Princess Twilight Sparkle stepped forward onto the stage set up in Ponyville's tows square, and looked out at the sea of ponies in front of her. All of them were dressed in black, from the youngest foal, to the oldest pony. The sky was grey and damp, much to match the ponies moods. Princess Celestia leaned forward and whispered in twilight's ear
"Are you sure you want to do this Twilight?"
Twilight nodded, and stepped up to the microphone, took a deep breath and began to speak.
"When I was a unicorn, I came here to Ponyville not knowing what friendship meant"
She smiled as she remembered her introduction
"Pinkie Pie, was....well Pinkie Pie. Applejack was kind, Rarity, well she scared me a bit, but once I got to know her, I knew she had a good heart. Rainbow Dash was hot headed, but useful and Fluttershy was so quiet and shy. I would never had guessed that those five ponies would become my best friends, and play such a huge part in Equestrian history"
Twilight smiled at the ground, and began to describe her friends, one by one
"Pinkie Pie was such a happy pony. She always wanted to make others smile, it was her life mission. She never let a new pony get into town without everypony knowing about it. She could make anypony smile in the darkest of times...."
She stopped, and sniffed
"Applejack, was the most honest pony I had ever met. She would work long had hours at the farm, then come straight to help her friends. She was so helpful, and would let no task go uncompleted. It was actually sort of funny, in a kind friendly way"
"Rainbow Dash was a head strong pony, but was so loyal towards her friends. I remember when we were on out way to defeat Nightmare Moon-"
She stopped and looked over at Princess Luna for her ok to tell the story. Luna nodded and Twilight continued
"Nightmare Moon tried to pull Rainbow away from us, towards 'The Shadow Bolts' a rip off of the Wonder Bolts. Rainbow Dash turned down the chance, and came back for us"
"Rarity knew what she wanted in life, and she would stop until she got there. She was so generous, so helpful. She insisted on making us Gala dresses, and her designs were perfect, but we thought we knew better. Well it turns out we knew wrong. She had an eye for beautiful things, and she helped me become a good friend"
Twilight stopped. Fluttershy, was probably her closest friend, and this was the hardest part. She looked up at the sky, and saw her friends looking down at her. She gave a smile to herself, and gave the hardest part of her speech
"Fluttershy was such a timid creature, but so kind and loving. She never wanted to hurt anyponies feelings, and never did. She always wanted the best for everypony, and did her best to make sure no pony was hurt by her. She never needed anypony else apart from her closest friends, but made huge contributions to everything she did."
Twilight turned to Luna and Celestia and nodded. They both brought a microphone out from behind stage.
"As a tribute to my friends, I have written a song. It is called, Goodbye"
The three Princesses got in position, and Twilight began to sing.
"My friends, are so far away,
And I miss them every single day"
All of our laughter, all out our tears
Every time we over came one of our fears"
Twilight stood back, and Princess Luna And Princess Celestia sang in harmony
"Its time now, to celebrate their lives,
everypony, all the stallions and their wives,
to come out and mourn, to feel out pain,
to know of the lives, taken by a train"
Twilight let a single tear fall down her cheek. It fell off her fur and splashed onto the stage, where it was soon followed by many more. Soon she didn't have enough energy to stand. Luna walked over to her and hugged her. Celestia nodded to the stallions holding five coffins. They were lowered into the ground and before the dirt was thrown in, Twilight walked over and stood in front of them.
"I have one last gift for my friends" she sniffed.
She pulled five necklaces out of her saddlebag and one by one, lowered them into the graves.
"For Rainbow Dash, Loyalty"
"For Apple Jack, Honesty"
"For Pinkie Pie, Laughter"
"For Rarity, Generosity"
"and for Fluttershy, Kindness"
Twilight stood back, and out on her crown. A bright flash came from the star, and all the necklaces rose into the air. They stopped five feet about the ground, and ghostly forms of the elements owners formed around them. The five pony ghosts looked down at Twilight, and she flew up to them. They were all perfect. Not a scratch on them. They didn't look as thought they had been torn apart in a freak train accident. Twilight shuddered as she remembered hearing about what had happened.
The train was on the way to Canterlot, and the five mares were going to visit Twilight. As the train was going round a corner, it slid off the tracks and fell down a steep, rocky cliff. All of the other ponies survived, but the five elements wanted to make sure everypony was out, and it had cost them their lives. When Twilight got to the scene, all that was left was rubble, and bits of her friends fur. When they found the bodies, Twilight ran over, and then proceeded to throw up in a bush. Rainbow Dash's prize wings had been ripped off, and Rarity's horn was smashed. All that was left of Fluttershy's legs were stumps, and Pinkie Pie and Applejack's skulls had been smashed. Twilight looked up at the ghosts.
"Hi guys" Twilight sniffed.
"Don't cry dear" Rarity smiled
"We cant feel anything, don't worry" Fluttershy comforted
"Look after scootaloo" Rainbow Dash said
"And applebloom" Applejack chipped in
"Come on Twi, one last smile, for Pinkie?" Pinkie Pie asked
Twilight grinned and flew back. She watched as her five best friend's ghosts flew up into the clouds, and the necklaces, the elements of harmony, dissolved and fell down into the graves. Twilight flew down to the ground and spoke in a loud clear voice.
