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                                            [original author JakieChanTulpa(https://pastebin.com/u/JakieChanTulpa)]
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                                            The sad ending of Mommy by JakieChanTulpa (https://ponepaste.org/3901)
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                                            for those who are looking for feels, or, again, if you want to see her suffer.
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                                            Both are intense in their various ways.
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                                            >Be Twilight.
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                                            >It's been a day since you had Nonny's surprise party. You were just waking up.
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                                            > Even though yesterday was her party, she still had to attend school.
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                                            >You knew that she may be sad when she came home, the foals at her school were ruthless like that. But she had to attend
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                                            anyways.
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                                            >Some days you wondered if it would be better if you didn't transform Anon in the first place. Your mind would always
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                                            yield different results
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                                            >But at this point, changing her back was practically impossible, reversing age, removing memories and changing species to
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                                            something you knew was easy and symptom-less if done correctly
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                                            >But adding age, nonexistent memories, and transforming to a species you were unfamiliar with was exceptionally hard.
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                                            >Anon didn't like you studying him.
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                                            >Anyways, you had just finished your morning routine and were heading over to Nonny's room to wake her.
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                                            >As soon as you reached her door, you could hear a loud audible groan come from her in her room.
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                                            "Nonny?"
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                                            >Opeining the door, you see her with her hooves around her head.
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                                            >"Nonny...Are you okay?"
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                                            >"My head hurts Mommy."
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                                            >This was to be expected, eating too much of Pinkie Pie made cake could do that to pony as one could only eat so much
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                                            sugar.
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                                            "How bad does it hurt?"
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                                            >You slowly rub her head in a comforting manner.
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                                            >"Bad."
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                                            >Maybe it was time to use the pain suppressant spell.
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                                            "I guess you could stay home today...hold on"
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                                            >Using your magic, you channel it to cut off the nerves causing her pain, along with a sleep-aid spell, since it was
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                                            possible she didn't get much sleep.
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                                            >You watch as she slowly drifts off to sleep. Right after you leave to make some tomato soup with cheese sandwiches.
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                                            >It was the perfect thing during sickness.
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                                            >You were sure she'd be alright and ready for school tomorrow.
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                                            >But for now she needed somepony to help her get better.
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                                            >It could only get better...right.
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                                            >It has been a few day since Nonny's illness.
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                                            >Ever since that suppression spell you casted on her she has been feeling better.
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                                            >At the moment you were sitting with Rarity while having some herbal tea.
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                                            >"...And I'm telling you. I was surprised she changed like that"
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                                            "Well I already knew that it was going to come sooner or later"
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                                            >Looking to a clock on a nearby wall, you see that it was about time to go pick up Nonny from school.
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                                            >Switching back to Rarity she saw too that it was about time to go pick them up.
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                                            >A short trot through the town to the school later, you and Rarity came across the fillies and colts leaving the school
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                                            either alone or with their parents.
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                                            >Sweetie Belle was walking with her own sort of clique, also known as the CMC.
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                                            >Nonny however was sitting next to Miss Cheerilee and talking with her.
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                                            >She looked a shade or two darker green.
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                                            "Ready to go honey?"
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                                            >Miss Cheerilee spoke up before she could.
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                                            >"Not yet Twilight, I'm afraid I have to tell you that Nonny here got sick in class today."
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                                            >Again?
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                                            >"During one our class presentations she outside and vomited."
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                                            >The suppression spell didn't work?
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                                            "Maybe she ate something?"
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                                            >Miss Cheerilee shook her head.
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                                            >"She didn't want to eat during our free time today."
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                                            >Wow...That sick.
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                                            "Then I guess we'll have to get you into a nice warm bath then"
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                                            >You levitate her onto your back as you let her get off her hooves and rest, she seemed to shiver as she was on your.
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                                            >Beginning the walk back home Nonny began to complain about her illness.
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                                            >"M-Mommy, my head hurts again, a-and I feel cold"
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                                            >Maybe a home visit from Doctor Horse would be good.
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                                            >Anon originally never liked him...something about puns.
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                                            >Arriving home you had Nonny wrapped up in a blanket while under another sleep-aid spell. You sat and waited next to her
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                                            as sat patiently for Doctor Horse to arrive.
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                                            >You slowly stroked her mane as the minutes seemed to tick by.
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                                            >"Wake up Miss Twilight"
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                                            >You suddenly stand back up from your sleep and look around.
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                                            >It was Dr.Horse
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                                            >"You called for me Twilight?"
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                                            >Rubbing your eyes you get yourself back to conciseness .
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                                            "Y-yes"
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                                            >You use a spell to discontinue Nonny's sleep-aid spell, and nudge her a couple times to wake her.
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                                            >"So what issues has she been having lately?"
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                                            >Nonny didn't seem to want to wake, she stirred but refused to get up.
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                                            "Well...Several days ago her head began to ache. But I fixed that with a simple suppression spell. But today she seemed to
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                                            get only worse"
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                                            >He pulled out several general medical instruments.
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                                            >Doing the basics: Heart rate, Blood pressure, temperature, etc.
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                                            >He uses his magic to analyze her body.
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                                            >"It seems more like the flu, but with the way it looks I can't be sure."
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                                            "So.. what do you recommend?"
