I Am Lonely, Not Alone

by Cinnamon Clover

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Romance, Fluttershy, Tragedy, Slice of Life, Sad, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 1822

10 years after her sister's death, Emy still cries to sleep but with her friends' help she moves on.

NOTE: Takes place about thirteen years after my unfinished story "The Elements of Family". You should read its preceders, "Temporary Home", "Sisters Forever" and "The Elements of Family", before reading this story, though you only need to read the previous two to understand this story.
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A long low ring filled Emy's ears as she cried over the corpse of her sister.

"Please, don't go Scootaloo. Please, don't leave me like this. Please, Celestia, this is too early!" the adolescent unicorn pleaded but to no avail.

TEN YEARS LATER

Emerald Glow misses her sister more than anypony could ever and would ever know. It hurts her going on everyday without Scoot. She is always loney but she is barely ever alone. Her old friends, Apple Bloom, Jasmine, and Sweetie Belle, Mama Fluttershy, her fiancé, Guardian Angel do their best to make sure of that.

Published 2012-07-02 14:04:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-07-04 21:40:05 UTC

Prologue

I Am Lonely, Not Alone: Prologue

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hasbro), Scootaloo (Hasbro), Apple Bloom (Hasbro), Sweetie Belle (Hasbro), Fluttershy (Hasbro) and a large portion of the characters in the story (Hasbro unless otherwise noted). All I own is this story, the stories that prequel it, Emerald Glow, Guardian Angel, Jasmine Changeling, Ruby Shimmer and Peddles Zoom.

Summary: Ten years after her sister's tragic accident and death, Emy still cries to sleep over the loss of her sister but, with help from the ponies who care for her, she learns to cope with her loss and move on.

Chapter Summary: Emy relives the darkest time of her life, her sister's tragic accident and death, through a nightmare and her fiancé, Guardian Angel, comforts her.

"Ok, here I go!" Scoot called to the other Cutie Mark Crusaders as she took a running start straight towards a cliff.

She was taking yet another attempt at flying. This time over Ghastly Gorge. It would ever be an epic success or miserable failure. It was the latter.

It was just about five o'clock as Fluttershy prepared a delicious salad for her small family.

'They should be back in a few minutes' the young mare thought to herself as she chopped the lettuce.

Suddenly, a desperate voice broke the silence in the air.

"HELP! MAMA FLUTTERSHY PLEASE HELP! SCOOTALOO WON'T WAKE UP!" Emy cried at the top of her lungs.

And with that the yellow pegasus rushed out the door to the aid of her adoptive daughters.

"Emy, is that you?" the orange pegasus asked groggily as she rubbed her eyes.

She was laying on a bed in a sterile white room, connected to tubes and wires of all sorts.

"Yeah, it's me." her counterpart replied trying to hold back her tears, "Scoot, I need to tell you something."

"What?" her companion asked curiously.

"You severly damaged one of your organs. I can't remember which one it was, but it was important." Emy answered trying to keep her composure, "Scoot, you're going to die before the end of the week."

Emy stayed with her sister all week. Miss Cheerilee, was the most understanding teacher a filly could ever ask for, told her it was OK to stay with her sister during school and "Mama" Fluttershy was also with her the entire time. It was the seventh day and they thought Scootaloo might miracilacy live. Too bad her wounded body said otherwise. Mama Fluttershy had left to go get some dinner for her fillies when it happened.

"Emy, I think today's the day." Scoot said calmly

"What do you mean?" her twin asked softly.

"I think it's time I joined our parents."

"NO! Scootaloo don't say that!" Emy said now sobbing.

"Emy, I wish I didn't have to go but I don't think I can stay much longer. Now, Emy, I have something to tell you before I go." her sister reasoned with her.

"What?" Emy asked, still sniffling.

"Emy, I want you to do one thing for me for after I'm gone. Don't give up, Emy, you'll find your way in this world. I know you can do it. Your my sister..." her voice trailed off as she closed her eyes for the last time and her chest stopped rising.

A long low ring filled Emy's ears as she cried over the corpse of her sister.

"Please, don't go Scootaloo. Please, don't leave me like this. Please, Celestia, this is too early!" the adolescent unicorn pleaded but to no avail.

'You told me you would always be there, Scoot.' the glowing unicorn cried inwardly, 'We were gonna earn our cutie marks and grow up together. We were gonna find some nice colts and get married. We were gonna have a competition to see who could spoil their niece or nephew more. I know you thought otherwise but I don't think I'll be able to live without you, sis.'

A orange gemstone in the shape of a scooter was now on her necklace. Her birthparents, grandparents and now her sister were gone. And Emy felt all alone.

Emerald woke up in a cold sweat, awaking her fiancé, Guardian Angel. He was a twenty two year old snow white pegasus stallion just a few weeks younger than Emerald with a golden mane, deep blue eyes and a shield with angel wings on it as a cutie mark. Emerald was now no longer the clumsy filly with glasses, rather a young, intelligent unicorn mare, who quite literally radiated with beauty, with green frame glasses worn over her amethyst eyes and a book and quill cutie mark.

"Honey, did you dream about when you were watching your sister die, again?" the pegasus asked comfortingly.

