Chapters Nightmares
Rose tossed and turned in the dark as the same images popped into her head once again. Finally she woke from her dream and began to cry. It had been about two weeks since she lost her friend, and the nightmares started soon after. Sky light... the blue coated, white maned stallion, was her best friend, he always looked out for her, but now he was gone and she was alone. She put her head between her hoofs and kept sobbing, remembering what happened. The pony who killed him, the look as his life slipped from him, and the way she held him before he left her. The only friend she cared about, and loved was gone. As she laid back down she sobbed, soon after hours of crying she finally found sleep...
A shot rang out
"SKY NO, nonono" She saw the blood come from his upper body, as he fell onto the cold floor, she ran over to him, as she got to him she sat and held her friend. She looked to her left and saw the grey and black pony that pulled the trigger. His face had no expression just a cold hard stare that pierced threw her. She ignored him as she nuzzled her friend, she saw him look up at her, his face, emotion, and tone, were filled with sadness.
"I-I`m sorry Rose..." Her tears fell and she looked into his grey eyes, her red mane fell in front of her face and she left it in her face and kept comforting her hurt friend as he lay their in his final moments.
"y-you didn't do anything wrong, it wasn't your fault." her tears fell onto his coat and she looked at the bullet wound. The blood dripped from his wound and slid off his coat onto hers. She felt the warm liquid as it hit her fur and ran off onto the floor.
"I-I`ll miss you Rose." A tear came from his face. She tried to tell herself he would be okay but she knew deep inside it wasn't true.
"N-no your going to be okay Sky, someponys coming to help you... Don`t leave me." her heart ached, he was going to die and she knew it. She didn't want him to die, she loved him, he was her best friend, he had always been there for her.
He smiled lightly and shook his head slowly. "R-Rose... w-we both know I-I`m not going t-to make it." He ran his hoof threw her mane for the last time. His smiled faded into a scared frown.
"R-Rose, everything's getting dark." She tried to muster four words that she had said many times before, but she choked for the first time, all she could do was watch her friend.
"Its g-going to be okay Sky, its going to be okay...." She repeated those few comforting words, but still couldn't get out the four she wanted. As she looked down at her friend, she noticed he looked scared as she held him. As his breathing ceased and his heart stopped, she buried her head into his chest crying, her friend was gone.
She woke once more, her head still lay on the pillow that support it, tears fell from her head and she cried softly remembering her fallen friend, she got up from her soft warm bed and slowly went to the window. As she opened the blinds she looked over the field, and the lone tree that stood on a hill in the middle of it, underneath it a grey stone tablet. She sighed and left her room, walked down the stairs, and outside towered s the hill. To her right the sun slowly came over the horizon and the sky was filled with orange yellow red and purple as she walked to the grave. As she got to it the sun was halfway over the horizon and warmed her white coat.
She closed her eyes and remembered the best image of her friend she could. She saw him smiling a soft calm smile, his blue coat was empty of any blemishes, his white mane that barely hung over his shoulders, his calm pose. She stood at the grave and said the four words that she couldn't weeks ago.I love you Sky... "
Darkness
He felt the cold cement under his back, as he looked towards the night sky, Luna`s moon gave off a dim light as it barely lit the street he lay on. The pain was unnoticeable as his body ignored it for the time being. His mind was fuzzy, his eyesight was blurred. His heart pounded, he was scared, what had happened moments ago that he wasn't aware of. He made sure he remembered everything up to that point. My name is Green seed, my name is... His thoughts were cut short when he saw a dark figure lean over his right side; he couldn't make out their face or who they were. When he tried to shift to see who it was, pain shot threw him.
"W-what happened" He muttered. The figure yelled over his head, their sweet voice was one he knew well. It was his marefriend, Cherry berry.
"Somepony, Please help me." She pleaded. She turned back to him, he still couldn't see her though, but he knew what she looked like, her red and slightly darker red mane. He loved her, and smiled when he realized who it was. He brought his hoof to his eyesight, his lime green hoofs were partially covered in blood... his blood, and then he felt where the pain was coming from. He moved his hoofs to his side, as he made contact he yelped as he skimmed the open gash, and pain filled his entire body.
His marefriend looked down at him and held his hoofs down,
"Keep still, Okay" She sounded worried.
"C-Cherry?" He winced as his body brought back the pain that came from his side.
"Shhh, you’re going to be okay, I promise." He felt a warm liquid drop on his green coat, it dropped onto him, it wasn't blood he knew that, they were tears, not his, hers.
"O-okay," the simple response was followed by more pain in his side. He felt a warm thick liquid around his left side, blood, it pooled around his body as he lay in the street. He grew tired and weak after a couple minutes. As his eyelids started to close his marefriend shook him.
"N-no Greenie you need to stay with me, help is here." She looked across from where she sat and another figure came into his vision, but he still couldn't see who it was. The words that were spoken around him soon faded into unknown sounds as he grew even weaker. His vision blurred and he the world spun around him. Once more pain shot threw his side and all he wished was for it to end, he got his wish when everything around him became distant. The world around him grew dark and the pain finally subsided as he fell into an unconscious state.
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When Green Seed woke he felt weak, tired, and most of all, the pain the still lingered in his side. His vision was better and words weren't muffles anymore, he heard the voice of his marefriend and another pony outside the room. He listened best he could to what they were saying.