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                                            >He pulls out a brown colored bottle.
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                                            >"Well... You could give her some of this medicine for the symptoms until I can get back to you with what is wrong"
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                                            >It was better than her suffering through it.
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                                            >You let your daughter sleep until morning before waking her again.
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                                            >Maybe it was a bad idea. when you went back into her room she seemed pale in appearance.
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                                            "Nonny...Get up"
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                                            >Her eyes fluttered slightly open.
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                                            >She didn't say anything as you brought over the medicine.
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                                            >Everything about her seemed weak: Her gaze, to color, even her clutch on Miss Hornet.
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                                            >You pull out a spoon as you fill it with a red liquid from the bottle.
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                                            >Levitating it over to her mouth, she opens and swallows it.
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                                            >She winces slightly.
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                                            >You hope it was the flu.
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                                            >She just looked so miserable
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                                            >After taking her liquid, she seemed for cheerful now and full of color.
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                                            >Though she still felt a bit cold.
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                                            >Right now, you were just sitting on the sidelines while she played with CMC in the castle.
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                                            >It was nice to see her finally happy for once.
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                                            >You wished the other students at her school would stop teasing her though.
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                                            >Looking at them play, they were playing a game called extreme chef, where one pony would be the judge and the others
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                                            would try and make something.
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                                            >Nonny was judge.
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                                            >It might be foolish and messy but you let them use the kitchen ingredients while observing them from afar.
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                                            >"It's bucking raw!"
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                                            >Nonny was pretending... at least you thought... that she was angry at Sweetie's cooking.
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                                            >They'd be covered head to hoof in flour, sprinkles and other ingredients afterwards.
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                                            >This would have need them to have a long two hour, bath.
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                                            >Not a pretty sight.
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                                            >In no time at all, it was nearly nine.
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                                            >At this point you and her were eating finishing a bowl of overly sugared cereal.
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                                            "It's time for bed honey, got brush up...I'll be there in a second"
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                                            >She complied and ran up the stairs to the bathroom.
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                                            >You took the dishes and dumped them in the sink to be cleaned later.
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                                            >Looking at the medicine bottle next to it you read it's label.
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                                            >It read 'Take once in the morning at once at night'
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                                            >KNOCK KNOCK
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                                            >Who could be here at this hour?
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                                            >Walking over and opening the large set of double door you saw it was the mailmare Derpy.
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                                            "What can I do for you Derpy?"
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                                            >She handed you a letter.
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                                            >"It's from Ponyville hospital, they wanted same-day delivery"
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                                            >Just like that she flew off into the night, but not without bumping into a few light poles.
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                                            >Closing the door, you looked at the letter and threw it on a near table.
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                                            >You'd read it later.
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                                            >You had to bring this medicine up to your daughter's room for the night.
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                                            >Opening your daughter's door you saw that she was already snuggling into her bed with Miss Hornet for the night.
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                                            >"Nonny...Honey, you still have some medicine to take"
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                                            >She looked at you with a disgusted face.
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                                            >"Do I have to? it tastes bad."
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                                            "Yes you do. you want to stay well don't you?"
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                                            >Nonny shifted uncomfortably
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                                            >Using your magic you brought over a spoonful of medicine to her mouth.
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                                            >Instead of choosing to argue further, she took the spoonful of medicine and cringed from the flavor it gave.
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                                            >Glad she didn't refuse, you turned around to leave.
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                                            >"Wait!"
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                                            >You look back at her, she was reaching out to you while also trying to cover her face with the blanket.
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                                            >"Could you.....Maybe....Sleep here tonight"
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                                            >Was she having nightmares again?
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                                            "Alright, Just let me deal with this one thing first"
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                                            >She nodded as you left the room to go retrieve the letter from the hospital.
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                                            >It still laid there on the table.
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                                            >Grabbing it with your magic you turn back around to head back upstairs.
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                                            >You ripped it open as you went up
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                                            >After reading off the letter from Doctor Horse, you knew this was serious.
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                                            >But then again, you have overreacted before.
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                                            >And it was also a problem for future Twilight too.
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                                            >Needless to say, you were tired.
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                                            >Making your way back over to Nonny's room, you push open the door.
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                                            >The room was already dark, you see your daughter already snuggling into the blankets, and cuddling Miss Hornet.
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                                            >Walking softly into her room, you climb into the bed slowly.
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                                            >Wrapping your hooves around her and bringing her close, you felt her small warm body.
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                                            >It brought a smile to your face.
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                                            >Was this what it felt like to be a mother?
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                                            >You let your self drift off into a peaceful slumber.
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                                            >This was nice.
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                                            >You hoped it would stay this way.
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                                            >You wake to the sound of your own mental alarm clock going off.
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                                            >Your hooves were still around Nonny, who was still peacefully asleep.
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                                            >Maybe you could waste a couple hours by staying here.
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                                            >But wasn't there an appointment today?
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                                            >Ugh.
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                                            >As much as you wanted to stay here,you couldn't.
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                                            >Slightly shaking your daughter,you try to get her to rise.
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                                            >Health was more important than comfort.
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                                            >Walking down town with Nonny. You and her made your way to the hospital for her urgent appointment.
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                                            >"Why do I have to go to the doctor's again Mommy?"
