What Could Have Been

Tears roll down Twilight's face as she stands alone in her library,  staring at a photograph.

"I never really got to know you,  and now you're dead." Twilight whispers these words through her tears.

"Oh, Twilight, in this kind of horrible world, death is just a formality. " Twilight couldn't quite recognize this voice, but it sounded familiar, as if she should know it. Twilight turns around to face the speaker, but finds no one.

"This is just the honest, unbiased truth. For you, anyway." The speaker's words resonate in the air.

"You'll just continue trying to fix this fate forever, won't you?" Twilight is alarmed at this, as this was her plan exactly.

Twilight just glares at the empty space behind her.

"Even though you know that there's only one real solution."

        Twilight lets these words resonate in her mind before finally fading out. She knows that there is truth behind these words. However, her mysterious voice was too late. She already had her own answer of sorts. All she had to do was die. Twilight knew that it would bring sadness to her remaining friends,  but it would solve her problem–well, at least she hoped it would.

"If I can't live with you in my life, I just won't live at all." Twilight speaks, even though no one is listening.

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At the end, Twilight thinks she can hear someone faintly crying for her.

In that second, Twilight knew she had made the wrong choice, but there was nothing that could be done.

Twilight slowly faded out of life and into death.

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A white-feathered pony descends near the body, her crying face showing disappointment. She wipes her tears away with her hoof before speaking."Why does this kind of thing always has to end in tragedy? I could easily have found a better solution and created a brighter future. I wonder how I'll tell her friends..."Celestia thought thoroughly about the current situation.She could restore Twilight to life, but only at the cost of her own life.There was no way Celestia would ever do that, regardless of how much she cared about Twilight. The cost to her nation would just be too much."Perhaps it would be better for them to just forget..." Celestia listens to her words as she says this aloud.Forgetting about Twilight was horrible,  but it had the highest chance of ending well of all of Celestia's options. At least, she'd never forget her former student.