"But I need to see him..."
"Im sorry miss but until we know hes going to live or die, No visitors"
"B-but...." The conversation ended and the doctor entered the tan room he was placed in.
"Hey Mr. Green Im Doctor Red Ill be handling your case for now , but glad to see your up, how are you feeling?" He didn't feel well, he felt pain. He lied so he wouldn't be bugged by anymore doctors.
"I`m fine... can you let the mare outside in, so i can talk to her..." Every word took a little more life out of him as he spoke.
"Im sorry, no visitors yet, but as soon as we get your diagnostics report Ill let visitors come in." The doctors look was stern.
"G-gotcha doc."
"The doctor looked at the clipboard in front of him and shook his head after a few minutes of reading.
"Well your lucky to be alive, Im surprised you are, after all you were hit head on my a car, the paramedics who got you said that the vehicle that hit you was going at least 50 miles per hour, but even though you survived, there are some problems, Your entire left hip is shattered, and your kidney needs to be replaced. Thats all I know for now but the report should come in soon."
He grew extremely tired form trying to listen to everything the doctor was saying, after he had finished he could only mumble a simple "Okay" before he fell back into the unconscious state he had been in before.
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When he woke the room was dark, there was no light outside, he heard the doctors voice and some other ponies voice outside the room,
"Hes not going to make it doctor, Im sorry but there are no surgical rooms that are open for the transplant and we can’t find any donors that are willing to give up their kidney, and even if we do find a donor, it won’t be in time..."
"Okay nurse I understand, Ill explain to his family and others the news, then I will let them say their last goodbyes.
"H-hey m-mom, dad” His parents were by his bed and sat on either side.
"Hey baby...” his mother ran her hoof threw his dark green mane as tears appeared in her eyes,
"M-mom, I love you guys, s-so much. W-why did t-this happen?" He felt a tear run down his face.
"I don't know honey, but were here for you. We love you Green. Your our little baby, and we love you so much." His mother kissed him on the forehead and tears fell from her eyes.
"I love you son..." He couldn't get out anymore, it hurt too much for him to try and say anything else.
"Sorry but it`s time for another visitor..."
"You’re a hero at school y`know, you saved Cherry from getting run down by that driver." His friend said, he had a grey coat and a purple mane. He felt like he was getting weaker every minute but managed to keep talking with what strength he had left.
"Y-yea, he chuckled softly, I`ll never let h-her get hurt." He felt his breathing get shorter, his time was running out, he wanted to see her... one last time.
"Well, we won’t forget you... ever, without you... it’s just the two amigos... well never replace you Greenie."
"I love you g-guys..." He spoke in a sad tone, these two were always there for him, he had known them since they were little.
"Remember w-what we d-did to the school c-cafeteria." They all chuckled,
"Who could forget," his friends both answered. The doctor motioned them out, he was extremely tired now, but still wanted to see Cherry.
"H-hey Cherry..." He felt extremely tired, but he needed to reassure her she would be okay.
"Greenie... I’m so sorry... this is all my fault." He felt her tears run onto his green coat.
"N-no Cherry... It`s not, I did what I did, b-but I d-did it for you "
"You were hit because of me though, you pushed me out of the way, you saved me..."
"I d-did, didn't I... B-but I did it b-because I would n-never want t-to see you in m-my situation. I d-don't know h-how I c-could live with m-myself." She smiled slightly and hugged him once more, she whispered three words he had heard before, but this time, they meant much more.
"I love you," They meant more than just that. To him they said, thank you, I love you, don't leave me, and I`m sorry. He smiled and but he couldn't move anymore, he was too tired to move. She pulled away from her hug and he shifted his eyes to meet hers. The darkness from his eyes slowly came into his vision.
"C-cherry... e-everything is g-getting dark, C-cherry..." He felt her warm lips graze his cheek as the darkness enveloped his vision, He felt no more, he saw no more, he thought no more, as the darkness took him away.
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He woke he was standing, all pain was gone, and he saw Cherry to his left, she was crying. He ran to hug her but when he reached her, he went right threw her.
It was a Tuesday, the day it happened. The day I made the biggest mistake of my life. It happened when me and my beloved wife Olivia got into an argument and even threw around the word divorce. Which now breaks my heart from all we had been through of a 16 year relationship, a 11 year marriage, and having an 8 year old beautiful daughter named Sarah. When I first met Olivia it was love at first sight and from there on out we were never apart. So now thinking about this fight brings me to tears. Sarah who had been listening to the whole fight and couldn't bare to hear it especially after hearing the word divorce made her start bursting into tears in her room.
Once I had enough of the argument I barged out and just before I slammed the door shut I heard my daughter Sarah yell "I HATE YOU DADDY!" I can't even think of that without my eyes watering up, just thinking that she also said daddy in it. Even though every kid calls their father daddy it just seemed special from her. But once I left the house I went to my favorite bar which Olivia hated but she just dealed with it cause she loved me. I was drinking until about 3 AM and Olivia waited long enough and went to pick me up. She had to bring Sarah because she refused to stay home and made Olivia take her. But once she brought me to the car I just said "Give me the damn keys! I'm driving." She looked at me and said "Jake you can't drive, you're too drunk." I just shook her off took the keys and began to drive. I was swerving all over the road almost getting into multiple wrecks, running stop signs and running red lights. Olivia even thought we would make it home in one piece. She knew she had to stop me from driving because if she didn't she knew we would crash. That's when she jumped into the front seat to try to pry the steering wheel away from me, that was right when we hit a pothole going 80, flipped and slammed into another family in their car.
