Aura Reader's Lessons

Listen to Aura Reader's Words, Twilight Sparkle...

Maybe You Will Learn Something About Life...

That is all Celestia told me, but who is this Aura Reader?

What did she mean listen to her words?

Who, and what, is this Mare of Wisdom?

"Come in Twilight," a gentle tone echoed through the small tent. Silent sounds of rain against the fighting fabric soon took over as the echo faded.

"Are you, Aura Reader?" a tall, elegent, purple colored Alicorn stepped through the flaps of the tent, her fur coated in water.

"Yes i am, i believe Celestia spoke of me?"

"Yes, she told me to come here. To come once a week and listen to your stories." Twilight Sparkle folded her wings and sat down on the soft flooring.

"I am no Storyteller, but a Fortune Teller, but when ordered by Celestia, a story is my way."

"What are you?" Twilight awaited for a glowing horn to reveal what this 'Fortune Teller' was but it never came.

"You have a horn, why not see for yourself?" Aura took a step forward, but was still hidden in the shadows of the tent. Twilight's horn started to glow and what she saw amazed her. In front of her stood a blue Pegasus. Her long mane was red with thin black stripes through it. Her hooves were white and her eyes as blue as her fur. She wore two black bracelets on her left foreleg and two black bracelets on her right hindleg. It amazed the Alicorn that this Fortune Teller was a Pegasus, not a unicorn or Alicorn. She tried identified the pony's Cutie Mark , but it was covered by a light green cape.

"I did not think a Pegasus could be a true Fortune Teller."

"Well I am, now what troubles you?"

"It has been a year since my friends passed away, and i have been unable to contnue on without them."

"Then I will tell you a story of one who would not leave the past behind them, and then a small one of a pony who did leave the past behind them, but never forgot those they cared about."

"Then begin."

Aura's Stories.

An old mare stood beside the tomb of her old friend who was lost to her years before. She refused to leave his side and never felt the joy that she had many years before, when he was still around. Tears filled the mare's eyes as memories of the good times they had filled her mind. Days later her time had come and darkness overcame her. She believed she would see him again, that her nightmare was over. When she set her first hoof down on the light filled land she felt a rush of sadness overcome her. No one was there. It was said that each spirit had their own place, and that no others would step foot there, only the memories of them. The mare had worried herself time over time about the loss of her friend that even in Heaven he had left her. The mare had searched over their childhood home, but never found a single sign that he was still there. She looked towards the top of the mountain where the sun always stood, never did it move, only fade or brighten. She started her journey towards the top of the mountain, facing harsh struggles. When she reached the top of the mountain she stood to face the godly being at the top.

Why is he gone? Why can i not find my friend?

He is gone for you would not move on, your mind kept his death held tightly. You let his death haunt you through the few years you had left. You had a choice then, but not anymore.

Please, let him return to me.

You had a choice then, but not anymore,The godly being slowly faded as his last words echoed through the room. The mare knew she was alone, no pony there for her anymore.

"So you see, if you choose to let the past haunt your life, it wil haunt you in death as well. But it does not mean you must forget your friends, your family, or even just your home. It just means you cannot let it slow you down."

A young stallion stood beside the grave of his recently deceased wife. She had died a few days before from a heart problem. Tears swelled up in his eyes as he laid the grey roses atop the grave, in memory of the mare beneath.

I must leave, but i will not leave you. You will be with me no matter where i go, watching over me. I will find something to keep me strong, to allow me to move on. I know it is what you want, so it will be what you get.

Good-bye old friend.

The stallion slowly walked away from the mare's final resting place, tears in his eyes. A small smile had appeared on his face before the memorial was out of his vision.

Good-bye, the wind bellowed as the final words of the mare.

"He understood that leaving her to continue his life, to be strong and move on, would be what the mare wanted. She wouldn't have wanted him to stay and live in the past, to die alone and in sorrow, but to live on in happiness. Never forget your friends, but don't let their deaths keep you away from peace and happiness." and with that, the blue Pegasus set down a quill, ink, and a blank scroll before she pointed to a candle lit by a green flame.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I learned that if you let the past haunt you, it will never leave, even after death. Aura's story spoke that moral without trouble. I will do the right thing, i will leave the past behind me, but never forget those who stood by me.

Your Faithful Apprentice,

Twilight Sparkle

Those two stories that Aura Reader told me will never leave my heart. I learned something important that day, and i will never forget those words.