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                                            >You didn't want to worry her.
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                                            "Because it's important to see a doctor once in a while"
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                                            >"But last time I was there it was all cold and sad there."
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                                            >She was referencing the time after her attempted suicide.
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                                            >You still cringed at the memory when you found her half-dead on the floor.
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                                            >Making your way into the reception area with your daughter, she goes to sit down while you go see the receptionist.
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                                            >"Name?"
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                                            >She didn't even bother to look up from the paperwork she was doing.
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                                            "Sparkle"
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                                            >Looking up at you with shocked eyes, she probably felt as if she desecrated a god.
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                                            >"T-Through those doors ma'am"
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                                            >Her hoof shook as she pointed to the double doors.
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                                            >You beckoned Nonny to follow, who was playing with a set a building blocks.
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                                            >Both of you follow the receptionist to the office.
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                                            >Upon entering Doctor Horse's office, you see him and several other ponies hovering over pages of data sheets.
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                                            >Doctor Horse looks up to see you.
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                                            >"Ah! Twilight, thanks for coming quick."
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                                            "So...what was it you needed"
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                                            >"What I needed was...um...Nonny, do you think you could stand outside for a few minutes, the big ponies need to talk"
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                                            >She looks at you and him irritated that she couldn't hear, but listens to him and goes out into the hallway.
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                                            >He clears his throat.
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                                            >"Now Twilight, me and my colleagues have spent hours into this to confirm this"
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                                            "Confirm what?"
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                                            >"Before I answer that, how did Nonny come to be?"
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                                            >You might as well be honest.
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                                            "I transformed her from another creature born in the Everefree forest"
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                                            >Half-honest.
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                                            >"And was your concentration completely at this spell?"
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                                            "Yes."
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                                            >"Was the spell well practiced?"
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                                            "Yes."
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                                            >"Was it done under emotional or mental stress?"
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                                            "N-....Yes"
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                                            >He looks at you grimly.
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                                            >"Then....I'm afraid I have some news for you"
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                                            "W-what is it?"
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                                            >You were growing more anxious as the seconds ticked by.
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                                            >"It seems that the magic you used on her may be returning"
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                                            "How?"
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                                            >"It seems that the spell you casted on her while under stress caused a boomerang effect where it returns back in full
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                                            force"
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                                            >You start to shake at the possibilities.
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                                            >"Though this boomerang effect will happen at a slow pace, and has already started by the looks of it."
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                                            "What will it happen to her?"
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                                            >"Well... since the magic will return on it's own, but not have anypony to control and direct it. it will cause her body
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                                            more harm than good."
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                                            >What was going to happen to her?
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                                            "So what spell or medicine does she need to fix this?"
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                                            >He remains silent.
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                                            "Doctor?"
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                                            >"The spell is destabilizing Twilight Sparkle"
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                                            >He says this in bleak yet dull tone.
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                                            >"It will need energy to sustain itself, and it will steal it from her"
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                                            >There has to be a spell to fix this.
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                                            >"It will eventually cause her cells to die off and her organs to shutdown. She was lost since she was created"
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                                            >Your breath catches in your throat.
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                                            >There will be no tears, Nonny will ask what's wrong.
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                                            "H-H-How lo-"
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                                            >"How long.....Half a year.... at best"
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                                            >You could do nothing but stare at the floor in shock and premature grief.
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                                            >"You will need stronger medicine"
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                                            "W-what?"
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                                            >"That medicine I gave you yesterday, it can act as a light pain reliever. As they months go by her pain and symptoms will
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                                            get worse"
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                                            >This could only get better and better and worse and worse
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                                            >"You can use simple over-the-counter medicine for the first few months. But after a while I'll have to give you some
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                                            magically enhanced pain reliever"
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                                            >Standing there silent, you could only look down in shock and try to think on your next course of action. But this was
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                                            hard because your mind was already filling with grief induced depression.
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                                            "A-a-and w-what do you recommend?"
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                                            >You finally get the courage to look back at him but just barely.
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                                            >"You being a mother, you should know this....But... if you had to ask me, spend everyday with her."
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                                            >You wearily shake your head and leave his office.
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                                            >You're shaking when outside of his office.
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                                            >"What did he want mommy?"
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                                            >Jerking your head towards your daughter, you see that she has been waiting patiently for you.
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                                            >You can't bear to tell her what you were just told.
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                                            "N-nothing... He just wanted me to make sure you ate right and did okay in school."
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                                            >She only looked at you funnily
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                                            "Hey Nonny. Do you wanna go out for some ice cream"
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                                            >Heading over to Sugarcube corner, you and Nonny reserved a table for you two to eat some deserts.
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                                            >while you secretly sulked in your mind.
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                                            >For your deserts, you had chocolate shake while Nonny had Mint.
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                                            >The time you were there Nonny talked about school and her times with the CMC.
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                                            >It only made it worse on you.
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                                            >She talked about her future.
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                                            >"...Then me and Scootaloo got the idea that we should start this support group for ponies who are hurt..."
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                                            >It hurts for you to listen.
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                                            >Should you plan out these months for her?
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                                            >Should you tell somepony?
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                                            >Celestia... she hasn't even seen your parents yet either.
