Rainbow Dash was sitting in the dark, in the house where she always wanted to live with a mare she loved and respected ever since she met her, she was drinking slowly a cold apple cider waiting for her love to come home. She was thinking about this for a long time when the time comes to this how she will be able to tell her loved one the truth, but never had the right answer for this problem and now the time is closing.
The day after she got it, it was told her it will happen, that's why she lived her life as full as she could, spend as much time as she can with her friends and have fun.
The door slowly began to extand then Spitfire stepped in slowly and carefully closed the door so she wouldn't wake her love up.
"I'm awake."
She lifted the dark cover around the candle which filled the room with a weak light, Spitfire in her surprise tripped and fell on the couch next to her.
"Dash it's not funny, you scared the feathers out of me."
Spitfire looked at her lover who wasn't laughing at all instead she had an anxious look on her face.
"Why did you leave the party before it would even start? There was plenty of cider and your friends came as well to celebrate with you and not with me, I missed you too."
Dash turned to the clock to take a look at the time then turned her face back to Spitfire.
"I."
Dash couldn't continue, she imegined this so many times and played with the thought, but it will happen no matter how much she wanted to avoid what will happen she can't and Spitfire deserves to know it and to prepair for it.
"Tomorrow around this time I won't be here anymore."
While Dash was saying these words tears escaped from both of her eyes then the smile froze on Spitfire's face and stood up from the couch.
"What do you mean Dash?"
Rainbow opened her mouth, but the words didn't leave it.
"Dash what's going on here?" She was waiting for a few seconds, but when the pegasus didn't answer, Spitfire became angrier.
"Tell me!"
Dash cleared her vision then lifted the mug next to her mouth to empty it, but Spitfire jumped at her hitting the mug out of her hoof. The force of the jump tipped the couch, but after a few tilts it stopped moving.
"I hope you don't except me to hear something like this and simply drop it."
Dash wrapped her hooves around Spitfire's neck and pulled her closer until her face was only a breath away from her own.
"I'll die tomorrow."
She pulled Spitfire closer to kiss her while they were looking at eachother and Dash's eyes became wet again. Spitfire got out from Dash's grip and broke the kiss.
"Dash, this is not funny."
"Do I look like someone who is joking?"
Spitfire looked around and saw at least six more empty bottles which contained cider along the two on the table.
"You are drunk."
She got off from her drunk marefriend and walked inside their bedroom then laid down in the bed and pulled the blanket on herself. Dash stumbled inside the room, she is used to the alcohol, but it wasn't the only problem this time.
"Spitfire please, I know it's hard to believe, but I know it will happen."
She hung her head down, unable to look into Spitfire's eyes.
"It always did and I've dealt with it, but I wanted to tell you, every second that we've spent with eachother was the best the moments in my life and I'm sorry about the sadness what this will cause to you."
Spitfire look at Dash from the bed who couldn't stand still on her own hooves.
"Stop saying this crap Dash, how could you know, and what the hay does it mean it always did?"
Dash turned around to leave throught the door but she hit her left wing in the soft cloud which made a hole on it.
"Ye, great, leave and don't even come back until your clouded mind clears out."
Spitfire opened her wings and fell back on the bed looking at the ceiling of the room.
"What's wrong with her?"
Dash returned to the room a few minutes later and dropped a heavy book next to Spitfire who jumped out of the bed in the air while she brought a few candles on a plate with her right wing.
"Dash, have you gone mad?!"
She carefully placed the plate with her mouth on the table next to the bed.
"Read the page 42."
Spitfire looked down at the book, It looked old maybe one of the oldest book she ever saw.
"The Predictions and Prophecies"
"Oh for the love of Celestia, Dash these stories are for scaring foals nothing else."
Dash rolled her eyes and said it out laud what she thought.
"Yeah sure like Nightmare Moon and many other things in it which became real bla bla bla."
"Thanks Dash I love you so much when you are like this."
