Chapter 4: A princess shattered mind.

Twilight had returned the same day as Flash had left for Appleloosa, now it was two days later, and she still hadn’t heard from him. She walked nervously around her bedroom. She had this strange feeling something bad had happened, normally she was never this nervous when he was gone, but this time it was different.
“Maybe some reading can calm down my nerves.”
Twilight headed for the library with her head looking at the floor, her minds still spinning with thoughts about the first time she literally bumped into Flash in the crystal castle. And how she had gotten the chance to pick her own guards for her castle, she knew from the start that Flash was one of them.
Twilight didn’t get far though, her thoughts was interrupted by a green earth pony with a red and black mane running up to her. She could see from the armor he was wearing that he were one of the guards of the castle.

He bowed to the princess before he spoke up, his voice clearly trying to hold back sobs. In that moment Twilight knew something had happened to Flash.

“Princess Twilight, I’m here to report that the Changelings have been defeated, but…”
The guard clearly had problems holding back his tears.
“But Captain Flash didn’t make it, he fought to the end, to secure the land of Equestria, and to protect you my princess. The remains will be brought to Ponyville so we can give him a proper burial” with that the green pony had walked away slowly so Twilight could get him if needed.

At that moment, Twilights world shattered. Her minds began to think about all the things they had done together in the years. She thought about their first date, their first kiss, first time telling her brother Shining Armor that they were a couple.
She thought about the time they laid on a cloud, high up in the skies over Ponyville. Just to relax and get away from the princess and guard business. It was on their 2 year anniversary, they had laid there just looking at each other. And all of the sudden Flash had moved, he told her to stay where she were. Flash had hovered before her, while behind him Rainbow Dash shot up seemingly out of nowhere and begun to move the clouds and forming them.
It didn’t take long before she saw what the clouds spelled out.

“Twilight Sparkle, will you marry me?”
Tears of joy had formed in her eyes, while holding her hoofs to her mouth to hold back the sobs, she had answered “yes Flash, a thousand times yes”
A big smile had appeared on Flash´s face. Rainbow Dash had overheard it all, and with a blink of an eye she had taken off to inform the other of Twilight´s friends.

Twilight thought about the wedding, how she had fun with her friends. How glad Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadence looked at the ceremony. How her brother had come up to her with tears or as he would say “liquid pride” in his eyes, and how Flash and she had danced through the night, looking into each other’s eyes. In that moment she knew they would be together forever.
But then reality hit her and she broke down on the floor crying, her mind was blank for the first time. She tried to convince herself that it wasn’t true what just had happened, but this time not even magic could help her.
Four weeks after Flash´s funeral Twilight was still in a bad shape. Her friends tried everything they could to get her in a better mood, but nothing helped. She was just staying in her room from morning until dawn. In her mind she had nothing to live for, he was here everything, he was the one she wanted to grow old with and he was the one who would have helped her ruling the kingdom through the hard times.
Everypony at this point tried to help Twilight, but she wouldn’t have it. Princess Cadance was the one who could get closest to her at this point, with Everypony else Twilight had used her magic to push them out the door or throw stuff after them, not to harm them, but she just wouldn’t talk to anypony.
Cadance entered Twilights room one night to check up on her.

“Twilight are you in here?”
Cadance couldn’t see or hear Twilight. Using her magic she lit up the room and started to walk around to find Twilight.
It didn’t take long before noticing that Twilight weren’t in there, but what Cadance noticed was that the windows were opened. Cadance quickly ran outside taking to the air once she got out there.
She was afraid of what Twilight would do, she knew Twilight was in a bad place right now, but would she really go the length and commit suicide?
Cadance used her magic the shine a bright light in the skies so she had a chance to see Twilight. The chance of finding Twilight however was small. But she had to try, she couldn’t give up.
Cadance flew through ponyville, hoping that Twilight walked around there or that some of her friends could help her look for Twilight. However she wouldn’t get the chance to ask Twilights friends before the sound of a scream above her filled the night sky, and shortly after a big thump right next to Cadance.