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                                            >You decide that you need to plan out these months out with her.
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                                            >The months after her....end...would be the hardest for you to think about.
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                                            >As she sipped her straw, her cheeks sucking inward as she tries to get as much of the shake as possible, you had to ask.
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                                            "Nonny...You know that I love you, right?"
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                                            >She stopped sipping to answer.
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                                            >"Of course mommy, sometimes you can get angry at me, but I still know you love me"
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                                            >Why did you ask. It only brought more pain.
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                                            "And...do you love me?"
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                                            >She wraps her small hooves as much as she car around you.
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                                            >" I'll always love you Mommy...no matter what."
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                                            >Slowly you wrap your hooves around her to return the embrace.
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                                            >Was this how it felt to know you will never hear that again one day?
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                                            >It's been one month since the diagnosis.
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                                            >Today, while Nonny was at school, you invited your friends over to the castle to talk to them about it.
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                                            >"So darling, why did you want us here today?"
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                                            >This was hard to do.
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                                            "I've been thinking on how to say this for a month now"
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                                            >"About what sugarcube?"
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                                            >You paused for a minute to collect your thoughts.
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                                            "I'm sure you all remember how Nonny became what she is right?"
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                                            >They all nodded and agreed.
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                                            "Well....about a month ago she started getting sick"
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                                            >"I remember how miserable she looked when I went to go pick up Sweetie Belle"
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                                            "Yeah....anyways, I took her to see Doctor Horse the day after, I though it was going to be something simple like a cold
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                                            or flu"
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                                            >Dash is the next to speak up
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                                            >"Where are you going with this Twilight?"
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                                            >You ignored her as you continued on.
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                                            "He told me somethings that were hard for me to hear..."
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                                            >Your throat got tight as things went on.
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                                            "The spell I had casted to create her...went wrong."
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                                            >Rarity, being a unicorn, was especially confused at this.
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                                            >"How? You seem like a capable alicorn Twilight, She doesn't seem to have any underlying issues"
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                                            "You all remember how Anon was kind of a jerk right?"
 - 
                                            321.
                                            >They did. But they more or less still respected him.
 - 
                                            322.
                                            "On that day when Nonny came to be, I was frustrated at somethings Anon did in the past, and I thought of that as I casted
 - 
                                            323.
                                            
 - 
                                            324.
                                            the spell on him"
 - 
                                            325.
                                            >It was a high-level spell, so even Rarity was confused as to what the problem was.
 - 
                                            326.
                                            "So...If there are any impurities in the caster's state of mind it can cause....problems"
 - 
                                            327.
                                            >You took a breath before continuing
 - 
                                            328.
                                            "The magic used on her is coming back slowly"
 - 
                                            329.
                                            >Dash asked another question.
 - 
                                            330.
                                            "Soooo... She's a unicorn now?"
 - 
                                            331.
                                            >Looking at her grimly, you shake your head slightly.
 - 
                                            332.
                                            "and without anypony to control, or even able to control it...."
 - 
                                            333.
                                            >Rarity was the first to catch a gist of what was happening, her eyes going wide and placing a hoof over her own mouth in
 - 
                                            334.
                                            
 - 
                                            335.
                                            shock
 - 
                                            336.
                                            "It is and will continue to grow....unstable"
 - 
                                            337.
                                            >"So... what will happen?"
 - 
                                            338.
                                            >Tears start to form in the corners of your eyes, you stopped looking at your friends an continued to look at the table
 - 
                                            339.
                                            "They...they gave her half a year"
 - 
                                            340.
                                            >No questions had to be asked, as everyone knew what it meant.
 - 
                                            341.
                                            >"Mommy, I'm home"
 - 
                                            342.
                                            >The doors to the castle open, you gasp and quickly try to switch to stone face.
 - 
                                            343.
                                            >As she approaches, you put on a fake smile and looked at her as she came toward you will a gleeful smile.
 - 
                                            344.
                                            >Even though she wasn't in any visible pain, her psychical symptoms grew worse, even in just a month.
 - 
                                            345.
                                            >She grew slightly more pale than her normal color, Nonny didn't see it, but you could see she was dragging her hooves, as
 - 
                                            346.
                                            
 - 
                                            347.
                                            if tired.
 - 
                                            348.
                                            >There were other slight symptoms as well, but these were the most notable to you.
 - 
                                            349.
                                            "How was school today honey"
 - 
                                            350.
                                            >"It was awesome, today Miss Cheerilee gave me an A on today's math test"
 - 
                                            351.
                                            >She pulls out a paper to show you, assuming it was the paper.
 - 
                                            352.
                                            "That's wonderful...why...don't you go upstairs and play with Miss Hornet for a little bit okay?"
 - 
                                            353.
                                            >"Okay!"
 - 
                                            354.
                                            >How many more smiles would you witness from her before her last day on Equestria.
 - 
                                            355.
                                            >As soon as she left upstairs to go to her room, Fluttershy was the next one to ask a question
 - 
                                            356.
                                            >"Have you not told her yet?"
 - 
                                            357.
                                            >You turn around slowly to look at her. At this point tears were rolling down your cheeks.
 - 
                                            358.
                                            "Would you want to know when you'd die. I just want to see her happy and remember her as a happy cheery filly"
 - 
                                            359.
