Your wish came true.

As you all sit down in the middle of the living room, they all slowly start to pull out all of their makeup, you can only think of the hell this night is going to be, make overs for everypony, truth or dare etcetera, it is going to be a brand new layer of hell for you.

“So uhm, that makeup is for you ponies… Right?” All at once their eyes beam up at you, as they all come closer to you, oh dear Celestia, why. “WAIT!” They all look at you closely, wondering what your last words will be before you venture into a journey of makeup and hell. “I want to tell you all something, something about me and Rainbow Dash.” She was sitting alone, waiting for you to say something in the corner of the room. “We’re… together.”

Everyone’s eyes are quickly on Rainbow Dash, awaiting her response; she has never seemed out of place quite like tonight, she is all on her own. “Rainbow dearest, is this true?” Rarity retorts.

“Uh yeah uhm, we’re marefriend and stallionfriend alright.” Her voice is slowly gaining in confidence, “We have been through a lot together over the past week, and I really like him, I will go as far as to say that… I love him, actually.” Her hoof is awkwardly shuddering up her arm.

“Is this true, Sugercube?”

“Yeah, Applejack. Sorry.”

“Well ah see.”

You intervene, “Uhm, does anypony want to tell me what’s going on here?”

Twilight motions you to come over to the kitchen for a few moments. “You didn’t know about Rainbow and Applejack?”

“No, I have only been with Rainbow since I got here, she never mentioned her, and at least I don’t think so.”

“Well, this is awkward. Applejack really likes Rainbow and they kind of dated for a while but Applejack never got over her feelings for Rainbow, they could still stay friends but nothing more. Rainbow wouldn’t let her.”

“So why did they stop seeing each other?”

“Well, they had a big argument because they couldn’t have a filly together and Applejack wanted to adopt but Rainbow refused, even though it is very hard to adopt a filly as to no one ever giving one up.”

“I see. So is Applejack very upset that I am seeing Rainbow?”

“You could call it that, just be careful what you say, it could tick her off at any time, and she won’t lie about it, she can’t. After all, she is the element of-“ You quickly cut her off.

“-Honesty.”

“Yeah… How did you know about that?”

“Oh, I talk to Celestia often, she told me everything about Equestria.” Good lie, surely she will believe that.

“I see, and what is mine?”

“Magic.”

“What about Pinkie Pie?”

“That would be laughter.”

“And Rarity?”

“Generosity.”

“Okay then, what about Rainbow and Fluttershy?”

“Rainbow’s is Loyalty and Fluttershy’s is Kindness, kind of explains why Rainbow and Applejack are still friends, I suppose.”

“Well done, I guess you do speak to the Princess after all.”

“Yeah uhm, so what else can you tell me about Rainbow and Applejack?”

“That pretty much covers it, anything else is their business and they should tell you, even if I do want to tell you myself.”

“Okay, thanks Twi.”

“You’re welcome.” She puts on a slight grin as she finishes.

You both walk back into the room and notice everyone is very quiet, with Applejack sitting on her own and all of the ponies just looking at you.

“Okay, I know about you and Applejack Rainbow, it’s fine.”

“So you don’t think it’s awkward?”

“Not at all, Applejack loved you I believe, and still has feelings for you.” At this moment, Applejack puts her head down in shame as blush appears on her cheeks. “It’s fine if you have feelings for her, and I understand, but you also have to understand that I am dating Rainbow now, no matter how you see it. But I still want you both to be the best of friends; you shouldn’t change because of me.”

“That’s very noble of ya Speedster, and ah understand it and everything, but ah sure as heck don’t know if ah can get over ‘er.”

“I accept that but can you please try?”

“Ah sure will, thank ye Speedster, yer a good friend.”

“Right then, anyone up for getting this party started?!”

Pinkie suddenly jumps up at the comment, “Yeah! Let’s like, uhm, get the marshmallows and the crackers out and make s'mores!”

As Pinkie keeps hopping around, everyone eventually starts to join her, they all head on outside and sit around the small campfire you made with a few rocks around the rim and a few logs in the middle. There  are three large logs huddles around it, not too close though, each pony takes a seat and picks up a nearby stick.

“Dearies, could someone hold my stick for me? I really don’t want to get dirt on my hooves.”

Twilight cuts in before anyone can speak, “Just use your magic, Rarity, I am.” She has a small grin on her face now, while she opens the bag and plops on a marshmallow to the end of the stick. “Simple!”

Rarity soon copies and pulls a marshmallow out, just like everyone else and carefully places it on the stick. “Oh, so it is easy” Slightly giggling sheepishly.

