Grief: A Neverending Pain

Nightfall flew herself around the corner to her next class, stopping only to look at her hoof- it was bloody and mangled. Nightfall let out a slow moan as she heard hoofsteps coming from around the corner. She looked to her left and right, but it was too late. "Pr-principal C-cocoa..." she gasped, looking up at the tall mare in front of her.

"Young mare, why aren't you in class?" Principal Cocoa said in a fairly loud voice, making Nightfall tremble, and would have made Nightfall sit in fear if she were not sitting at the moment.

Nightfall began to draw her hoof to the back of her, but Principal Cocoa noticed this and snatched up Nightfall's hoof, eliciting a yelp from Nightfall. "Oww! My hoof!" she yelled.

"Nightfall, what happened? Your hoof looks like it was in a blender! Oh, come now. To Nurse Berry," Principal Cocoa said, changing her expression from mad to reassuring.

Nightfall could merely nod out and flap her right wing to smooth it out. Deep blue feathers scrawled across the marble floor. "W-who is t-that..?" Nightfall gasped, falling to the floor, her wings faltered in the sunlight through the stained glass window of the school name: Canterlot High.

"Nightfall! Perhaps she has amnesia as well! Nurse Berry! Come quickly," the scarred principal yelled across the halls, getting the nurse to stand up and carry Nightfall to her office. Within about three minutes, the ambulance that Nurse Berry had called showed up, and loaded Nightfall into the back of the ambulance. As the ambulance took off, Principal Cocoa and Nurse Berry went into conversation.

"This is strange... How could this have happened? Would a student do this? And if so, who, and why? These questions ponder me, Strawberry," Principal Cocoa stated, looking at the floor as if she were thinking hard.

"Well, we can bring her friends in and tell them. Hopefully nopony at the moment knows about the... erm... predicament. I'll go fetch them. What class are they in?" Nurse Berry said, trying to help.

"English," Principal Cocoa said.

"Ok, I'll go fetch them and bring them into my office. You stay here." And Nurse Berry took off to fetch the three girls. "Mr. Wave, may I borrow Sky Star, Peppermint, and Diamond Heart? Thank you. Excuse my interruption, pardon."

"Why, of course. I don't see why not. Go on, continue. Now, if I put a comma here..." he replied.

"Girls... Follow me," Nurse Berry said grimly.

The three girls looked at each other and followed Nurse Berry. "What does she want?" Sky Star asked in a whisper.

"I don't know. Why us though? We're nothing special," Diamond Heart replied, just as curious as the other two mares.

"M-maybe it's about Nightfall..." Peppermint squeaked. "I don't see Nightfall."

"Pshh! Who needs that bitch? She's just a slut," Diamond Heart said, hoof bumping Sky Star.

"You mean, you aren't friends anymore?!" Peppermint said, surprised and shocked- a bit in the wrong way.

"Tartarus, no. But your still our friend. Dee Dee, honestly. Please," Sky Star said.

"Oh, yes! Peppermint, you have a choice- Us, or... her..." Diamond Heart said.

"So," Sky Star said. "What's it going to be?"

Peppermint looked as if she were to explode. "I-I don't know... I mean... She's not a bitch or a slut. We should all be friends again. remember the pool party?" Peppermint tried her best. "We should just-"

"As I thought," Sky Star said, turning to Diamond Heart.

"Slut," she replied as Sky Star turned to her.

The group entered the office and stepped into the nurse's room. Principal Cocoa looked as if she were even more puzzled then ever. "Now girls..."

"Now girls what? We can handle it. So... What's this all about?" Sky Star said.