Funeral Processions

The five of them spent the night in the hospital. Rainbow dash awoke on several occasions, screaming and crying, no doubt from a nightmare about Twilight Sparkle. It was after the fifth nightmare that she refused to close her eyes again. She was just simply too afraid. The other four were fairing no better. Fluttershy wouldn't go to sleep to begin with, Applejack wouldn't stop tossing and turning, and Rarity merely stared out the window thinking deeply, but not saying a word. At some points she would even forget to breathe momentarily to which she would start heavily panting. By the time six o'clock in the morning rolled around, they got the answer they were all afraid of.

"So," Applejack began, her voice quivering "What is the story on Twi?"

"She didn't make it." said Nurse Redheart with a glum look on her face and her eyes hidden by her hair "She had died at least three days ago... there was just no way to save her..."

Rarity finally began to cry again. Silently of course, for she felt that it wasn't lady like to cry in front of others. But the more tears that came out the more she began to shake uncontrollably and whimper. She just could not continue being brave.

About six days after the incident Twilight's funeral began in the Ponyville Cemetery. Everypony had put on their nicest black dresses as courtesy of Rarity and almost all of Ponyville was in attendance. Even the three princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadence along with a large portion of Canterlot we also there to mourn the loss of such a shinning star.

The coffin containing Twilight was beautiful. It was a nice red oak with a silver finish. Placed atop the coffin was one of Twilight Sparkle's favorite books The History of Contemporary Magical Spells and Hexes.

Princess Celestia walked up to the Podium and began a speech but the grief made it too hard to focus. Twilight's mom, Starshimmer Velvet, ran up in the middle of the speech, crying furiously. Even Princess Celestia, strong and calm by nature, could no longer hold back her tears. Large, salty tears streamed down her white cheeks.

Large storm clouds formed over the sky without the Pegasi moving them into place. Rain quickly pelted the scene. It was only because their hearts were beginning to harden due to the nature of such a hard loss.

As the ponies left the scene the only one who remained was Rainbow Dash. Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie quickly joined her side.

Rainbow rocked back and forth, tears still running down her face. Her mane was in shambles and looked as if it had not be washed for days.

"I-I could have saved her... If only... If only I didn't call her an egghead so many times... If only I had checked on her... If..."

Rainbow Dash's face contorted with pain, as if she had been punched straight in the gut. She had an uncontrollable amount of tears pouring down her face.

"There, there sugar cube. There's nuthin' we could have done. It was her choice, not any of ours." Applejack said tenderly, rubbing her back with her hoof

All Rainbow Dash did was cry. She didn't know how she was going to make it without her friend, Twilight Sparkle. What was a beautiful, shinning, Utopian world where every dream came true, now was becoming a dark, bleak world, filled with nothing but empty promises and broken lives.