A Grim Vacation

The sun is low in the evening sky casting long shadows over the graveyard where several figures stand in mourning before a grave filled earlier that day. Its beautiful headstone baring a cutie mark of three apples reads “Here Lies Applejack, National Hero, Element of honesty, Beloved sister, Loving grandmother, Dedicated wife.”

None of the mourners have dry eyes but the loudest sobs come from the pink mare with a long straight mane and three balloons for a cutie mark.

“Wah it’s not fair, first it was Rainbow dash then Rarity and Fluttershy now it’s Applejack and your leaving too Grimmy.”

The ash grey unicorn stallion with a black mane wearing a black velvet belled top hat and large black woollen frock coat turned to the Pink mare.

“Oh calm down my sweet Pinkie Pie, just because I’m leaving Equestria now Applejack is dead doesn’t mean I won’t be seeing you again. In fact I will be seeing you more than anypony else because of my meetings with Loki.”

Next to speak up was the elderly yellow mare who’s grey mane was tied up by a dark pink almost red ribbon.

"So yah gonna come and visit us sometime then Grim Gill?”
The now name stallion now turned to address the elderly mare. “Of course I will Applebloom, I will make time to visit every Hearths warming and Apple family reunion.”

He then turned to face the lavender alicorn

"And of course I will be visiting you and the other Princesses to Twilight. I don’t know that many immortals I'm on good terms with after all.”

“Maybe you would if you didn’t steal from them and show them such disrespect you would get on with them better” replied Princess Twilight sparkle.

Grim Gill grinned at Twilight.

“Oh Twilight were would the fun be in that? It so easy to become arrogant when you’re a powerful immortal being that it’s important that someone should knock you down a peg or two some time.”

“Oh you would know all about that wouldn’t you Mr Lord of Heavens.”

The Grey pony chuckled.

“Too true Discord, I often forget that in the grand scheme I’m just a big fish in a small pond, especially here where I am the whale to your dolphin.”

The aforementioned darconequus huffed.

“Well things are what they are but what they will be is a little more dull without you around. Nopony really gets me and my chaos like you do.”

Grim Gill shrugs.

“What can I say Discord. It’s just the perks of growing up in a chaos based universe.

“But do you really have too go now? I know I’m not really losing another friend but to leave so soon after Applejack's death it certainly feels like I am. It all just feels so final like this is the end, I only have Spike and Pinkie Pie left now.”

The alicorn princess found herself suddenly being embraced by the currently hysterical Party pony.

“That’s right Twilight, you still have us and I still have you, I’m so glad you’re immortal and that dragons live so long. Other friends will come and go but I know you will always be there even when Spike will eventually have to leave when he grows to big and threats the town with the smoke from his snoring.”

Twilight's number one assistant joins in the hug, standing at six foot four the purple dragon with the green head cress easily embrace both mare’s.

“Yeah Twilight, don’t worry about me. I’m not going to be going anywhere for a long time.”

As Grim Gill watched them hug he wiped a tear from his eye before speaking.

“You know back at the beginning of this all before I came into Equestria I looked into the future to see how my little vacation here would end and saw all this but the emotions of it just didn’t hit me as hard back then as they do right now.”

"Ah little vacation?" The elderly Applebloom spoke up. "It’s been ah bout ah hundred and twenty five years. What would ah long vacation be?”

Grim Gill shrugs.

“Oh I don’t know probably around a thousand.”

End of Prologue