She froze right in front of the door.

The warmth outside was strong, yet she felt so cold.

The emptiness that filled her was unbearable.

Her body shook with grief, causing her to spread her front and hind legs for better balance.

Slowly, she pushed the wooden door open and was greeted to the sight of Ponyville, or what remained of it.

Looking up at the sky, she saw the many meteors yet to come.

She walked out slowly, still gazing up at the sky. It had been her home for all of her life. The one place where she truly belonged. To see it like this was scary.

Smoke was present in the sky, creating black swirls in the air around her from when the meteors came into contact with the ground. This added to the red colour the sky already had due to the meteor penetrating its boundaries.

What was still left to fall from the meteor was larger stronger chunks of it than before adding white dots with a trail behind it to the canvas.

Rainbow came to the edge of the railings to look out at where she once belonged.

Though she was scared, she could not take her eyes off of the sky.

Soarin was right, the sky does look prettier from here...

She was on the balcony part of town hall. The first place she came to when she arrived in Ponyville, the place where the Summer Sun Celebration was held when Nightmare Moon returned, the place that Soarin wanted to take her for the very first date.

She had to breath through her mouth now, pulling in long, uneven gasps.

I'm sorry Soarin,... I wanted to meet you here but... I can't. Please understand.

Leaning on the railings for support, she burst into tears.

I'm sorry everypony... I know that death is hard but... Please try to move on... I am lucky to have had such good friends in life and now... I have to leave you.

How was this fair. She still had her whole future ahead of her. She would miss so much.

I promise that where ever I am going to go now that I will never ever forget you.

The meteor was drawing near now. It seemed as if it were heading for Rainbow Dash herself.

Looking around the desolate land that used to be filled with joy and life, Dash let out a small wail. She didn't have anypony around to stay strong for now. It was just her alone.

Shaking with racking sobs, Dash made one more final promise.

"I promise..." She said aloud with her head between her hooves, resting on the railing. "that no matter how alone you all feel, I will be there for you... even if everypony else has turned their back,... I will never give up on you. I love you all..."

She lifted her head up to look at the sky, for the umpteenth time that day.

It wasn't goodbye,... just a change. They would see each another again one day. But hopefully not be for ages. Live your lives to the full and when the time comes, I will greet you.

That gave her strength. Slowly, she lifted her head to face the meteor her hooves dropping from the railing to stand up straight. It was like she was challenging the very thing that would inevitably kill her.

She remembered all of the fun times with her friends and her sister. When they watched Hinny Of The Hills. When they went to the Equestria games. When Scootaloo got her cutie mark. When Soarin asked her out. Her first kiss.

Letting the last tears fall, she smiled a grateful smile and closed her eyes.

"Did she live Grandma?"

Scootaloo snapped back to reality. A small filly sat at the end of her bed. Her eyes were filled with wonder after the story she had just been told, gazing up at her grandmother with a concerned expression.

"Unfortunately, no sweetheart." She said with a sad smile.

"But I thought that she was the element of loyalty,..." The young foal said screwing his face up in concentration. "doesn't that mean that she shouldn't of left?"

Chuckling slightly, she raised a hoof to ruffle the small filly's mane. "Loyalty takes many forms,... some obvious and some not so much. I do believe that by helping me get to the shelter was a great act of loyalty, but instead of risking all of our lives and running to safety, she turned back. She put our lives above her own showing more loyalty to us than her own well being. Sometimes when it comes to it,... loyalty doesn't always mean staying."

"Electra Zest, it's time to go!"

"Coming Mom! Bye Grandma, love you!" Electra scuttled off of the bed and ran to the doorway. "Ummm... Grandma?"

"Yes?"

"About her waiting for you,... do you really believe that she is there?" She asked looking directly at Scootaloo's eyes.

"With all of my heart Zest. She will be there for me, your Mom and probably even you." She said with a grin "Now get going, you don't want to get your Mother angry, trust me."

The filly's face lit up as she sped away from the doorway and down the stairs.

Sighing, Scootaloo leaned back in bed. Remembering her sister had been an emotional experience. She had aged greatly, though the memories of the last words exchanged were still painful.

"Don't be sad squirt." Said a voice above her.

Slowly looking up to the source, she gasped in awe at who was flying in front of her. It was Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow,... is that really you or have I finally gone crazy?"

"Hehe nope, it's really me!"

"What are you doing here?"

Rainbow hesitated slightly looking at her surrogate sister wondering how to break the news.

"It's my time, isn't it?"

"Yeah,... sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I made a promise."

"Will... Will they be alright?" Scootaloo asked looking toward the doorway that previously held her granddaughter in the middle of it.

"I have a feeling that they will be fine. It will take a while, but they will survive. You raised an awesome family Scoots I can't wait to finally talk to them for the first time." Rainbow said looking at the doorway too.

Scootaloo smiled at her sister. Letting out a long slow breath, she closed her old, tired eyes for the last time.

Her surroundings became a bright white as she looked directly at Rainbow. She hadn't faded away even though her eyes had closed.

"I missed you so much." She said running into Rainbow's arms. Though her body was of an age older of hers when Rainbow had died, the old lines and pains that she used to have disappeared as she fell into her teenage body.

After stepping back a little in shock, Dash slowly wrapped her wings around the filly in her arms. "Missed you too sis."

"How is Soarin doing?" She asked the blue Pegasus.

"He's doing great! He can't wait to see you again, Scoots."

"We have soooo much to catch up on, Dash..."

Leaving her old body behind, Scootaloo walked side by side with her sister who she had yearned to see since her early departure. For Rainbow it was fulfilling her promise. She had met each one of her friends and boyfriend as their time rolled around.

So just remember, loyalty will always exists as it comes with love and if you truly love someone, you are never truly alone.

Author's Note

That's it, it's the end...

I hope that you liked the ending (even if it is a little cheesy!) And I want to thank everyone who read this story, everyone who added it to favourites, everyone who is following me because of it. So.......
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

MLP and Bronies rule!
Pegasister for life,
Frothy

I have no ideas what story to right next, but it will not be as quickly updated as this one was as I have little time off now...