Twilight was sitting at her desk in her castle as she was reading a book while everything was quiet in Ponyville, she tried calling to Spike several times but Spike just didn't seem to hear her, it was starting to annoy her, she would have to have a talk with Spike later as that was no way to teach a close friend in Equestria, while she was reading a book there was a knock on her door, she went to go open it and saw that it was Sweetie Belle.
"Can I talk to you Twilight, i don't know where else to go in Ponyville to talk to and I wanted to seek you out as you are the only one who probably understands." Sweetie Belle said. Twilight nodded as she led her in, Spike walked right past Sweetie Belle and Twilight.
"Hey Sweetie Belle." Spike said, Sweetie Belle gave Twilight a confused look as he walked up to his room and slammed the door shut, Twilight shrugged as she let Sweetie Belle in.
"Yes you can. Do you want me to fix you something to drink? You can sit in my room and we can talk up here okay?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle nodded politely and went up to Twilight's room, Twilight went to get something to drink and then went upstairs. She handed Sweetie Belle the drink and sat on the otherside of the desk.
"What's the problem? Trouble at the Ponyville schoolhouse? Is your sister being mean? What's wrong?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle took a sip of her drink as Twilight studied her.
"I've been having trouble trying to fit in and there is this bully who always bothers me, I tried going to the Cheerilee about it but she is unable to do anything about it, they've punished a few bullies but mostly a lot of other bullies hide their activities. I just don't seem to fit in. I've even considered telling Princess Celestia but I get to afraid to go through with it." Sweetie Belle explained.
"It's alright kiddo most girls your age do deal with a lot of that stuff, the first step you need to take is to never listen to them about what they say about you, your the only one who can judge yourself not other people, you shouldn't even be judging yourself as you are perfect in every way. Who is this bully that bothers you?" Twilight said.
"Rich snotty brat, she doesn't care about anyone but herself, it's not diamond tiara, it's a new kid, Angelica is her name, she's knew, I know that she doesn't like me." Sweetie Belle said. Twilight looked her over.
"You should report it. Have you told your sister?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle nodded but looked down at her lap with disappointment
"I've tried but she never tries to fix anything she always says that I should ignore her. What do I do Twilight? How do I stop this girl? I don't want to be mocked anymore, it's scaring me. I feel like I'm a loser. Maybe she is right." Sweetie Belle complained.
"Sometimes we have to face our demons before we face the ones hurting us, you need to be confident in yourself, you must reject what she says about you because you aren't a loser, you understand. And sometimes we just have to stop for a minute and face these problems rather than having somebody do it for us." Twilight suggested.
"That would work better than what I'm doing now, thanks Twilight." Sweetie Belle said. Twilight could still see the disappointment in her eyes so she spoke to her.
"How are things going on at home? Do you have problems there as well?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle shifted in her seat uncomfortably, Twilight looked this action over as she could see that something else was going that she needed help with.
"Sweetie Belle it's okay if you tell me, I'm unable to tell a living soul anyway so just spit it out." Twilight said, Sweetie Belle wondered what Twilight meant by this but continued anyway. Sweetie Belle shivered she wondered why it was so cold in that one spot but not in the rest of the place.
"Things between me and my sister are great we get along well but I haven't told her about the bullies yet. Sometimes when I'm alone in my place or when Im alone in the dark in my room, I hear voices....there's something else that happens to me...." Sweetie Belle said as she whispered.
"I see ghosts but....they look like they were when they were living when I see them, whenever one shows up it gets freezing and they talk to me....and I don't know why this is. I wake up at night hearing whispers surround me, I also get feelings that people who've possibly died from something surround me...why is this?" Sweetie Belle asked. Twilight examined her. Sweetie Belle felt that the room was getting a bit cold she felt a shiver run down her spine.
"Well if that is what is going on en I can tell you that you see spirits of people who've died because someone who died knew you or you watched someone die , that explains why you have this...ability there's also a factor that you are more spiritually attuned with e dead than the living. You can talk to the dead while they are around you while other people aren't." Twilight explained. Sweetie Belle just realized something. She stopped talking as she stared at Twilight
"Sweetie Belle what's wrong....why are you looking at me like that?" Twilight asked.
"Twilight...if what your saying Is true then that means it started happening at a funeral, I don't remember which funeral it was but I saw a ghost there which made me realize my ability I think it was a ghost of the people that was one of Rarity's closest friends...." Sweetie Belle started to say. She looked away from a Sweetie Belle.
"Sweetie Belle who was this friend....I don't remember any of my friends dying, all of them are alive, which would mean that....." Twilight started to say.
