Many minutes passed as the Earth Pony wailed on and on, until finally she began to calm down and just weep. She sat up and wiped the tears from her red puffy eyes as she sniffled before letting out a sigh. It was still too hard to believe, but she had to come to terms with herself.

She killed Rarity. The most beautiful pony in Ponyville; the Element of Generosity; and one of her best friends.

"Well..." Applejack sighed as she got up to her hooves and walked towards her room. "As mah Grampy Crabapple used to say, an eye fer an eye..." She walked into her room and opened her bedside drawer.

Then she reached inside and retrieved her lasso...

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