Up in Flames

Golden Flames POV

There was a knock at the door of Twilight’s house. Spike answered it.

“Is Twilight’s cousin here?” A nurse pony asked.

“Yes. I’m here.”

“Will you come with me please? It’s about Twilight. She’s in hospital and she’s not looking good.”

“Yeah. I’ll come. Hey Starcover, you can come as well.”

“But it’s only family members.”

“Yeah I know. He’s my brother.” The three of us walked towards Ponyville Medical Centre. We stepped in the foyer to see Rainbow Dash crying.

“I d-d-didn’t mean t-t-to hit her! I thought it was still Queen Chrysalis!” She wailed. Apparently Rainbow Dash charged into her and she fell off the cloud.

A few hours earlier …

Nurse’s POV

A flash of magenta magic lit up the waiting room and Twilight appeared out of it. She crashed down onto the tiled floor and she stopped moving.

“Doctor! Come quick!”

“What? What?”

“Twilight Sparkle’s here to see you.”

“Don’t crack jokes at a time like this! We need to get her stabilized, and quickly!” We rushed Twilight to the operating room (A/N: I don’t want to go into detail of what happened during the operation) and got her into a couple of slings. She’s suffering from two broken ribs and three broken legs. She got stabilized after that.

Back to the present …

Starcover’s POV

“Well? Can we see her?”

“Yeah. Of course you can.” She looked astonished that I stated out the obvious. We went in and sat next to Twilight’s bed. She didn’t look good. Three of her legs were hoisted in the air and a few rolls worth of bandages covered her ribcage, most likely to hold her ribs in the right place. She murmured, looked around and shocked herself back into falling unconscious.

“She’s had a lot of blood loss. We have no idea if she’s going to make it through the night.”

Next day …

Golden Flames POV

We went back to the hospital to check on Twilight and she was still. We saw doctors come in and push us out of her room. We tried to watch through the window but one of the doctors kept getting in the way. So we decided to wait in the waiting room, a few minutes later one of the doctors came in and told us that Twilight didn’t make it.

“I’m so very sorry Miss Flames.”

“How did she, you know, died?” It felt weird to say it about a family member.

“I think that when she did her spell, she must have been falling at a great speed. That and combined with everything else that had happened to her, it was just too much for her.”

“You couldn’t do anything to save her?”

“No. You have my most sincerest apologies Miss Flames.”

“Fine.” Heartbroken, we slowly trudged back to her house. We walked in to see every single one of her friends. Even the Princesses were there.

“How is…” Flutter Night must have seen the look on my face as he quietly broke off the question and instead broke down crying.

“No. No. No.” He quietly sobbed.

“The doctor also told us that Twilight’s funeral will be held in a few days time at Ponyville Cemetery.”

A few days later …

At Ponyville Cemetery …

Golden Flames POV

We were all waiting around the grave, waiting for her to be buried. Most of Ponyville was there, along with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, who was sobbing quite loudly. Even that pony who crashed into the window was there, comforting Rainbow Dash. Every single pony there looked glum. As Twilight’s casket was brought in Princess Celestia got up to say a few words, but instead she broke down crying. It was unnatural to see her cry so everyone started crying as well. Me more than most, even Lonely Shadow made an effort to turn up. Fluttershy told us about her talent for hearing other ponies secrets. I’m actually glad she did. I saw a pony with her. She had a mint-green coat with a brown mane and blue eyes. I couldn’t see what her cutie mark looked like. It started to pour ‘how convenient’. They set Twilight’s casket on the grave and through my veil of tears I managed to walk up and summon a lavender flower, Twilight’s favourite. I put it down on the casket, walked back up to Jamie and collapse on his shoulder crying. ‘I can’t shake the feeling that someone’s watching me.’

Queen Chrysalis POV

I felt bad for what I did so I decided to go apologize. When I got there though I saw almost everyone in Ponyville at the cemetery. ‘Don’t tell me I killed her?’ I went to the cemetery and stayed hidden, up in the trees, to watch the proceedings.

Golden Flames POV

Twilight’s family, meaning Shining Armor, Starcover and I, shovelled in a few hooffuls of dirt each. We managed to fill it up to the brim when the reverend pony patted everything down to make sure it stayed nice and flat. A gravestone got erected and it said:

Here Lies Twilight Sparkle

A good friend, family member and above all else

A good pony

“A good pony.” I echoed the gravestone.