A/N: As of the posting of this chapter, the story is complete. I hope you all enjoyed it from the very beginning since I will not be talking to you till I post my next story which will be sometime in the next few months. Some of you may have noticed that I changed the story to drama as well. This story (like all of my other stories) was written as it came to me, with me taking chances where I gave them to myself, and evolved from a few simple 2 or 3 scenes between the characters that I just happened to think up. Usually the story mimics my mindset at the time so this story took a bit of a turn since I had just had something bad happen to me (that I don't care to discuss) when I wrote most of it; so yeah, it turned a little dark. As far as you know, the ending could be sad, it could be happy. You don't know. All of my stories can end good or bad. It's what I like about myself that I'm willing, and able, to do that. I'll be releasing Chapter 15 and 16 throughout the week. 15 is a little short, but it just felt wrong to end it on that chapter (with my original plan). 16 is all in Fluttershy's POV since that's what the story needed, and it also has a scene many of you might not be comfortable with, I urge you to read it all the way through though since the scene is pivotal to the chapter. Because the story is complete, you are free to ask any questions you want about it through a PM (I don't see the point of questions in the review section). See you on the flip side.
Friday (February 10th)
"Light, talk to me. Please." Fluttershy asked as we walked to the funeral home. I was dressed in a tuxedo and Fluttershy was in a black dress with a long skirt and her mane in a braid over her shoulder.
"I do not want to talk to you, Fluttershy." I told her again. She wanted to talk to me and kept asking. I did not want to talk to her. I did not want to see her. It hurt to see her.
She would not let me come alone so she was walking with me to the funeral home.
I felt her hand on my arm. I stopped and turned towards her.
"Light, we need to move past this. We need to fix us. You looked like you wanted to kill somepony all week and you're still suffering a little from the hypothermia." She explained.
I turned and started walking again, taking longer steps and moving my legs more quickly.
I heard her sigh behind me. She walked more quickly to catch up.
Within half an hour, we were at the funeral home. A few ponies were walking in while we were.
We walked through the front hall and to the service area which looked a lot like the royal palace's entrance hall.
Down in the front was a casket. When I saw it, I could not keep walking. I stopped in the middle of the aisle causing ponies to bump into me.
Sister was in that casket. That is what Fluttershy had said on our way here. After a long time, I walked towards it. I put my hand on it and felt like I wanted to cry, but I could not.
"Sister." I accidentally said.
I felt a hand in mine, but did not turn my head to see who it was. I stood there, thinking about her. I would not be able to see sister ever again. I did not have any pictures of her at the cottage and I did not know if any of her friends had saved them from her apartment. I would never be able to talk to her again or hug her. My sister was gone forever. Just like my mother and father. I realized that I was alone now. I did not have anypony.
My knees buckled and I fell to them on the floor, the hand slipping out of mine; but, no matter how much I wanted to, I just could not cry.
I was mad at sister for not telling me. I was sad that Fluttershy had lied to me. And I was scared of the future. I felt like I did not have one.
I felt somepony hug me from behind, but I shrugged them off. I did not want anypony to touch me. I wanted to be alone.
After a little while, somepony said something.
I looked up to see one of sister's friends. I did not know her name, but she looked familiar.
"Light, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but it's time for the sermon to begin." She smiled down at me, but her eyes looked sad.
I stood up and she led me to a seat in the back. I was grateful that I would not be in the front. I did not want everypony looking at me. Fluttershy sat down next to me.
After a few more minutes, somepony walked up to the podium that had appeared in front of the casket. He started talking, but I did not listen. After he stopped, other ponies, sister's friends, walked up and started talking about her. How they had fun with her and how they loved her. I could barely stand it.
Soon, there was an interrmission for the casket bearers to get ready to move my sister into the hearse that would take her to the cemetary where my mother and father were buried. I stood up and walked off into an adjacent hallway off to the left of where we had walked in. It would be a good ten minutes before everypony was ready to leave.
Fluttershy's POV
Light had dissappeared after the sermon was over and I had not seen him since. Everypony would be leaving in a few minutes to follow the hearse to the cemetary and I didn't want him to be left behind.
As I was looking for him, I came to a hallway that seemed to be a dead-end with only one door at the end of it.
I walked up and checked it to see if it was locked, and it was.
Before I could turn around however, I heard a voice.
"Hey, Shy." I heard somepony say.
I turned around quickly to see Rain behind me.
I was stunned. I had no idea he was here.
"The look on your face is priceless, Shy." He laughed. "Of course I'm here. I'm Light's 'Best friend', and whomever planned this knew that. They wanted me here for emotional support. Can you believe that? Me? Emotional support? I've never heard something so ridiculous that hasn't come from Light." He paused for a second and laughed to himself again.
"So dear sister, how have you been?" He asked in a condescending tone.
"Fine." I answered warily. He seemed almost normal.