"So if they are, then you can open that damn book finally and read it!""
Spitfire landed on the bed and opened it while she was muttering somethings, but when she started to read the page which Dash told her, it's title was: The Legend Of The Rainbow Cutie Mark, after she read the first few lines her face turned to nervous. When she got to at the bottom of the page she was crying almost like Dash as she could remember when she learned what will happen to her.
"Where did you get this book?" She was almost screaming while these words left her mouth.
"Calm down."
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?! How can you say it like this, How long have you know of this!"
"Princess Celestia told me the day after I got my cutie mark and the book is from Twilight. My name will be one more on that long list of ponies and someone else will be gifted and cursed with this fate."
"Gifted?!"
"Yes, only the greatest flyers in Equestrian history had this exact cutie mark on their flanks, look at the names."
She looked over at the almost more than thirty names. The names which she recognized almost every one of them.
"No I do not accept this, I won't!"
Before Dash could stop her, she flew out the window of the cloudhouse and as Dash could guess she was heading towards Canterlot.
Dash was looking after her love flying away, but with the state she is in right now couldn't follow her with all the cider she injected in her body her flying skills reduced enough that she will never catch up to her and Dash knew it.
It was around 1am and the last day what she wanted to spend with her love yet she was alone and the time was passing. She laid down in the bed and closed her eyes so she can prepair for the rest of the day. She slept almost three hours when Spitfire arrived and woke her up by kissing Dash and cuddled her.
No light entered inside the house from the outside only a few candles lit up the room what was replaced by Spitfire. Every window have been sealed with clouds and the door as well.
"Where did you go?"
"To Luna, but she didn't want to talk about it so I broke inside Celestia's room who stopped the guards before they would do anything with me then we were talking for almost an hour and in the end she told me why her sister didn't want to talk with me."
Dash saw on her marefriend's face that she is hiding something after she looked away and stroke her mane like her story didn't end there, but she is ashamed to talk about it, knowing Spitfire it was probably something stupid and brash just like herself.
"Oh, What did you do?"
"Well, before I left the castle, I kind of raged at Luna for what she did and I hit her too."
"Spitfire, this isn't her fault!"
"I know!"
"How did you even get out from the castle alive after all this?"
"She saved my ass by raising a shield around my body before the unicorn guards would hit me, after that she carried me away and after a long talk with her I kind of calmed down and came home to spend the whole day with you."
"I was planning to resign everything, but Twilight prevented me."
"I know, I asked her to clear this day months ago and no one will disturb us, she raised a magical barrier around the house."
They spent the hole day with eachother embracing their love and having fun. For some reason the time was passing so fast that it was hardly noticeable that it's almost time. Dash looked at the clock while Spitfire were kissing her and tears escaped Dash's eyes after a few seconds when Spitfire realized Dash not doing anything she stopped to look at Dash's crying face.
"I want to tell you a few things before it happens."
"I love you too."
Spitfire kissed Dash, but she stopped her.
"I want you to help that filly who will get this burden to live up for the name of it, you have to promise me you will do it."
"Ok."
She tried to kiss Dash, but she stopped her again.
"Please Spitfire, this is important for me, promise me you will find and take care of that filly."
She looked deep into Dash's eyes.
"I promise you."
"Twilight and Celestia will come by after it will happen, Scootaloo won't understand it, but tell her never give up her dreams and I'm so happy that I met you and I'll always love you, so I hope after I'm gone you are going to fine and maybe you will meet somepony."
"I love you so much Dash and I won't be with anyone else, I'll always remember you."
"You say this now, but love always find a way, trust me I know it."
She winked at Spitfire and pulled in for a kiss, it was a long and passionate kiss which was broke by Dash who fell back on the bed, dead.
Spitfire's eyes began to swell as she tried to stay strong, but in the end she couldn't hold back the tears. She cuddled Dash body and kissed her for the last time then she got out from the bed towards the door. When she opened it Twilight and Celestia were already waiting there.
