Guilty. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty.

What? Who's guilty of what?

Princess Celestia. Did you really forget she never answered you?

It's true, but she'll write back someday.

Sure, Twi, whatever you say.

Who are you, anyway?

I'm Twilight Sparkle. Pleasure to meet you.

Wait, but-

Twilight's internal soliloquy was interrupted by Nurse Red heart, who had awoken the patient from her slumber, "My apologies, Miss Twilight. I did not mean to wake you up. Are you feeling okay?"

Twilight rubbed one eye with her hoof, "Yeah, I'm fine. What time is it?"

The nurse looked at the clock above Twilight's bed, "It's six forty-three. Do you need anything?"

"No, I'm fine."

"All right then. I'll just make sure everything is okay, then I'll leave you be."

After Twilight was examined, she laid her head back on the pillow. She was reminiscing about earlier when her friends came to visit. After a few moments, her eyelids felt heavy and she was falling asleep.

She never wrote back.

Twilight rose up from her bed, startled. She looked around the room and found Spike on the chair, reading a magazine.

Today is Tuesday, isn't it? "Spike, take a letter."

The little dragon looked up, "Sure." He put down the magazine and grabbed a quill and a parchment.

Twilight cleared her throat, "Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned that your true friends will always be by your side," Spike noticed her emphasis on 'true', "Now I know why you refused to write back; It's because you're not my true friend. Your sister came all the way here. Twice! And yet, you can't write one damn word to me. I hope you're satisfied with yourself, because I'm not. And I'm sure Luna and everypony else isn't either. Even now, I'm still waiting for a scroll that might never come. I know you've had other students like me in the past. Has this happened before? If so, then I have hundreds of souls that feel the same way. Have fun with your guilt!"

Spike sighed. He didn't like writing such angry letters, but Twilight had been so hurt because of the princess. Everyone tried their best to avoid the subject, but she just won't forget about Celestia, "Should I send it or add it to the pile?"

"Send that one and four other letters."

Spike did as he was told before he left to check on Owlowicious and the library. He didn't like to leave Twilight alone, but she was worried that something might happen. Twilight was not really bored in the hospital. They gave her books to read, she had a radio that she listened to if she had courage to venture out of her bed. Once a few moments of silence had passed after Spike's departure, she climbed out of her bed and turned on the radio. She switched it to a station that was playing trance music and quickly went back to her bed. The music soon lulled her into a deep sleep…

How does it feel to be abandoned by your own teacher, Twily? Does it anger you? Have you lost hope? You know you can always turn to me; I can end your pain, darling.

I'm not angry, just disappointed. And I would never lose hope, especially not in Celestia!

It's always puzzled me how you always believed that all ponies are so loyal. The truth is, everypony leaves your side someday. Who knows? Maybe even Rainbow Dash will leave you someday. Ha-ha!

Shut up.

Face it, Twilight; you're going to be alone again someday. It'll be like your childhood all over again, but without Shining Armour, Cadence, your parents, Spike, or anypony. Especially Celestia won't be there to take care of little Twily.

Shut up!

Even I won't be there. You'll just live a miserable life if you survive this. Just you, a dark room, and a large prison of books surrounding you until you one day die and rot under them. So why not speed up the process? Just give in; you won't feel anymore pain. I Pinkie Pie Promise. Teehee.

Shut up! Shutupshutupshutup!

You can try and ignore the pain, dear, but it only makes it worse. Anypony can tell you that. Even you know. You're the one who had that lonely childhood after all. Do you remember the other foals mocking you?

Please, just stop!

Twilight's a loner! Twilight's a loner! La-la-la-la-la! It was pretty catchy, wasn't it?

Please, I beg of you…

Twilight, we could be friends-great friends! I can take the pain away! I can give you what you want! ….I can help you make Celestia feel the way you feel. Think about it.

"No!" Twilight yelled as she rose from her bed. She looked around. She was still in the hospital room. Spike was on the chair sleeping, and the clock said it was four in the morning. She wasn't sure what the voice was, and she wasn't sure she liked it. Still, it did have a good point; Celestia had abandoned her like she was garbage. Twilight still wanted to believe that she would write back, that their friendship was still alive and would still be alive even if Twilight weren't.