It had been nearly ten years since her sister passed away and the wound in her heart never completely healed.

"Yeah, but I'm fine." she responded as she looked teary eyed at the orange scooter shaped pendant on her necklace.

"Please try to go back to sleep, Emerald. We're house hunting in Ponyville tomorrow so you'll need your sleep. Besides, you look so cute when you sleep." he requested in his deep, caring, angelic voice as he gently caressed his hoof through her dirty blond mane.

It had been a long time since Emy needed medicine to help her fall asleep, but it was still hard for her to go back to sleep if she woke up during the night.

"Oh, you." the glowing unicorn accepted the flirt with a slight giggle before receiving a peck on the cheek from her lover, "Night, Guardian."

"Night, Emerald." her pegasus partner said softly.

A few minutes later, both Emerald Glow and Guardian Angel were asleep as they cuddled each other. Unfortunately for Emerald, she had to relive the darkest time in her life, again. Not that this was new to Emerald She had been having the memory haunted her dreams for the last ten years.

It still hurt. Emerald had been present for the deaths of all her family members and seeing the only one who would always be there fall silent right in front of her killed her from the inside out. She was just really good at hiding it.

Chapter One

I Am Lonely, Not Alone: Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hasbro), Scootaloo (Hasbro), Apple Bloom (Hasbro), Sweetie Belle (Hasbro), Fluttershy (Hasbro) and a large portion of the characters in the story (Hasbro unless otherwise noted). All I own is this story, the stories that prequel it, Emerald Glow, Guardian Angel, Jasmine Changeling, Ruby Shimmer and Peddles Zoom.

Summary: Ten years after her sister's tragic accident and death, Emy still cries to sleep over the loss of her sister but, with help from the ponies who care for her, she learns to cope with her loss and move on.

Chapter Summary: The young couple starts their house hunt and run into some old friends along the way.

"How do we even begin?" the pegasus asked his wife to be.

"I don't know, how 'bout we just walk around till we see a "for sale" sign and go from their?" she replied.

"I don't have any better ideas." he shrugged.

"Emy, is that you!" a sweet excited voice exclaimed from behind the couple.

The young couple turned around to see a snow white unicorn with a curly purple and pink mane.

"Sweetie! I haven't seen you since Twilight's wedding two years ago!" the green unicorn exclaimed as she ran over to meet her old friend.

"It's been too long" her companion agreed, "So, who's your friend?"

"Oh, sorry. Sweetie, this is the stallion I wrote to you about, my fiancé, Guardian Angel. Remember, you're one of the bridesmaids." the dirty blond replied.

"We're moving here in a few weeks, you know, after the wedding so we're doing some house hunting." her fiancé explained

"Can the house hunting wait until after lunch? I'm meeting the girls at Sugarcube Corner for lunch in a few minutes and it's really been too long since we last saw you." Sweetie requested.

"Sure, I think we really should catch up." Emerald obliged.

The trio then turned and headed to the cupcake shaped bakery

"AB! Jasmine! Look who I ran into on my way here!" Sweetie called out to a blackish-blue changeling and pale yellow mare as they saw them approach the bakery.

The two mares, upon seeing their old pal, ran over to the trio.

"Emy! It's been too long!" Jasmine said as she gave her one of her trade make bear hugs.

"I...missed...you...too...can't...breathe!" the hugee sputtered as she tried to get free.

"Oh, sorry!" Jasmine replied sheepishly.

"What're ya doin' in Ponyville, Emy?" her yellow companion asked.

"Me and my fiancé, Guardian Angel," she explained, guesturing to the white pegasus stallion beside her, "Are moving to Ponyville after our wedding next month, so we're house hunting."

After a full day of catching up with her friends, Emerald and her stallion headed to the hotel they were staying at.

After the couple was no longer in sight Apple Bloom called back to Sweetie Belle and Jasmine.

"Ah have an idea of a surprise we could give to Emy for a weddin' present." the yellow carpenter told them.

"What?" her two friends asked simultaneously.

"Sweetie, ya remember that warehouse we found them in?" the pink maned mare asked.

"Yeah..." Sweetie said hesitantly.

"The mayor is practically givin' the property it's on away. Maybe we could fix it up and give it to them." the young carpenter mare explained.

"Apple Bloom, I don't know if me and Sweetie will be all that helpful in a project like that." Jasmine pointed out.

"Ah might be good but Ah'm not so good that Ah could renovate the entire warehouse before the weddin' all by myself! Ah'll still be doin' the bigger stuff but ah might be wantin some help with the paintin', decoratin' and other stuff to make it all pretty." she explained, "So, are y'all in?"

She put her hoof in between the three mares.

"I'm in." Jasmine added dryly as she put her hoof in.

"Me too." Sweetie seconded as she added her own hoof to the pile.

"Let's start tomorrow after they head back to Canterlot." Apple Bloom told them before they all went their separate ways.

"See you girls at the wedding next month!" the emerald green unicorn called out as the train departed from the station.

The young couple was having to put their move to Ponyville on hold as they could not find a suitable house. Appe Bloom turned to face her two friends.

"Ready to get started, girls?" the yellow mare asked, only to be met with a simultaneous nod from her friends, "Then let's do this!"