The funeral was held next day in Cloudsdale, they burried her body into the clouds like the rest of the victims of this curse what Nightmare Moon created after her armies got beaten by her sister's commander Sky who was the greatest flyer around that time and had this cutie mark.
Everypony who loved, respected or knew Dash was there, the Princesses created a field which would allow anypony to walk freely on the clouds during the day and lowered Cloudsdale close to the ground then made stairs from clouds so anyone can get there doesn't matter if the pony is a unicorn or an earthpony, but someone who was expected to show up didn't appear whole day.
No one has seen Scootaloo since Dash's dead. Two days passed since the funeral, but Scootaloo was still missing. Midnight a cloak wearing pony was sneaking throught the town hoping no one will notice that she even exist, but her plan failed after she fell and the wind blow the cover away. The pony began to run as fast as her hooves allowed it, but they weren't strong enough to maintain the speed and some pegasi who were working at night shift noticed her and the thing what she had on her flank so they flew down to stop her, who almost reached her destination.
"This is sick especially from you Scootaloo."
"Ye you could have some respect for Dash."
Scootaloo looked around, but the three pegasus completly cut any possible escape route, but she wasn't strong enough to run away anyway after all she didn't eat anything for two days now.
"TWILIGHT!"
She fell on the ground and began to cry.
"You disgust me Scootaloo."
Stated the pegasus behind her and they flew away to do their job with the clouds. Twilight opened the door few seconds later after the pegasi departed. She teleported herself close to Scootaloo and laid down next to her.
"Scootaloo where have you been we all"
After the pegasus lifted her head to look into Twilight's eyes she did the same with her wings to uncover the horrible thing what appeared on her blank flank the moment when Dash died. She teleported themselves inside the house and placed some food on the table with her magic levitating it out from the kitchen into the hall.
"Stay here and eat something, I'll be right back."
Twilight appeared in front of the house which now only belongs to Spitfire and knocked on the door a couple of times, but when Spitfire didn't open it nor gave any sign that she is inside Twilight teleported herself inside.
"Spitfire, It's me Twilight, I'm sorry for breaking in like this, but we need to talk."
The orange mare stepped out from the bedroom with a wet face and some tears were still escaping from both of her eyes.
"What do you want Twi?"
She surprised for a few seconds hearing this short version of her name from her, after all it was the first time Spitfire ever used since they know each other.
"I found her, well not excatly, she find me, but anyway it appeared."
"What are you talking about?"
"Dash's descendant."
Spitfire's eyes went wide, she never imagined, the filly would appeared this fast.
"Who is it?"
Twilight's voice became sad as she said the name, she knew that Dash loved that filly like she would be her own foal and helped her as much as she could no matter how busy she was.
"Scootaloo."
Spitfire took a few steps back.
"No."
"But."
"No, I can't do this, not with her."
Twilight hung her head down and her horn began to glow.
"I'm sorry Spitfire, but somepony will have to."
She returned to the library's hall, but she didn't see Scoots anywhere. From the outside the sound of the few thunders came inside and lightnings lit up the dark clouded sky. Twilight looked around and saw some light coming out from the kitchen so she walked in where Scootaloo was gobbling.
"Slow down, it won't run away."
When Scootaloo noticed Twilight she immediatly covered the cutie mark with her wing on her flank. Twilight walked closer to the filly and placed her hoof on Scoots's flank.
"It's not your fault and don't be ashamed about it."
After Scootaloo swallowed the last bite she attacked Twilight's belly and hugged her, in the last two years her body grew, but Twilight is still almost twice as high as her and she was still a little filly. Twilight cuddled Scootaloo whose eyes turned to wet then looked at the unicorn.
"I miss her too Scootaloo."
The storm outside was getting worse by every passing seconds the pegasi made a really great job with it. They were laying like that almost an hour when Twilight heard a knock on the door. She stood up carefully so she wouldn't wake up Scootaloo who fell asleep and opened the door.
