Oh Gods…. It Hurts….
When I wake up it is bright, too bright…
Rainbows POV
I woke up, my eyes still red from last nights crying. Thunder had proposed to me, and I accepted mentally for Thunder is no longer alive.
I wish more than anything, even more then becoming a Wonderbolt, to have him back. I loved him with all my heart, and now He is gone. Princess Celestia was hosting a funeral for him tonight, while today Luna was hosting a funeral for Pluto. Poor thing, lost her only son. It was raining the same storm as the past few days. It happened to be my job this time, but I was to busy wallowing in sorrow to do it. I walked out the door, my head hung down, and I trudged down the street. I passed the diner that The Doctor had appeared in, and slightly began to cry even more. I passed by many ponies, but they just watched me go by. A Lightning strike followed by Thunder made me burst out crying. I ran to the park and sat down on the bench that was there. I heard the patting of hooves next to me and felt a pony sit next to me.
"Rainbow Dash?" A familiar soft voice said.
"Fluttershy, I- I don't know what to do anymore." I sobbed, crying into my hooves.
"It's ok, Rainbow. It's ok." She said calmly. We sat there in silence, except for my cries and the rain with the occasional thunder, which always made me cry harder. I finally broke the silence.
"He proposed to me." I said, not looking up. Fluttershy looked very surprised.
"He did? When?" She said, looking at me curiously. I took out the ring box and showed her the note. Her eyes grew a little wide as she read.
"Rainbow, I had no idea-" She was cut of by a scroll appearing in front of my face. I reached out and grabbed it from the air.
Rainbow,
Pluto's Funeral is in an hour.
Please get ready.
From,
Twilight
"Well, looks like we need to get ready for Pluto's funeral." I said, standing up and walking back to my house. Fluttershy simply remained quiet and flew off to her house. I got home and was beginning to unlock the door when Somepony tapped me on the shoulder. I turned my gaze to the brown pegasus that had done so.
"What do you want?" I asked, turning the lock.
"I'm here to take you to the funeral." He said, a sad frown on his face. He was in a black tuxedo with a red bow tie. He had spiky dark brown hair and blow eyes. His cutie mark was an…
Hourglass.
"…Doctor?" I said after much hesitation. He simply nodded and leaned against the wall.
"I'll be waiting here until your departure." He said, still in the sad mood that had sprung up all over Cloudsdale. I nodded and went inside. I walked to the shower and turned it on to warm. I stood under it's warm, relaxing flow and felt the tension in my body fade. After the shower, I looked in my closet to find any descent clothing. I found a dark dress and put it on to make sure it fit. I fit me perfectly. I walked out the door to the waiting Doctor.
"Well, off to the Funeral." I said, spreading my wings and taking off.
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My body hurts and I am broken.
Moving is more painful than I can imagine…
I stand up to the most pain I've felt in years. I can smell Death and despair everywhere. I finally open my eyes to find myself surrounded by several other ponies. I walk up to the nearest one, who has a hole through his chest.
"Where are we?" I ask, looking at the other ponies there. There were at least 7.
"The Inferno." He responded hoarsely. He looks up at me, his eyes that of utter loss of hope. I remember hearing tales of The Inferno, that it was the true hell of the world. I had read the tales of Dante. "What happened to you?" He asked.
"I fell in a pit of lava to kill a threat to all of Equestria." I said with a shrug. "How about you?"
"I was impaled by a stick in a ravine in the Everfree forest." He responded.
We all had our heads bent down as the coffin was put gently into the ground. Everypony looked up after it had been buried. Luna and Celestia were in similar dresses to mine. Twilight was also wearing a similar dress, it just had stars on it. Applejack had her hat of to show respect, Rarity was wearing a scarf, Fluttershy was just being Fluttershy, and Pinkie's hair was down and straight. She was majorly depressed right now. Everypony dispersed from the graveyard where Pluto was buried and we all went to the hotel we were staying at. We walked inside and went to our rooms. I went to bed and took a nap. I dreamed of Thunder.
"That must have sucked." I said, sitting next to him. "Now, wait. Why are we here? Did you do something wrong?"