                                            >Your voice wavers as you talk.
 - 
                                            360.
                                            "Not as the innocent little filly I had drove to the point of suicide and depression with the pain I had caused her"
 - 
                                            361.
                                            >With these months ahead, you were going to make damn sure you could make her as happy as possible everyday
 - 
                                            362.
                                            >Till her very last.
 - 
                                            363.
                                            >It's been two months since the diagnosis.
 - 
                                            364.
                                            >For most of it, you'be been searching for a way to stop the magic from killer her.
 - 
                                            365.
                                            >Your attempts have made you little progress.
 - 
                                            366.
                                            >Besides searching for a cure, you've been with Nonny...a lot doing various things: playing, reading, or just being
 - 
                                            367.
                                            
 - 
                                            368.
                                            motherly toward her.
 - 
                                            369.
                                            >Sometimes you'd let her miss school.
 - 
                                            370.
                                            >Today, you and her were on a day long ride to Canterlot.
 - 
                                            371.
                                            >You remember she asked about that pancake restaurant there.
 - 
                                            372.
                                            >Not only that, but you were going to take her to meet your brother and sister-in-law.
 - 
                                            373.
                                            >"So why are they so far away?"
 - 
                                            374.
                                            "Because they're important ponies like me"
 - 
                                            375.
                                            >With the new month you've noticed she sometimes has to stop doing anything to catch her breath.
 - 
                                            376.
                                            >She now has bags under her eyes.
 - 
                                            377.
                                            >And also the tip of her mane seemed to be whitening.
 - 
                                            378.
                                            >"Like you?"
 - 
                                            379.
                                            >Giggling at the question, you respond
 - 
                                            380.
                                            "Sort of like me, but more important."
 - 
                                            381.
                                            >"Are you sure they'll..."
 - 
                                            382.
                                            >She pauses to catch her breath.
 - 
                                            383.
                                            >"...Like me?"
 - 
                                            384.
                                            "They're real nice ponies...besides if things get hairy I'll be next to you"
 - 
                                            385.
                                            >It would only be a few hours till you both arrived in Canterlot
 - 
                                            386.
                                            >"Will daddy be there too?"
 - 
                                            387.
                                            >This question catches you by surprise. She technically didn't have a father.
 - 
                                            388.
                                            "Uh....I don't know....I sent him a letter, but he didn't say anything back"
 - 
                                            389.
                                            >She replies in a somber tone
 - 
                                            390.
                                            >"Oh....Okay."
 - 
                                            391.
                                            "I-I'm sure he'll be there"
 - 
                                            392.
                                            >Please don't be sad.
 - 
                                            393.
                                            >"Sure..."
 - 
                                            394.
                                            >The therapy classes helped, but only so much.
 - 
                                            395.
                                            "We better get some sleep if you want to go get some pancakes tomorrow."
 - 
                                            396.
                                            >Immediately her mood picked up.
 - 
                                            397.
                                            >"Okay!"
 - 
                                            398.
                                            >She ran off the the sleeper car on the train.
 - 
                                            399.
                                            >You'd be there in a minute to go tuck her in.
 - 
                                            400.
                                            >It was just that sometimes you'd throw your self in a mental loop.
 - 
                                            401.
                                            >You were just stuck the thought of how life was going to be without her.
 - 
                                            402.
                                            >Things were worse spiritually. She'd die, and you would have to wait milleniums or even more to see her again when your
 - 
                                            403.
                                            
 - 
                                            404.
                                            day of reckoning came.
 - 
                                            405.
                                            >Celestia, it hurt you to think.
 - 
                                            406.
                                            >Be Nonny.
 - 
                                            407.
                                            >You and mommy have finally made it to the pancake restaurant.
 - 
                                            408.
                                            >The excitement of just being there had you practically bouncing off the walls.
 - 
                                            409.
                                            >Though you would have to wait a little bit since Twilight said that we had to wait for aunt Cadence and Uncle Shining.
 - 
                                            410.
                                            >So currently you and her were justing sitting at a booth while waiting for them to arrive.
 - 
                                            411.
                                            >She doesn't realize how hard it is for you to watch servers go by with trays full of pancakes, while you could only stare and drool.
 - 
                                            412.
                                            >Besides the pancakes, you noticed within the past few months after you started taking medicine, that Mommy has gotten more....motherly
 - 
                                            413.
                                            >It's not bad or anything, it's just it seems rushed or unnatural.
 - 
                                            414.
                                            >But you accepted her love either way.
 - 
                                            415.
                                            "I'm hungry Mommy."
 - 
                                            416.
                                            >"It'll only be a few more minutes honey."
 - 
                                            417.
                                            >Maybe a little walk around will calm your anxiety and hunger.
 - 
                                            418.
                                            >"There you are Twiley"
 - 
                                            419.
                                            >You turn in your seat to see a white unicorn and pink alicorn approach you two.
 - 
                                            420.
                                            >That must be them.
 - 
                                            421.
                                            >They look at you and Shining speaks up first.
 - 
                                            422.
                                            >"So is this the little fill-"
 - 
                                            423.
                                            >He stops abruptly and looks at you with a look of concern.
 - 
                                            424.
                                            >Why? Was your mane messed up, Did you look weird.