The rain was pouring hard from the sky and only the lightning behind the pony revealed her indentity. Spitfire was standing there, her whole body was wet and it was shaking from the cold. Twilight stepped aside and let her walk in.
"How long have you been standing outside?"
Twilight placed a plenty of towels around her.
"Thanks, Where is she?"
"She fell asleep."
Spitfire looked at Twilight then turned back to the door.
"Stay, please."
She stopped for a few seconds, but after that opened it, so Twilight tried out something else.
"Fine go ahead get sick who cares then you can destroy your carrier and break your promise as well what you made to Dash."
Before Spitfire slammed the door and jumped on Twilight, her horn flashed, they rolled a few times on the floor when the bookself stopped them.
"How long?"
"What do you mean?"
"How long did you know this will happen to her?"
"The moment when I saw the cutie mark on her flank at my first day in Ponyville."
"Why didn't you say something?!"
"You know Spitfire, Rainbow and I were talking a lot about this, she never wanted to fell in love with anypony, but she always admired you and when she finally joined the wonderbolts, well let's just say her true feelings emerged on the surface towards you."
"A month after she joined the team, Dash came over and she had a break down what I've never seen before especilly from her. I told her, you could fill her life to ask you out for a date that you will be able to help her and bring love in her life what she was missing so much even if she didn't say it out laud. I knew it, but she didn't want to bring the sadness of her short life over anyone and she asked me when you two became each other's special someponies that she wants to tell you someday."
Tears fell off from Spitfire's face on Twilight who wanted to raise her hoof to cover herself, but it was held down by the pegasus.
"Can I have my body back?"
"I'm so sorry Twilight, I don't know what got over me."
Spitfire stepped back and sat down while Twilight stood up and checked her body parts then tried to force a small smile on her face. After a few seconds Twilight stepped closer to the orange pegasus placed her head over her neck and hugged her with one of her front hoof.
"It's alright and I'm glad you didn't hit me like you did with Luna."
"Twilight, I don't know how to exist in this world where she isn't anymore."
"I can say it will get better, but I don't know."
"The only thing I'm sure that Scootaloo will need you, tomorrow will be her first day in flight camp, but I don't think she would ever wants to show her face anywhere in public and she has the right to know."
Spitfire knew the story what happened with Scootaloo's parents, Dash told her after she questioned her why is she leaving practise early sometimes, that she lives alone outside Ponyville and Dash took care of her ever since she found it out. She was everything for the poor filly and now she is gone too.
"Twilight would you move to me?"
She broke the hug to face with Spitfire who could see the surprised and confused look on the other mare's face.
"I know, Spike spends almost whole days outside and I'm awfull with fillies so if Scootaloo will accept my invitation, I'd feel myself a lot better with you having around."
A few seconds passed as they were looking at each other when Twilight giggled a little.
"What?! I promised Dash I'll do so and now that it's her I really don't want to mess it up!"
Scootaloo stepped throught the kitchen door with her sleepy and red eyes from crying looking at Spitfire. After a few blink and steps toward her she stopped.
"Is this mean you don't hate me?"
She lifted her wing to show the mark on her flank which looked exactly like Dash's which made Spitfire remember so much happy memories yet few drop of tears escaped from her eyes. She stood up and walked to the still little filly and hugged her.
"Of course not, so how long have you been listening?"
"For a while, did you really mean what you say to Twilight?."
"Yes, so would you like to move to me?"
"YES."
They both looked at Twilight who levitated a book around herself, a book which Spitfire recognized. She opened it with her magic and placed it on the table then she left them, but before she entered in her room turned back looking at Spitfire who had the question written on her face.
"I'll need to pack a few things."
Celestia shut her eyes and turned away from the orange mare.
"I'm sorry Spitfire."
