Flash awoke on the ceiling of the castle. He wondered how he got on the ceiling as he tried to jump to the floor, only to crash into the ceiling. What in the name of Celestia is going on here?  “Hello; Discord?” He asked, wondering if he was responsible for this.

He continued to walk, disoriented. He came across the hall that he usually met Discord in and cautiously walked in. He didn’t like the silence only broken by his hooves as they clacked against the stone ceiling.

“Flash what happened to you?” a voice said that he instantly recognized as Fluttershy’s.

“Fluttershy; where are you?” He yelled out, his voice echoed in the empty hall.

“She’s out there.” Discord said as he materialized out of the side of the wall.

“Discord what did you do?” He asked as he sunk low to attack.

“Now now, none of that; I’m merely having some fun.” Discord said with a smile.

“What did you do?” Flash asked again.

Discord sighed and shook his horse-like head. “You’re about as much fun as a broken record. When you’re trapped somewhere for 1000 years and have a second chance to escape, come talk to me.”

“What do you mean escape? What happened?” Flash asked. The last thing I remember is Celestia complementing us on the stage…

“Well you see I decided to take your body for a spin.” Discord answered.

Flash stared at him. “You took my body?”

“Obviously or you would be in control of it wouldn’t you?”

“How did you do that?”

“It’s quite easy when you share one; it’s quite hard any other way. Unless you kill them, but that usually doesn’t end well.”

“Give me back my body.” Flash commanded.

“Our body and I think I’ll have a little more fun with it.” Discord said with a mischievous smile. “Besides, you don’t need it for a while.”

“What are you talking about?” He asked at a loss for words.

Three doors appeared out the air behind Discord; each door was a different color. The far right one a deep sapphire blue with a golden knob. The middle door was a light yellow with the same golden knob. The one on the far left was pitch black and had no knob, kept closed with a padlock.

“Each door leads to either one of your memories, control of your body, or my memories. It’s quite simple; you choose a door and it disappears behind you. You follow it to the end and see what happens.”

“It’s that easy?” Flash asked cautiously.

“Well now, I never said that. There are some slight problems.” He said, running his lion paw through his goatee.

“Like?” Flash asked.

“Well, I don’t know how you’ll react to the memories. They could be slightly traumatic.”

“Who said I’m going for the memories?” Flash answered.

“So you would give up you’re only shot at learning who you are for some mare?”  Discord smiled. “I’m beginning to like you more and more.”

“I don’t need nor do I want you to like me. Just tell me which one gets me out of here.”

“Where would the fun be if I told you? You have to decide and go. I think it’s pretty obvious which one it is though.” Discord said with a laugh.

Flash started at all three doors. “Would I give up my only shot for Fluttershy?” He asked himself. “In a heartbeat.” He answered. He walked towards the yellow one and stared at it. “Well, ready or not, here I go.” He muttered and pushed the door open.

The last thing he heard before the door disappeared was Discord’s laughter.

[....]

Ponyville was a disaster. Most of the town laid in ruins, smoke pouring out of the wreckage. Twilight stared at the scene, unbelieving this was the home she have come to know and love. Somehow Discord had taken control of Flash’s body and unleashed chaos. Fires and earthquakes had hit, causing most of the ponies to run away. Twilight and Celestia had stayed while the rest of the group went to help the other ponies escape. Expect Fluttershy; she hadn’t moved from earlier.

“Fluttershy, you have to leave, now.” Twilight demanded.

“I can’t; I can’t leave him like this.” Fluttershy said tears in her eyes.

Twilight looked at her in concern. “I know it’s hard, but that’s not Flash anymore.”

“He’s still in there Twilight, I can feel it.” She started crying. “He promised me he’d never leave me again.”

Twilight shook her head in defeat, gently tapping Fluttershy’s shoulder with her hoof. There was nothing she could say to make Fluttershy leave and they just watched as Discord and Celestia battled.

