Creepypasta Collection Book 3

Friendship is Tragic

Prologue

Equestria. To those of you who have never traveled here before, its stories would have captivated you. From the eerie darkness of Everfree Forest, to the sprawling and winding paths in the mountains, many a tale have been spun in these lands, but none more so daring and courageous than that of six friends, who had never seen each other before that fateful day, who, by working together, overcame the once mythical, Nightmare Moon, and saved the land from an eternal night. These six had many adventures together in the time after, and learnt so much about themselves and their friends, and the bond that had formed between them had become nigh indestructible. But this you already know.

However, a few years after the events of Nightmare Moon, it came time for each of the six friends to think about their future and choose their paths in this world, none more so than Twilight Sparkle. A dark force was brewing on the edge of Equestria and Princess Celestia wished Twilight to accompany her to help stem the danger. Twilight, although reluctant to leave her friends behind, felt that it was her duty, and so agreed to accompany the princess, despite being given a choice. But, before Twilight left with Princess Celestia, the six friends met at the library for a tearful goodbye.

Twiiiiiiiliiiiiiighhht waaaaaaaaaah!" Pinkie Pie hugged her hooves around Twilight, squeezing her so hard that she could barely breathe. The others all stood around her, equally as sad. Twilight gave a light smile.

"It's not like I'm going away forever, everypony, the princess said we would only be gone for a month or two. You really are overreacting." She said, trying to remain as straight-faced as possible so as not to worry them, although she was fooling nopony.

"Oh but darling, it all sounds so positively dangerous, I just couldn't bear the thought of something happening to you!" Rarity wept all the while trying to remain lady-like.

"Ah have to admit, sugarcube, Rarity is right. If somethin' were to happen to ya, Ah think..." Applejack began to say but was cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"Ha! Oh come on, you girls, this is TWILIGHT you're talking about! You know, 'THE' Twilight. You think some stupid disaster is going to beat our girl after all she's been through?" Rainbow Dash sounded convincing, but even she was nervous for her. "Of course, she'd be back a lot faster if they let me come along, but whatever." Rainbow Dash turned around, her arms folded in a sulk, the others looking at her. She slowly turned her head back, her lips quivering and tears beginning to well in her eyes. "Y-You better come back safely..." She said softly. The others all smiled at her with their tears in their eyes, all except Pinkie, who was still hugging Twilight, and flooding the room with her own tears.

Fluttershy, oddly, the most composed during the gathering, approached Twilight and nuzzled her gently. "Um...I have faith in you, but please be safe, Twilight." She whimpered softly. They all looked at each other and then back to Twilight before breaking down, and embracing each other in a big group hug.

Eventually, Twilight managed to escape from Pinkie's loving grasp and composed herself, "I love you all, remember that, and when I get back, we will all meet up here again and have a huge party to celebrate, and that's a PROMISE, okay, Pinkie?"

Pinkie sniffled, "Okey dokey lokey," and managed to crack a smile.

Outside, the sound of the royal horn could be heard, and the heavy hooves of the royal guards pulling up. "Well, I guess my ride is here." Twilight looked to friends one-by-one and they all nodded back. Twilight gulped down the pain and opened the door, taking a moment to get one last look back, her good friends waving goodbye to her. Twilight nodded back, "I'll be back before you know it." And she jumped onto the carriage.

What followed that sad day was something no pony could have predicted. The mission that was undertaken by Twilight Sparkle and the princess had taken a turn for the worse, one and far from the months or so that were predicted, it dragged on for more than just a few...and then a year had passed...and then two years. During this time a great deal had happened, including the tragic demise of Princess Celestia, who sacrificed herself to save Equestria. Twilight was, eventually, able to stop the disaster through her own genius tactics; however, it was too late as the events had sorely taken their toll on her. She had fallen into a coma, only to awake many years later, nursed slowly back to health by Zecora, and while her body may have recovered, Twilight would learn that her magic, just like Princess Celestia, was lost to her forever and it would be many months in a bedridden depression, before she would come to bear with these painful truths.