A Second Too Late: Ghostly Follows

by Thunder Seethe

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Granny Smith, Nightmare Moon, Romance, Original Character, Octavia, Sex, Tragedy, Big Macintosh, Princess Celestia, Human, Sad, Main 6, Princess Luna, Gore
Length: 1163

Alternative Story from the original A Second Too Late

This is a alternative, not a sequel to the story A Second Too Late. Both stories are written by me, but the different's is I don't have an editor for this story. I'm not so sure if he's up to the double editing and all. Anyway, if you haven't read the first story, you'll need to read that first or you'll have no clue whats going on. Now the description; SPOILERS ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST STORY!

Dashie wanted Storm/Shayne back, and wanted him to wake himself up. It didn't work, he's gone. Now his mission is to watch over them and cause things to happen for the better. He doesn't want Dashie to join him among the dead. Everyone else thinks that whats been happening have just been fortunate events, but they were wrong. What about his friend Sean? His relationship with Dashie? What about Twilight and Octavia?

Published 2012-03-27 02:24:02 UTC
Last updated 2012-03-27 02:24:02 UTC

Prologue: Still Here

REMEMBER TO READ THE FIRST STORY FIRST

~Day of the Gala, Shayne's death~

Dashie's POV

Dashie...

"Huh? Who are you! Look I don't want to talk right now! Go! Just GO!" Why would somepony think I'm even close to eligible to talk right now. Can't they see that I'm mourning right now! Some ponies who have the nerve!

Dashie, wait... A figure with a white mist and aura appeared in front of me causing me to stop. He looked pale and was clearly a pegasus. His voice though... Storm?

"Who are you?"

I'm sorry for what I did to you. I shouldn't have charged into you like that. You would have gotten hurt. I just need to say that I'm sorry. You aren't hurt right?

"Well... No. But you're dead so YES! I AM HURT!" My heart was aching every time I spoke to him. It was like talking with a fresh lava rock in your mouth. It just burned.

If you don't feel like talking you don't need to. I'm not so sure how this is happening but regardless... I'm still here and if I can't leave then I won't leave your side. Don't worry I won't haunt you or anything even if you end up with another stallion. I actually want that for you. You can regain yourself there, and forget about me. I think I've been nothing but trouble the whole time anyway. This is how it should have been many years back before I was sent here by Princess Celestia. He wasn't trouble to me... he brought joy to me than nopony has ever given to me before. He's my other half. We are alike in so many ways too, this all could have been so perfect if I just hadn't attacked Applejack... he would have still been here. This is really... all my fault. I was already crying and moping like a little filly, but I need to speak up before he decides to go wherever... I regained my composure just enough to speak to him.

"No... you're wrong... sniff you were the best thing that had ever happened to me. If anything... I shouldn't be here right now. I'm the one who caused your death! It was because I was being so stupid and attacked Applejack! I still don't know the reason why she said to stop! I probably lost her as a friend too! It's all me... I caused it and you know you can't change the fact that I done it this time. You can't make this another 'You crashed into me' incident." I broke down again... I was slowly losing balance in the sky and started tumbling down into the canopy of the Everfree. Not caring at all, I let myself free fall from about twenty feet high.

Who cares anymore...

Dashie! To my surprise he flew toward me and was able to slow my fall until I landed safely on the forest floor.

Why... are you trying to get yourself killed. Please... don't do that. Get over me. I have gone through it so many times already, I can afford another. If it helps, I'll never appear again so you can forget about me. NO! I don't want that! But I can't talk! Common Rainbow! Suck it up! You're going to lose him!... I... can't. I'm a failure.

"W-.... W..." That was all I could say. I was forming a puddle of tears below me. I need to stop crying... or this will be the last time I see him. I started to get angry at myself so anger could replace tears.

"Wait!" It was working I think. "Don't go! Please..."

Why... won't forgetting me be for the best? I would of course still hang around and watch whats happening becaus I don't seem to have a choice... but for you. You should forget me. If you really need me, just call for me. And if I'm around, then I'll be there. I won't show myself if there's others around but... I'll be there to listen. Always. I'm glad he'll stick around but at the same time... I'm not. If he never leaves, what happens when I die? Oh Celestia... Maybe the Princess could make him a new body without a soul so he can take over it! "Shayne..." I used his human name.

Wow, you never used my real name before...

"Well I have this crazy idea... but only if you want to do it."

Listening...

"I can ask Princess Celestia to make a new body and transfer your spirit inside, then maybe you can be alive again!"

No.

"What?"

Many ponies die everyday from natural or unnatural causes. I doubt she would do something special for just one pony. It doesn't make sense for her to do that. And if she does do it, and word goes around... everypony would ask for it. It's too much trouble for everypony.

"..."

I know you're disappointed, but you need to think about others too in the long run.

"You're... right..." I really didn't want to say that, but he's right. If word got around she did that for somepony, everypony would ask for the same conditions and give her hatred when she declines. "But you'll stick around for me right?"

For you, and all my friends. I'm going to go now... not really... heh. He disappeared and left an echo of his little chuckle behind. I am alone now. He's at least watching over me. I don't know what to think.

I started to break down again. I keep remembering what happened. He flew into me and knocked me towards the trees. He was also tumbling with me, hurling to death. He did something though. I remember I was further ahead than he was. Then he spread his wings out then started rushing towards me. He grabbed me, enveloped me and he took all the damage. Three trees. but the last one left a branch in his back. I remember everyone rushing to get other ponies help. I remember Twilight forcing the doctors to use the shocking spell that was supposed to revive ponies. They kept telling her it was too late. None of us wanted to believe.

Octavia was shocked. Just stood there, unable to speak, move, or think. She already had her red tie on for her performance at the Gala. The only thing her body allowed herself to do was cry... it was because of me that I had caused all this grief. I should have been the dead one. He said something too before we impacted.

This will bother me until the day I die... and maybe even more.

A/N: Short prologue. I just wanna see if this could work out. It seems okay I guess. I'll continue it. Thanks for reading, and I do hope you read the other story before you read this. Trust me, it will better your understandings of this story.