 - 
                                            425.
                                            
 - 
                                            426.
                                            >Be Twilight.
 - 
                                            427.
                                            >You left Nonny at the table for a minute after your brother pulled you away to ask away.
 - 
                                            428.
                                            >"Twiliy...Why does she seem more....pale, than the picture you sent us?"
 - 
                                            429.
                                            >This was not a time for such things, now was a time for happiness.
 - 
                                            430.
                                            "I'll....tell you later"
 - 
                                            431.
                                            >He looked like he wanted to press the matter even further, but didn't.
 - 
                                            432.
                                            >"O-Kay?"
 - 
                                            433.
                                            >You two returned to the table, where Cadance was striking up a conversation with Nonny.
 - 
                                            434.
                                            >"Really? That seems like a weird thing for Twilight to do to chocolate milk"
 - 
                                            435.
                                            "What are you two chatting about?"
 - 
                                            436.
                                            >Cadance looks at you shocked, her snout scrunching.
 - 
                                            437.
                                            >"N-Nothing"
 - 
                                            438.
                                            >Maybe that incident with tipping over milk was something you shouldn't of shared with her.
 - 
                                            439.
                                            "So lets eat shall we."
 - 
                                            440.
                                            
 - 
                                            441.
                                            >Be Nonny.
 - 
                                            442.
                                            >I front of you now, sat a large plate of pancakes topped with syrup, raspberries, blueberries, whipped cream, and cherries.
 - 
                                            443.
                                            >You didn't even give Twilight the chance to give the silverware before you dove head first into the delicious treat.
 - 
                                            444.
                                            >Coming back up, you had one full pancake hanging out of your mouth with sticky syrup covering your face.
 - 
                                            445.
                                            >Everypony laughed at your appearance, all you had was a gleeful smile on your face.
 - 
                                            446.
                                            >"Couldn't wait couldn't you?"
 - 
                                            447.
                                            >This was going to be a good day.
 - 
                                            448.
                                            >
 - 
                                            449.
                                            >Be Twilight.
 - 
                                            450.
                                            >After Nonny decided to cover her face in syrup. You, and your family decided to make a retreat to the Canterlot castle for a little downtime.
 - 
                                            451.
                                            >"So Nonny, how old are you?"
 - 
                                            452.
                                            >"five!"
 - 
                                            453.
                                            >She and Cadence were asking questions back and forth.
 - 
                                            454.
                                            >"Annnnd are you really a princess of love"
 - 
                                            455.
                                            >"Sure am"
 - 
                                            456.
                                            >Shining didn't really say anything though, he was still caught up in her appearance.
 - 
                                            457.
                                            >You'd deal with it later when you got to the castle.
 - 
                                            458.
                                            >It was best to keep your mind off the ordeal
 - 
                                            459.
                                            >Be Twilight
 - 
                                            460.
                                            >It's Been four months since the diagnosis.
 - 
                                            461.
                                            >You've watched Nonny be a happy little filly in almost every way possible.
 - 
                                            462.
                                            >from a bedtime story to her birthday party everything seemed okay on the outside.
 - 
                                            463.
                                            >While on the inside things were only getting worse.
 - 
                                            464.
                                            >They symptoms took a toll on her body, she was a ghostly white, her body ached her so much that near lethal grade painkillers was the only medicine enough to combat it.
 - 
                                            465.
                                            >Vomiting was a weekly thing for her, every time she asked why it was happening you always gave an excuse that she either pushed her self too hard or ate something bad.
 - 
                                            466.
                                            >You'd never tell her the truth.
 - 
                                            467.
                                            >You wanted her to be happy.
 - 
                                            468.
                                            >She had a hard time catching her breath sometimes, and she'd be so thin that she could be mistaken as a anorexic pony.
 - 
                                            469.
                                            >You still haven't touched the thought of what you'd do after she was gone.
 - 
                                            470.
                                            >Mostly because you found the urge to puke when thinking it.
 - 
                                            471.
                                            >Maybe you should take up drinking to cope?
 - 
                                            472.
                                            >Considering you always found yourself silently mourning in your room while she was at school.
 - 
                                            473.
                                            >You fucked up BAD.
 - 
                                            474.
                                            >Be Nonny.
 - 
                                            475.
                                            >Today on you way to school you held a poster in your mouth.
 - 
                                            476.
                                            >It was for a project on a family tree that Miss Cheerilee had assigned.
 - 
                                            477.
                                            >Why did she always look at you with a sad face.
 - 
                                            478.
                                            >You didn't know nor did you care, this was going to be the best family tree anypony has ever seen.
 - 
                                            479.
                                            >You thought it was so well done you even included Miss Hornet.
 - 
                                            480.
                                            >"Oh look it's the anorexic pony."
 - 
                                            481.
                                            >You stopped at the school steps to look at DT and her two pony posse
 - 
                                            482.
                                            >What a fucking cunt....You may or may have been around the Apple farm too much.
 - 
                                            483.
                                            >You just ignored her and continued to go place your poster by your desk for later.
 - 
                                            484.
                                            >She has been calling you anorexic lately, you weren't sure what the word meant and neither did you care enough to look it up in a dictionary.
 - 
                                            485.
                                            >Sticks and stones they say.