If there was one thing Twilight knew about friendship, it was that it had two ends. It was kind of like two foals pulling a rope. If one foal stopped pulling, then the other foal would fall backward, and hit the ground. Hard. Both foals must pull with the same strength so that they won't fall. They depend on each other. Right now, Celestia had not just let the rope go, she was cutting off Twilight's end so they could never play again. Why? Why is Celestia trying to push me away? Why must she leave me? Why can't I get answers?! Twilight clenched her jaw. Tears of anger, confusion, and sorrow streamed down her pale purple coat. She was so enraged, she felt heat enveloping her body. She had never felt such anger. She looked up to see that the heat was actually her own magic enveloping her. And it was a lot of magic.

Think about it.

Twilight shut her eyes tightly and let her fury come over her, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared into thin air.

Celestia was in her room organising her paperwork when she heard some sort of magic behind her. She was expecting to find another letter from Twilight, but instead, she found Twilight herself in her room. Celestia was surprised, but her face was blank, as if she had expected Twilight to teleport here. Celestia's heart felt like it was being squeezed. She couldn't turn around and look at Twilight, so she just listened to her yell.

Twilight was so furious, she couldn't be subtle, "HOW COULD YOU CELESTIA! AM I NOTHING TO YOU?! DO YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF ME AND OUR FRIENDSHIP THAT BADLY?! YOU CAN GO AHEAD CELESTIA! JUST THROW EVERYTHING WE HAD AWAY! I HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MY OWN MENTOR WOULD JUST IGNORE ME WHEN I NEEDED HER THE MOST! YOU'RE A HORRIBLE FRIEND, CELESTIA! YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PONY! YOU LEFT ME! I NEEDED YOU, AND YOU LEFT ME! HOW COULD YOU!?"

Celestia did her best to not make one noise. She released a quiet sob, but she didn't seem to notice.

"Yet somehow," Twilight continued. Her voice dripping with exhaustion, "I still find…a way to…to forgive you. I can't stand that you don't like me anymore. I've…I've always looked up to you, and…" she trailed off before bursting into tears, "I just need you, Celestia! You hate me, but I need you! I just…can't…"

And with that, Twilight collapsed onto Celestia's bedroom floor. Celestia then turned around, her face wet with tears. She looked at her star pupil, now unconscious. Celestia picked up her student and used a spell. After a quick second, they were back at the hospital. Spike seemed to be asleep in the chair in the corner. The princess set Twilight down on her bed, and stroked her mane hesitantly. She felt that she no longer had the right to go near Twilight.

Poor filly, she thought, She was so patient. She felt like I had betrayed her…Actually, I think I did. Yet, she still kept believing in me, like a student should believe in a teacher, or how a friend should believe in a friend. And I just left her, empty of joy, but full of anger and hatred. I wanted to tell you so badly, Twilight, but I couldn't. I couldn't talk to you at all. You'll think it's pathetic, but I just couldn't write because I didn't want to get too close to you when you would die soon. I am an immortal being, and I just couldn't live without knowing that my best friend and student would die when I had wanted to spend time with you more often. Instead, I just let you die feeling hatred and despair-which is even worse. Do you know what it's like? To live for millions of years and know that in the end, your friend hated you? That's what I'll be going through soon.

Celestia had begun to speak aloud, "I know I was being selfish and everypony now frowns upon me….but I need to know you forgive me. Here on in the after-life, please do not hate me because I could never hate you. You will always, always be my favourite student and best friend. Goodbye, Twilight."

Celestia kissed Twilight on her mane and teleported back to her castle.

Spike sat in his chair, his mouth ajar at what he had just witnessed. Twilight needed to hear this. He was happy that their friendship would be fixed, but that feeling only lasted until he saw Twilight twitching.

Spike panicked and yelled across the halls, "Help! She's having a seizure!"

Immediately, ponies flooded into the room to aid the unicorn. They were trying to regulate Twilight's breathing and movements while Spike sobbed behind the crowd of doctors. He had completely forgotten about Twilight's medication. He swore under his breath as he stepped out of the room to let the doctors do their work. After a few minutes of silence and being comforted by Nurse Red Heart, Spike heard a doctor say, "She's going to be okay,"

Spike stood up and asked the doctor who spoke, "Doctor, I have to know: how much longer does she have?"

"Don't worry, little one. She's going to live," the doctor responded as he patted Spike's head.

New tears formed in the little dragon's eyes, this time they were of joy, "She's going to live." He said aloud, "She's going to live!" Spike planned to tell the others the great news tomorrow. More importantly, he would tell Twilight about Celestia. For the first time in a year, things were actually turning up. Spike's face lit up with excitement.