“Ooo! Let’s read some ghost stories!”

“Luckily Speedster borrowed a book from the library earlier today, care to get it Speedster?”

“It would be my pleasure. Everyone should quickly grab their sleeping bags, could get cold tonight.” You open up your saddlebag and pull out the book, the second you look up, everyone is in their sleeping bag, ready, and sat down. Rainbow invites you over to join you in hers, which you happily accept, placing the book on the floor as you get over to her and crawl inside the sleeping bag.

“I brought you a sleeping bag, Speedster.” You forgot that Pinkie brought one, you have to think fast. “Oh thanks Pinkie, but I am going to share with Rainbow, sorry. I appreciate it, though.” You put on an awkward grin as her hair straightens out a bit. “I promise I will next time, though, okay?”

“Oki doki loki! She throws up the sleeping bag into the air, as it falls she hops inside it and then does the same with the other one. She starts to giggles slightly, and puts on a huge grin.

“A double bagger!” You yell out, not knowing that everyone would stare at you blankly afterwards. Either way you fall back laughing, forgetting you are sharing a sleeping bag with Rainbow and you take her with you. “Oops, sorry about that, haha.” She looks at you and then just bursts out laughing, as do the rest of the ponies.

You pick the book up and blow off the rest of the dust, which creates some sparks as it goes near the fire, you see ponies “ooh”-ing and “aah”-ing at them. You carefully open the book and start reading the first page. “Ut regnum tenebrarum omnes vos coram summo desiderio et metus nec nunc salvet te peribunt. Praecipio spiritus noctis processit ad nos in agrum nos autem ore pendent.”

“What’s going on?!” You hear all of the other ponies say.

The light around you all instantly starts to disappear, while the book is pulled towards the fire and starts to burn up into ashes. You hear silent whispers surrounding you all, you quickly hold onto Rainbow and she brings her head into your neck, not wanting to watch what happens next. They start to lift you up on towards the book, which is now almost fully disintegrated, a strange purple light is emitted from the flames and one by one you are all sucked in, not knowing where it will lead or why it is here, all you know is that you are never going to let go of Rainbow, even if your life depends on it.

As you are being sucked into the portal, Rainbow dash is pulled with you, you whisper into her ear, “I will always love you, Rainbow.”

“I will always l-“ Before she can finish, she disintegrates into the portal along with the rest of the ponies, making you to shed a tear as the portal closes and you drop onto the floor. The love of your life is gone, again... You curse at that fact, as all life around you starts to burn up. Everything is slowly crumbling, the buildings are now rubble, and the grass is stained with the blood of the other ponies.  You start to recognize some areas around you, buildings erecting around you, one of them especially. It's your flat! The buildings that are appearing before your eyes are ones you used to live in. One was your first girlfriend's, you shared a house for several months before things got too messy and had to split up. You see your parents’ house, the house that you grew up in. Your entire childhood was there, and then you see your sister, standing alone in the park. As you stand up, trying to approach her, you see a shadow manifest beneath her, and she slumps onto the floor, lifelessly. As a pool of starts forming around her, her body decays, and all that is left is a skeleton, which then slowly turns to dust and sinks into the ground, leaving you alone, yet again.

Your eyes now bursting with tears, you start to remember Rainbow, her beautiful purple eyes, her extraordinary mane, flowing down her neck. Her exquisite laugh and the way she would look at you, into your deep blue eyes, know she wants to spend the rest of her life with you and you hers. You remember falling in love with her, minute by minute you spent with her, every second that passed by, you grew closer and closer, as she grew even closer to you. You remember how you got here, telling Rainbow that you loved her and always will, you hang onto that feeling, the feeling of her warmth as she embraced you and as you held her head in your neck, not ever wanting to let go.

You stand on your hooves, wiping tears from your eye, you feel something walk past you, you shudder and slowly turn around, only to be greeted by darkness and torment, the sky is red with the stains of humanity, the death, the deceased, they all made this world, they must have. It’s like being in a demonic realm of some sort. You feel something brush your tail; you sharply turn around and see a very tall figure staring into your eyes, your face almost touching his.

“Hello there, Sam.” He uses your real name, but how could he know? He has a head with no face, just a mouth, filled with razor sharp crooked teeth, they appear they would never chew something, just inflict pain and damage to somepony, his breath smelt like the stench of dead humans. “What’s ever the matter, Sam, afraid of your real name being spoken to you? Or are you afraid of me, knowing your name. Do you not recognise me? Do you not recognise the darkness? The way I sound?” You ponder for a second, you are sure you have heard his voice, or at least someone’s voice like that before…

“…Dad?”

