As the days passed, Rainbow Dash found herself preferring to be alone rather than talk to any of the other victims. There was a small hill near the edge of the barrier that overlooked the entire town. Rainbow liked to go up there and spend her time watching her friends and family back in the world of the living. Aside from Stormflower, she found herself watching Twilight the most out of everypony else. There was something about that unicorn that made Rainbow miss her dearly. She didn't quite know what it was and yet she knew all too well what it was.

Rainbow sat on the hilltop, looking up at the everlasting orb of light, and closed her eyes. She thought of seeing Twilight and, upon opening her eyes, the hilltop was replaced with that of Twilight's library. Twilight was laying on the couch. She was rubbing her eyes and groaning out of frustration.

"Where are you, Rainbow Dash?!" Twilight mumbled. Rainbow approached the unicorn and tried to give her a friendly shove. As usual, her hoof phased through Twilight's body.

"You may not know it, egghead, but I'm right here," said Rainbow with a smirk. Twilight rolled over onto her side and sighed loudly.

"Twilight!" called Spike from upstairs. The little dragon ran down the stairs and approached the tired Twilight. "I just...what happened to you?"

"I'm just tired, Spike. I'm trying to find out just where Rainbow Dash flew off to."

"I just got a letter back from the Princess. She says that she's going to have that glow stone thing made for you."

"At least there's some good news."

Rainbow looked down at Twilight and smiled.

"You kept your promise," she breathed. Twilight smiled too and gave a loud yawn.

"I guess I'll just let you get some rest," said Spike as he walked back upstairs. The scene faded away and Rainbow slowly returned to the hilltop. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. She felt like crying but decided against it. She had already done enough crying for the time being.

"I wonder what Scoots is doing," she said. She closed her eyes and suddenly found herself in the middle of a medium-sized bedroom. Scootaloo was laying down on her bed. Autographed pictures of Rainbow Dash were taped to the walls and several little toys and sports equipment lay scattered throughout the room. Rainbow approached the side of the bed and smiled. She wished that she could alert the young filly of her presence, but she knew that to try would not bear any fruit of success.

"I hope Sweetie Belle comes back soon," Scootaloo said to herself. "Then she, Apple Bloom, and I can continue crusading."

Rainbow looked around the room and then looked out the nearby window.

"I recognize this place," Rainbow said out loud. "It's...it's the orphanage." Rainbow looked down at the young filly and lowered her head. "How did I not know that Scoots was an orphan?!"

Scootaloo climbed out of bed and looked out the window. Her eyes widened and she quickly rolled up the window and looked out.

"Hey! Stormflower!" she called out. Rainbow looked out the window. Stormflower was walking along the road that ran in front of the orphanage.

"Scootaloo? Is that you?" Stormflower called back.

"Yeah! This is where I live."

"I never would have suspected you of being an orphan."

"Nopony ever does. I don't mind. I never knew my parents."

"Say, are you doing anything at the moment?!"

"No."

"How about you come down and I help you out with those private lessons that my sister promised you?"

"Do you mean it?! I don't want to waste your time!"

"You're not! Trust me! I have a couple hours to spare!"

"Oh...well...okay then!"

Scootaloo closed the window and raced out of the room. Rainbow looked out of the window and watched as Scootaloo met up with Stormflower outside.

"I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise, Scoot," Rainbow breathed. The room disappeared and Rainbow returned to the hilltop.

Anger slowly began to build up inside of Rainbow. She knew who she wanted to look at now. Rainbow closed her eyes and opened them. She was now standing in Pinkie Pie's bedroom. The door was locked, the window was closed, and Pinkie Pie was laying on her bed. Rainbow felt a feeling of anger and sickness course through her body as her eyes fell upon the pink killer. She was doing it again. Pinkie had the Rainbow dummy out and was now hugging, kissing, and talking to it. She liked to do this at least once a day.

"How are you doing today, Dashie?" she asked. The dummy remained silent, as expected. Pinkie laughed as if the dummy had responded to her. "Oh, Dashie, you're so funny! I'm glad that we can spend so much time together now. Baking cupcakes with you was one of the funnest things that I've ever done!"

"Yeah. I'm sure you thoroughly enjoyed ripping apart my body, future, and life you fucking cunt!" Rainbow screamed. She usually did this whenever she visited Pinkie. It didn't take away all of her anger for the pink menace but it at least made her feel somewhat better.

