Pony Tales [MLP - FiM Fanfic Readings] 'The Last Crusade' by Paraderpy (sadfic)

[@alicornknight6019]

First time listening to this in over 3 years and it still is the saddest fanfic in the entire fandom. RIP Apple Bloom Friend, sister, CMC founder, beloved by many. She will never be forgotten.

[@confettiveda2460]

Here's the basic story. AppleBloom has gotten sick and died. Nearly everyone knew except for SweetieBell . Sweetie thought that she was hanging out with alive AppleBloom. When Rarity told her that AppleBloom was dead, she wouldn't believe her. AppleBloom doesn't want to leave the tree house. Now that she will, she wants to go to the spot where she goes to pony heaven. When Sweetie realizes this, she begs AppleBloom not to leave. Then the voice of Princess Celestia tells her that she will be fine. Sweetie has faith she will see AppleBloom again. Now AppleBloom is gone. This was a really sad story.

[@berryblossomvideos6090]

amy small.... sniff. That made me sad.

[@BeesMeliss]

amy small but it's not true. It's just a fanfiction. And it's BEFORE they get their cutie marks. They get them at season 6. That doesn't happen at all.

[@ditzydoo04]

The CMC get their cutie marks in season 5. It’s called “Crusaders of the Lost Mark”.

[@confettiveda2460]

@@BeesMeliss Yup, in the episode that came out two years after I made this comment. Sorry I'm so late in replying, didn't see this one.

[@confettiveda2460]

@@ditzydoo04 Yeah, I saw that episode. I'm proud of 'em.

[@CapnJigglypuff]

For the love of... Who put the ocean in my eyes?

[@splashthecat]

***** your feels did.. your flippin feels did

[@angelawieleba5775]

this is the same for me......

[@antoniothompson250]

Eren yeager did

[@raven3067]

Same

[@Cloudly.Horizon.]

It's not raining... It's flooding...

[@PikminandOatchi]

Its things like these that make me realise I,m way more attached o these horses then most real life people ...

[@emilylarson8837]

SAME SISTER

[@emilylarson8837]

*hoof* /)

[@PikminandOatchi]

Emily Alexander I,m a guy.....................................

[@emilylarson8837]

29gish SAME BROTHA

[@emilylarson8837]

*hoof* /)

[@DerekPetersonLives]

Such a good listen while I'm posing Derpy in gmod next to a lovely sounding waterfall. You got Scoots voice down really well!

[@shanlevine]

*CHOO CHOO* "ALL ABOARD THE FEELS T-TRAIN!!!

[@youngpencilgirl]

Haha! Nice.

[@celestiafanforever]

DANG IT, why? WHY do I always find a sadfic? WHY? *bangs her head on the desk*

[@wahwah4404]

+CelestiaFan Forever SAME

[@neonpinkqueen1403]

CelestiaFan Forever I'm drawn to them ;-;

[@swandizzle185]

I feel a little slow. Took me a while to figure out what was going on. Dear God in heaven, the tears started flowing when it finally clicked... pretty well-written, and very well-read.

[@dakotastein9499]

this kind of funny seeing is the title of what is likely the last CMC episode in mlp is also "the last crusade"

[@Alpha121198]

I will not pretend to know why I cried so much. My eyes burn. Out of all the stories I have listened to, whether they be grimdark, comedy, sad, tragedy, dark, horror or romance has ever evoked such a reaction. My face hurts from constricting as much as it did when I wept. And it felt so good to cry.

[@Alpha121198]

Nine months later, an this comes back into my video queue. Still tears to be shed yet I haven't the answer as to why. Maybe one day I'll finally have the right words to express how this feels. However, until then, we'll always have those special stories, the ones that we keep coming back to because there is something that sets them a part from the others. This is one of them.

[@jarodclemente5549]

Expectation (fanfic): Apple Bloom departing, leaving Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo behind = CmCs no more Reality (MLP: FiM): Scootaloo not moving away from Ponyville with Snap Shutter & Mane Allgood (they're OK with that since Her important job for the CmCs is helping ponies find their true talent), much to Apple Bloom & Sweetie Belle's joy of relief = CmCs future shines through Either way, its a tearful.

[@HazardHowie8492]

Hmm. The last crusade. Hey maybe it's about them being like Indiana Jones! One viewing later... Where the hell are the tissues?!

[@Su1t3dBr0n3FiM]

Sad. And that's why I'm glad this wouldn't happen in the actual show. I. Would. Die.

[@emilylarson8837]

I would literally cry for HOURS.

[@Su1t3dBr0n3FiM]

Emily Alexander Me too, Emily, me too.

