Life is Unfair
The fall
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"LET GO?!" Yelled Father."YOU MUST BE CRAZY!"
Mother replied calmly with "Darling, please, if you keep hanging on we'll both fall and no-one will be there for the children! Think about it, you'll miss seeing them growing up. All of their new accomplishments and winnings! You won't even be there for your grandchildren. It may be too late for me, but it isn't too you to survive! You need to do this so Moonlight can lift you up and bring you back to safety. Please, please just do this for me."
Father could only reply with silence. He didn't seem like he had much choice if he was going to survive. But no, he didn't want to give up on mother. He kept pulling and pulling trying to hoist her up onto the cliff top but he just didn't have enough strength this time. He had been dangling with her weight on his arms for too long.
I was starting to panic. The only thing holding them both up was my magic, and I could feel it almost evaporating and they were starting to shift towards the edge. I tried as hard as I could to keep my magic flowing, but time was running out. One of us had to act fast. I was hoping mother could use her magic, but she was getting incredibly weak and giddy from having all her blood rushing to her head, and dad was just an earth pony, even with his increased amount of strength, all he could do was sway from the top of the cliff.
Eventually, my magic diminished and I dropped to the ground. Everything was too late now. The moment I realized what I had done I ran to the edge of the rocky cliff platform. And I saw one red pony and one yellow pony plummet down. I leaned over, hoping they'd just fallen gracefully into the water. They hadn't even reached the ocean. They were still falling. But then, they both plunged in to the murky deep, with a surprisingly quiet and small splash. When a couple waves washed by, they were turning a purple-ish red, and when they washed away from our parents' bodies...I realized they hadn't fallen into the water. They had fallen directly onto the sharp, jagged rocks that surround the cliff.
All I could do then...was sit down...and cry. I cried like I never had before. I felt like I had lost a part of my own body, of my own heart. Blaze came over to me after about half a minute and plonked herself down next to me. She landed with a quiet thump.
"You see that sunset over there?" she asked me softly.
I sniffed."Yea..." I sobbed.
"I think that's where Mummy and Daddy Will be living from now on."
"In the sun?" I asked, still sniffing and wondering where she was going to lead with this.
"No, silly. You see, I believe that all the good spirits go to a special paradise spa hotel that can be checked into only at sunset. And it's made especially for ponies who were wonderful all their lives."
"That sounds wonderful." I replied, cheering up a little now that my big sis was here to cheer me up. "Do you think we will go there when we die?"
"I'm sure of it. And then we can laugh and play with them all day long."
