Chapter 8 - Never simple
You look around for a moment but can't see anything, oh crap...I’m dead again. You slowly regain the control of your body as you start to shift the haze of your eyes open, the flickers of light are fast and blurred. Each flicker gets longer and wider as you continue to try and open your tired eyes.
After a few attempts you eyes fully open and the blur fades with each blink, your mouth is open and you feel the warmth of covers over your body. Twilight sits in front of the bed in a chair.
She smiles as she talks, "How are you feeling."
You smack your lips together slowly, the bitter taste of magic still lingers in your mouth as you nod.
She gives a sigh as she continues to look you over.
It's fun because as she does this your eyes scan her to see if she is alright, you stop at her horn, a few speaks of the stone can still be seen on her horn. Like a tide wave the reason why you faint slams down on your mind as you quickly jerk up, "What happ...-" You hold your sides in pain from your quick motion and you feel a little light headed.
Twilight puts her hoof on you as she sets you back, "You need to rest, and I don't know what kind of spell you did...but whatever you did stopped Discord."
You lay back down on the pillow as you look to the ponies behind her, everypony from her parents to Applejack are standing behind her in the doorway. But you focus more on the fact you finally did something as you talk, "I did a transfer spell."
Twilight blinks at you answer, "How did you learn that?"
You lick your lips to enhance your low voice as you talk, "Celestia showed me in Canterlot when you were..." Your voice raises as you again try to jerk yourself up, "How's the baby?!"
Twilight again puts you back down as she talks, "I'm fine." She places a hoof on her stomach as she talks, "We're fine."
You relax on the pillow as you stare at her, the feeling of accomplishment and comply drained is strangely a good combo.
Twilight brings her hoof up to her face as she talks, "I wish I knew that it was a transfer spell, you should have gone to the hospital."
You shake your head, "Naw- suprepony don't need hospital."
She gives a light giggle to the comment.
Applejack now comes a little closer as she talks, "Thanks for saving our hides."
You smile as everypony else comes closer.
Rarity fluffs her hair as she talks, "Really do have to thank you." She gives you a starry eyed smile as she finishes.
Pinkie runs to the bed and wrap her hooves around you, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou,IsodidnotwanttobeastonyagianandWhentheelementsofharomnoydidthatwackychangethingyIwassoscaryedbutnowitsallbetteranddoyouwantacupcake-"
You give a pained squeal as you wait for her to release you.
Fluttershy and Dash now get to the edge of the bed as they talk, "Thank you." Fluttershy gives you a soft hug as she burst her head against yours. Unlike Pinkie this one you don't want to end.
You give a smile to the cyan Pegasus as she rolls her eyes and point her hoof to you, "YA, I knew you would be fine the whole time."
Pinkie points her hoof to her, "Oh Dashy, you were just as nervous."
Rainbow smiles a little as she lowers her voice, "Glad to see I didn't have to save you this time."
Really? I save her life and that’s what I get? You smirk at her, "So what n-.."
Your voice is cut off as her hooves wrap around your upper body, "Don't scare Twilight like that again." She pounds against your back as she lets go of you.
You give Twilight a pain tired smile as you look at everypony. She stands from the chair as she talk thought a sniffle, "Ok everypony, I think we should give him some space."
Night light now moves into the room as he talks, his voice stops everypony movement as he takes the center of the room, his stone hard face doesn't looked softened as he stares at you, "You sir are a dangerous, reckless, brainless freak..." Everypony pauses with a gasp as he stops.
You stare at him speechless at his words, h-how can h..-
"...But I am forever in your debt for saving my little Twi." He wraps his hoof around Twilight as he kisses her forehead.
You breathe a sigh of relief as your head settles into the pillow.
You watch as Twilight's friends leave the room again saying goodbye. You're tired but you hold yourself awake to say goodbye.
The last three ponies in the room are Velvet, Night light and Twilight.
Velvet wipes a tear from her eye as she talks, "Thank you."
You nod your head to her.
Velvet then looks to Twilight as she embraces her in a hug, "Now no more surprise. You got that?!" They share a soft laugh as the break the hug. Velvet gives you nod as she turns, "Come on Night light, this stallion needs his rest." You watch as they both leave with Twilight.
But before Twilight leaves she turns around and walks back to your bedside, her eyes are a little shaky as she talks, "How could you do a spell that big?"
You stare at her soft eyes as you talk, "I thought of you."
Her face falters as she hugs onto you, "I love you."
You nuzzle the side of her head as you repeat her. She lets go of you as she gives a sniffle, "Now get some rest, magic like that should make you very weak."
You close your eyes as she turns from your bed to the door as you feel your needed sleep creep into your eyes and mind.
You don't know how long you have been out but you open your eyes to the bed shifting beside you, the half moon light shining into the room shows you her lavender coat as she lies down. You wait for her to stop moving before you move yourself closer to her and being to wrap your hooves around her.
But you're meet with an unexpected reply as you do this, "...don't."
You shake the comment off as you continue to move your hoof over her fur coated side as you reach around to her stomach...but as you place your hoof on her, you don't feel the normal warmth you were expecting.
She shifts away from you and you hoof drops to the bed, your voice is still weak but you talk through it, "Twilight...what's wrong?"
The lavender blob in front of you turns to you, her eyes are facing away from yours as she talks, "I...I used human magic..."
You stare at her just listening to the sound of your breaths.
She swallows as she chokes up, "I...I think I hurt the foal."
A cold shiver crawls up your body as you place your hoof to her again...your eyes hold to her still protruding stomach, as she continues.
"That’s why the elements didn't work..."
You watch a shiny stream poor from her eye as she talks, "...I did it because I got scared...I got scared when I heard your voice...." She brings her eyes up to you as she talks, "...I didn't want a foal to live in a world ruled by Discord...."
You hold your hoof on her stomach hoping to feel the same warmth you felt before. You feel a tingling sensation come over your weak body as you focus on the one place you can think to go.
Twilight brings her head down as she closes her eyes, "...Is it bad that I don't want to know..."
You bring your lips to hers as you hush her.
End of chapter 8