When I woke up I asked the doctors "What happened last night?" "Uh Mr. Fuller, you got into an accident killing the whole family in the other car. This is hard to say but.... you killed your wife as well and put your daughter in a coma." I refused to believe it and I started to go crazy. I jumped out of bed and began to run, I didn't make it far cause I immediately passed out.
Its been a couple of months since the accident, I'm out on bail and I'm awaiting trial for killing my wife and the other family. I have been fired from my job for killing that family and not leaving my daughters hospital bed. I have never left the chair right next to Sarah's bed. I started to go insane, I think its because I have sat next to my daughter for so long who is slowly rotting away. Every single night I will hold her hoof and just start to ball and yell "Please wake up!" I have started to have nightmares about Sarah being killed by me or me waking up to see her dead. So now every single morning I wake up screaming from the horror I experience when I sleep. I have started to lose my mind so much that I imagine Olivia every single day. She will walk into the room and before you know it I will be having a full blown conversation with her until the nurse walks in and says "Mr. Fuller who are you talking to?" And that's when I look back up to see nothing. A mind is a terrible thing to lose. You can lose your sight, hearing, and sound, but you can't lose your mind. Without that nothing seems real, and nothing is fake either, you can never tell. You just lose your grip on reality..
The doctor walked in saying "Mr. Fuller I have terrible news." I was too out of it I didn't even know who he was. I just answered "What?" He looked back at me having to force his words out and say "Um we have basically given up on Sarah. Its a 95% chance she will not make it. We hope to pull the plug in 24 hours with your consent." I fell to the floor and just began to cry, after about 5 minutes I was so out of it I forgot what I was crying about until the doctor told me again. I just asked "Can I be left alone with her for the night?" He nodded yes and walked out the room. I began to hold her hoof and for 5 straight hours saying "Please wake up. Please wake up." After a while I had started to give up hope, that's when I saw a glass bottle on the nightstand by her bed. I stared at it for 15 minutes thinking of what to do. I gave up and smashed the bottle into pieces. I grabbed a piece of glass and began to cut my forhoofs. Everything started to become cold and fuzzy, this is the first time I smiled in months thinking I will finally be with Sarah and Olivia in the after life. Just before I finally closed my eyes for my final nap I heard the sweetest voice saying "Daddy."
"Daddy."
In The Darkness
In the darkness, where light didn't shine, where nopony could see, a voice rang out.The sky blue Pegasus had to confessed what she never wanted to,
"G-guys," Twilights horn glowed, a dim purple light spread across the room,
"Yea Dash?" She looked at the Pegasus who sat in the corner of the room,
"W-what was the f-first symptom of the disease again?" Twilight got suspicious and all Dash`s friends turned there head to face her,
"Its nausea, why? do you feel like your getting sick," Dash sat silent, she shifted her gaze to the cold grey floor, "Dash if you are you can tell us. were your friends," Twilight pleaded to Dash,
"I-I just dont feel right, somethings off but I don't know," Her voice went to a quiet whisper, " I don't want to die like the others,"
Everypony but Dash shared a gaze and after a few short moments they went back to her,
"D-dash, y`know what we have to do now r-right," Applejack didn't have to explain Dash knew, she sighed and tears filled her eyes,
"So" Twilight said, "W-who`s going to have to do it,"
"W-well I-I don't h-have the strength" A meek voice came, Fluttershy was right, she didn't,
"Nor I" Rarity spoke,
Applejack sighed,"Ahm the only one who can ahguess," Dash was curled into the corner, Twilight proposed a new suggestion,
"W-we don't h-have to do this, w-we could let her o-outside," No pony commented and knew it wasn't an option, she sighed and watched Applejack walk over to the scarred Pegasus. Applejacks voice was soft and comforting,
"C,mon sugarcube, I-I promise I`ll make it quick," Dash looked up at her and slowly nodded, tears filled her eyes and her crying was quiet. She stood and walked over to the middle of the wall, Applejack followed behind.
Dash pressed her left side up against the wall, and she tried to clear her head. She waited for the impending, and knew this was for the best, she didn't want her friends to end up like the others.
"Twi, cut the light, nopony should have to see this," Twilight did as told and Applejack sighed, her back legs and flank faced Rainbow Dash. After a few moments of silence, Applejack threw her back legs out like she had done many times before when she was bucking apples, in the days before all this, she made contact and heard a dull thump as her hoofs hit Dash`s skull. A soft moan came from the Pegasus, and Applejack threw her legs out again, and again, until a crack was heard. Applejack felt a warm liquid had splattered her flank, blood. She heard the soft thump that Dash made when her body hit the floor. Applejack sobbed quietly and went to the opposite wall and sat down, a few soft words came out of her mouth,
"Ahm s-sorry, Ahm so sorry."