She didn't want it to, but a couple of tears drop on the ground then she left the room which door's closed itself after her leaving. In the dark corridors of the castle Spitfire fell on the cold stones, she tried to stay strong in front of Princess Celestia and leave the castle like that, but the pain was too great to bare. She was crying for almost ten minutes before standing up and continue her way back to her love who will die and she can't do anything about it.
Spitfire entered the throne room from one of the side ways, she took a look at Princess Luna for a few seconds who returned the look then the orange mare turned away. While she was walking outside she could feel Luna's look on her back the whole time. Her heart and mind no matter how much asked her not to do anything and go back to Dash, she couldn't stand it anymore, she is the reason why she is going to lose the love of her life.
Spitfire turned around and walked in front of Luna who had a sad look on her face. They were holding the eye contact for a couple of minutes when she heard Luna's voice inside her head.
"Don't do it."
She looked down on the ground, a smile appeared on her face no matter how bad she felt herself.
"So now you want to talk?!"
She opened her wings and with a strong flap of them jumped toward Luna. Spitfire could land a hit with her hoof on the princess of the moon's check face before she cought and formed a shield around her with her magic, which protected the pegasus from the unicorn guard's paralyzing magical shots.
"LET ME GO YOU MURDERER!."
Luna looked down on her left at the captain of the night guards who was holding her spear at the side of the magical barrier to Spitfire's throat. The princess of the Moon gave her a couple of commands to her mentaly then stood up from the throne and walked away with her prisoner.
She entered into her own room and put down Spitfire on her bed, but instead of looking at the orange mare she was looking at the moon outside hanging in the air throught the window on the glass wall, but didn't release her yet.
"If you want to punish me, go ahead and do it."
The magical aura which surrended her body dissapeared and Spitfire could finally move her hooves and wings again, but the anger which clouded her mind before completly gone and the cold air in the room made her relax even more. She let out a long sigh then placed her head on her front hooves.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, ever since I returned, I was prepairing every moment for the days when the things I did in my past will catch up."
Spitfire raised her head to look at the alicorn who was still staring out the window.
"Why didn't you stop me?"
"It was the least what I deserved from you" Luna turned her head around to look into Spitfire's eyes. "I created Nightmare Moon, a real monster and I'm the one who was responsible for her acts."
Luna turned back to the window and closed her eyes so the memories which were haunting her could come alive.
"After the final battle ended, we were laying on the grass powerless. Celestia approched to us carrying the Elements of Harmony with Sky on her side."
"She joined the war after a couple of weeks and became the leader of our sister's armies that day. From that day we didn't win a single battle. While she was talking to us, her words didn't reach our ears, we were so angry and not just at her, but we couldn't do anything about Celestia, our fate wasn't in our own hooves anymore."
"Before Celestia could finish the spell which would seal us in the moon, Nightmare suggested me something how we can punish our sister, hurt her the most, so we collected as much magical power what we had left and placed a curse on Sky's cutie mark."
Luna opened her eyes which became wet as remembered back at the horrible memory.
"Celestia tried to fix or undo plenty of scares what we left behind, but there are things what beyond her capability."
Spitfire crawled out from Luna's bed and stood behind her.
"Why can't you break the curse?"
After Luna lowered her head the wonderbolt thought she won't get an answer so she turned away and pushed the door open.
"It would require enermous amount of magic what I don't have anymore, but there is somepony out there who can help me."
When Spitfire turned around and faced with Luna, her eyes was filled with hope.
"But we wouldn't be able to save Rainbow Dash, there is no enough time to do it."
The hope inside Spitfire died as fast as it came, hung her head down and turned away once again.
"Spitfire before you go, let me ask you one thing, would you risk your life to break the curse? even if there is only a small chance to do it."
The orange mare was standing in the doorway for less than a minute, but didn't answer the question then opened her wings and with a couple of strong flaps of them dissapeared from Luna's sight. She closed the door behind her then walked back to the throne room.
Author's Note
It turned out a lot worse than originally I planned it, but I wanted to upload it already.