Beep.. Beep.. Beep..
“Twily, are you okay?”
“Twilight!! Wake up!”
The first thing Twilight saw after gaining consciousness was the faces of her parents, brother, the real Cadance, Celestia, Spike, and her friends.
“Where am I?” Twilight asked as she held her head in pain. “Ow my head.”
“You’re in the royal hospital Twilight,” Celestia said. “Your friends found you at Farley’s unresponsive and bleeding and you’ve been here recovering for the last 2 days."
"Did I miss the wedding?" Twilight asked.
"It ended up being put on hold when we found you darling," Rarity answered, "Even after the attack, Shining Armor and Cadence still didn't want to have it without you."
"Wait what attack?" Twilight asked, confused, “and what was I doing at Farley’s?”
“This is what he told us” Cadance replied, stroking her mane, “You showed up to the bar with Queen Chrysalis-“
“Wait who?”
“Queen Chrysalis is the Changeling Queen and she and her subjects are shape-shifting creatures who feed on the love of other ponies.” Shining Armor said, “She kidnapped the real Cadance and left her tied up behind a dumpster. She’s been impersonating her this whole time-”
Twilight started to become angry, “Wait you just figured out she was evil?”
“Well we didn’t really figure it out until we went out looking for you to apologize,” Pinkie Pie said, “We became concerned when we heard evil laughter and your muffled moans, and saw a scary beam coming from Farley’s.”
“By the time we arrived, it was too late. We saw her in her true form trying to dispose of your body in the bar’s dumpster where we found the real Cadance.” Rarity added, “Farley explained that Chrysalis got you drunk, drugged you into unconsciousness, and took you out back where she forcefully drained all of your love.”
Twilight’s eyes widened in shock and in fear.
“Spike and Cadance had to take you to the hospital while the rest of the us dealt with the Changelings.” Applejack continued, “But anyway, we should’ve listened to you.”
Twilight’s face turned from a look of fear to a look of anger, “You’re telling me that Chrysalis drugged, assaulted and tried to murder me and then you took my side?”
“Well-”
“I have been trying to tell all of you the whole damn time that Cadance had been evil!” Twilight began to yell, “But none of you idiots even bothered to listen to me.”
“Twily,” Shining Armor said, “We’re sorry.”
“Oh really!” Twilight exclaimed sarcastically, “You obviously took her side because of ‘migraine spells’ and the fact that she had ‘wedding jitters’. WELL MIGRAINES AND WEDDING JITTERS MY FLANK!!!!”
Spike tried to talk, “Please if we just explain everything to you-”
“NO!” Twilight yelled at her friends before holding her head in pain from the hangover, “You all took Shining Armor’s side and passed it off as pre-marital stress when you KNEW she had hated all of your ideas!!!”
“But we never knew she was an imposter back then.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Oh really, you were too busy doing that stupid sonic rainboom to even notice her bad attitude!”
Rainbow Dash tried to charge but Applejack held her back, “My sonic rainboom is not stupid!!!! It brought us together!”
“You *hic* shut up!” Twilight said before taking the adjacent empty bedpan and throwing up in it.
Celestia went over to the bed, “Twilight, please. It’s okay. I know you’re upset but should really think about what you’re saying right now.”
Furious, Twilight screamed, “NO YOU HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT YOU STUPID BITCH!!!!!!!”
Celestia gasped, her owns words against her student had just been used against her.
“Your ignorance got me this way! After all we’ve done for each other, you’re still that hateful bastard who banished her own sister to the godamn moon!!!”
Celestia was now speechless and had to be consoled by one of the nurses.
“Twilight, please calm down.” Fluttershy meekly asked, “You’re starting to scare me.”
“YOU’RE SCARED?!” Twilight yelled, making the meek yellow Pegasus cry, “While you guys had your heads up Cadance’s ass, I was being assaulted by a motherfucking changeling! If any of you took my side, none of this would’ve even happened!!!!”
She then held her head in pain as tears welled up in her eyes, “Now I have to live with the fact that I was attacked by the Changeling Queen!” She began bawling.
Cadance walked up to the bed, “Twilight, none of this was your fault. Chrysalis was a power-hungry monster who used my identity to get into Canterlot and drain love. Now she and all of the other Changelings are gone and everything will be alright.”
Twilight sniffled, “Well how do I know you’re not still Chrysalis?”
At those words, Cadance started to do a little dance and recite a familiar nursery rhyme:
Sunshine sunshine
Ladybugs awake
Clap your hooves and
Do a little shake
As Twilight listened along, her look of anger turned into a look of small happiness.
"Holy shit! It is you!" Twilight gasped.
"Yes it is, and no I won't drug you." Cadence said.
Twilight’s old doctor, Safe Practitioner came into the room.
“Everyone, I have good news about Twilight.”
“What is it?” Pinkie Pie asked.
"Yeah what is it doc?" Twilight asked, now back in her hungover state.
“Well Twilight is officially well enough so she can go home. But with her hangover, I’m recommending that she stays in bed for a while until she can get back on her hooves and make sure she gets plenty of fluids.”
“Thank you doctor.” Shining Armor said, “We’ll take good care of her.”
"I know you will." Dr. Practitioner said as he walked out the door.
The Mane 5 helped Twilight get out of her hospital bed, "Come on Twilight," Celestia said, "Let's all go back to your house where you can stay in the comfort of your bed until you're back on your feet."
"Thank you Princess Celestia." Twilight replied rubbing her pounding head. "I need it."
Everyone chuckled a little bit.
"I can make you a nice bowl of soup so you can have some food in your stomach," Twilight Velvet suggested.
"And if you're really having hangover cravings," Rainbow Dash added, "We can order a pizza or Chinese food."
"Appreciate the effort, but junk food can't really cure a hangover."
"Don't worry," Applejack replied, "I can whip you a up a hangover cure that's been in my family for generations. It's basically juice from our freshest trees, applesauce, and a few mint leaves. One time, Granny gave one to Big Mac after he got a massive one from sneaking out to a tailgate party for a hoofball game when he was supposed to be doing his farm chores. It worked like a charm."
"You guys can help however the fuck you want," Twilight said, "But you guys are still idiots for whole the wedding rehearsal thing. When I get home, I'm gonna watch TV, eat whatever I want, and lie on my bed wallowing in my own misery. I may forgive you someday, but for now I need to get my shit together."
"We completely understand, Twilight." Celestia said, "You have experienced things nopony should ever go through these past few days. We've all made the mistake of not believing you and you have all the right to be mad at us."
"You take all the time in the world you need to forgive us," Shining Armor added, "We'll even hold off the wedding until this works out."
Pinkie Pie pulled Twilight in a back-breaking hug. "We'll always make you feel better."
Twilight shoved her off, "There's one thing I still don't understand. What the fuck happened while I was out?"
"We can tell you when we get back." Spike said, "It's a long story..."
"Can you tell me later?" Twilight asked, "I wanna fucking sleep."
"Sure thing Twily," Shining Armor agreed, "Sure thing."