One of her friends came to comfort her, it was unknow which one it was but she felt the soft fur of another pony, and the warm breathing that came from them,
"You had to do it, it`s not your fault." Fluttershy said trying to comfort her friend.
No words were said after that, the dark room stood silent and in the darkness a scream rang out.
You look so peaceful lying there With your hooves folded upon your chest. You look like you are sleeping But you are in an eternal rest. So Long For Now.
Not a hair out of place, Your make-up nicely done, A beautiful smile upon your lips - For now you are with Absalom. When somepony special passes on It does not mean they are gone, Though they are no longer with us Their memory still lives on. It hurts so much to lose a friend - Especially one that is trustworthy and kind. Swift Wind, you were that special friend, A rare and special find. Swift Wind, you will always be with me In spirit and in mind. You will always have a special place in my heart Forever until the end of time. Swift Wind, I will not say "Good-bye". For this is not the end. So I will just say, "So long..." Until we meet again.
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the Mare next to me. She was my so called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky mane, and wished she was mine. But she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and handed them to her. She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.
11th grade
Senior year
Graduation Day
A Few Years Later
The FuneralI stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn't notice me like that, and I know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love him but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! I wish I did too... I thought to my self, and I cried.
Goodbye...
He lay awake in the dark room, only illuminated by the dim light of the Luna`s moon. He lay their and fought sleep, because if he fell into it, he would lose the last night he had with his older sister. He lay there and felt the warmth eliminate from her body, the comfort it brought him, the way it warmed his heart and settled his nerves. Her name repeated itself threw her head, Hope, He lay and looked out the window at the wall across from him, the moon was slowly moving to the horizon and the stars slowly moving out of view. He dug his nose deeper into her neck, hoping that he could be with her longer. He had to leave as the sun came up, he hoped that time would slow, just so he could be with hope a little longer. This wasn't the first time he slept in her room, when he was a young colt he used to have bad dreams about his parents, she always let him sleep with her when this happened. But when that happened she held him, now it was the other way around, he held her. Not for her, for him, but he wouldn't let her know why he did this, he couldn't...
Hope had always been there for him. When their parents died, she stayed strong and helped him threw it, wiped his tears away when he cried, let him sleep in her bed when he was scared. When his grades started to drop in school, she helped him bring them up, she was always there, she never left she him. She did so much for him, and now... he had to leave. He hadn't told her yet, he didn't want to see her cry over him, he couldn't break her heart. He was joining Celestia`s forces to fight against Luna, the war had started a week ago when Luna, or Nightmare Moon as other ponies called her, went against her sister. Now he was going to join them and fight her, while he knew he might not come home, he still wanted to fight to stop her. He pushed those thoughts out of his head and held Hope a little tighter. He felt her calm breathing, he saw her side rise and drop, in sync with every breath. He felt her heartbeat, the soft thumps made him melt, and only made this decision harder.
He started playing with her blue and white mane, it was soft against his hoofs and flowed so naturally . He stopped when he noticed her shift a little. By now the moon was low enough that its light went threw the window and illuminated her light blue coat, her face was so calm when he saw her and frowned, he couldn't leave her, she raised him, she cared for him, loved him like a mother to a child. He closed his eyes and let his thoughts flow, should he leave, and possible break her heart, or stay, keeping her happy, but inside he would regret not going to fight. He opened his eyes slowly and saw that the moon had reached the horizon, his heart sank as it fell behind the land. He slowly got up, trying his best not to wake his sister. The warmth that came from his sister was now gone, and a rush of cool air swam over his white coat. He went over to the dresser on the far side of her room. A white coated, blue maned unicorn that stared back at him was filled with sorrow and pain as he made the decision. He used his magic to levitate a quill out of a ink cup, that sat on the left side of the dresser. He began to write. When he finished he looked back into the mirror, his blue eyes were still filled with pain. He turned to look back at his sleeping sibling, her light blue coat looked like it was glowing as the moon`s light hit it. He stood straighter and decided at that moment, he wasn't fighting for Celestia, he was fighting for Hope, fighting to keep her safe, to protect her. He walked out of the house as the sun filled the sky with new colors, red pink purple and yellow. He left his home, he left his belongings, he left her. All he carried with him were memories of his sister, the times they shared, both good and bad. He carried her heart, and her love with him as he walked down the dirt path. He only had two words which were pulled away with the wind when they were said,
"Goodbye Hope..."
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Hope woke to the warm light of the sun, she immediately noticed that the pony who had held her the evening before was not their. She sat up letting the covers fall from her and looked around, the room around her was dimly lit from the sun, but everything was visible, her desk, her mirror, the door,
"Jake?" she called out for her brother, and only silence answered her, she got out of her bed and left her room, looking for her brother, she searched the house to no avail, she grew worried, her little brother never left the house without telling her, it was strange that he did it this time, she went back to her room and washed her face, ridding herself of the grogginess waking up brought. She headed to her desk to comb her hair as she did every morning, then she saw it. A note, she knew who wrote it, but didn't understand why he would write it. A Blue aura enveloped it as her magic picked it up and brought it closer so she could read it,
Dear Hope
By the time you read this I will have left to join Celestias forces to fight this war. Im sorry... I didn't want to tell you, I knew it would hurt you to see your baby brother leave, and I know this letter wont make it any better, but I hope that you will understand why I left. Im sorry I didn't say this in person, but I couldn't bare to see you cry because of me. I love you Hope, I want you to know that, and after all that you've done for me, cared for me, loved me, made me the stallion I am today, I left you. It hurt me to think that I might not come back, but I swear you I will come back to you alive. But I want to say Im sorry, I love you, and I want you to know Ill stay safe.
