Hush Little Dashy

Epilogue

I opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was Celestia's sun, slowly setting down. The thing that bothered me is that it didn't hurt my eyes. I noticed that I was laying down on a cloud. I looked around and saw a house made out of cloud behind me. Upon longer inspection, I noticed that it was my own house. "I'm back!!!" I exclaimed.

"Dashy!!!" I called out as I search for her inside the house. She was not in the living room, nor the kitchen. I rushed upstairs and into her room. I saw her with her mother on her bed. She and her mother was already asleep. Rainbow Dash's eyes were bloodshot, maybe because of crying. Her mother's white coat was soaking wet, that also goes for her red and yellow mane.

I walked towards them. "Honey," I said as I tried to place a hoof on her shoulder. "I'm ho-..." my hoof went through her shoulder. I retracted my foreleg and gave them a look. "What's going on?" I thought to myself as I examined my hoof. Rainbow Dash suddenly opened her eyes. She stared at me blankly before she spoke a word.

"Daddy?" she whispered. Rainbow Dash turned to her mother and tried to wake her up. "Mommy, mommy!!!" Rainbow Dash chanted excitedly. My wife opened her eyes slowly and turned to Rainbow Dash.

"What is it Dashy?" my wife asked while rubbing her eye with a hoof.

"Daddy's home!!!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she pointed a hoof towards me. My wife gave me a look of confusion for a few seconds before turning back to Rainbow Dash, who's giving her a big smile.

"Oh-uh... You must be dreaming there Dashy," my wife patted Rainbow Dash's head. "Daddy's gone." she gave Rainbow Dash a sheepish smile. Rainbow Dash turned to me, and then cocked her head.

"I'm sure Daddy's here just a second ago." Rainbow Dash said as she lowered her head.

"Oh come on now Dashy, don't be sad. Daddy just needs to go somewhere else for a moment." my wife laid Rainbow Dash back on the bed. "Now sleep tight my little filly, I'm just going to make dinner." Rainbow Dash nodded and turned her back on my direction. My wife got off Rainbow Dash's bed, and walked towards the door. I followed her outside of the room.

After my wife got out of Rainbow Dash's room, she took a deep breath and let out a long sigh. "How am I gonna tell Rainbow Dash that her father is already dead?" my wife asked herself as she headed downstairs. I stopped for a moment, trying to understand what my wife had just said. Memories started to flash inside of my head. My memory of getting crushed by a boulder.

"Am I already dead?" the question that kept repeating itself inside of my head. I inspected my hoof again, and saw myself slowly fading away. "No, I can't be dead, I have a daughter to support!" I quickly ran back into Rainbow Dash's room. "Dashy!!!" Rainbow Dash didn't respond, for she was already asleep. I slowly walked towards her. "Dashy?" she shifted herself.

"Daddy," Rainbow Dash whispered even though she was past asleep. "I love you..." she shifted herself again. Her closed eyes, now facing me. I lowered my muzzle down onto her forehead and planted a kiss. I backed away from her, and saw her face with a smile.

"I love you too Dashy." the final words I had ever said to her even though she didn't heard me.