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// Chapter 1  
// Story: Maybe I... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Maybe for the best

Chapter 1 - Maybe I...

You have been silent since you left the library; Rainbow still walks beside, even she has worried look to her. But you don’t, you hold your head up away from the cold dirt roads of Ponyville and focus on the path in front of you. Each hoof you place brings you one leg closer to her and each breath warms you further to what you intend to tell her.

Rainbow has closely been watching you since you left the library, and she now seems unable to bite her tongue any more as she talks in her cracky tomboyish voice, “Are you ok?”

You smile at her comment as you think on for a moment, not yet Rainbow...not yet, “I will be.”

Rainbow squints a little at you comment, “You sure?”

You turn to her as you continue down the road, “Are you?”

Rainbow blows of your comment, “Twilight is one tough pony, nothing can keep her off her hooves for long.”

You take in the morning air with a sigh at the reassuring comment.

“Hello darling.”

You and Rainbow stop as the regal voice call out behind you. You wait a little anxiously as Rarity trots up with Spike riding on her back. As Rarity catches up Spike jumps off her back and starts walking fast down the road, “Come on Twilight will want to see us early.”

The four of you pick up your pace as the hospital comes into view, your heart pounds in your chest and your eyes widen as it continues to get closer.

You stare at the large building before you start down the short walkway down to the door. You take a deep breath as you place your first step on the path. You smile as you walk, why am I nervous? You stall at the door as you stare blankly at it for a few moments..

As you reach for it Rainbow opens it and put her hoof on you, “Wait...” You look over her face as her hoof stops you in your tracks, she has a concerned look on her face and her eyes are shifty.

You try to hold onto your smile as talk, “What Rainbow?” She continues to stare at you without a word. “Rainbow?”

You bring your face to the door as you push your way past her.

Inside Spike is sitting on the chair to your right with his head buried on his legs.
Rarity seems to be arguing with the nurse from yesterday as you quickly get over to her.

“...Well why not?!”

The white nurse looks a little stressed as she snaps back to Rarity, “I have already told you, now please take your seat.”

You stare at the conversation and think, how did something happen I was outside a minute!? You spring into the conversation with an anxious call to the nurse pony, “What? What's wrong?”

She puts her hoof up to her head and looks annoyed, “I have already told your friends now please take a seat.”

Rarity look back to you and places her hoof on you, “You-...”

You quickly move her hoof from you as you talk with a raised voice to the nurse, “What room is Twilight in?”

Rainbow now stands beside you, “We should g-...”

You again ask, “Where is Twilight?”

The nurse picks up on your tone and finally answers, “Sh-shes in room one twenty seven, but..”.

You start down the hall she hoofed to before she could finish her comment.

The pony is quick to follow you, “...It doesn't matter, she not awake.”

You stop and turn back to her, your breathing is raised a bit as you turn, “What? she is asleep?”

Rarity and Rainbow exchange looks before they move closer towards you.

The nurse pony talks in a low voice as she begins, “Mrs. Sparkles is in some kind of magically induced coma th-...”

Your breathing almost stops at her words, you feel queasy and little off balance as you look at everypony's face around the room. Anyone who is talking just sounds like garbled junk to you as you look at their mouths, you turn back to the hallway behind you and think, no...no thats not true...I just heard her wrong...its not true.

You take down the hallway in a full gallop dunging other nurses as you run straining at the door numbers. Rainbow dash and the nurse both are now chasing after you.

Your breaths are fast and your heart a rapid beat as you reach the door. The two ponies are still after you as you dart into the room... On a bed you see her laying motionless, you stare at her unable to move as your heart drops.

Rainbow, Rarity and the nurse now stand behind you. The nurse puts her hoof on you as she talks, “The doctor didn’t say it was permanent...” She notices the feel of the room as she stops herself, “I-i’ll give you all some time.”

Rarity has her hoof up to her mouth as she stares at her friend. Rainbow shares the same kind of look but she can’t really look at her friends. You on the other hand can’t come to bring your eyes away from her.

The room is silent as you take heavy steps towards where she sleeps, each step you get closer your mind races...but you don't hold a single thought as you look her over.

Your eyes are brought to her horn which still flickers a few green and purple sprakes from it. You hold back your sobs as you stare at her closed eyes, “This is all my fault.”

Rainbow has slowly moved to your side and now talks in a low sweet voice, “It’s not your fault...”

Your mind wraps around only one thought...I let her use that magic...I didn’t stop her...You turn your watering eyes to Rainbow as you in a breaking voice, “How is it not?”

Rainbow stares at you in silents.

Your voice now starts up as you talk, “How is it not?!”

She moves her eyes from you as she talks, “It's not.”

You give a chuckle as you feel the first tear start to form, “ya, lie to me Rainbow...”

The room’s air is heavy as you continue, “Tell me that it wouldn't had been different if I never came here.” You turn back to her now as you talk, “Tell me that Rainbow, tell me that this would had still happened.”

Rarity doesn’t move as she watched Rainbow shift for an answer.

After a few moments of the cold silence of truth Rainbow finally blurts out her response, “Then why did you stay?”

You stop for a moment as a tear runs from your face, “Be-because...” You turn back to her, “...I love her....”  You hold your head to her closed eyes as you feel yourself about to break down.

As you are on the verge of a collapse you feel a hoof touch you. You turn to Rainbow’s soft pink eyes and listen to her, “...Don’t forget to say that...” Her pink eyes flicker orange as her words echo in your head for a moment...

….End of chapter 1