Celestia was trying to stun him, afraid to use anything stronger that would hurt Flash. Discord was laughing manically, setting places on fire and causing earthquakes.

“I haven’t had this much fun in years!” He said laughing.

Twilight watched in horror as Discord launched a fireball at her home but it missed. She looked up and stared in fear as she saw two ponies fly through the sky and landed on their faces, the second one flipped before landing on his face, his glasses flying off.

“I need to learn to control this better.” Lambda muttered, his mouth full of dirt.

“Yes you do, considering last time you flew through a window.” Alli said laughing. He blindly searched for his glasses and put them back on.

“It’s better than being stranded in the middle of the ocean for two days till I saved you.” Lambda muttered. Alli was about to speak when Twilight rushed over.

“Lambda; what in Equestria are you doing here? And who’s that?” She asked, pointing at Alli.

“Twilight, Alli; Alli, this is Twilight. I was telling you and Tremble about her. She’s the pony I was talking about.” Alli and Twilight stared at each other before Alli put a hoof out and Twilight shook it.

“Not to cut the reunion short, but we’re having a bit of a problem!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she flew towards them, the rest of the group following.

“What’s wrong Dash?” Twilight asked wondering what else could go wrong.

“In case you haven’t noticed, Discord is back and we don’t have the Elements!” Dash yelled back.

Twilight sighed. “We can’t use them Dash.”

“Why in all of Equestria can’t we?” Dash asked confused.

“We don’t know what would happen to Flash.”

Lambda jumped in. “It’s my understanding that Discord shares Flash’s body but has a separate mind?”

Twilight nodded. “That’s what we think.”

Lambda smiled. “That’s good; then I think I know a way to get rid of Discord.”

Everypony smiled but Rarity. “Why do I hear a but coming?” She asked.

Lambda’s smile faded. “I know a way to get rid of Discord, but there’s a good possibility that Flash could die.”

Everypony looked at him, dumbstruck.

Rainbow Dash slowly walked towards him. “You have 10 seconds to explain before I hit-” before she was stopped when Twilight shoved a hoof in Dash’s mouth.

Lambda took a deep breath. “We send a group of ponies into Flash’s mind and make sure his conscious is separated from Discords. Then you could theoretically use the Elements to get rid of Discord from his mind. But the magic to pull this off is extreme and Flash’s mind might not be able to handle Discord getting removed.”

They stared at him. “So you’re saying it’s either we use your method or the Elements either of which there’s a good chance that he’ll die anyway?” Twilight asked.

Alli and Lambda nodded. “We’ve thought it over and debated between ourselves; this is the only thing we can think of.” Lambda answered.

They stared at Fluttershy who had been silent the entire time.

“How many ponies can we send?” Rarity asked, drawing their attention.

Alli and Lambda glanced at each other. “The fewer the better, I wouldn’t send any more than three. One of them have to be Alli, he knows how to navigate his mind. I would recommend another unicorn for magic back up.” Lambda explained.

“I’ll go unless you want to Rarity?” Twilight asked Rarity, who shook her head no.

“Then I think that should be good-” Alli started before Fluttershy interrupted.

She stared at Lambda. “Um…could I go to?” She asked.

Lambda’s face turned red. “I think it would be better if you don’t. Since you have an intimate relationship with Flash, I don’t know how his mind will react when Discord is removed.”

“What do you mean?” Fluttershy asked.

Alli quickly answered. “What he’s trying to say is since you both are close and are familiar, when Discord goes, Flash’s mind might try and replace his with yours.”

“It could do that?”

“We just don’t know and I’d rather not risk it.”

Fluttershy ran up to Lambda and grabbed his hooves. “Please, you got to let me go. If there’s any way I could help, I’d do it.”

“Even knowing the dangers and what could happen?” He asked, stunned.

“Yes; he would…he would do the same for me.” She said, starting to cry.

Lambda looked at Alli for help, who shrugged. Lambda sighed in defeat. “If you’re sure about it, I guess I can’t stop you. He is your coltfriend and all; I would do the same if I was in your position.”

