Slowly, she walked. Knowing she couldn't turn back.

Soulstrings made her way to the tomb Spark was buried in. 'This is it' she thought to herself, 'Spark is mine...' Soulstrings had tested the spell on many more ponies. Killing them and then successfully reanimating them from the dead. She knew she was ready. She wouldn't be stopped... Little did she know, Gen was shadowing her. All of the guards were taught shadowing in their cadet years. They were virtually masters at it. Soulstrings carefully opened the large door to the catacombs which had been repaired from when she blasted it open during the invasion. She stepped inside and the door started to close. Gen stepped in and blocked it from shutting all the way with his hoof. He then made his way inside the tomb after Soulstrings. He rounded a corner and heard her saying some words. He moved closer to the sound of her voice. He could see a faint glow down the corridor and laid his hoof on the hilt of his sword.

"Rise from the ashes, Come back to the world..." Gen saw her over Spark's tomb. He heard her spell and his heart immediately dropped. She was trying to bring Spark back from the dead. A crime which was punishable only by death. A burst of light came out of the mare's horn and went into the coffin where Spark's body was. Soulstrings moved to lift the lid of the coffic up, to find that Spark was fully awake inside.

"Soulstrings, what happened? What am I doing here?" He glanced down and realized he was still wearing his armor and sword. All guards were put to rest that way if killed in combat. He slowly got out of the coffin only to be met with a big hug from the violet mare. He wondered what had happened and what he should do. Spark heard the sound of steel on leather and he turned to see Gen moving forward with his sabre drawn. A look of pain on his face. Soulstrings quickly got back up and moved back from the angry and sad stallion. She knew he was going to kill her.

"Why would you do it? I never wanted to do this to you..." Gen raised his sabre up and then started the downstroke towards the mare. Spark quickly drew his own sword and stepped in just in tine to block the mare from any harm.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Spark yelled to his friend.

"Spark... She brought you back from the dead. She must die." Spark was shocked at this sudden news. He looked around and realized he was in the catacombs. It must be true. Gen took Spark's moment of weakness and kicked him away with his free hoof. Spark was sent sprawling on the stone floor of the room. Gen moved closer to Soulstrings now as Spark struggled to catch his breath. The kick had knocked the wind out of him. He heard Soulstrings scream and he feared the worst. He turned to see Gen holding her in the air with his hoof. The adrenaline was now in Spark as the guard suddenly leapt to his feet and charged headfirst into Gen's side. Knocking Soulstrings out of his hooves and sending them both to the ground. Spark landed rapid punches in Gen's face as the other pony tried failingly to block them. Gen's eyes suddenly rolled back into his head and his eyes closed unconsious. Spark got up off of the other stallion and ran to Soulstrings who was on the ground crying. He threw his hooves around her and embraced her in a tight hug.

"It's okay. Everything is okay now..." He was really unsure about how everything was going to turn out. He'd not known that the mare was going to do something so drastic like this. Soulstrings looked up at him and kised him passionately. Before Soulstrings could make a move to let him escape with her. He frowned. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. He was supposed to be dead, but yet... He was alive. Soulstrings tried to pull him by his hoof out of the tomb but he stood there. She looked at him and saw a tear going down his cheek. She went over to him and brushed it away. In a choaky voice he finally spoke to her.

"Soulstrings... There is nothing I'd rather do on this world, than be with you. But if I was meant to die. Then you can't change that... And neither can I." he saw the tears already rolling down the mare's cheeks too and he quickly brushed them away with his hoof.

"Please," He said in a calm tone. "I need you to be strong. For the both of us." Soulstrings looked up at him and kissed him one last time. She said a few words, and his body was transferred back into the coffin. To remain untouched by ponykind forever more.

Epilogue

Soulstrings performed a mind erasing spell on Gen and he forgot the whole thing. She never did think of him as more than a friend after the incident. She lost her depressive nature and still visited Spark's grave every day after.

Author's Note

Finally finished this story. It was really fun writing it and I hope that you guys enjoy more of my stories to come. Thank you for reading.