"Good, now why don't we get back to business." He said. He strolled forward and I backed up, but only a step since the door was right behind me.
He stood in really close to my face and smiled. "I love you so much, Shy. You can't even comprehend it. So, instead of telling you, why don't I show you?" He said.
Before I could say or do anything, he pressed his lips against mine and wrapped his arms around me, pushing my head into the door so I couldn't pull away. I almost puked right then and there, but I kept it down. I felt so disgusted and violated, but I couldn't do anything about it. He was much stronger than I was, and I couldn't get my teeth in any position to bite him. I clawed and thumped at his back, but nothing fazed him. He had my arms in a death grip at my sides and my wings were pinned behind my back. My legs were also too enclosed to get up any real force. I was trapped.
The worst part of it was the way he reveled in it, like he had waited all his life to do this. After a minute or two of it, he started moving his hands around and exploring my body while still keeping mine pinned to my sides.
After what felt like forever, I noticed something poking me and my worst fears were realized: He wanted to mate with me. I struggled with new fervor, but it just wasn't enough. I was in tears now, but before he could do anything more, his head was suddenly pulled from mine.
Startled, he let go of me. His whole body went backwards and then turned ninety degrees and slammed into the wall, leaving a crack in the cement wall.
I looked over to see Light standing there, looking down at Rain. I couldn't believe it. In one smooth motion, he had torn Rain away from me and knocked him unconscious.
"You disgust me, Rain." He spat at my unconscious brother.
He turned around and started walking away. I ran up to him and hugged him.
"Light, I can't believe-" I started.
"He should not have done that to you. I just did what was right." He said in a monotone. He hadn't done it for me, he had done it because it was the right thing to do. He felt no more obligated than if it was a stranger.
"Please let go of me now." He asked. I did and he began walking again.
"Light?" I caught myself saying in a whisper. Something seemed wrong with him. He didn't seem sad, just angry.
Light's POV
What Rain had done was wrong. It was very wrong, I knew that. But, it felt almost good to do that to him. This feeling scared me, and I did not know what to do about it. I decided to think about it later since it was time to leave.
I walked outside and over to one of the cars waiting in the line. I climbed into the back and waited for the pony who would be riding with me. I hoped it was not Fluttershy. I did not want to see her right now. It would feel weird.
I was happy when the pony who had led me to my seat opened the door and sat down.
"Hello, Light." She said.
"Hello." I said back.
I turned my head to the window and looked out of it.
After a few moments, she spoke. "I can't imagine what you're going through right now. Losing your parents when you were just coming out of school, and then losing your sister during a big change." She said, trying to start a conversation.
"At least you have that nice mare to help you through it. And Rain." She said, keeping it up.
"Please do not say his name or talk about her." I told her.
She started to say something, but stopped. I was happy that she stopped talking.
The hearse started forward and the driver in our car did the same.
After a few minutes, I felt a hand on my arm. I looked over to see the mare looking at me with a small smile.
"Light, if you ever want to talk, I'm here. I helped your sister through a lot of tough times and I want you to know that I can help you as well if you want it." She told me. I nodded and she took her hand off my arm and turned towards the window. I did the same and we rode the rest of the way in silence.
The cemetary was large, with a lot of gravestones everywhere. It made me sad to think that so many ponies were buried here. How many of them were like sister? How many died before they were content with their lives?
Everypony started moving forward, so I followed. It was a long line and I was near the back with the mare who had rode with me. No pony talked.
Eventually, we arrived at the grave site. Ponies formed a ring around it while the casket holders positioned themselves to lower it in. I was glad they did not use magic to do it. It would have felt wrong; sister was an earth pony.
After a few minutes, they were ready. Slowly, they lowered it into the grave and gently placed it down.
The speaker from before said a few things, then everypony formed a line. I saw them grab a handful of dirt and sprinkle it on the casket.
There were only about thirty ponies here, so it would not get full like this. I was at the end of the line and saw Fluttershy do it.
Soon, it was my turn. After somepony had sprinkled dirt on the casket, they had left. So I was one of the only ponies there. Only the speaker and Fluttershy were left.
I scooped up a handful of dirt and sprinkled it on.
"I love you, Sister." I whispered as the last of the dirt left my hand.
I turned and walked towards the cars, passing Fluttershy on the way. She fell into step behind me. She did not say anything, so I was happy.
The other cars had already left to return everypony to the funeral home. Fluttershy and I got into the last car and it started forward.
Fluttershy asked the stallion behind the wheel to take us to the train station instead and he said yes.
As we drove, I felt a tear going down my cheek that I had not noticed before.
"Sometimes, it's better to let it all out with a person you may not like at the moment, rather than keep it bottled up." Fluttershy suggested.
She scooted over and pulled me into a hug. I did not stop her.
I let all of my tears out that I was not able to let out before. I cried the whole way to the train station.
My sister... my sister was gone. For good.