I love you Hope, and while Im away I will carry your love with me, and remember everything we did together. Im grateful to have a loving, caring sister like you, and once again I swear I will return to you.
Love Jake.
It was short, but it hurt her, and as she finished reading the last words a tear fell from her light blue coat.
"Why Jake... why..." She stood in front of her mirror and re-read the note over and over, hoping it wasn't true, she knew it was and it hurt her to know her little brother might not come home. She set it down and laid on her bed, remembering how her brother held her the night before, she already missed him, and the aching of her heart was there to prove it. She sat there for the day, didn't eat, or drink, just missed her little brother. The next day she tried to get herself together, and after weeks she got back to her normal routine, but the hole in her heart was going to stay...
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Hope,
My name is Max, and for the last five years I`v been fighting alongside brother to protect the dreams that demand so much from us. I am so sorry that in all the time I've spent with Jake I never had a chance to meet you in person. As you know, our situation prevents us from being able to move about as we wish or see those we fight for, and because of this I am a stranger to you... and it pains me that you have to receive this message from a stranger:
Jake is gone.
I cannot tell you how or where he died, but know he was a hero, and died as one. Everypony who fought alongside him these last years loved him like a brother, and his determination and gentle spirit were strengths to us all. It is a tragedy that he was forced to this fight, as we all were, by the most important need we have... the need to be free.
I know words cant help right now, but please don't doubt the value of Jakes sacrifice or the wisdom of our fight, even in these terrible times. You will ask why, in the fact of such an overwhelming threat, we would take up arms against our own kind rather then fight against the griffons or another opposing force. We struggle with this question every day...Jake fought with it every day. But what keeps us going is know that we have family to be there when we come home.
I write all of this to try and give you some comfort, some justification for such a terrible loss. I hope you can believe in our cause as much as Jake did, and I hope you can believe me when I say we all miss him terribly. Despite what you may have heard or read recently in the Canterlot media, Jake`s death was a proud death. A noble death. He died for all of us, and I know for certainty he died for you.
My heartfelt condolences on your loss,
Max
Hope,
My name is Max, and for the last five years I`v been fighting alongside brother to protect the dreams that demand so much from us. I am so sorry that in all the time I've spent with Jake I never had a chance to meet you in person. As you know, our situation prevents us from being able to move about as we wish or see those we fight for, and because of this I am a stranger to you... and it pains me that you have to receive this message from a stranger: Jake is gone.
"J-Jake..." His name was barley audible, tears began to fall from her face as she read the last three words, the first few words made her mind and heart light up with excitement, the last three tore a hole in her heart, put her thoughts to a stop. After two long moments of emotional shell shock, she tried to keep going,
I cannot tell you how or where he died, but know he was a hero, and died as one. Everypony who fought alongside him these last years loved him like a brother, and his determination and gentle spirit were strengths to us all. It is a tragedy that he was forced to this fight, as we all were, by the most important need we have... the need to be free.
Was the need to be free really worth it... It took her brother from him, it drilled a gap in her heart so big time couldn't fix it, nothing could. Everpony who fought alongside him loved him like a "brother" That word, it felt sacred to her, he wasn't their brother... he was hers, they didn't lose their brother, she did...
I know words cant help right now, but please don't doubt the value of Jakes sacrifice or the wisdom of our fight, even in these terrible times. You will ask why, in the fact of such an overwhelming threat, we would take up arms against our own kind rather then fight against the griffons or another opposing force. We struggle with this question every day...Jake fought with it every day. But what keeps us going is knowing that we have family to be there when we come home.
Words couldn't help then, the only thing that could was her brother, and he was gone, lost to a war that took so many others. Her heart ached, her brother was gone, he wouldn't come home, like he swore to her. Her little soldier boy wouldn't come marching home, her little soldier boy would be lost war. She fought back more tears as she tried to continue.
I write all of this to try and give you some comfort, some justification for such a terrible loss. I hope you can believe in our cause as much as Jake did, and I hope you can believe me when I say we all miss him terribly. Despite what you may have heard or read recently in the Canterlot media, Jake`s death was a proud death. A noble death. He died for all of us, and I know for certainty he died for you.
My heartfelt condolences on your loss,
Max
Comfort, what comfort could this letter bring. All this letter brought was pain and sorrow, and in the midst of all of it, she didn't even notice the grey coated stallion who was trying to comfort her. She broke down as the last words ran threw her head, her sobs echoed threw the house, and her tears puddled on the floor. The grey stallion took the note from her and put it down onto the table near the door,
"Hope... I`m so sorry..." He held her as she cried into his chest, her tears soaked into his grey coat. The stallion didn't like seeing her like this, but he knew that she couldn't help it.
