The next morning was somewhat queer for Twilight. It seemed darker than usual for a morning; even with the curtains all closed. Twilight got up and stretched herself out. She opened the curtains; for a moment she thought she was going blind .Outside it was pitch black; like a midnight. But wait…

O lord had she slept a whole 24 hours?

Twilight grabbed a lamp to see if any pony was outside; for all she knew the sun had died and everypony was living in the dark.  But no pony was outside; it was really midnight again.

“Twilight great to see you again amigo!” Twilight turned around to see none other than Rainbow Dash sitting on her bed a smile on her face. How had she got in without making a light display like the previous 2 ghosts?

“Rainbow Dash where did you come from!?” Twilight questioned

“Twilight relax; im here to give you a lesson.” Dashie said; it was strange to see Rainbow Dash in her prime again; perhaps she was in her form when she had just joined the Wonderbolts. Maybe this was her when Twilight knew the athletic mare.

“Twilight what happened? No stallion, no friends, heck your own apprentice hates you.” Dashie said seeing through Twilight with her eyes.

“Why Dashie Vanilla Twist doesn’t hate me!” Twilight sputtered; before she knew it she was outside in the cold slush again. She recognized the place immediately, it was Vanilla’s house. She vaguely remembered it in the first moment, she had been there only once to give Vanilla homework that she had forgotten, but before long Dashie hinted saying “All she wanted was a great Hearth Warming Day”

The 2 peaked inside; Vanilla was sitting down with her mother and father. A older looking mare was levitating food onto their shoddy looking table.

“So what did Twilight say?” The father asked

“She wouldn’t let me have the day off” Vanilla said “Why do I even have to go to her anyways? She is just an old cranky mean witch if you ask me.”

The mother gasped “Vanilla!”

“O relax Sarah we all know the fact; that Twilight is lonelier then a deforested forest. We just need our daughter to get into an academy; Vanilla you know you have a gift, no filly your age can levitate or do spells like you.” The father said taking a bite out of his dinner “1 or 2 years or so you can become a big shot mage; wouldn’t that be great? When you are there you’d never have to meet that mean, old witch Twilight again.”

So it was true; everypony loathed Twilight.

“Well we should at leastly wish her good health” The mother said

“You mean like we hope you die?” The older sister asked with a giggle.

“See what I mean Twilight. If that isn’t hate I don’t know hate.” Rainbow Dash said in her pompous voice.

Twilight couldn’t believe it; until then hate was just another word in her dictionary. She didn’t know it hurt that bad when she learned that people actually hated her, people actually wanted her to die, people only put up with her for their own fortune.

“Let’s see what pinkie is up too” Rainbow Dash said; the scene changed and Twilight noticed Pinkie Pie’s old bakery. Inside was Pinkie Pie; her husband and 2 additional generations of parents and foals all sitting together and eating.

“See this Twilight? This is what real family looks like. See how they are all so happy, even though they aren’t very well off?”

Twilight ignored the question and just listened to their conversations

“Hey mom why do you always act so nice to that mare Twilight Sparkle? She seems just so nasty sometimes…” One of the parents asked, apparently it was Pinkie Pie’s daughter.

“Come on Cookimos she is my only friend now. She feels like a family to me; we have known each other for a while now. Maybe we could have her for dinner on Hearth Warming Day, what do you all say?”

All the other ponies at the table just made “Ehh” sounds and “meh” sounds while pinkie Pie sat there with a smile.

“Well too bad I’m head of the table and I say she comes for dinner” Pinkie Pie squealed, gaining laughter from the dozen or so ponies at the table.

“See what I mean?” Rainbow Dash said

“I understand; but am I really that bad?” Twilight questioned what had she done to deserve this vilification towards herself?

“Well there was you throwing spike out of the window…” Rainbow Dash said

O yea…

“But I have to go now Twilight… Fluttershy wants to meet you”

Just like that the room turned back to normal and Rainbow Dash mysteriously vanished. Did she say something about Fluttershy?

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