“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.”
William Penn

Twilight’s life as an alicorn princess has not been an easy one. The lessons she thought she was done with still came, and she soon realised, were much more difficult. The final lesson was the most difficult and unbeknownst to Twilight, the time for her to take on this last challenge was here. Death is a cruel and sometimes unfair finality, that in everyponies life must be faced. But what about the other side of the bit? Immortality, is it not the more cruel fate?

“Twi, Ah’m sorry to barge in unannounced, b-but …” stammered a clearly shaken Applejack

Twilight was only half listening until Applejack finished her sentence.

“Twi, Rainbow Dash is in the hospital, sh-she’s not gonna make it.”
Twilight had rather heard that Discord was back to creating chaos all over Equestria once again. The words hit her harder than a train and cut deeper than a blade. Rainbow Dash, hospital, not gonna make it. The words seemed to cloud her vision, and Twilight suddenly felt weak, and helpless, more helpless than we Discord changed all of her friends to their polar opposites.

“What happened, Applejack, h-how long..?” Was all Twilight could muster, choking back tears.

“Dash was being Dash and this time, she.. she took a particularly bad crash.” Applejack paused, this only made Twilight all the more nervous.

“How long does she have?” Twilight pleaded.

“Ah’m sorry but…. a day or two at most.”
A day or two, how can this be happening? Twilight’s mind was racing, this couldn’t be happening, we are all still young.

“Applejack thank you for telling me, can you give me a moment to gather some things?” Twilight finally managed to say

“Of course, Twi,” Applejack said as she slowly made her way to the door.

“And, Applejack…”

“Yeah, Twi..?”

“T-Thank you.”

With that Applejack nodded and left the room. Twilight though only moments ago happy to see her friend, almost wished she’d never had friends at all. She needed to hurry now, but what does she pack, what do you bring for the last time you’ll ever see a friend, someone you loved? For the first time Twilight didn’t think books held the answers, and she didn’t even want to read one.

Twilight produced her saddlebags from the closet and decided on a few small essentials, and one book, Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone. Twilight remembered the first time she ever introduced Rainbow Dash to the series. Looking at the dusty cover, she doubted Rainbow Dash had read any of the stories in years, but it seemed right. Taking a deep breath she put on the bags and walked to the door.

She walked over to Applejack and without saying a word, she nuzzled her friend as the first tears began to fall. The two sat in silent cries of despair for a few moments, then they ran to the chariots. The two jumped on and soon were airborne, headed to Ponyville. Twilight looked over the land and finally allowed her self to cry.

Author's Note

So this has been written in the midst of a personal tragedy, so through some tears and this is mainly an intro. I apologize in advance if it's not exactly gold. When I'm not a mess I'll make revisions.