"Hope... its going to be okay... I promise, its going to be okay..." He didn't know if she believed him, he didn't know if he believed himself. The two stood their for an hour, he finally got her to her bed. She still cried, but no tears came, no tears were left. Her heart cried for her and ever beat hurt. Her husband had gone downstairs to actually read the note. When he came up he looked at her from the doorway, dried streams of tears marked her face, he went to the side of the bed and crouched near it, and their eyes met, he still held the note.
"Hope... you didn't read the back..." She sat up slightly, ears were drooped, but he got her attention, he gave her the note.
"Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile Tiny shells drifting in the foam Little soldier boy come marching home Brave soldier boy... come marching home"
Im coming home Hope... Im coming home...
Never Forget
He stood in the short soft grass as the wind blew on his black mane and sent a chill down his back as it hit his ice blue coat. He looked at the stone tablet in front of him. His best friend, the one he loved, and cared for lay under it. Images of her flashed threw his head, her grey coat, her red mane with the small streaks of black, and her beautiful golden eyes that could make anypony stop and stare. He remembered her voice, the tone she always took with anypony. She always spoke calmly and her voice was as sweet as the singing of birds. He remembered the way she was always happy to see him.
A tear ran from his eye and fell from his chin. The sky was cloudy and it had grown dark earlier that day. He felt a single raindrop fall on his head, and he ignored it and when he spoke his words were barely audible.
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"C’mon Packie, hurry up! Were going to be late. If I have to Ill let you take the taxi and I`ll run there."
"Just wait Misty, I`m coming! Just chill." He ran down the stairs, and smiled as he saw Misty standing the porch. They walked down and he opened the taxi door for her. She got in and he walked over and got in the other side.
Packie spoke to the driver. "7123, Maremount lane please."
The driver nodded and the car moved forward.
He turned his head to face her and spoke. "So, Misty you ready for this party? Its supposed to be the biggest one of the year."
She looked like she was about to fly out of her seat literally. "Hay Yea I am! I can’t believe you got invited and you`re taking me as a guest! Thank you again by the way. Your an amazing friend."
He smiled and his gaze went to his lap as spots of pink painted his cheeks. Even though she was his best friend he was still shy around her. He had never been very good at talking to other ponies, and even she wasn't an exception.
"No problem. That’s what friends are for, right? Plus, you’re the only one who`d actually wanted to go with me." He didn't have a lot of friends, mainly because he didn't talk to anypony.
"Yea," She turned her head to him, smiling as her golden eyes met his green ones. As he glared back, he noticed her coat and her mane. Her grey coat and red mane made her special. It confused him why her parents named her what they did, but he knew her parents. Her father was a strong black and red Pegasus who worked on Manehatten`s weather team, Her mother a doctor with a white coat and red mane.
"You look beautiful tonight," He said smiling as a slight blush came across her face.
"Thanks I tried something different with my mane for once. I`m glad you noticed. “
"No problem. So, do you expect to see anyone you know there?"
"No remember, I don’t know anyone in Manehatten. But when you invited me to stay a couple nights so we could go to this party I practically shot out of my house right to yours. It’s been so long since we`ve talked."
“I know it`s been a while, but we have tonight and the next two days to catch up but for now, let’s enjoy our time at the party." As he said that they pulled up. The music could be heard from out on the street, and lights of different colors illuminated from the windows. It looked like a wild party. He opened her door and let her out.
"Awe, what a Stallion. I bet you get lots of mares," She teased.
He didn't know how to respond, so he nodded and closed her door after she got out.
The music that came from the house boomed and gradually got louder as the two got closer to the front door. As he opened it he was greeted by his friend.
"Ayyee, Packie! whats up man? glad you could make it." He looked over to Packies best friend. "And who is this sexy mare Im looking at?? "
Packie looked over to her and smiled. "She’s my best friend, so that means lay off bro." The two laughed, then His friend quickly ended the conversation and left to great other ponies at the party."
For the majority of their time there they stuck together. He chatted with some ponies he knew, but Misty only answered when spoken to not trying to draw attention onto herself. She was only shy in new places and this... this was like no place she had ever been before. At one point the two got separated and when he went to look for her, he found her being confronted by a red stallion, Packie knew right away that the red stallion hitting on his friend so he went to put a stop to it.
"Hey guy`s, what’s up?" She seemed relieved when he walked over, but the stallion shot him a look of hate, he ignored it and kept listened to his friends quick response,
She replied first. "Not much Packie. Just talking to this guy over here."
"Nice, nice." He turned his conversation to the stallion. "What’s your name?"
The other stallion didn't sound pleased he was there" Rex. Do you two know each other?"
Packie looked at his friend and smiled. "Yea. " The stallion didn't like Packie and that was clear.
"Oh, well, nice. I’m gonna go, I’ll talk to you guys later." Misty let out a sigh of relief as the red stallion quickly left.
He hugged her back and smiled. "No problem. You didn't look like you were really having fun talking to him."
"Yea, I wasn't. Hey lets go get some drinks.” He nodded and they went to the bar in the basement. He order`d them “Can I have two hoof cola’s?."
The two quickly got their drinks and headed upstairs. Earlier that night the two promised each other that they wouldn't have any drink with alcohol in it. They kept that promise, and when they finished there drinks Packie went to throw them out. As he tossed the red plastic cups into the bin he has pushed into it knocking it over, as he turned he saw the red stallion he met earlier, behind him was a brown stallion, who seemed to be his backup.
