Fluttershy and Derpy had been home for a day now. The three alicorns had managed to control the storm by getting Discord to use Tirek’s magic sucking spells to suck most of the magic from the storm. Even Tirek’s spell couldn’t drain the last of the magic from the ancient storm. Still Equestria was wet, very wet. Too wet. But that is all a part of natures course, things have to get wet or they will stay dry. Even the littlest of fillies knows that.

***

The night after Derpy and Fluttershy had returned home Fluttershy sat down in her room and started to write a letter. She was feeling awful about what had happened in Sobibor. Sebastian had died. He was so young. Too young. As awful as that was, she had learned something from it. She had learned something from Sobibor and all the death and pain there. So she wrote, she wrote about all of the things she had learned in such a Celestia forsaken place.

“Dear Princess Celestia,

I have learned many valuable things about friendship during my time in the human world. The first thing I learned about friendship is that desperation and fear ties ponies (and people) together like nothing else. The second thing I learned about friendship is that it ends. The third I learned is that bad things happen to make us better. They hurt, but I think that pain is our teacher. The fourth thing I learned is that Hope is more powerful than fear ever will be. Fear cannot kill those who have hope. And the last thing I learned is that we cannot let all the bad in the world choke out all the good. Yes, bad things will happen and we may feel helpless against them, but we can’t let them win against us. We have to fight through the fear and the pain and the darkness and be lights. We have to be hope and love. I think that is all we can do, but I think that is the best thing any pony could do.

Sincerely,

Fluttershy”

Fluttershy set down her quill and stared into the moon on a cloudless night. The stars twinkled brighter then ever, but it brought no joy to Fluttershy. Her sadness was too complete.

“He will always haunt me.. I have failed him...” Fluttershy sobbed, “I failed myself...” Tears fell down her face. Her head hung in shame. She would never forget the image of Sebastian being shot. The blood. The endless blood. He was just a child.

“Snap out of it!” She screamed at herself, “You gave him hope, and love, and light. You did the best thing any pony could do.” Fluttershy breathed hard, trying to calm herself down. She walked to the window and looked up at the night sky. This time the twinkling stars gave her hope. She had been a star in a dark, dark night sky.

“You’ll be safer up in the clouds.” She muttered. Maybe Sebastian would hear it in heaven.

Author's Note

I am sorry to say to you that though the characters and many evens are fictional, Sobibor was not. It was a real life Nazi extermination camp located in Poland. It is estimated that 200,000 to 250,000 prisoners were murdered there. On October 14, 1943, the prisoners revolted, killing several guards. Nearly 600 prisoners were able to escape. Almost immediately after the revolt, the Nazis destroyed the camp and planted tons of trees in a sad attempt to try and hide the remain of the camp. If you ever want to see Sobibor, it really is in Poland and there is a memorial dedicated to it.

I have made a fictional work reminding everyone that there was a Holocaust. World War 2 did happen, and countless people suffered and died needlessly. I do not mean to offend anyone by making this story, and I know what I put in here would pale in comparison to what these actual death camps were like. I hope you all enjoyed the story. ~ Zuzu

(P.S. - I would like to say a huge thanks to my editor, TuxOKC, and a constructive reader, Pankrazius. You guys helped so much! The constructive comments are always appreciated.)