> Six Friends > by Armalite > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Six Friends > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Friends Six friends learn about friendship Six friends fight to live Six friends love and tolerate Six friends hate and kill Six friends wield elements to save Six friends wield weapons to kill Six friends have everything Six friends have nothing Six friends have bright futures Six friends with no hope Six friends only know life Six friends know only death Six friends and ten thousand and one friends Six friends and ten thousand and one enemies Six friends and one mentor Six friends and one nemesis Six friends with everything to gain Six friends with nothing to loose Six friends, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack Six friends, Jake, Kyle, Alice, Sam, Leon, Mack Hearts decorate the walls Blood coats the walls Fine silk rugs lie on the floor Shell casings litter the floor Quaint wagon Makeshift 4x4 truck Beautiful gowns and dresses Rag-tag armor and insulation Wood stone and marble Metal iron and plastic Love kindness and tolerance Flesh blood and bone Kindness Heartless Loyalty fanaticism Generosity Tactician Honesty Suspicion Magic Cunning Laughter Anger So different yet so alike We're so different than you We've changed so much We wish it would all end for you We wish it would all end for us All we can do is watch and cry All we can do is fight and scream Maybe someday it will end Maybe someday it will end Six friends ignorant of hate Six friends ignorant of love Six friends Loving to save Six friends Killing to live Maybe the princesses can help Maybe the army can help You're not alone We're on our own We watch to your ignorance No one will remember us We will All we do is kill You can still make it We're already dead There's still a chance Remember to aim for the head Never give up No one will save us No don't do it One last time kids Don't 3 Please 2 Just wait 1 Please Life goes on Life goes on Love lives on Hate dies off Six friends lost in time Six friends immortal in time Six friends are now seven Six friends are now none It only gets better It only gets worse Friends until the end Friends until the end Twilight dropped the quill, tears overflowing from her eyes. It had been a week since Princess Celestia had unveiled to the Element bearers a magic mirror which can peer into another world. What they had seen shook them all to the core. The mirror had since been hidden and locked away. The Princesses were working on a way to travel to the world they had seen. To try to end it's suffering. She'd seen six children, no older than nineteen, fight and die against a foe that couldn't be killed. They were overwhelmed by sheer numbers of... things. They had gone down fighting. They were so different that them, but Twilight couldn't help feel connected to them. They were all gone now, and Twilight had seen it all. She fell backwards onto her backside, and started weeping uncontrollably. “Twilight? Are you okay?” Spike asked softly as he entered her room. Twilight turned and gazed into his eyes. Spike saw her red puffed, bloodshot eyes quivering in woe. Spike sat down next to her and hugged her tightly. “It's okay Twilight. They're in a better place now. It's okay.” Spike cooed soflty. “It's n-not f-f-fair Spike.” Twilight stammered in between sobs. “They were so y-young. W-W-We didn't e-even know who t-t-t-they were.” She cried, hugging Spike in return. Spike silently cried as he remembered what Twilight had told him a few hours ago. She had hardly talked all week. The same was true with the other elements. “I know Twilight.” Spike said softly, more tears streaming out. “I know.” Twilight cried into Spike's shoulder. She couldn't do anything to help. All she could do was sit there and watch. They had been so young, and they had adapted to their environment. They had forced their personalities to change. Their clothes. Their transportation. They had been so much more advanced than the ponies could ever imagine. Twilight stood up, still crying, and slowly made her way to the dark poem on her desk. She slowly picked up the quill once more. Six friends gone But not forgotten Twilight gently laid the quill back on the desk and backed away from the poem. “T-Twilight?” Spike asked worriedly. Twilight stared out the window near the desk. Bright moonlight streamed in, shining directly on Twilight. “I... I think everything will be okay Spike.” Twilight stated with quivering confidence. “We'll go to their world. And we'll stop those things. There are others there. Others that we can save.” Twilight said, fresh tears forming. “They didn't think so, but they aren't forgotten.” Twilight whispered. “Sam, Mack, Alice, Leon, Kyle, and Jake, the Elements of... The Elements of an unforgiving world. The lost Elements.” Twilight said shaking. “Gone... gone but not forgotten. Spike walked over and embraced her once more. And there they sat, bathed in Luna's moonlight, sharing a moment the human children never got to experience. Twilight looked out towards the moon. It looked just like the moon the humans had stared at as thousands of monsters charged at them. The same moon that had illuminated the children's blood as it... “Gone, but not forgotten.” Twilight whispered. “Not forgotten.” “C'mon Twilight. Let's go see Pinkie Pie. She'll know what can cheer you up.” Spike suggested. Twilight gave a wry smile. “I already am.” She said, gazing up at Luna's beautiful moon. “Let's go.” She said, her voice picking up. “Everything is going to be okay I think.” She said simply. “Let's see if Pinkie will throw a party.” Twilight suggested. “Well, what kind of party Twilight?” Spike asked, trying anything to keep Twilight from dwelling on the poem... and the children. Twilight smiled. “A party to celebrate our friendship and our love.” She said, tears brewing. But this time, they were tears of joy. Joy for what they had. And joy that maybe... just maybe, she could see the children in the life after. The life where life lives fully. Where there is no pain and sorrow. Where the children can finally be at peace. Twilight gathered Spike on her back, and made her way to the door. The poem lay on her desk, lightly waving in the wind of the open window. The last relic of six friends. Six friends who were dragged into an un-winnable war, and whom lost their lives. Six friends until the end Gone but not forgotten ~The end