"Yo prick, whyd you interrupt my conversation, that's rude my friend, so now Im gonna have to show you some manners." By now other ponies caught on to the situation and circled around the three, He noticed Misty standing behind the red Stallion her face filled with worry for him.
"Okay, come at me bro." Packie said taunting the stallion in front of him, this only put a look of rage on the stallions face as he darted towards Packie. He quickly got out of the way and bucked the red stallion into the trash that littered the floor behind him . The crowd cheered, and snicked as he turned Packie turned to face the stallion who was just now getting up. He warned him,
"Cmon bro you dont want to fight me." The stallion cleared off the trash from his body and looked back at Packie. "Hell I don't" as he said the last words he charged once more, as he tried to move out of the way the brown pony he forgotten about pushed him back into the red stallion who shoved him to the ground, the red stallion held him down with one hoof, and brought up the other hoof that was aimed at Packies head, As he brought it down, Packie felt some pain hit his cheek, he took two more hits before he blocked one with his forhoof and proceeded with using his other hoof to get a few quick jabs into his opponents abdomen . They stunned the red stallion long enough for Packie to break free and quickly pin him down.
"Stop..., you cant win this, just stop and you wont totally make a fool out of yourself." the red stallion smiled and Packie remembered his partner, he turned and saw the brown pony coming at him, he picked up the red stallion and pushed him at his friend, he stumbled as he lost balance. He watched the two collided and the both fell to the floor. The crowed who watched roared and cheered for him, he turned to face misty who had a slight grin on her face as she watched her friend fight, He smiled sheepishly and she giggled. He may not have been much of a talker, but he knew how to fight, and pretty damn well. The two got up, Packie saw their movement from the corner of his eye and turned to face them, they both had angry face`s, then the brown stallions lit up with an idea, he turned to his raged friend. Packie didn't hear what the stallion said as the crowd was too loud. Then the red stallion smiled and approached Packie. "Okay... you win. He put out a hoof for Packie to shake, for a few moments Packie starred at it and slowly brought his own up, when felt the red stallions hoof he started to shake it never breaking eye contact with the smiling red stallion.
His so called victory was short lived, Packie was caught off guard when he felt a sharp pain in his jaw, the hit brought him to the ground and the red stallion looked down upon him. He felt a warm trace of blood drip from his mouth and he quickly wiped it away as he slowly got up, this couldn't go on for much longer, so he decided to take the offensive, he darted at the red stallion and brought him to the ground,he held him down with his left for hoof, before the stallion could react he gave the first blow, the stallions head snapped to the right and when his head turned back to face him he hit him again, and again. He didn't stop until he knew his target was unconscious then he focused on the brown stallion whos jaw was dropped in shock at seeing his friend beat up, he turned and disappeared into the crowd. Packie turned back to the red stallion who lay on the floor, he never saw the blood come from the stallions mouth as his coat blended with the color, but only saw it pool onto the floor.
Misty came over and brought Packie away from the scene, she brought him to the basement, her face had no emotion and his gut turned on the inside, he trembled as his eyes met her`s.
"Misty..." She hushed him quickly.
"Dont worry Im not mad, but that... that was pretty awesome" A small smile came across her face.
He didn't have any response but only starred into her eyes, just his look alone noted her that he was greatly upset. Blood still dripped from the corner of his mouth, Misty wiped it away and kept smiling.
"Its okay Packie you did what you had to do, and now its over."
He nodded and a small smile slowly appeared on his face, but he never stopped trembling, he felt horrible for what happened, he may have been able to fight but that didn't mean he liked it. His head rushed with thoughts, he couldn't think straight. Misty pulled him into a hug which snapped him out of his daze, he returned the hug and they went back to enjoying their time.
They enjoyed the rest of their time at the party. They danced, shared stories, and met some new ponies while they were there. The two had a great time and as the night went on the party just seemed to never end, It seemed as though it would last until tomorrow night and maybe even further then that, but soon enough it died down slightly but not enough to notice any change.
As night grew into early morning ,they grew extremely tired, Misty nudged Packie to get his attention from the conversation he was in. "Hey, are you ready to head out?" He looked at her and got the hint she wanted to leave, he nodded which made Misty happier then ever. He called a taxi, and said goodbye to some of the ponies he met. Twenty minutes later it arrived the two got in and headed home. They both leaned back into there seat`s, they both were exhausted from the party.
The taxi pulled off and they headed down the road. The too sat silent and each carried there own thoughts. Every once in a while he would look over at her. She broke the silence that stood between them.
"Thanks for taking me, I really appreciate it, and I had a great time with you." She looked over to him and smiled gently.
"Hey no problem anything for my bestest friend" A soft smile came across his face as he turned to face her. She was his best friend and was always there when he needed her to be, the two were never got to see each other after she moved from Manehatten
"Awe thanks Packie, love you dude. Your awesome." He nodded smiling and the silence returned. Then it happened.
He heard a screech the clash of metal on metal. The screams of his friend and then everything slowed. To his left he saw his friend with her hooves over her head, her face terrified, and the glass that had shattered around her. As the car continued to roll hit felt dull pain hit his head. Then, everything went black.