Fluttershy gave him a little smile and hugged him. He looked embarrassed and coughed. He looked at the three that were going. “Don’t hesitate to leave; if it starts going south, get out of there.” He said, all joking aside.

So how are we getting there? Twilight asked.

“Alli is going to teach you the spell Twilight, and then you two are going to combine it so Fluttershy can come along.” He paused. “If you have any last words, I suggest you get them out of the way. Who knows what’s going to happen.”

Twilight and Fluttershy nodded and went over to the rest of the girls. They gave everypony hugs and talked amongst themselves. Twilight’s horn started to glow purple and suddenly the six had the Elements around their necks; expect Twilight, who had her tiara. They hugged on last time and Twilight and Fluttershy walked back to Lambda and Alli. Alli taught Twilight the spell, who quickly mastered it.

Lambda looked at her. “When you got him separated, you three get out of there so you guys can use the Elements.”

She nodded. “Wish us luck?” She said with a forced smile.

He smiled and put his hoof out. “Good luck.”

She tapped hers against his and Fluttershy nodded.

Alli, Twilight, and Fluttershy walked into a triangle, with Alli’s and Twilight’s horns glowing.

“You guys ready?” Alli asked them.

“As ready as I’ll ever be.” Twilight answered.

“Yes.” Fluttershy said her voice barely a whisper.

“Let’s go then.” Alli said.

There was a blinding light and the three ponies fell to the ground.

[....]

Flash lay on the ground holding his head in his hooves, pain and agony crippled him. He could barely open his eyes as he heard hooves running on the ground. Another vision hit him as he screamed in pain.

He saw a bright room looking like the hospital room. He saw Celestia in the room, pain and worry etched on her face. He saw another pony there; she looked like a smaller version of Celestia, with dark blue mane and coat instead. She wore what looked like a black necklace that was the exact opposite of Celestia’s.

A pony that looked like Nurse Redheart walked in. “It looks like he broke his wing in several places. He’s going to have to stay here for a week.” She said, pointing at Flash.

“What were you thinking?” The smaller copy of Celestia asked Flash.

The younger version of Flash sighed. “I thought I could fly through the tornado like Daring Dash.”

Celestia looked at him. “Daring Dash isn’t real, she can do things we can’t. You nearly gave your mom a heart attack.”

Flash frowned. “I’m sorry, I thought I could.”

Luna smiled. “It’s ok; I’m glad you’re safe.”

The memory ended which left Flash dazed and confused. He opened his eyes and swore he saw three ponies running towards him, but knew that was crazy.

Wait, Alli could come into my mind; what if he brought more? Suddenly, pain ignited in his head, causing him to scream even louder. He felt his head being picked up and squinted through the pain to see Fluttershy holding him.

He struggled against her, knowing it was trick. “Get…get away from me you monster!” He struggled to say.

He heard the not-Fluttershy gasp and saw her start to cry. The now not-Twilight slapped him with her hoof. “Watch what you say! She’s worried sick about you and is risking her life to save yours and this is how you repay her?” Twilight asked, furious.

Flash looked at Fluttershy again, watching the tears fall. His eyes grew as he realized she was no illusion. His eyes grew watery.

“Fluttershy, I’m so sorry. I…I didn’t know. Discord has used you to confuse me before… I…I don’t know what to say. There’s nothing I can say to show you how sorry I am.” He stammered.

Alli was glancing around. “Where the heck are we?” He asked.

“My…my memories.” Flash said still staring at Fluttershy. He saw the pain in her eyes.

Alli glanced at the scene and raised an eyebrow and coughed. “Come on Twilight, let’s go try and find a way out of here.” She quickly nodded and they walked away from the two.

Flash and Fluttershy stared at each other, crying.

“I…I don’t know what happened.” Flash said. He was about to continue when she bent down and kissed him. His eyes grew wide in shock, but quickly relaxed and he kissed back. She broke it off and sadly smiled.