 - 
                                            486.
                                            >But yet she persisted as always.
 - 
                                            487.
                                            >"Careful Diamond Tiara, she might go emo on us and start cutting herself"
 - 
                                            488.
                                            >Karma would get them eventually.
 - 
                                            489.
                                            "What do you want Diamond Tiara"
 - 
                                            490.
                                            > You said in a irritated tone.
 - 
                                            491.
                                            >"Nothing, I just wanted your tips on your weight loss." she said this in a mocking tone.
 - 
                                            492.
                                            >Maybe if you teamed up with the CMC to fight her, maybe you could fear her away from bullying you?
 - 
                                            493.
                                            "Just go away."
 - 
                                            494.
                                            >You were meek at first when meeting her, but now you just didn't care about her.
 - 
                                            495.
                                            >The bell rang; time to start class.
 - 
                                            496.
                                            >You and all the students took their seats.
 - 
                                            497.
                                            >You'd get an A on this for sure.
 - 
                                            498.
                                            >"Today class we'll be presenting out family tree posters to the class."
 - 
                                            499.
                                            >The class all collaboratively groaned except you and a few others.
 - 
                                            500.
                                            >"Do I have any volunteers to go up first?"
 - 
                                            501.
                                            >You hoof was the first to go up. You were so excited you felt out of breath and a little lightheaded.
 - 
                                            502.
                                            >You time is now.
 - 
                                            503.
                                            >Standing up to present in front of the class, you brought up the poster and Miss Hornet with you.
 - 
                                            504.
                                            >The poster displayed family going from you at the top to your great great great great great grandparents.
 - 
                                            505.
                                            >Though there was one little line going from your name to a box dictated for Miss Hornet.
 - 
                                            506.
                                            >She was your family when nopony else was.
 - 
                                            507.
                                            "This is my Family tree here, as you see I have a lot of uncles and aunts...."
 - 
                                            508.
                                            >You must of been very nervous since your you felt a little dizzy. But you persisted onward.
 - 
                                            509.
                                            "It even goes all the way back as far as eight generations..."
 - 
                                            510.
                                            >Miss Cheerilee asks a question out of nowhere.
 - 
                                            511.
                                            >"Who's that next to your name on the poster?"
 - 
                                            512.
                                            >She was referencing Miss Hornet.
 - 
                                            513.
                                            >Placing her on your head you explain.
 - 
                                            514.
                                            "This is Miss Hornet, some of you have already met her. The reason why she is on there is because...."
 - 
                                            515.
                                            >Wow you were really out of breath, maybe if you sat down your nerves would calm themselves.
 - 
                                            516.
                                            "...Because she was once what I considered a family after I felt so alone for some time and...."
 - 
                                            517.
                                            >As you tried to catch your breath DT spoke up.
 - 
                                            518.
                                            >"See, what'd I tell you? She is such a lonely freak"
 - 
                                            519.
                                            >You swore you could hear Miss Cheerilee scold them on the comment, but you could only focus on the rising pain in your chest.
 - 
                                            520.
                                            >By this point you were taking lagres gasps for breath.
 - 
                                            521.
                                            >"Nonny...are you okay?"
 - 
                                            522.
                                            "Y-Yeah....I'm just....."
 - 
                                            523.
                                            >You couldn't help but begin to clutch your chest, It was hurting pretty bad at this point.
 - 
                                            524.
                                            >Why were there black spots in your vision?
 - 
                                            525.
                                            >"Let me go find some hel-"
 - 
                                            526.
                                            >The last few words were muffled out as you collapsed to the ground out of sheer exhaustion.
 - 
                                            527.
                                            >Even if you didn't want to sleep, you didn't have a choice as unconsciousness took you by guerrilla warfare.
 - 
                                            528.
                                            >All you could hear was your rapid breathing.
 - 
                                            529.
                                            >Maybe it wasn't nervousness that did this.
 - 
                                            530.
                                            >Be Twilight
 - 
                                            531.
                                            >You managed to pull yourself out of your depressed rage from your dilemma.
 - 
                                            532.
                                            >Right now you were reading Starswirl's journal for the third time in two months.
 - 
                                            533.
                                            >You needed to relax, you needed to cope.
 - 
                                            534.
                                            >You were doing everything you could to be the best.
 - 
                                            535.
                                            >"Twilight?" There was a voice outside.
 - 
                                            536.
                                            >Near the front door it sounded like. It was accompanied by several knock at the door.
 - 
                                            537.
                                            >Standing up you made your way to the front door of the castle.
 - 
                                            538.
                                            >Still not used to it. it wasn't like your comfy treehouse.
 - 
                                            539.
                                            >"Twilight, I need to talk to you immediately "
 - 
                                            540.
                                            >You open to door to reveal a Miss Cheerilee who looked as if she was about to pass out from panic.
 - 
                                            541.
                                            >Sort of like you.
 - 
                                            542.
                                            "What's wrong Cheerilee"
 - 
                                            543.
                                            >"It's about your daughter."
 - 
                                            544.
                                            "Why? What's going o-"
 - 
                                            545.
                                            >You understood and you two began a mad dash over to the hospital.
 - 
                                            546.
                                            >Why so soon? She still had a few more months.
 - 
                                            547.
