Last One To See Me Dies

“Get ready. The procession starts in less than an hour.” my mom called to me from the ground floor. I had decided to go to my mom’s house before going to my grandmare’s funeral.

I had bought a brand new suit from Rarity’s Boutique in Ponyville after being disappointed by the Princess of Friendship. “Custom Made,” Rarity had said. I had no idea how she would’ve gotten my measurements without me knowing, but somehow the suit was a perfect fit on the first try.

“So, may I ask why you would need a suit in all black? A funeral perhaps?” Rarity had asked as I was buttoning the last button on the suit jacket. I was hesitant to tell her the truth, but she deserved to know. After all, it wouldn’t matter in the end anyway.

“My grandmare died and I wanted a new suit to wear to her funeral.” Rarity’s eyes widened in shock and concern. “Oh darling! I’m so sorry for your loss!” ‘Please no sympathy’ I thought, but instead said, “Thank you. She meant a lot to me and,..... And I just want her to know I miss her…..” I trailed off into restrained sobs and tears running down my face. Rarity started shedding tears of her own, ruining her mascara. Then she insisted that I take the suit free of charge. I refused. The outside layer was velvet, the inner layer was silk, and IT WAS CUSTOM FIT. I simply couldn’t let her throw so much money that she must have put into this away, so I insisted on paying her.

All of a sudden, Rarity’s normally calm and composed personality became one of anger mixed with sadness and frustration. “You listen now.” she said in a commanding tone. “You will take this suit free of charge, you will wear it to your grandmare’s funeral, and I will not hear another word about payment from you. Do I make myself clear?”

She was practically pushing me out of her boutique by the word ‘Payment’. I really thought she was going to reconsider not accepting money for such an expensive item. But with one final push, Rarity shoved me out of her store. She waited for me to get up so she could levitate the new suit for me to grab with my own magic. “Have a nice day. Please come again.” was the last thing she said before closing the door in my face. I was pretty sure I also heard the faint click of a lock. My suspicion was proved correct when a sign was hung on the inside of the window. ‘Out to lunch. Please return at another time darling’. I would never have guessed that Rarity also made her own open and closed signs.

My mom’s impatient calling for me to get my flank downstairs snapped me back to the present. Looking around, I remembered that I was in my mom’s house. I was anslo in the very room that used to be my bedroom when I was a colt. Up until I went to college, I would be in this room every hour of the day. Since then, my mom had converted it into a guest room.

Once again, I was distracted from my distraction by my own mother, who was now threatening to come up here and pull me down by my ear kicking and screaming. That was something I didn’t want, so I hurried up to fasten the last knot in my tie and I ran down the hall so fast that I tripped on the rug and ended up falling down the stairs.

I heard some bones break, causing me to explode in pain. I dared not to yell, as that would attract attention. Seeing that blood was pooling around me, I understood and accepted the fact that I would join my grandmare in Celestia’s field of grass in the sky within a few minutes.

Unfortunately, just the sound of me falling down the stairs was enough to catch the ears of my remaining relatives. “What was that? I managed to hear despite the tinnitus ringing in my ears. The first pony I saw to see me unable to move was my mother. Her scream of terror was the last thing I saw and heard before my vision went dark. I was so happy. I thought I was finally dead. I could finally pass on peacefully. This wasn’t even the way I planned. But I was severely disappointed when I found out I was still alive.