• I never thought it would be so hard to wake up in the morning. I had slept on the cold, rainsoaked floor, alone. It's been three nights since I ran away, yet it felt like a lifetime.

    I missed my friends. I missed Mane and Sunshine. Heck, I even missed Peach. She may be a pain sometimes, but arguing with her is better than being alone.

    Lingering on the thought that I'd never see them again made my heart stop in pain. But then again, why should I care? They hate me. But how could I hate them? They're the reason I still wake up at all in the morning.

    I just can't believe what I've done. I just don't understand what goes on inside people when they kill. Nothing but the horrid future of my mistake ran through my mind. But what about others?

    Why do people kill anyway? Knowing that you ended the life of something that could have bloomed into something beautiful. Not something I'd like to live with.

    There are so many questions, but no answers. Why do people leave others, and then forget? Why must everything be so horrible during a life, and then only be better at the end? Only when we are facing death do we realize what we are supposed to do. Only then do we know how to change. Only when it's too late.

    As I stared at the reflections coming from the the water and the glass, I saw the depth in my eyes. I saw into my soul, and saw that lonely little girl sitting in darkness. And I watched as my heart grew into a feeling I never knew.

    I stared right at the girl's eyes and got a sort of rush and suddenly I wanted to run and scream. And then I noticed the girl stand up. And at that moment, I knew that girl was me.

    And then she - or I - lashed out with rage, and as I screamed, the darkness fled. And once I saw that light containing every last one of my friends, I yelled at the girl.

    "Run! Go toward them! Go to your family!" But the girl didn't move. She shook her head and pointed. At me.

    "You." She said. And then I was on my feet, scrambling over quickened feet out the cave door. And then I was running madly down the street, screaming everyone's names. I ran so fast that I passed even race cars. My feet staggered, but I remained stable and kept running.

    When I reahced our house, I howled. Howled louder than I ever had before. Everyone came outside and Sunshine, Mane and Peach ran at me just as fast. Soon everyone rushed towards us and we had the biggest group hug in history.

    "Luna!" Shouted Peach. "Luna why did you come back?"

    "Because I realized something." Everyone listened to what I was about to say and when Sunshine asked what I had realized, I replied in a tone full of pride:

    "Every sixty seconds you spend angry or upset, is a minute of happiness you'll never get back."