"Don't you understand it now Twilight? Don't you understand why Rarity didn't seem to notice you, why it gets cold in the same room that your in and since I can see ghosts I can see you but others can't because they don't have that ability. Your dead Twilight....you've been dead. You just never realized it." Sweetie Belle discovered.
Twilight stood back in fright as this revelation sunk in with her. She ran to the bathroom and turned on the light, she couldn't see her reflection or hear her own footsteps, she was never noticed by anybody else but herself and Sweetie Belle. If it was from another persons point of view she wouldn't be seen there as she would be invisible.
Twilight sat down in shock as she couldn't believe that she had never had known she was dead, she had been going around for days like she was still alive even if she didn't notice that nobody else noticed her. That was when she remembered the incident.
She was crossing the street while the carriages had stopped to let people cross while she was walking to her doctors office a drunk driver came into view and hit several people, she had assumed that the carriage had missed her so she went on with her life as usual until she noticed that people acted like she was never their when in fact they couldn't see her because the carriage had actually killed and she never knew that she was dead.
She tried to speak but it was difficult.
"How...how do I move on?! How do I cross to the other side if I'm stuck here? What if I don't want to leave?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle frowned.
"Because you were in denial as you wanted to stay by Spike's side, and you wanted to keep seeing your friends so ever since you've been seeing them after the accident they've acted like you were never near them but they always acted sad when they were together and they always talked about you in the past tense but you never realized, when I mentioned you when I came to visit you Spike became upset because I reminded him of your death, your dead Twilight and you need to move on by telling yourself that Spike and your friends are going to be okay. You need to stop watching over them and just move on!" Sweetie Belle told her.
Twilight knew that she was right, she always ignored the fact that she was a lost spirit because she never wanted to leave Spike so she kept denying herself from moving on but now she knew that Spike and her friends were coping with her death.
"Your right Sweetie Belle, I've just tried ignore it before as I wanted to stay in Equestria with my friend and mentor and family and not move on but now I guess I have to do what I have to do, thanks for helping me Sweetie Belle, I guess you helping me was a present from you for helping you with your problems at school, before I go you just need to promise me to get lots of help with the bullies and you need to make sure to have more confidence in yourself. Do you promise!?" Twilight asked, Sweetie Belle smiled as she started to cry.
"I Pinkie Promise, Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Sweetie Belle said as she made the promise official. Twilight hugged her and Sweetie Belle began to leave the room, she looked back to Twilight who was now descending into heaven Twilight smiled at Sweetie Belle.
"Thank you for helping me Twilight, I'm glad that I ended up helping you as well." Sweetie Belle said.
"Your welcome Sweetie Belle, thanks for helping me come to the realization that I was dead, tell my friends that I love them dearly, and tell Spike that I loved him dearly as well, it was the only thing I forgot to say after getting killed unexpectedly. Please do this for me and please remember to be confident in yourself and tell on the bullies." Twilight reminded Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle nodded with a look of determination on her face and with that Twilight descended into the sky. Sweetie Belle wiped some tears that fell down her face. Sweetie Belle knew that she and her friends would see Twilight again once they died and moved on in Equestria
She went downstairs and told Rarity about what has been happening in school and who she talked to, Rarity didn't believe Sweetie Belle at first but Sweetie Belle convinced her she saw Twilight's spirit by telling her that they both felt cold in the same house, she also told Rarity that Twilight told her that she still loved Rarity. Rarity took this knowledge in and nodded in silence as she pulled her sister into the hug, she looked up at the sky and mouth a silent thank you as she knew who Sweetie Belle was talking to now. She was still trying to cope about Twilights death as she was still sad about it but she knew that it was right for her friend to move on to the afterlife. Sweetie Belle told Twilights friends that Twilight told her that she Twilight still loved them as well. Sweetie Belle also told Spike that Twilight told her that she still loved Spike to.
Sweetie Belle told on the bullies with her sisters help and the bully got suspended, Sweetie Belle would always remember the kind deceased spirit who helped her. She looked up at the sky one day and smiled as Twilight was in heaven keeping an eye on her friends. She went off and enjoyed the day as she was in a happy mood that she hadn't had in a while as Twilight helped Sweetie Belle to be happy again.
The next day Rarity went to Twilight's grave while Sweetie Belle was in school she smiled with tears in her eyes as she whispered a thank you as she was grateful for Twilight's help even if Twilight was dead and she then left as she would always remember Twilight. Sweetie Belle, Rarity and her friends would always remember Twilight.
