Friendship No More

Twilight woke up in a panic. She was breathing heavily and was sweating furiously. Her eyes darted around the dark room. "Damn it" she whispered to herself. "Just another dream. Though, I prefer my dreams over my sad lonely reality. At least in my dreams, I have my friends." She slowly got out of bed. "Spike" she said, looking over to his empty dusty bed that lay on the floor at the foot of her bed. "oh... that's right..."

She said to herself as she began to try to fight back against the tears that were about to flow from her tired eyes. Just then Twilight had a flash back. From the night Spike left ponyville forever in order to be with his own kind. Spike was full grown. He decided he needed to go. Twilight was a princess and no longer required his help.

He figured he'd leave and join his own kind. Twilight began to beg spike not to go, the tears beginning to build up in her eyes. Spike refused. But promised he'd write. A few days after Spike had left, Twilight received a letter. "Dear Twilight. I hope you're holding up ok. I'm doing good. I found a nest where I can stay and I'm making a lot of friends. Your #1 assistent, Spike"

The tears flowed from her eyes and landed on the paper, staining it. Twilight grabbed a quill and a piece of paper and began to write back. "Dear Spike. I wish you didn't have to go. We all miss you. Will you ever visit? Your friend forever, Twilight" Twilight stopped writing and began to sob softly. She picked up the letter and put it in her mailbox.

Spike wrote back "Dear Twilight. I miss all of you too but I had to go. I didn't fit in anymore. Heck, I barely fit inside the castle. And of course I'll visit. #1 assistent, Spike" Twilight smiled to herself at the thought of getting to see Spike again soon and wrote back. "Dear Spike. I can't wait to see you again. Twilight" She mailed the letter and eagerly waited a response. But one never came. Spike went missing and he was never found. Twilight quickly comes back to reality and cried softly.

"No." She said to herself. "Spike would want me to move on" She wiped the tear from her face and left her room.

She slowly walked down the stairs, passing bookshelf upon bookshelf of dusty old cobweb covered books. She stopped at the bottom of her stairs and stared at the picture of her and her friends. A picture taken back in simpler times. She looks down at her hooves and the tears she had tried so hard to stop, began to flow heavily.

Twilight began to shake her head in sadness and gave up fighting and let the tears blanket her tear stained cheeks. "It's been two years since the last of my friends died. Two long years. And I still miss them more than anything. I have checked and double checked all my books but there's just nothing I can do. Even though I was granted immense magical power, I'm still powerless without my friends." Twilight slowly wiped the tears from her cheeks and left her castle.

It was still early. Far too early for anypony to be awake. Ponyville has changed since those last two years. The building slowly became run down, the ponies stopped being so friendly, and crime rate even increased. Twilight sighed sadly and began walking down the paths which were once beautiful things, adorned with friendly ponies and happy smiles, but are now littered with trash and are beginning to crack.

As Twilight walked, she looked around at all the things she misses from what seems so long ago.  Twilight stopped at Sugar Cube Corner. Which was once a bright happy place, is now crumbling and shut down. "Why did this happen? Why did all my friends have to go? I just wish I could go back and save them. I just..." She couldn't finish the sentence and began to cry once more. The tears falling from her face and falling to the floor, forming a small puddle at her hooves. Twilight began to have a flashback from the night Pinkie passed on.