> The Empty Meadow > by Chris Abbey > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Final Goodbye > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weeks earlier both Toxic Bubbles and Rary May where playing tag in a field. It had been sunny out that day and it would not rain. They started to play a game of tag until is started to rain heavily, they got scared and went to find some shelter and hid underneath a tree. Just down the path was their friend Shining Sun using his magic to hold an umbrella. I was going to meet my friends in the meadow that they played in since they where little kids. They had lots of good time here and he was scared when he could not see his friends. It had went from a rainstorm to a thunder storm in a matter of minutes and just up ahead I seen a lighting bolt hit a tree branch and start to fall down. The next thing I heard was two ponies screaming and started to run towards the noise. As I got closer he noticed that the grass had been pushed to the side and that near the edge of the was a tree and on the ground was his friends stuck under a branch and he noticed that they where hurt. I ran quicker to help them. But as I got closer I noticed that on the ground was a large puddle of blood and that the branch was stuck on the two now lifeless ponies. I had used his magic to lift the branch and threw it down the path. I did not care where it landed as long as his friends where ok he would be fine. I noticed that they where still breathing so I used my magic to port to the hospital with that and started to yell"Nurse Nurse or anypony come help my friends they where just crushed by a tree". A nurse down the hall had ran down the hall and placed them both on to something then she ran down to the ER with both of his friends. He was scared as he seen more nurses and a couple of doctors run into the ER. Later that night I fell asleep and woke up to a nurse the next morning to ask me what had happened and as I got done the nurse looked horrified but calmer and with that he told me that I can go and see my friends. I had walked to the door way before almost passing out from the site of I friends. I had seen that they where bandaged up and had been hook up to different monitors and as he looked over I seen that both where hooked up to life support. The doctor had walked in and I had set down in a chair to one side of the room and the doctor looked at me and said it is up to you to pull the plug when you feel when you are ready but it must hurt them to be like that, their was not much we could do but they shall be stable for now they are lucky though but sadly they will die even if we do something and whit that the doctor left and closed the door. I had got up from the chair and walked up next to the bed where Toxic Bubble lay and then walked over to Rary May bed and walked back to my chair to only start crying because I knew that they had wanted him to be happy that is why they wanted him to pull the plug. But not yet he had hope. Three days had passed I told them stories and then after they end of the third day he ha pulled the plug. I had done it out of mercy for my friends . Present day. I had walked to the meadow after weeks of waiting to go back and as I did I found that there was two ponies chasing each other in the distance. And as I got closer I noticed that it was my two friends and they where smiling and laughing and they looked at me and told me to join them. For moment I hesitated then finally gave in. Hours later I was laying on the ground and fell asleep and before that I heard somepony whisper goodbye and thank you for playing with us one last time and with that I feel asleep. I had a dream that they where leaving me for good but they had stayed and smiled I woke up the next morning to the sounds of birds chirping and was upset that my friends had vanished but next to me laid a book. a book of memories. > The Empty Meadow > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I woke up in the meadow with tears in m eyes for I had lost both friends for good but knew they need to go. On the ground next to me was a book. It was Titled the meadow it had pictures of the meadow and pictures of the plants and animals pictures of him and his friend and near the end of the book was the words"To a good friend and thank you for being there for us." With that I closed the books wiped the tears from my eyes and walked home. Leaving the empty meadow and as I looked back for the last time I seen my friends waving goodbye and then they vanished. I was on my way home when I heard a noise and next thing I know I am back at the meadow and I had seen my two friends waiting for me to take their hooves and go toward the forest. As I grabbed their hooves I was not scared but felt comfort when we where at last together. My death was painless and quick my heart had stopped due to the stress built up and I had died before making it home but for now as I entered the woods and crossed over with my friends I knew that the meadow was now truly empty. The end