I Owe It All To You

Boxes stacked to the ceiling of the moving truck; lamps, chairs, toys, and various other objects there. Crystal's entire home shoved away in boxes on it's way to the new home.

"Are you ready?" Meow asked.

"Yeah, I'm ready." Crystal paused, "Could we stop at the church for a few minutes? I have to drop something off to them before we leave."

"Yeah we can stop there. Who are you going to leave the letter for? You never told me who."

"If it is possible, I'll leave it with the only mare who would understand."

***

The tall white and green church peak, with a small white cross on top casted a shadow across the parking lot of the church. Many mares and stallions walked in, some with fillies and/or colts by their sides. It reminded Crystal when she was younger, walking with her mom and dad through those same doors.

"Crystal you made it!" Crystal Skies said.

There she was, her bright purple fur kind of faded away over time, her brown and yellow mane turned to pastel yellow and a tan color, the two small colts that Pastor Night Beat and she had, Steel Bow and Prismatic Mint, both looked like they were almost middle school. Pastor Night Beat was starting to pale as well, but had a few white streaks in him black-ish grey mane.

"Hey Crystal... Why don't you come inside the youth building? Metal Note told us all that you were going to try and come here today."

"I can't come inside. I have an important date to attend to." Crystal paused with tears in her broken eyes, "Can you take this to some pony in the building and read it out to the previous youth group? The ones that I was in with."

Handing her the envelope, Crystal Skies took it and gave a mental nod, "What's going on? Something doesn't seem like you normally. Did something horrible happen to you?"

"No, I'm fine." Crystal responded rubbing her hoof across her eyes, "You'll find out when you hear the letter."

Wrapping her hooves around a confused Crystal, Crystal Feather soon trotted away with tears dripping off her face. As the coach drove away, Crystal Skies stared down at the envelope she was given.

***

"Where's Crystal Feather? Wasn't she coming today?" Starry Ballet question Metal Note.

"She should be here soon."

"That's the third time that you've said that Metal! I'll have to shank her if she comes late! Or doesn't even show up." Glowing Frolic demanded.

"NO PONY IS SHANKING ANY PONY!" Crystal Skies snapped.

Metal Note trotted up to Crystal with a questionable tone to her voice, "Did you happen to see Crystal Feather?"

Crystal Skies handed Metal the envelope, having a disappointed look on her face, "She did come to the church, but she gave me this saying for some pony to read it out and then left in tears."

Metal Note walked up to the front of the room, opened the envelope handed to her and began to read...