Rainbow Dash flew over to her seat. She had gotten a nice one, fairly close to the stage, where she could see the performance quite well.

A black furred stallion walked up onto the stage, electric guitar hanging around his body.

“Hello, everypony, I’m Nirvana. As you may know, I was married to Scootaloo, head singer of Neighvana, before she killed herself 10 years ago. We are here, me and her two former band members, to honor her. Please welcome, the lead singer of the Hoof Fighters, Sweetie Belle!”

Sweetie Belle trotted out into the stage, waving her hoofs at everypony in the massive crowd, who were cheering and screaming as loud as they could.

“And please welcome... Applebloom!”

Applebloom trotted up, and went over to the base, waving as she was met with applause and cheering.

“That’s mah sister!” yelled Applejack, who was in the front row.

“Ok, I’m a little rusty on the drums, but I’ll try!” Sweetie Belle laughed as she picked up the drumsticks.

Nirvana took up the microphone again, and said, “This song was written by Scootaloo, for Rainbow Dash. Dashie, if you’re in the audience today, you should feel pretty bad.”

Rainbow Dash got a couple of stares. She slowly shrunk down in her seat.

Nirvana cleared his throat, and slowly began singing.

“I will never bother you

I will never promise to

I will never follow you

I will never bother you

Never speak a word again

I won't ever try again”

Rainbow Dash was confused. Was this really about her?

“I will move away from here

So you won't see me shed a tear

Sometimes you can be thoughtless

I hoped it wouldn't come to this

This is the end of my tail

I have never failed to fail”

Rainbow Dash was certain that Nirvana had been joking. Crisis averted.

“Pain

Pain

Pain

I won't fly

I won't fly

I won't fly”

Now she understood. The circumstances under which Scootaloo had committed suicide...

“I wish I could touch the clouds

Perform amazing tricks for the crowd

Let’s talk about something else

My composure begins to melt

Nothin’ really bothers her

She just wants to love herself”

Was she really like that? Dashie thought back to all the times she had ignored Scootaloo’s attempts to get her to teach her. Was she that much of a monster?

“I will move away from here

So you won’t see me shed a tear

Sometimes you can be thoughtless

I hoped it wouldn’t come to this

This is the end of my tail

I have never failed to fail”

Rainbow Dash felt like crying.

“Pain

Pain

Pain

Pain

Pain

Pain

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly

I won’t fly...”

Ponies applauded and clapped, while Rainbow Dash felt sorrow and self-loathing cascade upon her as though it were an avalanche. Next Chapter: About A Mare Estimated time remaining: 3 Minutes