the hydra attacked the 5 characters, who were in its natural habitat (which is probably why it was planning on attacking the town in this anyways), but in this story there was going to be a hydra attack on the entire town.
You came at the wrong time. So, who’s gonna tell her?