Mareilyn

Chapter 2

"Hey there Dashie, you doing alright today?" I forced myself to ask as I walked out to greet her (even though I already knew what the answer was).

“no” (as I expected her to say) “ I just still cant believe that she gone we had so much fun” said Dashie as she began to cry, I fallowed her example shortly after “I don’t even know how some pony could hurt her let alone kill her! I swear raindrop I will kill them I will kill them!” she snapped

“Look Dashie its not your fault, ok. There is no need to get yourself hurt or worse killed…. I won’t loose you as well as I did sweatheart, you’re the closest and only pony I have who else will keep me alive?” I told her wiping her tears away with my hoof “please promise me you wont do that to me rainbow and I want that pinky promise you made me do!” I said trying to calm her

(It worked) she let a little laugh, shook her head slightly and began to do the motions to pinky promise me “cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye” she said, finishing the silly little pinky promise her friend taught her by pretending to stick a cupcake in her eye

“Good now I’m going to hold you to that promise.” I said as I managed the best “smile” (if you could call a pathetic twitch at the sides of my mouth a smile) I could

“you used my own words against me, but ok” she laughed again and then looked at the sky “well hey I think I need to get back to clearing the skies for the sun festival, Princes Celestia had chosen pony Ville to rise the sun in this go round….” She looks at me with a worried look in her eye “are you going to be there this time?”

I didn’t know what to say I don’t really want to hurt her but yet I really, really don’t want to go out into a crowd of people that all knew about the tragedy and would probably want to say amends “sorry Dashie not this time I cant you know that’s the same fest that I met her at and plus the ponies there would probably try say there amends to me, I really think that I’m not ready to face that quite yet maybe next time… but only if you go with me ok” I said

She looked disappointed that I had turned her down… again. “that’s alright I guess, but you really have to go this time alright….” she looked down and then shot her head up with the biggest smile I ever seen on her in years “PINKY PROMISE ME!” she said with a laugh, a good laugh too and I almost wanted to laugh to but I knew I never could

“Alright Dashie ill pinky promise you” I said again wanting to let out the laughter that had dwelled inside for so long (but of coarse I didn’t), mimicking the movements she made when she pinky promised me and said the ridicules chant. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye” finishing it with accidentally actually shoving my hoof into my eye “ouch!” Rainbow Dash broke into tears of laughter as I rubbed my eye “hey that’s not funny that really hurt”

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to laugh but it was too funny to me” she said as she began to calm down “you know… I think that you need to get out of here for a while do you want to go get something to eat or maybe I could set up a picnic over on the hills over there” making that face that made it impossible to say no

“Yeah a picnic sounds great, what time would you like me to be there?”

“Oh don’t worry ill come and get you when I have everything all set up, but hey I better go before I get yelled at” kissing my forehead as she does every time before she leaves “love ya” and flew off

“LOVE YOU TOO AND SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!” I yelled after her hoping she heard but judging by how she turned around and waved I figured she did “oh boy what to do now hmmm…” I mumbled

After a few minute on debating what it was that I was going to do (go for a walk or sleep one of the two), I decided that I would go for a long walk in the Everfree forest to clear my mind enough to sleep

I don’t really understand why everypony is so afraid of this place its so beautiful and peaceful… I remember when I was still afraid of it and was dragged through here to see its wonders and fall in love twice once with the Everfree forest, and twice with Mareilyn sweatheart. She showed me that this place wasn’t something to be afraid of, but instead that it was something to be loved… I felt a warm tickle go down my face and found myself crying “why did it have to be this way Mareilyn, why did they take you from me…. WHY!!!!!” falling to the ground, crying and found my self slowly falling asleep