"I, Princess Twilight Sparkle, now allow these graves to be filled"
'Goodbye, my best friends'
Author's Note
This is my first sad story, so yeah. Hope you like it :) The song is sung to the tune of Celestial's Ballad. I found the cover art on google. If you know who it belongs to, and they are on this site, please leave a comment and I will edit this and credit them.
The crash (plz read this authors note to)
"Come ON Rainbow Dash, we shall all be late" Rarity almost screamed down the road. Rainbow Dash was walking along, her feet kicking up a pile of dust with every hoofstep. When she heard Raritys wailing, she spread her wings, and took flight.
"Rainbow D- oh there you are. Like I was saying, we will all be late. The train leaves in five minutes"
"Yeah yeah, gimmie a break. I was up all last night clearing that storm!"
"Fine, but quicken your pace never-the-less"
Rarity walked on for a couple of seconds, then sighed. The started to trot down the road, picking up each hoof as if there was fire on the ground. Rainbow Dash flew lazily above her, her wings only beating whenever she needed them to. When they arrived at the train station, they caught a glimpse of a pink blur bouncing around, and then it knocked them off their feet. Rarity tried to suck in the air that had been knocked out of her as she regained her composure.
"oh! sorry Rarity I didn't see you there. Im just so so so so SO super exited to go and see Twilight in the castle! I hope they have lunch, im starving! Do you think Twilight will be ok? She might have a throne! how coo-"
She was cut off when Applejack calmly walked over and stuck her hoof in Pinkies mouth. Fluttershy giggled from behind Applejack, and soon all four mares were laughing their heads off, while Pinkie gave them a look that was half way between angry and wanting to laugh.
"All aboard the train for Canterlot, last call. We are leaving in thirty seconds"
Fluttershy shot up from where she was standing, and galloped onto the train as if her life depended on it, with the other mares on her tail like a pack of lions chasing a zebra. Once they were all on the train, they went to find a carriage to sit in. The only one available that had nopony in it had wooden benches, and Rarity refused to sit on them, so they went to the carriage with all the other ponies.
Soon they were all on the road to Canterlot, and although the mares were exited, a silence sat in the air, and it stuck out like a sore hoof. Pinkie Pie went in search of food, and Rainbow Dash followed her like a cub following its mother. Rarity and Applejack were talking, while Fluttershy was looking out the window. She usually spoke to Twilight on these trips and after she became Princess they got to spend less time together. Applejack noticed Fluttershy by herself, and called her over, but instead of coming over, Fluttershy sat bolt upright, her spine as straight as a plank, her wings plastered to her sides. AJ walked over and tapped her on the shoulder with a light hoof.
"Uh Fluttershy, sugar cube, are you ok"
"No look!" Fluttershy squeaked in response and pointed down towards the tracks outside.
The wheel of their carriage was not on the track, and they were coming up to a corner that would surely dislodge the train. Apple Jack noticed almost instantly, and began to shout orders to all the other ponies on the train.
"Fluttershy, find Rainbow Dash and start to help the unicorn and earth ponies off of here, were gonna fall off the cliff! Rarity, you and Pinkie help the foals. Everyone, get off"
AJ expected an immediate response, but everypony just laughed at her. She was about to shout again when an unexpected voice shot up.
"GET OUT NOW! WE ARE GONNA FALL!!!" Fluttershy screamed.
That sent everpony into a panic. The earth ponies and the unicorn galloped over to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, who took as many as they could and flew them to safety, the foals were taken by Rarity and Pinkie. Rarity cast a spell, causing her luggage to float, and she placed the foals inside. Pinkie then jumped over to the ledge, only because she had a spring in her step*. The train suddenly jerked round the corner, and as Applejack predicted, started to fall down the steep rocky cliff that the tracks were on.
"IS THAT EVERYPONY?" Rainbow Dash yelled over the noise
"YES" Rarity yelled back.
"WAIT! I HEAR A FOAL" Fluttershy screamed, and scanned the carriage "OVER THERE!!"
She pointed to a pile of rubble, where tables and chairs had been thrown with the impact. Rainbow Dash pulled away the furniture, and Rarity grabbed the foal with her magic. She handed it to Pinkie, who had brought her party cannon, much to the others protests, and before Pinkie put it in, Rarity cast a spell that would keep it safe. The cannon fired and as it did, the train did a full three sixty flip, and the mares were thrown to the other side, all of them screaming in pain.
Rainbow Dash's wings, her prize possession, had got caught on a bit of the cannon, and ripped off her back in the process. She screamed in pain, tears streaming down her face like a waterfall. Rairty was sobbing, as her horn had been smashed into a million pieces, and when a unicorns horn gets smashed, its only a ,after of minutes before the unicorn dies. Fluttershy's legs had been torn off, and lay in a heap. She turned to look for them, and screamed as she saw where they lay. Her limp wings had fallen next to Pinkie Pie and Applejack's lifeless bodies. Their skulls had been crushed, and their lifeless eyes stared into nothingness.
Once the word of the crash had spread, medics and investigators headed straight to the scene. Unfortunately, they went able to save the five ponies who had saved everypony else's life. The sky turned grey and all through Equestria, everpony was silent. All that could be heard was the screaming and crying of Princess Twilight Sparkle, and she looked at her best friends dead bodies.
Author's Note
Yeah, so this story was ment to be a one shot, but I wanted to tell you guys what happened at the fall, so here you :) please leave a comment and a thumbs up if you liked it.
