Sorrowful Loss

by Recondite

Rating: everyone
Tags: Twilight Sparkle, Sad, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Tragedy, Slice of Life
Length: 866

An horrible accident occurs and it lands Twilight into the void and the grief-stricken Mane 6. But one pony was affected the most: Rainbow Dash

The light patter of rain came down upon the storm of black umbrellas. Thousands of crumbling gravestones passing by. With heads down, the Mane 6 trudged along the muddy soil. Slowly, the line bending around one tombstone, Twilight's tombstone, came to a halt. No one was talking, just had heads bowed. The grave diggers, climbing out with an expression of regret, readied the coffin to be lowered into the black hole. As Rarity, AppleJack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie lined up alongside the coffin, they slowly and gracefully descended the coffin into its final resting place. As the coffin was lowered into the pitch black, that same pitch black engulfed Rainbow Dash. One thought echoing through her mind; It was all my fault.

Published 2015-03-08 00:20:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-03-08 00:20:02 UTC

How It Happend

/* Flash Back */
Everything was happening too fast. Ponies everywhere running around screaming. Rainbow Dash frantically looked around at what she accidently done. She didn't mean to cause a monumental disaster of a storm! She tried dispersing the storm with a smaller storm to have the 2 storms cancel each other out, but instead, they merged into one. The massive storm was wreaking havoc among the residents of PonyVille.

"Rainbow Dash, What the heck did you do!?". Rainbow looked over her shoulder and saw a familiar purple pony in a full sprint towards her.

"I was trying to bring water up to the PonyVille reserves!" shouted Rainbow.

"By your self?! What in the world were you thinking Rainbow Dash! Bringing up 12 tons of water all by yourself? Are you mad" Twilight said with very irritated face.

"My Plan wasn't for this storm to get out of hand" Rainbow Dash replied hastily. "Obviously" replied Twilight who looked at the oncoming storm. "I do have a plan Rainbow, but I need you to evacuate everyone as fast as you can". "Yes Sir.. uhh.. I mean Ma'am" Rainbow said as she zoomed away, yelling frantically at every pony she meet to get out of PonyVille as fast as you can.

Twilight stood her ground. Looking at the approaching storm with dread. She couldn't just use her magic to stop the flow of the vortex and reverse the polarity so the wind would cancel itself out. The storm was to huge for that. She had to do it. Twilight knew the only way to do it was to have the mass of the core collapse in on itself while sucking up all the harmful debris that were in the way. Basically, she had to create a black hole. She just hoped that she could sustain it long enough.

Twilight prepared her magic, her horn started glowing with the flow of magic. Twilight ripped through the barrier of magic and thrust her entire being into it. She uttered the spell and could feel the spell's toll on her. She watched as a black hole appeared at the center of the storm, slowly growing in diameter. It was working! The storm was starting to disappear. But in Twilights elation, she didn't see the massive shed flying at her. The shed collided with her with a loud crack. But it continued with her into the depths of the black hole. Twilight knew she couldn't cut off the spell now, for the storm wasn't not small enough. She knew what she had to do.

Twilight didn't fully understand the meaning of when you were on the brink of death, that your life flashes between your eyes. But now for Twilight, time slowed down. She pictured all of her friends, all the good times she had with them. Well now today would be the last day she saw them. A single tear crystal tear, rolled down her cheek. A sense of profound serenity overtook twilight. She looked directly into the black hole and closed her eyes. Just before she entered the black oblivion, she whispered her final word: Goodbye. And with that, she crossed the event horizon and everything collapsed into still air. The gloomy clouds gone, the storm was gone, practically everything was gone.

All that was left was a grief-stricken Rainbow Dash. She saw the whole thing. Zooming to the spot where Twilight disappeared, Rainbow Dash fell to the ground sobbing. It was her fault! She was the one who caused the storm, and now it killed one of her best friend... No, The best friend she had. AppleJack slowly walked up behind Rainbow Dash and knelt down besides her

"Rainbow?... Are you okay sugar cube?" AppleJack said with a heavy voice.

"It is all my fault" wailed Rainbow Dash.

"Now common Rainbow Dash, don't blame yourself". AppleJack slowly rose with a heavy heart. She looked backed at her friends watching with faces devoid of all things except immense grief for their loss of one of their best friend. "Common Rainbow, We need to tell Celestial the bad news." Without a word, Rainbow rose and walked away with her friends, their heads low. Just before they left, Rainbow looked behind her and whispered something from deep within her heart: I love you Twilight. But now, she was gone. Rainbow Dash didn't even know she had feelings for Twilight, but once she recognized those feelings. Tears formed at her eyes. She was gone, and nothing will bring her back.

Rainbow Dash sat on her bed, listening to the patter of rain on her window. She starred out into the misty night. Tears streaked Rainbow Dashes face, not only her tears, but it seemed like the whole of Equestria was crying for the loss of Twilight. Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and just let her emotions run free. Almost a peaceful feeling enveloped her. But there is another emotion that Rainbow has locked away deep inside. She doesn't want to acknowledge it, but its there and its growing.

Author's Note

This is the first FIM story I ever wrote, so constructive criticism would be immensely helpful! Thanks.