"So what do you want do do today, Dashie?"

"Rip your head off and feed it to Gummy."

"You want to hug me some more? Okay!"

"And when I hug you I'm gonna snap your neck and break every bone in your pathetic body!"

Pinkie began hugging and fondling the dummy when she suddenly froze in place. Rainbow was slightly confused for Pinkie had never done this before. Suddenly another voice rang out and it was similar to Pinkie's.

"I'm sure you're so proud about what you've done!" snapped the other voice.

"I am! Thank you very much!" Pinkie replied.

"I hate you."

"That's sad because I love you! It's because of you that I was able to start playing with the other ponies!"

"Where the hell is this other voice coming from?" Rainbow asked out loud. "Why does it sound so much like Pinkie's voice?!"

"You're a horrible pony, Pinkamena! You're horrible! You're no better than...him," said the second voice.

"Yes I am! I've been able to do so much more than he ever could!" stated Pinkie.

"Yes you have but has that made you a better pony?! I think not! You've done horrible things, Pinkamena! You've killed so many innocent ponies! And now you've gone and killed my friend, Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow was incredibly confused. Who was this other pony? Why did they sound so much like Pinkie Pie?

"Just shut up and go back to where you belong! You're weak! That's the difference between you and I! I'm strong and you're weak! I've been able to do things that you couldn't even dream of!" Pinkie snapped.

"More like things I chose not to dream of," said the voice.

"Go away!"

The second voice faded away and Pinkie took several deep breaths. She then turned back to the Rainbow dummy and hugged it.

"Sorry you had to hear that, Dashie! I promise to never yell in front of you again!" she cooed in a babyish voice. Three knocks emanated from the door and Pinkie quickly slid the Rainbow dummy under the bed. "Who is it?"

"It's me!" said the voice of Mrs. Cake. Pinkie bounced across the room, phased through Rainbow, and opened the door.

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if you could babysit the babies tonight. Mr. Cake and I are going out for dinner."

"No problem! I love playing with those bundles of joy!"

"Probably not as much as you'd enjoy cutting them up," said Rainbow with a scowl. Pinkie then left the room with Mrs. Cake and the scene reverted back to the hilltop. Rainbow groaned and laid herself back down on the ground.

"You ready to talk yet?" asked the voice of Gilda. Rainbow gave a head movement that resembled that of both a shake and a nod. "Is that a yes or a no?"

"It's a maybe."

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No."

"Then I'll stay."

Gilda walked up next to where Rainbow was laying down and brought herself down to the ground.

"Gilda," Rainbow uttered. "Do...do you look at what's going on back in Equestria often?"

"Not really," Gilda replied. "I don't really have anypony back in Equestria who would mind finding out that I was dead."

"You were pretty horrible, no offense."

"None taken. I know I was a stuck up bitch. I've come to see the error of my ways. Getting tortured and killed can do that to somepony."

Rainbow laughed and rolled over to face Gilda.

"Do you ever miss life?" she asked. Gilda rolled over to face Rainbow.

"Yes and no," replied the griffin. "I guess I would be satisfied here if there was more to the afterlife than just this bleak and quiet town."

"There must be more. There has to be a more beautiful and gorgeous place beyond. I know there is. Beyond those clouds. Beyond that fake sun. I know there's an endless world of bliss just waiting for us!"

"And you believe that we're going to make it there someday?"

"I know we will, Gilda! I know we're going to make it there someday. Even if we have to wait until the end of Equestria. I know we're going to find our way there eventually."

Rainbow and Gilda sat up. They looked at each other for a few seconds before giving each other a big hug.

"I've missed you, Dash," Gilda said as her eyes began to water up.

"I've missed you too, Gilda," choked Rainbow. Suddenly something caught their attention. They looked towards the cloud dome and saw that something was standing on the other side. It was a shadow. A strange shadow. A welcoming shadow.

"What the hell is that?!"

"I have no idea!"

The shadow stayed there for about a minute before disappearing. As it disappeared, it raised one of its upper arms and waved at Rainbow and Gilda on the hilltop.

"Well that was strange," said Ridley as he approached the pegasus and the griffin. He was accompanied by Derpy.

"Maybe there was somepony out there trying to break through!" Derpy guessed.

"Come on, Derpy. We all know that there's nothing outside that dome."

"Or maybe there is," said Gilda. Rainbow and Gilda looked at each other and smiled.