Phoenix Maplewood This melody will never speak

Spring world just seemed to stop for a moment as Luna explained she was leaving.  Spring was just utterly speechless.  She tried to say something, but no words came out.  Only a pathetic disbelieving croak.  Spring eyes began to seem sunken, her ears fell back, her posture broke into a slump, and her tail drooped.  All she could manage was one simple word.  There was simply nothing else she could say.  “Why?”  It came out as a quiet word, so quiet it would barely reach her friends ears, yet just loud enough so that it would.  Spring didn’t understand.  Lunar Eclipse hadn’t even finished her herbal training!  The white furred girl had so much left to do here.  Still Luna had to have a good reason.  Spring continued to just stare disbelievingly into the distance, awaiting Luna’s answer.

It was odd though... what had even made Lunar Eclipse want to leave.  She had everything here!  Friends above all.  The only reason she could think of was so that Luna could follow and go after Tavi and Reek... but that could never be true!  Luna had a good enough brain to not go after that no good cheating male and badly tempered annoying girl.  Luna had enough sense, Spring just knew it!  Did she?...