                                            >The stress was easily creeping it's way back into your system.
 - 
                                            548.
                                            >
 - 
                                            549.
                                            >Cheerilee and you burst through the doors of the emergency room.
 - 
                                            550.
                                            >She waits behind while you hastily make your way to the desk.
 - 
                                            551.
                                            "Is my daughter here!"
 - 
                                            552.
                                            >She looks at you somberly.
 - 
                                            553.
                                            >"So she's yours then?"
 - 
                                            554.
                                            >Be Twilight.
 - 
                                            555.
                                            >You've been waiting by Nonny's bedside for over an hour hoping she'd wake up.
 - 
                                            556.
                                            >She still had two more months. Why did she start now?
 - 
                                            557.
                                            >For the time being, you spent time thinking about the wonderful things you did with her for the past couple of months.
 - 
                                            558.
                                            >Taking her to see Cadance, going out with her every week for ice cream, reading her to sleep.
 - 
                                            559.
                                            >Seeing her face on her birthday.
 - 
                                            560.
                                            >Then your imagination took over, what if she was your biological daughter.
 - 
                                            561.
                                            >What would your memories be: Seeing her drink a bottle of milk, you comforting as she cries after scraping herself, singing her to sleep with a lullaby.
 - 
                                            562.
                                            >Nonny began to stir and moan, this immediately catches your attention.
 - 
                                            563.
                                            "Nonny?"
 - 
                                            564.
                                            >She barely opens her eyes as she looks at you.
 - 
                                            565.
                                            >"Why am I home Mommy?"
 - 
                                            566.
                                            >The last thing you wanted was her to worry. so you used a simple illusion spell to disguise the room.
 - 
                                            567.
                                            "Miss Cheerilee said you had a fever today, so I'll take care of you"
 - 
                                            568.
                                            >It seemed like the smallest touch could hurt her now.
 - 
                                            569.
                                            >"Where's Miss Hornet?"
 - 
                                            570.
                                            >You levitated her beloved toy to her waiting hooves.
 - 
                                            571.
                                            >"Mommy?"
 - 
                                            572.
                                            >You wanted her stay one more day with you.
 - 
                                            573.
                                            "Yes...Nonny"
 - 
                                            574.
                                            >"I'm tired"
 - 
                                            575.
                                            >Please don't say that.
 - 
                                            576.
                                            >Your breath quivered as you took a shaky breath.
 - 
                                            577.
                                            "Then go to sleep Nonny...I'll be here when you wake up"
 - 
                                            578.
                                            >Be Apple Bloom.
 - 
                                            579.
                                            >You and your friends sit in your school desks solemnly.
 - 
                                            580.
                                            >Waiting for school to start, while refusing to talk amongst each other.
 - 
                                            581.
                                            >It was needless to say you learned of Nonny's terminal condition that had plagued her for so long.
 - 
                                            582.
                                            >It would explain all those drastic changes she was going through.
 - 
                                            583.
                                            >You initially thought it was puberty or depression hitting her.
 - 
                                            584.
                                            >Guess not.
 - 
                                            585.
                                            >"All right class, after yesterday's incident we'll have to continue our presentations..."
 - 
                                            586.
                                            >Class has started already?
 - 
                                            587.
                                            >Maybe you were too lost in grief to notice.
 - 
                                            588.
                                            >"... But since Nonny is absent today, we'll have to go with somepony else today, so...."
 - 
                                            589.
                                            >"Of course she's not here today! She practically died of embarrassment. Who puts a doll on a family tree"
 - 
                                            590.
                                            >Diamond Tiara....Of course.
 - 
                                            591.
                                            >"Please Diamond, Keep your petty insults to yourself. She was simply too sick yesterday"
 - 
                                            592.
                                            "She actually did"
 - 
                                            593.
                                            >Your words come out softly, but just enough for the others to hear it.
 - 
                                            594.
                                            >"What did you say Apple Bloom?"
 - 
                                            595.
                                            >You look up to face from your desk to face Cheerilee.
 - 
                                            596.
                                            "She actually did"
 - 
                                            597.
                                            >Cheerilee was still more or less confused of to what you were referencing.
 - 
                                            598.
                                            >"Did what?"
 - 
                                            599.
                                            "S-She....Died"
 - 
                                            600.
                                            >Cheerliee's face turns into one of dissapointed anger.
 - 
                                            601.
                                            >"Now Apple Bloom, we don't make those kind of jokes in school"
 - 
                                            602.
                                            >You don't answer, you only look at her with your grief stricken face.
 - 
                                            603.
                                            >"Y-You're not kidding, are you?"
 - 
                                            604.
                                            >Once again, you don't answer.
 - 
                                            605.
                                            >Out of the corner of your eye you see Diamond's face turn into shock.
 - 
                                            606.
                                            >"O-Oh My...Class...you may have an early recess today...I need to think"
 - 
                                            607.
                                            >You...along with the rest of the class leave their desks to head outside.
 - 
                                            608.
                                            >Instead of screams of joy, come whispers of sadness.
 - 
                                            609.
                                            >As you head out, you look to the left to see Diamond Tiara still in her seat, laying her head on her hoof.
 - 
                                            610.
                                            >Thinking hard looks like it, a bit upset too.
 
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