Rainbow Dash stared in anguish at Applejack clinging to Ice Ember, tears still flooding from her eyes. Trotting up quietly to her, she gently pulled her away. The orange pony resisted at first, refusing to leave the unicorn's side. "Applejack…" Rainbow Dash said softly. Finally she tore herself away from the red unicorn and swung her hooves around the Pegasus squeezing her tightly as she sobbed into her shoulder.
It pained Rainbow Dash to see her so hurt and defeated, "It's okay…" she cooed into the orange pony's ear, softly stroking her mane.
Applejack breathed sharply, "All she wanted was tah hear me say that ah loved her…" she sniffled, "and ah couldn't even do that for her…"
"It's not your fault." Rainbow Dash assured her.
"Ah know but…" The sunlight glinted off the golden pendant nearby in the crater. She broke away from Rainbow Dash and ran towards it.
"Applejack don't!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"But…" Applejack trotted over to Ice Ember's body, "We could save her…"
"We can't." Rainbow Dash said pulling Applejack away.
Applejack burst into another wave of sobs, "Ah know…" she said softly dropping the necklace back to the ground, "Isn't there anything we can do for her?"
Rainbow Dash pulled Applejack back close to her and kissed her forehead, "We give her what she wanted."
Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash's eyes, "What's that?" she sniffled.
"We bury her somewhere beautiful, a place where she can always be close to you." Rainbow Dash ran her hoof down Applejack's cheek, "We bring her to Sweet Apple Acres."
"Sweet Apple Acres?" Applejack asked, the words echoing in her mind, bouncing at the walls. There was a slamming sensation in her skull as if something were trying to break free. She grabbed at her head, clenching her jaw and cringing her eyes shut to cope with the pain as dozens of images revealed themselves.
Rainbow Dash grabbed at the orange pony and steadied her, "Applejack, are you okay?"
Memories of a large field filled with hundreds of trees sparkling with ruby shaded fruit that clung to its branches. The orchard was filled with the sound of laughter as a yellow filly with red hair played with a larger red stallion. The trees curtained themselves with white silken laces and she found herself standing in front of a blue Pegasus wearing a white gown. Then the pictures and sounds stopped flooding her mind.
"Ah'm fine…"Applejack said softly.
"Are you sure?" Rainbow Dash asked looking worried.
"Ah remember." Applejack smiled, "Not everything ah think, but ah remember the farm…" She pulled Rainbow Dash in and kissed her, "Ah remember our wedding."
Rainbow Dash trotted towards the golden pendant resting on the charred ground and stared at it. She nudged it with her hoof and thought for a moment. She knew she couldn't risk leaving at around, not with what it was capable of. She positioned her hoof above it and smashed down on it with as much force as she could. The pendant broke beneath the weight of her hoof and as it did the pieces evaporated into the air.
Raven Flame began to feel strange, her eyes grew dizzy. Then a stabbing sensation plunged through her entire body. Her knees started to wobble and her stomach became nauseous, "Dashie…" she whimpered sounding frightened.
Rainbow Dash turned to Raven Flame, the dozens of cuts that she had received a month ago suddenly starting to re-emerge them self. The filly dropped to the ground as blood trickled out of body in the same fashion it had once before. "Help me…" she said weakly.
"No!" Rainbow Dash cried out rushing towards the filly, "Don't you dare." She scooped up the filly and launched off into the air. Not again, she had been given a second chance with the filly and she wouldn't dare stand back idly and lose her all over again.
Rainbow Dash bolted herself through the sky racing towards Canterlot as fast as her wings would let her. Raven Flame let out a cry of pain as the last of the cuts formed on her body, digging deeper inside of her. "I don't want to go back… not again." Raven Flame cried.
"Just hold on." Rainbow Dash pleaded, knowing there wasn't much time left. She wasn't going fast enough. Taking a deep breath she thrust herself faster, her bad wing screaming as it started beating with a blurring speed. "Please, not again…" Rainbow Dash cried. She forced herself faster and faster, her wing feeling as if it were going to shatter at any moment.
There was a sudden explosion of color, the faint sound of glass shattering off in the distance as the ring of light stretched out. A rainbow trail began to form behind the Pegasus as she sped onward. Raven Flame's eyes shut but she was still barely breathing.
The Canterlot hospital only seconds away, her wing finally gave out as she dived through the broken windows of the hospital. She spun herself placing her back towards the floor and covered the small filly she clutched. Her wings and spine smashed hard into the ground, absorbing most of the impact. Her leg crushed into one of the chairs as she slid against the floor.
"Don't leave me, not again." Rainbow Dash begged as she unwrapped her hooves from around Raven Flame, still breathing but only just, her tight grasp had sealed off most of the bleeding buying her just a little more time. The doctors and nurses rushed over to the Pegasus. Rainbow Dash pressed tightly against the filly, stopping as much of the bleeding as she could, "Please help her!"