“It's a little bit funny this feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can easily hide

I don't have much money but boy if I did

I'd buy a big house where we both could live”

Flash smiled as he recognized her singing their song. He leaned up and kissed her. “And you said you can’t sing; that was beautiful.”

She blushed. “I can’t sing; your better.”

He smiled. “When we get home, let’s try a duet.”

She smiled back. “We’ll see.”

His smile disappeared. “Listen Fluttershy, if you don’t want to ever speak to me for what I-” he stopped when she kissed him again.

Fluttershy broke it off again and looked into his eyes. “I know you’re under so much stress and all, you didn’t mean what you said. That and I love you, no matter what.”

“You…I...” He stuttered, speechless.

She frowned. “What’s wrong?”

He couldn’t say anything, tears falling. He just grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, unable to speak. She patted his back and gently rocked back and forth. He finally found his voice.

“You’re too nice to me.” He whispered his voice raw.

She nodded. “You’ve been through enough, just relax; I’m here.”

She held him in her arms, wishing that the moment wouldn’t end; finally allowing him to relax. Twilight and Alli finally returned, talking about magic. They stopped and saw the pair and had to cough before the two saw them.

“Everything ok?” Twilight asked, looking at Fluttershy then Flash. They both nodded. “Good, I thought I was going to have to kill somepony.” She said jokingly.

They all gave a sad smile and got to their hooves. “How did you guys even get in here? Isn’t the mind supposed to be sacred and all that stuff?” Flash asked.

“We don’t have time to explain the entire story Flash, but we came in here to separate you and Discord. He’s destroying Ponyville…” Twilight started before Alli quickly, but gently, put a hoof over her mouth.

Flash eyes grew wide in disbelief and he would have fallen to the floor if Fluttershy didn’t catch him. “He couldn’t… he’s destroying… he said he just wanted to have fun…” He stopped, tears starting to fall. New determination appeared in his eyes. Alli eyes grew as he recognized it.

“Oh no, we didn’t come in here to let you kill yourself.” He said, having removed his hoof from Twilight’s mouth.

Flash didn’t answer as he continued to walk, letting the rest of the ponies run to catch up. They were all silent as they tried to think of something to say to him. Fluttershy poked Flash in the side and got a small smile out of him. He looked at her and lightly touched his forehead against hers. She nodded but knew he was thinking about it still.

The group traveled farther along the hallway. A vision hit the four of them and Fluttershy, Flash, and Twilight fell to the ground clutching their head. Alli stood still, pain in his eyes but he staggered over to Flash.

“How are you still able to move?” Flash asked through clenched teeth.

“I can block pain; ironically it’s one of the first spells I learned.” He said with a faint smile. He then lightly tapped his horn against Flash’s head.

         The pain subsided in Flash’s head and he slowly got to his hooves. “You should teach that to Twilight.” Flash said as he shook his head slowly.

“Can’t; if she screwed up, she would die.” Alli said, surprisingly calm. He made his way over to where Twilight was laying. He somehow managed to get her on his back and he looked at Flash. “Pick up Fluttershy, we got to keep moving.”

Flash walked over to Fluttershy; she was crying, pain in her eyes. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek. He gently lifted her on his back. He staggered over to Alli and the two of them ran as fast as they could towards the exit.

[....]

Celestia grew tired as she tried to simultaneously dodge Discord’s attacks, save what she could of Ponyville, and tried to knock Discord out. Finally she misjudged a fireball and was hit in the side. She grunted in pain as the force of the blow sent her through a nearby roof. She laid among the wreckage, trying to recover as Discord hovered over her. Discord laughed as he flew down to attack but Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Lambda jumped in front. He laughed even harder as he sent them flying away.