"I had to steal from a family to stay alive." He said. His coat was the shade of the ask which we sat on, his eyes were a pale blue, he was a unicorn, his mane was a red and orange combo, and his cutie mark was a trident.
"What's your cutie mark stand for?" I asked, pointing to his flank.
"I'd…Rather not discuss that." He said, shying away. I gazed at my own cutie mark, which was a rainbow circle. I had absolutely no idea what it meant. I heard the creak of a metal door as a massive pony with an executioner's hood came in, pushing a small colt. The colt was a dark cyan, and was an Alicorn.
"…Pluto?" I said. He looked at me and joy grew in his eyes.
"Thwunder!" He yelled, jumping up and onto me, hugging me tightly. "I missed you."
"I missed you to, Pluto." I said. I looked down at him and he had two holes in his chest.
"Wait, you know this Alicorn?" The pony asked. I glanced at him and nodded.
"I never caught your name." I said, turning my full attention to him.
"I'm Mercury." He said.
"Thunderstrike." I responded.
"Thwunder, its scary down here. I want to go home…" Pluto whined. I patted his head and he looked up at me, tears in his eyes.
"I don't think we will go home." I said. He broke into more tears and sobbed into my chest. I turned to Mercury with a sadness in my eyes. He stood up and walked to the bars that overlook the Inferno. I put Pluto on my back and trotted up beside him. We both saw ponies screaming in pain, but they can't die. They were burning in fires or being tossed onto rotating spikes.
"Mercury." I said, not turning my gaze to him.
"Yeah?" He said back.
"How good are you in magic and fighting?" I said, turning to him and giving him a manic grin. He turned back and smiled.
"Very good." He responded, a shadow covering his face.
"Thunder." A voice said behind me. I turned to see a shadowy alicorn with a starry void of a mane.
"Mars." I said back, slight annoyance in my voice. He turned to look at Pluto, who looked really pissed at him. The metal door opened and the Executioner pony came in. He walked up to us and pointed a giant axe at us.
"You, alicorn's and ponies. Follow." He said in a grumbling voice. He turned around and walked out the door. Little imps came in and poked us with little spears to make us move forwards. We did it unwillingly and caught up with the execution pony. We walked down the corridor in absolute silence until the pony broke the silence.
"You are quiet. Most ponies would be wailing for their freedom and innocence. I'm glad some ponies have a stronger will. Even the little one." He said, gesturing to Pluto in the last sentence.
"What is your name?" I asked bluntly.
"HeadHunter." He responded. "And you ponies are?"
"I'm Thunderstrike, this is Pluto, This is Mercury, and this is Mars's Shadow." I said, gesturing to each of them respectfully. HeadHunter stopped at the mention of Mars. He slowly turned around and looked up at him fearfully.
"M-Mars?" He whimpered. He sank to his knees and bowed. "But how can you be dead-dead?"
"Thunder here pushed me into a pit of lava, thus sacrificing himself in the process." Mars retorted. HeadHunter turned to face me and sized me up.
"How could you be defeated by such a weak little pegasus?" He said. My ears flared for a few seconds, telling him to back down.
"Well, I am the Minecraftian." I said, slight proudness in my voice. HeadHunter broke out laughing hard.
"Your a HAHA Pony, and HAAHA the Mine- HAHA -craftian is HAHA made of Squares! HAHA." he laughed. I took out my sword and held it facing his chest. He immediately stopped and looked into my eyes. I could tell he could see that I was not joking.
"Well, anyways, you four are scheduled for-" He started, but when he turned around, somepony sliced his head off. I grabbed the nearest Imp and crushed it in my hooves. Mercury blasted the other one with a disintegration spell. We turned back to find a dark purple unicorn with a dark green mane and tail and lighter green eyes. She was holding an axe, blood covering the head. She put the axe on her back and walked up to us. I recognized her as the pony from Night's Edge.
"Follow me, and quickly." She said. She spun around and ran down the corridor. We galloped after her and once we reached her, she was stopped, her axe held out in front of her defensively. I looked over her shoulder and what I saw was abnormal.