Lilly sat next to a small stone grave in a field of countless others. The sky was darkened by the endless sea of clouds above, giving a grim lighting to an already grim scene. Upon one of the stones, painted, was the name of the stallion she had once thought to spend her future with. The grim and bloody memory of when she found his corpse replaying itself over and over in her mind. "Oh, Thunder..."

Off in the distance, Rainbow Dash, too, stood above a grave, mourning her friend, Fluttershy. A member of the wonderbolts came to comfort her. Lilly turned away, "....what am i going to do without you?" She placed a hoof upon the stone with his name on it. She was about to drift down further into the happy and yet painful memories of her past when suddenly she felt a hoof upon her shoulder. With a gasp of surprise, she turned to see Reed by her side.

"Sorry, didn't mean to spook ya," he apologized, "Just wanted to talk is all. I take it you knew him?" He pointed to Thunder's grave.

Lilly nodded, "Yes...he was....my coltfriend."

"Ah...then I am sorry for your loss."

Lilly sniffed and wiped away her tears, not wanting to succumb to her emotions just yet, especially not while in company of somepony else. "Did you lose anypony? We can pay them a visit if you like, or make a gravestone if there isn't one already," she offered.

A wry yet grim smile appeared on his lips as his eyes grew distant. "You mean to the Cataclysm? No." He let out a long sigh before continuing, "All my friends and family have been dead for a few years now. It's just been me for a while now."

"Oh, I'm so sorry..."

"Don't be. They died happy. And i have said my goodbyes. A part of me is even glad that none of them lived to see this. I don't think my little sis would have been able to accept or handle such a thing. No, it's better this way."

Lilly lowered her ears, she was about to ask him about something, but a grumbling noise from below interrupted her.

Reed chuckled, "You hungry?"

Lilly blushed in embarrassment, "Yeah, but i've already had my rations for the day, as little as they were."

"Don't worry, this won't last forever. Eventually we will have the means of making our own food again, and eventually have food for everyone," Reed said with a smile, "It'll be hard work, and a little tough sometimes, but it will be worth it."

"Speaking of which, how is the farm coming along?" Lilly inquired.

"It's making progress, we've already planted the seeds, now we just need a little water to get it going, but rain should take care of that," he said stretching, an audible sigh of relief could be heard after a few pops. "And it's decently sized at least. It's smaller than we would like, but bigger than we had feared."

"You look tired and sore," she chuckled.

"Well, yeah. I don't know how those Earth Ponies did this for a living. Farming is hard. It'd be great if we can find a few still alive somewhere to teach us better, but for now, we will simply have to make do with what we got."

"Aren't you the optimist?" she chuckled.

"Well somepony's gotta be. Can't be sad and drab all the time, can we?" They both laughed for a bit. As the laughter died down, Reed gave a curious look, "By the way, i've been meaning to ask you something..."

"Yes?"

"Back when everypony was listing off their names and professions you said something peculiar."

"And that would be?"

"Well you said you were a Spellweaver? You could have just said Spell Caster, or Mage, or hell, even Unicorn. You didn't have to make it sound all fancy, you know."

Lilly scoffed, offended, "Well, i'll have you know i am a Spellweaver, and there is a difference! Spellweaving is a lost art that many unicorns know little or nothing about! It's different, as it involves weaving smaller spells together to make bigger, stronger spells. It's a lost art as it's always been a difficult practice. In fact, from what i've heard, only the Princesses and a mare named Starlight Glimmer are the only other ponies in the world other than me to achieve such an art!"

She puffed her chest out in rebellious pride. Reed gave a small chuckle before replying, "Woah, woah! Hold back the poison, please! I didn't know, i swear! I'm not really that knowledgeable about magic myself. Geez. If I knew it was that big of a deal, i wouldn't of said anything, i swear!" He then did a mock skit of dying in agony from her angry gaze. She couldn't help but chuckle at his antics.

He then peeked at her with one eye open, "Do you forgive me yet?"

A small smile touched her lips, but before she could give a reply, shouting could be heard from behind them.

Rainbow Dash punch the other Wonderbolt in the face, knocking him to the ground. "NO! THEY ARE NOT DEAD YET!! WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND THEM YET! THEY COULD STILL BE ALIVE!!"

The other wonderbolt got up, rubbed his cheek, and said one last thing to her before he spat a glob of blood at her feet and walked away.

Lilly decided to approach. As she did she could here Rainbow Dash muttering, "Stupid Thunderlane, I'll show you..." Reed quickly rolled to his hooves and followed her.

"Hey, are you okay?" Lilly asked cautiously.

Rainbow Dash turned angrily to face them, but paused when she seemed to recognize them. "Wait i know you...you're...you're...."

"Lilly, and this is Reed."

"Right, Lilly....What do you want?" Rainbow Dash asked, her temper dying down for now.

"What was that all about?" she asked, motioning to the stallion who was still walking away.

"Nothing. Just some stupid pony that thinks i should make graves for Twilight and the others. We haven't found their bodies yet! There is still a chance they could still be alive! I know my friends! I won't give up on them like that!"

"It's okay, we believe you," Reed said, offering a calming smile.

"I-I....you do?" Rainbow asked, a little surprised.

"Of course, it's like Luna said, anything is possible. If she survived, surely there should be others that have as well," Lilly replied.

Rainbow gave a relieved smile. "....Thanks."

"You'll see, we'll find your friends, surviving Earth Ponies, and heck, even Celestia! You'll see!" Reed said with a beaming smile, "Just gotta have a little faith."

Rainbow's smile grew a bit, "Thanks, i needed that."

"No problemo! I am sure whatever comes, LIlly and I will have your back, right Lilly?"

"W-What? Um, uh, I mean yes, of course!" Lilly replied, caught of guard by Reed's sudden proposal and giving her most awkwardest smile.

Rainbow Dash laughed, "You look like a goof. I like you, let's be friends."

Reed took her hoof and shook it, "Deal."

Lilly did the same, this time with a more confident smile, "Deal."

"Deal!" Rainbow cried with a return of her boisterous attitude. Only for it to then be cut down by the growling of her stomach.

"Have you eaten anything today?" Reed asked.

Rainbow frowned, "N-No...i forgot."

"Come on, let's go get you something to eat," he said as they started to take flight.

"Hey!" Lilly called out, "Don't leave me here! I don't have wings like you guys!"

Suddenly she felt herself be grabbed and lifted into the air, "You worry to much, don't worry, i got you." She turned her head up to see the grinning face of Rainbow Dash as they flew towards Cloudsdale. It didn't feel quite as scary this time...

Author's Note

Sorry that it's a little shorter than usual, but here you go, the next chapter! Hope you enjoy!