[@emilylarson8837]

Hardc0r3Br0n3 ;~; *hug*

[@Su1t3dBr0n3FiM]

Emily Alexander *Hug*

[@emilylarson8837]

Hardc0r3Br0n3 :D

[@cartoonmaster1235]

This one of the most heart braking but greatest fanfic reading I heard from you. The thing that really made my lake of tears into an ocean was the pics at the every end. It was so sad :(

[@KittydogCrystal]

This is the first time I have ever cried from a story. Ever. :'3 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@lunarapostles]

i sorta cant believe a kittydog comment only has 2 likes-

[@johntheleafeon8107]

@@lunarapostles not anymore

[@Kevin15047]

I cried tonight for the first time in what feels like a very long time. Thanks. I think I needed it.

[@scarykid101]

i'm not crying, i just spilled my water i was drinking through my eyeballs :)

[@xonirix]

dude same i also spilled my water while drinking through my eyeballs

[@michaelcroup4537]

it,s ok i cryed to

[@flutterpiedash301]

that is a sweet and sad fanfic I love it when a story get deep down in your heart

[@raptofilms]

This beats My Little Dashie by a long shot.

[@musicheartva4609]

agreed -still crying from story tht was just read-

[@prioriteas]

My Little Dashie and this fanfiction were the saddest things I've ever read.

[@ace_of_cups4096]

I swear, its either Pinkie or Rainbow snapping and killing someone, or one of the apples dying and their friend/lover refusing to accept it

[@jroxpone]

got brought here while looking up the new episode "the last crusade"

[@TheSleepery]

i said i wouldn't cry...... I WAS WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG *cries* WAAAAAHHH

[@nightkittygaming]

I cant stop cring!!!!!

[@lproductions3644]

WAAAAAH COME HEREEEEEEEEE *hugs* ;'C

[@xxto3nailsxx548]

I cried during most of this.. if only I had friends who loved me that much..

[@torrenblackthorn6098]

If I told my younger self that I'd be crying about these three little fillies dealing with this, Id've called you crazy. You're good Scribbler! Always reading with passion and devotion! Always looking forward to your new works!

[@HyperTraceur]

I shed a manly tear and whimpered once. Still so, a well written fanfic. 5/5

[@dragonlover2134]

this made me cry and I rarely cry anymore

[@MovieMowDown]

Did she ever get that cutiemark? My heart couldn't bear to listen.

[@somerandomyoutubeaccount5895]

No the story wasn't made before that episode aired

[@somerandomyoutubeaccount5895]

This story is very funny though @Savannah the banana

[@somerandomyoutubeaccount5895]

I shit my self of laughing @Savannah the banana

[@somerandomyoutubeaccount5895]

Im not a monster if it was not in the show@Savannah the banana

[@helious5056]

I remember this video. This is the last video I ever watched on my first computer

[@NorthernRoo]

Made me tear up just slightly. Very beautiful story and your Apple Bloom voice sealed the deal.

[@willphully]

Six years ago! I love the good old stories.

[@samuelkirkwood6702]

Been putting this one of for a while, certainly not what I expected, heart wrenching.

[@littlepip4014]

Why do I keep going back to this one knowing it's going to make me cry ;_;

[@moonman2183]

It's quite a coincidence that an actual episode in MLP FIM goes on to be named exactly this: "The Last Crusade", though obviously with an entirely different plot.

[@Justchillingstrangers2012]

I felt like I’ve heard this song since *forever*

[@TheSwordofFlames]

*Looking at the pictures at the end* NO!!! STAHP IT!!! STAHP MAKING ME FEEL SAD!!! THE MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING WAS BAD ENOUGH!!!

[@LisaTigressHardy]

Just saying that it's obvious Apple Bloom passed away just by looking at the thumbnail. She's a ghost, it was her time to cross over as to why she couldn't stay in Equestria anymore.

[@TickerBomber]

Everytime I listen to this, I think of my best friend, I wish I had the chance Sweetie had to deny it

[@TheYiffingAtheist]

Fucking liquid pride all down my face

[@wahwah4404]

Zach Martinez LmAOOO

[@Ghemlin]

+Zach Martinez NO NO G.OD PLEA.SE NO NO N.O ..NOOOOOOOOOO........O.OOO.OOOOOO...

[@priddy_101]

tears all down my face

[@octi8834]

+Fishie LuvSMC i did to ;(

[@octi8834]

+Fishie LuvSMC i did to ;(

[@dariensheilds]

With s9 coming and the end so near I think this hits closer to home then when it was originally done.