“There we are, so you do recognise me? Do you remember the feeling of being beaten by me, every night?”

“…Yes, I do…”

“Do you remember the pain Sam? Do you remember how much hate I had for you, wishing that you were never alive?”

You feel the darkness closing in around you ad his head nears even closer to yours, you wonder how much hate your dad had for you, why he was so dark, why he even allowed himself to be devoured in by so much darkness and shadows. You notice something behind him, slightly lighten up, you attempt to look at it b moving past his head but he quickly snaps back into your view, eyes now forming on his head, deep with the colour of red and the blackness of his soul; It’s as if he was ready to kill you at any moment, but he wants to make you suffer first.

“…Why are you doing this, dad?” Tears are starting to form in your eyes, again, but just as the form he brings a sharp claw to your face and takes the tears away from you, the only thing you have left, you watch as he slowly pours them into his mouth.

“Your tears please me, Sam, as does your pain.”

You try to think back to Rainbow, how much you love you have for her, how much this world would need her do add some colour to It. There is too much darkness to even hold a thought, but you try with all of you might. The light behind your father glowing even more, you attempt to push him out of the way to see it, but he is far too strong. He pushes you to the floor onto your back, you quickly roll over with what little confidence you have left and look him in the eyes, “You’re not the boss of me! All of my life you used to beat me, make me feel like I am worthless! Not anymore! I am who I am dad, even if that isn’t what you want me to be, I will never be like you! I will carry on my life how I want to, not because of you, but because I love Rainbow Dash, I loved Kaleigh and you forced me to stop seeing her. I loved her with all of my heart and now I love Rainbow, you aren’t going to stop me this time dad, not now, not ever again!” You notice the black figure shrink in size, and the glow behind him reveals itself, ever brighter than before. The darkness trying to engulf it as much as possible, but the light always prevails, not allowing itself to be sucked in.

You trot over to the light, noticing it ever more clearly than before, your father is now chasing after you, not wanting you to get to it, you speed up slightly, he is almost upon you, when suddenly you turn around and march towards him, and you look him right in the eye, “If you so much as speak one more word, I will rip out your eyes, dad, just like you always wanted to do to me.” His grin fades away and he shrinks even more, until he is nothingness. You turn around and the artefact is growing even brighter, you step up to the pedestal where the artefact is places, you notice it is a sort of jewellery, a necklace of some hind. It has a white lightning bolt; it appears to be a diamond. You carefully pick it up with your mouth the flip it up into the air to land on your neck, as it land on your neck the darkness all around you suddenly stops and retracts into the corners of the world. You see a not so colourful Rainbow Dash laying lifeless on the floor, you gallop over to her to see what’s wrong, you can’t think about what must be wrong with her, you just can’t face losing her again, especially now.

“Rainbow, are you okay?”

She wheezes a little and looks up at you slightly, “I failed…” Her face flops down, lifelessly, you move her around a bit, to try and bring her back.

“Rainbow, come on don’t play games… Please? I can’t lose you again, I just can’t!” You bow your head into her chest and lay down with her, tears weeping like they never have before, you put you hoof around her waist and nuzzle your snout into her mane, never letting go. Your tears now starting to flow even more, as the rest of her colour disappears from her man as it is drenched in your tears. “Why… Why do I have to lose you again Rainbow, I’ve done nothing wrong, I… I love you Rainbow, no matter what happens, I will find who or what did this to you and I will make them pay for what they have done, no one takes the love of my life away from me, not ever! Rainbow, if you awaken, I will ask you something, I am not sure if you can hear this but, I will ask you to marry me.”

Unexpectedly, Rainbow starts to shift from side to side and lets out a small groan, “Speedster… I will never leave you… Ever…”

“Rainbow, I am right here! Come on, you can make it!”

“Speedster…”

“Yes Rainbow?”

“I… I love you…”

“I love you too Rainbow, I will never leave you, if you don’t make it, I just want you to know, I want to marry you.”

“…What?”

“I want to marry you, I have never been so happy than when I am with you, I love you too much to lose you, I want you to marry me, in fact I need you to marry me.”

“Yes Speedster, I will!” She coughs as she finishes. You see delight in her eyes and a smile forms on her face, you stop your crying as much as you were, and she starts to retain most of her colour back in her mane and her skin. She throws her hooves around you and jumps in for a hug. “I love you so much Speedster!”

“I love too Rainbow and nothing, nothing at all, will ever change that.” You embrace her hug more and see more of her colour come back to her.