Twilight woke up feeling refreshed. It had been surprisingly easy to sleep with wings. She walked up to the little mirror in her room. Her mane was a mess. She levitated the brush she found in one of the drawers and began to brush her hair. Once she had cleaned it up a bit she opened the doors to her balcony and stepped out.

It was an absolutely beautiful morning. It was warm with a cool breeze. Not a cloud in the sky. The sun was just over the horizon. Below some ponies had begun to open their shops, though most were still asleep.

Twilight laughed a bit when she noticed all the ponies camped out in the castle courtyard. They had made their way from all over Equestria just to see her.

"I almost can't believe this really happened... One minute I'm seeing a blinding light from the Elements of Harmony, and next, I wake up a princess!" said Twilight putting her hooves on the edge of the balcony and spreading her wings to soak in the warmth of the sun.

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It was an absolutely dismal day. Dark grey clouds covered the entire sky, on the verge of a downpour. A single earth pony stallion walked through Ponyville. He was brown with black hair and was wearing a sweater. He had no cutie mark which was why he was here.

He had heard from a friend that their sister's daughter's pen pal's friend heard that there was a group that helped ponies get their cutie marks in this town. He had always been too lazy to go earn a cutie mark but if these ponies could help him get one fast, why not?

"Where is everypony?" said Mush looking down different streets.

"They're at Sweet Apple Acres for a funeral," said a voice from behind. He turned to find that the voice was from Princess Celestia.

"Who died?" asked Mush after a small bow.

"My student Twilight Sparkle," said Celestia.

"If she was your student why aren't you there?" asked Mush.

"Her friends didn't want me to come. I'd rather not explain why," said Celestia.

"You're the princess. You could go if you wanted," said Mush.

"I could, yes, but I won't because they're right," said Celestia.

"If you didn't plan to go then why are you here?" said Mush.

"I thought... I don't know," said Celestia beginning to cry," I thought that maybe they wouldn't be angry if I came, but I know they would because they blame me. The worst part is that their right it is my fault..."

Mush took a step back as the princess started to laugh.

"You know what I just realized? I'm insane. I keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, but you know what? I'm gonna fix that," said Celestia. A book popped into existence.

"You see this? This is Starswirl's diary. Inside is an unfinished my students have been trying to correct. The spell is supposed to make the caster into an alicorn, but all six of my students who have tried to cast it have died," said Celestia right before the book burst into flames. Before Mush could say anything the book was a pile of ashes on the ground.

"Now nopony can make that mistake again," said Celestia changing to a serious tone," Better to lose the ponies you love to age then to a worthless magic spell. If there is somepony you care about go to them. Your mere prescience is better than any gift you could give them."

Mush was left standing there as Celestia teleported out. He stood there for several minutes trying to process what had just happened. I think I just made the princess go crazy.

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Rarity was dressed in a simple black dress. She was stroking Pinkie Pie's mane, which had lost its poof, while she cried. Rarity herself was crying a bit. Rainbow Dash hugged Fluttershy as they both cried. Applejack stood off to the staring at the sky. Spike laid on the ground alone clutching Twilight's tombstone.

Ditzy Doo had stayed after everypony else had left. She was supposed to come and signal when Rainbow Dash said to start the rain. She wasn't sure if they had noticed her and was surprised when Rainbow Dash spoke.

"Go ahead and start the rain. We're going to be here for a little while," said Rainbow Dash never turning to look at Ditzy.

After a few minutes it began to rain. It was a cold rain, but they hardly noticed. They just carried on crying.

Applejack took off her hat and whispered quietly.

"Ma? Pa? If you ever run into Twilight Sparkle up there, could you keep an eye on her for me? Also, let her know that Spike misses her. He never got a chance to say goodbye," she said before replacing her hat on her head.

She looked around at her group of friends and noticed Spike all alone. She walked over to Rarity and Pinkie Pie. She quietly said something to Rarity before taking Pinkie Pie.

Rarity turned and walked over to the lonely Spike. She laid down in the mud with him and stroked his back while he cried. She cast a spell to keep them dry as the rain continued to fall.

She stayed with him long after Rainbow Dash had taken Fluttershy home and Applejack had taken Pinkie home. She laid there and stroked his back as he cried. They were there for hours before Spike fell firmly asleep.

Rarity gently levitated Spike onto her back and began to walk back to Carousel Boutique. When she arrived in town hardly anypony was out because of the rain.

When she finally stepped inside she walked to the kitchen and carefully cleaned him off. She then carried him to his room and wrapped him in his blankets and set him in his basket. She stepped out of the room and closed the door quietly.

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Discord popped back into his room at the castle. What a depressing morning.

"So where were you this morning?" said a voice from the corner of the room. Discord looked over and saw Celestia sitting in a chair reading a book.

"Don't worry Celestia I wasn't up to any funny business," he replied snapping a cup of chocolate milk into existence.

"That wasn't what I asked. I want you to tell me where you were Discord," said Celestia setting the book down.

"I was umm...," said Discord.

"Just spit it out Discord," said Celestia standing up.

"I was at Twilight's Funeral. Fluttershy asked me to come," said Discord.

"I see. Have a good day" said Celestia with a blank stare as she walked out of the room.

I really expected more than that, thought Discord.

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Celestia stepped out of Discord's room and walked down the hallway not really sure of her destination. When she reached a dead end she finally acknowledged her surroundings. She had arrived in the stain glass hall.

She looked around at all the windows until she ran across the window of Discord. There he was toying with ponies’ lives and in the next being defeated. He caused all that trouble and still he was invited before me. Her anger grew as she stared at the window.

Celestia screamed and fired a beam destroying the window of Discord. Glass shards flew all over the room along small bits of metal.

"Without me Twilight wouldn't have gone to Ponyville!" yelled Celestia blowing apart another window," Without me Twilight wouldn't have studied magic, without me Twilight wouldn't be... dead."

Celestia powered down the spell she was about to fire and looked around. It had felt good to destroy the windows at the time, but now it was just another mess. Somepony had painstakingly made those windows and she just blew them away. Ponies already hate me. What's a few more?, thought Celestia as she curled up on the floor and began to cry.

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Dewey Decimal had got the job as the new Ponyville librarian a day after Twilight's funeral. She was a simple pegasus. She had light brown fur and long dark brown hair. Her cutie mark was that of a bookshelf.

She was flying with a large stack of books when she was startled by a massive," Surprise!" All the books fell to ground with a thud. She turned and saw four ponies at the door. A blue unicorn stallion, a light grey unicorn mare, a white unicorn stallion, and a pink alicorn mare.

Author's Note

Took forever to finish this chapter. A ton happened and a lot is to come. Plus that ending. 0_0

Mush is the OC of themouthofmush

Edited(7/14/2015) Spelling and grammar corrections