Rain suddenly began pouring down in an unyielding torrent. The sky blackened and the wind was as a screaming banshee, echoing through Fluttershy's shattered heart. She gazed upon Rainbow's beautiful face, tousled hair draped gently over her eyes.

"Why do you look so peaceful Dashie? You left me.....you broke your promise. You were supposed to be the Element of Loyalty. You just abandon the ones who need you most. How could you?"
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*Knock Knock Knock*

"Fluttershy! It's Twilight! It's been a month and you haven't come out of your house! You're lucky Pinkie and the Cakes offered to look after Morning Sky and Applejack has been coming by and feeding the animals!" Twilight doubted today would make any difference, but she felt it best to lower her voice anyway, "look, I know you miss her. Trust me when I say we all do. You aren't alone in this. You have friends and a beautiful little filly to help you get through this.....but Rainbow Dash is gone."

"Don't even say her name to me!" Twilight heard from the other side of the door, it was almost a snarl.

"Fine. She'd be ashamed of you Fluttershy." Twilight turned to walk away, tears streaming down her face, filled with her own shame at what she just said.
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"I know she would. I know Twilight....."
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"Pinkie, I tried talking to her but it didn't do any good. She has no idea how hard you're working and I don't think she even cares."

"Don't say that Twilight," Pinkie Pie said as she looked down at the sleeping alicorn baby. "Dashie made me promise to keep everypony happy.....its been kind of a rough start but I'm keeping this baby happy and that's enough for right now." Twilight saw the pink pony's eyes grow heavy and tears began streaming down her face.

"Pinkie.....everypony has been so concerned with the baby and with Fluttershy.....but you loved her too. Are you okay? Well, certainly not okay. Nopony is, but are you going to be?"

Pinkie raised a hoof and wiped away the straggling tears, "Yeah, I just miss her. I know we all do, but Fluttershy and I are the only ones who felt that way about her. As hard as it is for me, its got to be ten times harder for Fluttershy. I'm going to do everything I can for this little filly, but I hope her rightful mother comes to her senses soon."
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"Why do I even wake up. Every day is the same thing. I just sit here, staring at nothing. I look at the side she slept on. It looks so empty. I remember when it used to be so warm.....never again. What's the point of even staying in this world if she's not here anymore?"

"Fluttershy? Wake up my little pony."

Her eyes slowly fluttered as she searched for the source of the voice. It was dark in her room even though the day outside was probably bright and full of joy for every other pony.

"Fluttershy, what has become of you?"

"Princess Luna? Why are you in my house?"

"I'm merely looking upon a shell of what once was. I wonder, would she have given up?"

"Shut-up!?" Fluttershy yelled at the princess of the night for the first time.

"It hurts to hear her spoken of, I know, but answer the question."

".....no. She would keep going no matter what."

"Then why do you dishoner her this way?"

"You have no idea what I'm going through! The reason for my life is gone!"

"You presume too much. Do not forget that I have been alive for longer than you can imagine. All those I cared for, everypony I ever loved, is long dead. I suppose I'm fortunate in that I did not have to watch them die, but if you were to talk with my sister, you would be ashamed of yourself. She watched them all grow old. She watched them all die. And I was gone, so she went through all of it by herself. You have other ponies who care for you and would gladly help you through this, some of whom are already doing so. And you have a daughter."

"You're right Luna.....I know you are, but it just hurts so much. I don't want to be lectured."

"I do not come to lecture. I come to show you the final thoughts of Rainbow Dash."

Fluttershy's eyes grew wide at this statement. "Wha.....what did you say?"

"She went peacefully Fluttershy. Almost like falling asleep. I saw into those final dreams. Just like I did with Princess Cadence. I showed her last dreams to Shining Armor, and now I want to show Rainbow Dash's to you."

Princess Luna walked over and closed her eyes as a glow began to form around her horn. She bent down and touched its tip to Fluttershy's forehead.
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"Morning Sky, wake up sleepy head."

"Hi Mommy," the beautiful alicorn filly said, rubbing the sleepys from her eyes.

"You better get ready or you're going to miss your playdate with Dusk."

"Oh no! Then I'll have to be the evil queen again. I want to be the good guy this time."

Morning Sky flipped out of bed and scrambled to get her things together and packed into her saddlebags. Fluttershy just smiled as the gazed at the little one's antics.

"Mommy? Will we have time to see Mom today?"

Fluttershy stopped as her eyes began stinging with tears as they often did with mention of Rainbow.

"Of course we will. There is always time for that."

"Can we stop by Carrot Top's first? I'd like to get her flowers?"

"Well hurry up silly filly. She's waiting for us."

The two were then seen walking down the road, the sun shone brighter than it ever had before while a beautiful rainbow colored the sky.
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Fluttershy opened her tear filled eyes to see the princess of the night smiling warmly down on her.

"Princess.....I have somewhere I need to go."

"I know my little pony."

"Would you like to join me?"

"Nothing would make me happier."
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Sugarcube Corner looked as it always had, colorful and full of joy. Fluttershy pushed open the front doors and was not surprised to see all of her loved ones gathered. Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, Spike, and even the Cutie Mark Crusaders all stood with tear-filled eyes. No words were said, though many needed to be. Words of apology, words of encouragement, words of love, but something more important was needed right then. Fluttershy approached Pinkie Pie who gently kissed her on the cheek and then motioned her toward the den. Fluttershy looked back to her friends, and then to the princess, before walking into the den. There she was greeted by something more beautiful than she could ever have imagined.

"Mommy!"

Fluttershy wrapped the little ball of silver and blue in a heart healing embrace and looked down into those shimmering roslyn eyes.

"That's right Morning Sky.....I'm your mommy."

Author's Note

This is one of two endings I made for this story. This one is sad if you hadn't noticed yet. There is also a happy ending if you are curious and after that I will wrap up the Shining Armor/investigation arc. And that shall be the end-end of this story. Thank you all for sticking with it.