“Oh please, you couldn’t hurt me with the Elements; what can you do by yourselves?” He taunted. He saw Celestia stagger to her hooves and smiled. Suddenly pain flared in his head and Discord screamed. He landed on the ground as he held a hoof to his head. “What in Equestria?” He asked. Something seemed to click in his mind as he realized that Flash had somehow must have passed the trial. “No… he couldn’t have.” He muttered.

“Looks like it finally worked.” Celestia said as she stared at him.

“You knew about this?” He growled.

“I had a feeling they’d come up with a plan, I just had to play decoy.” She said with a tight smile.

Discord’s usual smugness was gone, masked by pure rage. Fire erupted from the ground. “I will be back.” He promised as he disappeared into the smoke.

[....]

The rate of memories had increased, causing every pony to cry out in pain; it almost crippled both Flash and Alli. Most were from when Flash was little. He at one point had a phoenix, which had been “killed” by Discord. He had memories of parties that he had attended, surrounded by wealthy ponies. Most of the memories had Celestia in them and a few with Luna.

They were all tired and exhausted; Alli was sweating from having to redo the pain binding spell. Twilight had sent her energy to him and he used it to include her and Fluttershy to the spell. They could see the door that led them to the outside world, but the hallway kept getting longer.

“It looks like only another mile, and then we’ll be outta here.” Alli said panting. He was still carrying Twilight who was barely conscious.

“About time we got outta here.” Flash said, just as tired. His head throbbed with pain and he could feel his heart beat erratically; the memories were leaving their mark.

They finally reached the door. Flash walked forward and pushed as the door glided on well-oiled hinges and opened into pitch blackness. They had to continue forward, knowing going back was useless. As they entered the darkness, the door disappeared behind them. A small, faint green light came to life over Flash’s head. The ponies stared at it warily but shrugged and continued deeper.

After what felt like several hours of aimless walking, Alli stopped them and they all sat down, exhausted.

“Where are we?” Alli asked as Flash and Fluttershy leaned against each other. Twilight rested her head on his shoulder and his face took on a red hue.

“Not a clue.” Flash said. He had a theory where they were but he hoped he was wrong.

“You are absolutely correct Flash.” Discord’s voice broke the silence. “You are in my mind.” He said as he appeared out of the darkness. “I’m actually surprised you made it this far…” He trailed off as he noticed the others. “Of course, his friends would come to save the day.”

Alli and Flash jumped to their hooves and stood in front of Twilight and Fluttershy. Alli’s hooves were shaking from exhaustion and Flash could barely stand. Flash saw Discord split into three ponies and he shook his head, trying to clear it.

Discord smiled. “What’s wrong Flash? Not feeling well?”

“Oh shut it, you windbag. I got through the test now let me have my body back.” Flash demanded.

“I can’t; you haven’t finished the test yet.” Discord said with an evil smile.

“You said pick a door and it would lead you to an exit and I could have my body!” Flash yelled.

“No, I said go to the exit and see what happens; I have no control over it.” Discord said, the smile growing.

“You gotta keep yourselves separate, don’t do anything rash.” Alli stage whispered to Flash.

Flash nodded and stared at Discord. “I’ll give you one last-” he was interrupted as he coughed. He stared at his hoof and saw that he was coughing up blood.

Alli saw it and his eyes grew as Flash continued to cough up blood as he fell to the floor, convulsing. Fluttershy and Twilight rushed over and Alli stood in front of the three, his horn glowing as he used what little power he had led to defend.

“Oh please, you couldn’t hurt me if you tried.” Discord said laughing.

Fluttershy held Flash’s head in her lap as he continued to convulse. “What’s wrong with him Twilight?” She asked, worry in her voice.

“I don’t know; I’ve never seen anything like this.” Twilight answered her voice thick with exhaustion.

“His body is dying.” Alli answered as he continued to stare at Discord.

“What?” They both asked at the same time.

“How do you know?” Twilight asked suspiciously.

“I’ve seen it before; when two brains inhabit one body and one tries to overpower the other, the body dies. It doesn’t know who to listen to; it rips itself apart.” Alli answered. “I thought you would know this Discord?”

