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The warm wind blew around myself, rustling the soft green grass and moving the flowers gently, the sun shining brightly in the sky like a distant megaspell explosion. I rested on a blanket layed out, my wings dropped to my sides and legs under my head, napping and watching as my friends played with each other down the hill. A young mare, barely in her thirties and with a mane a vibrant bright green, broke away from the group and made her way up the hill towards myself, a gentle smile on her face. I kept myself layed out, taking a deep breath of the gentle, warm air and stretching idly, lifting my head up as she came closer. She was humming a soft, familiar tune, one that we both knew very well — our song. She sat herself down beside me, myself rolling up onto my haunches and wrapping one of my wings around her back, turning and smiling at her.

"Nice day today, isn't it? Not a cloud in the sky…" She let off a soft sigh, hugging myself close, nuzzling into my mane lightly. Hers smelled of a faint perfume of coolant fluid and oil, masked by the fragrant aroma of flowers and grass all around us both. I shuffled myself closer to her, smiling and looking down into the valley. The ponies below — pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, all happy as they could be, frolicking and playing in the wide fields with each other, nothing to worry themselves with other than enjoying each other's company.

"Yeah… it's good to see you again, Gamma." I smiled softly, squeezing the unicorn beside myself tightly, feeling as she hugged back. A warm breeze rustled the trees around us, birds chirping idly and animals scurrying about, the creek below bubbling as it flowed along. This place was so peaceful, so tranquil, so untouched by the hooves of modernization… it was a perfect haven. And, most importantly, Gamma Ray was here. I never wanted to leave.

"Love seeing you too, Twinnie… heh, and your little friend there, as well." She giggled gently, sticking out a hoof at a small orange mare with an appropriately size-matching stetson resting on my shoulder. The tiny mare hopped onto Gamma's hoof, drawing both our attention as she seemed to hop around nervously, looking around in a panic. I leaned back, Gamma scratching her head in confusion as the little earth pony pointed to the sky, using one hoof to hold on her hat. We shared a glance, turning our gazes up at the wide, blue, sky, the sun shining bright in our eyes. I raised a leg to cover my own, noticing a small glint trailed by a long line of smoke coming down from the sky.

"What the hec-" The sky lit up white, the screams of laughter from the valley turning into screams of terror. Gamma threw herself ontop of me, her face nuzzling up next to mine as a pulse of heat rushed over our bodies, the screaming from the valley being silenced by a deafening roar that filled what gaps were between us. Everything burned. Gamma wasn't moving. My vision was turning white. In the distance, somepony was screaming for me. I cuddled Gamma's body against myself, my vision bleached and ears recovering from the roar, the screaming growing in volume.

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Posted previously at: 2015-01-27T10:44:52