[@MischiefHowlVA]

I'm just.. This is so sad but also has a moral in it. I'm crying, this was wonderfully written and narrated!

[@phinox18]

Oh my gosh. I bawled through the whole thing. Beautifully told and written. But still sad never the less.

[@noone8195]

ok women you made me cry am going to need a week before I can hear you're story's again

[@dylanfulcher5134]

... God dammit man, can another brony just hug me right now?

[@sarge2385]

*hugs you*

[@dylanfulcher5134]

Sarge *Hugs back*

[@estebanmonreal7626]

Taylor Fulcher than that's sad and depressing now

[@dylanfulcher5134]

Esteban Monreal Do you mean then? Use "than" mostly to contrast something from another, use "then" as a future tense for certain sentences other sentences for different grammar reasons. Than example: "I'd rather have the room purple *than* white." Then example: "We've should of done that *then* than now.

[@dylanfulcher5134]

Esteban Monreal That grammar error aside what is depressing? The internet hug made the story more sadder than you thought before I'm guessing?

[@cellyzs]

Wow! First time I read this I guess I wasn't really paying attention to well but I got the gist of it, but now after hearing this I'm just blown away and filled with emotion. Pretty great story and definitely a great read

[@ineffableidiot]

That was beautiful. I read the fic at the same time, and it wouldn't have made as much of an impact if I hadn't listened to this! I cried...and I never cry at anything...except ponies. Just...beautiful.

[@icanteatpasta6351]

WHO THE HELL IS CUTTING ONIONS HERE?!

[@indigo-streak9912]

Me: stop crying stop crying! Mom: Why the hell are you crying over horses?! Me: You will never understand 😢

[@dakotastrophe6397]

So Relatable

[@FenrirFluffyFreyja]

XD s9 has a episode called the last crusade

[@mileskintnermusic7349]

Man, this takes me back! I remember reading this when it first came out on FiM. I feel old!!!!

[@gracepatrick1496]

Is it midnight, yes- am i a senior in highschool and now listed to these stories for the first time since i was in middle school, yes- did my friends listening to a lullaby for a princess snap me back to remembering the random, yes-

[@MrSquidcakes]

The fic was excellently written, but your voice tied it all together. Tugged at the heartstrings.

[@emyx7256]

Really bitter-sweet, awesome reading! And awesome fic!

[@chrismayer3919]

Three become two, that is how it must be; yet through the eyes of youth, one can readily see- that love will stand proudly, still always bend a knee; though physically one is gone...the Crusaders are always three *sniff*

[@callumcrane241]

Wow.... coming back to this after all this time... this is pulling at the heart strings.

[@pamelaflanigan5935]

That was a written story. I'm not ashamed for shedding tears. I've always loved my Little Pony FIM. I'm surprised Sweetiebell was the only one that saw Applebloom, then Scootaloo saw her too at the clubhouse.

[@emilysclone]

Did you HAVE to make me cry?!!

[@Pixelspark-mo7ff]

One of the only fanfic readings to make me cry

[@ainsleysnyder5241]

For those confused, what happened was that applebloom got so sick she died, but her ghost, which only scoot and sweetie could see, refused to leave. then, during the last crusade, applebloom's ghost finally left.

[@gleamingarrow1611]

I wonder if I were to kill myself my ghost would be with my family and friends one last time...?

[@nightkittygaming]

I can't stop crying!

[@TJPon3]

that really hit me right in the feels it reminds my of a story with me and my grandma and my mom...(sigh, sniffle)

[@misty_redquill9402]

Made it through with out crying! Yeah! Not a single tear shed! *Sees the ending again* OH GOD! I CAN'T HELP IT! IT'S JUST SO SAD!

[@QUN-un1le]

I am gonna go watch all the episodes with the CMC in it and be happy again ;-;

[@unknownreader1034]

now if only there was a fanfic reader for how to train your dragon XD

[@genesispichardo6174]

Just the way that sweetie bell was talking (while crying) when she finds out what really happened to apple jack, made me catch the feels you can really tell the emotion. 😭😭😭😭😭 I need to get waterproof mascara

[@JohnBeNice]

Tears were shed here today.

[@Newage416]

Real friends don't say goodbye, they say 'See you later'. Oh my God I'm shedding tears. I thought my tear ducts were dried up from last year. So sad to see Applebloom depart like that. Which reminds me, I have one final crusade of my own to complete. Don't know if I am strong enough to do so

[@delayedhome]

Why can't I cry.... That was really friggin sad!!!