Discord laughed. “Of course I know.”

Alli stared at him in disbelief. “Then you know you’ll die when he does?”

Discord held up a claw. “Not necessarily. If his conscious dies before the body, then I’m fine.” He said, laughing.

Something clicked in Alli’s head. “Oh no, I should have thought about this!” He yelled turning around. Blinding pain hit him as he felt numbness creep into his back legs.

Twilight stared as Alli was on the floor in a pool of his own blood. “Alli, what happened?” She asked worried.

Alli opened his eyes and stared at Twilight. “Use the spell and take Fluttershy and get out; now.” He commanded.

“Why? I can’t leave you like this.” She said.

“Don’t worry about me; we’ve overstayed our welcome.” He said with a smile. He looked at Flash. “Sorry buddy, I didn’t even think about it.”

“What are you talking about?” She asked as she held Alli’s head.

“We are in his mind and it’s not use to three ponies inhabiting it. We’ve added extra stress to an already dying body.” He laughed. “We sped up the process.”

Flash and Alli shared a glance and they both nodded. Flash suddenly sprung up and launched himself at Discord who was staring at the group laughing, while blood fell off his claw.

“Go NOW!” Flash yelled at them as he distracted Discord.

“Flash; you two got to stay separated!” Twilight said as Alli shook his head.

“We got no choice, you got to use the Elements; he won’t be able to stall for long. I’m sorry Twilight, Lambda and I didn’t even think about this.” Alli said. They looked at each other and nodded.

Fluttershy started screaming for Flash to come back as Twilight grabbed her and her, Fluttershy, and Alli disappeared in a blinding flash of light.

[....]

They came back in a flash of light and quickly Twilight and Fluttershy jumped up and ran over the other girls. Nurse Redheart stayed and treated Alli’s gash on his back. The town of Ponyville was mostly destroyed, either decimated by the fight or the fire.

Celestia was recovering when the group ran over to her. Celestia sent a questioning glance at Twilight, who shook her head in resignation. Celestia sighed and a tear started to fall out of her eye. “I’m sorry Fluttershy; we don’t have a choice anymore.” She said as she saw the mare crying.

“I can’t… I can’t hurt him.” She said her words barely audible.“How admirable Fluttershy, stupid, but admirable.” Discord said as he appeared through the smoke. He still had control of Flash’s body. “You care so much that you’re willing to sacrifice all of Equestria for one colt?” He said laughing.

Suddenly one eye slowly changed back into the sea green of Flash. “Fluttershy; do it!” Flash suddenly screamed. The one eye of Discord grew in alarm as the rest of the ponies stood in shock.

“How did you get control of your body?” Discord asked Flash.

“You’d be surprised how far I’m willing to go.” Flash said as he started coughing again, blood trickling out of his mouth.

Discord smiled. “Won’t be much longer now, will it?”

“Still be able to beat you before I go.” He said. His eye stared at Fluttershy, tears pouring out. “Please, Fluttershy you have to. I don’t want to be responsible for any more harm.”

She was crying too. “What about me?” She asked her voice really quiet.

“I’m sorry for everything I’ve done. Know that I will always love you and don’t forget that.” Flash said. “You know you have to do it, for the sake of Equestria. My life isn’t worth every other pony.”

She cried, but nodded. The six Elements of Harmony glowed as they lifted the six into the air. Twilight’s eyes took on a bright glow as the beam of light hit the Discord-controlled Flash. The beam jettisoned Flash into the sky. Discord’s eye grew in disbelief.

“They wouldn’t have used it for what it would do to you?!” Discord yelled.

“My friends used it to save Equestria. I’m just one pony to die instead of millions.” Flash said with a smile.

The blinding light erupted and an ear piercing scream echoed through the area. Flash felt Discord pulled from his mind and he finally felt himself regain control of his body.