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When he woke, his ears rang and his vision was blurred. He could feel a sharp pain running from his side to his head. He looked at his surroundings. The car had flipped, and there was a pool of blood. He didn't know if it was his or sompony else`s. As he continued to look around, and as his vision cleared, he saw his friend curled on her side. He crawled over to her, the glass cut his fore hoofs as he did so. The blood came quick from the broken glass,but he ignored all pain, and focused on what mattered to him... her.
He knew she was alive from her slow breathing. He nuzzled her and heard her soft moan of pain. He looked down at his hurt friend. Her eyes fluttered open, and she looked up at him trying to smile as best she could. He sat next to her and proceeded to cradle her in his arms.
"You`re going to be okay.... I promise." Tears came from his eyes as he felt her warm blood drip onto his coat.
"P-Packie... we both know t-that wont happen." Though her face blank, her voice was full of sadness.
"No... No, help is coming! You`re going to be ..." She stopped him and pulled him closer with her right hoof.
"Packie.... t-thank you and please r-remember the time`s we sh-shared, and t-the friendship we ha-had ... I-I love y-you Packie... N-never forget." Her hoof fell away and his tears fell onto her coat. He couldn't lose her, not now. Everything was going great. Then this. He felt his heart shatter as he felt her breathing cease...
"No... don't go... please don't leave me." No response. He nuzzled her lightly but her body was limp. He buried his head into her life less body. He took in her words and held onto them, for they were the last she would ever say.
"I-I love you t-too. Forever and always." His tears continued to fall as he quietly sobbed. She was gone and he was alone. Rain had started to drizzle and it washed the blood from his wound away.
"W-why did this happen..." The question haunted him and ate at him. He sat there as an ambulance came to the scene. He turned as he saw the flashing lights. He ignored them and held his friend. Held her close hopping she wasn't really gone. But she was, and she wasn't coming back.
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He came back to reality as more rain fell onto his head. A little filly trotted next to him and rubbed his right side, he turned his head to face her, He noticed her white coat, wings, and her light blue mane that had streaks of black in them. She was a small filly about the age of five.
"Daddy, who is this? I thought we were here to see mommy?"She asked her, he simply smiled and nodded.
"We are. But this... This is an old friend who I loved dearly." His daughters head turned to face the grave, and she tried to read the grey tombstone in front of her. She caught the name, though but she couldn't read the other words that were engraved into it.
"Misty ... Daddy, why is my name on that grave?? I'm not dead." He laughed softly.
"No, Misty you`re not... but your named after her. She was special to me, and so are you." He smiled as he looked over to her.
"What was she like..." She asked, it pained him to think of her once more. He remembered everything about her.
"Well... she was nice, the nicest friend I ever had, she could brighten anyponys day, and she was beautiful... she was my best friend." Another tear fell from his face.
"Do you miss her?" Her head looked up at her father who kept looking at the grey tombstone.
"Yea... all the time..." His gaze shifted from the stone to his daughter. "But I`ll never forget her, ever,... I wish she was still here."
"Daddy? what does the rest say?" She looked over to her father. He looked at the grave with a blank face.
He sighed and proceeded to read.
"Misty. Never forget."
I looked into her eyes I got lost in their depth A glance into the future Revealing the secrets she kept
For so many years she cared too Yet we were both afraid to say We avoided each other completely... Every time, simply another day
She cried to me one night. ~Please help, I don't know what to do~ I wrapped my arms around her body. ~It is okay now, I'm here with you~
She told me about her boyfriend, He cheated, and hurt her bad... I told her not to worry... But in the inside I was getting mad.
I held back my anger... And I comforted her instead. Playing with her hair, She lay still on my bed.
I leaned over to kiss her cheek, She smiled and turned to me. ~Thank you for being there... I Have finally learned to see~
With that she drifted off, I left her quietly sleeping. ~How could anyone want to hurt her? ~ I ran through thoughts, my heart leaping.
I met up with her boyfriend, Swung out of pure love and rage. A knife stabbed through my stomach.. ~God where were you today?~
My head smacking onto the pavement, My breath getting thin... My vision blurred and fading slowly... This was a battle I could never win.
As this darkness consumes me... Light fills my eyes... I am proud to have lost my life, If it meant ending her cries...
When tomorrow starts without me, And I'm not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me,
I wish so much you wouldn't cry The way you did today, While thinking of the many things, We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me, As much as I love you, and each time that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me, I know you understood, That an angel came and called my name, And took me by the hoof, and said my place was ready, In heaven far above, And that I'd have to leave behind All those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away, A tear fell from my eye For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for, So much left yet to do, It seemed almost impossible, That I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays The good ones and the bad, I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had
If I could re-live yesterday Just even for a while, I'd say good-bye and kiss you And maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized, That this could never be, For emptiness and memories, would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things, I might miss come tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did, My heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates, I felt so much at home When God looked down and smiled at me, From His great golden throne.
He said, "This is eternity, And all I've promised you." Today your life on earth is past, But here life starts anew
I promise no tomorrow, But today will always last, And since each day's the same way There's no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful, So trusting and so true. Though there were times You did some things You knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven And now at last you're free. So won't you come and take my hoof And share my life with me?
So when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we're far apart, For every time you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.