[@delayedhome]

Windy Chaser I'm gonna look until I can find one that can make me cry god dammit!!!

[@hatsunemiku6221]

Windy Chaser omg I was crying on the inside but my tears just aren't Coming

[@ducksurdwho]

"I hope everyone else enjoyed it and there were no tears shed anywhere." Tears? What do you mean tears? I didn't cry...at all...*bursts into tears*

[@777Rowen]

Very touching and sad, but I loved this story.

[@altermike3197]

When there's an episode by the same name: Wtf...

[@Daniel100Benner]

So, Applebloom got sick and passed away, and now she's being allowed one last chance with her friends, is that what this story is trying to tell us here?

[@StrawberryJellyMeow]

First fanfic to ever make me cry

[@123Elizabee]

My god the second saddest story I have ever heard. The first saddest is My Little Dashie

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

🎶😢 Its been a long way without You my friend and i tell You all about it when i see You again We’d come a long way from where we began Oh, I tell You all about it when i see You again When i see You again ...😔

[@SteelRhythm_YT]

damn that was one good fan fic nicely well done and emotional as well.

[@slightlystalkerishperson6966]

No matter how much you saw it coming, crying is unavoidable.

[@danhammybazam2112]

UGHHHHH I've listened to this a few times. Still draws the tears.

[@nightstar4912]

*gets hit in the gut with a baseball bat labeled feels*

[@Megumin88]

Every time I listen to this video is still makes me cry and it’s still a amazing and uplifting video

[@zariarts_]

You had to add the pictures, didn't you? So sad yet so beautiful.

[@shadow0knight]

I've noticed all of the recent FanFic readings are either Dark, Sad, or Tragedy stories. I hope you have some Slice of Life/Comedy stories to balance it out. This story made me really sad. T_T In case you don't I have a few suggestions. (Don't worry. It's a one-shot story). One's called Mud, Sweat, and Tears by Hyperexponential. It's pretty good (but it's like 10,000 words long just warning you). But you can also do Eat at Pony Joes by SaddlesoapOpera. Keep up the good work! ^3^

[@kevindunn2099]

The fanfic could make a grown man cry BUT NOT THIS GROWN MAN GET BACK IN THERE TEAR!

[@oakenshadow6763]

The back of my throat hurts.

[@michaelcroup4537]

it may not look like it im apple bloom and im not dead im still here dont cry

[@eoinhand8720]

Is it true that apple bloom became a ghost

[@maryshome8]

This is what happen for those of you who don't know what happened Apple Bloom got sick and she passed away in the clubhouse so When sweetie Belle had a temper tantrum and what actually happened is Apple bloom had died and rarity had to tell her that and they could see her ghost so what is going on in this fanfic is they are going on one last crusade and her ghost will pass on

[@rezialproductions5887]

maryshome8 She died??? Noooooo not Apple Bloom!!! Gosh dang it!

[@indigo-streak9912]

..... Is it weird that Im actually crying, I mean I've heard "Love, in all its form" a single tear, "Forever Faithful" meh, I've heard better. This is the first fanfic that actually made me cry.....

[@FailingDarkness]

Amazing reading! :)

[@dracostarlight226]

true friends will never leave your sides, even in death.

[@chrisstehn9406]

apple bloom can cowmen with the living after death like qui gon jinn

[@morningstar7032]

Now my eyes are an ocean. Rest in peace, AB. ;-;

[@silentknight2522]

I knew the moment i saw the thumbnail crying thru the entire thing 😭 Edit: i want to kno how it happened. Does ne1 kno if there is a reading of that?

[@phinox18]

Love your new intro!!!

[@Daniel-jl6fb]

Oh dear, I think the music and the story broke me again😫😭😖

[@sydneyweeks6035]

This made me cry out LOUD!! DX my fav fillie is... gone, good story though, WHY APPLEBLOOM...WHY

[@ApolloTheSunion]

ocean of feels just slapped the tears into my eyes

[@connorkiehl4044]

Rather than sleep I have decided to have my heart shattered and spend the rest of the night crying. (But in all seriousness this was amazing despite how sad it made me)

[@silversunshine2012]

I didn't get it until after Sweetie got it, and I'm still shedding a tear or two, or 12or... WWAAAAHH!!! Too adorabl

[@scoobydoo5712]

Me:stop crying stop crying! Sister:Why are you crying? Me:I'm not crying! I'm perfectly fine *screams and breaks down inside*

[@somerandomyoutubeaccount5895]

I didn't know that you had a sister Scooby-Doo

[@Shellydoeseverything]

Everytime you still cry its the sweetest thing ever poor ctc