Finally, I’m back. He looked down and saw himself falling to the ground and chuckled. He closed his eyes and waited for the bone crushing impact; instead he felt himself get caught and opened his eyes to see Rainbow Dash rushing over to the group.

“Hey; how are you?” He asked with a smile.

She smiled and he saw her crying. “Better than your sorry tail rookie; what would you do if I wasn’t here to catch you?”

“Probably get a lot thinner.” He said, laughing as blood came out of his mouth. Dash picked up the pace and he was soon hoofed to Nurse Redheart.

He saw her horn light up and saw fear and recognition in her eyes. She shook her head and saw Fluttershy quickly grab him.

“Hey honey; did we win?” He asked, coughing more.

“Shh… it’s going to be alright. You’ll get better.” She said, her eyes watered with tears.

He laughed, grunting in pain. “It’s ok Fluttershy; I know I’m going to die. I’m ok with that.” He looked at her. “I’m sorry for everything I’ve put you through; can you ever forgive me?”

She was heaving, the tears hitting Flash. “It’s ok, Flash; I’ll always forgive you.”

He smiled and closed his eyes. His breathing became erratic and he started coughing harder. She looked at Nurse Redheart.

“Please, you got to help him.” She pleaded.

“I’m sorry Fluttershy, there’s nothing I can do.” She said apologetically.

Fluttershy bent down and kissed Flash on the muzzle. “You can’t leave me, not again. Please… you can’t…” She couldn’t finish as she started crying harder.

He opened his eyes and saw her crying. He lifted a hoof and ran it through her mane.

“And you can tell everybody this is your song

It may be quite simple, but now that it's done

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How wonderful life is while you're in the world” he struggled to sing, the blood pooling in his lungs.

She stared at him and bent down to kiss him again. This time he kissed back, putting all his love for her in that one kiss.

Celestia limped over and bent down and her horn started to glow. He looked at her and smiled.

“Hi Mom.” He said.

Everypony gasped and Celestia’s eyes grew wide. “What?” She asked.

“You’re my mom aren’t you? I got my memories back and you were in all of them.”

She sadly smiled. “No I’m not; I’m your aunt.”

Everypony couldn’t get more shocked. “Then that means…” Flash began till he saw Luna running towards them.

“Hello, son.” Luna said, crying. Her horn glowed and a golden glow surrounded Flash.

Flash smiled and his eyes closed as he stopped breathing. Nurse Redheart bent down and tried to get a heartbeat; she shook her head no.

Luna cried harder. “I’m too late; again.”

Celestia limped over to her sister and put a reassuring hoof over her shoulder. Twilight was holding Fluttershy who was shaking as she cried. Nurse Redheart had grabbed a white cloth and tried to lay it over his body. Fluttershy pushed herself out of Twilights grasp and flung herself on him, crying. Twilight and Rarity came over and grabbed her, letting Redheart drape the body. Fluttershy started going into hysterics as she saw Redheart cover up his face. Alli, Lambda, Applejack who removed her hat, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie walked over and were silent for several moments.

“I still expect him to jump up and say surprise.” Pinkie said, her usual humor gone.

“Even after everything I said to him, he still treated me as a friend. I wish I could have thanked him.” Dash mumbled.

Spike somehow removed himself from the library wreckage. He made his way to Twilight and held a claw up to her back. “Even though this was kinda his fault, he still was a nice pony.” He said. Twilight smacked him. “Ouch! What was that for?” She merely shook her head and motioned at Fluttershy. They were all silent as Fluttershy cried.

Nurse Redheart walked over to Celestia and Luna. “I'm sorry for your loss Princesses, but we need to move the body.”

They merely nodded as Redheart asked Alli and Lambda, who went to pick up the body.

Suddenly Flash took a very loud deep breath. His eyes fluttered underneath their lids and he slowly opened them. He leaned forward and the sheet fell off his head as he turned his it back and forth as the ponies stared at him in awe. “What? Never seen a pony come back to life before?” He said with a smile.

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