It had to be her.

There were many logical reasons as to why it shouldn’t be(Magic is important, Princess’ student, all those thesis papers and goals, etc.). But sometimes logic wasn’t the important thing. Sometimes, you just do what’s right based on feeling. And these five ponies taught her that. Taught her to trust, taught her to leap, to keep secrets, to live. She felt that she couldn’t live without any of them. She felt what she had to do.

And so their fearless leader extinguished herself, so her beloved sparks would keep burning.

Author's Note

Prompt #98: Write a story in a hundred words or less.

The first of seven”Kill the Mane Six in seven hundred words or less” stories. This, like many of my Twi stories, highlight the spark aspect of her character, and I took too much pleasure in extinguishing it.