When There's Only One Way To Go Home

by Grandfather Glutton

The Letter

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The Letter

Dear Celestia, Luna and my cherished friends in Ponyville.

I'm so sorry
I know it might not mean much, but please know that from the bottom of my heart that I am truly sorry for what I have done and what I'm putting you through.

The time I have spent in this beautiful world of yours has been wonderful, magical even. And wherever I go after this, know that I will always cherish the time I have spent with you all.

To Celestia and Luna
I can't thank you enough for the extreme understanding and hospitality you both have shown me, especially when you took me into your home. Me, a stranger. A lost soul, torn from their world, completely alien to what you and your ponies know. But you never cared about that. When you guys first heard about me neither of you were worried in the slightest, you just wanted to meet the friendly alien that Twilight met. When I first met you two I didn't believe that you were able to move the sun and moon, needless to say when I finally saw you guys perform the feat first hand I was absolutely terrified. Though, when I saw how you behaved around your subjects and how you bickered with each other like real siblings, I couldn't believe it, you were acting like regular people!

So when I finally mustered up the courage to talk to you, I made a go of it. We met at Sugar Cube Corner for lunch and had a very pleasant conversation. I made you guys laugh and smile, we exchanged jokes and bantered back and forth as if we were old friends. You said that you enjoyed our lunch together, that it was nice change of pace from the stuffy nobles of Canterlot. I still can't believe that I made such good friends with the two of you!

Must have been my charming smile.

To Twilight and the gang
In my first days here I was so lost and confused and you guys were very cautious of me, wondering if I was some monster from Tartarus coming to test the mettle of your friendship. But once you started asking me questions and learned who I was, you guys made it your personal mission to make me feel as welcomed as physically possible, and I can't thank you enough for it. My time there was beyond crazy! And I enjoyed every minute of it.

But like all good things, it came to an end.

When Twilight sat me down and said that she wasn't able to send me back home... I think I died that day without knowing it. I just couldn't believe it, everything that I knew was just... gone. My mood declined rapidly and you guys did your best to cheer me up, but it seemed like every little thing reminded me of what I lost, of a home I could never return to. You often told me that things would get better eventually, that I could just start over here, but I don't think you guys ever understood what it meant when I lost my world.

It wasn't just a planet I was familiar with. It was my home, filled with my friends, my family, with a girlfriend that I loved and cherished!

I was going to propose to her!

I was going to have future with her!

I had a career! I had plans!

I was going to be someone!

I HAD A LIFE THERE GOD DAMNIT!

But it's all gone now and there's nothing I can do to change it, nothing but cry in the rain.

So... instead of feeling this... agony inside me for the rest of my life, I'll just... check out early I guess.

I'm sorry it ended this way.

I love you all and if you ever see me again please have mercy on my soul.

I'm so sorry.

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