Author's Note

This is the start of part 2 of "The Grave Digger's Daughter"

Chapter 1: One Last Good-Bye

Obsidian was a young mare of sixteen, she was wanting to gout and hang out with some other old friends from school; her father had said, "No Obsidian, not today, I would like for you spend time with me today maybe tomorrow and.......this is really" he was cut off with a sharp retort:
"You've said that for weeks! Damn it! It feels like you just want me not to make friends or the very least keep the ones that I have!" After a few more outbursts she stormed out of the small house into the brisk autumn weather turning her head around and yelled, "Hope you die soon!!"
As she sat with her friends drinking sodas and talking about everything, even the fight she had with her father.

"You said that to your father!" Exclaimed a mint green earth pony named Minty.

"Minty is right Obsidian, you need to talk more respectfully to your father. As old as he is, every day with you is more precious and important to him." Replied a light gray unicorn named Vapor.

she noticed that a pain in her heart that had been there the whole day was getting worse. It suddenly kicked in sharp and she placed a hoof over her heart and cringed. She stood and hurried home. When she arrived she saw her father laying on the couch and snoring loudly. As her eyes peered around the room she caught sight of a piece of paper on the coffee table nearby; she picked it and read it quietly. She gasped silently as she read that her father's lung cancer was progressing worse, and as she thought about her chest pains had started a few months back.......had she sensed that his time was drawing close. The timing fit and she thought about the past few months she had been a horrible daughter. Days turned weeks and Obsidian was there more for her father. Then the day came. She was leaving to visit friends. The moment she walked to the mailbox, she stopped; looking back the pain in her chest kicked in harder than ever. Why had her father pushed so hard for her to be with Minty & Vapor? Turning completely around ran to the house. This was the day she knew it! She was just in time to catch her father from falling as the lungs gave out from cancer ravishing them. As her father perished, she sang to him the lullaby he sang to her..........it was her way of saying good-bye. As his eyes closed she leaned her head down and whispered so gently it was sounding angelic to his ears, "Goodbye father, I love you so very much."