It had been a special night for the land of Equestria merely hours ago in the beautiful capitol city of Canterlot Princess Cadance had been married to the caption of the royal guard Shining Armor. That however was hours ago and the dazzling fireworks had faded from the sky's and a number of ponies were riding the train back to Ponyville. One compartment in particular held nine ponies and one dragon who had each played their own part in the wedding.

"Well it was a beautiful wedding" said the yellow Pegasus named Fluttershy.

"Yeah to bad it almost didn't happen" said the rainbow haired Pegasus who was appropriately named Rainbow Dash.

"My favorite part was the reception party" said the pink earth pony named Pinkie Pie excitedly.

"You did a great job Pinkie" said the purple unicorn Twilight Sparkle.

"Thank you Twilight" Pinkie responded.

"Yeah, yeah great wedding but wait till you all see what I'm going to do for the bachelor party" said the small dragon named Spike earning a few giggles.

"Spike when we get home there is something I have to tell you" said Twilight.

"And you girls were adorable as the flower filly's" The white unicorn Rarity cooed to the three half asleep filly's still wearing their dresses from the wedding and party.

"Thanks sis but we still didn't earn our Cutie marks" responded the filly unicorn named Sweetie Belle.

"Is that all you gals think about?" asked the orange earth pony named Applejack with a chuckle.

"No" responded the yellow earth pony named Apple Bloom.

"I wasn't even thinking about my mark I just wanted to see the sonic Rainboom" the orange Pegasus Scootaloo announced.

"Ponyville next stop" the conductor announced into the compartments a little later on.

"Home sweet home" said Rarity.

"Looks like the girls are ready for bed" said Applejack pointing a hoof at the three fillies that had fallen asleep.

"Oh that's so precious" said Rarity as she levitated her younger sister onto her back.

"Yeah they had a big day" said Applejack lifting Apple Bloom onto her back.

"I'll take Scootaloo home" said Rainbow Dash taking the young pony in her arms. The six friends said good night to each other and headed off to their homes.

As Rarity saw her Boutique come into view she also noticed she had a visitor knocking on her door it was none other than the mayor of Ponyville herself Mayor, Mare. "Oh Rarity there you are I've been looking for you" said the mayor.

"Oh well I'm sorry I've been away from home for a while why were you looking for me?" asked Rarity.

"I'm afraid I have very grave news" said the mayor sadly.

"Oh dear, well come right in I'll put Sweetie to bed and then we can talk" said Rarity unlocking her front door. Rarity walked upstairs and tucked Sweetie Belle into her own bed rather than the guest room bed then walked back downstairs where she found the mayor sitting on her couch. "What's the news?" asked Rarity.

"Rarity come sit by me" said the mayor indicating the cushion next to hers on the couch Rarity did as she was told. "Rarity" the mayor began taking Rarity's hoof "There is no easy way to tell you this but your parents....." the mayor paused. "They were in the mountains earlier today" the mayor paused again. "There was a rock slide...." the mayor began before Rarity interrupted.

“Are they all right?" she demanded.

"No, I'm sorry someone went to the doctors to try and get help but they got there to late......" the mayor paused before finishing her statement "Rarity your parents are gone".

Rarity paused for a moment then let the tears flood her eyes.

"I'm so sorry would you like me to see if any of your friends are up?" asked the mayor.

"No" said Rarity through tears.

"Well would you like me to help you tell Sweetie Belle?" asked the mayor.

"No it is fine, just leave please .... please.... I want to be alone when I tell her" Rarity mumbled.

"I completely understand" said the mayor as she began rummaging in her saddle sack before pulling out a large sealed envelope.

"This has some papers you need to look at when you’re ready" said the Mayor as she took her leave. Rarity slammed the envelope angrily on the coffee table before running upstairs.

Rarity's sobs managed to wake Sweetie Belle from her slumber. "(Yawn) Rarity what's wrong why are you crying?" asked Sweetie Belle innocently.

"Sweetie mother and father are... are.... are..." Rarity struggled to get the final word out.

"What?" asked Sweetie Belle.

Rarity took her sister into a full bear hug before having the courage to say "They're dead Sweetie Belle".

Rarity felt her sister's eyes begin to water they both collapsed onto Rarity's bed and let the tears leak from their eyes.