Voyager

Omicron

The flowers in Canterlot were blissfully beautiful that morning. Rarity smelled every single one of them. Twilight didn't know why, but she was feeling happy too. It was like if a huge and scary monster had just vanished, to never return again. She smiled next to her friend. She just wanted to stay there with her forever...

She noticed that Luna was still behind them, but didn't pay her any attention. Why would she disturb the happy moments she was sharing with her friend?

Rarity closed her eyes and sighed romantically. "Oh, how I love the smell of this flowers, dear." It rang again. The Dear's voice. Why was it so disturbing? Twilight shifted uneasily and glanced at Luna.

"Those were her last words", the alicorn said. "Her sister's last words."

Twilight eyed Rarity, but she was acting like if Luna wasn't there. "What did she said?" she asked, turning at Luna again.

"'Look at me, dear-'", Luna looked at the sky. "She died before she could complete the sentence. That's why your friend forces herself to believe that dear is a sustantive and not an adjective. She wants to think that nothing was left incomplete."

Twilight glanced at Rarity again. She never noticed her friend had a sister. Maybe Luna was going insane. But what happened at the boutique, and the Dear's voice... everything just felt out of place. Why was her friend so happy out of a sudden? She was crying and screaming just moments ago. Maybe everyone was going insane, even her.

Luna was still gazing at the sky. Rarity was still smelling flowers. Twilight was still reflecting on the recent events. Time didn't seem to flow at the moment.

Rarity finally perked, with a white flower in her mouth. Using her magic, she placed it behind her ear. "How do I look?", she asked smiling. Fortunately for Twilight, she didn't say the word "dear".

But the flower was horrible. It had red spots all over and looked like it had been crushed. Some petals were missing. She could recall seeing something similar but didn't know what.

"You like it, right, dear?", said Rarity, her smile flickering for a second.

"Sure!", Twilight answered. She didn't like lying, but she didn't want to hurt her friend's fellings.

Luna perked up and glanced at Rarity, but returned to her absorption quickly.

"Let's go to the castle, Twilight", Rarity suggested. "Weren't we going to see Celestia?"

"Right." Twilight remembered and followed her friend to the Castle.

The flower fell when they entered it.